The Real World: It's Not Reality TV, It's Reality!
I’ve entered the real world, finally. It’s what one works toward after he endures the rigors of academia. High School prepares you for college, and if you’re lucky enough to attend college you will learn a great many things.
In High School I learned how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, the basics of biology, and how to write a decent expository essay on any subject.
In college I learned about philosophers, composers and playwrights like Shakespeare and Nietzche, Wagner and Brecht.
But no one told me about bad credit versus good credit, balancing a check book, doing taxes, getting a good deal on a car, or how much love can hurt you.
According to my Dad, educators simply don’t have time to teach their students everything. He said I’d learned the basics, and that’s what school is for. But 95% of what you really need to know you don’t learn in school. You learn it through experience. Well, I can tell you, sometimes all this “real world” experience sucks when you don’t know what you’re doing.
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school in London, to when she was an adult, being a First Lady in the White House and
Firstly, it is important to discuss the beginnings of this drug as it has an amazing story that goes with it. In 1950, an Australian teenager was admitted to a hospital needing to have major thoracic surgery. As a result of this surgery the teenager, James Harrison, required 13 liters of blood. As he lay in a hospital bed for three months Mr. Harrison realized that the donors of the blood that he needed, saved his life and swore to his father that he would start donating blood himself as soon as he could do so legally at the age of 18. In 1954 James Harrison, staying true to his word, started giving his donations of blood. Within just a few donations however, it was realized that his blood contained an extremely rare antibody called Rho (D) immune globulin. Almost immediately Mr. Harrison started helping in the experimentation and development of a vaccine that would be later become known by various trade names such as Sky Med, Rhogam, Rhesonativ, Micrhogam, and Rhesugam and others. The first injection of Rho (D) immune globulin was given in 1968. The donations of Mr. James Harrison are attributed in saving the lives of over 2 million newborns, and the research was so important that in the 1950’s, his life was insured for 1 million doll...
Through out her life, Eleanor Roosevelt had served the world. She helped so many people by doing simple work with Human Rights. She put her heart and soul into her work and gave the world, especially the United States, a new respect for both women and African Americans. From her years as a United Nations delegate, she gave over one hundred lectures a year, wrote daily newspaper columns, contributed to magazines and wrote three autobiographies. She hosted a weekly television interview show and broadcast a daily radio commentary. She was the most influential First Ladies to date, and continued her well doing for years until her death.
So many of the ocean animals are eating tiny pieces of plastic and causing them to ingest toxic
Large mammals such as whales, consume over 24,000 tons of plastic per year. The survival of many species, including the Hawaiian Monk Seal and the Loggerhead Turtle are being jeopardized and are nearly extinct. “The economical effects of plastic pollution cause an estimated $1.27 billion dollars in vessel damages per year and the cost of removing this debris cost $1,500 to $25,000 per ton” (Sounds Like Garbage). That’s over 13 billion dollars the government is using each year to try and remove some percentage of the plastic debris that has accumulated over the years. Plastic pollution also releases toxic chemicals that are being absorbed by the plastic, increasing the concentration a million times more. Which results in toxic chemicals entering our food chain that leads towards cancer, malformation, breast cancer, and even death. If plastic pollution continues to go unsolved, the ecological, economical and eco-toxicological effects it has had will basically begin, no it has already began, to destroy Earth and we are the ones who did this to
She was very good at her job and knows how to complete a task. Eleanor was in great demand as a speaker and lecture...
Recently, an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean was found to be polluted with 38 million pieces of plastic that had been carried over by currents (Wang, “No one lives on this remote Pacific island”). The island, dubbed ‘trash island’, is home to diverse animal populations that have all been devastated by the pollution. On the beach, hundreds of birds were seen dead by reporters and scientists. When analyzed, the primary cause of death turned out to be consumption of plastic. When animals ingest plastic, it clogs their stomach and poisons their body with toxic chemicals. These toxic chemicals cause an array of issues, such as reproductive and endocrine problems. Eventually, this leads to death (Knoblauch, “The environmental toll of plastics”). But due to the nature of plastics, it can take hundreds or even thousands of years to completely degrade, meaning that as plastic pollution continues to build up, more places like ‘trash island’ will be discovered. According to conservation scientist Alex Bond, “…[The island] is just an indicator of what’s floating around out there” (Wang, “No one lives on this remote Pacific
...d make up most of the population. The three classes will always be here and played a huge role in the book, Lord of the Flies.
