I had to ask myself an interesting question. What is something that I am certain of? It seemed simple at first glance, but grew more complicated the longer I looked at it. I am positive that everyone makes their own decisions. I know that I…
What is Over-confidence? Over-confidence is the state of being confident to a level of extreme and also an obsession, studies have shown that over-confidence has been estimated into three different subjects such as Over-estimation, over-placement, and over-precision. Over-estimation which concentrates on the feelings of people’s…
The factors that inspired people to undergo such a journey despite the risk of failures and danger would be similar to Columbus’ in which Columbus sought after admiration from the royal highest of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, wealth, and major accomplishment that leads to…
Childhood is said to be the most beautiful of the stages of life. But how could this be when children are working in risky conditions just so they can survive? Adulthood cannot recapture the innocence and beauty of childhood. Child labour is an illegal act…
Imagine if you were working barefoot in a glass factory with flaming hot rods and/or objects all around you. This is what some kids in India have to face every day. Although child labour is on the decline, there are still problems to face. Like…
Hour after hour, day after day, year after year, working tirelessly in a job you have been forced into doing with little to no pay. This is the barbaric reality of more than 100 million child labourers, some as young as five. Child labour has…
Expectations are created with a desired outcome in mind. These expectations are used as goals and shape the way that one acts and develops while trying to reach the goal. In J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, shows…
Society’s stereotypes have tragically led the population of females in the world to feel obliged in abiding by these unrealistic and toxic messages. As females, we are consistently targeted on our appearance in society and how we must conduct ourselves in order for the rest…
Those are my future expectations throughout the semester and life. To live for myself, have as much knowledge about things, but most of all feel accomplished of myself. As for my future after college, I expect for myself to be successful. I hope to have…
Gender expectation refers to a normative conception of appropriate attitudes and activities for a particular racialized and gendered group. My first experience that highlights gender expectations relates to my childhood, where I engaged in activities considered appropriate for men such as camping, football and hunting….
Gender is just a noun to define two sexes of male and female. So by that I believe male and female are just different in words besides that we are all the same made up of blood and flesh. However, many think differently about that….
John Adams was born on October 19th, 1735 in Braintree Massachusetts to a family of farmers like a lot of New England folks were in his time considering many of the residents of Braintree were farmers, and like many of New England farm homes the…
“Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” As one of the founding fathers, John Adams played a very important role in the journey to America’s freedom and its initial start as a country. As the second president, many expected big things from the Massachusetts native, though…
John Adams was born on October 19th, 1735 in Braintree Massachusetts to a family of farmers like a lot of New England folks were in his time considering many of the residents of Braintree were farmers, and like many of New England farm homes the…
David Foster Wallace was born February 21, 1962 in Ithaca, New York. He was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. He was the son of a philosophical professor and an English teacher. In 1985, Wallace received his B.A. from Amherst College, and was working…
The author of “This Is Water” uses the unique creation of persona through default setting, repetition of keywords, and ethos to get his message of the personal obligation our society needs in order to face “our lives, bodies, and minds.” David Foster Wallace was an…
Supersize me by Morgan Spurlock follows him in a journey to see what fast food such as McDonalds would do to his body. In his documentary he shares the statistic in obesity and how much is has doubled since 1988. Spurlock states “obesity is now…
When I was a child, I’ve been told plenty of times that everyone should know how to be humble. I began asking myself, “What does humility mean?” According to The Chamber’s Dictionary, humility means, “the state or quality of being humble; lowliness of mind; modesty.”…
“Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift giving a story to someone”. Amy Tan knew she had a gift and perfectly executed it by writing “Two Kinds”. Amy Tan‘s life exceedingly impacted her…
