My uncle began teasing me about it when I was seven. I was riding with him in his combine, watching stalk after stalk of corn slip through the heavy outermost blades, when he said, “You’re going to be one of them starving artists, aren’t you?” I denied it. Starving? Not me. But his words stuck […]
The elevator doors open and an eighty-year-old woman wearing crocodile boots, and a full face of make-up steps out into a five-star restaurant. Ignoring the shocked eyes of her onlookers, she confidently maneuvers her way through the busy tables to the hostess station. Trailing behind her are my mortified parents, who are surprisingly overshadowed by […]
A funny thing happened on the way to “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Myfour-year-old fingers were wrapped around the remote, seeking the trolley bell’sfamiliar ring, when I was drawn to the steady beat of a heart monitor. I nevermade it to the Neighborhood that day. Instead, I spent the afternoon in theoperating room of some distant hospital, […]
Staring dejectedly at the still-empty text box before me, I shake my head in frustration. Yet another “About Me” section to fill out – yet another surge of uncertainty. What can I write that will make me sound confident, but not pretentious? Will people think I have self-esteem problems if I utilize self-deprecating humor? Will […]
For this assignment, I observed my client Herman Greenberg ( name changed to guarantee confidentiality ) , for whom I am presently supplying Service Coordination. Herman, a 2.5-year-old male child, is fighting to get the better of his developmental hold, a status ensuing from premature birth. He is presently having home-based therapies to help him […]
African-Americans used singing the blues as an escape path; although pain, suffering, and disappointments were the topics of the blues, the reason for singing them was for a temporary relief f the pains and struggles of their oppressed lives. (Townsend, 1997) Later on into the sass’s, when slavery had long been abolished, African- Americans were […]
“I was born to dance. It is said that I didn’t fall out of my mother’s womb; I danced out, my tiny body wriggling and flailing like a wild woman.” These lines come from the first page of a book that isn’t a New York Times best-seller or a selection from Oprah’s Book Club. In […]
Gay And Lesbian Essay, Research Paper Historians have traced homosexual imagination to the really start of American film, with the Thomas Edison movie The Gay Brothers ( 1895 ) , directed by William Dickson, in which two work forces dance together. Female imitators and adult females playing male functions, both fixtures in late-19th-century music hall […]
“We will be getting a new student next week, and we would like you to help her around the school,” my fourth grade teacher said. And I agree happily. Excited about being asked, I imagine a fourth grade friendship. Painting nails. Sharing secrets. Being best friends. Next week came quickly, and I raced from the […]
Unfamiliar experiences? Yeah, I guess I’m the one who always hesitates before trying a new adventure. There is one major event that comes to mind when I think of the many things that I have accomplished. Rock climbing. Yes, you’ve read correctly, rock climbing. Fears concerning unfamiliar experiences are feelings I wish to overcome during […]