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Mom, Dad, Leave Me Alone! “A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.” Banksy. A quote said by Banksy explains that parenting today is parents being so consumed in their kid’s life instead of letting them be themselves. Parents these days are always getting in their kids business and not letting their kids do things themselves because they are so concerned with the image their child portrays to others and so they live up to their parents standards. Instead of…

Dan Rather once said, “A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.” Society today views a college degree similarly to the way Dan Rather viewed a college degree: as one of the only ways to achieve success in life. Why is it then that they make it so expensive that countless students have to take out loans and work part-time jobs so that they can attend college without graduating…

Our goal is to eliminate the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and promote the use of reusable bags, which will help the environment. We are students from Penn State Brandywine, located in Media, and are doing a school project for the campus read Garbology by Edward Humes. This project is for “us,” the students, to help spread the word that plastic bags are harming the environment. We have become addicted to the convenience of plastic, and it is time for serious change. After watching…

Prerequisites Arturo Bandini, a young Italian-American writer from Boulder, Colorado has an arrogantly optimistic vision for his future. With one semi-successful publication, he left home for Los Angeles, a city of endless opportunity— “opportunity” being the operative term that is often mistaken to carry only a positive connotation. Bandini, like many, is naive to this paradox, and his talent and potential only make it more difficult for him to discover this truth. But even with this handicap,…

When asked “What is home?”, a variety of answers can be deemed correct. Home can be considered a place of residency, a family unit, a place where something flourishes, along with many other interpretations. Whatever one’s connotation of home is, it is almost always considered to be viewed in a positive light. This is because home is a place of comfort. When you are at what you consider home, there are no expectations, and it is no doubt a place of acceptance. It is a safe place, where one can…

children, such as cellphones, laptops, and tablets, plays a large role in their education by unveiling new resources for studying and practicing that will help them excel in their education. Modern Technology According to the University of Colorado Boulder, About 97 percent of college…

Meeting A Recreational Therapy Meeting was held at the Indian Golf Course in Arvada on Thursday the 7th at 9am. There were multiple TR representatives from several districts including Fort Collins, Denver, Aurora, Wheatridge, Arvada and Boulder. The main discussion of the meeting was about the events and programs that were going on in each district. Each representative took turns sharing what events and projects were going on in their organization. Fort Collins is working on…

The Adequate Response “From a psychological point of view, the imagination of disaster does not greatly differ from one period in history to another. – from a political and moral point of view it does.” – Susan Sontag The Imagination of Disaster (1965) For the subjective good or bad of society, the science fiction genre has the ability to target specific societal problems and use social psychology to attempt to appeal an audience’s response or change. Neill Blomkamp District 9 (2009) and…

I agree with the author, Eric Schlosser’ he claims that he presented to us in the book, Fast Food Nation in the chapter “Cogs in The Great Machine”. Schlosser presents us with the ways how the fast food nation has changed the communities around us. In this essay, I will talk about the changes of our community, Obesity in children and adults, Slaughterhouses, a liability of workers, the truth behind fast food, why people like fast food, advice to people who love fast food. This all connects and…

The question, “Who killed JonBenét?” may be as mysterious as, “Was there a person on the grassy knoll?” The murder of JonBenét has spurred at least eight television episodes, mini-documentaries, or special reports - and in September 2016 (during our class), another show which touts new DNA evidence (IMDb, 2016). The more I read, the more confused I became, this was/is a messed up case to say the least. There are so many items to be considered as key elements and critical facts that my…