It is 10:30 pm, and I have far passed my bedtime. But a magazine spread on Egyptian mummification lies before me, blocking the clock from view. All I can see is what the yellow ochre light from my nightstand has to offer. My petite fingers grasp it like a lifeline. My young eyes soak in […]
I sat in front of my computer struggling to come up with an idea for my AP Studio Art concentration. I wanted to pick a topic relevant in today’s society, while managing to stay true to myself. In addition, I wanted to avoid the ever so popular teenage angst ideas. Including, but not limited to: […]
Costa Rica is home to many species of plants and animals, several of which are endangered species. Although Costa Rica is one of the leading nations in the green movement the country still has some bad practices and wildlife is suffering. Forests are often cut down to make way for cattle ranches and hotels for […]
“Leave him alone!” I screamed at a greasy, pudgy-faced boy. His face fell as I stared him down, daring him to say anything. The boy stuttered, shocked by my assertiveness. Afraid the next word he’d say would be his last, he ran off with his slender, freckled friend. The playground was a battleground for elementary […]
The brisk wind strikes me hard as the familiarity of the predicament makes me sick. “Thank god it’s Friday,” I whispered to myself as I kept walking closer to the bus stop. I then road the bus all the way to school, but when I got there…something struck me, a big accordion cork board with […]
At age 16, he sat beneath the road gentle to check till exhaustion kicked in. Typically, if he was fortunate, the highschool guard would let him sneak into the empty corridors to flee the chilly. Different nights, the guard shooed him away. The dearth of electrical energy within the house that he shared with six […]
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 […]
Plains, video games, and cars; the notorious group of three that turned me right into a thug. It was a heat summer time day, and I used to be a baby. But the gorgeous climate belied the actions on King Edward’s Manner, the place pure evil was happening. The horrible males had been decimating the […]
As a baby rising up in a predominantly black and Hispanic neighborhood, I wasn’t thought of actually Asian, definitely not as I’d later uncover it to imply. I by no means seen that I used to be completely different. I believed I used to be identical to my greatest good friend Charlotte, who simply occurred […]
Bunches of blocks, red green and blue, I’m completely obsessed, my friends see this is true. I ditch creative writing to play this mind boggling game, You know I’m ten times better than you, I put your skills to shame. I twist ’em and shift ’em until they fit the spot, The blues and greens […]