A Better Tomorrow 2

While expressed in a variety of ways in literature, music, and activities, this way of wanting a certain aspect of living controls a majority of the populations ambitions, to a certain degree. As Americans constantly strive for a bigger and better tomorrow, striving for a goal that is seemingly so far away for most, yet so close and unreachable to few, challenges are endured. To achieve…

you can use skill or create luck. It is just not possible. You can use educated guesses, but that is all they are. You can take an educated guess and assume a 500/1 horse will not win the race, but you cannot use skill or luck to guarantee that the 2/1 horse will win. How goal setting may help Set a goal to test every single assumption you make about luck and/or skill. Test them without spending money. This means “skillfully” making your selections and then waiting to see which win. Do it a…

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance, which lasted through the 1920’s and part of the 1930’s was a time when many black artists, through various artistic mediums brought to light the culture and struggles of black people during their time and in past history. One of the best known of these artists is Langston Hughes. His name even appears in pop culture references such as in the song “La Vie Bohéme” from the musical Rent. One of Hughes most famous poems is titled “I, too, sing America”. It…

The goal of this memo is to better understand how the poor behave in order to create better governmental anti-poverty policies in the Kingdom of Cambodia. To this end, I outline how poor populations make decisions regarding food, health, and education as put forth by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo in Poor Economics. After looking at Cambodia’s poverty data and its Education Strategic Plan for 2014-2018, I will make two recommendations towards reducing secondary-school dropout rates, which…

Meanwhile, the League of Nations and the democratic countries did nothing to stop them. The British Prime Minister Chamberlain, believed that appeasement was the best solution, but many others disagreed and thought that collective security was a better choice. The main reason the world plunged into World War II was because of the three aggressors; Italy, Germany, and Japan. Causing many mini wars, invasions, and attacks led to War World II because they put in fear and with fear comes…

Part A - Recreation of Act 3, Scene 2 Part A -This is a reenactment of the scene where Rosalind is finding poems on trees and later decided to test the purity of her love though disguised. I have chosen to portray this scene, though a show called The Bachelor. Characters: Ben- Orlando Andy Cohen -Corin Ryan- Touchstone Julianna- Rosalind Monica- Celia Ray-Jaques Ben There it is, my whole life is being displayed all in 150 characters. Soon millions of people will be able to see how desperate…

I was in the 8th grade and I was failing out of my old school called Briarcrest. I just didn’t really want to do school anymore. I felt like if I did it and actually tried then I would lose my friends and be this short, lame, and nerdy kid who didn’t have any friends. I got home from school one day and it was my last day of 8th grade. My mom said “Chris, I need you to come here honey.” I reply “Sure, Mom I’ll be right there”. Mom looks at me and says “You barely passed 8th grade.” I look down…

visit with the hopes that together we will make tomorrow a better day. A big part of my desire to enter the field of internal medicine stems from my background. I grew up in Virginia with my loving family until one day at the age of 16 I had to move to Saudi Arabia. While living there, it gave me a real life view of a community with limited access to healthcare services, but significant healthcare needs. When I was seventeen years old my parents and 2 of my brothers experienced a horrific car…

KIDDING me?!?! OK, so, today was like, the worst day ever for me. First of all, my 6 year old twin sisters, Allison and Annie, ate the last 2 cranberry muffins this morning, broke the star on the top of my Christmas tree, and spilled my push pin jar next to my bulletin board, which I didn’t realize until I sat on one. Also, tomorrow is Christmas, and I have only 2 presents under the tree. The first is probably an ugly knitted christmas sweater from grandma, and a book about ‘The Wonders Of…

College WRSC Page 1 of 5 Comma Exercises Using commas to separate a long introductory phrase from the main clause. Directions: Punctuate the following sentences with commas. 1. Having been told of the test John wondered when he would study. 2. Wading into the cool lake we found relief from the heat. 3. In the heat of a summer afternoon our air conditioner stopped. 4. After our game with Central High School our bus broke down. 5. Seeing the oncoming car weaving I slowed down. 6. By…