Toxic

The next moment I realized that the toxic environment was present was the very next day. I overslept and was late to the March to Convocation, but I made it and was at the very end of the parade. I took responsibility for it, but I was told that the entire staff, except Nino, had to go do push-ups at the Clements Center. I was very uncomfortable with this punishment. I am very sensitive about my weight and get really bad anxiety when people watch me attempt to work out. However, because I wanted…

In the CNN article “How Tap Water Became Toxic in Flint, Michigan”, by Sara Ganim and Linh Tran, the write about how water became infected with lead in Flint, Michigan. In 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan, decided to cut the water supply of the city from Lake Huron to The Flint River. The city did this in order for the state to build a new supply line from the lake. When the water started coming in from the river, residents reported that it looked brown. It was discovered that the state DEQ…

reputation of being academic driven, being the top school in our district our students are often under a lot of pressure to do well. They derived a mindset that focused on always receiving a high grade and not enjoying high school for what it is.This toxic mentality can only become detrimental to a student’s psychological health, causing breakdowns and unwanted stress. To alleviate this I joined the Associated Student Body for my high school, I wanted to break school culture and have my peers…

Relationships are a part of life, some are good relationships, and some are toxic relationships. Elane had experienced two different toxic relationships. One with a friend, and one with a boyfriend. Both relationships had mentally drained her. "I can 't believe how stupid I was. I wasted two years of my life, " she said out loud to herself. She thought about how she tried and tried to make her friend, Haleigh, and her boyfriend, Joe, happy. She never got the same in return. Whenever asked,…

White Noise, Don DeLillo’s so called “breakout” as well as noteworthy example of postmodern literature, pitches us through waves of seduction, intellectualism, humor, disaster, and the nature of human violence. The expiration of life accelerates the novel in its intended direction, of acceptance of the finite. Our narrator Jack, places power above everything, and in return is guaranteed protection from death. He duplicates Hitler from his desire of confidentiality from expiry, which in his…

effects. The effects were way worse back then, then they are now. The elephant's foot is a very scary thing. After the tragedy of Chernobyl, a toxic lump of radiation was found. Even though it happened over 30 years ago the elephant's foot is still lethal and it will be for 50,000 more years. The elephant’s foot was given the name “the most toxic thing in the world” and was named by the workers who found it. Every attempt and every picture that was taken was not safe.When more and more…

Your Toxic Beauty Regime Kiara Ventura’s “Your Toxic Beauty Regime” gives us insight on the beauty industry and the products that they sell are harmful. These beauty industries are putting harmful chemicals in the products to sell to the masses and doesnt care if it kills them. So, we as consumers need to be aware of indgredients used in our beauty routine to protect ourselves. Ventura’s main argument in this essay is to make us readers aware of everday items we use for personal hygiene. She…

Committee: Representative of Agriculture Topic: Lake Erie’s Toxic Algal Bloom Name: Violet Landrum “Nobody adores fertilizer. Nobody devotes their life to fertilizer (unless they own a fertilizer company). But, you need it to grow the crops. The land is arid and dry without it, and trying to grow things is likely to be futile.” - Shellen Lubin. According to a paper written in Science, the ocean has lost roughly 77 billion tons of oxygen in the last 50 years, being up to nearly 2% of its waters…

Lustig’s “toxic sugar” theory because they claim Lustig took an extreme position and easily captivated audiences by declaring fructose to be evil. Three main criticisms from David Katz and other nonbelievers are that Dr. Lustig is not qualified enough to make such…

a reputation for a “toxic” community; that is, its players are known for their negative comments that can induce a feeling of anger, tension, and/or annoyance in other players. That being said, why are these players so antagonistic? Does the reputation that the League of Legends community has earned fairly represent the entire community as a whole? Surely there cannot be 67 million toxic players if the game is so widely popular. To begin, what exactly is a toxic player or toxic comment? In the…