The Kamehameha School is a privately owned school run by a charitable, educational trust. The school’s land was endowed by Her Royal Highness Princess Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter and the last heir to King Kamehameha I’s line of descent. The princess had a vision of preserving the Hawaiian language and culture. Hence, she set up the school to retain the Hawaiian identity and promote Hawaiian culture. This essay is about

Revisiting The Past Every time the war is mentioned I picture the bloodshed, massacre, flames, and fear that the people of my country; especially my family, suffered during the Kosovo War of 1998. Each of the war-related images that my Professor showed us in class affected me personally, especially the History of the Balkans and the NATO bombing of Belgrade. The Kosovo War was a painful experience for me. I

Going through the company, to conduct interviews with a manager and one other employee; a non-manager, I was overwhelmed by the attitude of the employees. The employees were engrossed in their work and seemed to be working with intent. The prime reason behind interviewing two officers from two different tiers of the organization was to understand the management style behind the high-quality work coming from the company. This essay explains

Predatory lending is a practice, used by financial institutions, which imposes illegal and unfair terms and conditions on the borrowers. Financial institutions involved in predatory lending try to convince people to accept the institution’s prejudiced terms and conditions through misleading means, often using unethical measures to force people to take loans, even if they don’t need a loan(“Predatory Lending: Oregon | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Simon Anholt, a British freelance policy advisor, gave a speech at a Ted event earlier this year. The topic was, “Who would the rest of the world vote for in your election?” He claims that he has built a website; Global Vote, through which people worldwide can vote in other countries’ elections. He says, “This is a simple diagnosis of what’s wrong with the world and how we can fix

This world is a funny place, more so because of its inhabitants. While some people love to hunt wild animals, others launch movements to protect those same animals. Our history is full of such cases. If common sense were inserted in the history of humanity, half of the past would have no means or basis for ever happening. Throughout history, man has made systems for himself, with rules and regulations

The story of Pocahontas still enchants people after all these centuries. In recent years, the story has been rewritten and sometimes represented. Several stage plays, movies, and books have been written, including an animated film by Disney(Schilling, 2017). Interestingly, the real story of Pocahontas does not include her being friends with a raccoon or diving off cliffs in Virginia. The real story is, in fact, a story of tragedy. This

Introduction It is a proposal essay, which includes an invitation to the National Insurance Appraisers Association to conduct an upcoming seminar in the city of Tempe, Arizona. The Economic Development Council Executive Director for Tempe, Arizona writes the composition. The Executive Director believes that Tempe has the resources to provide the association and its members, making their event memorable. In this essay, details of the facilities will be presented to

Michael Parenti’s book, “The Assassination of Julius Caesar” discusses the questions that almost every man, woman, and child has asked ever since. Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? Why did a group of Rome’s most respectable men gather at Pompey’s Theatre and kill the great man on that fateful day? What did Caesar do to suffer such a wrath? Parenti’s book provides a detailed account of the events that led up

Those who have read American history, know that the United States was formed through imperialism. The European nations that wanted to expand their territories directly invaded this part of the world. Once captured, the new colonies were settled by the European invaders. Even after settling down, the newly formed nation-state of America remained in a constant struggle to expand itself (September 11 and American Foreign Policy). Imperialism in America is

The author of the book, Peter Heather, is an authority on the subject of the Roman Empire. He has researched the reasons that led to the fall of the most important empires in the ancient world. Not that he is the only one to research this topic; the Roman Empire has fascinated almost all historians. Heather details how an empire with the most stable and organized government and a well-trained

Today, the United States of America is known as the emblem of human rights and Freedom. However, not long ago, this very country enslaved an entire race. The African Americans were known to be the most persecuted race in the world. More than one generation of them was brought to America and sold into slavery, without their consent. This practice continued for two centuries, until the American Civil War. This

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity Hippocrates I have been fascinated by life and its mysteries from a very young age. I have always questioned why some people have a regular and planned life while others do not. And, I have come to realize that no matter how much we plan, we may never know what our future might be. And yet,

Talking Pictures by Horton Foote is a script about the life of a few young adults preceding the First World War. The book was written in 1929 and it definitely stood out like all of Horton’s books to be a classic on which plays have been acted on for almost a century now. Out of the very few characters depicted in this play, I believe that Myra is the character

“Don’t be a victim, have integrity, have a dream, and no dream is too big.” This is what my mother has always taught me. This is the lesson that has shaped my life, my ambitions, my goals, and my relationships. I am a first-generation American whose mother decided to go against the odds and move to the United States of America, looking for a better future and more opportunities. Being

Globalization is the process through which people interact and integrate with each other. It also expands to include the interactions of one nation’s government with that of another and one company with another. The process of globalization involves the international trade and investment by people of one country into the resources of another nation. This process is supported by information technology; which includes the Internet. Globalization is not new; people

Recently, the whole world’s attention has moved towards South Asia. The media repeatedly talks about terrorism in the region. This is partly because some hard-line terrorist outfits have been found to be either hiding in South Asia or have visited it in the past. This information has changed the world’s opinion of South Asia as the most temporal region. South Asia lies in the southern part of Asia. It comprises

Lech Walesa is a retired Polish president and activist who headed one of the world’s largest trade unions and social movements.  Born on 29th September 1943 to a humble family, Walesa developed strong beliefs shaped by his mother from an early age given that his father died soon after Lech’s birth. The young Lech enrolled in a local school and later joined a vocational school where he trained as a

The drama Inherit the Wind is fiction on the 1925 Scope monkey trial that states the teaching of Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory of selection in the town where the learning of any evolutionary concept was forbidden. The Tennessee state passed the Butler Act, which states that teaching institutes should promote citizenship and morality according to the judo-Christian values. The teachings of Darwinism and the theory of evolution are contrary to

Welcome to Ghana There is always a first time for everything; now this was my first time in Africa. This day was the start of an excellent experience. In my mind, I had this picture of Africa as an impoverished continent with black residents. My curiosity made me want to travel to this new continent. I have to say that the experience was beyond expectations. I had the best time