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In the article, “In Praise of the F Word” Mary Sherry argues that flunking students is a method that has been effective in the past and is still effective todays day, and anyone needs to see is as a positive teaching tool. Sherry indicates that flunking students is a method that motivates students to study…

When I think about America’s history, one word comes to my mind: sacrifice. It is the foundation of what our country is founded on. The men who created the famous Declaration of Independence were not one’s who waited for the change they wanted to happen on its own; instead they stood up from their positions…

As I was standing in the center of the Brother Martin gymnasium, preparing for a tumbling pass that I could routinely do in my sleep, I felt the piercing eyes of the students and faculty watching my every move. The time had soon arrived for me to take off, and with my heart rapidly palpitating…

“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself in acts of bravery and heroism” -Alexander Hamiliton. Human nature often implies to the unique characteristics that humans tend to exhibit. The Webster’s dictionary definition of human nature is “the essential essence of who we are collectively as human beings”. This…

I love being a Mom. I wouldn’t say that I’m perfect at it, but I’m definitely learning something new every day with my first son. You start to learn that you are stronger then before and you learn the sacrifices your mom been through to take care of you. Now here I am making those…

In a relationship, we depend on comprehension and love from our partner to help us grow and develop as people; however, some relationships can be unhealthy, and even abusive. After reading ‘Sweat’ by Zora Neale Hurston, I asked myself; Why would Delia stay with Sykes and suffer constant humiliation and torture? I believe that many…

Have you ever been in a room with a loud Puerto Rican if so, then you kind of know how my childhood went every day. My name is Victoria and I was raised by a Puerto Rican mother, sister, a Mexican nanny, and an American father. When I was one and a half years old…

Introduction: I noticed at an early age that our perceptions form a very individual reality. One person can see a ski hill and imagine the thrill they get from it while the person sitting beside can be filled with the fear of pain due to an earlier injury. We can see a red-headed person and…

In Rene Descartes Part One of the Discourse On The Method, Descartes discusses and questions his educational upbringing. Descartes proclaims that he received a great Jesuit education that promised to provide him with knowledge of everything important. Descartes says that the more he learned the more he began to question himself, and that the more…

Colorism is a dark side to the internal prejudice acts or attitudes against our own brothers and sisters. Colorism is a seed of deceit, a silent hatred that divides us as a nation, race and as a people. We were given equality by our four founding fathers declaration through our constitution. We have a right…