Essays

Soccer has become an important part of the culture in America. Recently, the Women’s National Soccer team even won one of the biggest honors possible, the World Cup. People play and watch soccer games all of the time and yet few people actually realize the physics that are involved in almost everything that they see … Read more

The Rise of the Generic Label Think of the last time you went to the grocery store. In the cereal aisle you may have seen a box of Cocoa Puffs. On the box, Sonny the yellow billed Cuckoo Bird. Next to the Cocoa Puffs you notice another box of cereal that appears to look like … Read more

The Bechdel Test, popularized by Allison Bechdel in 1984, was designed to illustrate the lack of important female roles in movies. This test is extremely simple and only has three criteria that need to be achieved in order for a movie to be classed as having a female character that is integral to the plot. … Read more

In the event that individuals and gatherings are disregarded, that is as a rule a figured endeavor to make light of on gatherings statuses in social, monetary and political life. As down to earth encounters made us mindful, in social orders where contrasts between gatherings are sharp, the negligible refusal to recognize the presence of … Read more

The crisp fall air lapped my face like a little puppy licking a boy. The air felt like a little leather whip was hitting my face constantly, giving me burns. But of course I knew it was windburn. I was sitting up in my favorite tree. I looked into the distance and saw the brown, … Read more

According to Public Health Ontario, health promotion is the process of introducing a variety of social and environmental programs including promoting healthy behaviors, enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health (2015). This is an important concept for many people in todays society especially here in Ontario as it is reported by … Read more

People without families often associate with and after time, integrate themselves into other families. In Charles Dickens’ A. Tale of Two Cities, Mr. Lorry, an aging banker, and Miss Pross, a spinster governess, spend time with the Manette family and eventually become a part of the family. Mr. Lorry becomes close friends with the Manettes … Read more

For decades intelligent, ambitious, business minded women have had their careers stunted by the boys’ club cooperate glass ceiling that exists in companies all across, not just the United States, but across the globe. Women have had to take a backseat to men even though they have had the same education, training, and drive as … Read more

“There’s an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine’s free, the harbour’s free, and the beach is free. ” – Russell Crowe a famous actor and producer once said. Australia, land of amazing natural sights, human creations, and so much more food-wise and culture-wise. Most tourists … Read more

School violence is widely held to have become a serious problem in recent decades in many countries, especially where weapons such as guns or knives are involved. It includes violence between school students as well as physical attacks by students on school staff. Risk factors The individual child Internalizing and externalizing behaviors A distinction is … Read more

4. 3 Collectivism v/s individualism Individualism index measures this dimension and Australia scores highly on this index. Non-western countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America score lowly on this dimension. People have deep ties to their families and communities and gives preference to group interest. The Australian score on this dimension is 90 percent (The … Read more

Anyone who shops for groceries has to make decisions on what food to buy and they usually do not think about where the food is coming from. When it comes to healthier food choices, most of the time these are being shipped from a farm. However, not all farming can benefit the consumer purchasing their … Read more

1. NEW What is a nation? In my opinion, a nation is a group of people belonging to all different races and religions, but still living together in peace under one democratic title, “nation. ” Many great writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century hold vast ideas about nation, because of the circumstances they … Read more

In order to get an understanding of what my strengths are, I interviewed three different individuals. In my opinion, the views of these different individuals would give a reflection of what really would be my strengths. In order to get their feedback to follow up questions, I conducted my interviews by phone. Here are the … Read more

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was the oldest son of a doctor and music teacher. While Hemingway grew up in Oak Park, he spent his summers in Michigan. Michigan gave Hemingway rich experiences and background to fill his writings with. The article “Ernest Hemingway” tells us, “In … Read more

During the last three weeks I observed the difference between how students live on campus and how students live off campus. The reason behind my decision to observe this was because I was curious to see the pros and cons of both ways of living. However, the last two years I was living on campus … Read more

In 1784, the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant described the Enlightenment as the: “man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind … Read more

