If I Had a Million Dollars Essay

Did you know that the U.S Department of Agriculture reports that just two percent of the price of a head of lettuce is attributed to labor? A head of lettuce cost one dollar, meaning two cents of that dollar are for labor. If native born Americans were used for picking California lettuce instead of undocumented immigrants, the price of lettuce would go up ten percent making lettuce $1.08. This is all because Americans demand a higher salary, for the work they do than foreigners. We’re quite…

This summer I went to Mackinac Island and Upper penninsula With all my cousins and grandparents. I had a great time in the 4 sunny days we went there. We visited the harbor front of Mackinaw while eating hot fudge from the one of the street stores. Then, we took the 15 min ferry ride to Mackinac island and for a whole day just strolled around the island sightseeing the beautiful creations of nature. The next day, we took a 2 hour trip to Pictured Rocks in the Upper Peninsula. Which had to be one…

When reading this play at first I really didn’t understand the humor in reading it. After watching the clips everything clicked with me. I really had to get a visual of what the play was to understand it. Now I have a clear understanding that in this play had a lot of satire in it. This whole play had satire from Get on Board, The Hairpiece and The Last Mama on the couch. They took serious issues in the African American culture and made it funny, but it’s something that African Americans dealt…

service project I chose to volunteer at Garvan Woodland Gardens. They just began their Holiday Light’s night on November 22. I signed up to be a door greeter and give directions around the park. I was super excited about volunteering at Garvan Woodland Gardens since I go there almost every year to see their Christmas lights. This year they have over 4 million lights on display. I met with the directed when I arrived and she was really friendly. I was there mostly in the day so I didn’t get to…

I know people have probably heard of Cheech and Chong, well if someone has not they are two guys that were in movies in the 1970’s and 1980’s. They were seen as hippies in their movies with really laid back personalities. They also share a love for cannabis which is evident in their movies where I can see them smoking a joint. Richard “ Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong met in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chong was a citizen of Canada And Cheech moved there from california to get away from the…

full of exotic plants and animals. The Everglades is a place with a lot of interesting facts as well as an interesting story. Even though it is a truly amazing place it had a lot of problems the last few decades. The Everglades have had a lot of history, problems, and issues facing recent attempts. To begin, the Everglades has had a lot of history to it. Some of this history might teach you something new. In passage one lines nine through twenty one state, “Seminole and Miccosukee tribes lived…

I walk in, surrounded by millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours worth of glass. Roughly sixty-thousand pieces, each hand crafted by a crew of students and professionals working together, tell a story. Sixty panels of vibrant colors, sloshes of visual food that appeal to our creative stomachs, lurching the eyes of any passing viewer, including myself, forward into a land of distant time and space and beauty. The Roots of Knowledge, located inside the Utah Valley University library has…

While in the Military I was a Logistic Specialist. We are in charge of the command budget and responsible for the management and distribution of all storerooms and warehouses. We managed million of dollars in equipment and money every quarter. While being station in Hawaii my leading petty was suddenly replaced by me because of medical reason. This was my first time being a leader and to make matter worst I wasn’t the senior person. Our warehouses contained everything from fancy pen to…

This species of frogs is entirely aquatic. He raised them in tanks and fed them Purina Rabbit Chow. "Some had malformed or multiple sets of testes. Others had both testes and ovaries, sometimes in odd numbers" (Souder 1). The EPA scientist was finding one thing while the Syngenta scientists, John Geisy and James…

child, I wasn’t always alone in completing tasks or accomplishing things. My friends, family, and people around me in life were quite often to help me, but there were times that I had to accomplish things on my own. As I grew up, I began to hate asking people for help, and I wanted to try things for myself. I felt like it was cheating to ask for help, because in life after high school, aren’t you usually having to do things by yourself? So, I figured, when the tasks that I was given were easy, I…