The D.A.R.E. program has taught me different skills to help me make healthy choices and to say no to drugs.

Essay discusses my personal feelings regarding my father.

A biography of NASCAR racing champion Dale Earnhardt.

Dance should be considered a sport. It takes strength and endurance, is competitive, and requires much personal time and dedication, just as recognized sports do.

This essay warns about the dangers of railroad crossings to cars and pedestrians. It includes safety tips and advice.

A brief guide to survive in the outdoors.

The DARE program has taught me a lot about resisting peer pressure, drugs, and making good choices. DARE has taught me about drugs and how they are bad for your body so that I will not do drugs. I learned that you shouldn't do drugs because you can die from them and they mess up your brain and body. Also to stay healthy and say no if somebody asks me to do drugs and what I should do. I feel the DARE is an enjoyable and fun program that is also very useful throughout and life and I think every school should have DARE.

DARE has taught me a lot about how to resist drugs, alcohol, and peer pressure. These are choices that all of us will face sometime in our lives. Drugs can affect our brain and bodies horribly they can even kill us.

Discusses the novel Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. Examines how communism plays a major part in the plot of the novel, which is set at the time of the Soviet Union, during the 1930's- after the Russian Revolution- when communism was at it's peak.

Essay describes my visit to Dartmouth College.

David Lurie's worshipping of Eros keeps him from recognizing the guilt of his actions and he uses his beliefs to justify his bad behavior throughout Disgrace. His beliefs help him to defend his approach to attaining personal satisfaction, sexual release, autonomy and passion.

Essay describes a haunting memory of my past.

Imagine writing a letter to the character Rebecca from the book Tebecca About the House, explaining. explain what you have done to Manderly and why, knowing of the character of Mrs. Danvers and of the strange relationship between her and Rebecca.

Three short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, namely: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845), The Masque of the Red Death (1842) and The Tell-Tale Heart (1843); have quite a lot in common. But the 3 outstanding points about them are that, they are of the same genre of gothic and horror, they are all narrated by an unknown individual, and they all share the same mystical properties. Edgar Allen Poe

This essay deals with the theories of what will happen to oneself when he/she dies.

Elie Wiesel's book Night shows how the experience of death can change a person. In the book, Wiesel recounts his changes in one fateful year as a result of his exposure to death in the Holocaust, for which he would never be the same. Once a very religious, innocent, and scared boy, he became in that one year a disturbed man without God in his life.

Essay analyzes Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman."

Death of a Salesman is a true and intelligent criticism of the American Dream. Willy Loman's dreams are unattainable, thus pointing out that the American dream can be insurmountable for many people. The Loman's displays of dishonesty and immorality prove that the American Dream can often diminish any respectable values an individual may have.

In H.L. Mencken's essay "The Penalty of Death" an essay in favor of the death penalty. Mencken's essay creates controversy because of his opinion and humor of capital punishment. The death penalty to Mencken is acceptable punishment also described as katharsis; katharsis is "salubrious discharge of emotions, a healthy letting of steam." Mencken bothered with the process of America putting off the punishment for a number of years.

About DeathWatch by Robb White - The Nature of Man.

Advertisers use despicable tactics to sell products. They deceive consumers and play on their emotions and insecurities. It's the buyer's responsibility to investigate the product and its claims.

The decolonizing methodologies used to take over the Hawaiian Islands and their people.

Essay describes the definition of a hero. Also discusses people such as Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and how they possessed the traits of a hero.

A personal essay explaining what constitutes American character. Considers personality traits shared by many Americans. Provides biographical information on prominent Americans and explores how they embody elements of the American character.

Essay attempts to define 'Religion' as well as make a comparative analysis religion to other subjects such as science.

Considers precisely what constitutes a religion. Describes how some definitions, by referring to a belief in God, could exclude Buddhism; others are so all encompassing that they could include ideologies such as Marxism.

Fear

Fear is the sweat dripping down your face as you walk along through the woods. Fear is the anxiety of waiting for your report card, so you can grab it first rather then your parents. Fear is all the sharks swimming freely in the ocean while you are scuba diving. Fear is "a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the existence or presence of danger,." A disturbance when danger is around or when you experience jeopardy, you yourself are worried for your well-being and comfort. Fear is a negative emotional state that is a state of mind.

This essay attemptas to define exactly what constitutes a friend.

Contemporary films, as well as the stereotype about movie heros are misleading to the importance of women. In these films women are not treated as equals because they don't mean anything to the story, they are hardly even seen as real characters when they are treated so badly in these movies, in reality women can't be taken as seriously.

This essay will examine the criteria needed to create the ideal citizen of a diverse and democratic society, as well as how I as an educator plan to integrate and promote democracy and diversity in my teaching practices.

This essay involves the discussion of racial circumstances during the Civil Rights era and some notable authors or persons who contributed to the situation.

There are two kinds of faith; faith where you merely believe in the impossible and fidelity, a deeper faith, where you actually put your faith to action. Each and every one of us develops the first kind of faith. However, in times where it seems God is not there and life seems to be at its worst we need fidelity.

Explores the text Descent into Madness: The Yellow Wallpaper, in which Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of the The Yellow Wallpaper, describes the descent into madness of a young woman at the end of the 19th century. Describes the dichotomous roles that women faced in the past and the 'cure' that was often prescribed when they broke down from the stress of it all.

Summary of an article by Marshall Welch called "Descriptive Analysis of Team Teaching in Two Elementary Classrooms: A Formative Experimental Approach." The study found that team teaching resulting in post-test mean scores that were higher than pretest mean scores for reading and spelling in both schools. Opinions from the author are included.

Life can hold only few certainties and traveling to find yourself are one of the few things we can count on. "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of a man who on his own journey learned to see only evil within people. Young Goodman Brown is an example to us all about what can happen when we give up believing in people.

A personal essay on a personal tragedy and something that I wish I could possess a better understanding.

Describes problems with writing effective essays. Details poor writing habits which can lead to low essay writing grades.

New technologies are changing our world. Last year it was surveyed and found that in our world there are more computers in the city of New York than there are in the whole continent of Africa, but is this development making our world better or worse?

A few pointers on how to improve story writing.

Describes the origins of the English language. Examines the value of learning English. Discusses its world influence.

There are many children in the world today. Depending on how they are raised and what living conditions they live in, each individual child develops differently. In the case of Pharaoh, he grows up in Henry Horner, a housing project in Chicago. During these times of hardship, we see Pharaoh persevere and go against the inevitable fate the children living in Henry Horner go through.

Examines violence in media and society. Discusses rising incidents of school violence. Debates whether modern mainstream media is to blame.

This essay is about the difference between chess and checkers.

An examination of the differences between collegiate basketball, as played under the guidelines of the NCAA, and professional basketball as played in the NBA.

Analysis of cultures.

Defines an ecosystem as the system of interacting organisms and their environment. Describes how animals and plants interact in an area and the environment that affects them. Discusses a Saline Marshlands ecosystem.

Reviews the different perspectives of Americans and Iraqis on the United States war against Iraq.

Explores the different forms of how we retain historical data. Explores rhetoric devices students use to grasp historical concepts while connecting those events to past or future. Describes how relaying historical information in story format helps with the chronological information and cause and effect relationships.

Essay consists of a discussion of the different types of martial arts.

Differences in beliefs of Islam and Christianity demonstrated through Biblical texts and religious art.