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The principle deciding that all students must participate in one extracurricular activity or more is, in my opinion, a bad decision. -Hook- Forcing students to take an extra curricular activity will do far more negative than it will good, for example it will cost the school more money, and take away time from both the students and teachers. By forcing students to take an extracurricular activity you would be depriving them of much needed time at home. Time that could be used with the…

are a set of provoking souls who seek to uproot any optimistic perspective such as Friedrich Nietzsche. He sees life as a bleak, ephemeral, meaningless, and deceptive time from birth until death as he explains in the essay “On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense.” One of the subjects he especially focuses on is the topic of metaphors in language and naming empirical objects that surround us. When a human hears a word and brings about an image, that image is not universal amongst all humans;…

For the extra-cultural event I decided to attend the annual Yuba City Sikh Parade. While at the event I learned the reason behind the parade, it commemorates the Guru Gaddee inauguration holiday of Sikhism's holy scripture, Siri Guru Granth Sahib. This was a huge event I didn’t know what to expect; however once I got to the parade I was shocked. There were thousands of people attending predominantly people of the Sikh religion however many were outside the race and religion. I went by myself to…

The reading Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, by Tom Bissel addresses change within video games and how these games have changed and how they affect the author. Video games have gone through a major change within recent times and have evolved from simple button mashing games with very uncomplicated themes and narrative to something much more complex. Modern technology has allowed video games to vastly improve storytelling and visuals by allowing much more content to be stored in medium;…

experiences I’ve had in my academics and extra-curricular activities helped me develop certain characteristics that will aid in achieving my lifetime goals. Academically I have taken the most rigorous classes my school offered which were the Pre-AP/AP classes all four years of my high school career. These classes I feel will give me the skillset to achieve more in college and in life because these classes strive to teach work ethic and require time management. Extra- curricular…

controls the audience’s path of sight. Advertising is an art. It is an art that surrounds us so much that the way we appreciate it is by buying into it and following what it says. The advertisement analyzed is for the Always Ultra Thin Overnight Extra Heavy Pad. It was published by Daniel Fuchs in HGTV Magazine in June of 2014. It is convincing its audience, people with periods, that they need a different type of pad for when they sleep in order to avoid leaking. The advertisement covers the…

During the scene starting at 19:23 and ending at 20:38 we see an argument between Orlando, and Avon over extra business. What this scene is portraying is the power that Avon holds over all of his people. Avon’s power is shown by the very common on character standing and the other character sitting with the character standing owns the power and the one sitting holds no power. Through out the entire scene Avon is always towering above other characters in the shot. The first shot we see of Avon…

Statistics have allowed for correlations to be made and for scientists and doctors to find causes to some effects. This is particularly true when it comes to the article I have decided to analyze. The article in question being is titled, Could a Few Extra Pounds Help You Live Longer? This article written by…

natural law and information that cannot have been gathered through the normal sensory skills. It deals with the cognitive phenomena frequently called extra sensory perception, in which an individual gains information of other individuals’ thoughts or of future actions through ways that are actually ahead of the five senses. Extra Sensory Perception Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The…

Polydactyly is a common birth defect. The deformity is characterized by extra fingers or toes. Also called extra digits or supernumerary (meaning more than normal) digits, polydactyly results in extra digits that are typically just small bits of extra skin and tissue with no bones present. In some cases, however, there is bone structure within the digits making them partially or fully functional. According to Paul Arnold, polydactyly is caused by the mutation of a gene on chromosome 7. There…