There was a time when standing up for what you believed in was taboo, a violation of society. Immediately, this saying is cliche however nonetheless possesses that means; what does it take to struggle for what you think about? The reply lies in braveness and bravado; the important theme within the novel To Kill a […]

Ninth grade was by far essentially the most rigorous yr of highschool for me due to the lessons I used to be taking.I had at all times breezed via my lessons in center college with straight A’s and no issues.I often didn’t even have to review for my assessments or quizzes as a result of […]

Happiness is a universal solution to a large amount of our problems, and is often overlooked for “more important things”. I believe this to be an incredibly detrimental problem to mine and future generations, as mood affects all the important aspects of human life. Time after time I’ve reflected on my decisions, attempting to evaluate […]

I fell in love with college the minute I entered the 8th grade- the same moment I knew for certain I wanted to be involved with art for the rest of my life! I really want to attend college, but when I tell an older person that they ask: Why? Why college? A younger person […]

The moment I stepped off the plane I knew I wasn’t in “Kansas” anymore. I wasn’t even in North America. I was stepping out of my well known world onto foreign soil, actually an airport tarmac. I was eleven at the time, naive and green, white and horribly American. I was now to live in […]

I’m the world’s biggestprocrastinator however by some means I at all times handle to get issues performed. I’m atalented manipulator. I’ve extra scars than most and an excellent quantity arefrom scratching myself by chance. I tripped over a mailbox in thirdgrade and skinned the left facet of my face. I’m a klutz and shouldnever be […]

I’ve the selection each morning to be blissful or prickly. This previous summer season I had a job handing out towels at an outside fountain. How laborious might it’s at hand out towels? When youngsters’s moms got here as much as me whereas I used to be working, they’d get irate with me if issues […]

Bad Kid It was 7:45 a.m, geometry, second hour, dark outside, and I was facing the biggest ethical dilemma of my freshman year. Ninth grade…what can I say. It’s vital to the adolescent psyche, and yet we all want to forget it as soon as it’s over. I wanted to fit in, but be unique. […]

Looking back, it was Christian’s face that made me persevere- even though the money was not going to him and I may never see Christian again. But it was for Christian that I chose to sell my bracelets. On January 12th, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake decimated Haiti. When the images rolled in of the […]

“Hey dude.” “Dude!” “Duuuuude. Not cool.” Anyone younger than the age of 80 has definitely heard the term “dude” used frequently, and most likely used it themselves. In its modern context, dude does not mean anything close to what it is described as in the dictionary. As with all words, its meaning has evolved over […]