Just Say No

People will often say that frequently logging onto social media could signal some sort of addiction. Some may ask, “Is social media even worth it?” “What is the point of social media?” “Why do so many people think it is so important?” While addiction is real, it is definitely treatable. Communication with other people is important to most people in everyday life. If calling that one person on the phone is not an option, social media is usually considered the next best thing. Just because social…

looks but don't say anything, trying not to be mean. Dance has been accepted as a sport in many countries, but for some reason America will not. People think dance is more of an art than a sport and it does not fit the definition of the word “sport”. Dance deserves to be a sport because it is physically exhausting, you work as a team, and you compete for entertainment. Dance is also tiring and it is unfair not to call it a sport. Dance takes a lot of energy and most people think it's just a…

How would you describe the idea of words that are in no way similar, but somehow always get compared to one another? For example, friend and foe, sane and insane, reality and illusion, just and unjust. All of these terms are in no way similar but somehow manage to get compared to one another. For example, have you ever heard “keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?” See, the terms are being compared again without even realizing it. People always compare the terms, but never exactly…

The Crucible, they put innocent people to death just by the word of a few people. They are suppose to be on a jury by the word of the lord, not by some girls. Instead of putting the people to death right away, they should have just kept them on trial longer, until they could prove that they were a witch. If the puritans were good people, they wouldn’t have killed so many and they should have trusted more people other than just the girls. The puritans say that they are a court based off of God,…

would like to say I am sorry. I am starting to feel like we are complete strangers just sharing a house. You have problems and you fail to relay you pain, concerns or ideas. You treat me sometimes like I am invisible and I don't exist. I hate feeling this way and the way I can handle it is lashing out. That is something I am not proud of but I feel no matter what I say to you, you just seem to nod and ignore the fact that i am feeling hurt and sometimes lonely. No matter what I say you just act…

The wait was unbearable. My mom and I went to the emergency room at around 6pm and we didn’t even get called down until 10pm. My mom was furious. I guess the doctors at the hospital didn’t think my potential heart injury was serious enough, or they just didn’t care. My body filled with nervousness. My hands shook. I needed an answer to whether there is something wrong with my heart or not. Eventually, my name was called and my mom and I followed a nurse to our room. I then lay in bed and the…

Should officials be able to search through personal devices? Some say that it is helpful the community. Others say that officials do not have the right to search through devices. Searching through personal devices without a warrant is definitely an invasion of privacy. Officials need to have evidence or probable cause to look through personal devices. For example, officers shouldn’t look through phones just because the officer thinks something is on the phone, they need to have a warrant, or in…

Descartes states that because of this we must break down everything we know and find a base to our knowledge, an unquestionable principal. He continues on to say that because of this we should not trust anything that has previously deceived us and consider what we hold to be true by this. Descartes says that there are many ways that our senses that provide impressions, as Hume would put it, will deceive us. For example, because man has the ability to dream while a sleep, how is…

demand they stop making violent games and this is simply trying to silence an artistic medium. It is just insane how much flack a company will actually get for this stuff and it 's stupid. We as a people need to say that enough is enough and that we need to stop all of this protest against violent video games. First thing is first, violent video games do not make serial killers. This is simply just a false statement. In fact violent video…

a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman” (Page 3). Situation: Lockwood makes this remark when he first meets Mr. Heathcliff, the landlord. Importance: This shows just how much confusion there is with who exactly Heathcliff is. Analysis: Throughout the duration of the novel, a great deal of confusion surrounds what exactly Heathcliff’s character is. Heathcliff is not friendly towards those who visit his estate.…