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Argumentative Essay: It's Time To Get AAA

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Recently, my husband and I moved from a small town in Vermont to a much larger city in Idaho. Our trip across the country took six days, mainly due to the fact that we were traveling with our four-week old infant. While I wouldn't normally recommend taking so long to travel (hotel costs, gas prices and eating so much fast food), it ended up being a great experience and we were able to see many things we hadn't before, while saving money! My first recommendation to anyone driving across the country is always - get AAA! I thought AAA was help for just car trouble, but they offer so many more discounts on hotels, dining and attractions as well! Each hotel we stopped at gave us at least $20 off their already reasonable rate just for showing our …show more content…

The number of women with graduate degrees who are opting for the suburban lifestyle of hip minivans and mommy-and-me classes is skyrocketing. And as I speak to more and more women in similar situations I know we are not alone, but we just don't dare to speak about the issues of these decisions very loudly. Are we afraid that people will judge? It isn't enough to go through the endless debate that if you stay at home after obtaining an education, you've thrown out the window all the hard work that feminists did in the 60s and 70s. If you go to work, you are a selfish and heartless who has no business having kids. Lately, along with many of these other women, I've been having an identity crisis. I have a Masters of Science degree but decided to stay home to raise my two children; they are under three, by the way. As my life stumbles into the terrible-two stage, the potty-training stage, the toddler-defiance stage, and the many other innumerable stages that magazines and websites talk about, I often feel like I my decision might be injuring my self-worth. Mind you, I never expected this job to be easy, as a matter of fact, my husband and I knew that it would be tremendous work to venture into having two children so close in age -yes, it was a conscious decision. However, to think that you know what you are getting into, and actually get into it, are two totally …show more content…

Some of that history can be experienced today by the casual traveler. First Church of Boston One of the very first things the founding puritans of Boston, England did when they arrived in 1630 on the shores of what would become Boston, Massachusetts was to gather a church, the First Church. By the 19th Century, however, Boston had changed dramatically, and like many of its counterparts, the First Church relocated to the new Back Bay area of Boston. And there, they constructed a lovely, if traditional, English inspired Gothic-Revival church. That church largely burned to the ground, however, in 1968. Left without adequate funds to rebuild, the First Church built a new church on the charred site. Designed by Paul Rudolph, the new First Church was a bit of a departure, to say the least. Built behind the "screen" of the old Victorian east wall and corner tower, the new church is thoroughly "modern," sculptural in shape and clad in textured concrete. Note the pleasant dialogue the modern tower has with its Victorian counterpart. There's no jealousy whatsoever. Inside, natural light is allowed to dance off the ever so slightly undulating concrete walls. And unlike many churches, acoustically, the First Church of Boston is a delight. It's a wonderful place to hear music. The First Church of Boston is located at

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