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Being shielded by Hollywood, society views band members as the weird geeks in school. What most do not think about, are the benefits that band members gain from being in such a tight social group. Famous movies, like American Pie, make it hard for band members to express to the world all of the great … Read more
The European Imperialism was the first instance that outsiders gained control and began to establish and elite culture. The Nile cataracts and swampland blocked movement south. The Romans sent expeditions against pastoral peoples in the Libyan Sahara, but couldn’t incorporate them into the Roman world. IRAN The Parthians were established by a nomadic leader, and … Read more
Written by the same author, Fyodor Dostoevsky, the two main characters from “Crime and Punishment” and “Notes from Underground” displays similar qualities. Both characters are corrupted in their ways thinking, which indicates their nihilistic behavior. Although these two characters can be considered nihilists, their behaviors can be classified as ethical, or moral, nihilism. These two … Read more
Facts can be found in the details. Within every detail perhaps, there holds a shred of untold truth. There is a sense of objectiveness in regards to these small pieces of truth and their very real, factual nature. Paired with survival of the fittest, the truthful details manifest themselves in the form of American naturalism. … Read more
The Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed around 2002 in Sheffield. Their music has impacted the way we listen to rock in past couple of years by creating and adding new sound never imagined in indie rock. Currently there are about 4 members in the band. Alex turner (lead vocalist) and Jamie Cook … Read more
Space, the final frontier. We are born with an elemental eagerness to make the unknown known, to discover the undiscovered. Since ancient times, we have ventured far and wide. That inexorable vigor has perhaps become humanity’s greatest virtue. And so then, the question is, are we done? We have explored the extremities of our planet, … Read more
You may have heard about an outlandish crazy party called burning man where they run around naked, do drugs, and burn massive amounts or artwork. If you have heard this you may be right but it is so much more than just a party. Burning Man is an annual experiment in a temporary community dedicated … Read more
A token economy is a method of behavior modification intended to increase desirable behaviors and decrease undesirable behaviors with the use of tokens. Individuals receive tokens immediately after displaying desirable behavior. Individuals collect these tokens and later exchange them for a meaningful object or privilege (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007). Anthony and Mia are typically … Read more
Statement of Intent My statement of intent is to show my understanding about the gym and my beliefs on the mindset that is required to achieve your goals no matter how difficult it is. The style of writing I have used is stream of consciousness. This writing is aimed more for the mature audience to … Read more
Thomas L. Friedman’s Beirut to Jerusalem graciously dons its readers with a comprehensive overview of the conflicts of the middle east with a focalization of Israel and Lebanon. From a first hand experience, Friedman deftly navigates the politics, religion, and local stories during a ten year time span (1979-1988). This time span covers much of … Read more
The sexual intent of the Old Testament is throughout the manuscript, as the Prophet Isaiah continues to reference the LORD’S marriage with His people by further declaring, The reference to? land repeatedly describes a person’s being or body as its actual meaning. Hephzi-bah, in Hebrew means ‘my delight is in her and Beulah means ‘husband/married. … Read more
It was a bright and sunny day me and my friends were on are way to my house and all the sudden the ground started to shake and we heard a really big crash and it was a plane that crash into the a really big building. Then we started to run and we seen … Read more
Much like poetry, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. ” Music and poetry are two platforms in which artists from the beginning of time have chosen to circulate their ideas, feelings, and opinions. Although different in popularity, these mediums are alike in various ways. Nonetheless, not … Read more
The novel, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is an illustration of the various challenges that women faced prior to the emergence of the feminists and gender advocates (Gilman, 2013). The story by Gilman elaborates fully on the challenges the character (unnamed female) undergoes after her post partum. This condition was merely a nervous condition that needed to … Read more
Father’s prepare their children for the outside world. They nurture them with the children’s mother by their side. Father’s are protective, caring, dependable, etc. In Hamlet Act I, We encounter three fathers, who are Polonius, Claudius, and The Ghost. Each of these men are different from their garments to their personalities. Like all fathers they … Read more
A norm is a set of rules based on socially or culturally shared beliefs of how an individual is “supposed to” behave. They regulate behaviour within a group. Conforming to group norms results in a positive and valued social identity and we receive the desired respect from others. Conformity is an indirect form of social … Read more
