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My favorite classes this year were AP United States History taught by Mr. Cryer and AP English Language and Composition taught by Mrs. Sword. What made these two classes phenomenal was the teachers. They viewed teaching as an art which assisted discovery and constantly engaged their students by bringing modern scenarios and real world problemsContinue reading “End Of The Year Self-Reflection”

American Activist, Rodney King, is best known for asking the question “can we all just get along” on national television. This broadcast was made three days into the six day rioting in Los Angeles in April of 1992 where 66 citizens died. With over 1 billion dollars in damage, this was known as the mostContinue reading “Blog post #10—Can We All Just Get Along?”

In all honesty, when I first read the blog prompt, I thought King Kong was a brand of durable dog toys. However, after further investigation, I found out that Godzilla is an enormous prehistoric Japanese fictional reptile whos might was empowered by nuclear radiation and King Kong is a gorilla who weighs 20,500 metric tons.Continue reading “Godzilla Vs. King Kong”

MLA Citation for Article 1: Genetic Modification Of Agronomic Traits in Fruit Crops L. Baldoni-E. Rugini – Fruit and Vegetable Biotechnology – 2002 Summary of Article 1: This article, published by the Food And Drug Association, begins with providing the reader a simplified definition of traditional crop rotations, genetic engineering, and then genome editing. TheContinue reading “Research Blog!”

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;  If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,  Till she speaks “Lover, gold hatted, high-bouncing lover,  I must have you!”  The preface to The Great Gatsby is a four lined poem written by Thomas Parke D’Inviller, a character from Scott F. Fitzgerald’s’ first quasi-autobiographicalContinue reading “The Great Gatsby”

Upon reading the prompt “what grinds your gears” I fell into a deep writer’s block. I felt as if I should not waste Mrs. Swords’ precious time by making her read an extensive rant about slow walkers or the linguistic evolution of the filler “uh” and “like” in daily speech. And then, while looking aroundContinue reading “It Is Time To Unmask The Truth”

The pattern of segregated neighborhoods first started in the Jim Crow era, where policies passed by the Federal Government would dictate where African Americans could live. Housing segregation is still evident today through weak enforcement of federal civil rights. Before reading the Washington Post article Segregated From Opportunity, I knew that decades of government sanctionedContinue reading “Segregated From Opportunity”

The criminalization of African Americans is not new. It is just as old as America. Except now, it is just getting filmed more thanks to the rise of technological advances, George Floyd’s death was to be broadcasted to the entire world within seconds. Once public attention shifted to Mr. Floyd, the United States would neverContinue reading “Black Lives Matter”

My jamadoo is and will forever be Saturn by Sleeping at Last. Words could not even begin to express how much comfort and pure alleviation this song grants me upon listening. To put it simply; it is my anthem of healing. The melody is so incredibility ethereal that whenever I listen to it I canContinue reading “Jamadoo”

Have you eaten a strawberry, peach or carrot today? Maybe you had a glass of milk for breakfast or a delicious omelete. Or maybe, for an afternoon snack, you had french fries drizzled with ketchup. Whatever the case is, the food you ate was most likely neatly packaged, clean, and pristine. Even though there isContinue reading “An Introduction to Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”