“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four of them sharpening my axe”. Due to my understanding I believe that President Abraham made a very good point when he said if he had six hours to cut down a tree he would use most of the time to … Read more

The death of Queen Victoria in 1901 signified the end of the Victorian era, and the beginning of the Edwardian era. A Room with a view is a romantic comedy, and begins with a young lady (Lucy) and her chaperone (Miss Bartlett) visiting Florence. Although Charlotte Bartlett’s character as a chaperone might seem a little … Read more

Wilfred Owen is a remarkable figure who expresses his thoughts and experiences of the unspeakable war and the decimation of youth in his passionate poetry during WWI. His exploration of human cruelty highlights the ramifications, suffering, and the pointlessness of warfare that explores the unbearable agony endured by the brave young soldiers. “Futility” and “Dulce … Read more

One of the goliaths of Islamic law was the eighth century researcher of Madinah, Malik ibn Anas. During an era when the Muslim group urgently required the sciences of fiqh and hadith (idioms and doings of Prophet Muhammad) to be sorted out, Imam Malik rose to the event. His legacy is show in his proceeded … Read more

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” By: T. S. Eliot The poem by T.S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a dramatic monologue written in 1915. Close to the end of the poem Mr. Prufrock stated “It is impossible to say just what I mean” (104). This statement will be analyzed … Read more

On a volleyball court, there are six key positions that are necessary in order to carry out a correct play and gain a point against the opposing team. The wide belief that the setter is the most important position due to all of their responsibilities is in fact true. Being a setter means that you … Read more

It is cautious, however, to point out that though the speech act makes up a substantial part of securitization, it is not in itself securitization. The act of simply speaking security alone is not a successful case of securitization but rather is classified as a securitizing move or a political move. Buzan et al argue … Read more

Gambling is known to be a vice of many men. An activity that requires one to bet their cold hard cash that they earned through their jobs and to bet it all on a luck and the slim chance that they would somehow beat the odds and receive what they had betted and much more. … Read more

If everything perfect and there was nothing left to do there would be no point in life. The journey of life is what shapes and defines us. Everything has an effect on us whether we realize it or not, and how we see ourselves has a huge impact on our health and personality. Body image … Read more

The burger restaurant across from the movie theater was bustling with loyal patrons eagerly awaiting their chance to devour scrumptious food. Friday nights were exceedingly difficult for the staff — especially when popular movies debuted. Vanessa tried her best to accommodate the customers in an expeditious and amiable way; however, the high volume prevented her … Read more

My current ability in music entrepreneurship is at the very beginning on a professional level, but my passion for music began at a very young age. Growing up, I was surrounded by music. There was always beautify music playing in the car, around the house, and through stereos at all of our family events. It … Read more

My Uncle Ross is a person I admire greatly. His life has been a continuous struggle. He is a person who has faced much adversity and yet remains positive. When I hear about what he faces on a daily basis, I can’t quite imagine how he handles it. When I hear about his struggles, mine … Read more

We are all humans; therefore, we all make mistakes, but one thing that comes out of our mistakes is a lesson well learned. As I look back to all the things I’ve done, I regret the time I felt ashamed of myself. Easter of 2004 my godmother decided to invite us to her house for … Read more

The author of Paper Towns is John Green. He was born on August 24, 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He went to Kenyon College and earned double degrees in Religious Studies and English. He worked as a student chaplain in a children’s hospital. Green spent lots of time with terminally ill children, who inspired him to … Read more

Bronwen Clark 7-2 Mother Knows Best? (a twisted Rapunzel story) Once upon a time, there was a lonely, sad old woman called Samella Herkins. She had a rough past, as her husband, and her baby were taken by raiders, along with all her money. Since she didn’t have anything to live on anymore,she became hungry … Read more

Can you imagine being taken away from the only family and place you’ve called home to be forced to adjust to a completely different lifestyle than the one you’ve had your entire life? Every day, thousands of animals are captured from their habitats, and are forced to adapt to an entirely new life; a life … Read more

