Futures contract

Suppressing painful memories can bring about temporary relief. Once that relief subsides however, the raw emotions that remain are as powerful and real as the moment in which they were experienced. Rather than dealing with these uncovered emotions, the natural response is to lock away these memories in a vain hope that they will not resurface. Exposing the open wounds of memory and extracting moments from the past bring with it the former pain and anguish. In the most dire cases, even the…

lives determine their future. However, many teenagers struggle with determining important choices for themselves because it is usually done for them. The most common mistake people make is that they think there is only one option for each individual; anyone can have any future depending on their own decisions. In both Dorothy Livesay’s “Experience” and Robert frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, they express the difficulty in making crucial decisions when it comes to their future. The poets use point…

“Money doesn’t buy happiness.” That’s what the people prior to us tell us, the next generation, but they tell us as they are sitting in their paid off Ford F150 with their fancy new iPhone watch and college tuition loans paid off. Because they are done, they have no daily stresses because they have “made it” in the real world. The rest of us, not the 99% not swimming in pools of diamonds, but the rest of us middle classers, 50% of Americans (Thuy Vo 2012), bring home less than 1,000 dollars a…

overwhelming and stressful if you do not give it your all or prepare yourself for it. I took the initiative to learn about myself, and how I could handle a numerous amount of tasks at one time. College is preparing young people for life as an adult in the future, but it takes determination and dedication to survive college on your own. Knowing that college is not free, I made a commitment to myself to pursue my dreams, aspirations, and to do whatever it takes to succeed in this cruel world.…

possible. I view college as an investment in my future. The college investment is only worth it if I apply my learned knowledge and experience to life later on. Setting goals is a good way for an individual to keep their life on track. One must set S.M.A.R.T goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound. A goal of mine is to graduate college with minimal debt while obtaining an education that will better prepare me for the future. I…

and career readiness for me as a future C.E.O. means having life skills and abilities such as resilience, assertive leadership, being able to learn from your mistakes, being able to challenge myself, and being able to work in groups. These skills and abilities will be important in the future, especially in college and in my career as a C.E.O., because they will personally improve myself and how I problem-solve situations. Resilience will be necessary to my future because I will need to continue…

and it simply just wasn’t for me or wasn’t something that I had planned on doing ever. After graduation, I played around, partied, and didn’t take life seriously. A year passed by and I thought to myself what are you really going to do to show your future children that success comes as long as you put in hard work for it. Fall 2016 I got into to college and it was the best wake up call ever. It made me realize that time never waits on you. This semester at HCC has taught me how to be consistent…

Anthem is unlike anything seen in the modern world. Ayn Rand’s strange, futuristic society is seen by many as a place from the past. Though Anthem may begin out sounding like this, readers later find out that that this odd city is from the mysterious future. It is believed by the people of Anthem that in order to create a perfect world there can be no sort of ego. These people always use the word “we” instead of “I”. Citizens do not have distinct names so that no one is seen as better than…

experienced by over 1 million American children every year and was found to negatively affects their achievement level in schools, result in behavior issues, emotional problems, self-esteem and their future interpersonal relationships (Amato & Sobolewski, 2001; Cui & Fincham, 2010). However, focusing on their future relationship satisfaction after parental divorce is something that needed to be addressed, because it may be factor resulting…

Karley Campbell Essay about future goals and career plans When I want to make something happen, I know that if I don’t start somewhere then it will go nowhere. Merely proclaiming, “Someday I will…” is a start, but rarely leads to the desired result.Yet, there are only so many hours in a day to achieve these goals. This is where what I call goal triage comes in. What I mean by goal triage is that short-term goals should be faced head on and of highest priority. Meanwhile, long-term goals should…