Business Essays
Under the Influence. This story is narrated by the son of an alcoholic father. This story basically revolves around him and his family. We all know drinking is a terrible and unhealthy habit to have, but who would’ve thought it would lead him to his death bed. This story shows how drinking can ruin not […]
life filled with needles… think about it. Would it be worth it to regulate food consumption every day, to be consistently tired and fatigue every day, to live with diabetes every day, and to stick a needle in flesh every day? Growing up with a mother that suffered diabetes as an adult, it is easy […]
In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses irony to illustrate that women are much more probable to reach their dreams in love than men. Hurston begins her novel by using the metaphor of ships for love: “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come […]
Would you believe that a single test can significantly determine your child’s future? Well, unfortunately, it can. IQ tests such as the Stanford-Binet, the OLSAT, and the WAIS are substantially influencing parents and their children’s future. Moreover, this phenomena has been aggrandizing due to the utilization of IQ tests by highly selective schools comprising kindergartens […]
As the 2014 World Cup begins to approach in June, it seems appropriate to discuss why soccer has still yet to become a predominant part of American culture. Reasoning for this phenomenon can be found far and wide, and some arguments are more effective than others. The most prevalent argument is that soccer is far […]
In Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost, the author talks about a traveler who comes across two roads and must choose one to continue on. The interpretation and message of this poem is that the poem is a metaphor and the path that the traveler is taking his life, and the fork in the road […]
Until fairly recently, the world of comic books have been a predominately male centric industry. Constantly scrutinized, comics have been accused of various atrocities ranging from sexism to the corruption of the innocent. The business realized it needed to grow-up and throughout the years has matured the ways it has treated its characters. An interesting […]
We all have felt left out at one time or another. There may have been that time, in second grade, where you were shunned from the most popular game of four-square over something silly. Maybe you liked a certain movie, was not into a certain game, or maybe you ate crayons. Whatever the circumstance may […]
The School District music program doesn’t get funded enough money, so my school does a yearly fundraiser. In the Choral Department, students and teachers team up with an organization called Cherrydale. Cherrydale has multiple catalogs that friends and family can buy out of. One choir student has said, “The Cherrydale fundraiser helps us fund all […]
I’m a geek/nerd/pick your adjective, so my parents decided several years ago that I “was not being challenged enough” in school, so they signed me to be tested for some programs for gifted kids. This test was the SAT which I took in 7th grade. Long story short, I passed. Resulting in me being eligible […]
I believe that smart homes are a goal worth striving towards and can make our lives easier and less of a hassle (if any of us felt as though we had hassles in our life beforehand). Others say that we have gone too far in the way of smarthomes and we need to “get back […]
There has always been that question in everyone’s mind of what is beyond our Earth; who is beyond our Earth? Through different mindsets, people have made their own theories and decisions upon what is true or not about extraterrestrial life. Shown through typical people’s sightings of life from beyond to astrobiologist’s findings of mysterious micro-organisms, […]
The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. It was about slavery, but one author claims that it was all about taxes. That author is wrong and I will prove it false by explaining many reasons why. Some reasons are that the Civil War was to abolish slavery, keep the United States together, […]
Assassinations: Are they ethical, or even legal? This is a question that many people have different answers to (interestingly, the different answers to this question don’t seem to vary by which side of the aisle you stand on). Second question first (because it’s a lot easier to answer). Are assassinations legal? According to the Constitution […]
I am an aspiring business student who wishes to major in Business Management as well as Electronics Engineering. From August 2011-July 2012, I decided to conduct a research project on the challenges of starting a business, and how to make a successful business grow. I analyzed three businesses in India and two businesses in the […]
African Americans in the 1930s lived mostly very sheltered lives. Their children were sheltered and their children grew up and sheltered their children. They often lived in very tight communities with one another. Their children would never wander far and they were often dressed in the clothes their mothers had made them. Black children didn’t […]
Teen Driving is a good thing I believe. I believe it is good because you get to become an adult when you start driving. You start becoming an adult because you are getting older and older every day and then you start wanting to drive, get married, and get a job. Teen Driving helps you […]
Soccer Players Some soccer players theypractice soccer. Somepeople want to be famous, and they practice soccer. When you practice everyday, you become a good player . The soccer players started to practicesoccer whenthey were kids and growing as youngmen. The Famous Soccer Players The famous soccer players areMessi, Neymar, and Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi is from […]
Throughout the classic novels of To Kill A Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies, many themes and motifs are explored through the experiences of their iconic characters. Both accounts tell of the hardships of adolescence and social injustice, but two characters that face similar challenges throughout their journeys are Jem Finch from To Kill a […]
Her youth, her innocence, acute sense of justice and naive point of view, these are all the reasons why Scout is the narrator of the novel. She is just an innocent child when the story begins, yet we get to see her grow up and see how everything that happens around her makes her change […]
Most children have had a time in their lives when they recall building sand castles or blanket forts. Something that they may not recall, is the castles in the sky that they had constructed. Thoreau describes these castles saying “Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they […]
Living in a society where brain diseases and other related medical conditions have become far too common despite all the medical breakthroughs that have happened even in just the past decade and during a time when emotional stability seems to be on the decline, there is research with evidence to show that one step toward […]
What people are overlooked everyday?Prisoners, incarcerated people, that’s who!Over 2.2 billion people are currently being held in prisons or jails.That is more than all the population of New Mexico. Over half of those people are serving time because of a non- violent crime, such as drugs.Even though that does not seem like a large offense […]
In his extraordinary career, he sold, an estimated 750 million records worldwide. He was also recognized in the book of Guiness World Records as the most successful entertainer of all time. Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, leaving at only 50 years old. He left his children Paris (11), Prince Michael 1st (14), and […]
My school’s handbook states, “Students may not use cell phones, portable media players, video equipment, or any other electronic in the classroom.” So is listening to music while doing schoolwork really harmful? According to Elizabeth Landau, a CNN Health writer/producer, professional researchers who have already experimented or tried to find the real answer to if […]
What does a person hope to gain when they open a book? Do they want to be inspired, saddened or do they simply wish to find comfort in the words that make books an unforgotten treasure? I have read many books where all I think about while reading is, when can I finally put this […]
It has always been said that loneliness is a separate entity from solitude. For solitude is time spent voluntarily separate from others, while loneliness is perceived, involuntary isolation. Solitude is a choice, loneliness a feeling. Especially in the era of Transcendentalism, solitude became a popular outlet for exploring one’s innermost identity. One leader of the […]
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When I am in a forest I am not with the rest of the world. Massive ravines, sloping hills, jagged rocks and dismembered trunks construct a vast place, wild and inhuman. The deciduous trees sprouting with chartreuse green leaves, vividly doused in sunlight, transport me back to an antediluvian time. The network of roads and […]
African Americans in the 1930s lived mostly very sheltered lives. Their children were sheltered and their children grew up and sheltered their children. They often lived in very tight communities with one another. Their children would never wander far and they were often dressed in the clothes their mothers had made them. Black children didn’t […]
