His uncle– now King Claudius–murdered King Hamlet, his father. Now Hamlet realizes that he cannot trust anyone– not even his best friends. In Act 3 Scene 2 Hamlet is talking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and he asks Guildenstern to play the recorder for him. He denies the request, but Hamlet keeps pushing and pushing him […]
As a society, we recognize a wide variety of disabilities. Over the years people who have them have been called many things from disabled to handicapped and today are more often identified as challenged. Some of these medical conditions are detected and others are not, but nearly every person in his, or her, life will […]
The alarm clock blares at one in the morning, knifing through the silence of the night. As I roll over in the bed I hear the shower turn on, followed by the garage door opening and closing. There he goes again, I mumble to myself. The day commences with a minimum of fourteen hours of […]
As he approaches me, he cheerfully greets me saying “Hey, how are you?”, and warmly shakes my hand. A bit unsure of my new surroundings, I give a shy response with a timid handshake. He asks, “Would you come this way please?” I slowly stand up and he leads me out of the waiting room […]
Down two points in double overtime, I’m on the sideline waiting to e subbed in. One knee to the floor, weat trickles down my face as I anxiously clench the collar of my damp jersey. Pressure is beginning to build in my gut, and my heart is pounding faster by the second. I nervously glance […]
The city I grew up in, sarcastically referred to as the “Circle Metropolis” for it’s form, is a cruel cycle of “distinguished” faculties, one-day gross sales, and individuals who look to Saturday Night time Stay for political perception. The identical folks rent unlawful immigrants to mow their lawns regardless of supporting deportation of undocumented aliens. […]
“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 […]