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are they to know different? Some children lose parents, siblings, cousins, in these constant fights and are seeking to avenge. Or maybe they have yet to lose someone in the battle, but are simply following their family. In the article “Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die” it gives us a perfect example. It states, “Many [children] followed their relatives or friends. Others lived in a battle zone without open schools, participated in public protests, or had personally suffered at the hand of the…

Today’s citizens often use the motto “United we stand, Divided we fall” in order to advertise unity and cooperation. The slogan was enthused by the words of Abraham Lincoln in his House Divided speech at a Republican Convention in 1858. He expressed in his speech “I do not expect the Union to be dissolved- I do not expect the house to fall- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.” (4) The messages relayed at the convention are used to…

During the fifth week of class Food: The Key Concepts, a book by Warren Belasco, was assigned. As the title suggests, this text is an overview of conflicting and seldom thought of elements of food. Chapter two, “Identity: Are We What We Eat?” discusses the conflicting ideas of identity. The chapter concludes that food is memory and identity, which other people use to create bonds. However, sometimes people do not eat what they are, when they are trying to make a statement. This reminds me of…

Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore grew up in the same area at roughly the same time, but both had very different outcomes in their lives. One of them became a Rhode scholar and the other one ended up with a life sentence in prison. Their lives were very similar while they were young, both grew up in a bad neighborhood and they also did not have fathers. While growing up both were not good in school which bothered one mother, but the other did not care as much. The decision they made ultimately…

Do you believe the ideas in the material we have covered throughout this semester? I will explain why I have the morals that I do. I will reference four examples from thought this semester and explore how my own beliefs relate to our course material. I will use Chapter 7 from the book “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat” by: Hal Herzog. I will also be exploring two of the documentaries one Food, Inc. that was Directed by: Robert Kenner. It was Produced by: Robert Kenner and, Elise…

Formal Essay #1 : We Need to Defend Speech We Hate In the article ‘We Need to Defend Speech We Hate “by Lee Rowland. In today's society we are often faced with hateful speech. On everyday news and media they point out situations on police brutality and violent riots going because of innocent protest that others found offencive . Children of younger generations have no real understanding of what going on today . If our younger generation is taught how to appropriately taught how to exercise…

“United we stand divided we fall” There is a lot going on in the world right now. If you look around you can see division occurring right before your eyes. Races are divided, families are broken, church attendance is decreasing and people are angry. This quote means that if we stand together with unity we can conquer whatever obstacles that may come our way. If we are all divided with our personal agendas we fail and there will be no victory. There are a few movements going on around America.…

… Eating the right food has certainly had a lot to do with it. If you don 't want be constipated, eat the right food.” He focuses on young people, since they are the future of every nation. There is an old saying that says, “We are, what we eat.” Cross highlights this concept by stating that the key to happiness concentrates on eating habits. In short, he believes that a healthy lifestyle leads to a happy and long life. Cross also emphasizes that some people have developed an emotional…

The article I read is titled “Arts Education Matters: We Know, We Measured It”. This article highlights the importance and benefits of kids with knowledge and experience of the arts. They conduced an experiment with a control group that was not taught arts and one that was. The results were that kids exposed to the arts improved in the subject, made them more tolerant and compassionate, and it caused them to use critical thinking skills. Having results like that should make teaching art a…

Marie von Ebner Eschenbach once said, “In youth we learn; in age we understand.” I agree with this quote. During youth we learn and experience a lot of our “firsts.” Our first word, first steps, first bully, first fight, first kiss, first relationship, first love and first time. Thus, when we get older we evolve and understand more of what life is and what is expected of you. Though I am merely fifteen years old and haven’t graduated high school yet, I’ve matured and have learned from my…