I actually want I hadn’t given into what my mother mentioned, perhaps I didn’t know who she was and why she mentioned that, nevertheless it harm. I bear in mind strolling down the steps from my previous home in Bainbridge Island. I walked every step mindlessly and got here down into the hallway and noticed […]
“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 […]
“It’s a hot and humid day in Swat Valley, Pakistan A young student boards the school bus since walking is no longer safe She sits, chatting with her friends after a long day of exams A man jumps onto the bus and pulls out a gun The last thing the girl remembers is the sound […]
I used to be mad, upset, indignant, confused, harm, and most of all I didn’t know what to do. Dropping a member of the family can actually harm badly. The primary time I misplaced an in depth member of the family was the worst. I’ve had many members of the family go away in my […]
“I movement that, as a result of everyone seems to be half asleep, the complete class should spin round in a circle and scream AwhoopSHHH ahhh!”‘ This movement not solely wakened the dormant members of my debate class, however it caught the attention of my debate trainer. He paused for a second, not figuring out […]
A Chinese football player. A Bulgarian sumo wrestler. A Ghanaian skier. An Indian ballerina. All of the above can be broadly classified as contradictions. While the general public recognizes the Chinese for their superb intelligence and talent in classical music, American football isn’t usually considered a forte. Most would assume that the Bulgarian sumo wrestler […]
“Hey dude.” “Dude!” “Duuuuude. Not cool.” Anyone younger than the age of 80 has definitely heard the term “dude” used frequently, and most likely used it themselves. In its modern context, dude does not mean anything close to what it is described as in the dictionary. As with all words, its meaning has evolved over […]
The lights are glowing with a fuzzy haze that makes the audience beyond the curtain impossible to see. They are nothing more than a blurred darkness, yet I know they are there. Will they notice if I fall? Will they think me any less talented if I stumble? What if I mess up that one […]
My father always said, “You can’t stop the rain from falling, but you can choose to use an umbrella.” I figured he got it from a book…maybe an e-mail or a fortune cookie. But I never got the meaning of it until I went to high school. From pre-school to eighth grade, I attended a […]
I look round at everybody confidently breezing by way of the handout, so certain of their solutions. I full the primary portion with ease, filling out my extra-curricular actions and grades in prerequisite programs. “Question Assignment three: Is there something I ought to learn about you?” My mind is overwhelmed with hundreds of issues that […]