Evanston, Illinois

What qualifies a person to become president? A person does not become president because they go to Harvard or because they become a senator of one of the fifty states. It has often been said that leaders are born, not made. A person does not become President just because of what they are able to accomplish but also who they are. Although there are thousands of people who have stepped out to try their shot at becoming President there are only forty-five men in the history of our country who have…

Barrack Hussein Obama, a man so ambitious, that living the American Dream was a mere stepping stone on his way to forging history. Coming from a broken home and of bi-racial heritage, Obama knew that the odds were stacked against him and that hard work would not be enough to reach the ultimate goal. Upon making it to the Senate, immediately set his sights on the Presidency, and in authentic Machiavellian form, he knew that if he could emulate a greater man, not care about breaking promises,…

On 25 January 2016, Barack Obama’s “Why we must rethink solitary confinement” appeared in the Washington Post. In the article, Obama aims to persuade the readers to act on and improve solitary confinement for the betterment of the society. Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating people in closed cells with no human contact. The period of such confinements can range from days to months, even decades sometimes. Obama uses the techniques of personal anecdote, credible references, and…

Most people who were mentally ill in hospitals were treated as prisoners. They were put in dungeons, chained, and beaten. Urbanization allowed for more institutions for the mentally ill but the conditions in which they live did not improve. They were still being treated as criminals and most did not have access to light or heat. In the early 1800’s, Dorothea Dix watched this mistreatment occur in Massachusetts and began to establish over 30 hospitals that focused on the treatment of the mentally…

History The Weinheimer Community Center was opened to the public on January 14, 1954, which was made possible by Frederick Weinheimer. Weinheimer was a former member of the Highland community before his departure to Gulfport, Florida, where he was later laid to rest in the year of 1948. He was the son of the late Henry and Anna Marie Weinheimer, also members of the Highland community. Although Weinheimer had been apart from Highland soil for many years, the town still held a place in his heart.…

Although, I have never been one to really focus on politics, the persuasion of the audience plays an important aspect on my view of both speeches. In President Obama’s speech, the audience was chanting his name which indicated that they were fond of him. Yet in President Trump’s speech the audience did not support him as much. There were few claps from the audience in President Trump’s video. This had indicated that many citizens were far more supportive of President Obama and not so much of…

There’s no getting around it: Barack Obama is a phenomenal arguer. He’s got superb legal training; he’s got point-by-point debating skill; he’s got a feel for nuance; he’s got historical examples and counter-examples at the ready. And, as a politician who’s been around the track a few times, he’s not above a little sophistry or rhetorical sleight-of-hand. All these tools are on dazzling display in Jeffrey Goldberg’s extraordinary cover story in this month’s Atlantic. “The Obama Doctrine” gives…

The Chicago Fire On that devastating day on October 8, 1871, the unspeakable happened, when a fire broke out in a barn, the owners of the barn being the O’Learys, that soon destroyed almost all of Chicago. In this essay, I will be proving the statement “Everything Went Wrong,” out of a book that I read about the Chicago fire, called The Great Fire, by Jim Murphy. Here are some details to prove that during that fire “Everything went wrong.” My first detail to show that “Everything went wrong”…

Dorothea Lynde Dix Born on April the fourth, 1802 in Hampden, Main, Dorothea Lynde Dix was born into a household with a depressed mother, a father who was never around, and two brothers (history.com). Her lifetime obsession with books came from her father teaching her reading and writing as a kid (history.com). Dorothea’s education furthered when her grandmother took her in at the age of 12 in Boston (history.com). Dorothea began writing books that sold swiftly when her health kept her…

PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE There are many people in society who made a difference in the world. Many of those people did that through standing up for what they believe in. Majority of those people were ridiculed and persecuted for what they did. Few of those individuals were recognized for the difference they made. Dorothea Dix, Gandhi, and Irena Sendler were in that small percent of people who made a huge difference but got recognized for it. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine on April…