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Chess is a game that is known worldwide. According to FIDE World Chess Federation, over 160 countries are registered to be part of the FIDE. Chess is a game that is all about strategy and thinking ahead to plan out the best way to beat the opponent. Within the HBO T.V. series The Wire by David Simon, chess is used as a comparison to drug dealing, or as referenced in the series, “the game”. Just like chess, drug dealing, as portrayed in the series, is also all about strategy and planning ahead.…

The popular fast food chain, McDonald’s, tends to carry a negative connotation to many people, but Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation addresses how fast food has been “a revolutionary force in American life” (3). “Vintage McDonald's,” “New Dad,” “Grandmother and Granddaughter,” “Cha-Cha Slide,” and “Spiderman” are all examples of commercials that McDonald’s uses to show situations that are contradictory to the negative opinions of many. In the commercials McDonald’s wants to show families that…

what is homeschooling exactly? Homeschooling is education provided by the parents or a teaching software in the comfort of their own Home. In this speech I will be supporting homeschooling due to its many advantages and personal preference. Most of y'all must be wondering if homeschooling facilities are expensive?Yes the equipment and the teaching software might be a bit on the high end but from my perspective quality…

S. E. Hinton wrote the novel The Outsiders to present a complex theme that her characters have to deal with. She portrays an environment where characters created happiness for themselves but then have it destroyed by an action of grief. Throughout the book when one of the characters experienced joy there would also come pain. For example there was a character named Bob in The Outsiders that brought Cherry Valance comfort but when Bob died a great distress came over her which causes her to learn…

The face of a little boy, bright eyed, innocent, and full of energy popped through an empty window shouting out “what y’all doing in there?” and it was at this moment that Josh Whitlock’s life changed forever. On a mission to bring light to a neighborhood with a history of so much darkness, Josh Whitlock, along with a group of dedicated and committed members of his church were working diligently to restore a building in one of the worst neighborhoods in Columbia Marvin was his name, a native to…

As a young girl at the age of 16 I had it tough. My mom was a drug addict and my dad wasn’t in the picture and maybe nowhere to be found. As the oldest I had to step up and take care of myself and 2 siblings, it was rough but I managed. Being in high school and having to take care of adult responsibilities such as waking up early enough to dress and feed all three of us and get to school on time. As my English teacher says the early bird gets the worm. With that said i have to be as early as…

Dialects differ depending on cultures. Depending on where you 're from and where you 've lived in the United States, you probably say things a little differently than people from other parts of the country. Josh Katz created a dialect quiz called “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk” which became popular at one of the nation’s prestigious news page. Josh Katz dialect quiz was based on data from the Harvard Dialect Survey conducted by Bert Vaux and Scott Golder. Josh Katz narrowed 122 questions…

A Move to the South The loud noises of car screeching to a stop, train horn blaring, or police sirens flaring. The typical big city noises that everywhere gets woken up to at night was about to come to an end. North is very different from the South, so trying to adapt would be harder than I ever imagine. It was the summer after 2nd grade, so I was 8 years old. Everything in my house was in boxes, I had no clue what was going on. I was awakened early one morning in August; everything in my room…

The season four of The Wire, focuses on many things in and out of school such as family issues and the different ways the kids could get a proper education. In the show, many middle school students are placed in Roland Pryzbylewski’s math class. The class is always filled with most of the students being disrespectful and interrupting Prez while he is trying to educate the students. Later on in the season, Howard “Bunny” Colvin, a retired commander for the Baltimore Police Department and Dr.…

In 2017, Dieuson Octave, commonly known by his stage name “ Kodak Black” released his album “ Project Baby 2: All Grown Up”. This album is a reboot of his breakout tape “ Project Baby”. Just like the title of the album indicates, “Project Baby 2” is about growth, the aftermath of the trials and tribulations that Kodak faced growing up in the projects in Pompano Beach, Florida. In a tracklist fully dominated by melodic songs, the highly lyrical and meaningful verses on Versatile stands out to…