Last summer, I found myself ­sitting on a couch opposite a 38-year-old Filipino man named Peter who smelled like stale tuna, dirt, and a dream deferred. “Where are you from?” I asked. “Here.” “What made you homeless?” “I need my green card.” “Where do you stay and get food?” “I need my green card. I […]

“Ok, guys. Sit down, I have some news.” She reaches into an envelope and pulls out something thin and plastic-looking with black on it. My brother and sister don’t understand, but I know exactly what it is. A sonogram. My 43-year-old mother is pregnant. I will never forget that day, when my destiny changed with […]

The gas gauge was dropping, getting perilously close to “E,” but my aunt paid it no notice. We continued at 70 miles per hour down the Kentucky highway, singing along to the radio. Suddenly, the Jeep lurched backwards, bounced, slowed down, and continued forward. My aunt looked at me and pressed harder on the gas […]

I sported a vibrant orange suit and a smile that resembled a waxing crescent moon. Authentic NASA patches adorned my chest and arms. Tightening my watch and securing a flashlight around my neck, I was as official as an eight-year-old astronaut could be. Although my costume lacked a helmet, my official NASA baseball cap ensured […]

My entire world is a fiery hue, like a sunset over the Egyptian desert. My eyes are searing with an incandescent chemical burn. I am having trouble breathing and can’t speak coherently, and yet we are sitting in a parked car, waiting for my sociable sister to finish talking to her friends. Pepper spray is […]

Down Syndrome Report Essay, Research Paper Down Syndrome Report by: SCHOOL SUX The chromosomal abnormalcy involved in most instances of Down syndrome is trisomy-21, or the presence of three transcripts of the 21st chromosome. As a consequence, the affected individual has 47 chromosomes in all organic structure cells alternatively of the normal 46, although how […]

Watergate ; Scandal In The White House Essay, Research Paper The Watergate Scandal was a series of offenses committed by the President Nixon and his staff members who were found to of spied on and harassed political oppositions, accepted illegal run parts, and covered up their ain misbehaviors. On June 17, 1972, The Washington Post […]

Euthanasia In The United States Essay, Research Paper Euthanasia in the United States Every twelvemonth two million people die in North America. Chronic unwellness, such as malignant neoplastic disease or bosom disease, histories for two of every three deceases. It is estimated that about 70 per centum of these people die after a determination is […]

In 2013, 36-year-old rapper Fabolous released the third and final mixtape of his trilogy, ‘ The Soul Tape 3’. From his smooth talking, to love, to talking about real life, this mixtape has been very satisfying. Every song, from beginning to end has so many meanings, giving people different things to relate to. The way […]

The hit teen sensation, Justin Bieber is over-rated. He is a fifteen-year-old boy singing about loving and doing girls. In the song “Love Me”, Bieber sings, “Love me, Love me, say that you love me. Fool me, fool me. Oh how you do me.” I think that this is inappropriate for such a young boy […]