I'll Stick Around

Fast food restaurants have become an icon around the world. You cannot go very far without running into one of them. The fast-food industry is the largest employer of minimum-wage workers in the country. Today, more than 160,000 fast-food restaurants feed more than 50 million Americans each and every day, generating sales of more than $110 billion dollars each year. Some of these restaurants include McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dairy Queen, Subway, Pizza Hut, Burger King, and Taco Bell.…

In Shakespeare’s work, Macbeth, the protagonist’s state of mind slowly deteriorates throughout the play. Macbeth begins the play as a noble man, who is devoted in his service to the king. However, this changes drastically after he murders King Duncan in order to fulfill what he believes is his own destiny. Slowly, the wickedness of the act consumes him and he becomes nothing but a king sitting upon a throne of guilt. Macbeth starts the play as a loyal kingsman, willing to risk his life in…

stay with? I had always assumed that I would live with my Auntie Judith as she has a spare bedroom and didn’t have any children of her own. But what if she didn’t want to look after me, what would happen then? These questions were constantly going around in my little head each time my parents…

what some people are going through or what they have been through in the past. Making one single person smile can change their world. One person can truly make a difference. There are a lot of times you see stuff about professional athletes going around to hospitals and visiting the kids who are sick. They visit kids who really can’t leave the hospital. “When they’re not laying it all out on the field, these professional athletes take time…

her again a little louder, but she still does not move. When he asks her a third time he gets frustrated and strikes her across the face. She stands up quickly, behind her the wind blows the door shut. It made a loud noise so any person would turn around to see what it was. Jim’s daughter Elizabeth just stands there, doesn’t even look back. He then realizes that she is deaf. Jim immediately feels horrible and holds her in his arm and just cries and apologizes. When Jim tells that story Huck…

Prejudice Against SeaWorld Do you know what a vaquita is? If you don’t, I’ll explain it later. As the next generation, we should not condemn SeaWorld for the caretaking of captive orcas. This organization never broke the law in obtaining what few wild orcas they own. Most of the orcas in SeaWorld have been born using their groundbreaking breeding program and have never experienced the ocean, pollution, or hunger. The orcas in captivity receive the best medical attention in the world and help…

we passed on. Kaitlin taught me how to bake and I learned to cook from my mom. I was always outdoors and I usually still am so this means that if you needed help with animals or plants I was the one to go to. Kendall was the type of person to never stick to one thing which is where she's different since we all have hobbies. We all seemed to act the same & the hobbies and names made us seem almost…

“I will not let my days slip away, I will stand up on to feet, and I’ll be complete.” ~Blixemi It all started when I was in second or third grade. I always seemed different and off from most girls and had a lot of friends that were female, which was normal in elementary, to have same-gender friends. Though I had so many friends to play with, I always seemed to wander to where the boys hung out. Usually, I would mess around with my younger brother’s friends. We would play in the mud,…

me over the edge this time. That whore can hit me all she wants but, as soon as she put a finger on my little brother Sam, I have to leave. I pick him up and run outside I whisper “We’re gonna go for a ride now okay.” “Okay,” He says rolling around in the backseat. I hop in the front seat and start up the rustbucket just as my mom runs out screaming at me yelling an incoherent rant. I tear out of the driveway just as she gets to the driver side door. As we drive down the street out of the…

It was time for preschool, and at around the same time my mom started working at my grandfather’s bait & tackle store. Now the roads of 202 and 109 lead me to Washington, where I spent most of my preschool days. Going to preschool, 3 times a week, and helping my mom out at the store the…