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Throughout life many can agree on hearing or reading a quote about the importance of the youth and how they will affect the future. The fact is that a large percentage of the U.S. underestimates the influential power of the youth, and decide not to listen to them due to their “lack” of knowledge or experience. Aside from the younger populations, minorities are also some of the most overlooked people in the U.S., especially Latinos/as or those of Latino descent, and as a result the younger Latino…

Experiences can change you in many ways, good and bad; but some experiences move you in a direction forward and instead of asking, “What am I going to do in life?” you ask, “What will I accomplish to make my life mean the most?” I started college in an accelerated dental program with the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, but both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer within the span of less than a year. After my mom was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer before my…

to so many locations so many times that my realization of where I am is gone. I have endured and given the same answer to their single question. If I answer their single question America's deepest and most controversial missions could send America back to war. Suddenly, one of the usual guards that always wears a scowl walks in to begin the daily torture. “من أنت”. I have heard this sentence so many times that I know it will only bring pain. This is the only thing he says before the barrage of…

Anthologies: Bruchac, J., London, J., & Locker, T. (1992). Thirteen moons on turtle's back: A Native American year of moons. New York: Philomel Books. In this children’s poetry book the author uses a collection of Native American legends from several tribes including the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux. The poems focus on the thirteen moons of the year while touching on topics ranging from seasons, harvest time, appreciation of animals, and happenings in nature. This piece was chosen for its…

editorial, Kari Hong, an assistant professor of law at Boston College and a former criminal defense attorney, argues that instead of lethal injection the United States should us a firing squad as the new way of being put to death. In her article “Bring back the Firing Squad”, she explains that although she is pro-death penalty she is not pro lethal injection. In her opinion a firing squad is more humane than “death cocktails” (Hong). Hong briefly suggest that’s a firing squad is “more honest”…

”The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet”. But who reaps the fruits of education? You might have thought that it is only the individual who studies that benefits from education, but as President Barack Obama said in his speech “Back to School”, education is not just a matter of the individual it is in the highest degree a matter for the country, the future of the country. So if you regard education as important how do you get your generation of students to care about their…

believe that it is a good idea to bring back extinct animals like dinosaurs. This would not be a good idea because of many reasons. One reason that it would be a bad idea to bring back extinct animals is the fact that they would not be able to adapt to human life as it is now. They would be way to tall, and they would end up eating the human resources like crops and destroy trees and the wildlife. Another reason why scientists should not try to bring back extinct animals is because there is…

District Attorney Jeffery F. Rosen launched the Santa Clara County Conviction Integrity Unit in 2011 and had David Angel head the unit. This county CIU shares the same structure as Manhattan, by having both a front-end and a back-end approach, that way to prevent future wrongful convictions by reviewing cases and limiting errors. The District of Attorney Office structure is to maintain accountability and commitment to integrity; because Rosen supervises both the CIU and the…

understand the history of World War I. Erich Maria Remarque expertly wrote The Road Back and originally had it published in 1931 by Random House Trade Paperbacks in New York. Despite the success of the novel, its prequel All Quiet on the Western Front unintentionally dimmed it spotlight. I believe The Road Back can draw monumental success in its revival, but only with the assistance of you and your company. The Road Back exhibits an era in history, which disappears in the shadows between the…

From the book Inside Out and Back Again refugees like the main character Ha, struggle when war comes knocking on their door and they have to flee in order to live. When refugees come to new homes they have many experiences, some are an inside out feeling while others are a back again feeling. Forced to leave their country, large amounts of refugees are experiencing difficulties like shortages of food and water and settling into new places and meeting new people. Ha and other refugees from…