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There is a sacred tradition in the military, leave no one behind on the battlefield. But many veterans are beginning to believe their country has left them behind at home. We all say we are thankful for are veterans but how do we show it? A national problem that faces Americans today is the treatment of our veterans. It’s been debated on and on, is are veterans treated like heroes? Everyday in 2017 an average of 20…

In order to become talented in a specific sport it takes practice, patience, and athleticism but over time it is very possible for an ordinary person to achieve this status. However, in order to become the best in the world, that presents a completely different story. Through the eyes of both Tom “Digger” Stapleton and Sadie Jorgensen in Angie Abdou’s novel The Bone Cage, the reader quickly learns the difference between becoming an athlete and becoming an Olympian. Both of these Olympic hopefuls…

We Need Dress Codes An Argumentative Essay By: Jenna M. Jennings Why do we go to school? To LEARN! Why do we wear clothes? To be a reasonable person that's not nude! Come on guys, WE NEED DRESS CODES! We need dress codes because without them, school can have a negative effect on students all because of clothes. This doesn't have to be hard, but somehow in the end, it is. We all want a great student environment, but we can't do that without safety. Dress codes were not created to bring down a…

Visualize this, you are walking down the streets of downtown Toronto. You hear the sounds of construction cascading, the abrupt sounds of impatient drivers honking. You spot a middle aged businessman walking in front of you. He is tall, well-dressed, trimmed. Suddenly, he spasms, collapsing to the ground. Everybody around you is staring, but nobody attempts to do anything. You decide to take action and perform CPR and call 911. Now, only at this point, everybody else decides to jump in and…

The critically acclaimed show Freaks and Geeks is a shining example of a TV show that ended far too early. Freaks and Geeks was a show that captured the awkwardness of adolescence, as opposed to the romanticized and nostalgic view typically portrayed on TV. Shortly after Freaks and Geeks ended, a spiritual successor arose in the form of the show Undeclared, created by Judd Apatow, a producer of Freaks and Geeks. Where Freaks and Geeks was more drama than comedy, Undeclared was a lighthearted…

Weekly Case for Analysis Leaders of big companies are debating whether or not to cease giving out annual pay raises to its hourly personnel. Some companies are debating annual raises in favor of incentive based pay raises. The basis for this is, and has always been, is money savings for the company. As companies lose money from sales, efforts have to be made to trim the proverbial fat around the company. This tactic has many pros and cons. This paper intends to hash out some of those pros and…

Oscar Casares’ “Chango” takes place in the border city of Brownville, Texas. The main character, Bony, is a middle aged man who lives with his parents, is unemployed, and is overall not progressing in a normal way as dictated by society. Bony finds a monkey’s head, “Chango”, close to his house and seems to feel a connection with the object causing him to keep it. His parents, who do not approve of his lifestyle, are resistant to the monkey head and want him to get rid of it but Bony instead runs…

band I used to listen to a lot when I was younger. As the years went on and I began to lose my sense of self again I ran away from my religion feeling abandoned by everyone including God. Well just a year ago I found myself listening to the song on slacker Christian radio during a brief stay in St. Peters detox center. I was there alone and cut off from everyone I knew family, friends and even my daughter. I was facing the ugly truth that I had an addition and needed to rid of it to stay out of…

course at Columbia University (117). Salinger’s major works include: The Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and Hapworth 16, 1924 (117). The Catcher in the Rye is centered on a young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield, a slacker who is struggling to find his main purpose…

“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” This mantra from Margaret Mead is a somewhat humorous yet slightly satirical spin on how people tend to think of themselves as one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable human specimens. However, one English teacher from Wellesley High School takes this critique one step further with his polemic presentation at the school commencement. David McCullough, a Massachusetts English teacher, gave a seemingly somber sendoff to his graduates…