“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” this is an inspirational quote by Winston Churchill, which can lead as an example to all the students in the United States that have dropped out of high school. According to dosomething. org, the U. S, which had some … Read more

– Sharmili Lakshmanan Popular culture is ever changing phenomenon, and it is been changing to worse. Seeing some of the things on television or in a movie or on the internet nowadays really makes you question the intelligence of humans as species. “why we crave horror movies” by Stephen King, makes us to think and … Read more

Adversity and sickness targets people without bias. Disease can afflict anyone, and people discriminate against people regardless of circumstances. Very few options give relief for social outcasts, and they must learn to live with the ailments and circumstances they find themselves in. How people react and allow possibly horrid conditions to affect them defines their … Read more

Conflict is prominent in our world today and that is obvious in the small African country of Rwanda where Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups are engulfed in a bloody battle for control of their country. There are many differing ideas as to what the rest of the world, mostly Western countries, should do about the … Read more

What others say: The teaching philosophy at the Florida State University College of Music is very focused on technique and quality education. The first statement you see on the Music education page on the university website is, “Selection and preparation in music education at Florida State University is based upon an important yet extremely simple … Read more

The adrenaline pumped through my veins. My heart was beating so loud and fast. There was the ball, held in the referee’s hands, about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team, poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it … Read more

Arendt suggests that memory, as elaborated by poets should always be an exercise in education. For ‘the very fact that so great of an enterprise as the Trojan War could have been forgotten without a poet to immortalize it several hundred years later offered only too good an example of what could happen to human … Read more

India under the British Raj saw a lot of changes in its culture. For example, Satii, the practice of a woman to burn herself with her husband, after her husband’s death, was ultimately abolished, because it was “horrific”. Furthermore, practices such as infanticide was abolished, and Sanskrit texts were translated by English linguists. We can … Read more

“High School Confidential” As a student in High School, there are many things that influence my learning and my ability to learn. Sports have the highest amount of influence on how I do in school. How much homework I am able to get done and whether or not I finish assignments on time is dependent … Read more

I would like to begin my essay by telling the story of the Golden Rice GMO. “Right now, across the world, a quarter of a billion preschool-age children are suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Every year, 250,000 to 500,000 of these kids go blind. Within a year, half of the blinded children will die. Much … Read more

The Aboriginal culture is complex and diverse. The Indigenous cultures of Australia are the oldest living cultural history in the world – they go back at least 50,000 years. Cultural heritage is seen as ‘the total ways of living built up by a group of human beings, which is passed from one generation to the … Read more

A Restrained “Soul”: Clones Alienated in England Technology has a huge importance in our societies and as it dominates our daily lives, it has taken control over how we interact with others and how we learn. This need for technology can take us away from seeing the value of human life. Clones are thought not … Read more

Many of William Shakespeare’s plays are so memorable because of the protagonists presented in them. Shakespeare delicately crafts (his) protagonists as complex characters that (evoke) different responses from the audience, often leaving the audience with a memorable impression of how they initially felt about the protagonist and how over time those feelings changed due to … Read more

The world today has many issues and conflicting arguments. One of the arguments that has caught my attention is whether or not there should be prayer in school. According to Rebecca Klein, with (HuffPost Education), in the year of 2014 around 61% of Americans agree with daily prayer in school. While on the other hand, … Read more

According to Kendall (2012), sociology is “the systematic study of human society and social interaction. ” (p. 5). It is the study of societies with emphasis on modern and complex societies. Sociology is also the study of the development and structure of the human society. It is concerned with group activities such as how people … Read more

Everyone Wants to be Loved A wife is being beaten by her abusive husband. While this is something that would be looked down upon in today’s age, during the time that “The Color Purple” is set during, this is the norm and is even encouraged by others. This mistreatment of females is passed down from … Read more

Across from me was a handsome, dark haired man, broadshouldered holding a Les Paul classic custom guitar playing melodious songs while I lay on a nice big red beach chair. In my hand was a big glass of iced tea shimmering in the bright sun as I took a sip it cooled the inside of … Read more

Introduction The concept of resilience is the ability to cope with unexpected changes and challenges in your life (mindhealthconnect, 2015). This concept focuses around the idea that an individual will use their individual strengths to overcome the obstacles through the factors that contribute to resilience. However there are many differing theories created to the concept … Read more

