A young teenage boy, Kenneth Young of 14 years old, tried under Florida law as an adult. Kenneth was guilty of armed robbery and he was condemned by the court judge to go to life jail. It is shocking to me to hear that children are condemned to die in prison in the United States of America mostly kids of color. Also, it is disappointing that teenagers are being punished much severer than adults. Kenneth Young received four life sentences without parole for armed robberies committed at age…
“I want you to come back with a diploma in your hands”, were the words of my 8th grade science teacher. The class was very boring and ordinary compared to the other classes in my middle school. My teacher, Mr. Febris, was the one who taught the science class for 5th period, but boy was I always the first one out the door when the bell rang. There were times when I would tap my pencil continuously like Britney Spears did in her “Hit Me Baby One More Time” music video. Students used to love when…
Mariscal Why School Should Serve More Food in School Lunches Did you know that 7/10 of teenagers do not feel satisfied, nurtured, and well fed after eating Vanden High School's school lunch? Well, I’m sorry to break it to you, but it’s true. VHS school lunch needs a boost in portioning. Every day I find myself struggling to focus and concentrate due to the lack of sufficient amounts of food. I am positive that numerous other students have the same opinions on the matter. One school…
grateful for that. Not everybody finds something they're good at or love. I have been involved with the chorus department since sixth grade, but i have had a passion for music and singing since a young age of three. I know this because, i have vhs tapes of myself standing on top of tables and grabbing anything close to me to use as a microphone. Growing up i was surrounded by musical influences. My brother, who played…
say, was forced to endure westerns if I wanted to watch television, because my mother was a big western fan. That may be what led to my extreme distaste for them now, having to watch them every day as a child. We still have a collection of John Wayne VHS tapes in a bookcase. After viewing, Once Upon a Time in the West, my opinion of westerns has not changed one bit. The elements in every western are pretty much the same, the country setting with rustic house, tumbleweeds, train engine sounds,…
The year was 1997. Rip Van Winkle is lying in bed and dreading going to work. Rip was pay phone technician with Bellsouth. He was rather lazy so this job suited him perfectly. All he had to do was drive around and repair pay phones and collect the money. Rip had been married for fifteen years. During these fifteen years, he had been bossed around daily by his wife. Today wasn’t any different. His wife, Dame Van Winkle, stormed into the bedroom and demanded that he get up. Rip replied to her in…
Name: Trevor Person #1 who I interviewed: Mrs. Schmidt Person #2 who I interviewed: Michele Directions: Interview 2 people who are 12th grade (seniors in high school) or older. Ask each person the questions listed below. Write their answers below the question. At the bottom of the page, there are questions for YOU, the 5th grade student, to answer. There is no required length to this interview paper, but I will grade you on spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and if I can understand your…
imagination. However, her argument is that technology is beginning to hinder the imagination in students, and the use of literature could eventually wither away, due to the increase of technology. With technology came the advancements in cable television, VHS tapes, and later on, DVDs were introduced alongside with video rental services. If people, especially those who are young, do not include literature in their lives, then the ability to comprehend, imagine, and read could cripple…
Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without the scare factor. Trick-or-treating is fun, getting candy is super sweet, but getting scared tops every quality that encompasses Halloween. There are five Horror movies with the creepiest kids that scare the pants off of us. It's time to get scared and most likely lose some sleep. Do you have your popcorn ready? Sure, Gage Creed is super adorable when he's alive, but afterwards... not so much. In the renown horror movie, Pet Sematary Gage Creed, a young…
on human cellular glycoproteins. Next, viral glycoprotein D, which is associated with glycoprotein H and L, binds a coreceptor, and the viral envelope fuses with the cell membrane, releasing the capsid and tegument into the host. Tegmental protein VHS disassembles cytosolic ribosomes and digests RNA, thwarting host protein production. Cellular microtubules ferry the capsid to nuclear pores where tegmental proteins facilitate the transfer of viral DNA into the cell nucleus. In the nucleus, the…