We began experimenting new things because we moved far away from most of our family so we started a new tradition. On Thanksgiving Day there is usually between 6- 20 people that stop by our home each year. This holiday is also like a celebration and is more prevalent with Black families in my culture. We pray is because we are Christians and we have to make sure we give thanks for everything we have received and give praise to our higher power. It is also a huge part of my culture to watch and be involved in sports.…
Polished Brief Have you ever wanted something so bad that you thought it was necessary for your life to go on, for me that something was a pet dog. At the age of seven I was begging my parents to get me a puppy for about a year, the conversations usually sounded like this “ Hey mom and dad I was wondering if I could get a puppy this year for my birthday?” and they would reply “ I don’t know son a dog is a huge responsibility, I don’t know if you are ready for this yet.” then I would storm off all angry, because I did not get the answer I was looking or hoping for.…
What do murder, storytelling, and brotherly love have in common? It all goes back to this twisted tale, The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh. If dark comedy is a delightful read for you, it’s a good place to start. Dark comedy can be defined as a movie, play, etc. that have elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloopy or morbid satire.…
Day two. Written with a thin black marker on a minuscule white board in awkward large letters that signify the number of days 54 year old James M. Conis has sat on Court Square behind a plastic folding table that hung a sign that screamed “ELDER EXPLOITATION HUNGER STRIKE” in huge block letters. He was such a peculiar man, not your average protester. He was stout, yet looked respectable, wearing a starched white button up, black trousers, a gold watch, and a checkered newsboy hat. A woman with salt and pepper hair approached him cautiously, measuring his amount of sanity up and down with her eyes.…
Every Thanksgiving (the fourth thursday of November) my family comes together at my grandmas house to give thanks. Everyone has their own way of celebrating thanksgiving and going to tell you how my family does Thanksgiving. The first thing we do for thanksgiving is get together at my grandma's house in the afternoon.…
It is a beautiful day in Hawaii where people are lying on a white sand beach enjoying the hot sun beaming on them. There are kids laughing while making a sand castle and people swimming in clear blue water. Then all of the sudden there are shouts and screams of people saying “SHARK!” There are five dorsal fins peaking out of the water searching for their prey! People in the water start to swim frantically to shore.…
Exhilarating: a term making one feel very happy, animated, or elated, would be the perfect word to describe what the day had in store for us eager, and jubilant grade 6 students. A thrilled and luminous smile lit up on my enthusiastic face as I ambled on the same rugged, cracked, gray tinted sidewalk that I had sauntered on everyday for a year. The serene, endless sky was the perfect shade of aqua as the light, silky, radiant clouds formed delicate shapes. The sun was glistening with great luminosity. Suddenly I heard someone screaming my name well not really; it was my nickname, one that really agitated me in an incredibly obnoxious way, “Babikathu wait up”.…
I am always busy! However, I have a terrible time getting started every day. I set her alarm at 5:30 a.m. every weekday. It goes off forever!…
On Monday for Literacy, I taught children the letter Yy. We came up with words starting with Yy, traced the letter Yy, and read My Yy Book. Tuesday, I taught children how to write a personal narrative story. The story discussed what the children did for Thanksgiving. I showed them a story of my trip to Ohio.…
We were walking around Secor Park during the sweltering May 17th, the day before our high school graduation. We were just reminiscing about grade school days and how that felt like an eternity ago. We sat on those swings till the sun had almost gone down and…
Ch.1 Finally, it’s Friday. That means two days of freedom from the demons of Dieruff high school. I honestly can’t wait to get into bed which is scary because i’m always dying to get out that hell hole I call home.…
June 2017, moving day. My uncle has been talking about moving for a year now. His house is too small with too many kids. There is no room for the dog to run outside and the new baby will not have a room of her own. But now, sadly the day has come.…
Cherish the Good Times State basketball quarterfinals unraveled to be an exciting and victorious trip for the squad and me. We began our trip on a cool March morning where a huge white charter bus waited on our arrival before we leave the locker room we all do a quick scan to see if we have everything. I yell “does everyone have their socks, shoes, and uniform.” The team quickly responds with a loud yes and a thumb up.…
The idea of perfection is within itself, not perfect. People have their own idea of perfection that is impossible to occur. Take media for example; the media has distorted our minds into thinking we have to look, dress, and act a certain way to be perfect. If not, those people are looked down upon for not doing so. I, myself, am a victim of feeling the need to be perfect, and I remember feeling contrite about myself when I didn’t look, have, or act the way media wanted me to.…
It was just another day, another day to get to the country club and make some more friends. I woke up around 6:00 o’clock to get ready. I put on my makeup, my red lipstick, and my red dress. I had on white tennis shoes, almost the color of pearls. I walk outside and it seems to be very foggy and gloomy, almost to the point that you can’t see 5 feet in front of your face.…