My mom and I were in the kitchen cooking dinner. As usual, I was standing on a little metal cow print stool I needed in order to reach the counter. Growing up, enchiladas were my favorite thing to make. My mom and I had a special way of preparing them and it became “our thing” […]
sponsibility is something a person learns before they go off to college. For me, having a job all throughout high school has taught me just that. In 9th grade I got my first job at a local restaurant in town, Frank’s Place. Starting out, I worked 2-3 days a week but once I got the […]
“Basically! So what have you been up to lately?” I ask, eager to catch up with an old friend. Silence. I blink and look up from my sushi. She’s typing away on her phone. “What have you been up to lately?” I repeat, only mildly irritated. “Oh… sorry… well last week…” Our world has gone […]
The faculty system of at this time has turn into the one approach approach for adults to make a dwelling wage . Nonetheless, there are folks in at this time? society who encourage college students to take an internship over an precise schooling . Whereas our schooling system of at this time isn’t the most […]
It took about seventeen years of most of my life to realize how important church was to me. Life changing events happen us every day and to people around us. Those events can be as simple as finding a ten dollar bill on the ground, or as shocking as the death of a friend or […]
As he approaches me, he cheerfully greets me saying “Hey, how are you?”, and warmly shakes my hand. A bit unsure of my new surroundings, I give a shy response with a timid handshake. He asks, “Would you come this way please?” I slowly stand up and he leads me out of the waiting room […]
It’s been with me, this flaw of mine, for eighteen years, or a minimum of of what I can assume by observing the present severity of this incapacity. As soon as an issue, at all times an issue, proper? It has grown with me, developed into a facet of my life that I can depend […]
My palms are not sweating as I type this. I’ve never lied to my parents and said I was doing my homework when I was instant messaging friends, and then flunked an English essay as a result. I’ve never handed in work that was “just good enough” or disagreed with a teacher about a grade. […]
Tradition plays an important role in the life of all cultures. Discuss a tradition your family, school, or community observes and explain its impact on you. We stand at our panels and anticipate the question. The lights dim. The mood is tense. Suddenly, she storms into the room, dressed in a black trench coat and […]