Discriminating Different Races In the United States there are races from around the world that come to America in search of all different types of happiness and success. Because there are so many different cultures and races that come here, some American's feel they are taking over the count...
There are three main types of wine: table wines, sparkling wines, and fortified wines. I will be focusing mainly on table wines because they make up the majority of wines on the market. Most table wines are white, red, or pink. Wine is made from grapes. The taste of the wine has much to do with th...
Have you ever wondered what would happen to the state of popular music should a war ever break out? It's hard to determine exactly what roads popular culture will travel down in the best of times, under the most pleasant of circumstances. Forecasting such a metamorphosis under dire circums...
Throughout high school I have been in many underage drinking situations. It is proven that 82% of 9th through 12th graders in Maryland have tried alcohol . Out of that 82%, 51% of those are now current drinkers. I believe that we as a nation should educate our teenagers about their responsibilities ...
Everyone has a narrative about their life, and this is my story. My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. I implemented into my life that created amazing, compounding change, and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. That has totally changed my life, we left eve...
My Family History I am proud to be a Valdez! The surname Valdez comes from my dad's side, which is the more dominant last name to go by. It is a very respectable name and its meaning is a high standard to live up to. Valdez means "Son of Baldo (prince or fame)". Baldo is a shortened name of Ba...
Outsiders From the time we are taught to write, read, or speak a certain language, we learn certain words that have multiple meanings. For some words, sometimes we even create our own meanings for them based on our personalities or what we observe from others. The word "alien" for example, has ac...
The United States is a country that prides itself on the freedoms that it has bestowed on its citizens. It is a country that was, in part, created to escape persecution and infringement on personal freedoms. Today, however, the "land of the free" seems to be creating more and more laws that have a...
Scott Valdez May 03, 2004 My Family History I am proud to be a Valdez! The surname Valdez comes from my dad's side, which is the more dominant last name to go by. It is a very respectable name and its meaning is a high standard to live up to. Valdez means "Son of Baldo (prince or fame)". Baldo...
Scott Valdez May 03, 2004 My Family History I am proud to be a Valdez! The surname Valdez comes from my dad's side, which is the more dominant last name to go by. It is a very respectable name and its meaning is a high standard to live up to. Valdez means "Son of Baldo (prince or fame)". Baldo...
Scott Valdez May 03, 2004 My Family History I am proud to be a Valdez! The surname Valdez comes from my dad's side, which is the more dominant last name to go by. It is a very respectable name and its meaning is a high standard to live up to. Valdez means "Son of Baldo (prince or fame)". Baldo...
"Don't boggart that joint, my friend" was a popular phrase used during the 1960s and 1970s when people often talked about marijuana. A common name for marijuana in the 1930s and 40s is Mary Jane. More common names mostly likely made by surfers are maui wauie and wacky tobaccy. Common names in today'...
The Long, Bitter Trail was written by Anthony F.C. Wallace in June of 1993. The Long, Bitter Trail follows the history of Andrew Jackson and the Indians. In this compelling book, Anthony F.C. Wallace focuses on the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears, the Indians of the Southeast took...
Scott Valdez May 03, 2004 My Family History I am proud to be a Valdez! The surname Valdez comes from my dad's side, which is the more dominant last name to go by. It is a very respectable name and its meaning is a high standard to live up to. Valdez means "Son of Baldo (prince or fame)". Baldo...
My ethnography field work is based on the immigration of people from India to the United States of America. My objective was to find out how difficult it was for people from the Indian culture to adapt with other cultures in the US or the American culture itself. There had to be a purpose of them co...
Psy is definitely not a comprehensive representation of Asian artists in general, and the fact that he is much more popular than other great Asian musicians shows an offensive phenomenon that only weird and totally different Asian music is what is popular in America. ...
Medical Cut-Backs Circumcision is one of the largest wide spread debates going on across our Nation and our world. Circumcision's increased popularity over the last one hundred years in the United States is due more to medical greed and medical ignorance, than to medical necessity. Many people across the United States have been miss-lead to believe for over one hundred years that being circumcised is for some reason cleaner and healthier than not being circumcised. This is the leading myth about circumcision across America. I have found that most people actually think that it is gro...
"It is considered that around 150 million children in the world live with a disability; 80% of them live in developing countries. Most often, these children do not receive necessary treatment and most of them are discriminated against" (Disabled Children). Many kids with special needs are being trea...
Abstract In this paper, I'll be analyzing the concept of food deserts and its causes, and how it affects poor food choice. A food desert is an area in which there is a lack of healthy foods for the residents of the community. It is mostly considered an area that lacks fruits and vegetables, but some scholars also consider the lack of dairy products and proteins. Food deserts takes into consideration most of the foods and nutrients necessary for a healthy and balanced diet. I found that the reality is that there cannot be just one variable to blame for food deserts. ...
She was sitting in a room quietly trying not to pick up her head, afraid of what she might see if she will. Hiding in a place of her clothing and wishing she was back in her environment with her people who were not that much different from her. Feeling uncomfortable from all the glances people were...
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2 then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. ...
