The Wayside

ago could work now. While a veteran on the team might not make the suggestion because they know it did not work in the past, the new member may not have knowledge of the previous failure and could bring an idea up that otherwise would go by the wayside. However, it is important for the team to not forget the failures of the past in this case to make sure that they incorporate what they learned previously if they were to try an idea…

Poverty and Parental Neglect Sydney Blevins American Public University Abstract Neglect, whether intentional or unintentional can be the downfall of children who are developing in impoverished circumstances. While some parents are simply not able to provide due to unemployment or underemployment, many unwanted children are neglected because their parent did not have the means to prevent them from being born. Overall, children who are neglected socially tend to be less fulfilled as…

Ceres rebellion towards King Pluto’s actions caused an outbreak amice the mortals. They pleaded for the intervention of other gods. Quicksilver or Hermes, who is regarded for his lighting fast pace, small cloak, winged cap and shoes, and rude staff, was told to go persuade King Pluto in letting Proserpina be reunited with her mother. King Pluto was still oblivious to what transpired with Ceres and Quicksilver. He had absolutely no clue that Quicksilver was observing him. As King Pluto was…

As Julius Caesar stood with his legions on the edge of the Rubicon River, the traditional divide between Italy and the uncivilized rest of the world, he had a monumental choice to make. Should he obey the will of the Senate and return to Rome without his legions where he would face the certain wrath of his political enemies who wished to destroy him, or should he cross into Italy with his legions and deal with his enemies by strength of arms? “The die is cast” was Caesar’s answer as he marched…

Annotated Bibliography by Shannon Parker. Carr, H. Edward. What is history? (Vintage, 1967) This book is based on the George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures held in Cambridge University on January-March 1961. It is a study focusing on the questions that enshroud the pursuit of history and a Historians job. The heart of this book is the analysis of studying history, the approaches taken upon that task, and how they have changed throughout the centuries. It asks important questions, what is cause…

The multitude of hikers I experienced the first few days quickly gave way to isolation, as the vast majority who began at the same time, quickly fell to the wayside. Two months in, with four months to go, I had finally found the time for self-contemplation which I had so eagerly sought. These were the toughest months of my life. Every day I would wake up alone, I would travel alone, eat alone, and sleep alone…

instance, just as each part of a stapler helps it function, each word of Frost’s poem has an important role in contributing to the meaning of the literature. Towards the end of the poem, Frost asks “what has that flower to do with being white, the wayside blue and innocent heal-all?” (Frost, 9-10). By describing the flower as “innocent,” Frost implies that the flower had no power in deciding what color it is. Here, by using the word “innocent” Frost brings up a question: if the flower didn’t…

Having my spot close to the finish of the line, I looked apprehensively at the several individuals holding up before me. What had I gotten myself into? My psyche dashed, endeavoring to consider reasons to leave as I spent each moment agonizing over how cumbersome I may feel, how I don't know how to move, and how awkward the entire night would be. Before I knew it, the finish of the line turned into the start, and my turn arrived. "Jerrious," I heard a lady say. "This is Isabella. She will be…

limited options his mother ended up pursuing the more…frowned upon lines of work, such as prostitution. He’d barely hit the age of four when another bouncing bundle of joy entered their meager abode yet that was the start of his childhood going by the wayside. While the baby had appeared cute and mystifying at first glance the tides soon changed to show just how needy little one’s were. With an absent mother drifting in and out there was no choice but to make do. Mistakes were made yet Rithisak…

Right now in classrooms across the world, there are millions of high school students sluggishly dragging down the halls and dozing off during lectures. The question is: why are they so sleepy? Because these students are often troubled by demanding social lives, family commitments, extracurricular activities and extreme amounts of schoolwork, they commonly do not get adequate sleep at night. For most, it would be a mixture of these problems that cause them to lose rest. On the other hand, some…