1982 Lebanon War

collective gaze towards Syria where thousands of individuals were risking their lives in order to flee their war-torn country. What began as a civil war, has resulted in the largest displacement of individuals since World War II. The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the most pressing issues that the world is facing today. The influx of refugees into neighbouring countries of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey has put enormous pressure on the already vulnerable states to house and feed a growing migrant…

We’ve all seen friends and families who have been in a controlling relationship and we all have tried to say something to them about or at least tried to help them leave the relationship or try to help them seek out advice to fix the relationship? “Breathing Underwater” tells a story of boy who controls his girlfriend in many different ways and even hits her. Controlling relationships deal damage on both people involved with it and sometimes the friends and families caught in the crossfire of it…

Many people question whether people who are addicted to drugs if they can really choose to stop as easily since they made the choice to take the drug in the first place. Coming into this world you are introduced to making choices good or bad. Everyone has the will to make their own decision. Why would anyone decide to start taking any type of drugs with some knowing the possibly it could lead to addiction and even worse death. In the video, Dopesick: Fentanyls Deadly Grip, there are two…

The time I quit the wrestling team was a really crazy moment in my life. It all came down to what I wanted to do for that year in particular, when I quit I had thoughts about returning or coming back later but I knew nothing was permanent. After joining back it helped me in school a little bit but also set me back in some ways a lot as well. Coach Staggs was the main person who made me feel bad for quitting and also made me not want to do it. He was more on the aggressive side and did not want…

Kids Should have Phones in school. Kayleah Harkey Johnson Phones in school is very popular most people get in trouble for having their phones out. During class, passing time and lunch I can’t even put my phone down because I love my phone too much. A lot of people think that phones in school are too bad for kids to have in school. Either people say it draws away attention or it’s a distraction to other people. The reason why I think it’s a good idea to let kids have phones in school is because…

good. Page 121, it says, “Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, he didn't want the honor, didn’t want the wisdom, did not want the pain. He wanted his childhood back again.” He hates it. He hates his job, he doesn’t like seeing war memories and other bad things, he wants it all to go away. He wants his childhood back. (129) “The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told…

economy was based off of different items special to their homeland. They traded and used coins made of many types of metal. Phoenicians participated in three different types of trading. They exported materials, mostly cedar, from their homeland in Lebanon. They earned transport and middleman fees from the process of shipping items, like silver and controlled supply markets in the places they were in charge of. A popular item they traded was luxurious purple cloth. This was very profitable…

Growing up with a prominent family background you tend to have certain values and morals. These morals and values are taught to you as a child so that you can become a better self than what your parents became. As a young child you are told to be, do and strive for better than your parents and grandparents had. Those values come with certain obstacles that you have to face as a person if you want to succeed in life. Therefore you shouldn’t let your family define you as a person. In most cases…

Following this, my friend and I had a conversation about why you have to clean eggs before you crack them. It went something like this: “Tell me what I should be worried about. Salmonella? Poop?” she said. “Well, chickens only have one hole that everything comes out of, so…” “Wait, what? Chickens only have one hole?” She stopped cooking and looks at me, incredulous. “Yup. The vent. Just one hole for eggs and for poop.” Her husband enters the room, and she questions loudly, “Hey, did you know…

Green Shines The smell of freshly cut grass made the tiny hairs on my neck stand up. It was a Monday. I. Hate. Mondays. The sunrise from my window wasn’t making things any better. I didn’t want to get up. So I didn’t. It’s not like my mother cared much anyway. She’s so fearful she barely wants me going to school, outside, or anywhere. That’s my mother for you. She never knew when to stop trying to protect me or how old I actually had become, because she still guarded me like a lion to its kill.…