I Feel Fine

The Roman Emperor that I have chosen for this essay is Constantine. Constantine ruled the Roman Empire from 306 – 337 A.D. He was the most important emperor of the Late Antiquity. His powerful personality had laid down the foundations of the post-classical European civilization. Constantine’s reign was not only eventful, but it was also highly dramatic. While Constantine’s father succeeded Augustus’ rank, Constantine had served under the distinction under both Diocletian and Galerius. He was…

During the fall semester, I was involved in an unfortunate situation where my chapter made national media headlines. The incident involved a new member in my chapter and a member of the LGBTQ community. The new member had made some terrible decisions and harassed this person with no sense of humility. Being president of the chapter that had this new member, I was deeply saddened and reached out to the victim as soon as I could. I attempted to heal the situation the best I could while taking…

was going great. Just got moved up to the A team in volleyball and just started dance. When I was at my last game playing for the B team, I jumped to block the ball and I instantly fell onto my knees. Everyone there thought i just bruised or maybe scraped them, up out of nowhere pain shot through my foot and it started to burn and I immediately started to tear up and almost cry. I tried to hide it but i think my parents saw it because they were trying to…

His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch. This is the complete title of the current patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It would take an extremely important and influential person to achieve a title like this, and Bartholomew I is fit for this title. Throughout his life, he has been known to be one of the most influential people in the world, and he has achieved many accomplishments. This is a very important and renowned man in the…

The location I choose to perform my violation of a culture norm was at the cafeteria. I used the cafeteria that is in the Gordon student center. After trying to decide which cultural norm to experiment with, I choose to invade someone else's personal space. The plan I created was going up to someone in the cafeteria, and intentional sitting close to the person to invasion his personal space. Have no communication between us so the interaction would be silence. The social situation interaction…

Kamehameha was a great leader because, he was the first Hawaiian to unify all 8 Hawaiian Islands. As Kalani’opu’u’s nephew he wa as well trained not by Kalani’opu’u, but by Kekuhaupi’o(1). He was strong, fierce, and unstoppable at the time. One example is, he was the only person to unify all 8 Islands, also he, was an effective leader because he was able to kill almost every ali’i. This is part of why Kamehameha was the greatest leader in Hawaiian history. He was an effective leader, because he…

The Great King Kamehameha A leader is successful by making laws to keep peace, and take care of their people. King Kamehameha was kind, and respectful. Kamehameha was kind and caring to his people. He was an effective and successful leader. Evidence can be found for this in Hawaii's Royal History by Helen Wong and Ann Rayson, and History of the Hawaiian Kingdom by Norris Potter, and Lawrence Kasdan. King Kamehameha was both an effective and successful leader because he changed his kingdom…

Kamehameha was in grave danger, for Alapa`i wanted the boy dead before the prophecy could start to unravel. So in efforts to keep their son safe, Kamehameha’s parents proceeded to call their son Paiea, instead of Kamehameha, so that Alapa`i and his spies would have to end up postponing their plans kill their son. After getting older, Alapa`i got word that Kamehameha was still alive, so he accepted Kamehameha back, and raised him, and let him have the status of a young ali`i. After being properly…

year-old self rushed downstairs to see the giant presents awaiting me. I ripped up the biggest present with flashy wrapping paper. Behold! It was the castle Lego set I had wanted for months! Stocked with knights in shining armor, walls holding against the evil creatures, and of course, the hefty 1000 piece count. “1000 pieces? That doesn’t seem too hard. I’ll probably knock it out in like an hour.” Well, I was wrong… very wrong. I worked on it for 7 hours straight, disassembling walls and towers…

Kamehameha was never expected to rule any of the islands, nor was the next designated heir for the chief’s place. A Long time ago before Kamehameha was born, Hawaiians arrived at the Hawaiian islands, establishing villages and kapu’s. The Hawaiians accustomed to their new home, learning about its land and agriculture, such as taro, potatoes, and how to fish for seafood. They learned how to maintain their sources by placing laws on the number of food caught or harvested. Kamehameha was then born…