Carrot

Persuasive essay: Ginger nut, carrot-head, ginger minger and wotsit are just a few of the unacceptable names that gingers are being called everyday, just because we are different. We need to be ginger and proud. To this day, gingers are still being tormented, abused and bullied because of their hair colour. You may know that in many countries, such as America-being ginger is thought to be something to celebrate and many will be drawn to you because of it. This is due to the fact that out of…

smell of body odor and musky clothes was rather strong, almost completely drowning out the smell of the boar. I loaded my plate with bread, chicken, boar, fish and what I assumed to be a mix of onions, cabbage, and something that looked like a white carrot. It was rather delicious, especially the fish which seemed to be seasoned with some kind of herb. People were drinking what I found out was a sweet alcoholic beverage, and laughing together. Then the leader stood up and started talking and…

Size and looks have always been prominent within the human population. How much a person weighed and looked was used to reflect on someone’s financial status. Historically, the bigger someone was made them deemed as wealthy since they had enough money to feed themselves. Obesity used to receive a positive connotation. Today, obesity is seen with negative connotations such as having bad hygiene or being poor. People in poverty are more susceptible to obesity due to expensive food options,…

into a grocery store and realized that the cheaper options for food in the grocery store were the more unhealthy choice. Pollan states that “Drewnowski found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips but only 250 calories of carrots. Looking for something to wash down those chips, he discovered that his dollar bought 875 calories of soda but only 170 calories of orange juice.” This might cause people, especially people on a budget, to gravitate towards the unhealthy…

SILK ROAD AND BEYOND Imagine a place where you can exchange ideas and goods from places such as Chinese, Persians, Somalis, Greeks, Syrians, Romans, Armenians, Indians, and Bactrians back in 114 BC –1450 AD. The Silk Road a heaven to most merchants and a dream to the most consumer.The Silk Road a network of connecting trading route that went from around China to Eastern Europe and was around ‎6,400 km in size.The Silk Road was a bunch of connecting trading Route that was Started by the Han…

History in Education. The reflections of history In the last week through our readings and videos, has taken me to a cohesive theme of stripping ones independence, and identity to assimilate in order to educate, and vise verse, one needs to be stricken of all identity within ones differences to what the majority looks like to be worthy of one’s education. The dictating what needs to be of interest, the need to fill a box and conform. Once again, the use of power of education, and that…

Cuisine is arguably the most accurate representation of culture in a given region. The ingredients, methods of preparation, preservation techniques, and types of food consumed at different meals vary among societies. In addition to culture, religion, tradition, etiquette, and location also play crucial roles in the diet of people throughout the world. Therefore, the choice, cost, and health effects of food will be dictated by these variables throughout civilization. The United States and…

Swallowed Foreign Body, Adult A swallowed foreign body is an object that gets stuck in the tube that connects your throat to your stomach (esophagus) or in another part of your digestive tract. Foreign bodies may be swallowed by accident or on purpose. When you swallow a foreign body, it passes into your esophagus. The narrowest point in your digestive system is the place where your esophagus meets your stomach. If the object can pass through that point, usually it will continue through the…

your shovel against the ground and you hit the pipes. You fall back and try to scream but then you fall down into the dirt and get knocked out. When you wake up, you notice that the dirt is falling. You crawl through the dark dirty tunnel while the carrots you planted stab you in the back. You find a whole and hide there. You felt like was taking 30 minutes for the dirt to fall. When you look to the side, you see that it is blocked. You look up and see pipes. You scream and scream but the pipes…

The relationship between human beings and animals is always a complex one. In the poems “Travelling through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin, the two writers establish scenes in which the speakers face the death of animals but capture their speakers’ opinions on animal lives from different perspectives. While the gloomy and serious tone in Stafford’s work stands a stark contrast with the light-hearted one in the “Woodchucks” as the speakers’ inner feelings differ,…