A Journal of the Plague Year

The Life of Me From all my years of experience I have learned that the beginning of a novel is, more often than not, similar to how you would great a stranger. You start out with your name, which is often forgotten within the first few minutes of introduction, and on rare occasions, when their face appears trustworthy enough, you might tell them your story. However, I have no name, and I am no one, I am simply me, and so there is no need for you to worry about trying to remember what I am…

There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon for someone to die from smallpox, polio, bubonic plague, pertussis, measles, or diphtheria. Bubonic plague wiped out approximately one third of the population of Europe between the years 1347 and 1351, leaving whole towns abandoned and causing mass hysteria. In the year 1520, Spanish conquistadors brought Old World diseases to the Americas, and smallpox decimated the native population to the point of near-extinction. During the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds…

Scholar Ronald Hendel wrote a journal article titled, “The Exodus in Biblical Memory.” Exodus is a huge focal point for the religion of the Israelites. Their religious rituals, laws to abide by, and ethics are grounded in the foundation of the experiences and memory of the Exodus (Hendel, 2001). This one event historically provided evidence for the tie and bond between Yahweh and the Israelites (Hendel, 2001). The historical accuracy of the great Exodus has been questioned considerably due to…

Plan B: Skip College by Jacques Steinberg is the essay that I choose to read for this journal entry. Steinberg brings attention to an issue of inadequate alternatives to college for the person that is not likely to succeed in college, who does not wish to attend college, or would benefit from skill-training to enter directly into the workforce. As a matter of fact, Steinberg brings attention to the issues that plague many students that have earned a college degree which is a lack of return on…

Based on the research on the (auto)biographies of confessional poets, most, or even all, of them used to be diagnosed as mentally ill. Plath began to suffer the symptoms of severe depression which ultimately lead to her death since her undergraduate year. One…

More parents across the country are standing up to the standards (Tampio). The Obama administration is trying to reduce the amount of standardized tests a year (Casserly). The Senate has a bill in the making that will allow the states to run their own education system. The states would have to make classes that train kids for jobs and college courses without unneccessary courses. If schools have interventions…

Furthermore, the unhygienic environment and bacterium contributed to the spread of the plague. The impact of the plague on Europe: The epidemic disease killed million people ( 60% of the population). It became the most-feared disease of European history. Physicians with a limited medical knowledge could not cure the disease. The plague began to show on animals such as dogs, cat, chicken. Even the person who took care of the patients died of the same disease.…

Racial inequality is currently one of the biggest social problems that plagues the United States and has been for most of our nation’s history. Some inequalities of the past have been phased out, segregation, racist laws, and various forms of discrimination, for example, but many inequalities either still persist or appear to be making a resurgence. Racial inequalities of today do not share many of the same extremes of the days of old, but rather we see limited job opportunities, limited…

United States, suicide is the third-leading cause of death among persons 15 to 19 years of age. In 2005 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16.9% of U.S. high school students seriously considered suicide, and 8.4% had attempted suicide at least once during the preceding year (Kennedy). And as previously stated within Canada, suicide accounts for 24 percent of all deaths of 15- to 24-years-olds in Canada--one of the highest youth suicide rates. It is the second…

he was exiled but was later recalled by Emperor Valens. He then dedicated himself to medical writing and practice until death. His books are of great importance because they contain many excerpts from writers who's works were lost. The books and journals written during Roman times are now important resources in learning about how medicine has improved…