Winston Churchill

Change is inevitable, it is a universal constant that everything in our world is subject to. And so long as change is in the right direction, in the words of Winston Churchill, “there is nothing wrong with change… to improve is to change”. As of 2015, four of the fifty states have legalized the purchase of marijuana and many states have been heading toward this direction by decriminalizing the small possession and use of the drug by severely reducing the penalties to small fines. US law is…

To what extent did the aerial forces of the First World War impact the course of the war and its outcome? “The day has passed when armies on the ground or navies on the sea can be the arbiter of a nation's destiny in war. The main power of defense and the power of initiative against an enemy has passed to the air.” -Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. November, 1918. The Italo-Turkish war, which lasted from 1911-12 and was predominantly fought in Libya, was the first recorded event of a bomb…

Fluoride is one of the most toxic substances known to humans. The substance is made up of a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine. You may have heard of this toxic acid, that is because it is commonly used at dentist offices. Fluoride is used by dentists to clean bacteria off your teeth and reduce tooth decay. Studies have shown that for years, the government has been poisoning the public water supply without citizens explicit consent. Many are convinced…

The war I decided to do research on is World War 2. This World War was very important period in the 20th century because new technology, weapons, women’s rights, and programs to explore outer space were all developed because of the war. Many historians have different opinions of when WW2 started because right after WW1 the battles continued on between nations. The years between the first and second World Wars were a time of instability because throughout the world there was a Great Depression…

What is a Hero? “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”- Batman. According to dictionary.com, an online source, stated that a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A hero is not someone who is selfish, scared to do anything including in becoming a leader, and someone who is scared to stand up and fight for what they believe in. There are many different definitions of a hero. People have different…

David Wen 0277- Theory of Knowledge Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School B. Patton 21-01-2015 Reasoning with Imagination topic #1: Compare the roles played by reason and imagination in at least two areas of knowledge To what extent does reason require imagination? In the field of epistemology, the roles played by reason versus those played by imagination have been controversial. Reasoning is the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way whereas imagination is the faculty…

Optimism During Conflict Winston Churchill once said, “The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible”. Every day is a choice, and being optimistic is the finest one to make. Louise in “Dear Miss Breed” by Joanne Oppenheim finds ways to stay upbeat in rough times far from home, and Anne Frank in “The Diary Of Anne Frank” by Anne Frank is also looking sunnyside-up while hidden from the Nazis. Even though positivity doesn’t always have the results…

a “Symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe.” This division was seen as a separation between the East and the West though Winston Churchill's eyes. This is evident In Churchill's iconic “Iron Curtain speech,” which states "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Churchill believed that the Iron Curtain obstructed and impeded western eyes from influencing the east. The United States had a strong fear of the…

Recently, many colleges were faced a lot of criticisms about binge drinking among who agrees and disagrees. Binge drinking is a dialectic problem because some people look at it as a unimportant problem whereas others look at it as a big problem that needs to be solved. Harvard Professor Henry Wechsler, in his article (1997) " Binge Drinking Must be Stopped " discusses that binge drinking is a serious problem that affects college students and some students have died. Wechsler supports his claim…

One of these devices is anaphora. This was used in his cited quotation from Winston Churchill reading “We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans…” this gives off a very persuasive feel. Repetition is also used in King’s letter in paragraph thirteen where he says…