The pen sits to the left of me and the document front and center. This is my decision. My life. My future. I look to my right, seeing another student quickly scribble her signature and continue to twirl her gum with her index finger. I peer to my left, a male student makes the loser […]
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 […]
George Bernard Shaw once said, “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” I came to this realization by experiencing a moment of impact that reshaped my perspective on life forever. For most people, these moments are influenced by outside forces of awe-inspiring individuals, but […]
It was on a sizzling summer’s day when third grader, Jayla, and I were having a conversation as we swung on the swings on the playground of the Boys and Girls Club. “I bet I can swing faster than you!” Jayla teased. “We’ll see about that,” I said as we both started to swing ourselves […]
Birds chirping, wind blowing, balls bouncing. My grandparents’ backyard situated in North Andover, Massachusetts is the ideal place to visit during the dog days of summer. It lies between a quaint neighborhood park, which has recently been remodeled, and Sutton Street, the town’s busiest road. Children on bikes and babies in strollers race down the […]
It’s been with me, this flaw of mine, for eighteen years, or a minimum of of what I can assume by observing the present severity of this incapacity. As soon as an issue, at all times an issue, proper? It has grown with me, developed into a facet of my life that I can depend […]
My palms are not sweating as I type this. I’ve never lied to my parents and said I was doing my homework when I was instant messaging friends, and then flunked an English essay as a result. I’ve never handed in work that was “just good enough” or disagreed with a teacher about a grade. […]
I am a genuine person. My heart is full and fragile and for a young woman in high school, that isn’t always the ideal personality to possess. For a long time, I let others walk all over me which led to an ongoing depression leaving me empty for the entirety of my junior year. While […]