Risks in my opinion, make life interesting. Taking them can cause good or bad, and could create more obstacles for oneself to conquer. Which may bring up new opportunities to learn and try new things. So thats why I believe taking risks are often necessary to get ahead/ succeed. The theme {Taking risks are often […]

The Stamp Act- No Taxation without Representation The British Empire had lost a lot of money during the Seven Years War against the French and the Indians. England had defended her colonies in North America, and believed that… in a way… the colonists should pay off their appreciation. And because of the loss of money, […]

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by (William Shakespeare), Romeo and Juliet both die. There are few people to blame for their deaths, but no one is more at blame then Romeo and Juliet themselves. First Juliet only knew Romeo for a short while, she states “My ears have yet not drunk a hundred […]

Everyone wants justice, especially for victims of a brutal crime. Citizens who are voting against California’s Proposition 34, which repeals the death penalty, believe that this proposition and its consequences do not provide a sense of retribution and that their taxes would have to pay for the criminals’ prison expenses. The death penalty is primarily […]

“A girl must be two things. Classy and fabulous.” So said the famously elegant and independent fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel. Not only her clothing and designs reflect this statement, but also her attitude towards life, and her own vivacious and resolute personality and ideas. One of her most famous and iconic designs that best represents […]

Biology final at Helen Keller states, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievements.” “Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” (Keller). After the first grading period, I had to take my East Richland High School. I needed to complete my course so the final was the last big test to improve my grade. […]

“There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong… The problem is with man himself and man’s soul. We haven’t learned how to be just and honest and kind and true and loving. And that is the basis of our problem.”- Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King This man, who has forever shaped […]

In the ocean waters lie unseen organisms and unanswered questions. As human beings we do not know many things about the ocean. Maybe it’s for the better or possibly for the worse. Scientists aren’t sure if more dangerous things are in the ocean like sharks, sea urchins, and other flesh eating or poisonous organisms. Scientists […]

The Dangers of Pesticides People have always been trying to make things look perfect; that is how pesticides have become predominant in our society. Whenever insects or other pests need to be controlled, pesticides is almost always the answer.Pesticides do have their problems though.Pesticides pose dangerous risks to people and to wildlife.We need to limit […]

This poem named The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe makes me think about the people who die because we honestly don’t know everything about death. This person’s sorrow, in the poem, is what everybody feels when they lose someone very close to them. The hardest part of losing someone is letting go and moving on. […]

If you ask anyone who knows me, or even someone who is simply an acquaintance, “what is she like?” every one of them will say about me “…a bookworm.” But I wasn’t always a bookworm. Once upon a time, I was a pretty princess, Barbie doll-loving, little girl. It is my mother who should be […]

Thailand schools are focusing on memorization and core classes instead of focusing on individuality and creativity, along with averages being shockingly low and rural areas suffering. Schooling issues Children in schools in Thailand are becoming carbon copies of each other. Some schools require students to have specific ways to dress, tie their hair and even […]

One of the flaws of society that never seemed to be fixed is that no matter the intelligence level of the people there is still racial and cultural discrimination. From the time of slavery in Egypt, to Nazi Germany, to the Civil Rights Movement, there have always been people who believe that they are better […]

The Special Olympics offers opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to change their lives as well as those around the world. The Special Olympics has come from a thousand participants to three point seven million since 1962. It brings people with disabilities the opportunity to improve physically and emotionally through sports. For forty-nine years the […]

Martin Luther King was a great man of power! He didn’t just waste time thinking about how he was going to put an end to segregation, he stood up and fought for the rights he knew he had but wasn’t receiving. What a person does is more important than what a person thinks because actions […]

Ronald Reagan, the actor who took his talents to the white house, played the role of a life time. His life represents once again that anything is possible in America. Beginning February 6, 1911 in the farm areas of Illinois Reagan dealt with adversity from the start (history.com staff). Dealing with the demons of his […]

Urban smog, groundwater contamination, acid rain, oil spills, global warming, air pollution, crop failure … the list of environmental impacts of oil seems endless (Miller). Researchers “estimate that almost a billion gallons of oil are spilled into the world’s oceans and waterways each year,” and at the rate consumers use oil, worldwide reserves will only […]

Picture your self as a young child in your happiest memory like a family trip to the beach or playing on the playground with your brothers or sisters as your parents sit at a bench watching happily when all too suddenly everything is taken away from you and theres nothing you can do. You would […]

Our Founding Fathers built our wonderful country around the principles of science. Thomas Jefferson had three scientific idols: Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and John Locke. Jefferson himself hypothesized that if through the use of logic and science anyone can discover the truth, then no one is any closer to the truth than anyone else, and […]

Schizophrenia: Nature or Nurture? Schizophrenia seems to be a topic full of mysteries, a disorder of the unknown. Those who are victims experience extreme delusions and hallucinations and may be completely uncontrollable or even dangerous. The cause of it? This is unknown as well. There has been an ongoing debate concerning the cause for a […]

The air is pleasant, the salty warm breeze snakes around my nose, whilst a boat sails lightly on the calm waves. Local skater boys are attempting to prove their bravado through neat-o tricks. I hear my family conversing on some controversial subject whilst I gaze out onto the harbor trying to find meaning and purpose […]

Beowulf: one of the most respected poems of all time. Author: unknown. Original publishing date: also unknown. Yet it remains one of the most popular stories in the world. Why? Many would argue the reason is the original plot; Beowulf was the first dragon-slayer tale ever recorded. Others would fight for the historical evidence of […]

The Holocaust The Holocaust was a part of World War Two and took place mainly between year 1939 and 1945 in Nazi Germany and German occupied territories, including today’s Poland. During this period of time at least six million Jews and five million non-Jewish people were killed by the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler. […]

The cry of “Eureka” rang loudly across the world. While working on a sawmill, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River. What followed next was legendary, as people across the world risked their livelihoods and safety to voyage to San Francisco. During the peak influx of the “49ers”, the population of […]

Natural disasters come in many forms; they are all dangerous and can lead to death and destruction. Examples of natural disasters may be tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, and many more. Natural disasters could also be famine or a shortage of food, or even a terrorist attack perhaps like 911. Each of these disasters strike in […]

Slavery in the Thai Fishing Industry Tricked, Drugged, Kidnapped: To begin with, there is illegal fishing going on throughout Thailand’s waters. Men that lose or can’t find jobs are mainly the amongst the victims. This is because ‘friendly’ men (who are the slave traders), offer the men drinks and jobs. The drink knocks out the […]

There is so much promise in foreign language education. Unlike other subjects, these classes can be used directly in our lives, whether it be at a restaurant, apartment, or street vendor. They are especially useful for Americans—frequent travelers and troublemakers of the world. As a global superpower, Americans should have a duty to speak to […]

The title of “Renaissance Man” has clearly manifested itself well after the time period it refers to. The phrase is designated for a select few, those who possess an innate ability to exceed in just about any field of study or area of expertise. Over the ages, the title has been bestowed upon several remarkably […]

13 December 2012 Dear Editor, I read online a blog post where the author was trying to prove a point that Marching Band is not a sport by definition. Dictionary.com’s definition of a sport is “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” . Marching band is a sport […]

Technology is advancing every day and nearly everyone uses computer or watch television at least once in every day. People are using internet from their laptops, computers, and smartphones. This is getting more and more serious as each day goes and like many people had already acknowledged it, people of all ages are getting addicted […]