The environment that surrounds us is changing right in front of our eyes. Did you ever wonder how much fossil fuel we burn that causes the environment negatively? Did you ever wonder how much fuel burns in a car and produces carbon dioxide and other deadly gasses? These problems are caused by humankind and it […]

I find Katherine Paterson’s argument interesting and brilliantly put together. Fiction, most definitely, is not defined as true. It is, really, the opposite as she states in her essay. Katherine tells us that fiction is Truth’s “older sister.” To further that point, fiction should go along with truth. In her book, Bridge to Terabithia, she […]

Everybody knows of the story of the supposed “unsinkable” Titanic. Which on April 10th, 1912 at 9:30 a.m., the excited people of Southampton started boarding the Titanic. They were traveling to the magical New York City. People boarded the ship with their mouths open at the sight of her designs. They admired the walls, staircases, […]

Dear Hrothgar: My dearest Hrothgar I’m so sorry to hear about the tragic death of your soldiers and the loss ofMeed Hall. I would like to offer up my services to vanquish Grendel from your kingdom. You should choose me to go out on this quest because I am able to use my strength, smartness, […]

They walk with their long, hairy legs, which they have 8 of. I mean come on don’t they ever shave those wild things. Yeah I’m talking about spiders. The ugliest, hairiest creatures in the world. Then some other “fantastic” things about them are that they are all over the world, all different types of them, […]

You all know the feeling of those last two seconds you stand in the school building; right before the bell rings for the summer. Yet not many of us ever take the time to describe the feeling you get the first day of school, right after summer, that horrible feeling you get that you might […]

In the Holocaust and in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, many Jews at the concentration camps were dehumanized physically and mentally. Elie Wiesel described in his memoir about his hard life in Auschwitz concentration camp. The purpose of these concentration camps was to exterminate all of the Jews. The Nazis did many different things […]

Domestic Violence is everywhere, and you may not know it. It might even be in the home of your next door neighbor or your best friend’s parents. The problem of the matter is the fact that women hide the violence from their friends and family and dodge the help opportunities; maybe from embarrassment or out […]

“There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open” (Jackson). Shirley Jackson is the author of “The Lottery”. She is well known around the world. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916. She began writing poetry and short stories as a young teenager […]

ou open a book and the words swim around the page. A bunch of letters in seemingly random order. You know the sounds that the letters make and you’ve practiced the sounds many times but you can’t figure out how to put those sounds together. You have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disability many people, […]

DNA could be compared to the instruction book of life. DNA is a nucleic acid that makes up the genome, or sum of an organism’s genetic make-up, of an organism. (“DNA”). The nucleic acid serves as a template for replication and transcription; many cell processes would not be able to take place without the information […]

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment documents the internal struggle of tormented Raskolnikov, a young man who murders an old pawnbroker and her sister. Raskolnikov believes that his intrinsic status as one the few elite men among all others gives him the right to break the standard rules of society. He decides to murder out […]

It seems an odd thing to think about. What color describes a person best? First, one needs to figure out what the color means, and then, ask if it applies to a particular person. That is a challenging thing to think about, but once a person figures it out, it seems so simple and easy […]

The story “A Rose for Emily” is not just a disturbing tale of an unfortunate woman; it is also a canvas for the reader response method. Using reader response criticism the reader can analyze William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” through morals, hidden meanings, and anthropology. This is all just a way of criticism, but […]

Different things attract different people, which is why innovation is needed to attract new consumers. Innovation opens new doors and expands the popularity of a company. For a company to stay in business for a long time they must change eventually because technology, people and places change over time. Most of the world renowned companies […]

Music was very influential in the Civil Rights Era because it spread hope, communicated feelings, and inspired the protesters. This led to sit-ins, filling up the jails, Freedom Rides, and even a major change in society. During the protests, people sang the songs to spread hope through the crowd and keep the protests peaceful. Songs […]

The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a judgemental, but eye opening kind ofstory. I honestly love it. It has a lengthy beginning, but as soon as the action starts, it doesn’t stop until the very end. I didn’t want to put the book down. I also like it because you learn […]

Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings the tune without the wordsAnd never sleeps at allAnd sweetest in the Gale is heardAnd sore must be the stormThat could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warmI’ve heard it in the chillest landAnd on the strongest seaYet- never in extremityIt asked- a […]

The Atomic Bomb How would you have felt if you had to make the decision to drop an atomic bomb on a city? That is what President Truman was faced with towards the end of World War II. In 1941, the Manhattan Project began and a few years later the first atomic bomb was produced. […]

There is evidence that Happiness is more of a state of mind rather than an emotion that is not controllable. Instead of being an emotion that is more of a reaction to other people and events. In other words, if you put yourself in a good mood, you can make yourself happy no matter what […]

Once the Nazis were in power, ordinary citizens were unable to protest the policies and practices of their totalitarian government without lethal consequences. Without an effective protest, Nazi actions grew increasingly bolder and ultimately the German people’s civil rights were restricted and eliminated. The NSDAP used anti-Semitic and nationalistic propaganda along with brutality as a […]

Water Pollution “Around the world, an estimated one million birds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles die each year when they become trapped in plastic or eat it, perhaps mistaking it for a tasty treat. It is one of biggest threats to all whales and dolphins occurring throughout the world’s oceans” (http://www.wdcs.org/wdcskids/en/story_details.php?select=879). Animals are […]

Since the early 1990’s, video game technology has grown to immense popularity. It has evolved into a leading source of revenue in the world market, and provides a new method of interactivity in the world. Opposing groups, such as concerned parents and radical politicians, believe that this steady development of video games causes degradation in […]

Ryszard Kapuscinski, author of The Other, discusses the idea of seeing oneself in another person, a concept dubbed seeing the ‘I’ in the Other. When a person meets someone new, he must bear witness to this Other, seeing and accepting the different qualities of the Other and simultaneously learning about his own defining qualities. Kapuscinski […]

Imagine being the most important individual in the world, but later finding that your legacy had been dashed to pieces. If Warren G. Harding were to come back from his dreadful deathbed, this is what he would find. Today, Warren Harding is a forgotten president. It is not a surprise that a president who created […]

Perhaps what sparked my interest in archeology is because it is the study of past civilizations, therefore being the story of our past. And being an aspiring novelist, stories are the things that I generally live for. The story of our past.. ….it’s a complex and unexplored terrain that we must learn from if we […]

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney Ever since I was a young boy, I was a creative person. At age 8, we all enter second grade. For me I was just moving back to this school district and a new elementary school. Our first assignment was “What is your favorite […]

School and Leadership can never be separated. School means an institution for people to learn something that will give benefits to them. The meaning of leadership is the ability of an individual or an organisation to lead the people or the team player under them. School is one of the most effective place for youth […]

Senior year, the year many students look forward to. The seniors at Arrowhead high school are going to be graduating in ten months. Arrowhead High School has seen students come and go as graduation season comes around. Some students will be graduating in January, while others will be graduating in June. Graduation is there to […]

The song We Shall Overcome, famously performed by Joan Baez, eventually served as the de-facto anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. The song Horst-Wessel-Lied also served as an anthem, but for a much darker cause, the Nazi Party. Horst-Wessel Lied, written by Horst Wessel himself, was made the co-national anthem of Germany from 1933-1945. These […]