Snowball fight

When most people think of climate change, they think of polar bears and melting ice caps. Most people do not think of the families in North Dakota who lost their homes to floodwaters in 2009 or the twenty million people left homeless after the catastrophic 2010 monsoon in Pakistan. However, these disasters are the real consequences of climate change that we are facing. Climate change is the warming of our planet to dangerous temperatures as a result of the accumulation of greenhouse gases…

phoniness. Hours before Holden gets on the bus, Holden gets beat up by a guy he knew from Pencey named Stradlater. Holden’s face showed obvious signs of violence, and when he was asked by the woman what happened, Holden responded with ““I got hit with a snowball,” I said...I probably would’ve told her what really happened, but that would’ve taken too long,” (Salinger 31). Holden lies in this part because he doesn’t want to get into his problems with Stradlater that could possibly turn into him…

Hector Baltazar Ms. Brinkman 11-5-17 No Taxation Without Representation: The Failed Compromise That Led To a Revolution The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, ended with the Treaty of Paris signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain. The Seven Year War had caused Great Britain to be the most powerful nation in the world, led to resentment towards colonist, removed French threat, and most importantly led Great Britain to an enormous debt from war .…

faced with the decision: to legalize or not legalize marijuana. To date, the states that have made the decision to legalize weed include, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska. With seemingly more states to follow, this movement could potentially snowball and result in a change in the federal law in the not too distant future. Though the majority of the population agrees with the idea of legalizing marijuana, there is still a great amount of people who disagree with the thought of this. As…

Even though many people believe Paul Revere had no significant impact on the course of America’s history, the fact of the matter is he had a dramatic impact especially in the American Revolution; Ultimately Paul Revere shaped a great portion of American history with his role in The Boston Massacre, the famous ride to Lexington and Concord, and other historical events. In 1758 Paul Revere was twenty-three years old. Before Paul Revere made an impact on America, he was a gold and silversmith.…

Ronald Reagan: An Impactful President On a hot day in June, 1987, Ronald Reagan stood before a crowd of 10,000 people, Germans and Americans alike. He stood in front of the Brandenburg gate, but also in front of two panes of bulletproof glass. Behind that was the Berlin wall, designed to keep the West Germans out and the East Germans in. A panel sitting behind him was a group of diplomats and politicians, among them the West German President and the Chancellor. Although a large group sat…

detailed the example of New Orleans (a city that experiences an overwhelming amount of corruption) and that with the rise of corruption, murder rates have gone up and sense of security has drastically gone down (Elliott). Repeatedly, citizens resort to fight abuse of power with more unethical behavior, to combat their loss of protection with their own attempts at a vigilante self governance, altogether creating more chaos and corruption. In fact, according to "Not Victimless: Understanding the…

The only thing it does is a line out the powers for each branch of the national government. Some politicians try to fight the rise in power by saying if it is not in the constitution you can 't do that but nowhere in the constitution does it say that the branches can 't do other things nor does it say that you have to even follow what it says. All that happened was the…

Sexuality Changes in Society The complication of human relationship is a prevalent discussion topic. Sexuality is diverse and personal, which leads to diversity in opinion. In the essay “Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom” Leslie bell contemplates about people’s cognitively conceives sexuality under the influence of sexual freedom. Leslie discusses different girls’ different opinion upon sexuality. Malcolm Gladwell, the author of “The Power of…

Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of…