Silver Star

During the 49ers third preseason game, quarterback Colin Kaepernick stayed seated while his teammates stood during “The Star-Spangled Banner”. This has caused a lot of controversy on whether it was disrespectful or honorable, I have to say that I mostly agree with Kaepernick’s decision. Kaepernick stated in an interview “getting paid leave for killing people. To me, this is something that has to change and when there is significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it is…

I chose to make a Clipper Ship because it was in my opinion the most interesting part of the book. When Nailer talks about how he would love to have one. I think having one would be pretty cool. Having a big ship to that you can say is yours is just awesome. The Clipper ship is a long narrow wooden vessel with lofty canvas sails, reigned as the world’s fastest oceangoing ships from about 1843 to 1868. To make my project everything I used on it was stuff that I could reuse. Recycling is an…

It is well known that many people are displeased with Donald Trump Presidency. Many celebrities/entertainers have spoken out against the President, indeed, they used platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Journalism, YouTube, awards show, shows to express their dislike of him. Others have chosen to make fun of him through parody videos, memes. However, Eminem chose to vocal his dislike of the president in an original way, he dedicated a 5 minutes’ video to Donald Trump Bashing.…

felt like a college game day, i was dripping sweat from adrenaline. After we split into our position groups we headed to the locker room for a speech and to pray.. Once we came back, it was game time our fans and cheerleaders made us a tunnel and the star spangled banner was sung. Our captains came back from the coin toss and told us that defense was up first. Which means… kickoff… my first varsity snap. After i heard that everything was a blur,the tunnel run to the sideline, coach talking, the…

T he Hindenburg Disaster occurred 79 years ago today. On May 6,1937 in Lakehurst, New Jersey the world’s largest aircraft ever built caught fire and burned to the ground in seconds. The Hindenburg was a zeppelin aircraft. Zeppelins were made of helium but for some odd reason the Hindenburg was made of hydrogen, a very flammable gas. The Hindenburg was over eight-hundred feet long and carried over 2656 people across the Atlantic between Germany and New York and Rio de Janerio before the…

According to Irving Janes (1972), groupthink occurs when a group makes an irrational decision because of group pressure fostering and the deterioration of ‘mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement” (Irving, Janis, Victims of groupthink, p.9). Social influence is the effect that people have upon the beliefs or behaviors of others (Aaronson, 2004). Both groupthink and social influence theory have a factor in what we see as an ongoing reaction to the silent protest started by Colin…

I see it in sports a lot. In the NFL a dude called Colin Kaepernick started this whole debate when he kneeled during the national anthem. This rose a lot of controversy because a lot of people don’t think that it’s right. It also got too out of hand because people misunderstood what he was doing and it got into a big mess. This I think represents nationalism well because the people who caused a mess really was proud of their nation and had strong thought about that, so they stood up for what the…

What are NFL players taking a knee for and what are they gaining from it? This all started with Kaepernick last year who took a knee because of the way African Americans were being treated by police officers and by the community in America. That is understandable to be upset at police officers but it is not okay to take a knee for the National Anthem because if it wasn’t for the people who fought for our freedom and for this nation then we wouldn’t even have the freedom and ability to go through…

Even though people said the Titanic was unsinkable, it still sunk. The Titanic had about 2,208 people on board and 1,503 people died. When the Titanic was sinking 28 people got on a lifeboat and 63 could have fit on. The next morning 300 and more dead bodies were pulled out of the sea the next morning after the titanic sunk. Some people say the captain was turning and accidentally swiped against an iceberg and got hit and some other people say the captain got drunk and wasn't paying attention…

of their last nights with their loved ones, or the last night they would enjoy the company of an acquaintance they may have come across on their trip on the fateful Titanic. “Not Even God himself Could Sink this Ship” says an Employee of the White Star Line. Passengers and crew members, music, and art work all went down and were forever lost that sad, unfortunate night The Titanic sank. There were 2228 people on board of the Titanic, 337 in first class, 285 second class, 721 in third class…