There are a number of ways in which I plan to make a difference to the world, one way of offering my volunteer services to a number of organizations that I am assisting with. As a member the AAUW of Redlands I plan to make a difference by committing to help support local women in the community that hope to empower themselves in many aspects […]

Understanding the Scientific Revolution   The Scientific Revolution was a time of change and new thinking. Many innovators had new ideas about the earth and many other things, but most challenged the Church in thinking of these new concepts. This revolution was so important to the development of mankind that modern historians honor the phrase with initial capital letters. This change of thought took almost […]

“Volunteers are not paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.” – Sherry Anderson (Volunteering Quotes: Finest Quotes).   On average, when people think about community service, they assume that volunteering is just ‘hours we need to be able to graduate’ and that is it. Community service is more than just hours; community service is based on the acts performed by someone […]

The ideas of the Enlightenment movement in Europe to America has held lasting impacts on the United States throughout its history. Enlightenment philosophy has been assimilated into American culture through the spread and attachment of ideas promoted by this movement. The U.S. founding fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, paid close attention to these new ideas and concepts being shown through the Enlightenment […]

Vanessa Sager Hour 7 World Literature 11/2/16   Due to the Enlightenment belief and understanding through science and the scientific innovations of the Industrial Revolution, society could be vastly improved through scientific progress in western culture. These advances were expected to take place in the 20th century. However, the brutality and scale of World War I and the world economic crisis in the 1930’s destroyed […]

Accelerated English 9 with Mr. Hackbarth has been the best english class I have ever taken, by far. It never felt like we were being given busy work or assignments without a purpose. The work load was enough that you could not slack but not too much that it was overly stressful. I feel that I grew greatly as a writer especially and I appreciated […]

The Importance of Reading and Writing “Mama, I hate America! All they do is speak ENGLISH.” At the age of six, I moved to the United States from the Philippines. As soon as I arrived, I immediately called my grandmother complaining about how much I disliked it here. “All my cousin does is talk to me in English and she is annoying me,” I said. […]

Do you ever wonder what make our country so great? What events lead up to what we are today? The United States has many different ups and downs but one has an upside and a downside. I’m talking about the Transcontinental Railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad was the first railway to go across the country. One of the complications of the railroad was that the government […]

A Study of the Trans-Texas Corridor and How it Affects Texans   Everything is bigger in Texas. That’s what a lot of Texans what Americans and people around the world to know – you don’t mess with Texas. In the 1950’s, when President Eisenhower created the first Interstate plan for the country and implemented new roads in almost every single state, it was the largest […]

3102 Words13 Pages In many religions, the use of garments such as the Jewish yarmulke or the Islamic hijab are not merely worn out of choice, but out of strict ritual or religious obligation. Donning traditional dress is not just seen as religious duty, but ties closely with spiritual practice identity. Widespread use shows that it has become an integral part to the continuity of […]