American Humanist Association

Our Constitution was written 228 years ago. It was written after there was problems in our country with the Articles of Confederation. This was a hard time for our country because it was just a newborn. Our country was a toddler learning how to walk and our founding fathers took charge and came up with an incredible system that still works today. The Constitution is an almost sound proof document that can be fixed or amended if need be. If our values and beliefs change we can alter the…

One of the most important essays in this chapter was called “Tie the Knot”, by W. Bradford Wilcox. This argument was written by a sociologist, who argues that with a change in social policy, individuals will be more inclined to marry at a younger age. He states that in turn, this can create a “stronger country overall” (585). As I read through this essay, I noticed that there are many ways in which the author is effective in his argument. The three methods that the author uses to create a strong…

June 18 2014 changed my life forever. I was playing soccer and there was less than five minutes left in the game. My one leg planted as I pivoted around a defender. I heard a crack and I went down. That one moment changed everything that I thought I knew my life was. I had played soccer since I was three. I loved it, everything about the game was fun. I had played all the positions over the years, but forward was definitely my favourite. I especially loved playing forward in the outdoor…

I was four years old when I started playing soccer, and at ten I knew I wanted to play in college. Soccer has been a huge part of my life for twelve years now, growing up I had always played defense and loved it. When eighth grade came around, my travel team needed a goalie, I decided to take one for the team and become our goalie for that season instead of playing my usual position. Playing goalie was never my first choice, but I knew that I had to do it if I wanted to play soccer that season,…

patrons were of Caucasian ethnicity. The only African-Americans in the bar were kitchen cooks and bouncers. For a place that claims to be inviting to all people, Frank & Marlee’s customer base is strongly characterized by Caucasian college students. Even the bartenders, servers, and bar backs were Caucasian, which directly correlates with the people who come to experience the bar on a…

The Field "Ethan are you ready?" I hear Coach say to me on the bench, "go give Cameron a break." I walk on the field, a 70-80 yard long 60 yards wide expanse with two goals, a ball and two teams of 11 working as a whole trying to achieve the same objective: to score a goal and win the game. This is my favorite place to be, the one place where I feel the inner most tranquility. The soccer field is the battleground covered in the blood and sweat from that army of eleven, the field is filled…

I take a deep breath. My gloved hand finds the orange painted metal of the crossbar and I hang on for dear life. I can feel my heart racing as I run my fingers along the cold, white plastic of my lacrosse stick. Coach calls me over to the sidelines and smiles down at me through the bars of my helmet. I look at him expectantly. “You’re going to be fine, you are ready for this,” he says as he adjusts the straps on the side of my head with a pop and a click. I can feel the adrenaline rushing…

My Biggest Accomplishment By Carston Miller My name is Carston Miller and one of my biggest accomplishment is when I was invited to play for the South Dakota United soccer team. I’ve been playing for this team for about 2 and a half years and have gotten to know everyone on our team. Some of them are from Huron, Sioux Falls, and Watertown, but the majority of them are from Rapid. There’s only two of us from Pierre, me and another in the high school. I am also one…

Looking at my poster, there is a variety of objects that appear to have nothing in common. What they do have in common is me. Brainstorming for this project was difficult because I thought there would be no way that a poster could summarize my life. But, as I was putting the poster together, I realized it wasn’t very hard to condense me as a person to a sheet of paper with objects on it. I chose objects that have to do with things i’m involved in or that represent who I am. I chose to include…

My utopia would be in a place were there is no such thing as sickness,no poverty and most of all everyone is going to play soccer. there is going to be many soccer fields some will be located indoors and some will be located outdoors.there is going to be a mandatory soccer game once a day that we will play for a trophy.there will be a special soccer field built for the mandatory soccer game it will be completely different from all the other soccer fields.everyone will have a chance to pick…