Informative Essay

Skateboarding has long been a popular hobby/sport for ages, and is popular amongst many different people of all ages and genders. Recently longboarding, a newer version of skateboarding, has become a much more popular sport/hobby. Now for those who do not know longboard is a longer, wider, and faster version of a skateboard. Longboarding originated somewhere out of Hawaii, and is sometimes referred to as sidewalk surfing. The best way to put it is longboarding is a mix of skateboarding and…

When most people think of sports, the first thing that comes to mind is probably football, basketball, maybe baseball, or soccer - usually a competition that involves a type of ball and two teams going head to head. But NASCAR is a different kind of sport, it is a motorsport. Forty purpose-built race cars with a team of pit crews, engineers, and mechanics battle every week on a variety of racetracks across the country. Just like any other sport, NASCAR has its own rules of competition, scheduled…

This is a disease that effects millions of individuals each year, causing their families to suffer as well. There are hundreds of forms of this sickness. It does not attack any specific gender, race, status, body type, age, etc. of person, therefore no one is safe from the illness. This very frightening and treacherous disease is known as cancer. I have chosen cancer for my final project due it hitting very close to home. I have lost many family members to this disease over my lifetime. Even…

Obesity is a growing epidemic on a global scale, especially in the United States. Throughout the years, the social norms of cheap but high-calorie food has grown because of easy access, the sedentary lifestyle has drastically increased, and portion sizes have dramatically increased. Some would be lazy about the solutions with the way society is now, which in reality are the excuses for not wanting to change. For instance people talk about the excuses on how time, money, controlling portions,…

I know what it feels like to have a dark cloud of debt hanging over your head. You may feel stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or even depressed. You may feel angry and disappointed with yourself because you let things spiral out of control. You may feel that your life is on hold because of your debt. I get it. It’s tough. I spent years pretending my financial problems didn’t exist. I know it can take years to build up the courage to face your fears and start working your way out of debt. If you…

I’ve never been able to explain my major in neuroscience without the someone asking me, “Oh, so you’re going to study diseases and disorders, like Autism and Alzheimer’s?” I’ve now realized that it isn’t their fault at all. I mean, that’s all we people in the neuroscience field ever really talk about anyway. It’s basically like telling a construction worker, “Oh, so you’re going to destroy buildings and use explosives?” The study of neuroscience isn’t merely focused on the disorders and…

General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: As a result of this presentation, my audience will be introduced to two career opportunities worth pursuing in the accounting field. I. Introduction A. Attention/need step: Out of millions of students in their last years of college, only an average of 14% knows exactly which career path and job position they would like to embrace. Therefore, that leaves a large amount of 86% of students who are overwhelmed and unsure of their upcoming careers…

Imagine spending life always feeling down, or upset; when everything may be just fine. Imagine feeling like a bystander and alien in the society and world in which you live. Everyone around you is smiling and enjoying their life, but you have an overwhelming sense that something inside of you is missing. This may seem shocking millions of people suffering from depression feel these exact things daily. Many believe that depression isn’t real, or it’s something that “happens to someone else.”…

35 year old Donna McMahon was terrified of water after an incident on a holiday when she was only 5 years old. She said, “I was on a water slide and another child pushed me down it and I was panicking the whole way down as I didn’t think my dad was going to catch me and that I was going to drown.” She had OCD or Obsessive compulsive disorder. She spent 1 hour to wash her hair in small sections even when she was in a very shallow bath. She needed help so she met with Robert Hisee, The Hypnotist…

My world is called Dreamtopia. It is called this because dream means, an unrealistic fantasy, and the suffix –topia means, landscapes. So together Dreamtopia means, an unrealistic fantasy landscape, which is just what my world is. In Dreamtopia there anything you can imagine and you can have anything you want, that is what makes it unrealistic. As I continue I will tell you about the rules, rulers, weather, technology, and a few other facts about this world. The rules for Dreamtopia are: always…