The Only Way Is Up

in a Dark Room “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” (Rosa Parks). That quote was said by Rosa Parks, the black seamstress who ignited the flame of America’s civil rights movement after she stayed seated when asked to leave her seat for a white man. Her courage to stand up to social norms gave way to equal rights for all races. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, there are many acts of courage that reflect modern-day events with others standing up for what they…

Do you typically trust news providers to display the most truthful and up to date facts and details regarding current events? Deceitful, new providers and the media, in general, lie to the public all the time. With slanted and biased opinions, the mass media affects how the public views important events. These lies help media outlets make money and tilt the public opinion in their favor. Mainstream media lies to the general public and slants truth in order to make profit, often by twisting…

something like that we would be ridiculed for it. When asked what should be done about the issues about diversity in my career field specifically I could only go off what I knew, which was not a lot, and my answer was coming from an uneducated and ignorant person. Another thing I was not seeing clearly was poverty and the effects of it to not only students but every person that was in contact with it. I often thought to myself your life is what you make…

the “Hundred Schools of Thought.” Each intellectual way of thinking had one goal and that was to bring peace to the Warring States and unify all of China. Confucianism tried to take a very peaceful way of ending the war by making the people believe that one should follow a strict moral code. This moral code is called the ‘Junzi” or the “The Gentlemen.” The junzi was meant to have men act good towards one another by insuring that it was the only way to be successful. But what if Confucius was not…

financially daily. According to Merriam Webster’s online dictionary, the word debt is defined “as a duty or obligation to pay money under an express or implied agreement”. Even though some people think building a great credit score is rewarding, it has only caused significant amount of grief, because of various types of consumer debt. Debt originates from a person 's over excursion of spending money. Individuals who are in debt are considered slaves, most of the income they bring in goes…

in many different ways. Some Jews died from guns others died from gasses. Other Jews died from different types of diseases. There are many different ways Jews died during World War II but some of the Jews escaped after they realized that they were going to die. The article “United States” tells us lot of ways Jews died. 725,000 of the “Jews” that died did not actually believe in anything the Jews believed, but were considered Jews by the Nazis (“United States”). One of the ways Jews died was…

influenced the ways the characters had to grow up. James specifically, has more serious effects due to…

class of the day and It was the only class I had with Sweet pea. Then we got released for lunch half way through class. Everyone rushed out of the room but I waited for the herd to disappear I looked around noticing that there was only me, The teacher and Sweet pea and it was dead silent between the three of us. When the crowd was gone Sweet pea and I walked out of the room. He looked down at me with a blank stare it felt like he was looking through me. I looked back up at him because I knew he…

said “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” True success was found by these three artists Logic, Fat Joe, and Journey. All these songs were produced from 1981 - 2016. The songs “Don’t Stop Believing,” “All The Way Up,” and “Intro” all describe success as Inspirational, achievable, and hard to earn. Logic’s song “Intro” describes how true success is hard earned. Logic says, “Maybe / if I go / platinum / they’ll remember me then.” Logic is saying if he was…

he never gave up the fight for equality and was so encouraging, his fight for freedom still lived after his death Being kind hearted means having a kind and sympathetic nature. Dr. Martin Luther King was this type of man. He had several peaceful protests and encouraged others to do the same. He protested in ways like, the bus boycott, and when some students decided…