Veganism

When i first entered this course i expected it to be as hard as a college class. What i did find out was that it was much more streamlined and functioned as a class on how to manage your time and deal with big projects. I was really efficient in writing and being creative in my papers but not so much when it came to research papers. We mostly wrote research papers in this class so instead of using my strength in creativity i mostly had to do research and be genuinely interested in the topic i…

Abstract One of the most important factors in life is health. Health contributes to our overall well-being and lifestyle. There are so many benefits to having a healthy lifestyle. Living a healthy lifestyle is the first step to lower the risk of attaining a weight or health related disease. Not all diseases are preventable, but a large proportion of diseases, like heart disease and diabetes, can be avoided. Avoiding disease is not the only benefit of living a healthy lifestyle. Living a…

Introduction Modern homesteading, also known as the back-to-the-land movement or self sufficient living, is made up of a community of people seeking independence through small scale independent farming, food preservation, and crafting. The above-mentioned were the “modern worker, who dependent on wage or salary, lodged in city flat or closely built-up suburb and held to the daily grind by family demands or other complicating circumstances, has watched for a chance to escape the cramping…

What is normal? Is it what is most common, what we see the most often, what others tell us is so, what we feel is right? However we define our normality, Charles Simic often aims to disturb it with his poetry, defamiliarizing ‘normal’ objects and practices. Karen Volkman calls him “a laureate of our disquiet” (52), eyes narrowing in on the slightest, most contradictory nuances of American society. She claims that Simic “speak[s] to the uncanniness and latent violence of…provincial American…

It is a child’s purpose to learn and to grow accordingly to what they have to learn from. Should a child be protected and sheltered at every obstacle then they will grow strong and tall believing that they can do anything in the world. On the other hand, if a child must brave each obstacle alone, then they will struggle at first, but flourish in the end. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime,” this well-known quote doesn’t just…

The Million-Dollar Monopoly Tournament Ginny chooses to play as the thimble for the monopoly game. A thimble is a small hard cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle for sewing. The most obvious representation for this device is protection, something Ginny desperately desires. She wants to be protected from the unfamiliar outside world and her secrets. While Ginny has never really left the family farm, her life has been filled with numerous hardships. Her mother died when…

paranoid schizophrenia and was put on several medications that would be taken for a short time and then abruptly stop. This continued for several years until she started trying different dietary approaches ranging from a protein-rich fad diet to Veganism. Along with this change in diet, Royal used the Orthomolecular approach for her illness, which is similar to the holistic approach that uses vitamins and minerals that are vital to the body. Using this method only gave a partial remedy, but she…