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Watching movies has become a favorite past time for many people. Especially in small towns where there is not much to do on the weekends or during the week. What it all comes down to is where do you want to watch a movie at? Why not watch a movie at home? Is the theater really your best bet? Why spend time driving to a theater to pay a ton of money on your ticket and a small wimpy bag of popcorn that is too buttery only to end up having to sit behind a loud group of obnoxious people? All of this when you could be in the comfort of your own home watching Netflix with people you actually want to be around and not just that, you could also just drive to your local dollar tree and spend $1 on a box of popcorn with 5 bags in it. It all depends on…

sitting at the table. These two rooms, besides outside were where we spent a majority of our time. My grandma 's house always smelled like coffee, fried foods and whatever she was baking. During the holidays, the smell of chicken and noodles filled the air, along with all the other dishes just completed the perfect tease to get anyone’s stomach to rumble. The aroma of laughter filled the room, everyone loved being together. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas were prodigious, in her tiny two…

A death can be a messy event. Most people do not know that cleaning up after a murder or suicide is the responsibility of the family. They must clean up the blood, body fluids or other reminders that their loved one has passed. For many people, this task is too painful to consider. No one wants to think of their loved one in that state. No one wants their last memory to be like that. Working with a company that offers murder cleanup or suicide cleanup spares grieving family that task.…

wasn’t very enthused. But, actually going with people I enjoyed being around, and seeing that there was a ton to do, I was glad that I could be of service. A couple years ago, when I lived in Midland, TX, we had a thing called Keep Midland Beautiful that I would volunteer at. They would always assign my group to a place where it would take about 20 minutes to pick up, and then we could leave. So, my first impression of this was that it wouldn’t take the two hours assigned and we could leave in…

That being said however, I know I would still give. Right now in my life I don’t have a ton of money to give, so I give my time. I think that as people we are here to help others, and we need to do that. A large part of my belief of this comes from Jesus. He instructed us to give, and not hold on to money, for it can’t bring you happiness. I know that it would be hard, but that if I had a lot of money, I would give. That is what we are called to do, and that is what I have seen my family and…

As I have grown to be the young women that I am today, many events have taken place throughout my life. Such as the Freedom Festival, and the Fish-o-Ramas, I have learned through multiple areas what I would like to be when I grow older and I couldn’t be more proud of it. The Freedom Festival and the Fish-O-Rama I have been to both multiple times in my life. The Freedom Festival lasts about 2 weeks ending with Fourth of July fireworks in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During these two weeks…

The song that played in class on Thursday March 1st was sung buy Johnny Cash. Release in the same year as the stock market crash in 1987, the song 16 Tons is about the struggling constraints in a coal miners’ life. Focused on highlighting the reality of poverty, Cash states that “a mind that a-weak and a back that’s strong”. This is an example of the lack of education that may be a constraint that keeps one in poverty. Thinking on economic terms, poverty is a sever constraint on ones’ ability to…

Often, some of the most important aspects of a culture can be found in the stories told by its people. In ancient Ireland, storytellers would often speak of the ‘gab ton eolchaire,’ which translates into ‘the wave of longing’. The idea of longing for something that can never be attained is not only present in the ancient stories of Ireland, but also in modern Irish literature as well. James Joyce, in his collection of short stories Dubliners, brings the idea of ‘gob ton eolchaire’ into the 19th…

The song "16 Tons" by Johnny Cash tells the story of a poor coal miner who could be considered part of the percentage of Americans who are permanently in poverty– a concept we discussed in class. I make this assumption because Johnny sings that after lifting 16 tons of coal in one day, the miner is simply a day older and “deeper in debt”, and that the miner owes his “soul to the company store”. This suggests that the miners’ debt is growing each day– perhaps a product of debt that is accruing…

The documentary "Half Ton Man" that was shown in nutrition class focus on a man that was so obese that his weight exceed what any doctors have ever seen before. His entire life he had issues with his weight eventually leading him to be stuck in his house for about 7 years. His obese issue became known to the world after he was move from his home to the hospital by breaking the wall of his house. The movie revealed that his life was in danger due to being obese and that he may not live. However,…