Sonic Drive-In

Imagine flying faster than the speed of sound. For most all they can do is imagine what this would be like, but for some this was actually possible. There was a time when it was possible to fly all over the world in half the time of a normal flight today. For awhile now supersonic travel has been gone, but what made it disappear? Every year billions of people travel through by plane, so it would make sense that people would want to get where they are going faster. Supersonic travel was once…

Do you know what a sonic boom is? Do you know how a sonic boom is created? After you read this paper you will be able to answer yes to both questions. A sonic boom is a thunder like sound that can only be heard on the ground. A sonic boom is a shock wave created by an airplane or another aerospace object flying equal to or greater than the speed of sound. A physicist named Ernst Mach established a way to measure airspeed to the speed of sound. (Wonderpolis pg.2). Mach 1 is when you are flying at…

individualism has acquired a positive connotation. However, individualism is also linked with the tendency to withdraw from social life and turn in towards oneself. Alexis de Tocqueville described individualism as the cool and considered attitude which drives people to withdraw into a small, enclosed world consisting of their family and a few select friends, leaving the rest of society to its own devices. The most obvious problem stemming from the process of individualism is of a socio-economic…

Fossils are a large part of discovering about the past, but to understand how fossils change over time, genes also need to be investigated. These investigations are just as important as the fossils, because of how DNA can be tested through the use of embryos. During Shubin’s expeditions into the Artic, one researcher, Randy Dahn, was experimenting with the embryos of sharks and skates. He would use various chemicals on the embryos, and examine the results to see what changes that the chemicals…

I can hear the voice of the sergeant behind me telling me “go faster, take longer strides!”, as I am trying to catch up to my platoon. As I slowly start to fall behind from my platoon. I feel like an outsider, and I began to question why am I even here? I try going faster, and taking longer strides, but they seem more far away with each step. Now I feel like I don’t belong there anymore, and I fade away recalling the first time I stepped a foot in Virginia Military Institute. Going to VMI for…

being so friendly and kind to everyone including my co-workers, except on this specific night. I had been having mood swings all day and was not feeling good at all. I clocked in and got to work, for tonight's shift I was working in the drive-thru. Working drive-thru on Friday night was always the best, you saw a lot of drunk people and could laugh at them. Many other times it was just teens that had snuck out their houses to get food. I was going to be working from eight pm to five am. It had…

Nowadays, Disney movies are a hit or miss: it is hard to live up to the motto “a film the entire family can enjoy” with every movie. Yet, Disney made an animated masterpiece when it created a utopia for zoo animals. Zootopia is caked with humor, layers of character development, a deep understanding of how stereotypes and racism affect society as the icing on top with bits of symbolisms being the cake topper. With these features and themes, Zootopia is Disney’s latest movie to engross more than…

More rules against who can have guns will make society safer by decreasing the number of drive by shootings and accidental shootings and save lives. These regulations will also prevent many homicides and mass shootings. Lastly, more laws controlling who has access to guns will help save the lives of people dealing with depression or mental illness…

Expanding an Opportunity Globally During the mid- 1930s two brother changed how a small town drive-in restaurant can expand nationally and international. The McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice founded the McDonald’s restaurant. The McDonald “brothers developed food processing and assembly line techniques” which in later years expanded globally (Vignali, 2001). The innovative way of preparing, serving, and selling food began in California. Since the 1920’s, California has been known as a…

was “Gonna get [her], baby” and later on following suit on this. (Oates) This suggests that while Connie’s relationship with Eddie has been fun and innocent what’s about to happened with Arnold fried will be the exact opposite. On the flip side, the drive in is also a huge symbol for the innocent vs. evil binary in the story. In the story Connie describes that here and her friend…