Argumentative Essay

Whether you want to call it The Abominable Snowman, yeti, Wendigo, Yowie, skunk ape, sasquatch, or even the Grassman, the beast most familiarly known as Bigfoot exists. For centuries, tales, myths, legends, and elaborate stories have existed about the cryptid Bigfoot. The cloudy and question-filled nature of Bigfoot is intriguing to most of the world. Doubters simply play off this species existence by arguing that it is a misidentified large animal or question why there has been no evidence…

Alexa Jensen AP LA III Burlingame March 20th, 2017 AP L.A. III Non-Fiction Essay #3 Ownership is something abstract, more of a gray area per-say. There’s a fine line between figurative and tangible belongings, and the aspect of ownership happens to cross it inexplicably. We own what we hold close to us, all of our ideas, all of our emotions. If it’s something we keep deep inside of us, than it is of our belonging. It’s all a matter of perspective. What belongs to us can be tangible, as in…

The_Donald is one of Reddit’s most infamous and controversial subreddits, a representation of rampant hatred and bigotry to some and serving as a bastion against globalism and postmodernism to others. Difficulty arises when describing it, as depending on your political ideology, prominent news source, and familiarity with internet culture, it can be many different things. The dominant view on Reddit, spearheaded by subreddits such as MarchAgainstTrump and r/esist, rests upon the rejection of…

A mother’s worst fear is receiving a life shattering call from her daughter’s teacher saying she wasn’t acting like herself. The first question brought into speculation was depression. Just as a mother would do, she watched for signs herself. A week or so later an accident happened. The daughter awoke her mother during the night and right away the mother knew something was wrong. The daughter told her mother that she wasn’t sure if she was sweating profusely while sleeping or if she had wet…

It is not difficult to see why one barbie doll is sold every three seconds. Her perfect hair, stunning body and natural good looks, who wouldn’t want to play with her? Barbie first came out in 1959 and over the course of her fifty - six years, she has impacted the lives of children in many positive but also negative ways. There has been many discussions on Barbies perfected look and whether or not this brainwashes the youth of today. When Barbie came out in 1959 it was shocking to see such an…

2015 is no Jestons future, but we are definitely living in a modern era. Items like cell phones and the Internet, which makes communication hundreds of times faster than in the past, are incredibly common. A relative can easily post “Happy birthday!” on a person’s Facebook page, or a daughter can send a quick “I’m leaving” text to her mom. Unfortunately, not all of this new cyber communication is being used for good; instead, teenagers have taken up bullying over technology. Most schools do not…

Whereas Fine studied the neurological differences between genders, Roughgarden moves the discussion to the biological aspect of the social spectrum for human beings. Roughgarden (2004) goes into detail about the evolution of sex, areas of biology, focusing on human development as well as gender and sexuality variation across the country. Roughgarden touches on some of the myths about the social spectrum humans use to construct gender binary. Roughgarden (2004) talks about how when you ask an…

NAME: Date: What are hotspots? Hot spots are locations where there is a small group of people that make up a large percentage of the health care cost for the given population. Usually they are comprised of lower income families or people. The reasons for these pockets are numerous, some of these problems revolve around that fact they are unable to afford basic medical care or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Since these people are unable to meet there basic medical needs, they are forced to ignore…

The institution of American slavery is widely considered to be one of the most horrific that humanity has ever seen. Slaves were forced by their owners to work long, hard days in the poor conditions of the southern United States. Slaves were often reprimanded through extreme forms of abuse such as whippings and beatings, even if they completed the task that they were commanded to do. Slaves, however, were not the only group of people that slavery had a negative impact on. In Linda Brent 's…

Homeschooling a child or not is completely up to the parent. Many factors play into the decision whether to homeschool the child or not, but it is a decision that can possibly change the view of the child’s perception of social interactions and learning strategies as they get older. Considering homeschool is a completely different environment than a public/private school classroom, the parent does not have the proper requirements to be the teacher that otherwise qualified teachers would be able…