Business Essays
In the information age, we are growing more and more self-sustained. With our own computers, telephones, and cars, we live in independent, detached societies. Still, there are those who need our help, those who cannot fend for themselves, cannot drive themselves to the doctor’s office, and cannot make their own phone calls. As Christians, we […]
The Age of Exploration is one of the most controversial and delicate times in the world’s history to date. This era is filled with discoveries and hope for a new future, but also mass murders and attacks. Natives against Europeans, tribes versus explorers. Both sides have a unique argument that shows different perspectives on an […]
“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.” (Gilman, 1899) Charlotte Perkins Gilman lived from 1860 to 1935 and was an American author, lecturer, feminist, and also a social reformer. (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) One of her most famous stories was The Yellow Wallpaper. […]
6th Grade: I was just your average kid growing up in Elk Grove California. My school was pretty cool I met a lot of people that I ended up becoming really good friends with. I did quickly realize I wasn’t the smartest person alive though. All my classmates were already on the advanced math book […]
The Revolutionary war had an abundance of outstanding political writers; who thrived to make change with their writings. One of these eminent writings was Thomas Paine. Paine wanted to persuade our soldiers to fight for their independence from Great Britain with his writings such as “Crisis No.1”. Paine writing style in “The Crisis No.1” is […]
Without a serious bone in their spines and well-stocked with adorably comical characters, Wodehouse’s books have always given my happier moments the highest quality and lent to the more trying ones an unassailable ‘sweetness and light’. It’s rare to find in an author’s work a world wholly alien and yet vividly imaginable. J. K. Rowling […]
Watching medical documentaries and medical shows started my fascination about the world of medicine. The sterile hospital no longer bothered me. Instead, the smell became something I felt comforted by. Growing up, I translated at hospital so many times for plenty of reasons,so I grew fond of the doctors, nurses and surgeons I saw. When […]
Every year throughout middle school when classes ended and summer began, my mother would send me to summer camp. Due to her heavy work schedule, she didn’t have enough time to take care of me, and since the summer camp was run and created by my middle school- she knew that she could trust the […]
Lately I’m sure you have been hearing a lot about the presidential debates and GOP candidates. The media has been ruthlessly attacking them, calling their bluffs and not letting them get away with lies or slander. I have to admit, it is refreshing to see the media have more of a skeptical attitude towards the […]
So you’re thinking of starting a club huh? No matter what grade you’re in or what school you go to, clubs are a fantastic way to meet new people with common interests. When I started high school four years ago, I was essentially one of the new kids, as I had transferred into a new […]
Today, a great quandary will be answered. A great mystery will be dispelled. That mystery is: Why did Buster Keaton never smile? A rumor in Hollywood spread that the famous funny-man and puller of great, hair-raising stunts, was contractually obligated to never crack a smile. Of course, the truth is far more sinister. Buster Keaton […]
Helen Keller states, “All the world is full of suffering. It is full of overcoming” (Keller). A year ago on June 2 2013, I lost the best dog that I have ever had at the vet’s office. My dog had a stroke and never got better. Much like Helen Keller overcoming of not being able […]
Explorers in the 15th and 16th century navigated the globe through the fuel of gold, glory, and god. Three centuries later, the western countries have resuscitated these motives and have gone even further to call it “civilizing the backward peoples”. The age of imperialism was a dark era, where people in Africa, Latin America, India, […]
Everyone has a connection to music whether they listen to it much or not. It has become a very large part of our lives, and with new origins of music softwares coming out on the market by the thousands, it’s become an immense benefactor towards our culture. A study at the University of Missouri has […]
One of our society’s most curious qualities is our tendency to forget the fact that we all are animals. We might have constructed the idea of civilization and tried to develop ourselves away from our natural instincts, but at our very core we are still victims of our biology, just like any chimpanzee or dog. […]
In 1976 millions were taken on a journey throughout the life of a 200 year old vampire. The novel Interview With The Vampire, written by Anne Rice, captivated readers with its language and portrayal of human emotion (and lack thereof). This made it only natural for a movie version of the book to come out […]
In almost every high school across the nation there are honors classes available, but what students take advantage of these classes? What makes these students different from the ordinary students? Heart and backbone. Heart and backbone are two very different things. Heart is a love for the subject. Whereas backbone, or perseverance, is having the […]
After his wife drove him down to the Dairy Queen for his last Heath Bar Blizzard, the family all gathered in his room to share memories. They had arranged hospice care, so that he could be comfortable and taken care of leading up to the big day. His relatives made jokes along with him and […]
There are Robotic programs all over the world. They are supported by a national program FRC (First Robotics Center), they host competitions where Robotic teams travel to compete and to show off their lastest robot. I am in the Robotics program at South Caldwell High School. We are the FRC team 3402. Many of you […]
“Only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps – an eyesore among eyesores” (http://www.shmoop.com). This fits one of William Faulkner’s main themes in most of his stories, the decay of the old south. William Faulkner, the author of A Rose for Emily, is […]
Cell Phones and Driving Don’t Mix Sitting in my classroom, I’m looking at the empty seat next to me, missing my friend that was killed last night in a car accident. The police say he was texting and swerved into oncoming traffic. I can’t imagine what his parents are going through. He had his whole […]
Lil Wayne is a famous rapper, he has written a lot of songs in his life. He has been writing and listening to rap music his whole life. Lil Wayne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up with his family he had a brother named Samaj and a sister named Antia. Lil Wayne […]
The ocean is the Earth’s largest habitat, and over sixty percent of it is more than a mile deep. It is also Earth’s most unexplored habitat, as it is very hard to with stand the pressure and lack of light below a mile. Advances in technology have increased scientist knowledge of the deep. The ocean […]
Many people who are either bullied at school or just get ignored at school can feel loneliness and probably want to get more attention. Many people who are always too trusting can get into more danger than any others around them since they have too much trust in them and trust anybody. Even the strangers […]
Seth Cook 5-29-13 SETH What does it actually mean to learn something? My school seems to think its throwing bookwork work at us every day, expecting us to absorb the information. Standardized testing, scantrons, repeating the same type of math problem over and over. In my opinion, this is not an effective way of learning […]
Analysis of Night The book Night is a nonfiction book about the first-hand experience of the Holocaust. The author of the book is Elie Wiesel, known as Eliezer in the book. In the book Night, the author focuses on two major themes—human triumph and change—and he uses his experiences to give evidence of these themes. […]
Do you want to live in a place where there are a lot of massacres? I hope no one does. Therefore, citizens have the right to protect their family at any time. The government says that they will be able to protect us, but we citizens say that we have the right to bear arms. […]
Since the dawn of time, civilizations seek to get as much knowledge as they can. We think that reaching the complete knowledge would be to know the ultimatefate of the universe. This would force humanity to accept their fate. For centuries, anyone who opposed the idea that earth was the center of the universe was […]
St. Paul the apostle was amongst the most influential people to the spread of Christianity. He trekked around the Mediterranean Sea giving out the word of Christ. Through him the new religion began its course of becoming the most followed religion in the world. However Paul wasn’t always a follower. Originally Paul was known as […]
Piercings are much more than a small hole, or fistula. This Body Modification was the first among humans, and could have been one of the first basic forms of expression and culture among primitive peoples. Adornment of the body can be very positive and should be acknowledged as a legitimate practice, not just a trend […]
