A Journey of Thousand Miles Essay

At the young age of eight, I was introduced to the field of medicine. My mother was a pathologist at a tertiary center in Jeddah. I clearly remember being surrounded by microscopes, slides, and posters of unusual creatures. It exhilarated me watching physicians looking through microscopes and discussing the case thoroughly, reaching up to the most relevant diagnosis. It is quite amusing when I memorize those early days, asking my mother and her colleagues about sophisticated machines and…

first you have to understand how this great fight for freedom began. When we sing,” In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” You probably just recognize it as a way to remember the history of the beginning of Columbus’s great journey of discovering America. However, you may not have ever guessed…

then became the first Ming Dynasty emperor and he ruled from the capital, Yuan. Even though Hongwu was able to implement stability in China, problems arose and he became a ruthless tyrant. He doubted the loyalty of his officials and then killed thousands of them. After Hongwu’s death in 1398, his son, Yonglo, became the new emperor. Yonglo had intellectual curiosity about the outside world and sent seven Voyages, all led by Zheng He. Yonglo wanted to explore and find new lands, institute new…

sunlight would stomp in here and shatter the shells of the spooky little sneaks. Cackling could be heard coming from the vermins as they stared at me with all of their 32,000 eyes. And then they just slithered away, and they weren’t even snakes! Thousands of little legs, wiggling, moving, bopping in and out. The beastly, blood-curdling bugs made me want to bellow, “Bippity-boppity, boo, be gone!” Now don’t get me wrong, the shower wasn’t infested, it wasn’t dirty, but just think about it. If you…

The first African were brought in 1619 to aid in the production of crops like tobacco in the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. “Slavery” spread throughout the American settlements when the Africans were unloaded off a Dutch ship (“History: Slavery”). The American settlements practiced “slavery” during the 17th and 18th centuries, and “slaves” helped form the economic fundamentals of the new nation (“History: Slavery”). During the middle of the 19th century, America’s westward development,…

imperfections of the invisible “golden ticket” of equality, freedom from prejudices and fairness that is bestowed only upon whites, at birth, while “withheld from people of color” (Wise XI). In the preface of his book, Wise states that when he started the journey against racism he was often asked, mostly by whites, “what happened to him?” This question was often meant, why would an educated white person take on such as plight as racism?…

Tradition is defined as a set of customs and beliefs that are largely stable through time, the passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication. It is through tradition that the Hopi Indians of Northeast Arizona and the Mande people of West Africa have been able to survive as distinct cultures in this rapidly changing world. The art of oral tradition, or historical storytelling, has been the main resource for the continuous education of…

Love, a magical word that defines the Worlds relationship with everything in it. But how is love found by those looking to be caught in its web of ecstasy? The answer, courtship. So how does courtship work? Is it when two people who are romantically interested in each other go out on a few dates and fall in love? Well, maybe when my parents were growing up. These days with the rise of technology courtship has drastically changed. According to the Pew Research Center, one in every 10 American…

“I Will Never Be the Same” June 5, 1805 was the date in Alva’s great grandfather’s journal. Alva’s great grandfather went by the name of Al, short for Alva as well. Al lived in Southern Illinois, in a little pioneer house. Alva never met Al, but was always fond of the stories his dad would tell of him. Alva was so intrigued by the stories that his father told, that his father finally decided to hand down Al’s old journal to Alva, to fill his curiosity of everything about his Great grandfather…

In both past and current society, veterans do not get the appropriate welcome home that they should. In past times they have been so demeaned by their fellow citizens for fighting in a war that nobody wanted to take part in. Whether it be by words or physical means instead of being held high for putting themselves on the line for us, they were broken down to feel as if they were nothing more than worthless trash. Many people believe today that warriors come home and get welcomed back with opened…