Expectation plays a large role in our society today. Standards projected onto us are one of the most influential factors regarding how we choose to act and present ourselves. It can force us to abandon our former selves and dictate our behavior, as shown in the Stanford Prison Experiment. The study had 24 male subjects […]

Jim Crow Laws and Their Influence in To Kill a Mockingbird “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (323). Mayella knew what she had done, and that this was the only way out of it. Perhaps it wouldn’t have been considered so wrong if racism and discrimination didn’t […]

Have you ever had Theater? Theater is a fine art class that is popular for many reasons. Theater is not hard. You can get easy grade if you just pay attention, and we also have projects. You don’t have any kinds of tests at all. You get to act scenes, and monologues. It has all […]

In July of 2012, Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina made major vetoes towards the state’s budget citing “pork barrel spending”. One of the 81 vetoes consisted of the South Carolina Arts Commission’s budget crippling the organization to the point of job loss and elimination of grants provided by the organization to art groups across […]

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice often provokes strong initial opinions and thoughts in the reader. The title elicits curiosity as to which characters the two adjectives could apply. Many believe that either Darcy or Elizabeth possess one of these traits. However, in retrospect, both of these adjectives apply to one Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Another opinion […]

Imagine you are at a party. There was music, dancing, singing, games and things like that. As different songs came on, you noticed that some people were standing and enjoying but some people were sitting. When a different song came on, the people who were sitting, stood up and enjoying the song. The people who […]

Some are under the impression that people cannot change. They believe that once an individual has a certain mentality or acts in a particular manner, that he is completely incapable of being persuaded to think or believe otherwise. There are a multitude of examples, both fictional and non-fictional, which are perfect examples of how different […]

“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that affects people who have experienced a dangerous or traumatic event. At one time, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was known as ‘shell shock,’ and occurred in men and woman who had been through battle. Today, we know that there are other events that can cause this condition such as: […]

Before the introduction of the internet, the music industry was way more different. To hear your favorite songs, you would have to drive all the way to the music store to buy your favorite CD, or wait for the song to come on the radio. These days, hours of streaming and downloading music is available […]

A dark amber smear on a piece of bread. A few bright drops into a hot cup of tea. A spoonful of a sweet golden liquid that you put straight into your mouth. However you eat it, honey puts a sweet taste in your mouth and a smile on your face. From the dark amber, […]

When using goods, the majority of people don’t consider where they came from or who produced them. Many are unaware that some of these products are actually made by children, who have been overworked, underpaid, and kept out of school. This is an issue known as child labour, and is defined as the full-time employment […]

I thought your article was interesting, and that you are talking about things besides Ipods and Star Wars. I welcome your comments to my comments. You were right: up until about a year ago, I believed in Christianity because my parents taught me it. But now, I’m at an age where I need to really […]

If a person is walking down a trail and sees an eccentric stone, he might pick it up, take a look at it, and throw it back into the woods. This action doesn’t disturb nature. If he sees a small turtle, he might watch it as it hides in its shell, and nature is again, […]

From the very beginning, we are told to be ourselves. Be yourself and you will make friends. Be yourself and you’ll do fine in life. This philosophy, however, is a paradox. By being told that we need to be unique individuals unlike anyone else is another way to conform children. It is the belief that […]

High school is known as the best years of your life. But senior year is known as the best year. This school year, high school seniors, the class of 2014, are anxiously waiting the benefits of being a senior to kick in, along with putting their plans for next year into motion. SchoolYears.com says, “Either […]

Jake sat down on his bed after a long day at school, the smell of sweat had consumed his room because it’s been a while since he last cleaned it. He turned on his TV and plugged in his gaming console, he inserted his favourite game in the disc slot and started playing his favourite […]

“Wisely judging that one token of shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm.” (Written in The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne. ) In the classic novel The Scarlet Letter, the baby, Pearl, first appears as a symbol of shame and sin. Pearl is the daughter of the […]

For the past two years, Ryan had won the horse races, and I always came second. Ryan was a tall kid who was a year older than me. Most of the time he was doing something on his expensive phone. He has his own horse which was brown and had a golden neck. Whenever he […]

The 2016 U.S. presidential elections have no doubt been on nearly every American’s mind. As in 2008, when the first African-American was elected president, the 2016 primaries could cement further milestones in American politics: the inauguration of the first female president, the first Jewish president, the first Hispanic-American president, and so forth. Meanwhile, the international […]

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Heart disease refers to a few different diseases, the most common one being coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease, also known as coronary artery disease, is the most common of diseases pertaining to the heart, affecting the lives of more than fifteen […]

“The lottery was conducted—as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program—by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities” (Jackson). “Shirley Jackson was an American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such […]

The rolling hills and meandering streams of abundant Europe cover over a dark past; a mass grave of corpses young and old. The plague that killed them, aptly named the “Black Death,” haunted the streets throughout the fourteenth century to erase one-third of Europe’s population. Tremendous pain and suffering resulted in bringing humanities to a […]

The government, the violence, and the obsessions over appearances are some things Panem has and the modern day has. Panem and today’s world are so different and yet so similar. Have physical appearances taken over modern day and the appearances of the ones we know and love? Physical appearances have gone extreme and so has […]

Poetry is the art of expressing plausible and also untrue feelings through writing. Many people have used poetry to help themselves within the course of their lifetime. Although, not all people think and use poems this way. Some think they are a waste of their “valuable” time. Think of it as if the people who […]

Lies are used to create a false perception. The world is constructed from these lies, that protect and lies that produce profit. Lies from the governments, lies from corporations, and lies from leaders, all have one thing in common, they all are used for benefit, whether the lies are for the benefit of protection or […]

The Women’s Movement is a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women’s suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence. The Women’s Movement began in the late 19th century and had three different waves. First-wave feminism was oriented around the middle or upper-class white women and […]

“Children have got to be free and lead their own lives. ” –Sebastian This quote means that eventually children have to be let go of, and take control of themselves, and cant hold on to someone else forever. Eventually we are going to grow up and lead our own lives, which is why it is […]

My high school is starting off the year turning their their “S. W.A.G. on”. Our new motto helps encourage students to work their hardest to be the better person in any situation they are involved in. Every teacher and staff member remind the students to show they got swag by wearing t-shirts, posting posters, and […]

In nineteenth-century France, a young playwright named Edmond Rostand romanticized the life of the minor author and historical figure called Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac with his play Cyrano de Bergerac.The setting is seventeenth-century Paris, France. During this time, France had what was known as the Preciosity movement, and the movement was an effort by men […]

Be Proactive: In band, we can be proactive by coming to class on time, having all of our necessary supplies with us, such as planner, pencils, and various sticks and/ or mallets, and being ready to play when the bell rings. Ahem, that means no traipsing into the band room humming Hedwig’s Theme at 10:19. […]