Water is the most abused and wasted natural resource. Even with all our technological advancements, there are still approximately 1 billion people on this planet that do not have access to clean drinking water. Earth is comprised of 75% water with 96% of that being ocean water. Throughout the years, the ocean has become a dump for societies to use, throwing trash and waste away into the waters. Marine debris can destroy marine habitats, endanger marine and coastal wildlife, and serve as threats to human health and safety. For decades there has been a steady increase in the production of plastic materials for human use and various consumptive purposes. Due to bad disposal techniques, our population’s overuse, and the non-biodegradable nature of plastic; plastic is accountable for 80% of marine debris. This issue of plastic has and is
Have you ever seen one of those articles that explains that we have too much trash in the ocean and it is killing animals? Well, get ready. This is another one of “those articles”. In the article “ Sea turtles are munching on plastic garbage floating in the ocean.” the author explains that we have too much trash and the animals are eating our waste. Most scientists are finding animals dead and their stomachs are full of plastic. “Her study estimates that 52 percent of sea turtles worldwide have eaten plastic waste.” (By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff)
The main effect of this plastic is pollution. In passage 3 it states that ” We have so much to thank the oceans for; however, they are threatened daily by natural and manmade pollution. Ocean pollution comes in many forms, but the largest factor affecting the oceans is plastic”.
We are living on a plastic planet. Starting from the air that we breathe, the food that we eat, and the soil that we live on, plastic is everywhere. It may be hard to believe that a substance that was made for convenience would turn into a product that could ultimately destroy our planet. Plastic is a non-biodegradable material that has been mass produced for our convenience since the 1950’s. Today, over 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean each year and is estimated to increase to 800 million tons by the year 2025. The film “A Plastic Ocean” uncovers the plastic issue that is ever so prevalent in today’s world and shines a light on the reality of what we as humans are doing to our oceans.
Next is in terms of the design and aesthetics. Layout that being used for this website is a plain white which easier people to read the text that is in black, in contrast and suitable for the concept of showroom online. The font is also suits which is not too big and not too small to be read by people. To highlight the main subject or the main product, the font is being bold to alert customers that they choose the right one. There is no audio available for this website or even a video. But somehow, as it was a home furnishing website, most of the pictures being used by the website is in JPEG format to deliver a clear view of the products to customers.
Although plastic bags appear to be fragile and light, their negative environmental effect is devastating. Plastic bags may cause large amounts of pollution in every step of their limited life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials, production, transportation, and recycling or disposal. Plastic bags can be defined as the most damaging form of environmental pollution. They can have a damaging effect on marine animals and wildlife in addition to the aesthetic effects on beaches, parks, and trees. Plastic bags are potentially one of the main causes of death to marine animals (Harbor keepers,2008). Up to one hundred thousand marine animals or more die each year from eating plastic bags which are mistaken for food. This can result in blocking the animal’s intestines and possibly lead to the animal’s death. Another possible situation is that wildlife, such as birds, can get tangled in plastic bags causing choking and immobility, which may eventually lead to death. (Senior, 2008) and (Citizen Campaign, 2010). In other situations, after plastic bags photo degrade they remain toxic and could be eaten by fish, shellfish or any other marine life and survive this allows the toxins to enter our food chain through bioaccumulation (Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, 2011).
Research from the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that species in the ocean consume a projected 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year in the Pacific Ocean (Nall, 2014). Pollution of recyclable materials in the oceans is one of the leading causes of why some marine species are nearing extinction. Many authors of articles and books analyzing this topic tend to agree that pollution of our oceans is a problem. The future of this problem is where their ideas tend to differ. The following four literature reviews attempt to demonstrate and support my belief that pollution is getting worse in the ocean and more marine life ecosystems are being affected, but there are things that we as humans can do to change this. Imagine a world where we didn’t have to constantly worry about the vicious cycle of humans affecting animals and then animals in turn affecting us through consumption.