Crash was a film that debuted in 2004. The movie told the story of various individuals and families of different ethnic backgrounds. The film showed a lot of different scenarios through the eyes of the people living in Los Angeles, California. This shows that everyone no matter race or other group identity face discrimination in … Read more
Various studies have shown the importance of phonological structure of words, often referred to as phonological awareness. According to Snow, Burns, and Griffin (1998), phonological awareness is the ability to attend explicitly to the phonological structure of spoken words, rather than just to their meanings and syntactic roles. Children who exhibit low phonological awareness are … Read more
Nearly everyone in the world is scared of something, for example mice or needles. For many people these are minor fears. A fear is a rational response to a situation that possibly poses a threat to our safety. It is normal to experience fear in a dangerous situation. Sometimes these fears can be very serious … Read more
Margaret Atwood once said, “The thing about delirium is you think it’s great, but it actually isn’t. ” In Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake and Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go both take a place in a dystopian society, filled with elements of chaos, diseases, division, and oppression. In Oryx and Crake, the … Read more
If you were terminally ill would you want to end your life? Euthanasia comes from a Greek meaning ‘pleasant death’ this is the act of deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering. Euthanasia can be classified in different ways. Active Euthanasia is when a person deliberately ends someone’s life, for example by injecting them … Read more
Some works of literature portray childhood and adolescence as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder. Others portray it as times of tribulation and terror. In J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, childhood seems to be shown more as times of innocence. Childhood is praised by the protagonist Holden Caulfield, as he … Read more
People walk around every day assessing the personalities of other people, deciding whether their personality compatible with others or not. This is relevant in situations such as new relationships, employers screening applicants for grad schemes or open positions and schools trying to find out a child’s optimum way of learning in order to achieve the … Read more
Monsters are imaginary creatures that humans created. People’s fears, worries, or anxieties have been used to create the fictional monsters. Monsters have features that society deem to be scary or bad. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka follow the story of a ‘monster’. Pushed away from society, … Read more
My first trip the rocky mountains in colorado was amazing. I had so much fun! It all started when a few days before summer break began last year when I overheard my step-dad and uncle talking about a hiking trip in Colorado that we were going to take sometime in the month of early July. … Read more
Proserpina was terrified as she entered Pluto’s world. Everything was so dark and cold, and she felt very lonely. She missed her mother terribly and all she kept thinking is how she disobeyed her mother and what would’ve happened if she would’ve just listened. As she rode beside Pluto in his chariot she looked around. … Read more
The Last Guy Who Did That… He Died! As my younger cousin, Travis, walked into the living room of my house, he looked for interesting things he could look at and touch. He started to slowly walk toward the broken, bottom half of our entertainment center. My siblings and I, enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner, watched … Read more
“Macbeth has murdered his king, becoming king himself and managed to escape the law. He is killed in battle but in many ways he has eluded punishment and committed the perfect crime”. Do you agree? The play Macbeth is written by William Shakespeare. This play was set in Scotland and focuses on a mighty and … Read more
Spanking, defined as the use of physical force in punishing children, takes many forms such as canning, belting or smacking. It has however received opposition from humanitarians and activists. However, research in different countries on parent’s perception of the same has yielded surprising results with the majority arguing that sometimes it is necessary to spank … Read more
Human Geography in the Life of a Pharmacist “How is the study of geography and geographic concepts going to be helpful in the study of pharmacy? ” The use of maps when tracking the outbreak of a disease has a direct impact on pharmacists and others in the medical field. For an example, maps can … Read more
David Mitchell’s article, “You can’t ban boredom… it’s a life skill” was published in The Guardian online in order to express his opinions on the recent ‘crackdown’ on ‘boring’ teachers by the Chief Inspector of Schools, Christine Gilbert; Having read and considered these arguments, I must agree with many of his views. Mitchell’s first point … Read more
I considered the gravitas of my actions only once before deciding to bandage a part of my body. I had wondered if girl I sit next to in Sociology lecture would believe the stories behind my injury. I had wondered if my friends would notice the injury and try to aid me as I walked … Read more
Itake a deep breath and shoulder my backpack. My ears perk up and listen for the familiar clink of the metal pins attached to my bag, but I don’t hear anything besides the sound of feet shuffling in the hallways and friends greeting each other. The pins aren’t there anymore, not after I took them … Read more
