A Little Bit

creativity one can grasp as explained in the short story, “Isn’t Everyone a Little Bit Weird.” In the short story, one of the framers of the United States constitution, Benjamin Franklin, is portrayed both as a genius and as an odd man; expressing Franklin’s peculiar habits and actions. However, despite the fact of being unusual, he saw things in ways in which other people accepted as fact. The author of “Isn’t Everyone a Little Bit Weird” writes, “ It may have been Franklin’s weirdness that made him great”

found in America, I have been able to experience a little bit of the Vietnamese culture through my friend, Kim. Kim has been a great source of insight regarding the leadership utilized within the Vietnamese culture. Kim’s family is from Vietnam and moved here in the early 1980’s. Kim and her older siblings were born in Vietnam. Her younger siblings were born in America. Her family has maintained their Vietnamese cultural roots and have adopted very little of the American culture. Kim graduated from high

Little Bit (mis)Judged Throughout United States history, the nation saw many different presidents. Some terms were too short to evaluate the legacy, and others had many events that led to a mixed legacy. It is always hard to rank the presidents based on the greatest, the most impactful, or even the most overrated. Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, arguably had an impactful presidency, but he was also a very overrated one. His domestic policy looks good because he addressed

A little bit of the Old Times That’s an interesting question, since I’m old, and I’ve lived in a world not just without Internet, but without personal computers! Well, I´ve lived in a world without computers, period! J My first contact with computers was around 1972. I worked in the accounting department of a large chain of stores in Brazil, and we in the Pelotas (a city near the State´s capital) branch received some reports – inventory position, sales summaries, etc. – from the headquarters in

Christmas, which is debatably better than the holidays themselves. This year, October holds these things along with much more for me. I have experienced a lot this October, but this month seemed to be the light at the end of the tunnel, which made a little sliver of light fall on some important parts of life; from learning the true importance of patience and trust, to coming face to face with love. Practicing patience has never been something I have been good at, in regards to anything, to be honest

Ariel and he says hi back as Joseph introduces us because we had never met before. Then we go around in the Walmart parking lot as Adriel showed us some cool bike tricks. The we go up a slope and he asks to try my bike to I let him on and I tried his little did I know there

Finding Clarity and Purpose in “Flowers for Algernon” “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences” (Eleanor Roosevelt). Charlie Gordon, the main character in the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, receives surgery to become smarter and to have “richer experiences.” Charlie ends up losing this intelligence, but not these experiences. Is Charlie better off before or after this surgery

The thought of regionals and state were starting to come up a little more this late in the year. I knew that I would have to wrestle Roy again, one way or another. Regionals came up before I knew it and I won my first and second matches easily with pins, but I knew my third wouldn't be so easy. Sure enough, I checked

Being a trucker means spending days, weeks, and even months away from your friends and family. You are often deployed on cross-country drives with only a few hours’ notice - sometimes even less - and you spend a portion of every assignment driving on some long stretch of road in the middle of nowhere with nobody around for miles. When you’re in a situation like that, the last thing you want is to breakdown with no means of restarting your truck. Having a decent set of tools stashed in your truck

there myself along side with Beowulf. “Let me tell you about Beowulf’s battle against Grendel.” I began with a little background of how much of a threat Grendel was, “You see, Grendel was no ordinary monster. On his first night of attack, he swallowed thirty men whole. And ever since, Grendel had been a threat to King Hrothgar and the Herot Hall for twelve years.” The man shrugged a little, then asked, “Grendel must be a strong and big demon. How could Beowulf possibly defeat such a