Is there a God? How was the world formed? How did it come into existence? In Genesis 1:11, it offers insight into these questions and many more. It sets the foundation on how I view the world. Do I believe in a creator or creation? Do my values and morals line up with the word … Read more

hunting Its 5:00am i just got up and got dressed in my hunting gear. i grabbed my gun and got into the truck where my dad was already waiting.He said, “Are you ready for your first hunt”. I said yes tiredly and we took off. when we arrived to the property we were hunting on … Read more

In this module journal I will look to describe relevance and meaning of the poem Did I Miss Anything? Something I will look to do is to show who exactly is speaking in the poem and why it is clear it is these such people who are speaking. I also will look to show the … Read more

About Edward Thorp the casino gambler Edward Oakley Thorp is often regarded as the father of card counting and the wearable computer. He is also an academician, hedge fund manager, author and one of the world’s best known blackjack player. Thorp was born on 14, August 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. The math’s professor received his … Read more

Limitations of the Tale of Genji in Contemporary Readership In the ancient Heian period of Japan, The Tale of Genji arose as one of the first and most influential novels that depicted the ins and outs of life in the Heian court. The author of this novel, Murusaki Shikibu, was able to present the work … Read more

The Words of Friendship VS. Patriotism One of Shakespeare’s plays that can be considered more notable than others is No Fear Julius Caesar. Through the actions of many characters, many different mini-climaxes begin to develop. Each of these climaxes lead to a major conflict between two characters; Brutus and Antony. The introduction to this conflict … Read more

I will apply Vygotsky’s theory of development to make changes to my current curriculum. Vygotsky believed that social and cultural environments affect the way people think and their cognitive development. He believes that children have a curiosity to experiment with their environment that contributes to their cognitive development, but he think the most important factor … Read more

April 20, 2016, my oldest daughter and I attended the Moscow Ballet’s performance of Don Quixote, an everlasting favorite, at Three Rivers College. This is a classic ballet that has grown in popularity over the years, of which three acts can brilliantly convey every human emotion possible. It is a ballet with which | am … Read more

What is fear? To answer that question we must understand what emotion is. Emotion as we know it is a persons state of feeling. Scientific reasoning has drifted to different meanings and there is no consensus on a definition in the scientific community. “Emotion is often conjoined with mood, temperament, personality, and motivation” Wikipedi. Fear … Read more

Because of the climate change, the earth is in danger. People don’t realize that the things they use or do every day are hurting the earth and living things. Nature. org says, “… one-fourth of Earth’s species will be headed for extinction by 2050 if the warming trend continues at its current rate… ” Because … Read more

Charles Darwin once said: ‘ We must bear without complaining the undoubtedly bad effects of the weak surviving and propagating their kind. In this essay I will look at this quote in relation to the following texts: firstly, the science fiction novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells and secondly, the play Mrs Warren’s … Read more

The McGill website states “If each hemisphere were unfolded, it would be the size of an extra-large pizza! For this reason, the brain must fold over on itself many times to fit into the skull (McGill “The Brain”). When a website used for academics, compares my brain to pizza I I’m Interested! Can a giant … Read more

Eminent domain is the right of a government to expropriate private property, by fiat, for what it deems is ‘public purpose’. Historically, it has often been subsumed within sovereignty and counted as its attribute. Eminent domain comes from the Latin phrase dominium eminens, taken from Hugo Grotius’s legal treatise, De Jure Belli et Pacis (on … Read more

Bayley wakes up at 5:50 A. M. every morning to make sure she has plenty of time to pick out the perfect outfit for school. Brandon, on the other hand, woke up at 6:00 A. M. and came to realize he didn’t do his laundry this week. Now he has nothing to wear. Wouldn’t you … Read more

It seems as if every day that goes by the marketing industry treats women as entertainment objects, and nothing more than that, with that being said, that could be one of the many reasons that women are looked down upon. This is an issue society has been facing for a while now and it’s becoming … Read more

Tossing my graduation cap into the air was a bitter-sweet moment. It symbolized all my proud accomplishments and hard work over the years–the sweat, the tears, the joy, the Monday morning coffees and countless hours of trying to staying awake until 1AM to prepare for the final exam. Throwing the graduation cap into the air … Read more

