PAS #4 – Puerto Rico
Next stop on our world travels is the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, which is a commonwealth of the United States. Besides the gorgeous views, exotic hideaways, robust green rainforests, and beaches,...
View ArticleWIP #5 – Persuasive Essay Topic Choice
The topic I’ve chosen for my Persuasive Essay is self-checking for breast cancer. This falls under the Question of Policy topic. I chose this topic because I believe that it is an important topic that...
View ArticleWIP #6 – Advocacy Website Critique
After scouring the web for a while, I stumbled upon a website for an initiative for the “Action on Smoking and Health.” After looking through the website, I realized that this would be a perfect...
View ArticlePAS #5 – Playa del Carmen, Mexico
In the spotlight of this week’s “Places you must visit” we have Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. After having quite the endeavor trying to get to Mexico for Spring Break (first starting out with a delay, and...
View ArticleCivic Issues #3 – Multiculturalism and the Idea of the US “Melting Pot”
For decades the US’s overall culture has been referred to as a “melting pot”, a place in which there are many different cultures and races that are mixed together and become one. However, I would like...
View ArticlePAS #6 – Marbella, Spain
Since I haven’t really talked about any vacations spots in Europe, I think it’s the perfect time to write a passion blog post on my trip to Spain! A couple of years ago my family and I visited Marbella...
View ArticlePassion #7 – San Francisco
Our last and final destination on this travel blog will be stateside…. San Francisco, CA. I decided that I wanted to pick a stateside location for my last post because many people (including myself)...
View ArticleCivic Issues #4 – Perception of Race
According to an article put out in April of 2004 by USA Today called Attitudes Shift Over 50 Years: Integration Makes Gains, But Perceptions Slower to Change, research has been conducted that supports...
View ArticleCivic Issues #5 – The Chicano Civil Rights Movement
Many are unaware and uninformed about the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, which took place during the 1960s and 1970s in Crystal City, Texas. As for myself, I never even knew about a Civil Rights...
View ArticleCivic Issues #6 – Schools Are Still Not Desegregated in the Year 2013?!
Recently I have been hearing chatter in some of my classes about the fact that schools are still not entirely desegregated! To me, at the time, this seemed like false information due to the fact that...
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