You cannot see others human weaknesses, anxiety, and depression problems, but music helps them express themselves. “I’m breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus” is a parallel experience to the slaves’ song. The slave songs all maintain a secret message or conjecture within the song. Many of these songs confess that […]

Joseph Kony is a dictator in northern Uganda who has been abducting girls and boys for his army. Kony has been doing this for more twenty years, but he has gone on until now nearly unknown. Because he is kidnapping children and forcing them into his army, (the Lord’s Resistance Army), he is violating many […]

The era of the foragers lasted nearly 250,000 years. When that era ended the building blocks of modern society was created, farming. The most important things we need to know about the world that farming made are; culture, farming methods, and leadership. If we don’t know these things society is bound to commit the same […]

“Make Love, Not War”- Woodstock, 1969. How did the social conformity of the 1950s come to face the recalcitrant anti-war movement of the 1960s? Considering the youth of the last decade was also evidently defiant to the conservative parental-type authorities at the time with innovations in music (Rock’n’Roll) and teenage maturation and development, the “flower […]

Even the most trivial items can often hold a great significance. In the play Othello written by William Shakespeare, symbolism occurs throughout, namely in the form of Desdemona’s handkerchief. Othello sees the handkerchief as a symbol of his and Desdemona’s marriage, while Iago sees it an opportunity to execute his vengeance on Othello. The handkerchief […]

You, my dearest Sixth Grader, are about to embark on a journey that is comical, cumbersome, and both wonderful and completely horrible at the same time. Right now, you are still wide-eyed and bushy tailed; your mind is still eager with expectation for what is to come. All too soon, my dear Sixth Grader, cold […]

It’s definitely not a secret that people love listening to music. From listening to music while exercising, to bobbing our heads along to a song in the car, we make music an essential part of our lives. But why does music have such a worldwide appeal? First of all, the type of music we like […]

Throughout one’s life, many friends come and go. They will have arguments and disagreements from time to time, whether it be about something trivial or something that is life changing. However, friends will also share advice and secrets, and trust that they are not going to be told. Friends will help you when you fail, […]

Coffee is a drink full of caffeine and loved by millions around the world today. Coffee can be traced to as far back as the early thirteenth century. Its origin however is surrounded by myths. Coffee is believed to have originated in modern day Ethiopia. It gets its name from the word Keffa and was […]

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light,” stated by Helen Keller (Keller). The days were longer and it was the time of year when all you wanted to be doing was refreshing yourself by the coolness of the city pool’s water. Infact that was just what my […]

n the world there are different religions some we might know of and other we’ve might have heard about from the news but, do you know everything about each religion? Probably not, chances are that just because people practice a certain religion they might not know everything about it. So, the purpose of my paper […]

Imagine a life in which your wealth and status defined who you were, the way you were treated by others, and your livelihood. If you happened to be born into the lower classes of society, you would be treated with disdain and contempt by those above you in class.Would you fight this kind of treatment, […]

Introduction It was 11:00 pm on April 2 and my entire family was in a foul mood, the kind that reeks of “touch me and you’ll scorch your hand.” We practically fell through the door of the utterly barren, frighteningly alien house. The place smelled like isolation and looked worse. Ready to both pass out […]

Was there another way? The echoes of the past whisper hai, yes, they shout no with patriotism. The voices of the dead scream in agony, and the allies of America sigh and resign it all to what needed to be done. Now that we are not under the constraints of time and fear, looking into […]

The problem that I am facing, in fact it’s the only problem going on right now. School/grades are the only problem. Every week I usually have 2 or 3 tests in my classes, Most of the time I end up failing at least one of them. I guess the main issue is that I don’t […]

People often argue that aquariums no longer hold the same value as they did a few decades ago. However, I feel that they are a necessity because they are able to display animals that otherwise would never be seen by the common person. Unless you charter a boat to take you on trips around the […]

“A Rose for Emily” is a story about a girl that suffers from a fear of change. Emily’s father passes and her lover is soon to leave her too. In the story she is so scared of being alone she actually pushes everyone away. This connects to others because the situations are real and happens […]

On April 24th, 2013, thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers head to Rana Plaza to start the day’s work. They settle in their seats and begin working away on their sewing machines, making as many of the same cheap shirts as possible. Suddenly the power goes off and they hear a boom. The building crumbles leaving […]

In today’s society teens experience loneliness in many different ways. Stress could play a large role in this. Teens could often feel shunned by their peers if one doesn’t dress like another or if one’s hobbies aren’t the same as everyone else’s. Death can affect one’s life in a major way, causing extreme loneliness, in […]

The solar system, a simple yet complicated universe of planets and life. Earth, the only known home to life may not be the only home to life after all. Mars the identical, but not quite identical twin of Earth may also be a home. Named after the Ancient Roman God of War, Mars is also […]

What is black history month? Many have the insight to see it as the month about African-Americans and to do research projects on them. Others may say that it’s just a month, no different from all the other eleven. Well, there was a time in my life when I believed each of the above views. […]

Perfection is a complicated topic; no one really knows what it is, but everyone wants a say on what it should be. When taken to the extreme, perfection becomes dangerous and can cause pain and anguish to many people because when one strives for perfection, they will always fall short. This failure then leads to […]

“The real message behind most of my work is question everything” Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. He started to become involved with art 1984. He started small artistic methods such as drawing on skate boards and shirts. He graduated in 1988 from Idyllwild arts academy. He then graduated from Rhode […]

Using reader response criticism, the reader can analyze William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily through action, secret meaning, and anthropology.In this short story, I can connect to the main characters life in many ways. In the story Emily is very close to her father. Her father controls every aspect of her life, so she doesn’t […]

My school’s motto is “something for everyone.” Some students play a sport, are in an activity, or are in a club. But one junior, Mackenzie, is involved in it all. And she still manages to keep her grades way above average while being in so many activities. Mackenzie is in Key Club, Ski Club, National […]

In the bestselling book To Kill A Mockingbird by: Harper Lee, a book that is based on segregation and labeled the narrator, a young girl Scout Finch tells the story about her older brother Jem Finch and her dad Atticus; who is a lawyer in the fictional Maycomb county who has been hired to be […]

Hey, people! Today I’m looking at science. .. which is odd, ’cause typically I abhor it. However, I find these mirror neurons things to be quite fascinating, so if you don’t know what they are, keep reading. If you do, then hopefully you’re as entranced by them as I am. Hm. I don’t think entranced […]

In California, Cesar Chavez’s birthday is one out of the three, to be considered an official state holiday. March 31st 1927, this was the birth of a very important Mexican American labor activist. Cesar Chavez was of Mexican-American descent, and was a religious individual who believed in equal rights. He was a very hard working […]

With America’s rapidly growing population, energy use in today’s society is greater than ever. Almost every American citizen uses more energy than needed by not doing such simple things as turning off a light switch, or leaving the water running when they brush their teeth. This may be fine to do now, but with rapidly […]

Did you know that everything we do in life is related to our minds? We use our brains all the time, even when we’re sleeping! We also use our nervous systems in everything we do. People called psychologists study how our minds and nervous systems work and function. There are many types of psychology which […]