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In the book true confessions of Charlotte Doyle, the main character is on a trip to Rhode Island to meet up with her family. She is on an eerie ship called the Seahawk with captain jaggery and his crew. A life was taken during a hurricane on the Seahawk. And Charlotte was accused of murder and if she is found guilty she will be hung. And I’m here to convince you that the captain Jaggery did kill first mate holly brass. My first reason opportunity, and my second reason was strength. And third…

worth more than a life. Society has been placing dollar values on lives, however; the value of a person’s life should be determined by their attitude, achievements, experiences, and relationships everyone has attained as they lived on Earth. In William Shakespeare’s tragic poem “Hamlet’s Soliloquy,” he made his main character Hamlet have a negative view on life. Throughout the whole poem, he lists the advantages and disadvantages of life and death as he struggles to see the best of life. “To be…

Have you ever seen The Simpsons on TV and saw Stephen Hawking in one of the episodes in that show? Believe it or not, one of the most famous physicists of the 20th century was presented on one of the popular animated comedies in America, The Simpsons. His presence on the show was comical but Stephen Hawking was more than a made up animated character, he was an actual person with a brilliant mind. Although Stephen Hawking has a disability of motor neurone disease, he was able to continue his work…

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys’ actions are a manifestation of the inner savagery of an individual that surfaces when the society that they belong to has fallen. This is shown on page 181 through Jack’s violence towards Ralph after Piggy’s death. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph”(181). Jack expresses antagonism towards…

In a discussion about the paradigms of public education, Ken Burns addresses the controversial topic of cultural education. Public education is experiencing a time of confusion in helping children develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many…

observed many children who have dropped out of college because they were not ready for the freedom of being on their own. I remember my next door neighbor only let her son attend a local community college. The other children attended colleges and universities far away from home, but he went to school nearby. The reason behind that is because his mom wanted to make sure her child was prepared for college mentally. She didn’t want her son to drop out because of parties, and not keeping up…

According to E. Allen and J. Seaman (2013) in 2013, 32 percent of college/university students were participating in one or more online courses. In an article “Revolution hits the universities” by T. Friedman (2013), he explains how MOOCs will revolutionize the method of education in the next few years. This will create an easy access/low cost method of delivering education to students around the world. With some of the best universities already offering courses thru this platform, soon we…

The Desire for “More” Derives from School In every classroom, there are an abundance of different students that attend school for several reasons. Some of those reasons may be to graduate and venture to college, to play sports in college, to get a brighter education, or just to receive their diploma at the end of one’s twelve year-period of struggle and chaos. Each person has a goal that is different than another’s, but there are some students who struggle with the question of why to stay in…

Hardwork. Dedication. No reward One of these doesn’t seem to connect with the others. If you are a working hard and dedicated to what you do, shouldn’t you receive a reward. That thought goes through the heads of college athletes, everyday. They live this story, putting in hard work and time into playing for their school, yet they receive nothing. All these athletes play for the organization known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the NCAA for short. The NCAA is a…

Resume Their Educational Pursuits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by authors Theresa Philips and Barber Herlihy a “student departure from higher education is a major phenomenon that has many implications for students as well as colleges and universities” (Philips,…