The 400 Blows

In Lusaka, Zambia, children spend their days crushing stones the size of a football, turning them into bags of powder and gravel which are used in concrete mix for construction workers to use. Approximately, in one week children can fill one bag, which are usually sold for 10,000 kwacha, which is less than $3.00. Very often, children complain about injuries such as broken fingers, impaired vision, a piece of rock hitting their face causing scratches in the eye, and a “heavy chest” which is an…

teeters towards chaos. On top of this, concentrations of carbon dioxide have never been higher. Before the Industrial Revolution, CO2 levels in the atmosphere were measured to be around 280 ppm (part per million), which has since risen to more than 400 ppm (Butler 1). With carbon dioxide production so high and on the rise, it is obvious that more trees are needed than ever before to counter global warming, and yet we continue to remove them faster than we can repair. The effects of deforestation…

There were also more school events that took place. We always had a halloween party in the gym and bake sales and church events where everyone would get together and celebrate. Nobody would miss these events. In my public school now, there are over 400 students in my senior class and after four years in high school, I do not know who everyone is nor have I met all of them. Every class has someone new in it and every year I get new teachers. In public school, you do not get the chance to build…

country’s economy is opening as imports are growing and exports (although there has been a strong decline due to the 2008 depression) are also generally on a growing path (see Graph 1). 9 Graph 1: Vanuatu imports and exports growth (in million €) 0 200 400 600 800 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Import ExportImports Imports total up to $242 million, commodities include machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels. The country’s main import goods are refined petroleum, passenger…

He was also against western ways, technology, or industrialism. There were many deaths including the 1919 massacre in Amritsar of nearly 400 unarmed/non-violent people, including women and children, killed by the British. Leadership Strengths Gandhi had several leadership strengths and in many ways he serves as a significant example for how leadership theories are modeled today. Gandhi…

typhoid fever. Because the Athenians had no remedy, an estimated one third of the population of Athens died. Athenian democracy was unable to recover from the devastating blow it received from the war and disease. Radical democracy began to grow less popular. In 411 BCE, there was a revolution establishing an oligarchy of 400, but after a few months, it fell and was replaced by democracy. After Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta established in Athens an oligarchy of 30. The…

by the blows of fate," said by the chorus in Antigone. This statement brings about the question "are people responsible for their actions"? Next a question that should be addressed is, is leadership more important than family? Is it nobler to be stern or humble? Lastly, I will confront the question is are earthly laws more powerful than divine laws? All of these questions and assumptions all play a major role in the Oedipus Trilogy and in our lives now. Pride will be punished by the blows of…

America, where the famous so-called “American Dream” was born, used to be the most influential nation in the world economy. However, since the Second World War, America’s economy has been in a free-fall. The “American Dream” is now only a remnant of long lost heydays. The reason why America has gotten to this dreadful situation may lie in the path that its government chose to develop. For instance, the truly needy do not have enough support from the Social Safety Net programs to get out of…

Amazing facts about the giraffe You probably think you are tall but until you realize that a baby giraffe may probably be taller than you, then you realize how short you are. The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world, a true beauty amongst the animals that roam the savannahs of Africa. The average height of a giraffe is between 4.3 metres to 5.8 metres with the adult female weighing about 800 kilograms and the male weighing 1,250 kilograms. This beautiful animal was first…

feel like I limited my parents’ education as well. I was born right after my parents had graduated high school. They were young, my mom was eighteen, and my dad was nineteen. My mom was a star athlete; she still holds the school records in both the 400-meter and long jump in track and field. She had received a full ride scholarship offer for running track at San Diego State. She was a fast runner, but she was not very passionate about school or running. Before the next…