Essays 1981 - 2010
this wilderness for wilderness and enjoying the wilderness is for those who have the leisure time and money to travel to such plac...
my expectations were both grand but vague. I was ambitious and I knew that I wanted to go to college, make my family proud, gradua...
simply an introduction: "In 1956 LIFE covered the funeral of Albert Woolson, the Civil Wars last Union soldier. This Memorial Day...
beautiful Daisy Buchanan. His enigmatic behavior and opulent lifestyle are designed to impress Daisy and bring her back into his l...
I have pursued additional readings in this area and believe that the study of ethics is an important component to personal and pro...
what people think of you if youd realize how seldom they do." The mature person is more interested in mercy than justice in...
argument against marijuana legalization. Califano specifically focuses on the issue of marijuana as a gateway drug and cites sta...
not really work for twenty to thirty years. In this we see where he is going with illustrating how attacking the system of the n...
she is seen as pretty and thus she finds "Consummation at last" (Piercy 6). In this poem we see how it is the ideal media image ...
effect was worse due to the number of people who had bought their stock with borrowed money and were forced to liquidate capital t...
as they are today. For example, it was important to note how the GI Bill was an invaluable program for decades; however, I felt i...
occurred, but there are a number of elements that complicate this process. Breach of contract can occur when a verbal or written ...
employer that a potential employee is able to develop a goal -- and to stick to it; which is an important attribute in any job....
of the Moth," and George Orwells "Such, Such Were the Joys," and in American essays like Henry David Thoreaus "Walking," William Z...
from the soil and the sweat of their labor. European society, in contrast, had institutionalized class divisions that kept the ric...
were dashed when his voice began to change; however, an off-hand remark that referred to him as a poet inspired Andersen and he be...
one wearing togas. The people were casually dressed, some in conversation and some simply listening to the hip-hop sounds of Shag...
Act ("The Bureaucracy," 2001). Indeed, nepotism was a large part of government and today it is frowned on. Today, such a reality i...
certain jobs, and that the workplace environment and the job focus reflect elements of personality. The personality types of job ...
When Achilles refuses to fight for King Agamemnon after a personal dispute over a war prize, his friend Patroclus offers to fight ...
and insights as previous nature poets and against the threat of a materialism that seems to be viewed as a destructive force capab...
of "teachers." I believe that the students that I meet will be a part of the learning experience, and will expose me to different...
track and field teams. My choice to participate in sports at the college level came as a result of my high school experiences a...
declare their majors, and commonly take a variety of courses in order to determine which course of study suits their particular in...
whenever a civilized society is involved. Indeed, the very notion of social justice often leads directly to social injustice, ina...
same score. This group learning program has helped lessen the stress of an introverted student who is able to fade into the backg...
was important, but rather that his satire, once read, would forever change the perspective of the reader regarding this subject, t...
of racial struggles. In one of her most well known pieces - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Angelou addresses the concept of op...
black women, from their perspective, was racism, not sexism. Hooks relates that her students often asked her such questions as "Ha...
will experience touch, smell, taste and so forth, the latter of which is difficult to relay. In other words, how can one provide a...