The Best Days

Existentialism in Groundhog Day Groundhog Day directed by Harold Ramis, is a film that demonstrates existential ideas. An existentialist believes that people make a purpose of their life through free will, choices and facing your consequences. In the movie, Phil Connors is a weatherman who is reporting from Pennsylvania. He was reporting a blizzard and later on he goes to Punxsutawney to cover the Groundhog Day festivities. Due to the storm he gets stuck in Punxsutawney and when he wakes…

survive the war. It turns the monument into a reality by portraying the names of the victims who made the ultimate sacrifice, by depicting the impact of the war had on individuals, it causes one to reflect on the personal freedoms that they have to this day because of those who…

Following momentous historic events, the population commonly desires some kind of commemoration of what has occurred. Consequently, massive monuments are often erected in the attempt to appease these desires, as well as to bring people together. Rather than achieving this goal, however, these monuments can ostracize certain populations with offensiveness or ignorance. As such, the factors that should be considered in memorializing an event or person are the significance of the event being…

Formed in 1987, Green Day is an American pop punk band from Oakland, California. The members include lead singer and guitarists Billie Joe Armstrong, Bassist and backing vocals Mike Dirnt (Mike Pritchard), and drummer Tre Cool. Childhood friends Billie Joe and Mike Dirnt formed a band called Sweet Children at the age of fifteen. In Vallejo, California Sweet Children’s first concert took place at Rod’s Hickory Pit, where Billie Joe’s mother was working at the time. In 1989, the band had changed…

The research in this article was designated to find out the effects of adult supervision to school-age children’s behaviors. In recently years, the rate of females who participate in the labor force has increased significantly. According to the US Census Bureau, in 1999, 78% of women who have school-age children were in labor force, up to 33%-64% compared to the rate since 1950 to 1980. Also, the increasing in the trend of single women was a result of welfare reform effort in early-mid 1900s.…

I went to Ruby Pardue Blackburn Adult Day Healthcare Center on April 5, 2016 and April 6, 2016 for the Wilkes Community College, Nursing Class of 2017 for observation. Three another students and I were assigned to this observation site from 8:30am-2:30pm both days. When we got there the nurse gave us a tour of the facility and talked about basic information of care. Throughout the day, we were able to talk to the “participants” and staff to obtain more information. There were plenty of…

Affordable Childcare for Single Parent Households Childcare has turned into an important factor in the lives of working parents and is always showing signs of change and developing society. The typical cost for basic childcare in America has expanded, and society has adjusted; working moms have joined the workforce, and double income families are important to hold a nice way of life. Subsequently, there is an interest for quality childcare. By putting a child into a childcare program, there are…

In the play, Friar John has been sent to Mantua to inform Romeo of Juliet's phony suicide. He is unsuccessful in getting the message to Romeo due to being quarantined because he has been "in a house / Where the infectious pestilence did reign [. . .]" (Shakespeare 5.2). In the movie, the message from Friar Lawrence to Romeo is sent through a delivery service called "poste haste." The message is "blown away in the dust-laden wind" (Downing 5). In both the play and the movie, Balthasar goes to…

A day in the life of a high school student. Today was the day. It was the day that I had pictured in my head since I was a child. I remember the last day of 8th grade. A stream was flowing down out of the eyes of my friends. I would miss them. I thought that day was going to be the worst. Boy was I wrong. I was standing there that morning as my mother’s camera flashed. It felt as…

for a parent’s night out just like babysitting but the kids are learning at the time and also being able to socialize with other children. Nowadays the big companies are putting in daycare centers for the working parents and this is helping with sick days and the unemployment rate. Furthermore, daycare is changing like the whole country by adding technology and allowing parents to see their children and interact with the children, Others things that are changing is daycare centers making blogs…