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A Day to Remember “Our enemies have made a mistake that America’s enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness.” (George W. Bush) Although, 9/11 happened when I was in kindergarten, it has been a part of my life ever since. It blows my mind that today’s high school freshman are being taught 9/11 as a historical event and not one that they were alive for. 9/11 is intertwined in my life in many ways but the largest interaction I have had is Thomas Burnett Day. This is a…

Midnight Snacks food truck can be a late-night dream for people who typically work between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Night owls and overnight, third-shift workers, often lack access to fresh meals that are available in regular, or fast food, restaurants during the day. After a thorough analysis of the local food truck industry, and the Peoria-area census data, it appears that the Midnight Snack food truck business could be fruitful and fill a current market gap. This section of the business…

Baylee Baxter Mrs. Mahannah English 110 8 November 2017 She´s a listener and a doer. She is a woman driven by compassion, by faith, and a heart full of love. She is the one person, outside of my family members, who has always believed in my abilities. She taught me to persevere in all I do. She taught me that no matter how many times I fall down, I will always get back up. When I was just three years old, I began taking tumbling classes. My sister, who is seven years older than me, had been in…

In “Under the Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist and English professor at Indiana University at Bloomington, the author explains the struggles he had to go through while dealing with his alcoholic father. Alcoholism has slowly transformed his father into a completely different person, and even a different creature at times. Every time his father would get drunk, Sanders and his family felt as if they were losing a piece of their closest relative. They felt ashamed of…

J is for Jamaica I remember that morning at two A.M. on April 13. We were going to Jamaica for my brothers wedding. My brother, Dad, Mom, my moms best friend Cammi, and I were all running around the house making sure we had everything packed and ready to go. When we got to the airport we were all filled with excitement. We went up to a machine to check our passports and on the screen it said that we were too late to check in and my mom started crying. We eventually got on the plane and…

It can consolidate the knowledge that students have already studied, train students' creativity, and develop students' intelligence. Moreover, it is very essential to require some homework in the teaching process. Butler (1987) states, “Homework is the time students spend outside the classroom in assigned activities to practice, reinforce or apply newly-acquired skills and knowledge and to learn necessary skills of independent study” (p.17). Most homework assigned by teachers is for practice and…

Even when she was overcome with private responsibilities, Anthony read, developed feminist reasoning, and composed impressive addresses for the women’s movement (Kendall, n.d.). When she was at death’s door, Anthony stated that she had endeavored for over sixty years for just a little bit of fairness, yet never retrieved it. Anthony would often display her logic when debating or speaking to people. When an abolitionist clergyman told Anthony that because she had never been in matrimony, she had…

Elizabeth Baker lived thousands of years ago, during the Middle Ages. She lived in a cottage with her entire family. They were bakers who went to church every Sunday and lived very religious lifestyles. When they were not walking to and from church, however, they were doing chores because they had no electricity to light their house at night. Elizabeth lived without electricity and air conditioning. Today we are fortunate to have these privileges but what would happen if the world ran out of…

Treatment Inside the War on Drugs Drug addiction is a problem in America. To combat the problem, the United States Government, President Richard Nixon waged a war on drugs (qtd. In US War on Drug). The war on drugs capitalizes on every aspect of the issues except one, which has been left out of the equation. Billions of dollars annually are disbursed for things such as police enforcement and in turn they have focused most of their attention on nonviolent offenders rather than violent criminals.…

A very well known issue in the United States is underage drinking. Ever since the legal drinking age was raised to 21 in all states, it has become the most researched law in history (Dean-Mooney). Some people believe that lowering the drinking age can help solve this problem, some do not. Every year about 1,100 underage youth die in alcoholrelated car crashes and another 300 in nontraffic alcoholrelated car crashes (Main). The problem is obvious but the solution is not. Many think that lowering…