Author Archives: Macabee C.

By Macabee Callard     Are there good or bad emotions? It certainly seems like there are. While some principles like manners, respect and authority have to be cemented in us at a young age and don’t come at all naturally, simple emotions like anger or sadness may feel good or bad. This is sort ofContinue reading “Emotions, Morality, and Religion”

By Macabee Callard     One of the longest human traditions is the act of playing games and participating in a community with them. Games, like every human tradition, have evolved. They started with participating in a community. But slowly, people have invented games like Solitaire. And then video games, and then they turned some traditionalContinue reading “Games and why we play Them”

By Macabee Callard Hey! Today I decided to talk about something a little off topic… a children’s show. The reason I wanted to talk about this show is I recently re-watched it and I got to admit, it could be  the best show I’ve ever seen. It is really a marvel. I watched it onceContinue reading “The Genius of ATLA (Avatar the last airbender)”

by Macabee Callard Recently I was looking in a mirror and suddenly saw myself as a stranger. I then had a realization that I’ve never had before: I thought of myself in the third person. Huh. Who is this Macabee Callard guy? This is the thought that I had, and the thought that I’m hopingContinue reading “The Third-Person point of view”

By Macabee Callard     One of the longest human traditions is the act of playing games and participating in a community with them. Games, like every human tradition, have evolved. They started with participating in a community. But slowly, people have invented games like Solitaire. And then video games, and then they turned some traditionalContinue reading “Games and Why We Play Them”

By Macabee Callard Pretext of battle Today I am writing about what is possibly the most famous medieval battle, Agincourt. (Finally!) But first let’s get some background. The battle was one of many that took place in the Hundred years war between the Kingdoms of England and France. The war started when King Henry 5Continue reading “The Battle of Agincourt”

by Macabee Callard Certainly one of the most prominent inventions (if not the most) of medieval technology was the crossbow. Technically, crossbows had been invented in Dynastic China (circa 700 B.C, around the time of the rule of the Zhou dynasty.) But the crossbow was invented in europe during the early medieval period. This weaponContinue reading “Medieval Crossbow History and Technology”

by Macabee Callard My paper today is about the evolution of oneself. About how an individual person can evolve, not for bare survival but so that their traits fit the surrounding environment. I know that if I ever were to ask a biological scientist this they would immediately interrupt to tell me that you needContinue reading “The Evolution Of Oneself”

  by Macabee Callard I’ve heard so many people my age tell me that we should focus on the future and the past doesn’t matter. Well, before I start, let me make one thing straight: To me, history isn’t interesting because it is the past. The fact is, it has a unique appeal to itContinue reading “The Interests in History for Younger Children”

by Macabee Callard If you’ve ever been a child, (and I hope you have,) you should know how annoying it is when grown-ups dismiss you and say how cute and easy it is to be a kid. Well, I’ll start out with the fact that there’s so darn many respects in which that is wrong!Continue reading “The life of a child”