Everyone has his or her own struggles to deal with, which is why I don’t really like to talk about mine. However, the struggles I had did indeed help shape me as an individual. When I was younger, I was very quiet and reserved—exactly the opposite of how I am now. Due to this trait, […]
At 7 years old I had my heart set on becoming a hairdresser. Like many 7-year-old girls, I had experimented on the unfortunate plastic heads of Barbie dolls, streaking their platinum blond locks with food coloring and hacking off clumps with safety scissors. I thought myself quite the stylist. Looking back, I should have taken […]
I walk into the gym; all eyes turn to me. I am the only white person in the inner city community center. I feel like an outcast. The man at the door takes my bag as I walk through the metal detector. He gives me a hand shake, like those I had only seen in […]
It is almost midnight. My feet are sore, my hands are calloused, my head is pounding and the smell of The Red Parrot – food and cigarette smoke – is seeping from my body. I have just worked for 12 hours and feel 100 years old, but it is worth it. At nine years old […]
I have had the great and unlikely honor of growing up the only girl in a family offive children. Being the only girl has many good points. Clothes,toys, games, sports equipment and anything else I could possibly want piled up inmy house Christmas after Christmas and birthday after birthday. I whined andcried until I got […]
It was like the gun had grease on it. Attentive any control, my body was compelled to do it and I went ahead and shot. ” Vance survived until November 1988 when he slipped into a coma and died a few days later. His parents took the rock band Judas Priest to court where the […]
Childhood Ignorance and the Mother of Stone In Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” there is a poignant line that resonates with the reality of the world we live in: “There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.” These […]
This essay will not complete without knowing who Is Benjamin Franklin really, Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin mother was Bah Folder, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children. Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter […]
My physical body at rest, my head floods with memories, and two people come to mind. My imagination creates the setting drinking morning coffee. My grandfather approaches me and my cousin balancing three coffee mugs in one hand. As I’m sitting there, astonished and fascinated I ask myself, how am I with them? My grandfather […]
Personal Essay Professor Maurino Hazel Proper May 29,2019 Goodbye Mother When speaking or thinking of death and dying, sadness hits, love is missing from life, love from a mom I barely knew. To be able to see her one more time and tell her how much shes missed and loved would be a dream. When […]