Infamous

obstacle where they are left with two choices: to sit there and do nothing or to conquer it and pursue their passion. Like most people, I chose to overcome my obstacle because I wanted to reach a goal no matter what. At my school, AP chemistry is infamous for being the hardest class on campus. Knowing that I could possibly destroy my GPA, I still decided to take the course. I believed that it would provide me with knowledge that could assist me in my college career. I was able to handle…

Did you know that although many consider Han Solo a favorite in the Star Wars world, the actor that originally played him on screen doesn't share the same sentiments? That's right. Harrison Ford doesn't love the fact that he played the infamous smuggler in the universe. He'd rather play the adventurous Indiana Jones - and still wants to! But that doesn't mean he's going to stop acting. In an exclusive interview, he said "I was glad that the character was alive for me to play in this new…

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain is a short story that includes a tall tale, a jokester, and a prestigious narrator. Simon Wheeler was a simple, seemingly uneducated man. “I noticed that he was fat and bald-headed” (122). What could a narrator, far superior than he, learn from such from such a simple man? In the search for answers to who is Leonidas W. Smiley, the narrator was brought more useless information than he bargained for. Simon Wheeler was not serious when talking…

During this time of debt Germany was blaming the countries debt on the current president. At the time the country was in debt Germany’s Presidential election was starting. Germany’s Current President was re-running for office and his opponent was the infamous Adolf Hitler. Hitler had promised the country…

In the United States, millions of people, ranging from teenagers, adults, and elderlies, practice the infamous habit of drinking alcohol. Since all the fifty states passed a law raising the legal minimum drinking age to twenty-one, many of the U.S. demographics have invested tremendous effort into lowering it down to the age of eighteen. Decades has passed and still the debate about drinking age continuous to be one of the most controversial subject in the twenty first century. Numerous worried…

Origins of Corn Corn is in everything ethanol fuel, breads, oils, livestock feed, popcorn, and the infamous high-fructose corn syrup. There have been so many advances that corn has helped create such as fuel that is better for the ecosystem and cheap feed for livestock. In addition to advances, corn has also started many traditions like the making of tamales. Corn also played a large role for food was also the biggest source of food for people in South America. However, even knowing all this…

The word absolute to me sends up red flags. Absolute means concrete, finite, with no room for discussion or individual interjection. My mother would frequently recite George Washington’s infamous phrase that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain , except death and taxes” . I believe that absolute right and wrong eliminates creativity, individualism and circumstantial evidence. I am very leery of all encompassing words like absolute. Most of the posts I have read agree that…

which stretches along a suburban street that became the front line between East and West when the communists "anti-fascist protecting wall" went up in August 1961, and that's where I snapped this photo of a angle hovering on an old section of the infamous concrete barrier. There's only a small section of the wall…

For my composer’s report, I decided to research the infamous works of Wilhelm Richard Wagner. I was extremely interested in Wagner’s work due to the fact that he was one of Adolph Hitler’s favorite composers. I was intrigued to hear what caught Hitler’s attention and to learn what affect his interest had on Wagner’s legacy. While doing research, I learned that Wagner was behind the very famous opera titled Tristan and Isolde. I had previously heard of that opera throughout my life, but I never…

“Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.” -George Santayana. As a person, when we make mistakes, we are told to learn from them to keep ourselves from repeating them over again. Some of the world’s worst mistakes are events that have happened multiple times, but instead of learning from it, we have chosen to forget about it, and we have had to rehash some horrific times. One time in which we have relived history is when both of the world wars happened. World War…