AMERICAN STUDENT INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS A constant point of contention, focus, and debate within the American political and education system are the standardized test scores that rank students in countries around the world based on a specific set of standards according to their level of …
Student Loans/Debt After the counter-culture movement of the 1960s, where the first generation of young, college-educated adults used their newly acquired knowledge to refuse the governments corruption and the illegitimate war in Vietnam, coincidentally or not, the price of higher education slowly increased and …
Obesity in America Life as a human being in the modern world is riddled with sociocultural roadblocks and biological mechanisms that corrupt our judgment and actions towards the negative aspects of existence on Earth, which make it difficult to navigate the planet safely without …
Consequences and Risks of Obesity If Americans continue to weight gain at the current rate, it will lead to six million new cases of diabetes, five million cases of heart disease, and 400,000 cases of cancer within the next two decades. Obesity related health …
Sugar Consumption Sugar is a harmful, addictive, and sometimes deadly drug that Americans consume in excessive amounts as part of the Standard American Diet. Through our evolutionary history, the human race has consumed sugar in moderate amounts as a source of fast-acting fuel. Whole …
Sleep Our lives depend on sleep in order to remain healthy and productive in our waking reality. Getting the recommended number of hours of sleep boosts our memory, mood, feelings, emotional stability, and cognitive function; repairs our body; reduces stress and inflammation, which improves …
Yosemite National Park, part of the California Sierra Nevada mountains, is a designated World Heritage Site, meaning that it is protected by international treaties due to its educational, scientific, cultural and historical significance. Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant in 1864, which established a …
Alaska’s name is based on the Eskimo word “Alakshak” meaning Great Lands or Peninsula. Russian whalers and fur traders established the first settlement in Alaska on Kodiac Island in 1784. Russia is only 50 miles from Alaska. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State, William …
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