Bill+Gates

__Expository Writing: Annotated Bibliography__ By Nick P

Barro, Robert. "Bill Gates's Charitable Vistas." __The Wall Street Journal__ [New York, New York] 19 June 2007: A.17-.17.

This article is a bit technical and confusing, but I’ll give you the best summary I can. This article talks about how much money Microsoft makes per year based on its software ($44 billion). A majority of this goes to co-founder, Bill Gates. With ratios and greater depictions, this article states that Gates is creating a benefit to society of about $1 trillion dollars; that is said to be 10 times of what his planned donations were.Bill Gates exhibits his role model nature by donating 10 times more money than he had planned to give to the struggling societies of many desperate nations.

Bartiromo, Maria. "Melinda and Bill Gates On Making a Difference." __Business Week Issue 4,119__ 16 Feb. 2009: 21-22.

This magazine article is about Bill and Melinda Gates’s important work in the use of their own money to eliminate disease, fight poverty, and improve education. This article includes an interview with the Gates explaining the struggles and progress they are making with their goal of helping the world.Bill Gates and his wife Melinda greatly show the realness of being role models by wanting to help with not just improving education but to help eliminate nasty diseases and fight extreme poverty.

Bass, Dina. "Gates Buzzes Crowd." __National Post__ [Don Mills, Ontario] 7 Feb. 2009: FW.3-W.3.

Bill Gates $35.1 billion foundation is putting forth extra effort to eradictate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. In September, Gates’s foundation pledged $169 million to vaccine research. To prove a point, Gates released seven uninfected mosquitos during his speech. He wanted the spectators to get a feel of the kind of fear which nations struck by malaria infested mosquitos experience. He made it clear that he won’t give up until a vaccine that works has been developed.Bill Gates has a huge heart and a super mind. The best thing of all is that he’s putting it to use by helping to find a vaccine against malaria. If that isn’t a role model, than I don’t know what is!

"Bill Gates: Chairman." __Microsoft Corporation__. 30 July 2007. 08 Mar. 2009  tab=>.

For this summary, I’ll keep it brief. This website (from Microsoft.com) explains the life of Gates, from the start to where he is today. It explains everything from his upbringing to his vast accomplishments in modern technology. This article showed me that Bill Gates always worked hard and that he showed great determination from age seven all the way to his present age of 53. He’s truly a great person to look up to.

Cronin, Jon. "BBC NEWS | Business | Bill Gates: billionaire philanthropist." __BBC NEWS | News Front Page__. 25 Jan. 2005. 23 Feb. 2009 > .

This article gives an inside look at Bill’s next big thing. He’s giving $750 million to a worldwide infant vaccination program. It has been welcomed greatly by immunization campaigners worldwide. His money will go to vaccines as well as a plan to fight tuberculosis, and malaria. In addition the money will fund research to reduce the risk of HIV infection among women in developing countries.Bill is once again showing his intention to help and to give back to others. He wants to reach out to everybody in need from tuberculosis sufferers to HIV infected individuals across the globe. What a great guy!

Hamm, Steve. "Bill Gates: The Rich Must Help the Poor." __Business Week__ 27 Jan. 2009: 9-9.

In short this article explains that Bill Gates is responding to our current economic problems. We are in a severe recession, but he feels within a few years our economy will heal. His main points for this bold prediction are that there are so many great innovations developing from every field of study. He foresees technological advances in software, generating scientific material, genetics, and energy work. He believes that all of these advances will end the downward swing of the economic recession.Bill shows us one very important role model quality in this article. That quality is to always look on the bright side of things and to stay positive. Positive attitudes get you far, just look at Bill Gates.

__Hutchinson's Biography Database, 2003, p1, 0p__. 2003. __MAS Ultra - School Edition__.

 This is pretty much a depiction of Gates’s life from his early years to being one of the world’s richest and kind men. I will briefly give you some main events in Bill’s life. Bill was born to a lawyer amd a school teacher in Seattle, Washington. He met his bud and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, when he was a young dude going to Lakeside School. From then on they bought an Intel chip, built a computer, and developed their first software businss. Gates went to Harvard for law, but got his mind back on computers and dropped out of Harvard. For the next 30 years, Gates kept making upgrades and improvements to the computers. In 1980, IBM bought rights to a Gates and Allen system. Then their business skyrocketed. Sadly Allen left Microsoft in 1983 due to health reasons, but Gates continued to work hard and the business grew rapidly. The rest is history.This biography of Bill from the Student Research Paper showed us that Gates had a great mind and that he didn’t hesitate to use it. What it also depicted was Bill’s sheer drive and determination. He could have quit when Allen left him, but he didn’t. That’s once again another excellent role model characteristic.

Kristof, Nicholas D. "Bill Gates's Next Big Thing." __The New York Times__ 25 Jan. 2009: WK.12-K.12.

 In this newspaper article, __The New York Times__ informs everyone of Bill Gates’s feelings on helping America and third world countries through our economic recession. Bill Gates said, “I’m optimistic President Obama will make progress on these issues even with our current economic troubles.” Gates wants Obama and himself to work on better education for Americans and foreign assistance. Bill Gates has really proven that he’s a good person to admire and to look up to. He shows that even in times of struggle you should always try to help. He’s very wise and a real asset to our society.

Sawchuk, Stephen. "Bill Gates Praises Charter Models." __Education Week__ Vol 28 Issue 20 4 Feb. 2009: 4-4.

This specific magazine article elaborates on the information Bill Gates is trying to get across on his work to develop schools and raise college-ready graduation rates. Bill Gates has invested nearly $2 billion over nine years into creating smaller, better schools. Sadly his investments don’t really appear to have improved students’ achievement in the classroom. However, he plans to continue to use his money to help schools and students become better educated.As my final depiction of Bill Gates draws to a close, I want you to know one thing. Bill is a man of morals and great principles. In this final article, it shows all of us that he’s confident in our schools that they can get better. He’s kind enough to take a chance on helping schools even though they’re not showing improvement right now. He teaches us to take a chance on a good cause and to stick with it. Bill Gates is my role model and a person that continues to amaze me in how well he approaches life.