Some time ago we, as a society, abandoned the idea of learning simply for the sake of learning. The days where great minds like Socrates could sit down and spread their knowledge to eager groups of students are far behind us. In this modern age our culture tends to value overachievers and academic excellence more […]
“Monster” can be used to describe a person who behaves badly and who is aggressive. The word insinuates a negative feeling about people who do evil things. In Frankenstein, a being is created by a determined scientist Victor Frankenstein. However, even though his creature eventually behaves badly and become aggressive, he is not the true […]
For the past three years, I have attended Islamic School every Sunday. I enjoy learning about the Islamic religion and Arabic language. This experience has brought me closer to my family because I can better communicate with my parents and my extended family. Not only does it teach me about myself and my religion but […]
Human, too Women. Female. She. All these words have both the male and female gender combined into one. But, why do we treat them as opposites? Women are stomped on by society. Today, there are 318. 9 million people in the United States. Yet, civilization acts as if the only people who matter are the […]
Gangs have crept into people’s lives like unseen monsters, taking hold and never letting victims out of its grasp. The MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) has stolen, hurt and killed, therefore it is our duty as a nation to permanently stop them. Not only is the U. S not taking these gangs seriously but we are letting […]
RAS stands for reticular activation system. It’s the part of your brain that senses the things happening around us and focuses on the things we find important. It controls eating, waking up, attraction, and the sleep cycle. It also acts as a conscious filter to the things we find important. For example, if there is […]
Ralph Ellison shares many similarities to the narrator in Invisible Man, from interacting with the communist party and going to New York.Even with these similarities the character itself is not a personification of Ralph Ellison,When writing, Ellison drew from his own life as well as the life of others he knew for inspiration.In doing so […]
Key Idea: The easy, normal, and thus usually boring way to write your piece is using your one and only voice. The awesome way to write it would be to use a different—either contradictory or complementary—voice to add variety to your writing. If you’ve ever taken an English class you know the first piece of […]
SB1070 Arizona’s Solution “Give me your tired, you’re poor; your huddled masses yearning to be free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazarus SB1070 is an anti-immigration law that is officially enforced in Arizona. This law allows […]
Everyone has had their hides saved by their little alarm bell at some point in time. You know the one I’m talking about. ..the one that’s caused you to say “no” to something that seemed irresistible because that shrilly annoying bell went off. (There are, of course, people who have no little alarm bell. These […]
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone” an age-old (no pun intended) saying by Oscar Wilde. The quote, “With age comes wisdom”, implies that the older someone gets, they become more wise, or knowledgeable. Now, this may yet be true, considering we learn something new every day, but understanding what we learn, and […]
Standardized Testing, as you know, is a technique used in schools across America to measure student growth and whether teachers and schools are educating their students the way that society considers to be correct. State mandated pre-tests, state exams, and state mandated post-tests are just a few examples of the standardized testing. Standardized testing has […]
Even until the 1900s, women were still viewed only as housewives. Using feminist criticism, the reader can analyze Charlotte Perkin-Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper: through character, dialogue, and symbols. It is the story of a woman who felt that women deserved more than what they received. She kept her thoughts in a diary because people thought […]
On this one lonely corner theres a mother and a daughter. I notice the little girl because her bright yellow rain coat and matching little boots stand out against the grayness. Her mother is pressing the crosswalk button vigorously while the little girl is staring at a puddle intently. The cars are driving by and […]
The most controversial statement about the role of business in the last fifty years, or some might say even the last century, came in an essay published in the New York Times in 1970, written Milton Friedman. He argued that a business’s sole purpose was to generate profit. He also stated that companies that adopt […]
There are many definitions of the term “American.” The one that I personally believe in and the one that is technically stated in the law is that an American is a citizen of the United States of America. I am a citizen and I have lived here for my entire life. A citizen is a […]
Bland, white, cold, and just plain boring. That’s a typical day in the classroom. But this wasn’t a typical day for the classroom. Today was the day that Lessnau was learning how to use the Fushigi ball that was brought in for him to try so that he could decide whether or not it was […]
Odysseus, a greek hero, embarks upon his journey home after experiencing victory in the Trojan war. His goal is to return back to his wife and son in Ithaca, but faces difficult tasks imposed upon him by the Greek Gods. After constant struggle and multiple setbacks, he is able to use deception and manipulation to […]
Drugs are substances that cause a change in brain chemistry.There are many different types of drugs and they do different things to the body.But there are six separate categories into which drugs fall, and they have different effects on the body. Drugs fall into the categories of narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, cannabis, and inhalants. A […]
As the art of music has blossomed and matured over time, musicians have come to neglect the most crucial aspect of any song: emotion. Because I have grown accustomed to the impassioned music of classical composers through my study of piano, I find it difficult to listen to some of the lifeless music that reverberates […]
Khair Khana and Women’s Issues Worldwide The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Lemmon details the Khair Khana district of Kabul during the span of Taliban control between 1997 and 2001, and more specifically, the experiences, ennuie, and energy of Kamila Sidiqi and her family, all residences of Khair Khana. Lemmon recounts the trials Kamila […]
” I had thought of shooting him for all the damage he had done to my house and me,” I said. ” why would he try kidnapping me in the middle of the night?” The police officer replied,”well sir, I congratulate you for your great character and great reaction.” I sat outside looking at the […]
“Whether you smoke 5 cigarettes a day or 50, there is no doubt that smoking is extremely bad for you and will seriously affect your health in some way (The effects of smoking). ” Smoking is one of the largest causes of preventable diseases and premature death; it has been estimated that Globally 2.5 million […]
The poem ‘’A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal,” by Poet William Wordsworth, is beautiful and reads very intimately. The word choice is strong, and the images they conjure are powerful. This eight stanza poem is to say the least wonderful, but the title does not give the reader a clear idea about what the exact […]
The main source of most of the problems with regard to social networking, is due to the users lack of understanding. Do all of the over 600 million users of Facebook know that the site actually conducts scientific research to try and make the site as compelling and addictive as possible? Or that the site […]
For my book review number five I chose choice C. The title of my book is Harriet Tubman Riding the Freedom Train and the authors are Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden. The genre is African American literature and the copyright date is 2003. I would recommend this book for middle school students who are […]
The life of nobility in the Middle Ages was majestic, and the lords and ladies held much power. Noble’s lands were attained through a promise that they made to the king of the country. The king promised to provide land, or fiefs, to the noble and that noble then swore his fealty to the king […]
Never before has the world changed so quickly. In America the saying “out with the old, in with new” is a way of life. Cell phones, cars, iPods, and computers are always being improved and updated. People throw away valuable things for the chance to hold something new in their hands. It would be a […]
I completely agree with this quote. Before you can make anything you must destroy something. Like with paint, you must destroy the minerals to make the pigment for the paint. The pigment makes the paint thicker and it adds color. See how something great can be made out of the ruins of something you must […]
“Dream what you want to dream.Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.” – Shero Shayari I believe in reaching for the stars. I believe you should never be complacent. Everybody has a chance […]
