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Mr. Lerner’s book discussed the matters on drunk driving and how they can affect people’s lives. In the summary I found in Collins library as stated in the citation above, he reports factual evidence and statistics to show both sides of people who argue with drunk driving and those who said the problem was, “Exaggerated and overregulated.” The debate continues with both sides stating why and why not they agree and disagree with the matter of people driving drunk. Should they continue regulating…

Clash of Cultural Appreciation Ideals Culture appreciation is a controversial topic in America it is often easily outburst by many different opinions, the different opinions arrive from not having a standard guideline that outlines a common definition of cultural appreciation and how to go about it. In his Article “This is How We Don’t: The Raised Stakes of Cultural Appropriation,” Rex outlines how he views cultural appreciation to be nothing more but stealing one’s identity, he refutes author,…

“Optimistic Nihilism” refers to the idea that life ultimately has no one universal purpose, however instead of feeling helpless, one should strive to use this fact as a reason to enjoy life to the fullest before it’s gone. If one day life must end, then you might as well do what you love in the meantime. Whether or not one ascribes to this philosophy, most can agree that living with little regret and doing what one enjoys is a life well spent. I myself find happiness in helping others—a reality…

Alcoholics Anonymous meting but during the meeting that I witnessed it was no since of mistrust, or unwillingness to share and everyone seemed very safe in the group. It was even like a running joke that I like you guys so much I enjoy spending time with y’all out of Alcoholics Anonymous. With any relationship where you have you be open and honest, a working relationships is needed. As been stated that one person can’t share their entire life story…

The novel, The Watson’s Go to Birmingham, was written by Christopher Paul Curtis. Curtis wrote this novel in 1963. There are two major themes that are portrayed by the author. The two themes are prejudice and discrimination. According to Merriam Webster, prejudice and discrimination are defined as an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc. This book occurs during the time of The Civil Rights Movement. The narrator of the book is Kenny; he is in fourth…

Unjust Systems Sister Helen Prejean, in her book Dead Man Walking, uses statistics, stories of injustice, and her childhood experiences to relate discrimination and poverty in cities like New Orleans to the death penalty: both are unfair systems that need to be reformed. Prejean first demonstrates ethos, using anecdotes of her experiences as a white child in the segregated 1950’s to convince the reader of her understanding of discrimination. After ethos, Prejean uses logos in the form of…

works 2/3 jobs”. This shows that she is comfortable being a “stays at home mother”. She is very strict with your kids and always seems to get on their case about everything. In a episode, she spoke to Drew and Chris angrily, “If I ever catch any of y'all spray painting on anybody's walls I put my foot so hard that's means that you have toes for teeth, GET INSIDE”, after seeing a group of a kids tagging on a wall. This sitcom shows a great example of how women are, to raise their children…

Do any of y’all remember kindergarten? kinder was the time of eating everything edible and not, singing your heart out making peoples ear bleed, dancing like you have worms in your pants and doing art that your parents pretend they love. The best part of kinder was the food the amazing food they serve you for just that one year and then 1-6 they serve you slop like your in a prison. I have so many stories of kinder, like so many you wouldn't believe. Kinder was crazy for me and I want to share…

Lunch break only came too soon. It was a beautiful day outside, much like the days we’ve been having. In the sweltering midday heat, we had nothing to do. My mom and dad were both at work, which left me with my then sixteen year old sister, and ten year old brother. I was only six at the time. At that time, I wouldn’t say we were rich, but we were living pretty comfortably. The air conditioning in our house blew a cool breeze and we sat around, doing absolutely nothing, lying on the couches in…

Everyone has a passion, and some even have more than one passion. Passions are not only a huge influence, but are a way of life. My passion is soccer. Soccer has been one of the biggest influences on my life. Although soccer is a very fun and entertaining sport to play, it also has some downsides, which have unfortunately affected me. It was the fall of 2012, and I played on a select travel soccer team called Tupelo Futbol Club (TFC). Our team was selected to play in a really big tournament in…