Business Essays
Key Idea: The easy, normal, and thus usually boring way to write your piece is using your one and only voice. The awesome way to write it would be to use a different—either contradictory or complementary—voice to add variety to your writing. If you’ve ever taken an English class you know the first piece of […]
SB1070 Arizona’s Solution “Give me your tired, you’re poor; your huddled masses yearning to be free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazarus SB1070 is an anti-immigration law that is officially enforced in Arizona. This law allows […]
Everyone has had their hides saved by their little alarm bell at some point in time. You know the one I’m talking about. ..the one that’s caused you to say “no” to something that seemed irresistible because that shrilly annoying bell went off. (There are, of course, people who have no little alarm bell. These […]
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone” an age-old (no pun intended) saying by Oscar Wilde. The quote, “With age comes wisdom”, implies that the older someone gets, they become more wise, or knowledgeable. Now, this may yet be true, considering we learn something new every day, but understanding what we learn, and […]
Standardized Testing, as you know, is a technique used in schools across America to measure student growth and whether teachers and schools are educating their students the way that society considers to be correct. State mandated pre-tests, state exams, and state mandated post-tests are just a few examples of the standardized testing. Standardized testing has […]
Even until the 1900s, women were still viewed only as housewives. Using feminist criticism, the reader can analyze Charlotte Perkin-Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper: through character, dialogue, and symbols. It is the story of a woman who felt that women deserved more than what they received. She kept her thoughts in a diary because people thought […]
On this one lonely corner theres a mother and a daughter. I notice the little girl because her bright yellow rain coat and matching little boots stand out against the grayness. Her mother is pressing the crosswalk button vigorously while the little girl is staring at a puddle intently. The cars are driving by and […]
The most controversial statement about the role of business in the last fifty years, or some might say even the last century, came in an essay published in the New York Times in 1970, written Milton Friedman. He argued that a business’s sole purpose was to generate profit. He also stated that companies that adopt […]
There are many definitions of the term “American.” The one that I personally believe in and the one that is technically stated in the law is that an American is a citizen of the United States of America. I am a citizen and I have lived here for my entire life. A citizen is a […]
Bland, white, cold, and just plain boring. That’s a typical day in the classroom. But this wasn’t a typical day for the classroom. Today was the day that Lessnau was learning how to use the Fushigi ball that was brought in for him to try so that he could decide whether or not it was […]
Odysseus, a greek hero, embarks upon his journey home after experiencing victory in the Trojan war. His goal is to return back to his wife and son in Ithaca, but faces difficult tasks imposed upon him by the Greek Gods. After constant struggle and multiple setbacks, he is able to use deception and manipulation to […]
Drugs are substances that cause a change in brain chemistry.There are many different types of drugs and they do different things to the body.But there are six separate categories into which drugs fall, and they have different effects on the body. Drugs fall into the categories of narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, cannabis, and inhalants. A […]
As the art of music has blossomed and matured over time, musicians have come to neglect the most crucial aspect of any song: emotion. Because I have grown accustomed to the impassioned music of classical composers through my study of piano, I find it difficult to listen to some of the lifeless music that reverberates […]
Khair Khana and Women’s Issues Worldwide The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Lemmon details the Khair Khana district of Kabul during the span of Taliban control between 1997 and 2001, and more specifically, the experiences, ennuie, and energy of Kamila Sidiqi and her family, all residences of Khair Khana. Lemmon recounts the trials Kamila […]
” I had thought of shooting him for all the damage he had done to my house and me,” I said. ” why would he try kidnapping me in the middle of the night?” The police officer replied,”well sir, I congratulate you for your great character and great reaction.” I sat outside looking at the […]
“Whether you smoke 5 cigarettes a day or 50, there is no doubt that smoking is extremely bad for you and will seriously affect your health in some way (The effects of smoking). ” Smoking is one of the largest causes of preventable diseases and premature death; it has been estimated that Globally 2.5 million […]
The poem ‘’A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal,” by Poet William Wordsworth, is beautiful and reads very intimately. The word choice is strong, and the images they conjure are powerful. This eight stanza poem is to say the least wonderful, but the title does not give the reader a clear idea about what the exact […]
The main source of most of the problems with regard to social networking, is due to the users lack of understanding. Do all of the over 600 million users of Facebook know that the site actually conducts scientific research to try and make the site as compelling and addictive as possible? Or that the site […]
For my book review number five I chose choice C. The title of my book is Harriet Tubman Riding the Freedom Train and the authors are Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden. The genre is African American literature and the copyright date is 2003. I would recommend this book for middle school students who are […]
The life of nobility in the Middle Ages was majestic, and the lords and ladies held much power. Noble’s lands were attained through a promise that they made to the king of the country. The king promised to provide land, or fiefs, to the noble and that noble then swore his fealty to the king […]
Never before has the world changed so quickly. In America the saying “out with the old, in with new” is a way of life. Cell phones, cars, iPods, and computers are always being improved and updated. People throw away valuable things for the chance to hold something new in their hands. It would be a […]
I completely agree with this quote. Before you can make anything you must destroy something. Like with paint, you must destroy the minerals to make the pigment for the paint. The pigment makes the paint thicker and it adds color. See how something great can be made out of the ruins of something you must […]
“Dream what you want to dream.Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.” – Shero Shayari I believe in reaching for the stars. I believe you should never be complacent. Everybody has a chance […]
Bosnia Bosnia, located in the Bosnia and Herzegovina region of the world is a fascinating nation with a rich history. The name “Bosnia” is derived from the Bosna river which cuts through the region. Herzegovina takes its name from the word herceg, which designated the duke who ruled the southern part of the region until […]
Do you ever feel as though you are out of the loop because no one will tell you what is going on? Many instances in life consist of having to persuade someone to do something differently using various techniques. Literature outlines these techniques through various stories and plays. One such play is Julius Caesar by […]
Imagine leaving your home to go to work, school or getting groceries. It’s a normal day and the sun shines vibrantly in front of you. But then, your life ends. It doesn’t matter how, but it’s over. You lose your friends, family, precious memories — and your identity. When you body is found, within hours, […]
When I was 10 years old my dad kept me home from school one day and took me instead to our favorite place, the beach. We went stand up paddle boarding that day, the water was calm and it’s deepest shade of summer blue. That was the day I saw a dolphin in the wild […]
“WAR! Bombs Rain on Warsaw” in the headlines grasped the attention of the public signifying that World War II two had started; however there were few people who knew the events that caused the start of the Second World War. After World War I, some problems arose concerning terms associated with the Treaty of Versailles. […]
I have seen the magicians casting this spell whenever I watch a magic show or something related to magic, and it made me really interested to find out what this word means and has this word any sort of significance anywhere in the history or is it just a formal phrase used by magicians. I […]
Illegal immigration has been one of the United States’ concerns for a while. Even though some are in the country illegally does not mean that they aren’t still people and that they don’t deserve to stay in the United States. There is a debate going on where people, meaning politicians, are trying to decide if […]
