Change The World Campaign Essay

George Orwell’s novel 1984 reflects on the society of dystopian city Airstrip 1 where main character Winston Smith lives. Along with the many other citizens, Winston is controlled by the Inner Party by constantly being monitored via telescreens that keep sight of everybody and their actions. Besides using telescreens the government also easily arrests people in any case of “thoughtcrime” which consists of any thoughts that regard disobedience towards the government. Thoughtcrime and telescreens are two of the several factors that reflect the extreme surveillance in 1984. Orwell uses surveillance as the central theme of the novel to spread his idea that the usage of more extreme surveillance could eventually lead to a totalitarian society. On a less extreme scale, today’s society also has a significant amount of surveillance but many question whether or not more surveillance is necessary. With the many current text sources, it is certain that we need less surveillance in order to keep a stable society that does not take away the individualism of people.

At the team banquet, my coach awarded me the MVP award for my competitiveness, team spirit, hard work, and passion for tennis and the team.

All of my teammates wanted me to go pick up the trophy because I scored the winning goal.

We can all agree that election season can be the most stressful season of the year. Between all the adds, news broadcasts, and polls, you can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the need to choose someone to vote for. However, there is a candidate that surpasses all the others. Senator Bernie Sanders is running for president for the 2016 term. He holds all of the views that this nation needs in order to be successful in the next four years. Bernie Sanders will be the next great president of the United States.

Bernie Sanders should be elected president of 2016 for his political views on certain issues that will help America.

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul motivated by love.”

“‘I can’t abandon the American people now when they need me more than ever,” Obama told reporters at a press conference. “We’ve come this far as a nation, now is not the time to do something different. This is the change you wanted and this is the change you’re getting.’”

When assigned to our group, we had a meeting about what we wanted to do. Looking through the list of organizations, the general consensus was to do something with kids. Specifically, we decided to go with the YMCA or the Boys and Girls Club. If those failed, we also wanted to do something with the elderly or with a soup kitchen. However, contacting the YMCA was successful.

It has been proven that often, the fight for social justice and the common good comes at a great cost to those involved. Through writings such as Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and Sophocles’ “Antigone”, as well as, lectures such as Dr.Colbourn’s lecture “Confronting History and the Good Life: Life after Rosewood” it is demonstrated how life, freedom, and a normal everyday life suffer as a cost of fighting for social justice and the common good.

Poverty is the United States is a major issue and continues to worsen as housing is becoming less affordable for many people across the nation. People that do find housing are often restricted to low-income areas that have few opportunities. In the low income areas there are few jobs and the quality of schools are poor and keep the people in the cycle. To offset this cycle money needs to be put into the education system in these lower income areas to offset this cycle. Education allows for people to have more opportunities and would increase the incentive to live in low-income areas. With a quality education that is equal to the suburbs it would give the children much more opportunities to improve themselves and exit the cycle. This cycle is living in low-income areas gives children a poor education due to the schools lacking money and resources; without the needed education the student is not able to get a good job. Without the well paying job that person is not able to afford housing and has to living in affordable housing that is located in the low-income areas. By breaking this cycle with increased education it is possible for people to get out the cycle that ties them to that area. Education is the foundation to success and it very important that is equal and everyone receives similar opportunities through that education.

The crowd went absolutely wild, and everyone was hugging (compound). My team and I were in a group hug in the middle of the court with our coach. When we turned to the crowd, it erupted with applause (complex). I went over and hugged my best friend, Delaney, and we told each other that we each did outstanding. We then were presented with medals and the State Championship trophy. We all stood huddled on the floor, holding the trophy high above our heads. After that, all the fans and parents came onto the floor. I could tell that my parents were ready to embrace me.

To begin with, I finally made it! I am now sitting in my seat in the Ted Constant Center and I am about to walk across the stage. It feels like it took forever for this moment to come but I am here and I feel like I am on top of the world. I can see my mother sitting in her seat with tears pouring out of eyes because she knows that that I am about to walk across the stage and start the next stage of my life. It was a long and hard journey but my goals I had set for myself were a constant push that I could do it. As a matter of fact, one goal I met was to get into one of the three colleges I applied to and I did. I am ecstatic to say that I am going to be a freshman at George Mason University this following school year. Not to mention that I also received a numerous amount of scholarships and grants. On top of that, this school year the color guard got Grand Champions at a completion we participated in in North Carolina. I was super excited when they announced us as Grand Champions because we had a lot of setbacks during the season. Such as, not having an instructor to teach us the work and having to learn the work from YouTube to having to stay late after the other kids left so we could learn our week for our show to practicing in the rain. We worked really hard this season and for us to be announced as Grand Champions shows that our hard work payed off. The goals I set for myself were met and I couldn’t be any happier.

The concept of what defines a global citizen varies, for people have their own opinions and say about how they see an ideal one as. Kwame Appiah wrote Cosmopoltianism, and in his opinion, a global citizen is seen as one who sees no division within themselves and “others”; that it is necessary to agree with one another to behave morally. The view of an ideal global citizen has been altered for centuries, and in every culture it is uniquely seen and educated differently. Many Americans may agree when asked, “what is an ideal global citizen”, their responses would be, following the laws, paying taxes, helping out around the community, having a job or

In the United States, we consume more energy from oil than from any other energy source. In 2014 the total amount of petroleum consumed in the United States was about 19 million barrels per day. As we look into making the world a more eco friendly environment, I ask the question; what are some alternatives of oil and the effects of the alternative.

The concept of sustainable development has become a major topic among intellectuals from various fields. Sustainable development has gone through various changes in its definitions and at present does not have a commonly accepted definition. The origination of the concept of sustainable development is debatable. In 1974 at a conference on Science and Technology for Human Development by the World Council of Churches the concept of a “sustainable society” is believed to have been first noted. This early concept focused on equitable distribution of scarce resources and the need for democratic decision making. In 1980 the currently used term of sustainable development emerged in the