“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen was two with meningitis when she became deaf and blind,but the way she overcame it is amazing,” challenged by Helen Keller(Keller). I was nine when i broke my arm on a dirt bike, even though they are different […]

Change is an occurrence of something that makes something become different to what it was before. Change can be embraced or it can be feared based on how the people and the environment affected perceive it. Change is perceived by the way the people and the environment is affected. Change can be helpful, it can […]

Lincoln Portrait, an orchestral work written by Aaron Copland, has influenced me. I first encountered this piece during orchestra. I hadn’t heard of it, and was curious about the context of the song. After orchestra, I decided to look into its history. I discovered that after the Pearl Harbor attack, Andre Kostelanetz, a composer, wrote […]

The Climb As I sit atop this tree, I feel a sense of nostalgia. I have always thought better when I am up in the air, it’s just the nature of me. Up here I can see all around. The land in front of me slowly becomes weeds, then water. The life of summer has […]

The Feminist Movement of the early 20th century brought about ideas that were not easily accepted, difficult to comprehend, and subject to misinterpretation. One such story, The Yellow Wallpaper was written in 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and pertains to the latter. The prose was written in a journal-style format to convey private and honest […]

A time of significant change in American history was the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was from 1760 to 1840 and it began to introduce ways to mass produce different goods in assembly lines with the help of machines. Unfortunately, the economic, scientific, and technological advancements weren’t the only effects of the Industrial Revolution. Many […]

Mao Zedong was a political leader, a revolutionist, and murderer who led China to a communist revolution following decades of Civil War. Mao led China to a series of victories that drove Kuomintang and its troops to the island of Taiwan. Mao is considered to be the father of Communist China. On October 1, 1949, […]

I stare out my classroom window, reviewing all the thoughts that swirl and whirl inside my head as chattering voices of “little monkeys” fill my ears. I see dark red lockers that look like they have been dipped in thick blood. The only difference between the lockers and the blood is the cool metal surface […]

If I ask you to contemplate the idea of prejudice, what would flood your thoughts? Racism, blacks vs. whites, cotton fields, that kind of thing right? Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, not only contains racial injustice, but a variation of types of prejudice. Sexism, ostracism, and racism are all factors of exploration in […]

“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we’re all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.” (Chandler). John Christopher Depp, born June 9th 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky to John Christopher and Betty Sue Palmer, started his own journey through life (Designs). Although Johnny Depp didn’t take to school, sports he always […]

Do you rely on your memory for new situations that you face? You probably answered yes, but should you? How accurate are our minds in recalling what really happened? When we recall memories, our brains can add, remove and otherwise alter them. Our memories might not be as accurate as you first thought. What even […]

Hydrogen, The Fuel of The Future Today, gas is becoming scarce and temperatures are rising. Over the past 100 years the planet temperature has risen about 1.5?. Although this doesn’t sound like much, at the rate we’re going by the year 2050 the earth’s average temperature will most likely rise 7. 2?. This is just […]

SAbduction (n) the action or instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will. This situation occurs every second of every day in every country. Twenty seven million humans endure enslavement, no utopia exists in which this unmoral action doesn’t lurk. Though slavery in the past has changed drastically over the last few decades, resemblance […]

Steve Bantu Biko, a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa. Biko’s short 30-year life was consumed with the development of an acute awareness of the evils of apartheid, the social system under which non-whites lived in South Africa. Apartheid is based […]

Dear Citizens Of Illinois, As a concerned Illinois citizen, our state’s use of nuclear facilities has come to my attention. Not many people know that Illinois contains the most nuclear facilities in the country. Currently we have eleven operating facilities, and three facilities that were closed down prematurely, making fourteen total nuclear facilities in Illinois! […]

War causes great economic strain for most nations. During World War II Britain faced these problems in the extreme. Being an island it heavily relied on imports from other nations. With Germany blockading their shores with U-Boats and bombing their island, Britain was in serious trouble. Facing starvation and lack of materials their army was […]

There are certain essential principles that must be adhered to in order to navigate through life. The poet, Runyard Kipling expounded on the important quality of humility that man-kind should seek to emulate.Resiliency is the strength to overcome and conquer even in the worst of circumstances. An attribute of admirable character that makes us worthy […]

If you were to enter into a typical science class, you would find out that truth is determined by what is in the pages of a textbook. Students will leave class believing the teacher due to the evidencee that is presented; it would appear, by way it was written, that all the evidencee is irrefutable […]

“Hyrdrofracking is a dangerous method to extract natural gas; however, the opposite has been proven (Shader, Niel).” Hydrofracking is a process in which a mixture of water, sand and other everyday additives are combined with the use of water pressure and sent into the ground, thus putting a break through the rocks letting out the […]

1. Canada is the next-generation of functional foodstuffs. 2. People don’t think of canada when discussing where tropical fruits are grown. This is the author’s opinion. 3. I can infer that Canada has a lot of other resources rather than just lumber,and hockey. A large amount of food products are produced in Canada. 4. The […]

Imagine living solely on one food crop such as corn or lettuce. Would you not become bored with eating the same food every day? That’s how the Irish lived. Around the time of the potato famine of 1845, approximately one-half of Ireland, mostly the ones in poverty, depended only on potatoes for food (Moykr). Needless […]

Racism. The word that has caused crime and chaos in our country. It started wars and ended lives. More modern racism began as the incorrect belief that whites were better than blacks, and continues to grow even today as something that needs to be stopped. We must create a world where racism is simply a […]

Every day in America we speak our voice, we worship who we want, and we write out our hearts. What if we never had those rights? What if we got punished just by protesting the government or even by simply wearing a necklace with a cross? What if we got thrown in jail just for […]

My name. When my dad was younger he rode bulls. He and his brother were cowboys in a sense. So I assume that was one of the reasons he chose my name. The last name of “buffalo bill” was Cody. When I asked when I was younger, my dad said the bull rode uncle Deano […]

Technology is everywhere.People heavily depend on technology to better their lives.Banks, markets, hospitals, schools and departments stores depend on technology.Where and how it got its start is the question. Who was IBM?Who was behind Macintosh? How we ended up being so depended on PCs? Have you ever wondered what got Apple to its spotlight right […]

Be a Swan, not a Duckling Everyone has at least one friend. Most people have more than three friends. Some people can even say they have fifty friends. Whatever amount, you have a friend. A friend to talk to, a friend to laugh with, a friend to cry with, a friend to fight with, a […]

I was laying in my bed. A mound of blankets, writing in my notebook. It must not have been very life changing, because I don’t even remember what it was about. I had been crying. When my phone buzzed to life. I glanced down to see it was my best friend, calling me. It was […]

The word perfection, can best be defined as the condition, state, or quality of being free or free as possible from all flaws or defects. In Medieval times, women always fought to obtain the title as the perfect woman. The significance of a perfect woman is seen throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, through […]

In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, the dehumanization of African Americans during the years of slavery is discussed on nearly every page. One that really sticks out is the Last Supper scene where Baby Suggs cooks a meal for all her friends and neighbors. Through this scene, Morrison shows how the dehumanization of slavery […]

The American Dream, the land of milk and honey, the good life. Almost everyone wants these things, but how can they be attained? Traditionally, a family of four with the father working, the mother at home, and two children making high grades in their classes embodies the American good life. More recently, people thought it […]