Study Like a Boss
Cell Phones and Driving, Deviant Behavior, Distracted Driving, Names, National Honor Society, Personal Qualities, Qualities, Red Cross, Society, American Dream, Cultural Identity, Discourse Community, Diversity, Friendship, Gender Roles, Man, Racial Profiling, Stereotypes, American Identity, Animal Cruelty, Citizenship, Communication.
The paintings I have chosen for my essay are Tree of Hope by Frida Kahlo and Campbell’s Soup Can by Andy Warhol. These are the paintings that really drew my interest as both artists seemed to be speaking to me with their works. These paintings have helped me understand the power of art in speaking … Read more
Originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense the Black Panther Party was first founded in 1966 by Huey Newton amid the mass hate towards the black community like MLK and Malcolm X. Eventually, Newton adopted a Marxist POV about the liberation of oppressed depends on regaining control of their communities after reading about and … Read more
We live in a world, where many of us are not aware of the difference between original news and politically edited news. “We have a free press”, is just a saying. Our daily news that we read in newspapers and magazines, or the news that we hear on radio is highly edited and improvised according … Read more
Social infrastructure is a different form of infrastructure that is created with an intention to deliver public services through processes which enhance the social capacity in communities. These public services may include healthcare, education, housing, roads and so forth; and they are usually provided by the government or an official entity to the community. Thus, … Read more
Many different thing hold us back throughout life. Barriers such as time and commitments can keep us from participating in many different events. Loeb’s third chapter of Soul of a Citizen takes a deeper look into what really holds the average person back from engaging in the community. This chapter also focuses in how different … Read more
Humans learn in patterns. If you have four squares in a row, the next shape by assumption, should be a square. Self-organizing systems are created by patterns. Patterns formed by trial and error. Patterns formed by survival instincts. Patterns formed by learning from one another. In the essay “The Myth of the Ant Queen”, the … Read more
The overwhelming problem of drug abuse in Decatur, Illinois has developed into a major issue. For example, Heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, prescription opioids, marijuana, and meth are being sold and used at an epidemic rate. Some cities drug problems might be worse than Decatur’s; however, for the small size of this city, the drug … Read more
“One can see that insiders are caught in the paradox of community: The same cultural vocabulary that undermines community is simultaneously that community’s idiom of self-affirmation” (Greenhouse, et al. 175). In Law and Community, David M. Engel explores how ordinary people in a small, rural, Illinois town perceive the law, courts, litigants, and community. By … Read more
