World Heritage Site

for we are now all connected throughout the world in one way or another. An individual can pick up this small 6.7 square inch piece of plastic, place their thumb on a button to unlock it, tap digit buttons displayed on the screen, and talk to someone on the other side of the globe. This level of communication is not just restricted to phones, but can also be done through computers, iPods, and tablets, and not just audio, but visual as well. The world is now connected communicably through the…

you the world will end on a certain date? There have been numerous times when that statement that was being made turned out to be imprecise. No one can really tell when the end of the world will ever take place. Nobody should be relying on one single news source for this type of information. First of all, according to a 2012 Timeanddate.com news article, many researchers had published articles regarding doomsday on the 21st of December in 2012; everyone was so sure that was the day the world…

“Be the change you wish to see in this world.”-Gandhi. Everyone is capable of helping the world, but it’s up to them to decide whether or not they want to make a difference. The people in Kenya decide to make a change in order to protect their animals and environment. Richard Turere comes up with a solution to not only protect the lions in his village but also the livestock. Wangari Maathai creates the Green Belt Movement an organization who plants tree to help improve people's lives. Kenya bans…

The world is becoming a smaller place and yet more competitive. Someone living in Japan can share ideas with a person across the globe thanks to the internet. Ideas from one part of the world can change events in another part of the world in a moment’s notice. A company in the United States can outsource their manufacturing base to other countries. For example, in Charlotte, NC there used to be many textile factories, but they have moved to other parts of the world. Globalization, has caused a…

it’s said to cause acne; although, I don’t really care for those statements about how I look, because if you really want to know someone or make good friends, you look past looks, and you judge people by personality. Wouldn’t it be nice if the whole world was like that? That is the truth, the whole truth, the unvanquished truth is how Freak would say it. This is similar to the ways of how the characters in the book “Freak The Mighty” are most commonly judged, such as Max, the main character.…

Imagine, step out the front door and people stare. You keep walking all around you gasps. Whispers, people saying your ugly, brute, grotesque. This is Me, a song featured on the soundtrack of the Greatest Showman by Kesha describes the challenges of adaptation. In the movie,a man in New York broke the boundaries of modern circus by adding in deformed talent such as knife toss, rope acrobatics, and juggling. In the movie the character were bullied when they looked different from others. In middle…

Once upon a time in a far away land there lived a noble king and queen, dubbed Verudo and Annabelle. For many years they ruled over the valley of their kingdom, protecting the people from the dangers of the world. However, the queen Annabelle was slain by an evil bandit. Verudo was enraged, and consequently he searched the land that night for something to end his spite and misery. In his search he reached a deep and dank forest, inside which was the home for an evil witch. The witch had been…

What is a hero? A hero is someone that helps somebody or stands up for another person. A hero doesn’t have to be famous. Johnny was just a normal person. Johnny came from a bad background where his parents didn’t care if he came home at night. Johnny father beated him and he still stood up for what was right and he protected his friends. Johnny is the hero of The Outsiders because he saved many people, he protected his friends, he also stood up for what was right, and he risked his life for…

What if one day the internet ceased to exist? In a society that is becoming increasingly dependent on the internet and affiliated technologies, such a scenario may seem like the end of the world. Imagine people without their smartphones, tablets, or computers. With a remarkable lack of face to face interaction and landline phones, communication would plummet to an all-time low. Millions of people would be out of jobs, and millions more would not know how to get to theirs. Many would lose access…

Music has the ability to change a life, and growing up my father exposed me to all sorts of albums as we blasted them in our garage till late in the night. This period of my life showed me how to appreciate any song or album i had landed upon, and to bask in how well an artist could make all these sounds come together in one piece, even if the music wasn't what i was used to. When i took some time to listen to The fourth and newest album, “Starboy.” Immediately after I finished the album I…