Why I Will Never Be a Doctor by Z. O., New City, NY If there is such a phenomenon as reincarnation, I undoubtedly would have been a medic in some bloody war in a past life. Each day I would have encountered amputated limbs, innards strewn across the battleground and infected wounds. Otherwise, how can […]
“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 […]
On the sound of the whistle I ran with all my may to go my opponents. Panting helplessly, I attempted to focus on my respiration; that appears to be my solely dilemma. I felt my legs getting heavier every time my foot is available in contact with the rocky terrain. Working up the asphalted hill […]
I need to flip the world inside out. Properly, I guess I could be proud of only a room for now. Should you noticed my room, you may say it was already inside out, so what on earth am I speaking about? It began sooner or later in French class. We had been photos Madame […]
The day started out like the rest in Ecuador. We woke up early, ate a rushed breakfast, packed medicine and raced to the buses before they left. Because of the steep mountainous terrain, it felt like we were riding through the rain forest in Jeeps. When we were near the clinic, kids lined up along […]
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 […]
Two years in the past symbolizes for me the primary time I heard and knew one thing about my faculty, the way in which it was described by my associates who attended summer season camps was an enormous faculty with totally different actions sports activities and army actions, with setting full of college students, lecturers, […]
Weak: how do we define this word? Some would define it as emotional in saying that tears are merely liquid weakness, while others would define it as physical, as if not being able to weight lift makes one weak. Two years ago if someone would have asked me to define the word weak, I would […]
I’m the world’s biggestprocrastinator however by some means I at all times handle to get issues performed. I’m atalented manipulator. I’ve extra scars than most and an excellent quantity arefrom scratching myself by chance. I tripped over a mailbox in thirdgrade and skinned the left facet of my face. I’m a klutz and shouldnever be […]
As I peered down into the round body of the microscope, I discovered myself gazing nothing. Once more. My eye ached from squinting. Perhaps I wasn’t lower out for this kind of factor. Then, as I anxiously fiddled with the black knob, a blurry dot slowly shifted into focus. I had discovered it: a grayish […]