Women populate our military, entertainment industry, blue-collar factory floors, boutiques, salons, and just about every other professional role in American culture. There are powerful female politicians, rock stars, and athletes. Look just about anywhere and one can easily find women filling nearly every position that modern society has to offer. Examine the same landscape from […]
My eyes lock in on the rim. The ref says, “One and one, play it off the miss.” I feel, put this one in to seal up the sport. It’s 63-60 with 18.9 seconds left. One, two, three dribbles. The shot goes up. That wasn’t a very good launch, it’s off. It rims out. The […]
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 […]
The highlight of my nonexistent acting career occurred at age four. That was the summer my parents enrolled me, a puffball-haired pixie with a vivid imagination, in a week-long acting class at the local children’s theater. Our production was “The Fool,” an Indian fable about a man who is bamboozled by (and ultimately outsmarts) a […]
Kindness in Colorado BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! It’s 4:30 A.M. and Aunt Denise is up and getting ready to begin her day. She eats breakfast with her husband (my Uncle Dan) and they head off to work together at 5:45. During the day, Aunt Denise teaches a special needs class at the local elementary school along […]
The bleak morning of Sunday, October 4th, 2010, discovered me huddled in opposition to my mom’s automobile, the climate far too chilly for my sweatshirt and denims ensemble. A espresso cup, too small to make a dent in my sleep debt, was clutched in my fingers. I used to be inspecting the reflection of my […]
There are many aspects of my life that have led me to my decision of majoring in Business and Communications. Some of these aspects are derived from childhood experiences and my extracurricular activities (Future Business Leaders of America). When I was younger, I had an obsession with money. Around the age of 10, I had […]
My interest in global issues is similar to that of most people; I want to help. Unlike many my age, I have personally seen the extreme poverty of some parts of the world. Everyday I hear about the issues of the world, and more importantly what is being done to help. My whole family basically […]
“Seriously, Mom, I’m fine.” On a chilly March evening outside the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., my mother insistently nagged me to wear a sweater. Looking at everyone else in line for the concert, there was no way I was putting that thing on. I was sixteen years old, and if I chose to stand […]
Seventeen years, two eyes, one coronary heart, one mind. A kaleidoscopic of vehicles whizzes by me as I waltz from my bus cease in downtown Los Angeles to my dwelling, a government-funded house advanced. Seventeen years, two eyes, one coronary heart, one mind. Seventeen years to slay apathy, stockpile verbal ammunition, doubt the established order, […]
