I went down to the dining room for dinner. The aroma of freshly prepared sausage, rolls, baked potatoes, and mixed vegetables filled the air. A typical family dinner. However, I enjoyed this meal, not at home, but with my German host family. “Komm,” said my host mother, “Abendessen ist fertig.” In English, this means, “Come. […]
Dawn’s last sunlight daggers dripped through gaps in the grizzled ash-leaf maple. The day was languishing slowly, turning first a chalky white, then a pigeon-colored gray. Along the pallid backdrop of the calm lake my houseparent moved like a paper cut-out, undoubtedly lecturing a tired ear in her staccato Jamaican accent on the nuisance of […]
Honesty, the Key Virtue “It’s a special thing, Like the flutter love brings, And the tune We allow our trust to sing. Without it, we fall apart. Without it, there’s no purpose To our start. It’s what enhances the bond Within humanity. What could this special thing be?” To merely say you love someone and […]
“I’ll do it” are three words I do not regret saying. I was offered the chance to be a coach for my school’s select baseball team. This was an opportunity to do something that I enjoy, and also teach a group of talented kids teamwork, sportsmanship, and focus. On a cold January evening, I met […]
It took me about seventeen years to comprehend how necessary church was to me. Every and Day by day life altering occasions occurs to us, and different folks world wide. These occasions may be as plain as waking up in the morning and discovering 100 greenback invoice on the desk, as surprising because the demise […]
Inspiration for me comes to from everything that is happening around me. Not only do I believe dance is a sport, but an art. Dance is such a special art, it involves music, movement and you mind. The struggles I have, the diversity I face, the love and happiness. I am a dancer, I’m a […]
I faced the sponge-shaped building, petrified by the concept of the unknown.Simmons Hall, one of the most distinctive dorm buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, towered over me, framed by a grayish sky. Knots twisted in my stomach as my mom unloaded my suitcases from the rental car, paid the parking meter, and […]
Si se puede, yes it can be done, was the phrase little eight year old me and my six year old sister chanted through my cramped, tiny townhome in the suburbs of Montgomery Village, MD after watching Gotta Kick it Up! on Disney Channel. The smells of rich Peruvian chicken being roasted from the oven […]
I am Malik G. I am the youngest of six children.I love sports, scouts, and family.I am hardworking and love a challenge.I am son of hardworking parents.I love them and appreciate all they do for me.And I would like to accomplish all my goals I set. My favorite sport is football but I play a […]
Using the word “thou,” showering once a year, and dressing up at airports are all things that were once practiced religiously no longer a necessity of today’s ever-changing world. Extinction is part of the natural evolution of our world. It is the cycle that claimed the dinosaur and the dodo bird, bell bottoms and speakeasies. […]