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We Are What We Eat? Jeremy Seifert is the creator and director of GMO: OMG, a documentary that raises public awareness about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMOs are most commonly used in reference to crop plants created for human or animal consumption. Today over eighty percent of all processed foods on our grocery store shelves have GMOs in them. Seifert takes to the streets, randomly asking people what they know about GMOs. No one he asked knew what GMOs were. Food is one of the…

We Are What We Believe The definition of a hero is one who is admired or idealized for courage, outgoing achievements, or noble qualities. Everyone is their own hero. However, we all have a specific person that we look up to. I admire my boyfriend, Christoffer, as he inspires me to keep moving forward. I look up to him is because he 's smart, strong, and exceedingly determined. Knowledge is the best thing that one could be blessed with. The opportunity to go further starts getting harder as…

There is a saying “what we think, we become”. In many ways it is proven by Arn Langner, who refuse to become sick despite his age, building up health issues, lost of the spouse, and probably some other issues not mentioned in the film (Colmers & Christensen, 2010). Instead of thinking about the illness, Arn is performing tasks that make up his days–cooking, exercise, running tasks for a neighbor, planting trees, feeding horses, etc. Arn seems to be molding his days into what he wants them to be.…

“We are so caught up in the myths of the best and brightest and the self made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth” (Gladwell 268). People believe that outliers come from nowhere, as if they have risen up from the earth. However, people also believe that dedication and talent create outliers. The truth is that what one is born into is what defines an individual. One’s social background forms the type of person you are and is what can define an outlier, one who stands apart from…

Discussion Think about the second chances given to both Wes Moores. Why did the author become a Rhodes Scholar while the other Wes Moore has a life sentence in prison? A person could have all the chances in the world to make their life better; however, those chances will always go to waste if they don’t do anything to change their behavior. The novel, The Other Wes Moore, is about two boys with the same name and same beginning, but very different outcomes. While both lived in poverty-ridden…

We, as American Citizens are lucky enough to be able to say we live in a free society. Depending on how a person handles him or herself resistance to laws can be either an amazing way to stand up for what you believe in, or it could be something that makes Americans turn their backs to on another. For example, in 1913, the civil rights activist, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white man. She did this without yelling, starting fires, or causing physical pain on anybody. She did…

After reading “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore I can understand what he means when he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine, the tragedy is that my story could have been his”. This is about two men who each had their own struggle growing up but one was able to succeed in life while the other is facing a life sentence behind bars. Wes Moore could have had a similar life as the other Wes Moore if his mother would have just given up on him. Credit should not be given…

The “We Care We Share” service initiative was conceived in the spring of 2012, in a youth group meeting between several of my friends and I. We meet once a month to prepare hot food, often pasta or chili, and travel to homeless shelters in the city to serve the needy. In late November, we make winter care packages and distribute them to the homeless, providing them with supplies that would help them bear the cold, such as scarves and gloves. Being one of the founding members of this initiative,…

In the story “What we Plant, We Eat” you meet two brothers who go through a death and have to eventually forgive each…

We are what we eat. The most common expression that no one seems to understand the real meaning behind it. When people think about this saying, the first thing that comes to mind is do not eat that cheeseburger because you are what you eat. If you eat not healthy food therefore you are not healthy. This idea ties into what we have learned throughout the semester, what we eat makes us up. The food that we eat not only makes us up but it tells others about our culture, religion, gender, and…