Worlds of Fun

At the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony president Obama made a speech, while giving Degeneres her Presidential Medal of Freedom award. "’Ellen has shown us that a single individual can make the world a more fun, more open, more loving place,’ said President Obama at the ceremony. ‘She reminds us to be kind to one another’" (Bried). Moreover, this is something that has became a kind of catch phrase at the end of each of her talk shows. Later in his speech…

We live in a world that you never have to leave your house, you can order in, talk to friends, and go shopping without ever leaving your couch. Each time we have a spare moment we stop and retrieve our cell phones and computers and enter a virtual reality. Although this is not a bad thing, in a world where you do not have to go outside, we often forget to take the time to go outside and take advantage of what mother nature has to offer. From the time we are kids are parents would tell us that we…

This may seem vague or even common sense, but I believe there is nothing more important in the world than the decisions we make. Every day there are billions of decisions being made that all effect one another and everything around them, deciding what will happen to the Earth. Every decision is important and can decide the fate of the world, such as the decision of a British soldier named Henry Tandey in World War I. His one small decision to be humane and spare a German soldier, a young Adolf…

right path,there was no one that she could lean on,there was no one to fix her broken heart.Mary left five full journals of letters,and stories to explain why she decided that it was time for the pain and agony to stop.It was time to show the world how cruel it is,and what cruel things it causes people to do.Mary's last letter was to her parents,”Dear Mom and Dad,I wish you could have been there more often,I wish i could have had…

left the country? Is it possible to truly know about other parts of the world without first travelling there? Sure, cultures and people and places can be studied, but can you really understand it if you haven’t seen and experienced it? Because Puss, in Angela Carter’s “Puss-in-Boots” believes that he is a cosmopolitan, but never shows any signs of having ever left Italy. Without any doubt, Puss is knowledgeable about the world around him. He references operas, places, dances, architecture,…

Technology and Sports We all know that technology plays a major role in sports. If it weren’t for new inventions and innovative ideas, the sports that we know of wouldn’t exist. If it weren’t for technology, we wouldn’t have the instant replay, the headset for coaches to throw, or even the wireless microphone for referees to mix up their words on. When you think of the word “technology”, and the word “sports”, you might think of two completely different things. However, the new…

After going through my notes, I found the seven concepts that stood out to me the most. The following are, Race is a social construct, “Life is always fixable”, the three steps to making a video go viral, Be Brief, Be Bright, Be Gone, RPIE, “Make the world a better place”, and The Five Levels of Leadership. The following concepts are already concepts I use in my everyday life and others and the others I plan on taking with me into my future. To begin, the concept of race. Race is a social…

and finds out she has a half-sister named Alexa from finding her on this website for donor kids. Jenny Fitzgerald, the protagonist of The Other Half of Me by Emily Franklin and I are alike in many ways. We both share the same view of the world, are viewed by the world in similar ways and I would response in a…

calling stores such as Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, etc to give your product a whole shelf in view to the general public. Overtime, that can result in a lot of sales. But the shark tank obviously isn't a charity tank which gives away money just for the fun of…

astonishing characteristics. One characteristic that Jackie Robinson was best known for was his perseverance. Since Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to play in the major league, he got a ton of hate from baseball fans all around the world. Sometimes, people would come to Brooklyn just to shout and throw stuff at Robinson. People called him terrible names, harassed him verbally, and even threatened him and his family. After all that, he still never gave up on his dream of…