Business Essays
What is a role model? A role is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially younger people. Role models can come in any shape, size, or color. A role model proves to be essential to children and their development into adulthood. When children choose a role model, […]
I was chillaxin’ on the couch with a bag of chips in my hand. I fumble with my remote. I click the on button. Far out! Look it’s That ‘70s Show! Fez was just given a bottle of liquor I was told by Hyde that that would warm him right up. He takes a sip […]
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24th, 1896, to an Irish Catholic upper middle class family living in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was named after Francis Scott Key, his second cousin three times removed on his father’s side, who was the writer of the Star-Spangled Banner (the United States’ national anthem). Fitzgerald’s mother’s […]
In the United States at the age of eighteen you are legally allowed to buy tobacco, vote, get married, enlist in the military, and work in a bar. However, in most states, you cannot legally have a beer with your friends or drink champagne at your family reunion. The age of eighteen is the legal […]
Around 4.5 billion years ago, our Sun and all the other bodies that object around it were born from an enormous cloud of interstellar gas and dust, similar to the glowing emission nebulae we see scattered across today’s night sky. Astronomers have understood this basic picture as the birth of the Solar System for a […]
I’ve dreaded this day ever since I was a young child. My first day of high school. I’m sure that you remember yours. Just hopefully you remember it as a good day, unlike me. Growing up I always thought high school would be like the movie High School Musical, but as I got older I […]
There are many new faces around the hallways lately. The freshmen are not the only ones getting used to the way this school works. The new teaches have some adjusting to do as well. Derek Micke, first year special education teacher said his first four weeks have been going great because of the students in […]
Douglass vs. Slavery Slavery has been a big part of our history. All the way from early human civilization to the 1860’s. Many people have been for slavery for so long and say that it’s a good thing. But others like Frederick Douglass, say that it was a horrible thing that went on. And he […]
When I was a kid, I always wondered who owned the moon. I mean certainly you own the ground in which is your property. But do you own the tiny triangle shaped wedge going to the center of the earth. Of course you don’t own the sky above your head, your government does. After all, […]
“Conformity” means to not stray from social expectations, while “deviance” means to stray from social expectations. Depending on your point of view either can have positive or negative results. Two novels, Stargirl and Fahrenheit 451 are books about what can happen if we attempt to uniform equality and the character’s realization of the truth, his […]
Stress. Nervousness. Pressure. Everyone at some point in their lives have felt these emotions. It can be caused from a personal problem, like the death of a close family member or friend. It could also be something a little smaller, like being late to work. However, in this generation, school students of all ages have […]
“There’s no right or wrong, success or failure. I don’t look at things as black or white. My life won’t be a series of either/ors—musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The real choices in life aren’t that simple,” once said by Miley Cyrus (Miley Cyrus 2). […]
Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this because I think “Confessions of A Murder Suspect” should be included in the literary canon. The first reason I believe “Confessions of A Murder Suspect” should be included in the literary canon because the characters are investigative (Tandy Angel),artistic (Harrison Angel), strong (Hugo Angel) and […]
In the minds of many, choices are insignificant factors of daily life. Choices are often overshadowed as people are forced to confront millions of them throughout a lifetime. While it is true many choices, such as what to wear in the morning, are not life changing, many decisions can be monumental. Contradicting the false belief […]
What comes to your mind when summer is mentioned? Sunshine, vacation, and plenty of watermelon to quench the summer heat. As you anticipate the juicy sweetness to enter your mouth, do you wonder where this fruit came from? Watermelon is a vine-like flowering plant that first originated in the continent of Africa Archaeologists found evidence […]
Every morning before I leave for school, I sit in my brightly lit kitchen, eating breakfast in near silence. The only sound is that of the television in the other room, which is almost always tuned into Fox News. I listen as the three newscasters, who have become overwhelmingly familiar to me, discuss important issues […]
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne commits many sins which affect her life in many ways. She has to wear the letter A on her bosom, which was known as the scarlet letter. The A stood for adultery. Living in a Puritan society as she did, the theocracy looks at morality in […]
The composition of the kinds of students in a classroom dictates how the class will behave in many ways. Some people say that the school and the teacher are more important when in a classroom, but the students choose to cause the problems and such. The learning environment is what makes many students, including and […]
Marijuana has become a taboo for many people in the United States; this view of marijuana is common but also very new according to a pro medical marijuana article, (update: marijuana). This “taboo” was once widely used as a medical drug by many civilizations. Marijuana is illegal to use recreationally in the United States, but […]
James Madison Jr. was born at Belle Grove Plantation in Port Conway, Virginia Colony, British America to James Sr. and Nelly (Conway) Madison on March 16, 1751. James Jr. grew up as the oldest of 12 children, 7 brothers and 4 sisters. His father was a tobacco farmer who owned a plantation that was originally […]
Standing in Viney?s Shoes Nobody pays attention to a servant. Not when you are colored like me. I, Viney, am just your run-of-the-millhouse servant. But the family I work for is anything but average. Throughout this entry I will explain how I handled the time when I had to just sit back and watch my […]
Vengeance is a punishment inflicted on a foe for hurting the individual or their loved one physically, emotionally, or mentally. Like the old saying goes, eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. Although you feel content and successful to triumphantly get back at the enemy, a taste for vengeance can destroy lives, […]
“What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay,” (Faulkner). The author of A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner, was born in 1897 and died in 1962 (“William Faulkner – Biography”). His writing and style in A Rose for Emily is […]
William Golding was a World War II veteran who saw for himself the atrocities perpetrated on the victims of what he felt was innate evil. By writing Lord of the Flies, he recreated that story. Suzanne Collins came from a long line of veterans of wars, including a father who served in the Vietnam War. […]
“We must continue to go into space for the future of humanity. I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet.” This awe-inspiring statement was made by none other than, eminent physicist, Stephen Hawking. His opinions are shared by the scientific community at large, who passionately propagate the view […]
Being located in the small town of Durham, New Hampshire, the University of New Hampshire has 12,840 undergraduates enrolled in over 200 different degree programs. No matter if you are doing homework outside on the green, exploring the beautiful 2,600 acre campus, or enjoying the diverse food options at the multiple dinning halls, the University […]
“It’s hard to tell you has your back from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.” On September 21, 1981 Nicole Richie was born in Berkeley, California. Her father is a Latin musician named Peter Escovedo. At the age of nine she was adopted by Lionel Richie. Once her adopted parents […]
At the funeral of the Comedian in Watchmen, the only person to leave flowers at his grave marker is the former supervillain Moloch, one of the Comedian’s (and the Watchmen’s) bitterest enemies. Rorschach notices this and offers the viewer the following question to ponder: “Is this what happens to us?A life of conflict with no […]
If about 7 thousand high school students drop out everyday then you figure about 2,555,000 dropout people either turn homeless, get into drugs, or become just fine? Is dropping out of school really worth it? Some people may not like school but to get a good paying job, education is a must. So if you […]
I used to be terrible at writing, but then I learned that there are many different ways to know when you’re complete with a piece of writing. One way to tell when you’re finished with a piece of writing, is once you have successfully used up all the information you gathered for it. By doing […]
