Anxiety disorders are one of the most common forms of mental illness that people deal with in today’s society. They are often misdiagnosed because people feel that fears and worries are normal forms of emotion that we all deal with as a whole, but for some, anxiety disorders can be a nightmare. Anxiety disorders can … Read more

Depending on the study, the term “sexting” has been used to describe a wide variety of activities. It is most ordinarily defined as “the sharing of images or videos of sexually explicit content. ” The majority of attention has been directed toward sexting via cell phone, but the term can apply to any form of … Read more

Many parents have questioned if they should vaccinate their child. There have been so many negative comments on this topic and no clear answers. By the end of this paper, parents should have a clear understanding of why they should vaccinate their child. This paper explores one article that explains the reasons why this topic … Read more

Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, where characters have high expectations and abandon their morals to fulfill ambitions, shares many similarities to a failed party. During the festivities of the early night, the guests anticipate greater opportunities for fun and fame, disregarding their possible consequences. In reaching for their goals, they change the feelings at the very core … Read more

Anthropology is the study of human bones and and the development of cultures and societies. Forensic science is the discipline in which professionals use scientific means to analyze physical crime evidence. Forensic science and anthropology are both used in many different ways and maybe even alike in some ways. Anthropology and forensic science can be … Read more

The comedy ‘Some Like it Hot’ was named the best American Comedy all the time during the year 2000 by the American Film institute as directed by Billy Wilder (Ku 1). The comedy is a gender bender movie whereby you cannot know the flow of the movie and what is bound to happen next. In … Read more

In today’s world consist of an uncultured society compared to what it was like back in the eighteenth century or the nineteenth century. Today’s society differentiates from the norm of what society used to base their aspects around and that was literature. Romanticism was the beginning of a revolutionary phenomenon over the human mind and … Read more

That feeling of elation had all but disappeared when he had finally returned to his chambers, the same one that Arthur had been given use of. Merlin had laid down on the bed, only to find himself tossing and turning, unused to the soft down-filled mattress. After what seemed like hours, he’d gathered a blanket … Read more

“The censorship frame consists of mass media reports that proclaim the cultural association between music and collectively shared and culturally agreed upon perceptions of deviance” (Culture, Rap Music, ‘Bitch,” and the Development of the Censorship Frame 1). Arts and Humanities have been regulated by government through entities such as education systems, broadcasting stations and social … Read more

How and Why we are Drawn to War Movies The thought of war always seems to catch the interest of Americans. War is what people think of when they think of America, isn’t it? Mcdonald’s and machine guns, right? When people think of war many things pop into their heads such as, guns, explosions, death, … Read more

Many things have changed since Epicurus wrote on his philosophy of happiness around 307 BC, but in this century we can still obtain happiness as long as we have Epicurus’ three foundations of freedom, friendship and an analyzed life. He says that happiness does not come from money and money is not required to obtain … Read more

A well-known musician once said, ” Realistically, English is a universal language; it’s the number one language… for communicating with the rest of the world. ” English is the most widely used language in the history of the world. In 2015, there were sixty-seven sovereign states and twenty-seven nonsovereign entities where English was an official … Read more

In “The Metamorphosis”, Gregor refuses to face the reality of his situation, instead choosing to remain in denial about his family life and to an extent, his metamorphosis into a bug, resulting in his eventual death. He maintains an illusion for himself of a loving family, essentially living life in a daze, a constant daydream … Read more

Behind the deceptive facades assumed by each individual is a starving soul hungry for fulfillment. In search of gratification, desperate seekers often spend their entire lives frantically looking for a savior to revive their weary bones. Heralded author and playwright Tennessee Williams understood this reality well. In his magnum opus titled A Streetcar Named Desire, … Read more

I feel that through my portfolio I tried to really expand on my argument and really elaborate on each point that I was making while also connecting it back to my main claim. Before the revision I feel as if I provided a lot of claims but didn’t give enough of analysis or evidence to … Read more

Gossip Girl is a teen drama TV series based off of the book, Gossip Girl, written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Gossip Girl is six seasons long and full of the juiciest of drama. The background of the series is based off of Ziegesar’s own experience growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New … Read more

