Author Archives: kmarsh

The Faces of Inequality

Every man and woman in modern society has been placed in a situation where inequality was present. Whether it was when they were young and attended high school, or when they found a career and in the workplace, every single human being cannot deny being familiar with inequality. Perhaps, it wasn’t them personally who was

Tempted

Tempted

By: P.C and Kristin Cast

Let’s Blame Everyone

If I find myself stuck in a group situation, which I try to avoid for these reasons, and a part of the project goes askew, my first instinct is to accuse another person. I should feel guilty about doing this, but I don’t. Perhaps it is because I do not want to get in trouble;

Alcohol Too?

Gender biased is in everything, even alcohol advertising. Even if you don’t drink, or haven’t watched that many commercials, I’m sure you could distinguish which ads are guy drinks and which are female drinks as soon as you saw them. What makes a drink a guy or girl one? From what I have noticed, girl

Island of the Aunts

Island of the Aunts

By: Eva Ibbotson

Girls + Boys + Gender Stereotypes

Kids are growing up in a world where there are boy toys and girl toys. When you look in a catalog or any sort of advertisement for toys, you can clearly distinguish which toys are meant for girls and which are meant for boys. When did the gender inequality begin? Or is it just one

A Twenty Five Percent Chance

The first sentence I choose to defend is the starting one. “Much of the Snaid-Anacs’ day is spent in ritual and ceremony.” I categorized this as stereotyping because stereotyping by my definition is thinking that, just because someone belongs to a certain collective, they are all the same. An example of this would be that

Monster in the Closet

Cujo

by Stephen King

I just started reading this book and I will update with book talk in comments.

STJ School Forum : Book Talk : Fiction Book Discussion : Monster in the Closet
STJ School Forum

Monster in the Closet in Book Talk : Fiction Book Discussion, kmarsh, 2009-11-18
I have stopped reading this book. I will eventually finish

Technology : Yes or No

Technology is becoming more and more intertwined into society. The question everyone needs to consider is if this will better or worsen society. Are we going to lose our collective and individual identities? Is it worth this just because communication technologies provide us with such valuable convenience and benefits that we should embrace them even

Speaking Up

I am currently reading a series called “California Diaries™”. This series follows around a group of friends who were, minus the oldest Ducky, excited to be the oldest class in the middle level building. Much to their surprise, an assembly is called to tell them they will be in the high school building. The little