Business Essays
His shirt was on fire. His back was burning. Finally, he hit the cold hard ground dead. This is the story of the Chicago fire, the fire destroyed Chicago’s flaws, also the fire that set us up for achievement and the fire every one in Illinois knows about. First off, the Chicago Fire of 1871 […]
Animals are abused every 30 seconds(“Animal Cruelty and Human Violence : The Humane Society of the United States”). It’s called animal cruelty. People don’t do anything about it, many animals die from the abuse. Examples of animal cruelty are when the owners refuse to give them food and water, and when they are beaten for […]
America’s Pride and Passion Memorial Day represents American pride—The pride of the soldiers who fought for our independence and freedom. As I walk through downtown Hartland, each Memorial Day, I am honored to meet veterans who served our country. It’s heartbreaking to see a soldier limbing with a prosthetic leg as he struggles in the […]
“I’ve seen so many young men over the years who think they’re running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me” (Zusak 174). Narrated by Death himself, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak presents many unique and compelling questions with answers that can be very confusing. He presents these questions in […]
No sane human being would hire a doctor that would skip important procedures in their appointments. Yet each year, more and more teachers are being hired in American schools that skip through important parts of their curriculum. They teach their students enough information so that you can pass they test, but do not encourage their […]
In the short story The Lottery, Jackson shows how positions of power are important to the characters that possess them and have consequences for other characters. Mr. Summers was the leader of the lottery and he was the most powerful man in town. Someone had to be in charge of the lottery and it just […]
‘Of Mice and Men’ Summary: ‘Of Mice And Men’ was written in the mid 1930s, and is set in California. It is the time of the Great Depression, and the Wall Street Market Crash, and the drought that caused the ‘Dust Bowl’. It was written by John Steinbeck, who was born in 1902 and died […]
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court declared the end of segregation in public schools in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case. This case upheld the previous ruling of “separate but equal” schools as they declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment. This case […]
Before school let out for Thanksgiving break November 25, Arrowhead’s Key Club and Student Senate merged to support a new idea. The idea was to mount white boards in the hallways, ultimately save paper by avoiding the hassle of printing said senior Ian Rypkema. The two groups took advantage of the five day weekend to […]
How many people have reoccurring dreams that they are running but no matter how fast they run there is no escaping what they are running from? many people have this dream and for some people it feels like everyday of their life they are trying to escape from the stress and problems of their life […]
In his book, Night, Elie Wiesel, provides a firsthand account of the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. He details the exhausting work, brutal routine, and daily despair of life in the camps, as well as the disbelief and fear leading up to his relocation and the hopelessness that followed his liberation. […]
Every week, the average student spends 30 or more hours in school. In addition, students spend several hours every weeknight completing worksheets, studying, and most recently, teaching themselves. The flipped classrooms, or “a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements are reversed” (Seven), is a new strategy that many teachers and schools […]
Do you believe that our wetlands are beneficial to the world and even more zoomed in, all the way into the Iowa Great Lakes? Our wetlands are in danger and can use our help to preserve them. You might be wondering why does this matter to me or how can I help, but the little […]
Tiananmen Square Protesters The movement was politically confused, and did not have a fairytale ending but it remains the biggest pro-democracy movement in human history. For the millions who took part, life would never be the same again. The movment I am referring took place in Tiananmen square in china, where it is estimated that […]
Twelve thousand five hundred feet above the ground, looking down, seeing what felt like the world. Turn back now or take the leap? If I leap, I’ll chance the unknown. If I don’t, I’ll never know. Skydiving for the first time in Omro, Wisconsin, I was exposed to a new level of trust, reliability and […]
Popular culture has always had a tremendous impact on society. From fashion to music to literature to films to even ethical and moral matters, the influence of pop culture is evident. All of our inner thoughts and beliefs, behaviors, and desires are affected by what is portrayed in pop culture. For that reason, the makers […]
Hard work is the great deal of effort or endurance an individual should have if they want to be successful in anything they do. Many of us get the wrong idea of hard work and being able to feel that pay off. Many mistaken hard work as putting some effort and expecting more effort back. […]
Every writer experiences it. Every writer dreads it. Every writer knows it and mentally cringes at the very thought it. Yes, it’s the mental hindrance to a person’s writing, a personal hell and metaphorical disease that chronically returns to ail all writers. In everyday language, a person would call it being stumped. For a writer, […]
The Indian removal policy was not fair and had many bad consequences for the Native Americans. The Indian removal policy was unjust. In the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Andrew Jackson guaranteed the Native Americans five million dollars and stated that the U.S. will aid and assist them the first year after their removal if […]
Banning or challenging books consists of reviewing and regulating material considered to be offensive or unlawful. Usually, governments, religious institutions, and other authorities practice book banning in literature “seen as being in some way threatening to the welfare of the state”, yet the practice has decreased over centuries (Banned Books). Today, small institutions, schools, and […]
Steve sat uncomfortably at the school board meeting, as the item of music was brought up on the agenda. Tonight the school board would vote whether to drop the school music program. Steve had been dreading this moment, and praying that the ballot would not pass. The votes had been collected and the issue was […]
Business Day is an event where kids learn to manage money and have an experience to sell things. Business Day 2016 will be held in the Highscope main building from 8:30 until 1:00. There are a lot of things that can happen in business it is either good thing or the bad thing. To prevent […]
Like the saying goes actions speak louder than words, but in this case it’s actions speak louder than thoughts. For one example is that protesters are making a difference by protesting against police brutality all over the U. S.what a person does is more important because they can actually make a difference.What you do is […]
The number of teenagers getting cosmetic surgery tripled between 1990 and 2009 (Sweeney). Some individuals get cosmetic surgery because they want to fit in, some get it because their parents want them to, and still others get it because they think it will solve their problems. As these teenagers get older, some are happy that […]
In 2012, the Smithsonian American art museum announced the opening of an exhibition titled, “The Art of Videogames. ” Since then, the question of the authenticity of video games being a form of art has been widely debated by art critics and gaming enthusiasts alike. The first video games were produced in 1960 and have […]
What if you were me, enjoying some food at your favourite restaurant. Then suddenly, you caught a whiff of that awful smell, you turn around to find the person behind you was smoking, I am sure you will be irritated. That is why you are like me and other people who are thinking the same […]
William Sydney Porter’s works captured his life, ranging from his happiest moments and times in which were his darkest;he made it known to readers of his experiences in life. O.Henry’s style of writing often lead readers to envision difficult scenarios in which they could solve in unique ways. “The Gift of the Magi”, a famous […]
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him,” asserted Booker T. Washington concerning the peculiar institution of slavery. Although an abundance of Booker T. Washington’s contemporaries during the 19th century marked this idea as a foolish and false declaration, Mr. Washington hosted a very credible theory. The bondage of African Americans in […]
Everyone can be good looking, but there is always a flaw that makes someone ugly. Tragic Heroes are usually people with great qualities but, have one horrible flaw. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet can be considered as a Tragic Hero. Juliet was willing to sacrifice her life in order to be with Romeo. Her tragic […]
Sexism, racism, and stereotypes — these elements tend to be thought as practically extinct in our society today. But Brent Staples objects otherwise through his cogent statement. In his article “Black Men and Public Space,” Staples uses ethos, pathos, and diction to prove his point that even nowadays, black men tend to be — and […]
