The Wayside

Even though I do agree with you on the fact that 80’s rock had a tremendous influence on the rainbow of music styles that we have today, there are some facts in your argument that I wish to dispute. First off, rock n’ roll was heavily popular since the 50’s; you had Chubby Checker, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and…of course…Elvis Presley. These artists are the ones that took backstreet-bar blues and turned it into the mainstream media that it is today. Without them, you would not…

Faced with poor working conditions, unionizing was a way to gain something together. Workers felt the need to protect their common interests; better wages, reasonable hours, safer working conditions, and health benefits for families, and some died trying to change America (Falcon, 2003). Unfortunately, employers often fought back with power and money against the union through lawsuits and legislation, but sometimes with an armed mob of mercenaries (Grabianowski). Interestingly, The Pinkerton…

person. At Camp Green Lake, the inmates spend most of their time digging holes that are supposed to be 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. Louis Sachar is the Author of Holes. He is a very good author and is famous for books such as Sideways Stories From Wayside School. The way he entangles the main…

Is it just me or have the rules gone by the wayside. It is a problem for some teachers who are letting students chew gum in class, talk to other classmates during the class time, getting up a walking around without permission, or even messing around the hallways. Student are getting away with a lot of unacceptable behavior. Not only that, I noticed that the dress codes have been loosened. I have seen boys walking around with their pants halfway down their rear-end and girls wearing really tight…

I remember around one year back when I first watched "The Maze Runner", I can whole-heartedly say that I loved it. I thought the acting was spot on, the direction was superb and the writing, surprisingly, close to James Daschner's source material. If you frequent this blog often, you know that I'm an avid reader, you may also know that I loved the novel "The Maze Runner", but you'll also remember my trepediation to continue on with the series, given that the reviews for the remaining novels drop…

today's times. Some of us just grab the bull by the horns and go for what we want, and some of us are more into just dreaming of what can happen if we just put our full mind and effort into what we can accomplish. Dreamers just kind of fall by the way wayside while others make there ideas a reality. People like Susan McGalla who have taken ideas and went fare with them. Susan McGalla is a business and executive consultant from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania known mostly as the former president of…

Dear Governor Bevin, I feel that we have a medical crisis in our great state of Kentucky. This medical crisis is the debilitating and devastating Lyme disease. I have first and second hand experience with Lyme disease. I have had multiple friends contract the illness. As well, I have the illness. It was not recognized when I first presented with symptoms, six years ago. I was told that Lyme disease was not in my state. According to my doctors, it was impossible that I could contract the disease,…

sensitive to another person’s needs is very important in Chinese culture. It is expected that you will respect the other person and treat them well. Their needs are met at each encounter. This is a characteristic that unfortunately has fallen on the wayside in the American culture. Since studying Chinese culture, I do believe that the United States really needs to “tighten up” on their interpersonal skills among each…

articulates the main cause of war by employing the metaphor, “human beings are social animals”. Meaning, Homo sapiens contain DNA that make them feel compassion towards one another. She, however, argues that in war, this genetic makeup is discarded to the wayside in order to correctly execute a mission. In order to minimize the seemingly impossible feat of killing another person, military recruits are training to believe that these acts are highly reputable and acceptable. The writer also…

Chun’hyang brought home the social structure found in Korea during that time period. While the other works were informative and gave good glimpses into the societies of that they represented, Chun’hyang was something I feel passionate about. Even with the happy ending, it made me angry. Other works studied touched me in many ways, but this one actually got a major reaction. I found myself actually wanting to yell. I was irate that such a loyal woman would be tested by her husband. Especially…