Eighth Wonder of the World

Additionally, it also would help in studying regular or irregular embryo development (Rugnetta). Millions of patients die every year from diseases, cancer, or birth defects. A prevention, cure, and treatment for these would increase the overall health in the world and save…

A Trip of a Lifetime A young, innocent eighth-grade girl, ready to capture and cherish many memories in her life, travels to an unfamiliar place. Speculation as to if she would take this seven-hour trip to a place she has never been occupies her mind. The Nation’s Capital, a place where people dream of going, is patiently waiting for a group of students to explore. I confess; I am quite frightened by the thoughts of leaving my home and family for a week. The busy streets, loud cars, and rushing…

As far as I can remember, I was living on a quiet and peaceful street in China with my other three siblings and my mom’s parents. That area was a residential area, so, it was pretty clean and quiet, not to mention my house was at the corner. The street was clean from garbage; there are a few trees on the street, and it was always calm and quiet like the countryside. I went to school every day in my grandpa’s car and played badminton after school. I really enjoyed the sceneries of the river by my…

terms of the Breakfast Club, I believe we have helped each other quite a bit, and we all are extremely different. It was right before the summer, so the day was warm but also wet and humid. Around this time we were wrapping up all of our work in eighth grade, taking standardized tests , and getting ready for highschool, so one can imagine that we were all pretty tired. My friends and I all live a good walk away from the school and usually the trips could be pretty enjoyable. We would go to the…

Alice’s journey in the second book is to go from being a pawn to that of a Queen. In this story Alice goes through a mirror to a place referred to as the Looking-Glass World. This realm has different laws of physics from Wonderland and it appears that it is entirely different place. Through the Looking-Glass is much more structured than Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice basically drifts aimlessly through…

critical thinking skills, to destroying cells that allow us to feel pleasure, drugs replace our natural functions. Over a period of time, using drugs may take a severe toll on the body and its reactions. With all the risks involved with drugs, it is a wonder why some people still use them. I came to the conclusion that one of the reasons for this could be that these people are not educated enough on the issue and the consequences of using drugs. Step one to every problem is becoming informed.…

Introduction to the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid It is suggested that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed as an oral composition perhaps in the late eighth century BC (Kirk 1) whereas the Aeneid, a literary composition, was perhaps composed in the last half of the first century BC (Quinn 2). Despite the many centuries between them, the epics are built around the story of the Trojan War fought around 1200 BC. The Iliad focuses on a short period in the penultimate year of the war whereas…

Art can inspire one to look beyond the bleakness of his or her environment and aspire for more. Richard Wright, born in 1908, spent his formative years in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee; unfortunately, all three states were notorious for their observance of the racially discriminatory Jim Crow laws. Biracial author Thomas Chatterton Williams was raised in the suburbs of Westfield, New Jersey, where he discovered Hip-Hop culture and nearly allowed its negative influences to deter him from…

an athlete has a remarkable year, or a remarkable night or even an amazing hit, most people will wonder if they had that remarkable milestone because they are taking steroids or performance enhancing drugs. If David Ortiz hits 100 home runs next year as compared to his 37 home runs in 2015, I’d like to think that it’s because he practiced harder and…

Alice (mother) and Dan Davis (father). Davis was born on her grandparents’ farm which was known as the former Singleton Planation. Her father, with completing only a fifth grade education, was a race horse groomer; while her mother only completing an eighth grade education, was a maid, factory worker, homemaker and a civil rights activist. Once Davis was two months old, the family moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island. Once in Central Falls, Viola and her family lived in a rent-free apartment…