Alaska is different from Florida in several ways such as the time zones. In Alaska the time is four hours behind the time in Florida. Another way they are different is in the place that they are on a map. Alaska is in the North West and Florida is in the South East. These two places also differ in climate. In Alaska the climate is cold‚ while in Florida there is a tropical climate. Along with different climates come different temperatures. In Alaska the normal temperature in the summer is about fifty
Premium Florida Ice hockey United States
simple because I am so passionate about basketball. I have been involved with basketball for a long time and have learned many lessons. It was easy to share stories that I have learned from. Basketball has helped me become a more outgoing person. I chose the title More Than Just a Game because basketball has taught me lessons that I will be able to carry with me throughout my life. Peer response helped me make my
Premium Writing Essay Psychology
Looking for Alaska Themes Friendship The novel opens with Miles’s going away party where only two acquaintances of Miles attend. With no true friends from his old school‚ Miles moves to Culver Creek. At first Miles is hesitant with his friendships - awkwardly unable to engage and unsure of whom to follow – but he slowly learns to be himself around his new friends. We learn that Miles values his new friendships by the way that he strictly adheres to the Colonel’s “no ratting” policy and shares both
Premium Interpersonal relationship Friendship Love
Looking For Alaska Summary: Miles Halter is tired of his boring‚ foreseen life in Florida. He leaves his home to attend his junior year at Culver Creek Boarding School in Alabama. His father went to this school so he’s heard quite a bit about how things work. When he gets there the first thing he noticed was that the rooms did not have air condition. His roommate Chip Martin‚ who goes by “the Colonel”‚ introduces him to his friends‚ including Alaska. He noticed how beautiful and intelligent she
Premium John Green Michael L. Printz Award High school
seen the major effects of it. Being born and raised in Juneau‚ Alaska I have sadly seen over a dozen glaciers recede at a rapid rate‚ each year being a record-breaking year. Years where snow fall has been minimal because the difference of a few degrees. Unfortunately‚ these unusual years are become the standard. The farther north you travel the larger the effect climate change has on the landscape and animals that inhabit it. Do you really want your children growing up not knowing what a polar bear
Premium Glacier Humpback whale Whale
The news of the find was announced by the University of Alaska in a press release (http://news.uaf.edu/museum-excavates-first-elasmosaur-specimen-alaska/)‚ on the 22nd of this month. The fossil was found in the Talkeetna Mountain area by a several people‚ one of which included Anchorage based fossil collector‚ Curvin Metzler. After the initial find‚ Dr
Premium Dinosaur Paleontology Evolution
Do you think people’s personality are the same ? Personality is the most difficult terminology to understand and describe. In short‚ Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. For example‚ you could have some friends who are more talkative than others. You may have some friends who love to be taken risks and others who are risk-averse. This consistency is an essential requirement for personality theory because it attributes a person’s behavior
Premium Personality psychology Personality psychology Big Five personality traits
Looking For Alaska‚ by John Green‚ there is a lot of symbolism and meaningful objects presented throughout the book. In my collage‚ I chose to include some of the book’s most important objects and pictures to help give a deeper understanding of the book. First off‚ I will explain why I have chosen the pictures on my collage. One of the most important pictures is of the maze‚ or the labyrinth‚ which represents the line‚ “How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?” that Alaska Young often
Premium Alaska Fiction Into the Wild
profits over social problems such as environmental degradation. An example that sheds light on the conflict between human interests and environmental responsibility is the controversial approval of the oil drilling in the Northern Slope region of Alaska and the drilling that has already began‚ in the Tar Sands of Alberta. In this paper I will firstly explain the situation regarding why the drilling for oil is up for debate to take place. Secondly I will assess the benefits and the irreparable damage
Premium Petroleum Nature Polar bear
To: Matt Richtel From: Brianna Canty CC: Social Science Writing Guild Date: September 26‚ 2014 Re: You Can’t Take It With You‚ But You Still Want More Memo Introduction The suffix –aholic indicates that the person this term is being used to describe is one who feels compulsively the need to do something or is addicted to something‚ and workaholics are on the rise. Workaholism is associated with overearning‚ the tendency to forgo leisure and work beyond one’s needs‚ and recently research has been
Premium Research Scientific method Science