Students are always under immense pressure to do well in school, no matter what the cost. They have to figure out how to balance school, their social life, and extracurricular activities. But when they have four or more hours of homework every night, some of those things can’t be included. Also, they don’t want to […]

Baroque PeriodDuring the Baroque period of orchestral music, theleader of the group was usually the harpsichordist orviolinist in the group.Baroque musicians also had a lot of work tocomplete. For ex. Composing new music for weeklyconcerts, and rehearsing and managing theorchestra,they also had to take care of the instrumentsand the music library.Antonio Vivaldi was a young […]

“Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.” -Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance Your brain is a mesh of complication- it’s a mess of information forming microscopic three staged structures that fold in a specific way to form long, weaving bodies that don’t […]

In 1960—the fresh air, the densely populated cities, and the smell of success—Heriberto Villarreal moved to Wisconsin from Mexico. He had nothing when he arrived, except motivation for success.He was the hardest working man I have ever met. But he never forgot his family. He was a father, a husband, and a grandpa. But most […]

In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, comes a story set during the Great Depression, a story of struggle, hard work and determination to reach one’s goals and dreams. Not only does this story emphasize the endeavor in which one must face to reach their ultimate success, but it is also written […]

I guess I should start out by saying what this is (holds up book) ,It’s the book I wrote. I finally finished, it was put out in a few bookstores yesterday. Now before you crack the spine and turn to the first page you should know that it’s about relationships, Specifically one of mine. Now […]

It’s Friday night! The perfect night for a sleepover with your best friend. She orders three pizzas, picks up five different flavors of your favorite ice cream, and a two liter of Coca Cola. You paint your nails, have a pillow fight in your pajamas, watch three romantic Nicholas Sparks movies, and gossip into the […]

Helen Keller challenged that “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved” (Keller). Helen Keller’s lack of communication skills is somewhat similar with my own. They both happened for very different reasons. Much like Helen Keller overcame her […]

When people think about auditioning without even having one, they tend to think that it would be like the shows American Idol, The Voice, or even Americas Got Talent. They think it would be a utopian fantasy to audition one day and be able to perform in front of thousands of people and surprise the […]

Did you know that a 3-D printer can do a whole lot more than just make unuseful stuff. There is a child that has no hand and the parents asked their doctor if there was an available and affordable artificial hand for him, and the doctor wasstumped. The doctor looked at the newest prosthetic limb […]

I. Introduction: A. Gandhi once said “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”(Gandhi). B. For the Muslim people, trying to overcome intolerance is a large challenge, especially because of the stereotypes and racial profiling they must undergo largely because of the event that took place on 9/11/2001, an act committed by a group […]

Hurricane Matthew missed us and our community. Thank God for that but Matthew didn’t miss the Caribean The storm was deadly for them. My prayers go out to all the families affected over there. Here in Miami, they cancelled school thinking the storm was going to hit us bad and cause major damage. Matthew didn’t […]

Aslan gave his life for Edmand’s because he knew of a secret that the Witch did not that made death not so horrible. After the meeting with the Witch, he seemed sad and very distracted. “Well what about the secret he knew? You just said it would make everything better?” you may ask. I did, […]

Every morning it the same thing over and over again. Prick finger. Check blood sugar. If to high give a correction. If to low eat something with lots of sugar. But I have to make sure I count those carbs. For big meals( Breakfast, lunch and dinner) I can only eat forty five-sixty carbs. For […]

Imagine a busy workday morning in New York City. While cars honk, traffic has come to a complete standstill. Meanwhile, thousands of pedestrians pass through Times Square simply attempting to begin their days. The cool morning air, the deafening sound from construction sites, and the crowded rush of people can overwhelm even the natives of […]

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” (Wright). In “The man who was almost a man”, Dave was a very strong kid, who just wanted to be like his father, and all the other men […]

Standardized Testing Albert Einstein once said “Education is not learning of the facts but the training of the mind to think.” Standardized tests not only don’t teach well but they are also very unfair. There are many different studies that show that some people will do better on the test if they have factors they […]

“To record, verify, report, plan, and analyze transactions are the jobs of an everyday accountant” (Samuel 7-11). An accountant is a person that works in an office or business setting and handles numbers to keep track of an individuals’ financial stability. There are many causes and effects of students choosing to be an accountant as […]

The deepest form of human perception lies in thinking. Sight, hearing, neural perception, taste, and smell are stimulators of thought, rather, extensions of it. Despite this, there is quite a noticeable difference between mere perception and true reflection. To feel is to blandly, often subconsciously acknowledge something that has aroused one’s notice. What, then, is […]

Past Tense A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was pivotally an allegory based on the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge, as he learned from mundane paradigms on goodwill, benevolence, and sympathy. Initially, Scrooge was a callous, miserly old man who lived in social seclusion from the world, his only objectives in life materialism and parsimony. Ironically, […]

The Constitution works because intelligent people like those who created our country, sustain its life with honor and gives us its power. It is a living document that can change based on our new improvements and recognitions. There is a distribution of power equally spread out between all three branches of our national government; for […]

Artificial Intelligence is more dangerous than nuclear weapons. ?Artificial Intelligence is the development of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that normally require a human,?according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. A.I. will cause many problems for human society; consequently, Artificial Intelligence will eradicate the human race. A. I. should be feared because it […]

The Enlightenment was a time of educational prosper in which new ideas and standards were developed through processes of logic and reason, allowing the expansion of influential knowledge across Europe. The foundation of such information emanated from the minds of ingenious scholars by the name philosophes. Due to the immense power of these peoples’ writings, […]

He was an inspiration to all, athlete or not. He showed that anything is possible if you give it your all and don’t listen to what people have to say about you. “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me…All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. ” – Jackie […]

<i> Tom? Tom, are you ready to go through with this? (…Yes…) Shake your head yes if you’re ready to go through with this… ;/i; Thomas moved slightly in his wheelchair, shaking his head. Thomas Youk was a former Air Force sergeant who went to college in 1974 and received his accounting degree. He got […]

Today’s world is filled with many writers with amazing talent, but Tim Burton’s breathtaking adventures and dark atmospheres are one of a kind in modern society. Tim’s style allows him to give the audience a gothic or twisted story, addingelements of passion and emotion that people wouldn’t receive from any normal director. Throughout most, if […]

“It is the human lot to try and fail.” What this quote means is that if you try then chances of you failing are slim to none. This quote is very agreeable. This quote is agreeable because if you don’t try then there is a higher chance of you failing. Even though, most people don’t […]

Edmund is considered a dynamic character because he is essentially the whole reason for the other three crossing the Witch and having to destroy her. If Edmand hadn’t left the Beaver’s dam, the other three wouldn’t have had to go after him, find Aslan, and fight the Witch; they would’ve gone back through the wardrobe! […]

The poet John Donne is a well renowned Metaphysical Poet as well as the founder of Metaphysical poets. Donne was born January 22, 1572, in London, England. Donne was well known for implementing mortal paradox into his poems. Many of his poems have a long background and all relate to events and people within his […]

“An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports,we never ask questions, or at least most of us don’t; they just run the answer at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film teacher.” […]