Scott Westerfeld

This is saying that the few that made it are living a good life because of good choices, but the ones that didn’t make it out are living bad lives and they made bad choices that led to the bad life. In conclusion to this paragraph, this relates to DeShawn having a choice because overall he had a choice either to join the gangs and stay in the ghetto, or he could of stayed in school and got a good education and get out of the

In Scott Russell Sanders’ essay “The Men We Carry in Our Minds,” the author attempts to rectify his lack of guilt for the historical societal oppression of women through an exploration of his childhood growing up in poor backcountry towns. He argues that the men in his life were so acutely unprivileged that they were effectively equal to women in their disadvantages. The essay brings an interesting argument to the discussion of privilege, but ultimately falls short as an argumentative piece. Sanders, eager to disassociate himself from his gender despite still enjoying the privileges his gender allows him, relies too heavily on establishing and exploring a series of primitive dichotomies that simplify what should be a a more complex argument,

The modern world is rapidly changing. Events occur and often time’s only one side of the story gets told. But to every event there are multiple way to view it. Take the history of the United States of America for example. In Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen’s book A Patriot’s History of the United States, the United States is viewed in a positive light. It tells the facts about the United States in a strait forward manner. However in Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States, the United States is generally viewed in a negative light. Zinn highlights how the country has caused problems while rarely admitting that in fact the United States has done more good for the world than harm. While both books are inherently biased based

I am writing this letter in the regards of Luke Wiesboeck. We have been close friends for 3 years, through different student organizations at Missouri State University. I have acted like as a mentor to Luke during this friendship. I am very proud of Luke’s progression as a leader.

Ben Hall? Who was Ben Hall? A victim, hero or a criminal? Good Afternoon fellow students and Mrs. Nielsen. The topic that we will be debating this afternoon is: Ben Hall was a decent, innocent young man who suffered continual harassment by the police for no reason at all. He was driven into crime by the harshness of the authorities. Therefore making him an outlaw hero. A hero is defined as a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal. Today I will be talking about Ben hall’s life and what makes him a hero.

Ben Hall was an Australian bushranger born on the 9th of May 1837 in Maitland, New South Wales. He died on the 5th of May 1965 after being shot to death by police. He roamed an area of New South Wales from Bathurst to Forbes. What makes Ben Hall different from many other bushrangers is that he was never directly responsible for anyone's death.

The first section of this chapter is called “Smoky Gold.” In this section of the chapter, the writer discusses grouse hunting. He states that few people are aware of the grouse population in Adams County. He goes on to say that most hunters speed on through to the counties farther north. He smiles as he sits in the tamaracks and listens to sounds of these other hunters speeding by. The point he is trying to make here is that there can be beauty in many places; you just have to take the time to slow down and experience this beauty. The hunters that speed by are on their way to hunt in another place. This is most likely a place they have been before. They are used to doing things the same way and they do not take the time to try anything new. If they would slow down, they may come to discover that what they are looking for can be found in Adams County.

Jonathan Kozol, Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools is an intense expose of unjust conditions in educating America’s children. Today’s society of living conditions, poverty, income, desegregation and political issues have forced inadequate education to many children across the country. Kozol discusses major reasons for discrepancies in schools: disparities of property taxes, racism and the conflict between state and local control. Kozol traveled to public schools researching conditions and the level of education in each school. He spoke with teachers, students, principals, superintendents and government officials to portray a clear picture of the

The speaker’s tendency to overthink his choices and his inability to move on after a dissatisfactory outcome in “Prelude to Jumping in the River” by Katia Grubisic can be likened to the anxieties we often feel before and after making important decisions in our own lives. The missed opportunities that come as a by-product of the choices we make often cause us to overthink them, just as the speaker stood “at the edge of the bank [for] centuries” (9-10) unable to come to a coherent conclusion about whether or not to make the jump. It is crucial to weigh the costs and benefits while making an important decision. Nevertheless, spending too much time doing so will result in the opportunity passing you by. This is reflected in the regretful tone of

How does your piece of art communicate, evoke, or inspire? What do you think the artist was trying to say with his or her work?

Dred Scott was an African American man born into slavery around 1800. He wanted what all enslaved people wanted. He wanted his freedom. Dred Scott vs. Stanford was a landmark Supreme court case that was a major player in the secession of the southern states. The bravery, courage and determination of Dred Scott was one of the the first steps in a long road to freedom.

Throughout the novel it was mentioned often to “open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever” (Doerr 264). This quote meant that each character should be trying to live their life to the fullest because it 's never known when they wouldn 't be around anymore to experience everything that the world has to offer. In different ways each character could somewhat relate to this quote especially when

For the longest time in history states were always separated by their beliefs, some wanted slavery to exist and others didn’t so they split them up. The ones in the North did not feel slavery was useful to them while in the South they were the complete opposite, they wanted slavery to be around since people would work for free. The author Bruce Levine wrote the novel Half Slave and Half Free to inform the transformation throughout history and show us the differences between the two sections (North and South) and how their issues eventually brought us up to the civil war that almost tore America apart.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are incredibly indecisive, and they just get dragged away by the currents on the river of life. They are always being told what to do and where to go, and they never question it. They never stop and think, maybe, we don’t have to do this. Unfortunately, they don’t notice this until too late. Once they knew they were doomed, Guildenstern reminisces that at some point, there had to have been a time where they could have said no; where they could have stopped all of this from happening. It didn’t matter anymore though. They were done. This play is saying that people need to take charge of their lives, and make their own decisions. Don’t just let life pass you by.

In my opinion Mike Bellobuono should not choose to franchise. If Mike accepts Fred Deluca’s offer and franchises there are some risks that Mike must consider. One of the risks is that Bagelz could end up being an extension of Fred Deluca’s empire and in the worst case scenario Mike could lose control of the whole operation.