Mohandas Gandhi is considered to be the “Father of India.” For his brave actions against the British, he had led the country to become independent, and free of British rule. By sharing his ways, and leading a group of followers, he had created an outcome positive for India. Gandhi shares both similarities, and differences, with […]

There is a snake in the grass; a ticking time bomb so to speak. It is an issue little spoken of and rarely does it come up in our legislative assemblies. However, before we are all even old geezers, we will succumb to this malevolent force. It will steal our natural resources, pillage our pocket […]

For many, Latin is just an old, dead, defunct language that certainly could not have any practical use. Many believe that the only place Latin belongs is in the use of a few clergy men living in the Vatican of the Holy See in Rome. I tell you now, this is not the case. Latin […]

People are born with the insatiable desire to find somebody perfect. We spend our whole lives ransacking the world for the immaculate human being who deserves our boundless reverence and whom we should emulate. We are on an unceasing quest to find our own paragon of virtue. But what a treacherous thing it is to […]

When you lose somebody that was close to you, it’s almost like losing part of yourself. Allie was like a part of Holden, he gave him a more positive outlook on life, he was the bright light in Holden’s sky. After Allie’s death, his light went further up in the sky and Holden could no […]

School is something that we all know and understand, as we all have to go there as children whether we like it or not. It means very different things to very different people, though. In the USA, any educational establishment can be described as a school, when as in the UK, school is a place […]

The French Election America, you need to keep up with the French election; and the future ones to come. France is a republic, which means that they elect candidates just like the United States. I’m here to tell you all about the main candidates, the way the French election works, and who you should be […]

Stem cell research is the research of cells that may or may not be able to replace or repair damaged cells. There are a lot of reasons why stem cell research is important. Many people believe that stem cell research is wrong because of the way some of the research is conducted. Some people don’t […]

I knew something had happened when I came home from school, and my dad was home before 6:00. Usually, my dad barely makes it home in time for dinner, and now here he is home before I am. I asked him why he was home so early and he looked me in the eyes and […]

Scientology, Jediism, and Discordianism. These are all legitimate religions or faith belief systems. How would you feel if someone over the PA system said a very earnest prayer to Yoda to get the football players pumped for a game? Well there are some restrictions for leading a one way religious worship. For example there is […]

Hello, I am a junior at my high school enrolled in our independent research program. Over the course of the academic year I have been researching my topic of first impressions. A first impression can be described as “the event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of that person” […]

Cooper Nugent”A Streetcar Named Desire”, a theatrical work by Tennessee Williams, follows a complex character named Blanche Dubois for a brief stint of her life. This work of literature has an overlying theme of madness as it “depict[s] the mental decline of the fragile Blanche DuBois through her desperate cries for human affection, her loss […]

Dalmatians Ding! Ding! The firehouse bells ring. These black and white spotted dogs are waiting on the truck. The trucks leave the stations and the dogs are on their way to help find the people in the building of the fire. They find them all and get rewarded with a pet on the back and […]

Why are rat known for being attracted to cheese? Rats aren’t *just* attracted to cheese, rats will eat anything and everything they could possibly get there little tiny fingers on, without being caught by us humans. They’re just portrayed to only be interested in chess in the movies, but let’s face it, even thought that’s […]

It is of common knowledge that racial discrimination is a hinderance to unity and progress, but it starts to become an inequitable problem when it influences the admission for potential college applicants. Universities have upheld a dishonorable reputation for discriminating students by their ethnic or racial background in the admissions process. They claim to have […]

INTRODUCTION Gothic literature is a combination of fiction, horror, and Romanticism. It originated in the mid-late 1700’s, when Horace Walpole created his book ‘The Castle Of Otrantro’. After this, very many people began to imitate his style of work. Over the course of almost 300 years, it has developed into a more mental state of […]

“It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work” (Gilman). Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the author of “The Yellow Wallpaper”. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She wrote over two hundred short stories and ten novels. Gilman was a voracious reader and largely self-educated (Charlotte). The short story was written […]

The novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, explores the differences between two social classes; the old wealth and the new wealth through the eyes of Nick Caraway. Nick depicts the old wealth through the use of the Buchanan’s, who are well versed in social constructs. However they lack compassion and heart. On […]

Do You Feel Safer? Would you feel safer if there was an armed guard guarding your school? What if I told you that 54% of adults feel safer if their child attends a school that has an armed guard. (Most Feel Safer With Armed Security Guard at Child’s School). You are probably pretty shocked. Do […]

How would it feel to not know exactly where you came from? We don’t remember the first couple years of our life; however, for most of us our parents fill us in. They show us pictures, videos, and at the very least tell stories about our first year. We’re told where we were born, what […]

Princess Diana was the princess of Wales, the peoples princess, a world wide fashion icon, donate to charities, devoted mother and divorced from Prince Charles. Childhood Princess Diana didn’t grow up as a princess, she grew up as Diana Frances Spencer, daughter of Edward John Spencer ; Frances Roche. Diana had two older sisters, but […]

Why Homeschooled Students Should Play Sports at Brick and Mortar Schools By:M501athletic Tim Tebow is a former football player. He is mostly known for his Tebow bow, where he kneels on the football field and pray to God before every game. When he was younger he was homeschooled, but he also played football for his […]

• Princess Diana Dies in Paris Crash (BBC) British Broadcasting Company is a respectable public broadcasting service whose audience is typically the general public, though especially directed to Britain. The main objective of this broadcast was to portray the death of Princess Diana, in an accurate and concise manner. The rhetorical style of this piece […]

Anorexia nervosa is also known as Anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is often coupled with a distorted self image. Persons with anorexia nervosa continue to feel hunger, but deny themselves all but very small quantities of food. The […]

I was sitting in the chair. It was rainy, cloudy, and windy and hard to see the pool. We didn’t close and the pool was almost empty. The whole pool maybe had 30 people. I thought it was going to be a calm day because the weather was so gross. There was thunder and it […]

William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, has written hundreds of short stories and other literary works based on encounters that occurred and stories heard while serving his time in jail. While in jail, Porter used a pseudonym to mask his identity, covering his criminal record. He came across many inmates with unique and […]

“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.” These words written, by Enlightenment philosopher Blaise Pascal, embody the current state of American-European relations and the growing transatlantic divide. On the first page of his book, Of Paradise and Power, Kagan argues “American and European perspectives are diverging” due to their philosophical differences on […]

Music in this generation varies among many different kinds of genres. Genres are the types of music that music is divided into. I believe that music isn’t music if it has a genre. The music that I listen to is depicted as just screaming. I don’t just listen to this kind of music. I listen […]

Communism is a government of pure evil because of its motives and the impact it has on people physically and mentally. Communism is a torment forced upon the unfortunate people in the countries with this form of government. The goal of Communism is to “….dominate the person, property, and thought of all citizens by means […]

God’s apparent flaws diminish the Supreme divinity for which he is worshipped, degrading him to imperfect humanity. In Dante’s Inferno, an epic poem following Dante’s journey through Hell in attempt to gain enlightenment, Dante unintentionally challenges God’s omnipotence. Dante’s description of Hell contradicts God’s own morals as written in the bible. The God portrayed by […]