My Fellow Americans

As a citizen of a country, people find ways that they can contribute to the well being of their country and of the lives of fellow citizens. Expressing one’s opinions and perspectives on certain issues can have a vital impact on life. This is evident in liberal societies where freedom of expression exists so people can feel a sense of contribution. Individuals recognize issues in their society and can choose to speak out, as exemplified in particular youth from high schools in Edmonton, Alberta. Being apart of a curriculum that teaches politics and recognizing the rights and freedoms of a liberal society, youth can take on responsibilities at a young age. Edmonton’s youth council is encouraging the province to lower the voting age limit from 18 to 16. They realize that their role as a citizen does not have to be stagnant, that they can make a difference in their community…

For example, in Dickinson’s poem, “I felt a Funeral in my Brain,” she writes, “And then I heard them lift a Box / And creek across my Soul / With those same Boots of Lead, again” (Lines 9-12) Through the use of auditory imagery, Dickinson brings the reader into the funeral scene. The reader can hear the casket creaking as it is lifted and the heavy footsteps that walk across the floor. In addition, in her poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” Dickinson writes, “We paused before a House…

Whether you share a cocktail-fuelled pash on the beach with a Norwegian backpacker, a romantic one-on-one sojourn with a French student or a sultry sumba in the arms of a too-hot-to-handle Spanish globe trekker, these are often one-off, fireworky affairs. The Fellow Traveller Crush If you’ve ever met a like-minded traveller on the trip of a lifetime, it’s easy to see why coupling up might seem like a good idea. You’re both single, love experiencing fascinating cultures and exotic locales and…

Julie J.C.H. Ryan’s essay “Student Plagiarism in an Online World” explains how effortless it is for college students to plagiarize their essays and avoid learning through the help of modern technology. On the contrary, undergraduates use the Internet as a means to bolster their education. Savvy technology has helped ease the life of twenty-first century students. The Internet is helpful because it acts as a virtual library for research, enhances relationships between professors and students, and…

internal flaws before so they know how much they needed him. The baker asks forgiveness for what has happened. Carver characterizes the bake in this way to show how one blames a heavenly figure for all the horrible events in life, but in reality the people are who decide how to receive the event and internalize it. The baker is asking for forgiveness because he could not stop life and could not save Ann and Howard from their misfortunes, but is there when they needed him most. The baker is there…

to challenge those types of problems with creative solution so that the company continues to run smoothly. Mootee also goes on to explain that the creativity in a business is much different than other places, such as an artist. However both challenge the mind equally through the need of thinking critically in order to solve a problem.With this in mind it is impossible to say that creativity is on the path to extinction because companies need creativity oh so much in order to survive. While…

The scientist I chose to write about is Robert Boyle. I will be telling you all the important facts that happened in his life time. I will tell you when he was born and when he died. I will also tell you where he was born and in where at. Also who his parents were and if he had and siblings. I will try to tell you all about Robert Boyle's life. Like what discoveries he made, tell you how he's important, and how he became known. Robert Boyle was born January 25, 1627 in Lismore, County Waterford,…

Santiago says, “ When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you, and even men can turn themselves into the wind.”(152), By falling in love with Fatima and finding someone to be apart of his family, he feels like anything is possible and he is very happy because of the support and love Fatima gives him which shows when she says “...I want you to continue towards your goal… I want…

child, having rules to follow wasn’t unheard of with my family. There was always a way to behavior with friends/family, at school, at home and out in the street. Often I found myself getting into trouble because I didn 't listen and also the fact that I always found some kind of way to slipping out of having to doing something that I knew I was supposed to do. But out of all the people in my family my mom was the strictest. When expectations set high, not meaning them meant my siblings and I…

Mildred by my side, I walk to the bookshelves, staring, grazing my hands across the leather bounds, moving side to side. All of his beloved books about that country, “The Encyclopedia Britannica, British Flowers, Birds and Beasts various histories,…