On August 8, I sat at the movie theaters with my friend. After a long week of doing what teenagers do most over summer break, nothing, I decided to spend my last available weekend at the movies, before the first day back to school. I took my seat behind a family with a little girl around the age of 3. The movie was about five minutes started, when the girl suddenly began screaming. I ignored it at first, thinking that her parents would eventually jump in and solve it. Both parents sat ignoring…
Tony palmers narrative ‘Break of Day’ depicts the themes of family, bravery and death. The plot of the story is about two brothers named Will and Murray. Will is the oldest of the two. Will went to war to deal with his emotions about the marriage of of his childhood sweetheart and Sid Archer. Murray later followed his older brother to the war because of the pain he was caused from his brother leaving and the death of his dad in a fir and also Sid archer insinuating that theere uncle jack had…
It's all about our pasts and how they have made a negative impact on our lives, but have made us stronger and more powerful as time goes by, and touches on people trying to act like they know us and what we've been through. Near the end, Tough to Break touches on the fact that our lives are what we make it, and that we can take hold of our futures and change whatever we wish. Gone Not Forgotten This song has touched my heart in many ways. Justin opened up to me about the real meaning behind…
It was the last night of winter break and I had a indoor baseball practice on the snowy night. The practice was going well as we were taking ground balls and working hitting on our swings. I was hitting in the cage and next you know, “Crack”, blood was rushing down the back of my head. Off balance, barely being able to see straight, everything was a blur. The person in the cage behind me let go of the bat and hit me in the back of the head. My coach bolted over, “Is everything ok”, he asked. I…
What 's the craziest thing you have done over spring break? It was a beautiful spring day, warm and humid with a cool slow wind, sunny the perfect day and it could only get better. It was the day that we had our trip to the lake planed. All of us got off work and we grouped up at my house. We all decided that we would take my car just for the experience, it is a very fast car that turns heads everywhere. The car is all blacked out with crazy rainbow headlights and ridiculously loud exhaust, not…
went to school together and we had dance classes together. I saw her more then I saw my own family during the school year. We would help each other with our homework and talk after school. But once Christmas break came, something went wrong in our friendship. Before Christmas break we would do a lot of things during school together like eating lunch together. One day she said that she had huge house and she owned a large amount of land and animals. I soon found out that this was the…
Grief will inevitably be experienced in one’s life, a conflict within one’s heart. The poems Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and The Solider by Rupert T Brooke, express destitution which arises as a consequence of war. Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney and Tree Grave by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, portray the wretchedness experienced at times of death. Finally, The Long Song of Alfred J Prufrock by T.S Eliot and Mirror by Sylvia Plath, reflect upon heartbreak and the process of ageing. The poets…
During Spring Break, a group of seven Northwood students traveled to Spain to experience the culture. They started in Madrid and worked their way through the towns of Cordova, Toledo, Seville, Malago and Costa del Sol. One of the students on the trip, junior Joseph Lorbacher particularly enjoyed Madrid. “It was like New York City, but I think it was better. It was a lot cleaner and just more fun. It was nicer there too,” he said. While the group was in Madrid, they spent one evening…
During the Honors Alternative Spring Break trip in 2014, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with the homeless, needy, and drug-addicted populations of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Volunteering at Glide Memorial Church (GLIDE) thrust me into an environment that was intimidating yet insightful. I was timid at first, unsure of how to interact with people in an area notorious for high crime rates. Entire street blocks were filled with homeless people lying on the ground, and…
The last few weeks of school before winter break passed quickly. I wasn’t mad at her and would usually look at her but communication between us was scarce if any. She rarely looked at me and never laughed at what I said. It was as if her spirit had died that day after the game. I couldn’t bare to see her like that. The once joyful and happy young girl I had met that first day of school, turned into a dull and hopeless living creature. That’s when I gave up on her. The last day of school for…