The Wayside

For the duration of human civilization, women have been seen as the underlings of men, forced to maintain unrealistic expectations in order to please their alleged superiors. In medieval times, women were viewed as a source of reproduction and had no rights or independence. As society progressed into modern times, women gained some value as members of the community, but were extremely limited in many aspects of their lives. In the late nineteen-fifties, women were pressured into conforming to…

On Tuesday, September 8th, I had the pleasure of visiting the Museum of Tolerance as part of my clinical rotation for Community Health Nursing Laboratory. While I have previously visited the Museum of Tolerance, attending the museum in this stage of my nursing education contributed to an altogether new experience. Bringing the mindset of a community health nurse to this exhibit led me to question how the ethical role of the community health nurse should look in times of sociopolitical injustice.…

Whenever there are times of great trial, everyone has their own rallying point. These tend to be unique—to a culture, a person, a religion—but they all serve the same purpose. They are what the person or group defines as their most fundamentally important characteristic—what makes them different from those around them. For the people of the United States, one of these points is at the very inception of the country: The Declaration of Independence. Within the first several lines there exists an…

In this day and age, it’s difficult for sex to not be a main topic of focus, because it is everywhere. It’s on the cover of magazines, in movies and television, on billboards, the internet (especially the internet). It’s commonplace to the point most of us don’t even bat an eyelid, and within this (relatively) recently sexualized society, non traditional sex is becoming increasingly popular. Threesomes and group sex, anonymous hookups, BDSM, none of it has really been popular, or openly…

Scott Fitzgerald uses the color red to represent death, violence or some type of wealth. This color shows up when Nick Carraway left Daisy’s house. “ … ‘in front of wayside garages, where new red gas-pumps sat out in pools of light’ … Here red represents the blood of Myrtle Wilson who was murdered in front of the gas station” (Haibing). Once again red is shown to be a major symbol for violence as well as death. F. Scott…

As a child, I never truly liked school. I was absolutely great at it. I remember being the quickest learner in class, because learning came to me easily. So I thought anyway. Fast forward through some of the awkward years of social development, which I didn’t have much of up until high school, to my freshman year. I finally found something I enjoyed pouring my time and effort into, NJROTC, or the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp. I loved the order, the discipline, and the authority. I…

For decades the War on Poverty has been a debate area that every president running for office has used as an election tactic, especially democrats. Republican voters are usually Caucasian, upper class, and in higher positioned occupations; while those voting democratic are typically minorities fighting to stay at or above the poverty line. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was the first politician to use the term War on Poverty during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This was…

Modern Societies Doom without Space Exploration The world without NASA, also known as National Aeronautics and Space Administration, innovation would be a bleak world indeed. Think of all the modern technologies that you use every day without thinking twice about it. Now, imagine them gone! What would our modern society look like? Technologies like power tools, cell phones, modern computer processors, and microwaves are just some of the many contributions that NASA brought to us. Still, there…

Professor Lisa Led-Aguilar English 124 American Dreams of Avarice `Often people become mislead by their desire for wealth, enchanted by the idea of the American Dream. Americans often lay morality by the wayside in the pursuit thereof. What is this American Dream, and what is this “money” that rests at its heart. Is it a mere social construct? Based on the amount of “money” one acquire’s, the overall experience of life can be re-rooted, causing many to do the unimaginable (Kasser, 1996).…

Wiesel’s Father-Son Relationship Replacing His Faith In concentration camps during World War II, relationships were often torn apart. When arriving in the camps, family relationships were often disregarded with half of a family going straight to the crematories. Whatever sort of relation could be salvaged was clung to, even when letting go was the best option. In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel, prolific author and Nobel Peace Prize winner, recounts his relationships with his god, which was the…