“All women four×200 meter runners please report back to the monitor. All women working the four×2.” The final place I wished to report back to was the monitor. Actually, I assumed I used to be going to vomit. What am I doing? I’m not a monitor runner, and definitely not a four×200 meter runner. “Prepared, […]
Valedictorian A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. -Horace Mann Life is a learning process. We strive, we search, we interface and we relate the experiences that become of our endeavors to posterity, for better or for worse. Interactions between teacher […]
My year’s most exciting moments arrive in the mailbox with Girl’s Life magazine, embellished with a fresh “Dear Carol” column. Carol Weston, a Yale graduate, teens’ author, and family friend, has had an immeasurable influence on me. My parents and I have spent hours around the kitchen table deliberating over the questions agonizing “Boy Problems,” […]
Part 1: The Sky I look up. I am covered in a blanket of black licorice. The moon caresses my cheeks, tickling the tips of my ears and my nose. I lay on the teak deck of the SSV Tole Mour next to three girls, people whom I consider as close as family, close enough […]
Thecountdown had begun and there have been only a few minutes left till showtime. Iperformed some last-minute stretches earlier than stepping as much as the pale chalk linein anticipation. I lifted my head and glared down the first straight-away. Bang! A cloud of smoke coughed from the gun and I soared from thestarting line. This […]
Denial. The one feeling I felt doable. There was no approach that the phrases that simply got here out of that physician’s mouth had been true. I imply, my complete life’s goals and objectives had been primarily based round this small element. There was no approach that I may very well be colorblind. My complete […]
My long-term goal is to become a Hairdresser. First, to become a Hairdresser I need to do well in school. I want to work as hard as I can to get my diploma and to move on with my life. I want to focus on doing my schoolwork and my homework everyday. I want to […]
As I was taking the SAT a week ago, I came across an essay question: Discuss the word Identity. Identity is a very hard topic to discuss. Identity is a state of mind that many people still do not have a firm grasp on. It’s even harder for black people. Growing up in an unjustly, […]
Writing has been the most comfortable and artistic way I have found to communicate. Naked words, vulnerable and bold, show one’s honest voice; and stripped of confusing colloquialisms that often plague our ears, writing offers a rare clarity and permanence in a confusing and temporary world. I have come to feel at home when I’m […]
Once a child of cliches, I ate my words. Became obese; Was proud to be American. Enjoys the taste of a freshly baked poem, any time of day. Frequently brushes, but forgets to floss. Wakes up with morning breath. Was born of parents too young, And put up for adoption. Was taken in love, unrequited; […]