This paper describes the origins of biomolecules hypothesis. Each different hypothesis is derived from a different scientist. It explains their claim and answers the question if the origin of biomolecules using their hypothesis. All the scientists provided evidence to help support their hypothesis. Some of the scientists had experiments to test their hypothesis. They also … Read more

My qualities are that I like to draw. one of my accomplishment is that I have gotten all my credits to graduate and have passed all my class. One of the accomplishment that i am proud of is my G.P.A and my grades from last semester. I am proud of my last semester grades because … Read more

You may have heard about this amazing product called Whole Food Multivitamin by BioSource Labs. It’s an awesome combination of critical vitamins, and minerals plus incredible whole foods that act best when a person is already partaking in a healthy lifestyle and diet. No doubt, it provides the user with the nutritional support that comes … Read more

“Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things” (Genetics Home Reference, 2015), cells are the smallest unit that is capable of performing life functions. They are responsible for the conversion of nutrients from food into energy, the structure of the body and perform specialised functions for each different organelle. There are two main … Read more

Power Structure and Corruption in Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart “Nkali. It’s a noun that loosely translates to ‘to be greater than another’” (Adichie). Chimamanda Adichie Power plays a large role in everyday lives. Power drives people to have more influence in things. Power is what sets up a civilization and it is what is … Read more

Two well-known contributors in the team decision making field recently published a book on best practices (Sunstein & Hastie, 2015). Sunstein and Hastie argued that current techniques in team decision making have neglected research and, as a result, have a tendency to end unfruitfully. This neglect is problematic, as research shows that teams can potentially … Read more

“I can’t believe I’m doing this” I mutter into my wooly scarf. It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and the weather reads ten degrees Fahrenheit. I shift my weight and try to get into a more comfortable squatting position as the rocks dig into my boots. I look around; it’s a rather dreary day with … Read more

There are some moments in life where you can sacrifice your life for the greater good but sacrificing your life for ww1 was a huge mistake in which talented young men lost their life for an impossible mission which was the Gallipoli campaign. At the start of the movie it shows Archie running against the … Read more

School uniforms are an outdated tradition. School uniforms have been around for many years, but in this day and age, isn’t it time schools begin to phase out uniform and allow students to make their own decisions on what they wear to school? The main topics are comfort, cost and respect. I believe that allowing … Read more

Introduction Improving the quality of care and patient safety is the top priority of every hospital. Strategies and interventions are implemented often to improve quality and safety in the hospital settings. One approach is clinical risk management, it evaluates system failures and identifies what places patients at risk of harm and takes action to prevent … Read more

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31st 1685, in Eisenach Germany. He was a composer and, a performer who was extremely skilled at his craft. Bach was credited with over 1000 different compositions; including his most important, “The Saint Johns Passion”(Hanford). Originally Bach intended that the St John Passion would be first performed in … Read more

My approach to writing my letter was very different than my approach to a writing a typical research essay. Instead of appealing to a professor, I was appealing to someone on more of an emotional level instead of an intellectual level. Although I discussed some facts in my letter, I did not go into nearly … Read more

Although the bare essentials to human survival are just food, water, and shelter, there is also other things that humans need. They need spiritual needs like believing in a faith. Or emotional needs like friendships and feelings. In the novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Yann gives Pi spiritual, physical, and emotional needs. Pi … Read more

In recent years, the information technology boom has inspired many high-tech companies such as Google, Ford and Tesla to step up the self-driving vehicle tests successfully. Lavrinc (2012) implies that the driverless vehicles have been allowed to operate legally on roads in three states in United States, the law approval is a major step forward … Read more

The film “Garden State” is an eccentric drama, romance comedy with a slew of complex, innate cast of characters, each deeply entrenched in profound emotional and psychological scars, ascending from the regrets of their past. It is a musing, on finding oneself after years of aimless confusion. Writer/Director Zach Braff, stars as the films main … Read more

Power can be exercised in one of two ways. The first is far easier to comprehend. It is called “manifest power”. Manifest power involves one person or group of people exercising control over a second person or group of people by giving some sort of sign or signal. This includes everything from coercion to simply … Read more