Percy Schmeiser's Argumentative Essay

On 09/21/16 Called back to Ms Jackson. She was inquiring why her great granddaughter Carlee McCrea was removed from her daughter Chantelle Mrkonic home. She stated that Charlee was in the school when a PD and DHS worker went to school and remove her and was placed in to her father's home, Cole McCrea. This incident happened Friday 09/16/16.

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

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!

The farmers then give their products to the manufacturers, who represent the bottleneck of the food system (21). “The ten largest companies control half of the world’s seed supply. …Ten firms control 90% of the nearly $38.6 billion pesticide markets (111-112).” Monsanto, being one of the ten companies that controls the world’s seed supply, is a company that has patents on all of its seeds and products. It produces genetically modified crops that are resistant to its own pesticides and herbicides, so that when a pesticide or herbicide is sprayed and it destroys all plants, the Monsanto seed survives because of its resistance. The reason that Monsanto is able to stay in business is because of the economic benefit it poses for the farmers. They are able to produce their crops at a much higher yield because they are losing less of their crops to pests. This higher yield results in lower costs for the consumers as well (Planes). As discussed

Mike’s American is a cozy and welcoming multi-story institution of an eatery, serving delectable American fare. Appetizer options, such as the hot spinach and artichoke dip with parmesan and jack cheeses and the crunchy, spicy firecracker shrimp, are fun to share and make for great starters. Popular entrée items include the beer-marinated drunken ribeye with redskin potatoes, the roast half chicken in a brown butter sauce and the hickory-grilled fish of the day. Mike’s American also has a tantalizing array of burgers, including the vegetarian-friendly veggie patty made with quinoa, rice, black beans and beets and the classic bacon cheeseburger topped with homemade, spicy “wicked sauce”. And it doesn’t get more American than with the deep dish

In this part, Schlosser demonstrates an alternate side of the fast-food pioneer. In contrasting the ascent of McDonald's and the Walt Disney Company, Schlosser has the capacity delineate Ray Kroc as a keen representative concerned fundamentally, if not singularly, with extending his realm. This story serves as a background for Schlosser's genuine task - which is to light up the maneuver of the contemporary fast-food country. Schlosser successfully exhibits how fast-food organizations, which offer little as far as nourishment, control youthful personalities in an exertion offer their items. These organizations go so far as to depict themselves as trusted companions and prey on educational systems with declining income.

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.

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.

In March 1857, one of the most controversial events preceding the Civil War occurred. Dred Scott, and his wife had once belonged to army surgeon John Emerson, who bought him from the Peter Blow family of St. Louis. After Emerson died, the Blows apparently helped Scott sue Emerson’s widow for his freedom, but lost the case in state court. Which was because Mrs. Emerson left him with her brother John Sanford. Whose name was misspelled in court papers. He was a New York citizen. Scott sued again in federal court, claiming Missouri citizenship. Scott’s lawyers eventually appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jeffrey Sconce defines “paracinema” as “an extremely elastic textual category.” In addition to art film, horror, and science fiction films, paracinema catalogues "include entries from such seemingly disparate genres as badfilm, splatterpunk, mondo films, sword-and-sandal epics, Elvis flicks, government hygiene films, Japanese monster movies, beach party musicals, and just about every other historical manifestation of exploitation cinema from juvenile delinquency documentaries to soft-core pornography” (Sconce, 372). I believe that the movie Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! resembles this type of genre in a lot of ways. Written and directed by Russ Meyer, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is basically a sexploitation “roughie” film that was released

Although Sanger accomplished her goal of winning women’s equality, she continued to seek her vision of finding the first oral contraceptive. She sought to find a contraceptive pill take could easy to take, affordable, safe and most of all female controlled. Incidentally she met a medical doctor that specialized in human reproduction who was willing to take on the project.

McCullers harbors complicated feelings toward her homeland—the South and its people. “This Old South was a society beset by the specters of defeat, of shame, of guilt—a society driven by the need to bolster its morale, to nerve its arm against waxing odds, to justify itself in its own eyes and in those of the world” (Cash, 61). At first McCullers, like her character Frankie Addams, conceives south as something that has gone astray; she has to flee from liveless and bored south to New York City and become a novelist there. However, she finally detects that she could only get inspiration and courage of being a fictionist from her own region. The purity and harmony in the past contrasts with the dullness and depravity at present and with conservative

Have you ever been so desperate that you were willing to give up? Alfred is seventeen year old boy who dropped out from high school. Alfred works at a grocery store and hangs out with street kids. Alfred begins to realize that he needs to do something he decided that he will be a Contender. He goes to Donatelli's gym to start his training. Donatelli is a very important person to Alfred throughout the story. He also gets good advice from him and learns a good important lesson.

Companies, like Monsanto will come after small farms and sue them for more than they can pay if they find out they are using even a small portion of GM crops in their fields, even if by accident” (Fitzgerald). Approximately 2,400 farmers in 19 states through 2006 were sued and spied upon for alleged “seed piracy”, Monsanto has an annual budget of $10 million dollars and a staff of 75 devoted solely to investigating and prosecuting farmers who are caught with different seed. (Monsanto).

Additionally, big business controls the farmers by capitalizing on widely used commodities. For example, the company Monsanto which is based in St. Louis, Missouri protects its dominance over the genetically modified crops such as the soy bean with the use of a patent law. Because of this, Monsanto’s patented genes “account for 95 percent of all soy beans and 80 percent of all corn grown in the U.S.,” (Associated Press). Although genetically modifying the soy bean crop has made it more readily available and more sustainable, this comes at a high price to farmers. Monsanto continues to raise their prices, which forces farmers to accrue even more debt, and there is no sign of the rise in the seed prices stopping. Since a lot of the farmers are under contract with Monsanto, there is nothing they can do about this unethical policy in fear of losing their job.