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 […]
“Come on we have to have Dinner be for picking up Steve at the airport,” mom said so we are go to El Nopal to have dinner. The restaurant is not that busy, they have it set up. There booths are around different lengths and they have three half booths with chairs on the other […]
When one hears the name, “Ariel” one would more than likely envision the image of a cute, red-haired mermaid and her sweet companion, Flounder. Thanks to Disney, whose 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid became a huge hit, most of everyone who has kids or was born after 1985 would easily recognize Ariel in this […]
Freshman 12 months, I was dazed and confused. I had simply moved throughout a stretch of 5368 miles from Ukraine to the American Midwest, bought the prospect to mould myself into the creation of my goals. Caught within the whirlpool of alternatives, I was desperately attempting to seize on to a straw of normalcy as […]
All the college help websites say that the trick to a butt-kicking college essay is to be yourself. And yet, the whole point is to impress whosever reading it, because the overall goal is to stand out. I’ve been reading different samples, just trying to get a spark of inspiration (don’t worry, no plagiarism was […]
The summer before freshman year was a difficult one as I watched friends plan for their first days at a new school, knowing I wouldn’t be joining them. They had been allowed to choose their high school and decided on one that was close by and full of average kids like me. More than half […]
When Uncle Jim and I first met, for the first time after my mom getting re-married, he looked at me and my stepfather and started to rap to “Gangster’s Paradise.” At that moment, I knew that Uncle Jim would leave me with joyous memories. No matter what obstacles were put in his way, he was […]
Picture a cul-de-sac, wide and sunny, surrounded by light-colored two-story houses. Now picture two pairs of sisters. Maybe the older sisters create art together on a white driveway, like Picassos with sidewalk chalk. The younger two are more active, jumping their scooters and bikes over curbs and wielding popsicles like swords or lances. Perhaps they […]
Loyalty, bravery, and community service are the core beliefs of every member of the Boy Scouts of America. Helping others succeed, while at the same time bettering your leadership and commutation skills is why I love scouting. The ability to help others even when they may be reluctant to ask for help, to help others […]
Today’s youth should combat negative moral issues by taking pride in who they are, not compromising their beliefs and values, and making a conscious decision to be a positive influence. Today’s youth are most negatively affected by drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, peer pressure, bullying, and trying to imitate airbrushed images from the media […]