My World

handles adversity with grace. Even when her world is crumbling around her, she never lets her crown fall” (35). These words can easily be incorporated into my daily life. I’ve never really seen myself as a queen because it seemed conceited, but now I see a whole different perspective on it. One of the most important things that Jackson said in his piece was this, “As the fabric of our society changes in certain ways, the fabric of the cinematic world changes in the same ways” (455). We don’t…

Heroes The 19th century poet, Philip James Bailey once said, “The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all...” this means that a hero has passion for everything he or she does and who cares and helps everyone. When a hero becomes old or dies for what he was was doing to help people, he/she becomes a legend. Therefore, a hero is defined as legendary. Two legendary heroes are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. Both men lived in history, in 19th century United States…

Experiencing new destinations awakens my senses, making me crave the adventure of each place I set out to explore. My biggest ambition in life is to travel to new destinations I have never been, but I must have my husband by my side to savor the adventure together. Over the years my husband and I have taken a copious amount of vacations, with San Francisco, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, being the two comparably large metropolitan cities we have been. They both offer historical points of…

MY KIDS I remember being a kid thinking, if I could just live in Disneyland forever life would be so awesome and fun. I am now a privileged parent and my kids inspire me to be a better person because they look up to me, which helps me make better choices in life. My kids believe in me and that has inspired me to return to college to earn my degree. My kids inspire me to love due to the fact that they provide love to me that is pure that will last forever. I remember becoming a parent never…

is essential when trying to decipher the puzzle of America’s war loving behavior. But people respond to the rewards and punishments of any particular system, and if our system rewards greed and self-interest that is the way we will behave in the world. My theory of why America goes to war can be narrowed down to four words: America’s brand of capitalism. The America focused on power, wealth, and privilege is hooked on war, because without war it can no longer function correctly, or in other…

As I look around at the world around me, I noticed members of society have begun to become less social and think more about themselves than they do others. Putting our requirements over the necessities of others and have stopped being gallant and kind to those passed on the street, while never delaying to consider how our actions will impact everyone around us. Everything that has begun to dissipate from society and personality traits, despite the fact they may appear insignificant or…

We are all well aware of the fact that there is a countless amount of people around the world who do not have access to many things that they deserve. People from the countries under development, people who are victims of wars and people who can’t afford to feed and educate themselves and those who surround them. They can only dream of having a luxury life. Voluntourism is a term that has become popular in our days. As the word self-explains, voluntourism combines vacation travelling and…

Video Games One friday afternoon after school, I sat down at my computer and began to play a game. As I played, the same question kept popping up in my head over and over again,”why does this matter?, Why should I care what is happening on screen?”. As I continued to play, an idea struck me, what if I was seeing the characters, events, and lives of an alternate world? What if every death in a game was a real death somewhere. What if my choices mattered? As it turns out, many scientists have…

World Free of Poverty Possible? A world free of poverty is like a perfect dream come true, but is this dream actually possible for us, I would have to say no to that. I believe that as human beings regardless what country we live in, we have given our individual governments enough power that they now have brainwashed us to think all of the important issues we need to fix require lots of time, money and effort which makes it inconvenient for us all. I also, believe that the issue of poverty is…

That's the exact moment the whole world stopped. 11:38 am on the dot. I know because I was there and I'm still here. Everything except me is stuck because at 11:38 am the world decided to quit moving, possibly forever. I was in class when it happened, my science teacher was restlessly droning on and on about the parts of the cell. I, of course, decided my time would be more well spent doodling pointless little drawings in my binder. “The mitochondria as we all know is the powerhouse of the…