In life, problems are presented every day; what should be done about the national debt, what should be done about North Korea spinning out of control? These problems typically all have a simple to complex answer. Whether the answer is easy or difficult; research is compiled and shows the positives and negatives leaving an answer … Read more

The Stroop Effect has been widely researched. It explains how a cognitive process might interfere with another cognitive process (MacLeod, 1991). This effect works because associations already made in the brain inhibit recall abilities for new associations (Stroop, 1935). The Stroop Effect is relevant because it can explain what cognitive processes are automatic compared to … Read more

Surveillance is key procedures in many cases, in this case however it was kind of a bust. The FBI were investigating every lead they had including putting potential suspects on twentyfour hour surveillance on the ground and in the air. None of their potential suspects were the actual bombers though so the surveillance turned out … Read more

The Drug Attitude Inventory-(DAI-30) was created to assess the effectiveness of medication used to treat people hospitalized with Schizophrenia (Lin et al. , 2013). This model was based upon 30 questions and yielded a true or false response. For each question resulting in a true response the number 1 assigned. False responses yielded a -1 … Read more

Leadership is very important in life. It has been taught by a lot of people in many different ways. Only a few authors are the best at explaining it. John Calvin Maxwell is one of those few authors. John Maxwell is known across the globe as motivational author, speaker, and founder of multiple organizations, he … Read more

Nature vs Nurture is one of many debate methods that we have used. These debates are one of the longest debates in history. Nature vs nurtures can be discussed with personality, intelligence, and homosexuality, also can go with life problems today and how they could be used in the future. Nature means that you use … Read more

The Wachowski brothers created many situations in The Matrix that can provoke discussions and arguments over what they wanted to symbolize by particular characters of pieces of dialogue. These moments and scenes can relate to our modern day lives and how certain aspects of the Matrix perfectly resemble our imperfect world. The Matrix shows the … Read more

In the past week, 250 civilians including 49 children have died because of airstrikes in Aleppo. Dear classmates, this speech is not about amazing accomplishments about happiness. My speech is about how our selfishness has costed human lives, how hypocritical this society is and how we failed to stop a genocide. I am talking about … Read more

Invasive species have a very negative effect on the native species in an area. They can cause a variety of problems from competition for food resources to introducing a new disease that the native species is not immune to. Larval amphibians do not have the defenses to handle introduced predators such as fish in their … Read more

1. The first interesting fact that I found out about Food Inc was that their tomatoes are ripened with ethane gas. I thought that was interesting because I never thought that they did that but they do. Ripening tomatoes on gas makes them get to people like us two times quicker because it is like … Read more

An ethical decision helps a person to make a choice when faced with a situation in which there is no clear right or wrong decision. The word ethical is defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as “Involving or expressing moral approval or disapproval. ” Making an ethical decision is one of the most difficult things a person … Read more

Nursing Ethical Issue and Decision Making Process The end-of-life is the most crucial time where conflicts can occur between heath care professionals such as doctors, nurses and other specialists, between family and the patient, and between nurses themselves. These conflicts can be created because of different values and beliefs among different people. Although patients and … Read more

We are able to visualize, feel, smell, and hear the world around us due to a system called the sensory system. All around the surface of our body we have detectors that are known as receptors. These receptors, in the form of cells, are specialized to capture specific forms of energy- whether heat, light, chemical, … Read more

A Circle How do we classify the French Revolution? The French Revolution inspired many different events in European history and became a turning point. There were many flaws within the French Revolution, although there were ideas that left a huge impact in the lives of many, especially the way they saw and thought of their … Read more

In America, it is your right to live the life you always wanted. This is the “American Dream. ” As the years go by, this dream is fading away, causing millennials to have a major struggle as they mature as adults in the “greatest country in the world. ” The concept of this “American Dream” … Read more

Criminology is the study of crime, its perpetrators, and its causes; and, relatedly, an interest in its prevention, and in the deterrence, treatment, and punishment of offenders, (The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 2012). Feminist criminology specifically suggests addressing crimes committed by women. According to Burgess-Proctor (2006) Feminist criminology or the development of female crimes as … Read more

Criminology is the study of crime, its perpetrators, and its causes; and, relatedly, an interest in its prevention, and in the deterrence, treatment, and punishment of offenders, (The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 2012). Feminist criminology specifically suggests addressing crimes committed by women. According to Burgess-Proctor (2006) Feminist criminology or the development of female crimes as … Read more

