Getting to YES

"ALeague of Their Own" is a movie set in 1943 written and directed by Penny Marshall. One of its central themes is the oscillation between the naysayers of women's rights and the underlying thesis of rising above the cynics and critics who do not believe in women playing baseball. Throughout the movie, girls in the south are subject to typical gender roles such as staying home and cooking, farming, and having dinner ready on the table by the time dusk comes to fruition. These southern belles are…

society pressure of how strong of an influence of religion and social standard, created a perspective of what women should be doing. Don’t we all feel the pressure of society weighing in on us? Whether it is about our love interest, our schooling, or getting married before having kids. Society sets a standard that we need to follow and our self-interest always conflicts with morality.…

The novel The Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of a man (Gatsby) who owes his life to Daisy, the love of his life who had been separated from him due to financial difficulties. Gatsby later finds enormous wealth through his involvement with Meyer Wolfshiem, and eventually finds Daisy through Nick again after throwing numerous parties in favor of once reuniting back with her. Once rejoined, numerous disputes occur within the main characters (Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, Myrtle,…

are agianst particapation trophies but not because it hurts the children. Particapation trophies are taking away the fun of earning a trophy. On the other hand people think that it is worth a few bucks to give kids a big smile. Kids should not be getting trophies just for showing Imagine if showing up provided a benifit, or a reward. Passing classes for up. Why are we spending so much money on these particapation trophies. We are spending two to three thousand dollars a year on particapation…

make them feel comfortable. Not only is dress coding a hassle, it also interferes with teens self confidence, learning, and education. Dress coding is a hassle to both students and teachers. If dress coded, it goes on the teens personal record. Yes, there should be dress code rules in place, but it shouldn't be to the extreme extent that it is now. Girls are dress coded six times more than boys. 25 girls to one boy get sent to the office, and 15 girls to one boy get sent home for dress code…

Dumbest Generation, I Think Not In the articles of “Dumbest Generation,” each article connects the ideas of technology being good or bad around the world. How can technology help not improve the minds of this generation if helps the mind do more? How can this be a revolution of the greek writings brought to life? Technology helps the mind through this “dumb generation” connections to the wifi to critical thinking? Critical thinking process the data of technology to improve the case of more…

you enforce the new law prohibiting slave goods in the U.S.? ~ Punish big companies for not complying, which would lead to a rise in prices for Americans; If I were to do this, causing taxes to go up, a lot of people would not be too happy about it. Yes, it is probably a good thing to punish the people orchestrating the whole ordeal,…

of struggling women with this music video and also playlist, lemonade” “I felt like Lemonade conveys a lot of powerful people in the history of pop art, African American culture, and education. It conveys a story which I think many can relate to.” “Yes, I agree. And it has to or else the point of the whole thing isn’t there, right? Haha, I mean the issues that come up in the video are still issues today which people can relate to. And because of that, it’s a powerful key to motivate people to…

Yes if I had the option, i believe i would get tested for early onset Alzheimer. Others may ask by deciding to test, do I really want to know if I am going to die. Well everyone will die someday but we obviously don't know when and how. But by deciding not to test, you’re unconsciously killing yourself by wondering everyday if you have early onset Alzheimer. As humans we tend to think more negatively and worry about all the bad things in life and what we need rather than think positively and…

of children getting vaccines around 12-15 months old. If the childre and the adults get the vaccines at the appropriate time frame then the result will freecof autism…