During the Second World War, prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps were exposed to medical experimentation. In approximately seventy Nazi concentration camps, two hundred physicians were using around seven thousand prisoners to test their research. An ethical debate arose from these developments: were the atrocities committed acceptable because of the millions they allowed to be … Read more

1. What is ethics and why it is important in global banking and business? Ethics represents and individual morality, in order words, it represents the reasoning of what is good and bad. With the history of fraud in banking and business, ethics may seem as a surprise for some people. Ethics is key in any … Read more

Violent video games are not causing kids to be violent people If there was an experiment created where a person was placed in front of a television screen, given a controller and allowed to play a violent first person shooter for an hour, would one feel the urge to shoot a school up? The question … Read more

Task 1- tissues Tissues are groups of similar cells which have a similar structure and function. All of these cells work together to complete various tasks. There are four different types of tissues in the human body that I am going to give examples of. These include the epithelial tissue, connective tissue, collagenous tissue and … Read more

From the centuries, world has witnessed a number of bloody wars, holocausts, carnages and cruel genocide, which shattered the lives of millions of innocent people. After witnessing the mass killings and its aftermath consequences, world has not yet learned a lesson and still on the same path of destruction. Hotel Rwanda’, a movie by Terry … Read more

A rapidly growing trade for the Transnational Organized Crime groups is the illegal wildlife trade. “By its very nature, it is almost impossible to obtain reliable figures for the value of illegal wildlife trade. Experts at TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, estimate that it runs into hundreds of millions of dollars.” (2015). Tigers, Elephants, … Read more

Adapted physical activity is a cross-disciplinary field of study that is still relatively new promotes an active, healthy lifestyle by remediating psychomotor problem that interfere with goal achievement and self-actualization (Sherrill (1998), Haegele, J. , Jihyun Lee, J. , & Porretta, D. , (2015)). Adapted physical education is a key factor of physical activity for … Read more

Exactly 10 years ago, I escaped along with Gaea to the Uncharted Forest. We found an abandoned home from the Unmentionable Times. I still remember the time I saw the Unspeakable Word, and I cried out of happiness when I grasped the meaning of it. I took the name Prometheus and I took the name … Read more

Self-efficacy is just as powerful a predictor of performance in music as skill or ability. Gary McPherson and John McCormick wanted to examine the role of motivation in young musicians’ capacity to prepare for, and satisfactorily complete, prepared examinations on their instrument (McPherson and McCormick, 2006). They felt this line of research was important considering … 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

Have you ever had someone to help guide you when you didn’t know what to do? For me, my grandmother, Sheila, is that person. Sheila is extremely beautiful, she’s heavyset and she has curly, black and grey hair. There hasn’t been one time when I was in need, and she wasn’t there for me. My … Read more

For my classroom observation, I chose to observe two classrooms with teachers I do not work with at my current job Bobbie Smith Elementary in Long Beach, CA. My area of interest is elementary, I chose to observe a Kindergarten and Second grade classroom. Although I prefer to teach a Kindergarten class and not go … Read more

Part A: Learning the different literary lenses will help further my ability to thoroughly analyze the literature I read. As seen with the examples used throughout the seminar presentations sometimes a certain critical theory can be used more successful for certain pieces of text. Having the knowledge of the many different ways there is to … Read more

Growing up is a difficult process that everyone experiences. Although childhood innocence is lost, knowledge is gained from maturing. Maturing involves significant lessons that include accepting oneself, coping with betrayal, and finding one’s voice. An essential lesson in growing up is being able to accept oneself. Self- acceptance is being pleased with oneself; not caring … Read more

During exercise the demand for oxygen increases as the respiring cells require more oxygen to meet the increased demand for energy, there’s also an increased removal of carbon dioxide, (Burton, Stokes, & Hall, 2004). Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of aerobic respiration (as well as water and heat). In this experiment Douglas bags were used … Read more

The words “thank you” and “you’re welcome” seem to have been misplaced somewhere within the past years. Every week | go to my local Starbucks to enjoy a nice tea while I work on homework and study. While doing my work I cannot help but glance at a group of teens who enter the shop. … Read more

