Business Essays
For a decade, I thought mathematics was ugly. Long division was my least favorite. The teacher taught an acronym to remember the steps of long division. By the end of fourth grade, I was good at the rules. I could fill a page with numbers and through these rules I could find the answer to […]
What do you think is a memoir writer’s responsibility to write his or her history accurately? The responsibility of any writer, when writing a memoir, is to recite the history as accurately as possible. However add exciting and engaging nouns and verbs to keep the reader reading. I also think it’s important to put emotion […]
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is a renowned French classic of the nineteenth century which follows the life and times of Jean Valjean and the fascinating cast of characters with whom he interacts. Though a riveting story that is both heart-rending and eye-opening, the purpose of the novel stretches far beyond the narration of an […]
In early Rome, medicine took some time to begin to advance, but once it started there was nothing holding the discoveries back. All of these early detections that took place around 2,300 years ago which are viewed as home remedies today, were considered rather complex and have collectively led to the new medical breakthroughs of […]
There are an estimated 65 million Americans out there living with an STD. Of that 65 million many don’t even know that they have one and continue having sex with one or multiple partners in turn giving them the STD. STD s are sexually transmitted diseases such as hepatitis, herpes, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. There are […]
Gary, someone that has experienced PTSD, acute anxiety, and depression since 2010 states, “I didn’t cope with it very well physically, and I didn’t cope with it very well mentally.It was a massive change to my lifestyle and how I lived, and the impact of that has been felt to this day.” (Time to Change, […]
Its the beginning of the year and as this reporter observed the children getting off the bus at the Boys and Girls club. All of these kids are running off the bus and this is very dangerous. At the entrance to the Boys and Girls club you get a card that has your first and […]
Do you prefer reading the play or watching the adapted film version of a text? Personally, I prefer watching the movie or film. By watching the movie you feel the intenseness of a scene by the music or the lighting, you see the characters’ facial expressions by the camera angles the director has chosen to […]
In the story “A Rose For Emily ” William Faulkner portrays Emily as an unhappy, old-fashion, and passionate women though the story these different roles take places that effects the story as a whole who struggles with letting go of her past in order to capture the heart of a man who does not want […]
Disappointment crossed the faces of many middle school students earlier this week as they heard that they will no longer be able to read fiction books at school. The school board sent out a detailed email explaining their reasoning on banning fiction books from classrooms. The school board was led to believe that students are […]
The movie “Evita” revealed much about gender and politics as well as other dimensions of personality and socio-economic status during the early post-war period of Argentina. Beginning with the fact that Eva was not only an illegitimate child, but also a young girl, she faced many hardships. She grew up in lower class society and […]
The practice of cannibalism has been sprinkled throughout histories across the globe, but rarely is so obvious a consequence seen as in the case of Kuru. Kuru is a neurological disease, specifically a spongiform encephalopathy, borne of cannibalistic practices. The disease has only occurred in one place on earth, Papua New Guinea, a large island […]
In order for a puzzle to take form, each piece must have its own figure in order to fit all together. All members of society have their own personality. Without the distinctness that makes an individual, I would stand out no more than a leaf in the middle of a forest. Friends like to be […]
At the end of WWII Russia was trying to take Korea as a communist nation, but the United States wouldn’t have it. So we got involved and Korea was split at the 38th parallel in 1945. North Korea left as a communist nation and South Korea as a capitalist nation. Korea started a Civil War […]
Introduction The three biggest flaws in the school system when it comes to bullying are, first, Not taking bullying as a serious thing. Second, Not giving the bully’s legitimate consequences and third, Not educating kids enough on what bullying is and the consequences of bullying. Some common examples of teachers unintentionally encouraging bullying is when […]
Big Stick During America’s big development in the course of the 20th century, as the U.S. became a greater, more aggressive world power, especially in the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” was the favorite motto of Roosevelt, especially in the Caribbean disputes involving creating a canal in Panama. One […]
For the reduction of people reaching a weight that will, endanger their health, and also ruin their image in the eyes of society. We’ve all been to an amusement park and witnessed the following scenario: an overweight gentleman or lady who just can’t seem to, fasten their safety belt or, adjust their harness to the […]
When I was young, I had always seen reading and writing as a given. From the beginning of my educational journal, the art of words and sentences had been placed in front of me with the expectation that I would learn to decode and understand what was assigned. I think back to preschool, Ms. Kelly […]
Do you ever wonder why things are not the same as the used to be? One reason would be the nonviolent protest that had some good and bad effects. The effects of the protest were things like increased risk, financial problems and all so the change of government policy. By the end of reading this […]
You hear about it all the time – how greed and industry have replaced honesty and fairness in America. One such example of this is the utter failure of government agencies to adequately protect our food. Let’s focus on all the ways that the Food & Drug Administration in particular has been responsible for the […]
Reform is the one constant in human development. In fact, without change, development is an impossibility. However, it is sometimes the work of individuals that causes the most lasting and widespread reform. In the cases of Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau, while each had their own vision for society, their central perspectives […]
There is an issue throughout the country about whether or not we should have open borders. I believe that immigrants should be able to come through if they can pass a background check and a knowledge test because immigrants are helping our country. Many disagree because immigrants have come to our schools and then leave […]
We all aware of the common ideology of college being the only road to a life worth any meaning. Nowadays it seems many employers will scratch your name off the list at the simple mention of the absence of a college degree. Howhas the American Educational system decayed into this one idea of the perfect […]
What would it be like if you were allergic to water? Imagine never being able to drink water, take a shower, swim in the pool, or go to the beach. How do you think your life would be? Would you believe me if I said that you can be allergic to water? Well, whether you […]
Imagine this:You have a lot of things going on, you don’t know how you feel, and you’re always depressed. You don’t think anyone loves you or cares about you, and you just want to escape from all of it, but nothing seems to work. You’re never happy, you always seem to make people think you’re […]
Here’s some great news! Students in Mr.O’s writing workshop class now have rules to follow and they might just get a say in what those are! You need rules in every classroom, but what should they be? When is there just one rule to many? That’s what I wanted to find out. I asked three […]
Today, students throughout Mukwonago, Wisconsin were specifically told that their School Board had banned all types of fiction books from being read and used in classrooms because they were not providing all the necessary skills for Language Arts and test scores had been slowly shrinking. The school board, at their last meeting had been discussingthat […]
As I look around the field all I see is despair and anxiety. It’s been exactly one year since the nuclear explosions in Europe. Most people call it E-Day. 32 countries have been at war, over power to control nuclear bombs, and weapons. People just don’t know when to stop fighting. It hasn’t been the […]
New arrivals from Peru disembarked and soon they disappeared into the bustling crowd of travelers, however, one middle-aged woman stood in shock of the organized havoc that greatly contrasted her isolated village on the foot of the majestic Andes. Her sister insisted that she visit her in America and even promised to pay the two-way […]
Have you ever had a head ache? One that is so bad that it felt like a hammer pounding continuously inside your head. This could be a number of things: Just a normal headache, a migraine, or it could be caused by straining your eyes. Or it could be a much more life changing problem […]
