World of Wonders

Habitat for Humanity's Mission to Make Changes World Wide As I think about how thankful I am to live in such a great community and home with a great family it makes me wonder about those who are not as lucky. According to the Habitat website the About us article tells us that “There are nearly 2 billion people around the world who live in slum housing and more than 100 million are homeless”(About Habitat for Humanity). More than five million families are living in a home that was either built…

Flatland Can you imagine the world as a flat surface filled with a bunch of shapes? In Flatland Edwin Abbott describes the world as “a flat sheet of paper on which straight lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and other figures make up the space we live in today” (Abbott). This book can help teach students geometry in everyday life, and give good examples of things we would not think of as something we would learn in geometry. The book also gives us examples of how words can change…

mistakenly misunderstood and confused with immigrants. A refugee is a person who leaves his/her country out of fear seeking a better life. In the article, “A Syrian Refugee Story”, by Alex Altman, he informs people first hand as to what and who the world do not pay attention and the troubles people have to seek and live through just to escape their homeland nightmare. In doing so, he using the story about a refugee, Faez al Sharaa, as an appeal to emotions through testimonial evidence as well as…

cease to fascinate me. I find people who have a thorough understanding in two or more subjects highly interesting. They are able to see things with more than one approach, like using two different lenses to see the world, red and blue for example. Through those lenses you can see the world “protruding”. Most people will find it odd how one can be an expert in conflicting topics. Philosophy is infamously known to be often frowned-upon by scientists. Feynman is the living proof that two of the…

Donald Trump? Hillary Clinton? Plane? These are only a few of the many thoughts racing through my mind. When I got an email from Mr.Pergament, i’ll be honest, I was worried I got into some trouble. However, after I read the entire email I was thrilled. I have never been in Washington DC, let alone an airplane! One thing troubled me, though. Money. I was worried, I already planned on using my Rowland grant for the Morocco trip. Money has always been a struggle with my family, I was usually the…

With and without hope, full and empty of the sea from space. For eons, we lived far deep in the depths of the ocean hidden away from the outside world. It is a sacred place to live at the time where believing something impossible can never be forgotten from all stories that were told about my home. My home that has sunk to the bottom of the ocean and now my people struggle to survive for many eons that go by quickly. It is a good thing to know at least for now some of us has survived the longest…

Introduction Almost half the world - over three billion people - live on less than $2.50 a day. Poverty affects so many people, and the aid that we provide is seemingly ineffective. People around the world struggle with supplying basic needs to their families, while others live with rich luxuries and live oblivious to the situation. The issue is ignored and tossed aside, people claiming that there is no way to fix the problem, or that they have tried and gotten no results. Poverty is a very…

who created Digital Nation, a documentary that examines how technology influences people's daily lives and how it impacts them, visit Manhattan, VA, to meet a soldier who is getting treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. By using the virtual world and making the patient play like he is in an actual war, they help tone down his stress level. As time goes on "their brain is able to say, OK, this is uncomfortable, this is unpleasant,…

knows of him. And she denies it. But I know he’s there. I’ve always had aspirations; they’ve simply changed over time. Today, the very day of my inauguration, I think of how everyone deserves to be like me. To feel the way that I do. I can’t help but wonder what it’s like to be just…

Natural Life Humans are only known to exist upon Earth. From the beginning of time, life has evolved upon our planet. The vast Oceans of our world were only known as one. The lands came to exist among this ocean, further dividing it until there were not one but seven Oceans. It is from these expanses of water that life came to be upon Earth. From the sea, they evolved and thrived upon land. Their lives are dependent upon surviving nature. Their abilities to live within nature upon Earth are…