Essays about Life Page 18

What Bob Marley brought to the world stage was something unique for its time. Although at times his message was diluted and overseen by the public, Rastafaris have come a long way to overcome the negative prejudices of the larger society and integrate into the mainstream. Bob Marley’s influence was not limited to just entertainment,…

Have you ever been flipping through the television channels and were astonished by how many reality tv shows are on there? The number of reality shows rises rapidly during the television premiere weeks. With this rise, children are starting to watch less of age-appropriate shows and more of these susceptible shows. Authenticity in Reality Television…

Does anyone really like to be stereotyped in any way, shape or form? Does anyone want to be looked at and automatically judged just because of the way they look, by their skin color, their hair type, or even the type of clothing they choose to wear? Now, you might ask, well, what is even…

The age of responsibility by law is 18. By the age 18 people allowed to choose whether to go to college,move out and vote. Responsibility is an important role in adulthood. Going to college is a lot to be responsible for because that’s a big thing in your life. But at age 18 you are…

My first code blue as a medical student was quite an experience. With adrenaline coursing through my body, along with tachycardia and perspiration, I performed my first CPR on a patient that is unstable. I was able to see how swift action and accurate teamwork are important to keep a patient alive. After multiple rounds…

It was a cold fall morning. My middle school professor was distributing exams as I heard the loudest sound of a bomb blast. All windows got shattered and room got filled with smoke. It was total darkness in the room and everyone was screaming. I could smell the fumes. I choked on the air filled…

A more than usual amount of sweat dripped from my hands as I held the fifth-grade science fair certificate. I was proud to stand, in my best white dress, as the only African-American female recipient at Monticello Elementary School. This early period in my academic life was marked by a growing interest in science, which…

While volunteering for food delivery at a soup kitchen four years ago, I encountered a diabetic old lady. She walked awkwardly towards me to receive the food and the pile of dusty books behind her caught my attention. As I conversed with her, she shared her love for reading and that her disease had prevented…

During the last eleven years I have been working as a professional driver for a national bus company. Although driving for the public can be a very testing career, it has given me the opportunity to engage with the public daily, to face the challenges of working various shift lengths and to become a more…

In the United States, women theoretically have the right to abort a pregnancy, at least until the point at which the fetus is viable. The Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade (1973) confirmed this right on the basis of a woman’s right to privacy as granted by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. This…