Social networking is a tool used by people all around the world. Its purpose is to promote and aid communication. However, this type of technology might be doing more harm than good. It is not only changing how we communicate, but how we interact with each other in daily life. Sarah Zay, of USA Today, […]
In unison, my three buddies and I individually grab two chairs and race to the front of the classroom, first row. The dull and dusty television towers over us and rests on a push cart. Giggling uncontrollably, Logan, Aidan, Max and I kick chairs out in front of ourselves to use them as leg rests. […]
On a breezy Thursday night; my mom, my sister Sydney and I went to a restaurant by the name of Kobe. Entering the Chinese Sushi Palace, we sat at a a table. The table consisted of six piercing black chairs with chinese characters inscribed on them; bloodred velvet cushions for us to sit on. A […]
One of the most famous Native American is Pocahontas, who everybody thinks that they know her quite well. However, not a lot of people, if any at all, know the “real” Pocahontas. In fact, Pocahontas is her nickname. The name that she went by before she married John Rolfe and changed her name to Rebecca […]
Did you know that 97% of the earth is made up of water, yet less than 2% of this is fresh water? (ic,cc ic.) Water pollution is one of the largest threats to biodiversity (“What is the Biggest Threat to Biodiversity?”). Nearly every organism needs water to survive. People polluting the Iowa Great Lakes unintentionally […]
Why can’t I drink? I AM 18. Most people under 21 want to drink at an early age. Why? Because most of the people around them (peers, friends, family) drink and think that it’s cool to drink. I personally think that we shouldn’t change the drinking age, even with all the teen peer pressure. Most […]
Mohandas Gandhi once said, “I object to violence when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. ” Violence has been a HUGE problem in our world since Adam and Eve deceived God. Since then there have been wars against different religions, races, beliefs, and many other […]
Throughout the 1980s, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was a relatively new disease, which was at first associated with gay men. This was because men who were gay were one of the first peoples to contract AIDS, which led to more hatred amongst the ever-growing LGBTQ+ community. Combining the disease with also the anti-gay hatred, […]
Lord Of The Flies: A beutiful piece of english literature. Filled with larger than life characters, saddening deaths, and religious symbolism. But wait. What do I mean by religious symbolism? Well strap on your seatbelts and brace for inpact ladies and gentlemen, because I’m about to tell you some of the most shocking, but actually […]
It is easy to look at any system and find errors; anyone can pick apart a structure and exploit its flaws with little trouble. It takes focused, determined, and assertive people to decide which flaws are most detrimental and even more determined people to implement a plan of action and find a solution. Some would […]
The term vegetarian is defined as a person who does not eat meat, and sometimes all animal products. There are many different types of vegetarian diets. Some of them include vegan diets, lacto-ovo vegetarian diets, pollotarian, pescatraian, and flexitarian diets. About six to eight million adults in the United States follow a vegetarian diet.Research shows […]
The boom of the television industry in 1941 resulted in the launch of many new inventions. Perhaps one of the most enduring of these creations in popular culture has been the situation comedy or “sitcom. ” This genre of comedy features a stable cast of characters who interact in a common environment such as a […]
From 5th-Century B. C. to 1st-Century B.C., the ancient Greeks and Romans,began adapting to the ideas of suicide and assisted suicide.Written records from the time show that physicians had to take an oath stating that they were forbidden to give a fatal drug to a patient, even if a patient asked for it.Yet, many of […]
The legend of an ordinary girl growing into an extraordinary woman who dared to attempt seemingly unattainable goals in a man’s world all began in 1897. Amelia Earhart, born on July 24, 1897, was a far more distinguished American aviator than esteemed aviators of her time. Earhart had very firm beliefs regarding feminism and inspired […]
Most model rockets have pre-manufactured single-use engines. These have become popular because they allow people to fly their model rockets without having to handle the dangerous propellants. The engine consists of the casing (typically paper or lightweight wood) with a clay or ceramic nozzle at one end and a clay end cap at the other […]
