Cougar

Literacy Narrative What is Literacy?Google defines literacy as “the ability to read and write.” Literacy plays a major role in our everyday lives, writing our essays that are due within two days, writing a post on facebook, reading a text message, etc. Everyone experiences literacy in a different way, some experience a struggle, not being able to comprehend the purpose of literacy or avoiding it. and others thrive in it. My experience was somewhat neutral due to the fact that as a child I…

mountains and fog looms around us. I am in a room and in the room next to me is/are my kidnapper/s. I creep out of the box and escape the cabin. I can remember a large polar bear leading me down a safe direction across the peaks but a mountain lion or cougar follows. I know I cannot run any longer so I fall purposely and keep my body still and relaxed to let the animal maul me to my death. Could my reasons for being so comfortable with death be due to my life history? Did I think I was better…

Panel 1 A small town misanthrope builds a Kevlar suit and goes on a merciless killing spree in this visceral thriller from director Uwe Boll. This is the synopsis of the movie RAMPAGE 2009. As horrifying a picture as this paragraph paints, one cannot help but wonder how this young man is standing unharmed in an explosion such as the one behind him on this poster. Perhaps we should take a look at what he is wearing. Is that the Kevlar suit? Why is he dressed in it from head to toe? Let’s find…

Out of Town The bell rang, and that meant it was summer! My heart was beating so fast, I was so excited to finally be on summer vacation. The stress of finals left my shoulders and the heat of baseball season began. I drove home through the school traffic, which was insane, and when I arrived home my parents were packing the car and they told me to go get changed, I put some shorts on and a hoodie and on we went to my first out of town baseball tournament. The tournament was in Michigan City,…

When winter cloaks the mountains with snow or rain, many Californians break out parkas and skis and head for the high country. Others opt for local walks or the gym to keep in shape for spring. A relative few extend their hiking season by heading to that least-visited region of California: its deserts. Deserts cover over a third of the state, mostly inland areas in the south, with a finger extending north between the eastern Sierra Nevada and the state boundary. Too often considered monotonous…

What does it truly mean to be successful? Would you consider yourself a success if you have loads of money, a nice car, or a beautiful house? When most people picture success, they imagine images of millionaires, championship athletes, or business tycoons. But does success really have to be about the money? Does it really have to be about the notoriety? I think success is something entirely different. A teacher enriching the lives of countless students can be a success. A bank teller can be a…

We Did It Today’s the day, I thought to myself as I awoke from a restless night of sleep. Today I will prove to my family that this sport was worth all the time and money they invested. My friends will finally understand why I always denied their invitation to hang out at school. I will be able to show my worth to the team and to my coach. Today is the day of my first cheerleading competition with Kaiser high school. I hopped out of bed and immediately ran through the routine three times…

During the time even when Hercules was alive there was another major hero. Frasier was the tallest and strongest man even stronger than Hercules. This creature was awesome he amazed everyone. Frasier was born from the head of his great grandfather Ferspheus who was a dog and his great grandmother who was a Zebra. Frasier’s mother was the mermaid of Lake Pinto and his father was a donkey and also the king of the south underworld. After being born he was thrown overboard by his great…

The New World once was a place with peace and love for nature. Resources were used on need basis and land was not used as a commodity. Ownership was based upon mobility. Native Americans only owned things that they could take with them. Native Americans faced many changes but nothing close to the ones they faced with Europe interference with the New World. In the book Cronon discusses how the economic and ecological changes resulted from the interactions between the English settlers and the…

This research paper examines the causes for chinchillas to be endangered by examining the history of human interaction with the species. The examination of its endangerment will be analyzed to discuss its effect on the ecosystem and the species’ biodiversity. In addition, the efforts made to revitalize the species will be discussed, as well as their effectiveness. The effects of domesticating chinchillas outside of its ecosystem will be examined. A focus of the paper will be to discuss what can…