Mankato

Sort By:
Page 8 of 22 - About 217 essays
  • Good Essays

    Essay on Cattle Dogs

    • 990 Words
    • 4 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited

    Cattle Dogs The cattle industry in the past as well as today would be nothing without the help of man's best friend. Herding dogs are the best known working dogs. These unique dogs have an instinct to herd and with the right training will help a farmer or rancher move his herd without any trouble, as long as the dog is responsive to the ranchers hand signals and whistles. The best way to train a dog is to have it work along side an already experienced dog. They are keen, alert, responsive,

    • 990 Words
    • 4 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Brian Rhatigan Ms. Corbett English One 1/19/2017 Technology is the inevitable force that is sweeping countries, and taking millennials with it. Simon Sinek states that “adolescents are becoming addicted to social media. Social media itself is not bad, but the imbalance is. Like all addictions, being addicted to social media will ruin relationships, it’ll cost time, and cost money.” Not to mention, using technology too much and not interacting with others face-to-face is depriving adolescents

    • 882 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Throughout this course, we have explored both ancient and contemporary worldviews that have helped us answer the question: “What is the Self”? Apuleius had a very different approach to formulate an answer to this question then did other contemporary authors which will both be discussed in length. To begin, Apuleius wrote a novel, The Golden Ass, which demonstrates Roman worldviews of the self. In the book, he explains a perspective about what makes the self: experience and transformations. Lucius

    • 865 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Bill Gates Computer Entrepreneur Courageous, Microsoft, and Windows are words that describe Bill Gates. Many people know that Bill Gates was inventor of Microsoft but he was so much more. As a well known Computer Entrepreneur, Bill Gates showed Americans That their was easier ways to use computers. He left his legacy that if you take a real big risk you gain what your goal is in life. The early life of Bill Gates was very good and happy life. His parents influenced him to try to be just like

    • 807 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    where she stays. Works Cited Chopin, Kate. ""The Story of an Hour"" "The Story of an Hour" N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2013. Faulkner, William. "Nobel Banquet." Nobel Banquet. Stockholm. 10 Dec. 1950. Speech. Joyce, James. Eveline. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1990. Print. "On the Resources of Ireland." The Alliance Temperance Almanack. N.p.: n.p., n.d.

    • 886 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The lottery Traditions and customs still exist in different parts of the globe. Some of these traditions are constructive while others are deemed as destructive. Civilization is associated with a change of times and has thus led to the change in the traditions. However, some of these traditions have remained intact clearly exhibiting how civilization has failed to affect them. Some people may have opted for a change to scrap certain tradition depicted as destructive, but the fact they fear to go

    • 1058 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Occupy Wall Street Movement that began in New York Sept. 17 and has since spread like wildfire across the world has made an undeniable impact on the social and political climate of the Upper Midwest. | With various Occupy protest committees continuing to spring up across Minnesota and North Dakota, many working people in the region who, previously, might not have come together on other political issues say they have found common ground in the Occupy Movement. Union, non-union, white collar

    • 928 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Kyra Davis Dr. Delaney English 1102 23 January 2017 The Dark Romantics of Hawthorne In the short story, Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne portrays a story of a young man losing his faith after a venture in the dark woods. Hawthorne expounds on the diverging realities while also depicting the importance of past memories and the turmoil one can gain from excessive curiosity. Hawthorne also utilised the devices of morbid imagery, cynical tone, and significant symbols to better develop the story. The version

    • 889 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    music is what he truly loves. An Honored Conductor, Composer, and Clinician, He has Composed many Pieces such as the popular “If Music be the Food of Love”, “Dresden Canticles”, and “Stars I Shall Find”. Dickau was born in 1953 and now lives in Mankato, Minnesota, serving as the Director of Choral Activities at the Minnesota State University. He began his career there in 1991 and ever since has been a valued member of their faculty. In 2008 he was awarded with the Distinguished Faculty Scholar award

    • 823 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Rosa Parks Rosa Parks put a large impact on the world when she refused to give her seat up to a white man. (Ebscohost.com) My topic is important, because Rosa Parks changed the world’s regulations in many different ways. (Biography.com) Rosa Parks had an immense impact on the world, letting whites and blacks have more freedom to interact with each other. (Biography.com) Rosa Parks had a huge significance to the world that no other person could possibly ever have. I chose Rosa parks, because she

    • 658 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays