A sister- A person who’s been where you’ve been. Someone you can call when things aren’t right. She is more than just a sister, because I have a sister I will always have someone to look up to. Someone who teaches me what I need to learn. My sister Lindsey has influenced my life in […]
In the United States, 21.5 million youth between the ages of 6 to 17 play sports on a regular basis. According to Don Sabo, a longtime youth sports researcher and professor at D’Youville College in Buffalo, 45% of those kids involved in sports had quit from at least one team. Kids are quitting for many […]
I have so many pet peeves that it is actually crazy and possibly out of control but I will tell you anyway. The pet peeves that I have that are the most evident are I hate to touched, by anyone including my family. I also hate when other people constantly touch each other in the […]
Adam, fifteen years old, realizes the predicament he is entwined in. His blood pressure is soaring, with his cholesterol being a close runner up. His abnormal weight severely strains his bones and joints, while lack of sleep due to sleep apnea creates deep circles beneath his eyes. On top of all of that, Adam has […]
The small Central Asian country of Uzbekistan may seem unimportant to many Americans, but it currently holds an important key to general peace and stability within the region, and ultimately the world. Although Uzbekistan has a terrifying number of human rights violations, the nation is an economic stronghold and should be made top priority by […]
TEEN INK Kids That Do Drugs and don’t listen. There are kids all over the world that don’t listen or they do drugs. In this story i’m going to tell you some things I know about how kids do drugs or even don’t listen, because they both can lead to very bad things. When they […]
The Company Man Growing up, I always hated when my mom or dad had to work late. I perceived it as them caring more about their job than me but I never realized that it was for me. In Ellen Goodman’s passage, “The Company Man” she uses a bitter tone to describe her attitude toward […]
Multiethnic beauty is becoming the new ideal standard and many women demonstrate a desire for it. Minority women, mainly Asian, Hispanic, and African Americans, are trying to reduce the look of certain ethnic-specific facial features that they have been discriminated against for. Trends show that recently more people make an effort to move toward a […]
NThe Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Jong-Un, the Supreme leader of North Korea, toured the east coast of the country last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht that could be violating UN sanctions imposed for the country’s nuclear and missile tests. The yacht is a Princess 95MY model and it is worth $7 […]
Charles Frazier’s 1997 novel Cold Mountain eloquently describes the odyssey of a Confederate deserter named Inman towards the end of the American Civil War. He has grown weary of the atrocities of the war and yearns to return to his home of Cold Mountain, North Carolina, and his lover, Ada Monroe. Before he leaves, he […]
Have you, a family member, or a friend, ever have a serious knee injury that needed surgery? What if there was a way where there could be a few simple injections without the pain and struggle from surgery. Well there is, with the help of stem cell therapy, an innovative method for repairing knee injuries […]
Social anxiety disorder is defined as “an anxiety disorder in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations”. Anxiety is uneasiness when someone is nervous and is sometimes felt with butterflies in their stomach or not feeling too well at the moment. Anxiety happens to everyone at times to a certain […]
“I don’t work at being ordinary,” (Brainyquote) Paul McCartney once said, and how true it is. Paul McCartney is a music legend; he was a part of one of the biggest bands the world has seen, achieved success not only in the business world but also as a family man, and changed the world with […]
Being born in the Western world, there is a lot of weight on our shoulders, and probably in our thighs too. Americans in particular are often victim to the manipulative strategies companies utilize to reel customers in, specifically in the food industry. One of the fattest problems in the nation, besides the economy, is the […]
Setting Children up For Failure The percentage of obese children ages 6-11 is a staggering amount of 34 percent. 3/4 of those kids, buy lunch from their own school cafeteria. (Professors House) The issue of obesity is a problem that has mushroomed in just 20 years. Since 1990, the obesity rate more than doubled. The […]
In Toni Morrison’s, The Bluest Eye, theme, symbols and characterization contribute to the formation of the novel. The novel further shows the way white beauty can easily be degrading to young black girls and women. The novel is ironic due to the seasons and showing an opposite expectation of them. In addition, The Bluest Eye […]
Edger Allen Poe was a very fearful man. He had many fears and obsessions. Although, I think that the three that influenced and shaped his writing the most were the fear and obsession of the death of beautiful women, his obsession with alcohol, and the fear of insanity. These three fears and obsessions seemed to […]
Families of the people on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, are very worried about when and where this plane will be found, why it went down, and will any of their family members on board be found alive somewhere.Will people of these members on board, the company, or even people of the U. S.A ever […]
“Writing”, what is “writing”, what do you understand by the word “writing”? What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “writing”, and by writing I mean any kind of writing. It could be writing a book, a poetry, an essay or even just an article. Well, if you […]
In “The Seafarer,” the open ocean represents much more than just a body of water; it represents a malicious beauty that never falters to draw in the narrator. When out at sea, the narrator depicts a storm so horrific that “No man sheltered on the quiet fairness of earth can feel how wretched I [the […]
We place our hand over our heart, remove our hats, and turn to face the American flag. Everyone is silent showing respect to a flag that embodies the characteristics of an amazing country. This flag preaches what our great country is about and who we are without actually saying a word. The flag symbolizes hope. […]
Nikola Tesla was, many will agree, the greatest inventor the world has ever known. Until recently, most people were not aware of the accomplishments of Tesla, and instead saw his competitor Thomas Edison as an idol. Contrary to that belief, Tesla was the more influential mind by far. By taking the difficult path in life […]
The Kentucky Derby- Secretariat The outcome of the last race had left everyone a little hesitant. Secretariat, also affectionately called “Big Red,” was ready to run in the Kentucky Derby. The prep race before the Kentucky Derby was not exactly a positive, reassuring step forward for Secretariat. He had a major winning streak as a […]
The first time I heard Jane Austen’s name, I was 6 years old. My brother and I were spending the night with my father’s mother, a woman I had known little of at the time. Like most grandmother’s, she got us to sleep quickly on the couches in her small apartment. She’s always liked to […]
My real-world topic is not only known here in the United States, but around the world. It is becoming more and more serious each year, and is now being recognized by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The real-world topic I chose was, obesity within lower socio-economic statuses. In today’s world, society has brought […]
Over the course of more than two centuries, global developments and modernized demands dramatically altered the traditional perception of the American dream. As the quality of life in America continues to improve, the values of the American dream continue to change on the basis of individual needs of different generations. Despite these adaptations, the essence […]
Thousands of years ago, before written word, people were already communicating with each other in spoken language. When people had the idea of writing down what they were saying is when mankind took another step towards evaluation. Before there were literally written words, the egyptians used pictures to write out what they had in mind. […]
Family, what does that word mean? Fam•i•ly, a group of people related to each other by blood or marriage. At least thats what the dictionary says. But family is way more than blood or a piece of paper. My family is all I have in my life. They are my rock, my shoulders to cry […]
Women and Islam It is essential to a women’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling. If you impose restraints, you are disadvantaging her because of her sex. The state controlling a woman would be denying her full autonomy and full equality. I believe the question to all the […]
“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” Ronald Reagan spoke these words with enthusiasm and assurance. Ronald Reagan is one of the greatest political figures of the twentieth century and he is the oldest […]
