Everyday I see someone with special needs. Somewhere, sometime…every day. Either at school, or walking down the sidewalk. When I see them, I think, who helps them? Who is the one that looks after them during the day? I want to be that person. My goal is to become a special education teacher. I want […]
Pain, constant ringing, and mood swings. I had been transported to a foreign world. Failing tests, lacking short-term memory, and nagging fatigue. I lived in a world of insanity for a month. During my freshman year of high school, I got a concussion. Since I was in the midst of the year and club volleyball […]
The locals call it the “Parma Dome” because of the immense concentration of rain in the small town of Parma. “You never can trust the weather radar because we live in Parma,” my resident Betty said. Betty was a retired factory worker who lived in Parma her entire life. After standing on cement floors, she […]
Ever since the paddle was removed from the list of legal punishments in public schools, they have started using detention. This requires a student to take time out of his/her day and spend it isolated in a classroom. The question for many in charge of discipline is, “When is the best time to have detention?” […]
July had finally come – my faith was concealed in a small white envelope. A few months earlier I had spilled weeks worth of arduous Advanced Placement objectives onto a few sheets of blank paper. In my mind I deemed my essays of being level five worthy, but I was still unconvinced. As I darted […]
One day I will travel to Hong Kong. Though most people are attracted by the city’s tourist sites, I want to enjoy Hong Kong’s extensive subway system, large double-decker busses, tiny shuttle busses, and the famous double-decker streetcars that have climbed the hills of this city for over a century. Studying and experiencing various transportation […]
Junior year to many is described as unforgettable, full of fun, excitement, and one year closer to that time everyone waits for their whole entire life. If anyone had asked me about this year the beginning of 11th grade, I would not have agreed more. I had no idea that this year would be one […]
Nothing in my life prepared me for Janice. She was frail, sporting only two teeth. Her shirt, covered in shades of red, yellow and green, was dirty and stained. Her light brown hair was greasy and slicked back into a ponytail toward the bottom of her head. Her armpits were full of hair. She was […]
A profitable scholar. Each college desires multiple of them. However what does it imply to achieve success? The dictionary says success is “the accomplishment of an purpose; a triumph.” The small, personal college I attended till I used to be fifteen outlined a profitable scholar as one who match into their handmade mould. I by […]
How does Sir Arthur Conan Doyle engage the reader? From analysing the texts written by Doyle, arguably the greatest writer of detective novels, we can see that he has a number of key elements to every story that engages the reader. The first, most noticeable, is that there is a strong central character, in this […]