Looking Backward

strengthen fortitude with spirits and rye Grinning rye optimism through gritted teeth and pain Peering into the pane of my soul through my eyes as I utter “good as I can be” Utter despair isn’t agony until twilight, realizing I’ve failed another day Looking back in my twilight to the unrealized promises of my youthful spring Always waiting to spring into action, but potential never realized Until one day I realized there is such a thing as too late. With such consternation and vulnerable…

School Lunch Breaks Eating healthy has being a very polemic subject in the last fifteen years, especially when children’s health is at stake. Nutritionists, doctors, educators and parents are been searching for alternatives to make children and teenagers more conscious of the importance of the good habits since the beginning of live, considering the growing number of children developing eating disorder. Schools are responsible to offer good options of food during lunch breaks. Of course, into…

Improving Core Strength By Morgan F Turley May 17, 2012 Athletes, bodybuilders, or anyone else looking to get stronger or better physically fit, share a common need in their goal: the necessity of a strong "core," essentially, the muscles of the abdomen and chest. This part of the body is known as the core because it is both at roughly the center of the body, but also because every athletic movement begins with these muscle groups. In short, to become a better competitor, or a more physically…

Basic human natures steer a large majority of things that go on in societies. Most humans are searching for a compatible romantic relationship. Peoples motives are different from others with some focused on a more rapid lustful affair versus a relationship built on mutual adoration and emotional connection. Like most anything, there are many variables which determine the path and conclusion a relationship can take. In a dance piece titled “It Happened So Fast”, choreographed by Mark Haines, two…

theories as well as relates them to the modern world, as well as proving that Immanuel Kant’s theory of punishment is much more ideal when looking at celebrity influences and man’s personal autonomy. Punishment can be applied based on your past actions or your future protentional. This is the idea of backwards and forwards looking arguments. To elaborate, backward looking…

about him not graduating from college . Steve states that it's okay to not know what you want to do with your life but that doesn't mean that you can't keep connecting the dots . Steve states “ You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward .” You have to put faith into those dots and trust that they will connect in your…

We have 3 minutes till school is out for the day and i cant stop. Thomas has not talked to me at all, He hasn't even glanced, Its like he's avoiding me. In the hall i tried to talk to him but he kept walking like i was nothing. What is going on with him lately? I gather my books and wait for the bell to ring and when it does i dart for the door. I look around for Thomas, i can see his hair from a mile away and start to race for him. "Thomas?" No answer. He walks to his locker, opens and grabs…

How to build a hedgehog Hey kids, this week we will be learning about different animals. We will be looking at the eating habits, color, looks, and daily lives of different animals all week. Today we will be learning about a very interesting animal, the hedgehog! We will learn all about them, and then we will be creating our own hedgehogs out of craft supplies. Creating these hedgehogs will help you learn what each part of the hedgehog does. Hedgehogs are nocturnal animals that are covered with…

In the late 1800s to the early 1900s, many immigrants came on boats from Europe, but some came from Asia and South America. Often the ships were crowded. According to Frank Kozlowski, who immigrated from Poland in 1915, “It was like a chicken coop; we all slept in this one little compartment, all wired up.” But, ever after their journey to America was over, they still faced challenges. For example, immigrants had to take literacy tests, which tested their ability to read and write in English,…

The words utopia and dystopia have been in use since 1516. The first utopia appeared as satire in Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, which depicts an island with perfect social, legal, and political systems. The title was a play on words; combining the Greek “ou” and “topos”, which translates to “nowhere”. By the 1610s, the word was regularly used to describe a perfect place. The word dystopia evolved from utopia. “Dys” meaning “not” transforms a perfect place into the opposite. When first used,…