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In the article “Do What You Love”, the author Tony Hawk claims that we should listen to our inner desires and has faith in it, even when it is not accepted bases on what is called normal by numerous people. To begin with, Tony says that he is an avid skateboarder for 24 years and people loath that job in personal levels followed by lots of unaccepted names which were set. He mentions that his job often conceives as a childish, time-consuming, critical and lawless job. He states that, by the time…

board games (Risk was his favorite board game) and he excelled at playing Monopoly. Bill was an avid reader as a young boy, spending very many hours pouring over informing books such as encyclopedias. Around the age of 11 or 12, Bill's parents began to worry about him and how he acted. He was doing great in his school, but he seemed bored and withdrawn into himself at times. Though they were avid believers in his public education, when Bill turned 13, his parents commissioned him to…

Caduceus Symbol In 1902, the Caduceus was adopted and worn in the uniforms of U.S. Army medical officers. The Caduceus is a symbol for doctors and depicted as staff with two snakes wrapped around it with wings. Through its adoption in the 19th century, the Caduceus has been given a role of a symbol of doctor’s around the world, not only does it portray doctor’s, but it conveys the implication of a connection between Hermes, the Greek messenger God, this implicates a subject of sending good…

10:10 is when we go to our 2nd block. I have two teachers for my 2nd block on different days. I have Government on Monday and Wednesday and I have Avid on Tuesdays and Thursday. We split on Fridays. I didn’t expected the people to be in my class because they said that we keep our class till the rest of our four years but they changed it up. I liked my avid class from last year. We met Mr. Sheridan first, then we went to meet Mr. Roberts. The class ends and I had to go to Biology. I’m in honors,…

science, or was it the patriotism he had for his country that drove him to work endlessly on the creation of the atomic bomb? In an article in Modern American Poetry called, “About J. Robert Oppenheimer”, we learn that as a child, Oppenheimer became an avid fan of mineralogy (Carnes). He created quite a collection and wrote many letters to the New York Mineralogy Club. The club, unaware of Oppenheimer’s age, even invited…

DC and Marvel are the biggest names in the comic industry. With multiple comic lines and universes and an abundance of characters. The comics are limitless, however the movie universe is a different story. Whether you are an avid comic reader or not, and with numorous movies under each comic giant, you may have seen at least one or even multiple movies. Like with great empires, one clearly triumphs over the other. With that in mind, this so called 'war ' between the great powers in the comic…

“Tell me about yourself?” Every time I hear this whether it be in an interview for a scholarship or an award I immediately freeze. I don’t even know myself yet and you want me to tell you? I still haven’t figured out what a proper and an adequate response is, but this is what I’ve thought of. I’ve been interested in politics since a young age where I would wake up early in the morning to watch the news. I’ve since evolved from being an 11-year-old trying to figure out governmental processes to…

shelter their whole life. The mass slaughter of buffalo drastically impacted their lives, the lack of abundance of buffalo meant the Native Americans couldn't count on their main food source to be available. According to PBS, Buffalo Bill Cody, an avid hunter durning the time, killed more then 4000 Buffalo in just two years. Government officials also actively hunted buffalo an attempt to run Native Americans out of the grasslands that resisted. The disease settlers brought over, the Native…

As a volunteer for P.R.E.P. Club, at Club Rush, my experiences were incredibly insightful. I learned to release my fear of introducing myself to students I don't know. After my endeavors as a volunteer, I came to the eye-opening realization that interaction is not something to be afraid of. While serving as a volunteer, I strived to assist members from my club set up our table, met a lot of new people, and enjoyed socializing with some familiar faces. Some photographers even noticed how much fun…

In Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Phoenix, The Phoenix acts as a pivotal figure throughout the story. However, The Phoenix serves as more than just a mere character, but also as an allegorical symbol. It is evident throughout the piece that Warner utilized The Phoenix to symbolize man’s desecration of the natural world in his quest for monetary gain. “It was a remarkably fine phoenix, with a charming character” (Warner 3). Warner begins her piece with vivid descriptions of the majestic sanctity of…