Going Overboard

MYP Personal Project Essay- Chicken Enchilada Casserole Colton Thune Starting my project was somewhat difficult because I had a hard time choosing a topic. I knew I wanted to do something that expressed myself, but I did not know what to focus on. Eventually I came up with the idea to come up with a recipe and cook it. My favorite types of food are italian and mexican. I decided mexican, because there is more of a variety of options and types of foods. I started off with the base and core…

To what extent did international events justify the American Responses at home? Use the documents and your knowledge of american history in the period between 1945 and 1961 to address the prompt. The United States and Soviet Union became well known rivals following World War II, this antagonism between the two superpowers develops as the Cold War. Obviously this directly affected US foreign policy, but also our country’s domestic policy at home. The justification by international events of…

prevent falling into an abusive relationship, you can talk to your partner if you don’t like something they are doing and inform them to stop. Another way of preventing falling into an abusive relationship is if you learn a bit about the person you are going to have a relationship with. If the other partner in your relationship tends to have a bad reputation, it would be smart to not pursue having a relationship with them in the first place, as you could avoid conflicts ahead of…

"An ounce of practice worth more than tons of preaching." These are the words of Gandhi, and he is saying that no matter how much someone talks, it is their actions that have a greater value. Throughout history we have seen examples of actions having a greater impact than words. Specifically, Gandhi and the Sons of Liberty fought for freedom, by doing something, not saying something. One person's actions or conduct impact multitudes and we have had many demonstrations of this. Mahatma Gandhi…

Book Essay Two The book I read was “Man Overboard!” by Curtis Parkinson. This book takes place during world war II in 1943 and is about when german agents came to Canada by U-boat who came here to cause chaos but were stopped. This story begins with two high school students named Scott and Adam that are canadians that work during the summer of july of 1943 in a ship called Rapids Prince as deckhands. The ship was actually real during this time period that went from Prescott to Montreal that were…

The Handicap general runs into the theatre in front of the people and points her shotgun at Harrison. “Freeze. Don’t move or else…” “Or else what?” ”You’re going to kill me for breaking out of jail for the wrong things that has been affecting me and everyone else who is a handicap?” “But obviously you wouldn’t understand what we go through because it is your job to torture us with these metals and all the other devices that prevent us from using our gifts” ”Am i not speaking the truth.”…

be fine. And you'd be dead. Everything would be fine." (pg.9) Peter is ruthless enough to kill his own brother and say it was just an accident, he shows no compassion towards anyone. Peter’s anger gives him power, he threatens Ender by saying he's going to kill him, Peter uses fear to control others. “It says, I didn't die a natural death. Peter killed me, and if he hasn't already killed Andrew, he will soon”. (Pg.10) Peter is ruthless enough to strike fear to ender by saying that in the future…

game hunter …… man. Zaroff will hunt rainsford but if rainsford gets away he is free but rainsford sets a trap to capture zaroff and he is the winner of the most dangerous game. Rainsford was a brave man that did not give up.Even when he fell overboard he still did not give up he swam to the island and from there he had to fight. He had to run away from zaroff because zaroff told him he had to run and not get cached…

Truman being traumatically scarred for life, just for the entertainment of the audience and to scare Truman from going to any ends of the island, the ocean. Another big idea is the immoral behavior when christof acts as a God-like character when Truman attempts to escape. This results in Christof controlling the weather to the extent of nearly risking Truman’s own life. Truman is thrown overboard the small boat, facing his biggest fear of Seas.…

allow guns? That's crazy talk that wouldn't happen in a million years. But what if it does? I'm just going to go to sleep and hope for the best. September 26th, 1628: Today is the day we leave. I am not as nervous as I was last night. In fact, I think the New World is going to be quite nice. I have high hopes and once again I trust my dad. The ship we are going on is immense. It's going to be a long journey though. I heard a man say it could take 6-14 weeks! I have to go as we are…