In Honor Society by Sherman Alexie, the narrator is a seventeen-year-old Native American who collects cans.His parents don’t have a job or money, but he’s trying to take the SAT preparation classes so that he can raise his score by 20%. The author shows us that if you try to gain something you want, you […]
About one million teens get pregnant each year, which mean 2,800 teens get pregnant each day (Sound Vision, 2001). Also 3 in 10 women get pregnant before turning twenty years old (Sound Vision, 2001). Teen Pregnancy is on the rise, and it is disgraceful. It can affect a teen mom’s future in school, relationships with […]
Even as you righteously hate those men, you have to admire them for their genius (McMichael).” “Many regard the September 11, 2001 attack as the most important event in American history. It killed more people inside the U.S. boundaries than any other one-day event since the Pearl Harbor attack. Yet those who died in the […]
When it comes to the topic of the Salem Witch Trials, most of us will agree that Mass Hysteria is a cause that’s most probable. In other words explaining how it was easy for a whole village to go completely insane all at once blaming their neighbors for crimes of witchcraft. Whereas some are convinced […]
Schools try to teach their students to be indepnedant and inform them about making choices for themselves. When i look around, i’ve noticed that the people in my school are being controlled. Everyday they tell us that we need to be ourselves, don’t hide behind something your not. A friends once told me to be […]
What does it mean to have human rights? Over the centuries people of all origins and cultures have persevered to create lives supported by equality. Often feelings of ethnocentrism and racism have prevented the accomplishment of this long sought goal. Many wars and treacherous hindrances, encircling life, continue to deter us from our ultimate desire, […]
Oh, those holidays; they’re like Tim Tebow. You either love them or hate them. To some they may be the best days of the year. To some, they may be pointless and arbitrary. For some (who don’t really care), it’s a day off of school.. To me, a holiday can be any one of the […]
Introduction At 7.32 p.m. on 26 December 1991, as the sickle and hammer flag before Kremlin went down for the last time, the once-powerful USSR ceased to exist. In its place emerged 15 successor states. Some, like the Baltic states, soon managed to grow a healthy economy almost crime-free. Others, like Ukraine and Georgia, became […]
If you are visiting the North and/or Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), you may witness a strange animal with striped legs and a striped rump. This animal is the giraffe’s shorter, and only cousin, the Okapi. We don’t know very much about the Okapi because of it’s shyness towards people, and their great […]
In pig-to-human organ transplantation there has always been a problem due to a certain enzyme pigs’ possess, to which our human bodies cannot accept or handle, and so it rejects it. In these few pigs’ mentioned, however, created by two separate researchers: Randall Prather (University of Missouri) and the Scottish company to blame for Dolly […]
Exploration is “the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it”. In history humans have always had a tendency to explore, always on the move just waiting to discover something new. The desire for exploration has led to some of the world’s greatest discoveries. Many great people have […]
I decided to make a poster about the Dominican Republic. In the story ‘’ Daughter of invention ” Cukita, the main character, talks a lot about her background in the Dominican Republic. She was born in NYC, but moved to the Dominican Republic when she was only 10 months, and spent her first 10 years […]
Bees are important insects. They pollinate crops and gardens so that we are able to harvest ingredients in many foods, and so that we are able to enjoy decorative flowering plants in our yards. Many people have noticed that there are fewer bees around. There is a growing concern over bees because they seem to […]
We’ve all seen the countless reality tv shows, life Ghost Hunters, or The Dead Files, that supposedly prove that ghosts exist. It may be surprising to some to learn that ghosts are not real.. This could be easily one of the most debated topics between people on whether ghosts do or do not exist. It […]
In 1962, hysteria and confusion took hold of the colonial Massachusetts as the Salem Witch Trials began. Many people were either hanged or jailed, even though the accusations had no definite evidence. This event leaves a dark mark in the American history and as the witch hunts of 1962 came to an end, people thought […]