(15 points) Score 1. Compare and contrast Don Quixote with either King Arthur or Sundiata. How are the two figures you have chosen alike? How are they different? Be sure to use specific examples from the stories you have read to illustrate your points. Answer: One trait that all heroes have in common is that … Read more

Technology at its Finest Is technology beneficial to today’s society? Some of the reasons why technology is good for our society is that there are lots of great inventions that technology has given to this world. Many inventions that help improve people’s lives and people don’t appreciate of what technology does for us. Technology is … Read more

Structure of main Body Systems: Our body is made up of many different systems which help us to keep alive. Without these systems our organs would not be able to functions at all. There are 10 main systems in our body which include the cardiovascular system, the digestive system, the renal system, the nervous system, … Read more

In Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, everything and everyone is insignificant. That is, until someone or something starts to embody a larger idea that gives that person or object significance. Throughout the entirety of the novel, characters and objects themselves only gain significance once enshrouded by a larger representative idea. The occurrence of characters gaining … Read more

My Lips Can’t Move The room was silent, nothing was said from the eager students since one of their classmate was given the floor to talk. But, not even the poor eight year old girl had enough courage to open her mouth. She remained her focus on her blue navy skirt but periodically glanced at … Read more

Geishas, Anime, Manga, J-Pop, what do they all have in common? Japanese culture. Japanese culture combines influences from Asia, Europe, and North America. In my opinion, Japanese culture is more unique than the others. They have similar interest as the United States. Geisha’s, sports, Anime, and music are the defining elements when one thinks about … Read more

We all know that friend that suffers from “Only child syndrome” and according to Adler’s theory of birth order, it does in fact affect how successful you are through many different ways (Krohn 7). Others believe that other consisting factors influence how successful you are and can be in life. “Thus the timing, sex, and … Read more

Beware the Ides of March! ” (I, ii, 23) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was written by William Shakespeare in 1623. Like many other plays written by Shakespeare, there was always a message hidden in it. He wanted you to learn a lesson from his plays. Three topics that show the theme of the story … Read more

The biological and psychoanalytical perspectives in psychology both provide an interesting insight into the various ways we as humans behave. The biological perspective focuses on biological factors, such as neurotransmitters and genes which affect our behaviour. The approach believes that our behaviour is identified through an underlying structure and function known as structuralism. Functionalism is … 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

WAKING THE WOLF presents as a dark, crime comedy. The goal is well defined and the stakes are fairly high and personal. The plot is straightforward. There are solid themes about revenge, redemption, and second chances. While there’s merit in the idea of a distraught husband kidnapping his unfaithful wife, the script would benefit from … Read more

For women, menstruation is an inevitable part of life. It is something that is experienced on a monthly basis, and is a sign that reproductive system is functioning normally. Despite being a sigh of health, menstruation has been given very negative connotations. Menstruation is surrounded by shame that causes a reluctance to discuss the issue, … Read more

In the article, The effect of syntax and lexical complexity on the comprehension of elementary science texts” the author Diane Arya examines the challenges educators must face when integrating literacy into the content area of science based on text complexity. Science unlike other content areas utilizes a reader’s experienced prior knowledge. Experiences are critical when … Read more

My personal philosophy about educational process is to gear a system that facilitates students’ learning. Learning as is understood by an enrichment of their previous knowledge, significantly linked personal experiences that they may keep it permanently and apply in the future. Those approaches are my understanding of the Transformative Learning Theory by Jack Mezirow. This … Read more

Luis Barragan states, “Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being. ” This statement is more vividly conveyed through a cross-cultural analysis of two of the most well-known architectural structures of their era, Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, located in Rome, Italy, ca. … Read more

This describes, in essence, the perspective of the Industrial Age/ transactional-style of leader towards their subordinated. Though to be clear, there is a distinction to be made between the transactional-style, proper, and that style as it was in history, subject to the social, economic, technological contexts of the Industrial Era. The transactional leader “does not … Read more

Emotions seem to rule our every day life. We make all of our decisions based on whether we feel happy, sad, scared, angry or disgusted. An emotion is a complex psychological state that involves three distinct components: a subjective experience, a psychological response, and a behavioural or expressive response (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2007). Charles Darwin … Read more