The first time I am called beautiful by someone outside of my family is in an elderly home. I’m eager to find a volunteer position, but as there are too many working in the local Sao Paulo orphanage, I reluctantly agree to spend two hours every Wednesday in a Brazilian elderly home. I don’t like […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Before the 1970’s, the number of black shows was almost non-existent. After the 70’s, an influx of different shows appeared. However, many of the shows were very stereotypical of black culture and experience. One example is Sanford and Son, which showed an extremely poor father and his son. The actors in the sitcoms were loud, […]
I like reading The Economist and watching “I love the 80s.” I like tennis, Fazoli’s breadsticks and writing assignments. I value honesty, commitment, scholarship and kindness. These are hard and true facts, but there is a lot I do not know about myself. I don’t know how I feel about the death penalty, I have […]
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 […]
Walking through the hazy streets of Guatemala to the mission team work site, puts life in America into perspective. The kids eating garbage were the same kids who helped us work on the house we were building, with smiles on their faces, ready to help. That made me completely rethink my life back in the […]