In the play, “Trifles,” Susan Glaspell demonstrates the inequality that occurs between men and women during the 20th century. From the opening scene, the two women are not given much attention unlike the men, until they are separated from them and become the main characters. Although the women are seen as inferior to men, they … Read more

What is the basis for an ideal hero? According to oxford dictionaries, a hero is “a man who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. “( cite. ) In this essay, we will discuss the requirements for an idealistic hero. We will also analyze the actions of Beowulf and Sir Gawain … Read more

Behind its gentle image is a tough, highly lucrative bank. Banco Compartamos portrays itself as the gentler lender to Mexico’s poor. Compartamos means “let’s share,” reflecting the philosophy of its founders, the two Carlos’. The non-profit Grameen Bank model and the commercial for-profit Banco Compartamos have many differences, the fundamental distinctions between them is in … Read more

Families and family relationships are overwhelmingly complex, with unconventional networks of relationships built up as a result of marriages, divorce and separation, remarriage, and combined families. Whilst the definition of ‘family’ is multiplex, people are always conscious of their connections to others, whether good or bad, and some of these connections carry more weight than … Read more

Something any soccer player wants most than anything in the world, a President’s Cup championship. Practice is the reason for these types of tournaments. All the practice and extra work I put in payed off. I put in so much hard word and dedication, you wouldn’t believe. We had to do a lot of conditioning … Read more

What would you do if you were told you were going to die in a matter of days or weeks, and life as you know it would completely change? What would you do in your last days alive? One of the things our generation struggles with the most nowadays is finding their place in life … Read more

Overtime: 4 Misconceptions everyone Has Overtime is a touchy subject for most employers. Not only does it cause them to pay out more on the payroll each week, but it also means that the workers aren’t being as productive as they could be. Another issue that overtime causes is issues with an employee’s hours worked. … Read more

When people analyze and evaluate the history of sports from a technology aspect, the game has tremendously been influenced where gathering content is attainable expeditiously with the click of a mouse. The ability to gather information so rapidly in today’s sports market is something that was unheard of about 15-20 years ago. Furthermore, technology just … Read more

Literary Analysis on Sadness and its Impact on Literature Although one of our most common emotions we have as humans is sadness, it is also the most complicated and misunderstood. Sometimes we cry when we are sad, sometimes we get angry. We get sad because we physically got hurt, other times we are sad because … Read more

On October 9th, 2013, my Grandmother died from cancer. Two days later we were at the funeral home a couple of minutes away from her house in urban Philadelphia. When we got out of our car I felt a strong brisk of wind and a cold chilling sense down my spine, “This isn’t going to … Read more

a) “My grandfather believed in reason above all else,…. There were terrible governments and wars because people used their wills in the wrong direction. He said were all wild children, the whole human race, and must be instructed in how to think,” (Fox, page 169). I like this phrase because of how factual it is … Read more

When analyzing William Shakespeare’s plays, critics often crave categorizing each play into a specific genre. Many of Shakespeare’s plays fit into a genre, but some, such as The Merchant of Venice, fail to conform to one genre. One of Shakespeare’s early plays that is a festive comedy is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is a … Read more

There are many endangered species in the world among these species is the Eretmochelys imbricata, commonly known as the Hawksbill Sea Turtle. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle has a lifespan of about 30 to 50 years. The turtle is an omnivore and consumes sea grasses, sea urchins, barnacles, small animals, and their favorite food, sponges (National … Read more

It’s a small lot on our farm, with white and red tin siding that many people overlook. It’s right next to the voluminous silver towers of our mill. It’s a place where many lessons are learned and see many “joys and discomforts” of agricultural life all throughout the year. Starting in the middle of December … Read more

Critically discuss the biomedical model and social model of health and how they relate to lay perspective on health and illness. For this essay I will be analytically examining the models of health; the biomedical model and social model. I will explain the advantages and disadvantages of these models and how they relate to the … Read more

As I reflect on my Luckyday experience, it is quite transparent that servant-leadership and the community present a tremendous role in many lives. Learning how to effortlessly communicate with many people while combining a passion for community service proved that this semester would be phenomenal. Also, it is has taught us how to perceive others … Read more