The film “When Harry Met Sally” is rife with examples of interpersonal communication victories and utter failures. The main characters- Harry Burns played by Billy Crystal and Sally Albright played by Meg Ryan-are captive to each other’s company during a car ride from Chicago to New York and quickly find they maintain very opposite viewpoints … Read more
The topic I chose is Obedience. Obedience is defined as, “Acting in accord with a direct order or command. ” (Myers, 2013,188). In my research the term compliance may also come up. Compliance is defined as, “Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing. ” (Myers, 2013,188). … Read more
In the article “The sculptures of Alacahoyuk: A key to religious symbolism in Hittite representational art”, a Professor of Hittitology, Piotr Taracha, proposes that Alacahoyuk was one of The Hittites holy cities. According to Piotr Taracha, Alacahoyuk is located in Northern Anatolia just above the capital, Hattusa. The significance of the site Alacahoyuk is analyzed … Read more
Why is parental involvement lacking in Title I schools? Throughout my K-12 teaching career, which took place exclusively at Title I schools, a lack of parental involvement was prevalent within the school communities. Parents were often unresponsive to teacher correspondence, and after-hours school events were generally poorly attended. According to LaBahn, many factors negatively impact … Read more
In The United States today, a high-quality education is no longer just a stepping-stone to unlimited opportunity in the world, it is a requirement for any future success. Educating every American citizen and equipping all students to graduate from high school and go on to a form of higher education is a national imperative. It … Read more
I entered the school grounds and walked over to Juan to speak to him. But, he ignored me. Then he typed on his phone that he was being mute to everyone and that he would be using his phone to type to us, and in class, he would write on paper. But he wouldn’t be … Read more
Gender as we see it today can be a touchy subject to most people because it has evolved into ideas that were, back then, inconceivable. The roles of women have been evolving since the early twentieth century, when women didn’t hold many important roles, to present times when women can have the opportunity to become … Read more
Art can be expressed and represented in many different ways. Art had been used to represent different themes all throughout history from prehistoric caveman times to even the present now and surely for the future. In older times many different kinds of rulers would use art for their people to relate and follow him depending … Read more
The movie 2001: Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick is about Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H. A. L. 9000, sets off on a quest. This movie is a story all about the path of evolution and how time has progressed. There are … Read more
“I live by ‘Go big or go home. ‘ That’s with everything. Its like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, and I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how … Read more
One of the best examples of Greek tragedy is Oedipus the King, written by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. Oedipus Rex is about the downfall of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, and how his tragic faults affected that. Sophocles’ purpose is to demonstrate the negative effects of pride and other various personal reasons causing his downfall … Read more
What are the trending employee selection methods used in Non-Profits? When looking into the workforce we are able to observe current methods of selecting employees for revenue based organizations. In that observation, it may be oblivious to others on how the selection practice is completed for nonprofit organizations. Recruitment is the process of finding and … Read more
Without the exploration of the liquid fueled rocket Robert Goddard made in 1926 the world would be almost no where today in space travel. And without his exchange with the Smithsonian Institution the liquid fueled rocket might not have been a possibility. Robert Goddard was born October 5th, 1882 in Worcester Massachusetts. His mother was … Read more
In 1969, Richard Nixon was elected into presidency. One of Nixon’s campaign promises was ‘peace with honour’. Peace with honour was a strategy that involved taking U.S troops out of Vietnam, but did not involve directly giving in to North Vietnam and the Vietcong. Peace with honour started the process of Vietnamization. From 1969 to … Read more
Frankenstein: Who Should Be Judged and Who Should Receive Sympathy? In 1818, Mary Shelley published her first novel, Frankenstein. We have all heard of the tales of Victor Frankenstein. He was man who crossed a line between playing scientist and God. He created a living being out of various body parts of human corpuses. Even … Read more
In the second separation of this experiment, the Erlenmeyer flask with the first filtrate was put into a beaker so the filtrate was in the beaker. The beaker was then heated on a hotplate until near boiling. After the whey protein had precipitated, a vacuum filter was used to filter out the whey. These proteins … Read more
What is a problem without a solution? An unanswerable question? One is open to believe they have found a question so complex that it requires no actual answer. And I believe I have found something similar. I ask myself along with many of my friends and family all the time what happiness is. What it … Read more