KAT: It’s back. A moment of silence. My heart slowly starts to beat again, as if hesitant to resume its normal function. My head feels like it’s swimming as my eyes become lights over a stage, narrowing to one spot: cancer. Time wasn’t an object anymore. ME: I can be over in 10 if you […]
“I love being RANDOM because pancakes are cool” Recently, I have always felt the urge to write and write and write and never stop. Despite all my schoolwork and extracurricular and what not, I wanted to unleash my thoughts onto a blank screen, satisfied that I could at least make pictures out of words. Thus, […]
I blush quite a bit. When somebody compliments me or a stranger approaches me, I do know precisely what they’re . They’re watching my face develop the shade of a sunburn from the Sahara Desert. They’re watching as each single erythrocyte in my physique floods to my cheeks, rushes round my nostril, and fills my […]
Martin Luther king Jr. was a black clergy man, activist, and humanitarian his great speeches helped guide people who didn’t have full equality to freedom in the United States. Martin would not have been able to give his famous speeches that helped lead the civil rights movement without the democratic left wing of the government […]
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Those words were spoken by the sixth president of the United States of America, John Quincy Adams. He almost perfectly describes leadership. A leader does not have to be rich, smart, or elegant; a leader is […]
It felt like the chill forests breath was breathing on my unprotected hands. We had been out for about an hour waiting for the turkeys to come down from the roost. It was May 16th spring, turkey season. My dad had been doing a lot of scouting so I could fill my tags. Then we […]
After I was six years outdated, I informed my neighbor, Jessica, that I used to be a witch. Now, as unfaithful because the assertion was, I used to be not in jest; I truly had proof of my magical prowess to corroborate my reasonably weighty declare. Tossing a haughty look again at Jessica, whose dainty, […]
There are quite a few nights where I am lying in my bed, freezing, partially under the covers, unable to shut my mind off long enough to find some sleep. I’m high off exhaustion, and my mind is flipping around different thoughts and events from throughout the day. My mind spills into thought processes where […]
Popular culture can be defined in various ways. Depending on one’s definition, popular culture can encompass anything from forms of dance to movies on the big screen. Regardless of one’s definition, it is clear that media has a huge role in reflecting and shaping pop culture. YouTube, a popular video hosting website, is playing an […]
I bet the same thing is on every senior’smind. With graduation only weeks away, I am determined to walk acrossthat stage, even though it becomes harder to stay focused onschool. I can see graduation day now. All the seniors will marchin wearing caps and gowns and sit proudly in the uncomfortable metalchairs before the stage. […]