I have been asked to write my ideas, to put into words the thoughts and beliefs I will give to the world. I have been asked to explain my fist-to-the-gut convictions, the particles of my persona that send my thoughts reeling and my heart banging. Ultimately, I have been asked to explain who I am, […]

rrorized my youth and people in my group. Incubated in an American tradition of these aspiring to the center class, however caught outdoors of it, I usually pouted as my mom couldn’t lend me 1 / 4. The grocery retailer was my amusement park, and the promise of a sweet bar despatched thrills up my […]

I have played sports for many years and have put countless hours of work into becoming better. I believe that in order to become better at something you have to practice at it. Some people may say that practice makes perfect. I disagree because with all the years I spent in baseball and with all […]

One feature of the Mongols that definitively separates them from other empires of the time is their uncanny resolve for conquest that transcended stereotypically unpredictable generational barriers. It is rare that we see heirs to the throne bringing to fruition the conquistadorial initiatives of their forefathers. Beginning with the capture of Samarkand in 1220 C.E., […]

The toughest a part of observational drawing is seeing the strains the place shadow meets gentle and unfavorable area meets optimistic area. 5 years in the past these strains grew to become tangible to me, as I drew an Ugg boot propped towards my bed room wall. I blinked, and it was now not a […]

“It’s a hot and humid day in Swat Valley, Pakistan A young student boards the school bus since walking is no longer safe She sits, chatting with her friends after a long day of exams A man jumps onto the bus and pulls out a gun The last thing the girl remembers is the sound […]

In The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, the struggling protagonist of the novel, Edna Pontellier, is warned that, like a chook, if she doesn’t fly away from the ties of society and custom that she has been caged in, she is going to discover herself spiraling again right into a weak and damaged place. The creator […]

Rising up in a Latino family, I used to be taught each English and Spanish, and I used to be fluent in each. My mother and father would use English and Spanish in the identical sentence, and I developed an ear for thick accents and blended verbiage. After I entered my teen years, nevertheless, I […]

Imagine a long sheet of pack ice, recently broken off from the main sheet, floating through the North Atlantic Ocean. On it, you see a mother polar bear looking around on all sides, trying to find her young. Looking around she sees the top of a giant square clock tower sticking out of the murky […]

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