“It’s a hot and humid day in Swat Valley, Pakistan A young student boards the school bus since walking is no longer safe She sits, chatting with her friends after a long day of exams A man jumps onto the bus and pulls out a gun The last thing the girl remembers is the sound […]
“Hi Nora! How are you today?” I ask, closing the door softly behind me while balancing the breakfast tray on my hip. I set the tray down and sit in the metal chair I have designated as my own in Nora’s world. I look at the creased features and wispy white hair I know so […]
Hiya, YO5B. Immediately I’ll give a brief presentation on Ancient Greek ships. There are numerous Ancient Greek ships, however at present I’ll speak primarily about the principle one – the trireme. Triremes are highly effective preventing ships which can be the spine of the navies of many city-states. Now, from this description, chances are you’ll […]
The moment I stepped off the plane I knew I wasn’t in “Kansas” anymore. I wasn’t even in North America. I was stepping out of my well known world onto foreign soil, actually an airport tarmac. I was eleven at the time, naive and green, white and horribly American. I was now to live in […]
When my scouting colleague Charlie and I checked out our haphazard construction, a sapling tied to the bottom with sticks and leaves piled on prime we smiled. It regarded appropriate to shelter two individuals, till the climate modified. When the heavens opened up and torrents of rain got here lashing down, any semblance of “waterproofing” […]
Final summer season in Cancun, I used to be bored so I satisfied my household that we should always go to Tulum. Tulum with its lovely days and tropical climate all yr spherical, the place the solar is sort of all the time out, the place the ocean is turquoise blue, and the place the […]
There was not a single, shining moment of clarity in which I suddenly understood the importance or working hard for my education. I did not lose a loved one. I did not have a near death experience. I did not visit a museum or a national landmark. I did not read an inspiring book or […]
Our identification is our social imprint, our potential to differentiate our likenesses or variations to these round us. It’s our private data of who we’re, and what we’re. Our private identification impacts what we do, what we consider, and the way we go about dwelling our lives. The identification is the essence of a human […]
Diversity is living in Chinatown and having dim sum with my Chinese speaking parents every Sunday morning. Diversity is going to school and having Korean, Bengali and half Dominican and Polish friends. Diversity is eating Halal food from street stands, dining in fancy Italian restaurants and simultaneously enjoying a McDonald’s cheeseburger. But diversity extends far […]
“I love you so much Kerry, how did I get so lucky to have a cousin like you?” The day my cousin Laura said this to me I was reaffirmed at how much this statement is true, yet in regards to her. Laura is beautiful, carefree, excited, and has a disability. In 1968 a healthy […]