In Lars Eighner’s essay “On Dumpster Diving”, Eighner writes to the general middle and upper class American about the day to day life of an average Dumpster Diver. Written in an almost how to guide format, Eigner shows the reader that the average diver not only can find interesting items in the garbage, but also make a living off of it by finding food that is safe to eat. Written throughout by Eigner, However, is a counter argument that goes to show just how wrong the normal stereotypes of a…
truth be told . . . all the intervention in the world couldn’t shake my stereotypical assumption of a New Yorker and to make matters interesting, I’ll give you one guess as to where my wife is from. Here’s a Hint: She’s loud, proud, and a wee bit pizza crazy. One order of Superiority Complex Coming Right Up! Let’s get straight to the NY Strut. After all, it perfectly normal for one man to adjust his ball cap and puff out his chest while walking past another man right? The following is an…
upcoming trip to Vegas by sweating each and every last detail. “Okay, for the twentieth time already. The list of emergency numbers is posted on the refrigerator, you gave me the check to pay the cable guy when he comes on Thursday, I’m ordering pizza for dinner tonight and your bags are just inside the garage door. Did I forget anything?” Ryan said exasperated. Kelly had become a bit of a control freak as of late. Partly to avoid a situation like dirty dishes in the sink, or something…
INTASC Standards: 8, 9 Standard #8 - “The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the learner (Henson, 2009).” As a teacher it is important to use a variety of assessments to evaluate and ensure that students understand and are learning the content presented in the classroom. In addition to giving traditional assessments such as a quiz, exam or paper, alternatives that will be…
Parrot Cove I couldn’t wait until I went to Parrot Cove with my family. It would be so fun. We were going to be there the whole entire day and it would be a blast. This would be my first time ever going to Parrot Cove! When we got there, it was crowded with people. We put our stuff in a locker and found a place to sit. First I went in the lazy river and swam for a few minutes, it was awesome. After that I swam in the normal swimming pool and swam underwater. First I was scared to go down the…
The book a highly unlikely scenario written by Rachel Cantor is about a boy named Leonard who works for Neetsa Pizza, and sits in a white room answering phone calls. It starts off with him getting strange calls from a guy named Marco, who claims to be from the thirteenth–century. Also, Leonard’s sister keeps disappearing with her “book club,” which is leaving Leonard to take care of his nephew, Felix. This means he’s got to go outside, and that’s when trouble occurs. The most meaningful part…
Everyone has bad days. The ones that make you want to curl up in a tiny ball and cry about nothing and absolutely everything until you fall asleep on a pile of blankets in the corner of a pitch black room. The worst part of those days is that you can’t do that. All you can really do is keep your head up and try your best to get through the rest of the day with a smile. Have you ever experienced an awful day that turned better because of one person? It’s crazy how the presence of someone you…
Once there was a pizza maker named Dan who had a stupid apprentice named Isaac. The place where they worked also made sushi, but no one ever ordered it so they just threw it out. But one day an evil cop named Mickey discovered that if the sushi was eaten by worms, they would grow super large. Mickey hatched an evil plan to make a massive worm a mile long and unleash it into the city. But some dude stopped the worm and Mickey was so angry that for some reason he had Dan and his apprentice Isaac…
It was finally over, after 8 long years of public school it was finally over. I graduated! Next challenge now is high school. After a long summer the time was near as I would attend my high school orientation at the High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology. I was so excited to be attending the school up until I realized that it was a uniform school. The uniform was burgundy polo shirts and with grey pants and they were very strict about it. When it came time to get the…
This would include opening franchises in Europe, starting in Italy. Papa John’s strategy is to grow in the amount of stores they have. Currently the top competitors in the pizza industry are international. In order for Papa John’s to continue to compete with them, they need to ensure that their international sales are doing well. If they do not then this can hurt the overall profit of the company. This will cut back on overall…