Does Your Computer Function The Way It Should?You know those weird messages that randomly pop up on your screen… Yup, that’s me! The task of being a computer programmer is to make computer’s function the way they do. Those ‘weird messages’ are the code language (“Computer Programmers”). Although this may seem like a cool job […]

Saturday night, I thought about the movie I had just watched:”Train To Busan”. It tells the story about a couple of passengers who struggle to survive on the express train from Seoul to Busan while a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea. I was asking myself if this could be real, if we could […]

There has long been a disagreement about whether Christopher Columbus was a pirate or hero. This was written to tell the he was a pirate finding things that could benefit his homeland of Spain but instead keeping it for himself. He tried claiming the island as the property of Spain while herding the native people […]

Through the misty early morning fog, a train buzzed into Vienna, Austria, during the time when food was scarce and needs were hardly met. There, standing in old, worn clothes and a big bow tied into her hair was Miep Gies. The journey from Vienna to Holland would be a long one, but in return, […]

Many people do not realize that sex trafficking is a relevant issue.It may be a problem for some parts of the world, but not here. Not in America. But the shocking truth is that in the United States, over 50,000 people are victims of sex trafficking every year.There is a negative stigma that makes it […]

When we define the phrase a ‘tragic hero’, we get the definition of a literary character who makes a judgment error that leads to their destruction, or downfall, and in this essay I have chosen King Creon as my tragic hero because he fortifies and defines Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. In the story […]

The year 2012, I was in sixth grade. It was probably the worst year of my life. I didn’t have a lot of friends, my grades weren’t…that great. That was until, the end of March. In my History class we had to create a project(MAJOR GRADE) It was an invention that had to be something […]

The United States Constitution gives equal rights to all citizens of America, and this includes women. Why then, were women denied the right to vote? Because they had no place in the politics of the government under which they lived? Because they were dainty figures too frail to vote? Because they were unintelligent and hadn’t […]

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell starts on the first day of school in 1986. Park has been dreading this day since the summer began. His Walkman is blasting The Smiths at full volume as he tries to drown out the loud comments shouted by his classmates behind him on the bus. He is looking […]

“We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!” – Frederick Douglass, Self-Made Men Speech. The word “slave” can have many meanings, both metaphorical and literal. Literally, being a “slave” means “a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them” (Dictionary.com). However, […]

Ntozake Shange is an African-American female who grew up in the racially segregated town of St. Louis. She had to be bused to a white school for an education. Wherever she went, school home, she was faced with the challenges of sexism or racism. Shange had gone through many hardships by the time she was […]

Just because the Electoral College was a good decision in 1787, it does not mean it still is today. At a national convention in 1787, delegates adopted the Electoral College voting system in which the presidents and vice presidents are chosen indirectly. They chose this over the direct popular vote because they felt that people […]

Anna Goldsworthy fears that the younger generation will soon be completely oblivious to her life’s passion. The Australian pianist says, “It is difficult to escape the fact that my audience is several decades further down the road than I am. And I am less and less confident that a new audience will come marching in […]

Hero or thief? Icon or villain? Misunderstood in many respects, revolutionary Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was a man of many titles, riddled with inaccurate myths and discrepancies. He was not the convivial man that donned a funny hat and feasted with Native Americans as popularized by coloring books, but he was also not the image […]

Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. There are many health risks when it comes to eating food that’s made within a matter of seconds. The food is not properly taken care of, which leads all the way back to where the food is originally produced. Even if it is easy to […]

Have you ever questioned the habits of some of the most interesting animals on the planet? Alaska’s animals can be unique, interesting, and amazing, whether they’re massive mammals, fabulously feathery birds, or aquatic animals. Learning about these animals is fun and educational. The enormity of this subject is often overwhelming but exciting. These animals are […]

The United States of America since the beginning of its existence has been fighting for equality. After eliminating slavery, Jim Crow, separate but equal and racist housing policies for African Americans, America was thought to be a safe haven for all races and cultures, yet with racial profiling and racist actions happening all over the […]

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” These are the inspiring words of Martin Luther King, Jr. He never stopped fighting for injustice.Even though he died in a miserable way, Martin Luther King, Jr. […]

In recent years, a numerous amount of people have started to avoid products containing gluten and see this protein as a threat to their health. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley which can cause an unpleasant reaction to people with gluten-related disorders. On a gluten-free diet, the protein, gluten, needs to […]