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affects their quality of life. This lack of equal services is a result of generational difficulties we face as a nation, complexity of funding responsibility, and unfortunately discrimination. I’m a Developmental Services Worker graduate from Algonquin College in Ottawa. There I learned to support disabled individuals of all ages, of various physical, mental and/or developmental disabilities in ways that are respectful of the dignity and individuality of each person. Field placements gave…

Harrison Keyser Mr. Strom Humanities 9, Period 1 March 13, 2017 Patria Mirabel—A Revolutionary Warrior “‘If you had seen what I saw on that mountain,’ weeping all over again for that dead boy. ‘How can we be true Christians and turn our back on our brothers and sisters—’” (Alvarez 166) The embodiment of Patria Mirabel's character is this quote, a woman who dedicated her life to terminating and rebirthing the government system of her home country, the Dominican Republic. Julia Alvarez’s In the…

The Puritan experiment by Francis J Bremer. Published in 1976 at the University press of New England. The book is all about the rise and fall of the Puritans in New England. The Puritans faced many challenges that inevitably brought down their religion.The main theme of the book is about the rise and fall of the early puritans in colonial era. The practice of the Puritans are very similar to today's modern Christian religions. They believed that Grace was selected and not earned through…

When Columbus invaded America in the late 1400s, there were thousands of vital communities speaking their own languages and practicing their own cultures already here. That fateful day marked the beginning of a tragic decline in Native American cultures through the introduction of disease, systematic genocide and government efforts to subjugate and even eradicate the indigenous peoples in this country. These actions were largely motivated by the greed and religious fervor of the invaders, and…

Mani was the founder of the religion Manicheanism. The reason why he is even relevant in this book is because at the end of Gnosticism, Mani was the individual to take Gnosticism and make it into a religion. The religion itself taught that life is a dualist system in which all is black or white. Also, because of this dualism, none of the things that seemed opposite shall meet. At the time, Mani was famous for his story strikingly resembling the story of Jesus. It is said that at the age of…

This investigation aims to analyze the question: to what extent did American Neutrality and Trade in World War I (WWI) serve as a cause for eventual involvement in the conflict? This investigation will focus on goals outline by President Woodrow Wilson in his address to Congress in 1914 declaring neutrality, the effect of the British Blockade of German Ports in respect to US trade, the consequent German U-boat attacks on American trading vessels, and the Zimmerman telegram. The investigation…

In many people’s minds, the term “Fracking” only applies to the controversial extraction process and the environmental impact surrounding that process. Hydraulic Fracturing or “Fracking” for short is a process where chemicals and water are injected into wells to breakup rock formations that have gas or oil trapped in the rock itself. This process is specifically used for developing and extracting oil and natural gas from shale. While most people have heard the term “Fracking”, very few…

First ladies have been referred to as “footnotes of history,” reflecting the public’s limited view of their position in the White House. Only a handful of first ladies have achieved great fame while many of equal or greater influence have been allowed to drop into obscurity. Two of the most famous first ladies are Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy, who made major waves in their respective political and social spheres; however, before these two first ladies made their impact, their…

The Wendigo is a demonic spirit believed by Algonquin-based Native American tribes (). It is the embodiment of gluttony, greed and excess, a being that is never satisfied after killing and always in search of more victims (). In using the figure of the Wendigo it is exploiting Indigenous culture and…

Tales of the Deep, Dark Pocomoke “The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don’t really know what they are or where they are. They’re not very well understood. You don’t know what they want from you. So it’s the kind of thing you don’t even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that’s unknown and mysterious is very scary” (qtd. in Pack). The world and its old history is filled with folklore and tales of unexplainable phenomena. One area that is a hotspot for…