It’s cold and fluffy, sometimes slippery, and is always getting in the way. It is what our nation is known best for, besides the beaver and moose head of course. I am speaking of S word; Snow. Many Canadians dread the winter that our nation endures. Many other enjoy it for the break off the […]
Tig Notaro was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer; as a result, she was forced to get a double mastectomy to save her life. Comedians use Sigmund Freud’sReliefTheory to relieve the audience of stress. Comedy professionals use wittypunchlines, riveting personification, andsmart toppersto create humor and convey a theme in their comedy routines. First, comedians use witty […]
Most students, actually – most people – go through an awkward phase in their lives. Whether it lasts through high school or stops after 6th grade, we all go through those years that we look back on and say in horror, what was I thinking? It was a time period where you wore the most […]
Is Rome beautiful or is it in ruins? DonOt take a look at me; IOm hardly a probable candidate for a solution. Go ask the president of my schoolOs Latin membership, who labeled her journey there each staggering and awe-inspiringO. Who may compete with that Assessment? All of us needed to write back-to-school essays about […]
I asked my Dad once, “Who are all these people?” He smiled, “This is your family.” There wasn’t a time that I remember when my parents were together. Because of that, there was never awkwardness or confusion. It was just always like that. After the divorce the time I spent with each of my parents […]
I am by nature an introvert. I embrace the silence of my mind. When I think, I hear a voice in my head quite different from the one that I hear when I speak. When I write, the voice confidently dictates every word. But when I speak, the voice changes dramatically. Sometimes it is almost […]
There is a patchwork-clad homeless woman that lives outside the Newkirk Plaza subway station, and every time I pass her sitting on her cold cement curb it rips my heart right out. This woman has haunted my thoughts throughout my childhood. I have always kept her at the periphery of my mind; in a way […]
My niece Nevaeh is the most important person in my life. She brightens my day when it’s at it’s worst. She also knows how to put a smile on my face. Nevaeh I was the last one to find out. it was a sunday night and Isaac (my sister’s husband) and his parents came over […]
“You are the top 5% of your class. Many of you are smarter than I am. You will work hard in this course, and I demand that you perform at your full potential.” These words, spoken on my first day of high school by a small, sixty-something-year-old woman sent waves of dread and self-doubt through […]
Mymother’s arms. If I remember one thing about growing up, it will be herstrong, comforting arms. When I was struggling with a problem, or cryingsoftly at night, she was always there to hold me. She influenced myvalues and taught me how to be passionate about my abilities and myself.Above all else in this world, I […]