Fiscal year

Chinese New Year Vs. American Christmas On Friday, February 16th, 2018 the next celebration of the spring festival, also known as Chinese New Year, will take place. This is the most important part of the year in China, and is comparable to our Christmas. The two holidays have some similarities, but the two cultures are very diverse, causing many differences. In the story “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, these differences are seen at a Christmas dinner with both Chinese and American guests. The Chinese…

Some schools are switching over to a year-round schedule. Year-round school does not help students to be more successful because they do not retain knowledge better, test scores are in the same range as standard nine month schools, personal activities and sports are harder to make time for, and year-round schooling is not beneficial for all schools. Schools in Asia have a very strict year-round, long school hours schedule. “The only research to support this (year-round schooling) is from…

Vietnamese/Chinese New Year! The diversity of our country is surreal. No matter where each culture came from, they were able to bring their home to their new home – the United States. I was completely enamored with the Vietnamese/Chinese New Year celebration at the St. Andrew Dung Lac Catholic church’s event center, which also doubled as a Catholic bible school on Saturdays. The colors, the people, the food, music, and everything gave broaden my perspectives and experiences of other cultures. It…

that’s when we feel the calmest. I used to think to myself ‘If this is how my life is going to be, I don’t want it anymore’. I didn’t always want to live my life. There was always one night that I’ll never be able to forget. It was my great-granddads 2 year remembrance. When I lost him I lost my best friend and the closest person I had to family. Although, when I was told he was gone I didn’t cry and I didn’t grieve. I never did grieve until that night. It finally hit me that I would never see…

The Thirty Years’ War, which lasted from 1618-1648, ravaged Europe for three decades aimed at the control of Germany by the Habsburg House that had ruled the Holy Roman Empire since the fifteenth century. This war was sparked by the Protestant Reformation that had begun in 1517. Though the war was destructive on all accounts, it did help shape today’s modern Europe. This essay will evaluate the Thirty Years’ War and how it helped form the modern state of Europe. The Thirty Years’ War was both…

-recall my happy childhood memories -food preparation I grew up in a very traditional Chinese culture. Although I have been in America for ten years, it is still a challenge to adapt to cultural differences. When I was in high school, I never eat lunch while I was in school. Most of the time I would starve and wait unless I got home. During Chinese New Year, food preparation for family reunion dinner become one of the main topic for my family. We make offerings to the Buddha and deities. …

Summer jobs are, a part of almost everyone’s teenage years. For some, they are important because they can pay for college, and for others, jobs give teens a bit of extra cash for a rainy day. As I was heading into summer vacation before my senior year, I knew I needed a job for one reason. My school spring break trip in 2018. Our plan is to go to Australia and New Zealand, for two weeks, and experience the beauty that the two countries have to offer. So, like many other teenagers, I buckled down…

Short-Answer Questions: 1. The strength of the British empire in North America was due in large part to the religious toleration and freedom established there. This liberation from persecution in many colonies was the deciding factor for many immigrants as they wanted to escape from the Anglican church in England. Also, mercantilism in the British American colonies helped to create economic diversity and success by creating a higher demand for colonial products. In addition, with the labor of…

break…but it never comes. As “horrifying” as that sounds, that has been the norm for 10% of publicly-enrolled students, or about 3,000 schools residing in the United States according to the educational company, Niche on their statistical data about year-round schooling. This issue has been debated time after time and is widely loathed by many adolescents; most who have never experienced the benefits that emerge from this system. A non-profit organization called Students First explains that the…

Riva, her mother and three brothers living with their land lord in Poland. Soon after Germany invades Poland the land lady betrays them and they are robbed. The gates of their small community get locked and no one enters only exits. After a couple years’ madness has spread throughout the ghetto, and her brother Laibele gets tuberculosis. Her mother is then taken away in a Nazi raid because she seems to be ill and not fit to work, after her mother’s deportation a social worker tries to find new…