We Shall Overcome

Utopia is Creepy and Other Provocations, on the issues of privacy, specifically online privacy. Carr writes that as we go about our everyday lives, browsing online, hiding behind our computers, feeling completely anonymous, we are, however, completely unaware that our information is being collected and stored online. He claims that every keystroke, from typing to the details we provide when we shop online are all gathered and saved to the databases of corporations owning the websites.…

Freddy Krueger was created because of a story that Wes Craven read about in an LA newspaper. The story is of a child that survived the killing fields of Cambodia and made it to the United States. The family made it to the United States and the child continuously told his parents of this creature that would…

We all know someone who loves to eat just about anything. Then again, who doesn’t love a good meal every now and then. However, Wendell Berry seems to think we can’t truly enjoy our meal if we don’t know how our meal arrived to our plates. Berry wrote an essay back in 1989 about the issues within the food industry, and the reasons on why we won’t be able to truly enjoy a meal until the issues are solved. In one of his most famous essays, The Pleasures of Eating, Berry talks about how in 1989…

In the poem “We Real Cool” written by the first African-American to win a Pulitzer for Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks discusses how she came across a group of young men at a pool hall, and what she thought they were feeling. Gwendolyn Brooks does a great job of discussing the issues, which African Americans faced during the time of the poem’s publication in the 1950’s in Chicago. Brooks does so in a clear and concise way that engages the readers by using alliteration, rhyme, and monosyllabic words. So…

Steps to Freedom Nelson Mandela once said, “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again until we reach the mountain tops of our desires.” (BrainyQuote) Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, Nelson Mandela, in his speech, “I Am Prepared to Die,” justifies the wrongful accusations he faced during his law-breaking years to create a racialism free country. Mandela’s purpose is to protect…

Right after the end of his studies as an attorney, he has been involved with the struggle for freedom. To achieve this goal, lots of steps had to be taken, and they were not always successful.He has been an ANC member since the early 1940s, but it is really after the establishment of apartheid that he became more implicated in the struggle. Indeed, in 1949, he participated in massive boycotts and strikes to fight for the freedom. All those actions were non-violent, peace being one of the most…

(Miller 28). This made communication between those working with Mandela much easier and faster. If a member was in trouble, they would alert the others who were a part of the plan and be able to help them. He turned towards violence and created "Umkhonto we sizwe" in 1961, which was a "campaign of sabotage against the government and economic installations were launched" (Miller 28). This campaign was founded in response to the Sharpeville Massacre incident. The Sharpeville Massacre was a…

use disorders, why these impairments that are why they continue into adulthood. We need to go back and understand that it is a disorder of self-regulation, and it’s a qualitative deficit, so that begs the question how far behind is this child? and so the rule that I have taught for years in our clinics, and it remains a very good rule of thumb, is the average ADHD child is 30% behind their age, some are even more, but on average across all ADHD children, it looks to be about 30%, so here’s what…

selected him for the job as they wanted a "young and energetic man" to administer it. Michael was married to a woman named Nancy she is slightly egotistical but is always kind and considerate towards him, “We shall do our best”(188) the wife was always looking up to the modern ways, “We shall have such beautiful gardens and everything will be just modern and delightful….” (188). She was sad for a moment when she found out that all of her husband's colleagues are young and unmarried “she became…

We hear almost every day on the news or on the radio how politicians argue upon correct solutions. What the politicians do, can we as citizens in minor degree effect, but what small steps can each one of us take to stop the climate change? In this contribution to my local newspaper, I am going to reflect upon this…