Business Essays
When I was little, I often found myself alone due to the fact that I didn’t have that many friends, I often used video games to entertain myself due to my lack of friends when I was age 3. Ever since, I’ve considered myself a loner and didn’t try to socialize much. Often times I […]
American Values In the article, Values Americans Live By, L. Robert Kohls stated this, “The different behaviors of people or a culture make sense only when seen through the basic beliefs, assumptions and values of that particular group.” I agree with Kohl’s statement completely. Most people think of Americans as fat and slobby. While other […]
When the term “outside the box” comes to mind, most think of creativity and trying to come up with a good idea. This phrase is used when asking someone to think outside of their comfort zone. Who would have known that there is some “psychological truth” (Kim, Polman, Sanchez-Burks, 2012) to this metaphor? Scientists were […]
On August 31st, 2012, the first bionic eye was implanted into Dianne Ashworth’s eyeball at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Australia and gave her a small glimpse of vision. Ashworth’s vision loss is due to a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa, which is an inherited condition that causes great vision loss. Once in […]
As Francis Beacon once wrote, “It’s” not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. […]
Yesterday on September 9, 2014, Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPhone and the new iWatch, along with new software systems. During this event yesterday Apple also went into detail on the new software coming out later in 2014, called iOS 8, that has many new features. The biggest unveiling in the program was the release […]
I was seven years old when I went to live with my grandparents. No one knew it, but my mom had been in jail for three days and I was living all by myself. Everyone forgot about me. On the third day someone remembered and went to the house and took me to my grandparents. […]
In January 2013, according to the web article “Ten Horrible Crimes Committed by Children,” a fifteen-year-old boy named Nehemiah Griego shot and killed his entire family it began when his mother annoyed him. He shot her in the head; then he showed his brother the dead body and shot him when he cried. He then […]
What do you think of when you hear the word “sport”? Maybe you think of Volleyball, Football, Tennis, Golf, maybe even Basketball. I’m sure that one thing that doesn’t pop into your head is… horses. That’s right…. riding horses. It’s done all over the world. Unlike a football, volleyball or a pair or running spikes; […]
Each generation that is born and passes should “step up” and be smarter, work harder, and have an easier life than the past generations, and our generation should be no different. Not according to Mark Bauerlein author, of the Dumbest Generation (or don’t trust anyone under thirty.) every young adult who surfs the internet, or […]
To transform; to convert; to alter, or to make different. In literature, modern day and old, there is characterization, and changes in characters in the stories we read. Characters can stay the same, but many change their perspective and attitude towards the plot. These characters often play a major role in the plot. In Arthur […]
With the first short stare at Bob Dylan’s “Train Tracks” a person conceives the idea that it is just a painting an elementary student could have done with some watercolors and the only reason people have paid thousands of dollars for the piece is because his name is on it. This may be true however, […]
In the play A Doll’s House, there is a large amount of secrecy and underlying issues. These are mainly in the form of secrets kept by the protagonist Nora, who is mentally unable to see past the life she leads with her controlling and chauvinistic husband Torvald. A major theme of the play however accounts […]
Usually, when a person hears the word “resurrection”, they think of Jesus, who actually came back to life three days after he died. Other than Him and a few other people in the bible, no one has literally come back to life since. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, resurrection is used often, […]
When I analyze the lyrics of the song Big Butter and Egg Man by Louis Armstrong, I realize that it is filled with contradictory statements. The song speaks of a woman who wants to find a man who is a butter and egg man, but also a man “who’s workin’ all day.” A butter and […]
My family is the factor and challenge that has most shaped my life and aspirations and caused me to grow as an individual. My family consists of four people: me, my father, mother, and my brother. My mother is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and my brother also suffers from bipolar disorder in addition […]
Prostitutes. Hookers. Whores. How about sex workers? That’s what they are: Workers. Sex is their profession. Just like any other job. We all have jobs, careers. We all need a way to make money. Whether you’re in waste management or a CEO for a Fortune 500 company; we all depend on our jobs. Sex work […]
Widely known for his work in the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr eventually also gained momentum in the anti-war movement against the war in Vietnam. Through his use of imagery, diction, and parallel structure, Martin Luther King Jr associates the war in Vietnam with injustice in his famous speech, “Beyond Vietnam – A […]
Instructions to set up a Tent: Step One: Take the tent out of the package. It will most likely consist large poles that you won’t end up using, and a large, tarp-like sheet that you’ll get tangled in. Look at the instructions and make sure you have all necessary parts, even though half of them […]
GMO and the “No’s” Have you ever picked up a box of cereal and noticed its label says “contains GMO”? –Most likely not if you live in the United States or Canada. However, for European dwellers all consumer products are labeled if they contain GMO. Why are Europeans stressing the importance of knowing if consumer […]
Numbers, each exact and precise. Always having the same amount or always having the value they need. Never hidden or described, never as beautiful as words because numbers are never imperfect. They’re always logical, perfect, organized, and accurate. Words are like humans, whether lovely, harsh, ugly, simple, or stunning. Words are never constricting or punctual […]
I’d like to talk about racism in the South in the 1900s and specifically the way it is shown in To Kill A Mockingbird. I am completely appalled by the way the people of Maycomb try to be subtly discriminatory and not be completely obvious about it yet they still are clearly racists. One major […]
Will Humans Significantly Evolve Further From Where They Are Now? In 1859, Charles Darwin published his book, The Origin of Species, in which he formulated a theory on how animals have changed over time to what they are today from a common ancestor. Darwin claimed that a process called Natural Selection was responsible for the […]
My Romeo: Hamlet As I lay my head upon my pillow, when the sun goes down, and the day has come to an end, nothing but my charismatic Hamlet crosses my mind. His bristly five o’clock shadow that is visible all hours of the day and his phosphorescent blue eyes compliment each other handsomely. His […]
“1 in 5 teenangers have therapy for anxiety” (adaa) Every year there are more and more teenangers that suffer from anxiety, some of them don’t know how to manage it, or how to control it. Very little teenangers have therapy for anxiety and it’s hurting them in their daily lives. Teens are unaware of the […]
The Nobel Peace Prize is an international prize which is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee according to guidelines laid down in Alfred Nobel’s will. It is awarded in five different categories, such as a possible contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. It all began when the […]
My name is Maggie, I live in the North of today’s America, and I am a proud supporter of my troops. We are going to win this war, and I can tell you the reasons. We are seventy percent of the country, obviously the vast majority of territory, soldiers, and land is ours. And if […]
In a world filled with an overwhelming amount of diversity and creativity why would a piece of literature ever be banned from high school students? To ban or censor a book from high school students is absurd. High school students are told to act like adults while they are treated like children. And banning a […]
Mistake. Mishap. Misfortune. These three words sum up the majority of the 1920’s and 1930’s culture. This was a time of trial and error and a learning period for the United States. Many mistakes were made on important decisions that would eventually alter the shape of American history. Prohibiting the transportation, production, and sale of […]
“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” ~General Douglas MacArthur. The history of the Congressional Medal of Honor is quite rich. With events that led to the rescinding of over 900 medals and the creation of new criteria. The criteria […]
