Ever since I was younger, I wanted to fit in. I was constantly trying to be accepted through sports. All throughout my childhood I jumped from sport to sport constantly looking for acceptance and happiness. When I was five my parents put me in my pink leotard and signed me up for dance class; everyone […]
Dear Memorial Committee, “It’s the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.” Ruth Handler accomplished a lot of successful things in her lifetime. Ruth Handler created the Barbie, Became Co-owner of her husband’s company “Mattel” and also battled Breast cancer and created “Nearly Me”. Creating Barbie was definitely Ruth Handlers biggest […]
As athletic ability has increased exponentially over the past few decades, competitors have been on the lookout for anything that may boost performance. Athletes have coughed up millions trying out new supplements, training methods, and equipment. While many of these “panaceas” for athletic prowess are simple hogwash, ample nutrition has remained steadfast as a pillar […]
Between 1980 and 1992 El Salvador was embroiled in a bloody civil war, the roots of which can be traced to struggles engendered by extreme inequality in Salvadoran society. The country was marked by economic disparity with 78 percent of the land owned by the wealthy class that made up only 10% of the population. […]
What ever happened when Kristina Snow had Hunter? What happened when the people who raised Kristina were basically forced to raise her son Hunter? Well you see that’s what this book is all about. Hunter, Autumn, ; Summer. All affected by the monster. The monster that had taken over there once bubbly, and smart mom. […]
What would happen if your son or daughter came home with an unexpected guest, or two? The subject of distributing condoms in schools, debated for many years, needs to be allowed with today’s generation. Increasing teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) is becoming an epidemic. Parents and religious groups teach teen abstinence, which if […]
They never back down from a challenge, there is no competition tough enough, and they always seek to lift spirits on rainy and dreary days. No, this is not the Army, Marines, or Navy, this reference is to the band kids. The same band kids arrive on the football field before the sun has even […]
SAT’s are inexpensive, easy to do and an overall an amazing test. Chapter 1: Amazing Qualites of the SAT Amazing Qualities about the SAT The SAT is the most outstanding standardized test I have ever taken. It is perfectly designed by giving a reading, writing, and two math sections to test the student’s academic ability […]
Have you ever looked at the moon and wished you could live there? Well, maybe you can. Scientists are considering building a permanent base on the moon. People should build a base on the moon because of the research opportunities, such as moon specific research, gravity research, and farther space exploration. The creation of the […]
339. That is the number of books I plan to finish before I graduate high school. Sure, there will be new releases that I read before the next one on my list, and yes, there will be some that will be agonizing to even begin to read (let alone finish), but I will finish my […]
Soy Americana- so why is it questioned? Four months. Four months separate me from you. Four months keep me from running for president and four months keep me from being a “real” American. Four months after I was born, my family moved to the US. My parents’ leap of faith irreversibly changed my world, something […]
Nicholas Michael Furlong, Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings and John William Feldmann wrote the song “Social Casualty ” sung by 5 Seconds of Summer. This song was from their album 5 Seconds of Summer on the deluxe edition. The band has 4 members Luke Hemmings, lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Ashton Irwin, drums and vocals, Calum […]
It is obvious that many people wanted independence from Britain, but not quite as well known that not all of the people in the colonies wanted to rebel. There was a reason why the opinion changed from peace to independence, and it didn’t happen overnight. In 1763, after the French and Indian War, the British […]
In Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”, he conveys his reason to declare war against the British and gain freedom for America, and he persuades the colonists by using two persuasive techniques: repetition and rhetorical question. Repetition is one technique Henry uses to persuade his audience to declare war against England. Repetition is the […]
The final scene of Ovid’s Orpheus, as depicted in the painting ‘Orphee’ illustrates the never-ending battle between the man’s basest emotions and the highest aspirations of his nature. Gustave Moreau, the artist who created ‘Orphee,’ was a famous Symbolist painter. Symbolists believe that art should represent absolute truths than can only be described indirectly. Therefore, […]
When we mention the book Night we think of a story that may have changed the whole world forever, a story in which enlightened the minds of its readers, and opened the eyes of society to acknowledge some of the pointless corruption, and tragedies in today’s world, using only one character with a big heart […]
There are thousands of fields in this universe. So, a human has a lot of options to choose from. Now a lot of people ask questions that what is the right field for us to choose. Now the answer is simple and clear and that is that the right field for a person is the […]
If one had to travel a long distance in today’s day and age, they would do the obvious thing and go to the airport and get on an airplane. Since they were invented planes have come a long way and have had a huge effect on the world today. From traveling to war the plane […]
When looking at the famous painting, the Mona Lisa, created by the multi skilled Leonardo da Vinci, most will admit that it is extremely difficult to appreciate the painting. After all, it is just a woman who is sitting on a chair, barely smiling. With just a glance, the smile almost appears to be less […]
The alarm rings. Another start to another seemingly endless day. He sits up in bed and rubs the sleep from his eyes. He can hear his mother making him breakfast downstairs and his father shuffling around trying to get everything prepared for work. He closes his eyes again and imagines what would change if he […]
Michael Joseph Jackson nicknamed The Gloved One. Born August 2, 1978 in Gary Indiana died on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles California (biography for Michael Jackson). Jackson was the seventh child of the Jackson family. Jackson started his career at the age of eleven. It was a family group, the group was called the […]
Pearl Prynne, the daughter of Hester Prynne, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter can be considered the most symbolic character in the novel. Throughout the book, she is portrayed as a symbol of adultery, truth, and hope. Pearl always represents these three important themes. From the very first time we see Pearl she symbolises adultery. […]
The A&P by John Updike is a short story about a teenage cashier working in a grocery store. While working here he sees three girls walk into the store in swimsuits. The manager tells the girls they cannot come to the store dressed like that, because of this the boy decides to quit his job […]
According to the 2013 U.S. Census, one in every four high school students in the U.S. sixteen-years-old and older has a part-time job. The main two reasons high school students obtain a part time job is to save up money for college and to have extra spending money. But does having a part-time job come […]
God. To some, it is just another word or figure but to many He is the unfeigned Holy Spirit, belief, or “creator”. The natural power and domination, God, has over a soul can either part a room in half or unite people together in manners that are unexplainable. Individuals, without force, endeavor and proudly seek […]
If you see a beetle you have never seen in the area before while taking care of your plants in the garden, you might not consider it a big deal. Indeed, too many people, they might just think ‘it’s just another of those annoying pests that harm the wellbeing of my flowers’, but if the […]
So many Americans remain uninsured due to affordability. However, lack thereof can be even more destructive. Last summer, I was a camp counselor downtown and every day I would pass a homeless man on the way to work. One day, I got to talking to him and he told me about his son – Zach. […]
From a sprawling property with pets, a large house and amenities to a converted garage in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America all in one week: I would say I have seen an extreme difference in class. Growing up in the tiny town of Wilton, just south of Sacramento, was a wonderful, ideal time […]
Throughout history, America has been seen as the ideal dream. Like the characters of the book, the elderly and migrants from outside the U.S. all experience loneliness. This loneliness can take a toll in their life and impede their dreams just as Lennie and George’s dream were prevented because of loneliness in the book Of […]
Poem: “You Get Proud by Practicing” Author: Laura Hershey Analysis: “Practice makes perfect” just doesn’t do it for some people. You can say it as much as you’d like, but in the end, you never want to practice. All you want to be is perfect, even when the word perfect doesn’t seem right. A dictionary […]