The film, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Robert Mulligan, released on December 25, 1962. The movie was about a black man, Tom Robinson, who gets convicted of false rape. Atticus Finch is called upon to be the lawyer of the case. This movie was popular when it came out, and years after, because it helped … Read more

The document, a book titled ‘The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920’ was published by writer and English economist, John Maynard Keynes. The title of the book itself briefly indicates the topic that Keynes had decided to write about in great detail and provides the reader with a general understanding of the topic which Keynes … Read more

What active listening is a process of information, which uses all of our senses but mostly through perceiving sound? Our, hearing, smell, taste and touch are sensing that we sometimes use it without knowing. Listen correctly, can be crucial to encoding and decoding the message, for clarification and understanding what the message is. While deciphering … Read more

1. Summary Marguerite O’Haire, Samantha McKenzie, Sandra McCune, and Virginia Slaughter conducted a research study that tested the effects of Animal-Assisted Activities on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The objective of their study was to see how Animal-Assisted Activities effect the social functioning of their participants. Their research took place in kindergarten through seventh grade … Read more

The history of the world is a complex arrangement of happenings and occurrences that have shaped the current state of civilization. However, history is not as straightforward as it may seem. While all historical events are a result of cause and effect, the origins of these events are often quite hazy due to their many … Read more

Public Health Problem Hypertension is when there is an elevated force of blood in the human body. High blood pressure virtually exists everywhere in the world and in almost every community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), 75 million people are inflicted with increased blood pressure levels in the United States. … Read more

My father snorted impatiently and repeated his question. “What m-m-makes… you special? ” I looked away, eyes roaming the study. “I don’t know,”|| murmured. This was no dodge; it was the truth. “No,” my father insisted. He raised his voice. “Think. “What makes you different? ” I shook my head, not knowing what he wanted … Read more

According to Whiting, the primary purpose of classical crossover music is to “appeal to a wider audience than the original version of music. ” The well-known classical pianist Christopher O’Riley once said, “I think crossover in general as a commercial term has been a bad designation of something that has an awfully long history to … Read more

I was sixteen and had just joined a new church youth group. It was my first summer with the group and I was invited to go along with them on a mission trip to an Indian reservation in Bridger, South Dakota. I’d been told many things about the people of Bridger. They had very little … Read more

The Act of censorship is deciding on what people are allowed to view within the media. Censorship within schools is something that should be done in moderation, although the government and board of education find it to be more sufficient to use censorship as a tool to block provocative websites. It would be more effective … Read more

The journal article “Examining Sex Differences in Altering Attitudes about Rape: A Test of the Elaboration Likelihood Model” details a study that uses the Elaboration Likelihood Model to examine how attitudes toward rape change and which route, central or peripheral, was more compelling. The researchers clearly state their six hypotheses that focused on the differences … Read more

Caring for the Amish in a Modern world Tanya Mitchell Mid-State Technical College Caring for the Amish in a Modern world The Amish believe in living in the simple world. They travel by horse drawn buggies and most don’t use electricity. Cell phones, Internet, and vacuum cleaners are not among the items found in an … Read more

There is much more to aging than one would ever think of. Apart from growing old one must know that there is a process and problems older adults face as they age. Although Gerontology is based on those three reasons, it is critical that the problems they face are much more important. Everyone is going … Read more

An understanding of true justice is necessary to the ability of a government to be able to impose laws upon a populous and have those people willingly submit. In order to find the most correct version of justice, it is required to find what the origins of justice are. However, in searching for true justice … Read more

1) In this 21st century, can European nations (both individually and collectively) speak meaningfully about moral duties to other nations and their populations? Consider the changes that have taken place in Europe during and following the Second World War when you respond to this question. How has the role of Europe evolved over the latter … Read more

In today’s society, norms are behaviors that are socially accepted by the majority, and they are decided by the people within it. They normally are dependent on their environment, culture or religion within that society. If anyone exhibits behaviors or ideas contrary to the norms it can be perceived as deviant. If deviance itself is … Read more

A Dancer Who Inspires: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson “Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration. ” Carlos Ghosn This quote by Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman, perfectly describes the dance legend who coined the term “copacetic”, meaning in excellent order … Read more