When someone enters their senior year of High school, what could be the first thought that pops into their head? “Yes! This is my last year of school! No more vexatious teachers, stressful tests, NO MORE SCHOOL! I am free!” This is a very horrifying thought, this person plans on settling for a High school […]
Last week, I tripped and fell onto the banana tree that grows in the middle of our foyer. I had long before decided that I hated banana trees—we’d actually grown multiple over the years, caring for them as a fond reminder of tropical South India, where my parents had been born and raised. Each year, […]
My pendant burned like a scarlet letter as the autumn leaves crunched beneath my feet. I dashed into the forest behind my house, journal in hand, trying to escape my thoughts. I was haunted by my inability to keep my parents together; to quell my friends’ anxieties; to better the world. Nature had always been […]
Walking through the hazy streets of Guatemala to the mission team work site, puts life in America into perspective. The kids eating garbage were the same kids who helped us work on the house we were building, with smiles on their faces, ready to help. That made me completely rethink my life back in the […]
“I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars, no handlebars” These are the words that I have carefully chosen to be my response when anyone asks me, “what do you plan to do with your life?” A lot of people in my position – high school senior to be – might begin to […]
There’s a saying that busy individuals are those that get issues performed. I imagine wholeheartedly on this and have even primarily based a lot of my life on this motto. I’ve labored extraordinarily laborious to grow to be a superb pupil and I’m extremely concerned in my group and college. I imagine that collaborating in […]
My breath: quick. My feelings: limitless. My tears: welding. I can’t maintain it in anymore; I start to softly sob. “I’ve most cancers,” she mentioned. “I used to be identified about two months in the past. The docs say I’ve one month to reside.” I can’t say how I really feel so we cried collectively […]
“Carpe Diem” I sincerely believe that everyone one has one chance to live so they might as well live it to the fullest. I am very inspired by the people around me, and influenced to make the right decisions, so they are the ones who made me look at life this way. My sister’s close […]
“Something you need to know about me to survive: When I want to speak my mind, I usually speak my mind; no one is safe from my brutality. Some people take it personally, but they shouldn’t because I even do it to my own parents. I’m a very apathetic person sometimes and some people can’t […]
My life has been considerably like a mosaic. As a baby, I’ve been raised in a proud Taiwan tradition (proud each in phrases of its Chinese language language heritage and custom). But I’ve a household who drastically values unbiased thought and thus uncovered me to a myriad of environments and various cultures. I spent the […]