Jeffrey Sconce's Argumentative Essay

Andrew Meyer was an undergraduate from University of Florida. He was a journalism major who's world was completely flipped in one day. On September 17, 2009 Andrew Meyer was tased during a constitution day for him held by senator John Kerry. Along with many others Meyer was one of the few students selected to speak to Kerry about anything he may have wanted to know. Meyer asked a series of questions regarding the 2004 election, the possible impeachment of George W. Bush, and the invasion on Iran. John Kerry and a majority of of the people who were in the assembly during this the Time didn't quite agree with Meyer point of view. This is where things escalated . Within 2 minutes of being at the microphone Meyer was asked to step down

When you see yourself living out your dream, the thought of what you're most passionate about pulls you in. Passions in one's life change based on what had affected that person. Dreams are defined to change. However, the benefits of these thoughts is that they belong to you and only you. Not one person's opinions matter but your own. Chris McCandless simply was living out his own ideal life, the way he wanted; not to the idea of his parents, his friends or of society. McCandless wanted to escape society and civilization which he felt was tying him down, while also trying to discover himself. McCandless is not by any means a wacko. He was simply defying society and its ideal expectation it holds upon us as a whole.

A huge contributor to the big offense of day was Mr. reliable tight end Greg Olsen who had eight catches for a career-high 134 yards and two touchdowns! He took the Saints defense to school specifically cornerback Brandon Browner running right past him for a 52 yard chunk play that sparked the offense! The Saints left him wide open on many plays all I can say is thank you much appreciated! I continued to say this he is one of the best tight ends in the league;he is the veteran presence this offense needs with all the young players and Sunday his play seemed to rub off on the other receivers and opening up other big plays for the offense great execution all around and once again thank you to the Chicago Bears for giving us Greg Olsen!

During a press conference on Monday, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith Sr announced that he plans to retire after the 2015 season.

In Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, Holden would like Lee because she is a predictable person. For instance, she is predicted to do anything anybody asks her to even though if she does not like it or promised that she would never do it again because she puts peoples’ needs before her own. For instance, “And this was it, the last time: I was retiring from cutting hair” (158). This shows that Lee is retiring from hair cutting because she felt disgusted by Aspeth and Cross’ behavior. They were flirting in front of her when Lee was cutting Aspeth’s nasty blond hair. “My hair desperately needs cutting” (164). This shows that Lee is predictable because after she vowed that she would not cut anybody’s hair anymore, she cut Ms. Moray’s hair a few days after

Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, last night, Abigail Williams accused Goody Proctor of an attempted murder by witchcraft. The charge included a needle in a witch poppet and one in Abigail’s abdominal. Today, I will prove Goody Proctor’s innocence of this malignant and malicious charge of attempted murder.

When Christopher was eight years old, he didn’t know that he would be attacked and be scarred for life in less than a day. Christopher arrived at his friend's house. His friend told him to hold a stick and say fetch to the husky. Before Christopher could even throw the stick the dog viciously attacked him. His friend ran to get help. After that Chris had to have 1000 Stitches. Chris had very bad nightmares about the dog attacking him. That dog scarred him for a very long time. To this day he still has nightmares about that dog. There was more to come after this event.

The Pioneer boys basketball team has strung together three impressive weeks to end January. After a slow start to the new year, winning one and losing two in the first week of January, Alder has won six in a row. Those six wins highlight a win 59 to 47 over the Division-1 Hilliard Darby Panthers on January 19 and 60 to 44 win over their conference and county foe, Fairbanks. Junior guard Andrew Koenig’s scoring has assisted the Pioneers’ success over this long. He put up a career-high 33 points against Fairbanks. When asked about his team’s success over the past few weeks, he said, “ “ The Pioneers finish out January with a grueling, three game week. On Monday the 25th, Alder beat Shekinah Christian with a score of 90 to 77. They followed

Dave Pelzer has endured so much in his past. The years of abuse that seemed like a never ending maze of torture, were like a routine of beatings to him. The wicked games that his mother played on him and the bizarre ways of practicing them, felt like an eternity for a 12 year old boy. Nevertheless, for every darkest storm there is a shining ray. The ray of hope that has fueled Pelzer's motivation to strive for the best, for his freedom, and for a brighter future. Pelzer's journey to finding the power to continue begins by acceptance; accepting the fact that he is an abuse victim. Once the acceptance has been initialized, the healing process begins to take place.

The day was April 15th, for those of us who have reached an adequate age of understanding and social responsibility; this was the day in which citizens of the United States of America filed taxes. However, in 1992, a mother would give birth to the first baby born at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Colorado. I would be thrust into existence; and begin another story of a collection of cells on a rock in space called, Earth. I have no memory of this moment, but I can imagine my parents looking down at the life they created, an earthling, and experiencing their joie de vivre. As emotions filled the room, they would give me a name, a foundation of my human capital and identity. I would be known as, William Seelye. Like all of us, I would

Men, women, children, aged and crippled, were victims. A 103-year-old woman was whipped, as was a completely paralyzed man. In Georgia, Abraham Colby, an organizer and leader in the black community, was whipped for hours in front of his wife and children. His little daughter begged the Klansman, "Don't take my daddy away." She never recovered from the sight and died soon after. In Mississippi, Jack Dupree's throat was cut and he was disemboweled in front of his wife, who had just given birth to twins.

It was a sunny July afternoon. All was silent except for a few birds singing. The silence was soon broken by the cries of a new baby boy. The time was 12:02pm and Justin Thornburg was born. July 14, 2001, was a life changing event for his proud parents Melissa and Chris Thornburg. Justin weighed a stunning 7lbs and 10.5oz. Justin was the second son of soon to be three. As time went on Justin grew and had dreams of changing the world.

In the end, life is too precious to stare at 5 or 50 inch screen, to create, to do, to see, to feel, to learn. Ray Bradbury illustrates this and tries to spread this in a form of a warning to Americans. To make Americans think about the distractions and what humans are fully capable of. whether, the distraction comes from technology, the media, and even people. Humans themselves control their own lives, nobody should dictate, censor and prevent individual thought, It is only up to the person to realize this.

With a typical beginning like many other authors, the main separation that gave Ambrose Bierce distinction among the crowd of authors of his time was his ability to write thrilling stories with vivid imagination and purpose. With his childhood and his time in the Civil War supplied him with the ability to describe a battlefield, a death, or insert a twist ending that acts as a comedy relief or a thought of horror. Examples of his best known works are: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, A Horse Man in the Sky, Chickamauga, and the Devil's Dictionary. Although these works are Bierce's best known they only represent a portion of his writings and his personality. Bierce wrote over eighty

Another way in which Perowne changes is evident in the window scenes which demarcates the disintegration of his invincibility. In the beginning, Perowne believes that “to know the boundaries, is the essence of sanity” (2). Thriving on clear limits, Perowne seems myopically focused on the confines of his home, car, and routine. His view is framed territorially as he looks out onto “Charlotte Street, towards a foreshortened jumble of façades, scaffolding and pitched roofs, Henry thinks the city is a success, a brilliant invention, a biological masterpiece” (3). To Perowne, London is a fabricated entity, a manipulated ecosystem. From his perch, Perowne feels “immune to the cold as a marble statue” (3). Nothing can bring him down from his impenetrable