Fourteen Points

still have today. “‘We will do what others expect of us,’ Wes said. ‘If they expect us to graduate, we will graduate. If they expect us to get a job, we will get a job. If they expect us to go to jail, then that’s where we will end up too. At some point you lose control’” (126). In my opinion, I thought that this quote itself embodied what the author was trying to get the reader to understand through his book. My traditional, stable parents expected me to eventually graduate college and to…

This picture of a “like emoticon” from Facebook has a quote stating “Your likes can hurt someone’s feelings, Use your likes wisely” This is automatically targeting people who are bullied on Facebook. As social media becomes more and more a part of our generation, new ways of bullying occur as well. The ad uses all logos and how they use it, is by saying a like on Facebook is one of the causes of cyberbullying and that liking a certain post can hurt someone’s feelings. My goal is to shed a deeper…

pretends to be your friend while secretly things to harm you” (Thefreedictionary.com). At one point or another in life, we lose a friend, it might be due to loss of communication, death, or it might be because they turn out to be as fraudulent as snakes are made to be in the previous analogy. Losing a friend can be emotionally taxing even if we find out they are spurious people. It can seem to be the lowest point of our life in that particular moment and moments following the event. After…

explains how inspiring it was seeing the frontier of possible be pushed, and how it encouraged him to pursue a masters in chemistry and have a career in aviation (Grillo, 2011). This is an effect NASA has that is not able to be measured in graphs or data points, but in lives changed and career paths altered. Having students look up…

away scot free. The train station to others was the current point of the argument. I don’t believe it to be true because the train is going to Madrid no matter the choice made. No matter how the argument goes that point doesn’t change. And the train wont suddenly change directions. The train station better represents time itself. That the choice cannot be mulled over forever. Instead of being a point in the argument, it instead is a point in time where the argument is being held. Where the…

C. Johnson-Getting there Shehan Perera Montgomery College  Abstract The title of the paper is appropriate for the topic that is in discussion. But as I kept reading, the paper deviates from the point and the level of effort put into the paper decreases throughout the mid-section of the paper. There were many problems that came up while going through the paper. The majority of the paper had minor and simple errors like grammar and spacing. But her references added more positives to the paper…

I am at the point in time where my last resort is to reflect upon myself dissect what I need in order to get my groove back. Realistically, I should stop procrastinating and spend more time brainstorming useful topics. While easier said than done, time management is…

important for you to understand what offenses could result in a driver’s license suspension. One of the most common reasons why your driving privileges might be suspended is the point system. If ticketed for speeding and certain moving violations, you will have points assessed to your driver’s license. Should you incur 12 points on your license within a 12-month period, your license will be suspended…

“Radium City” is a documentary about a once prestigious clock making factory in Ottawa, Illinois. This documentary tells the real life story about the women who fell victim to the over exposure of radium by painting the numbers on clock faces. In the 1920’s, Radium Dial advertised a good paying job for painting luminous numbers on the faces of clocks to teenage girls that were straight out of high school that paid a better wage than what their parents were making every week. To these girls…

Risa Ward is undeniably against unwinding and hates everything related to unwinding. Risa is a runaway unwind which means she is supposed to be unwound, but runs away from the cops before they get to her. Risa is captured by the cops and is sent to talk to a middle aged woman. Behind the woman, Risa notices a young male around the age of 16. The male approaches Risa and Risa backs away in her wheelchair. “Her flesh starts to crawl. Get that thing away from me! It’s disgusting! Get it away!”…