Life Essays

What is air pollution? “Let’s go out for a breath of fresh air” is an often-heard phrase, but how many of us realize that this has become irrelevant in today’s world? The quality of air in our cities is anything but fresh. Air pollution is a serious problem in our …

To be interested in dogs is one thing, but to get your self up early, every morning of your career just to clean, feed and look after dogs isn’t the easiest thing in the word too do. But on the other hand, if you do enjoy spending time with dogs …

In the book Peasant Fires, the author gives an account of the story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Holy Mother Mary. Han’s then gave passionate sermons and speeches about equality for all peasants, for which, peasants came from all over …

In recent years many educational institutions have increased their use of part-time adjuncts, especially with the introduction of distance learning courses. With this growing use questions about the efficacy of part-time and distance faculty have arisen. This paper tests whether organizational commitment, as described by Mowday (1979), differs between three …

Several professions today don’t earn the respect that they should from individuals. The most concerned group of professionals I believe that don’t earn the respect that they should, would be teachers. Students in many grade levels, especially elementary students, haven’t gained the maturity level to understand how important education is. …

My personal cultural background was full of many experiences that I carry with me from day to day to remind me what used to be. I grew up in what one would describe to be an upper middle class setting. I am the middle child of five. I have two …

When Dr. Maria Montessori became the director of a school for mentally-handicapped children, she exposed them to an environment that was highly conducive to learning. After two years, the children, who had formerly been labeled _uneducable_, were able to pass a test with normal children. This dramatic success led her …

Naomi Wolf’s essay “The Making of a Slut” describes the conditions and circumstances in which society labels woman as being “good” or “bad” girls and the consequences that go along with each of those labels. It may or may not be morally ok to a “bad” girl. What is important …

George Orwell, in his novel, 1984, has created a bleak totalitarian society in which The Party has become all powerful and their goal is to control all thoughts, all actions and to suppress all individuality. Love of family, romantic love and sexual love are all key to a person’s individuality …

One of the first lines in the play Twelfth Night reveals the main theme of the play. Curio asks, “Will you go hunt, my lord?” And Duke Orsino replies, “Why, so I do, the noblest that I have. O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, methought she purged the …