In our society, it is hard to imagine what life was like before cell phones. One of the ways that cell phones have revolutionized the way we live, is cell phones in school. Some people think that phones have no place in schools, but banning cell phones in school would be like going back in ...
Ethnocentrism pervades American thought processes. Hearing Roe v. Wade stirs up strong and varying emotions for most Americans, but Attorney General v. X, a key abortion ruling in Ireland, would likely evoke blank stares. An issue unconfined by United States boundaries, abortion affects nearly every nation in the world. Although acknowledging unique aspects of issues, ...
My list of the top 10 TV shows of the 80s would produce snorts of laughter from anyone who didn’t grow up in that decade. Sure, the TV shows of today have special effects that blow away even the blockbuster movies of the 80s, and the effects of the low budget TV shows of the ...
I suffer from irregularity. I decided to try Activia. It is hard to go wrong with their guarantee that if I ate Activia every day for two weeks and wasn’t satisfied I would get my money back. Now, you may ask, what does “satisfied” mean? It means that I would not be constipated any more. ...
DON’T: Don’t write the same things everyone else writes. I recently had a conversation with a professor on the admissions committee at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I had applied to the School’s Master of Fine Arts Writing Program, and she called me on a Sunday night to give me a surprise ...
