After the Titanic sunk, many other ocean liners were lost in World War I. Some were the same Olympic class design as the Titanic. One was the very ship that rescued survivors of the Titanic, the Carpathia. The HMHS Britannic was one of the Olympic-class ocean liners. It was the biggest and last ship to […]
I chose to review the story The Sports Taboo by Malcolm Gladwell because I can relate to the theme of this short story, sports. It deals with sports and how they’re incorporated into people’s lives.This story argues that certain people of different ethnic or cultural background perform better at certain sports than others. The author […]
Materialism, like capitalism, is a defining factor of the American way of life. As with all things, materialism has its good and bad points. It is a trend that paints the American picture. It gives a perception of wealth and prosperity. However, it is commonly a shallow depiction of reality. The possession of things does […]
Around the world, every few seconds a child is being born. Each and every one of these children are given a life full of opportunity, a chance to obtain happiness, hope to light the path to the future, and imagination to shape the world; however not all are given that chance. Perhaps the most virulent […]
I chose this story because I am an athlete myself and I know a lot about most sports. I have been playing sports for about eight years on an actual team, but I have been playing sports almost every day about all my life. Another reason why I chose this topic was because it is […]
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Laurents’s West Side Story are two of the best classics of star-crossed lovers. From the cramped city streets of Verona, Romeo and Juliet is a drama of two rivaling families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The cramped city streets of New York City have their own deadly rivalries between two […]
I had lived my youth like many children do, spending time watching movies and hearing stories with happily ever after endings. This belief followed my mentality into my preteen and teen years as well. I had undoubtedly believed everything always works out for the best, that was, until, the truth hit me like bus. It […]
Bullying”About 49% of children in grades 4–12 reported being bullied by other students at school at least once during the past month, whereas 30.8% reported bullying others during that time.”(Stopbullying 2013). Everyone has been bullied once whether it was you or someone else. Chances are that you were the victim or just watched it happened.This […]
The government’s decision to reduce the federal budget spent for higher education has been the most strategic economics move in U.S. history. American education has become too accessible. As a result, workspaces are inundated with over qualified applicants – causing many people to remain unemployed. This is a direct result of the government’s tendency to […]
Transition from elementary school to middle school Transition can be hard. Change brings about a whole new realm of possibilities, a whole new realm of challenges but also many opportunities. Everyone adapts differently, some love the idea of new, others are fearful and will do almost anything to stop change and yet others may not […]
Growing old is a cause for concern in the minds of many. Frequently people find themselves worrying daily over the lack of time that is left in their lives. This is natural. Once a person reaches this time period they find changes in themselves, both physical and mental. Physical symptoms of old age are wrinkles, […]
Our world has sustained human life for nearly one hundred thousand years and counting. As humans developed, industrialized, and expanded, our planet Earth groaned under the weight of exhaustion but remained steadfast, continually supporting this growth. The amount which our planet sacrifices everyday for our wellbeing is shocking—its arms are cut down for our warmth […]
Amazon is a company created by Jeff Bezos in 1995 as an online bookstore that has become one of the most powerful corporations, selling almost anything to people all over the United States. However, Bezos and his company have been known not to treat their workers well. They have had brutal working conditions, treated the […]
Petrarchan sonnets are the epitome of love- loving someone so much that everything they are is absolutely perfect. It hurts that you love them so much. This love is a shallow love, based on physical attributes and how one party, the male, feels. Is this the idea of love that we want to look up […]
Why have Apple trees that produce one specific apple when one can have apple trees that can produce four or five different types of apples? Grafting is a new technique that many farmers use to grow three or four types of apples on one tree. This method is very cost efficient, does not take up […]
The periodic table is a useful table that helps scientists obtain information before experimenting or testing anything. There are three main groups on the periodic table metal, nonmetal, and metalloids. Each element can be classified into one of these categories. The scientific definition of an element is “a pure substance that cannot be separated into […]
During this time unemployment was up at 25%. (Kelly) This was an especially difficult time for those in agricultural, causing farmers to pick up their houses and their families and move to California where agriculture was still thriving. These migrant workers were often living in large caravans. They were living in poor living conditions and […]
On just an ordinary Monday after school in the April of my second grade, my friends and I walked on to the yellow school bus to go home. It was a cloudy day and a sense of misfortune themed the sky. At the time, though, I did not pay much attention. I was never really […]
What is a soul?Overtime, the initially religious concept has developed to mean so much more than some mystical, immortal aura that encompasses one’s being.Philosopher Michel Foucault redefines the soul as “the prison of the body”––an exterior coating that forms as a result of the societal expectations. He believes that a soul is defined by one’s […]
Beginning in the 1940s with writers such as Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg at its forefront, the Beat Generation was arguably one of the most influential time periods in American history. It embraced the idea of self-expression and liberating oneself from societal norms in a multitude of ways, even though some of them […]
Hello my name is Sheila, and I am a middle school student. One controversial debate that affects me, my fellow peers, and teachers has been that middle students should be required to wear school uniforms. On the one hand,those opposed to this motion argue that school uniforms shouldn’t be required. On the other hand, I […]
Can you imagine spending your entire childhood wanting to escape the life you were born into? A life filled with restrictions set by family, and most of all society. Only to one day realize that it’s inescapable, no matter where you go, no matter how far away you are, it will follow you like a […]
Fifty percent of all U.S. adults have hacked within the past twelve months of May twenty-ninth of this year. Hacking is a worldwide problem. Hacking is a repercussion of all the technology we have today. Nearly every person in the world has some sort of technology whether it is the light they get from a […]
Throughout the whole novel of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain demands change. As Huckleberry Finn was set in the pre-Civil war time period but was written after the Civil war, Twain wishes to prove that society hasn’t changed, and that the Reconstruction was not working well. One way he proves this idea is […]
Is it right to kill a killer? Or, what if you kill an innocent man? With this possibility, is it worth the risk to keep the death penalty? No matter what, the convicted party will be punished, but is it easier to to pardon an innocent man from jail than to bring one back after […]
Imagine being stronger than everyone else around you. Most people are not like that, but Harrison Bergeron was not like most people. The story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is about a young boy who rebels against the government. Based on appearance, actions, and other character reactions Harrison Bergeron is physically stronger than everyone else. […]
After countless attacks on Europe, Asia, and North America, people are getting sick of terrorism. The world technology is advancing rapidly, and so is I. S.I.S. Many people are wondering what is I.S. I.S.?How will the world fix this? What is I.S.I. S. based on? Who is their leader? I.S.I.S. , also known as the […]
After complaints from gun owners in Florida this summer about doctors asking if they had guns, State Rep. Jason Brodeur has proposed a bill that will have doctors fined up to $5 million or put in jail for up to five years if they ask their patients if they own any guns. Although passing this […]
What would it be like if your daily needs turned into a battle to the death? If violence and obsession were much more common than usual and the government was corrupt, what would you do? Could you do anything? Imagine that was your life every single day. Compare it to your own life, and prepare […]
From play to movie Hamlet and Lion King are alike in many ways, Lion king being a 1994 Disney movie written by Rob Minkoff. And Hamlet being a 1603 play written by William Shakespeare.The two stories have much in common, Lion king is based off of Hamlet. They use different languages in these two works. […]