GMO crops face a lot of criticism, but the facts are that they are more environmentally friendly than traditional crops, they have higher and more stable yields than traditional crops, and are safe to consume. Some critics claim that GMO crops are unsafe and offer no significant advantages over traditional ones. This however, is not … Read more

Video games have been rising in popularity and today has become a very profitable industry, beginning with the 1980s, from arcade classics like Asteroids, pinball, and Pac-Man to the postmodern console and computer gaming. (Sherman 243) With the rise of video games came the perpetuation of a gender disparity as a result of the emerged … Read more

What’s next The time to become a successful adult is ticking down fast. The choices I make now will only affect me of what I want to accomplish in life, although I know its going to be a long ride. Before I start talking about what I want in the far future I need to … Read more

In the book Life of Pi you find a young man, who grew up in a very religious world surrounded by animals of wisdom. The author goes into deep explanation of Pis life, about how he grew up in a zoo and had a tough childhood. Pi develops a love for a higher power and … Read more

“Poetry focusing on villainy and wrongdoing or even on foolish characters with dark minds, often produces engaging material for the reader or the listener”. Consider in what ways foolishness and villainy appears in your six selected poems and in what ways, if any, it may be of interest. I do agree with the title that … Read more

Tam writing this quick letter to introduce myself and tell you a bit about my accomplishments and aspirations as a writer. I won’t say that writing is in my blood or my genes or anything like that, but I will say that I do have an insatiable urge to write. I cannot say, but I … Read more

The story of the Beat Generation novelist and poet, Jack Kerouac, who underwent a 63-day, self-imposed exile to battle drug abuse and demons of his past, while penning his novels. STORY COMMENTS DESOLATION ANGELS is a dramatic, character driven study of Beat Generation pioneer, Jack Kerouac. It’s a story of selfdiscovery, much like his “On … Read more

“Beep… beep… beep… ” yelled my alarm notifying me that it was finally time for me to raise out of bed. Even though it was only six o’clock in the morning, my mood instantly brightened when I looked at my phone calendar and instinctively remembered that today was my final first volleyball game of the … Read more

Business disappointment alludes to an organization stopping operations tailing its powerlessness to make a benefit or to get enough income to cover its costs(Barrickman, 2011). A beneficial business can fall flat in the event that it doesn’t create satisfactory income to meet costs. As indicated by (Johnson, 2012), we can see a consequence of 80% … Read more

“The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague, who shall say where one ends and another begins” -Edgar Allan Poe He stood on the chair thinking. Thinking about love and loss and most profoundly, life. He shall stay unnamed for he is only a shadow figment of the society the … Read more

Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Children is about the partition between the two generations conflicting in Russia in the 17th century. It follows the opposing divisions involving the liberals and the nihilists. The liberals believed in freedom and equality in terms of views and authority. The nihilists refused all moral values, thinking that there was no … Read more

‘The Finn Brothers’, Tim and Neil Finn, are a musical duo who have been writing music since their childhood. They are best known for their success internationally with bands ‘Split Enz’ and ‘Crowded House’. And in 1993, both brothers were awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) from the Queen, for their contribution to … Read more

Looking for Alaska 1.) Discuss a major conflict in the text. -One night, Alaska Young (the protagonist) becomes very depressed due to her forgetting that it was the anniversary of her mother’s death. She decides to leave campus in the middle of the night. To make matters worse, she has been drinking alcohol beforehand. This … Read more

Directed by Lynne Ramsay, We Need To Talk About Kevin is a film that illustrates the harrowing tale of a mother, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton), who is forced to critically question her own actions and thoughts in order to make sense of a life-changing event. A high school massacre committed by a son she was … Read more

Humans are animals, but they are very different than any other animals. Many things can prove us that humans are one of a kind, like their intelligence for example. Even though humans and animals have many activities in common (sleeping, eating, mating, and defending), human beings have a fifth faculty: the intelligence to inquire into … Read more

In the Genesis, God uses destruction as a tool to test his creations and help them grow intellectually. In the passage Genesis 18:16-33, God talks to Abraham about the impending burning of Sodom. God uses discussion of His plans and preparations for the destruction as a teaching moment for Abraham, who He decides is worthy … Read more