You Only Live Twice

from earlier eras (pre-digital/audio/visual media) to our present day? Do you think we read differently now than we did in prior generations? I think that reading has definitely been put on the back burner in today’s society. People pay more attention to social media and the latest games more than they do reading. This is due to the increased technology year after year. When I was a kid we went to our public library twice a week to check out books and would go home and sit reading for hours and…

explains the ways how uniforms take away creativity and self expression. According to the text, ”First of all, the most obvious point against uniforms is that they restrict self-expression. We live in a dynamic society, full of unique characters that make our world a spontaneous one. Cutting that off at a young age only stifles creativity and encourages conformity. We want to encourage our children to be expressive and to think outside the box. Forcing them to wear ugly gray sweater vests and…

even bring about long-term remission. This is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease taking away people’s lives nowadays. While several relative have this type of disease I am going to interview my closest aunt. My aunt Carmen is 56 years of age, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when she was fifteen. My aunt has been dealing with this disease for forty years and has managed to live a healthy lifestyle. I asked my aunt what were the signs and symptoms she had before she was diagnosed…

Thinking twice about the choices we make is a wise decision because our choice can affect the rest of our life forever. In the book “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir lives in fancy house with a his best friend Hassan, who is also his servant. Amir and Hassan live their days by doing mischievous things. Hassan would do anything and everything for Amir. “For you a thousand times over!” (Hosseini 67). Khaled Hosseini reminds us that somebody who loves and is devoted to…

carefree approach to “no texting laws” since they know the punishment is less than drunk driving. If the punishment was equal a person would think twice before texting behind the wheel. Texting and driving is just as bad as driving intoxicated because either way you are not paying attention to the road and if you kill or injure someone it doesn’t matter if you were texting or drunk. When you’re intoxicated your reaction time is slower. This can be compared to a distracted driver taking his…

Dogs have been in our lives for centuries. Since the first domesticated wolf to help man back in the B.C. times. Nowadays we focus more on the breed though, rather than the overall purpose of a dog, which is now for a companion. But which breed is the perfect one for you. By comparing the 2 two of the most popular dogs in America, the Husky and Golden Retriever, judging them on overall energy, necessities, and loyalty, we will see which is the superior canine.The energy of any dog can be…

According to research by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, women are more apt to give and give more than their male counterparts. This research is black and white evidence why you should be targeting your efforts towards women when it comes to nonprofit donations. Statistics on Women’s Propensity to Give: Women in the baby boomer generation give 89 percent more to charity than men in the same age group. Women who are within the…

Today it is now thought by many people that if you have a great job with great pay you will succeed in life. In some cases that may be true, but is that person really happy doing what they are doing. Today's society is based on what someone does for a living. A lot of people think about people who work mundane jobs and how they can do that every day. But the question is does that person take pride in what they do, whether they are a pig farmer or a major brain surgeon. Some people would look at…

responsibility for…..will lose their lives” As FDR states innocent lives are being taken and they have no involvement in all this. They could have at least scared the Japanese and used another alternative. As shown in document L, “Critics of Truman’s decision to Use Atomic Weapons” “Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped.” If you compare the US to Japan it is obvious that the US could take down Japan any day. The US didn’t even think twice before dropping this…

with people in every aspect of our lives. These interactions could help us move up or down the social groups that we affiliate with, and improve our standards of living. My interpretation of intersectionality is that it affects relations between all manner of individuals and how they identify themselves. Whether you are black, white, or other, and whatever gender you may affiliate with, Intersectionality allows for assimilation of all of the characters that you may play. It also refers back to…