Remember

Disney World When it comes to my childhood there is not a lot I remember. I remember small little things like when I got an electrical plug stabbed into my fore head and I had to get stitches. I remember when I learned to swim at my aunt’s pond. I remember small details from my childhood, but one memory I know and remember enough about to write this 3-4 page essay is the time my parents took me and my two sisters to Disney World in Orlando, Florida as a surprise vacation. It was November of 2004…

listen to me. If they were your family then where are they now. Why are they not saving you from me? Huh? Please tell me." I stopped shaking my head as I listened to her. She was quiet for a while after that. I listened as she walked away. I can't remember what she was doing, but she ended up coming back with some kind of needle that had something in it. I stayed quiet as she carefully shoved the needle into my neck. It stung, but it oddly gave me some comfort. "Now are you going to listen to…

walk up to complete strangers and ask them to take a picture, but will the person looking through these photos later remember that one random guy that took that picture for them that one day? Probably not. Therefore the only way that Sontag’s statement is true is if it’s referring to the people that are actually in the photo. The reason why anyone would take a photo is to remember a time in the past. The people in the picture are used to be a reminder of the people in your life and the memories…

Asia McClain may still be Adnan Syed’s ticket to freedom. Serial, a podcast published in 2014 and told by Sarah Koenig, uncovers the day of Adnan Syed’s alleged murder of Hae Min Lee and the case that followed. A star athlete at Woodlawn High School, Adnan Syed was a well-known student in Baltimore, Maryland. Hae Min Lee, a popular student at Woodlawn herself, was the victim of this crime. Serial slowly uncovers the details of Adnan’s case over 12 episodes that **ultimately displays the…

was, why we were moving houses or who those people were. When we were leaving the train ride, as I remember wasn’t that great either. It was crowded and smelled bad, and you could hardly move. I clung to my mom the whole time. “Momma. I don’t think this.” I said “I don’t either honey, but there’s nothing we can do.” For I don’t remember how long the ride was, nor who the lady was yelling, but I remember it scared me, and what she said stuck with me. ‘They’re burning people, there are big…

simple language, brief statements, and identification with others. However, it isn’t a fool proof statement and could use some work to become a good stump speech. Lehman describes a good speech as using language people understand, language people remember, and anecdote. Language people understand is defined as simple and easy to interpret words in a given speech. It is known that a good speech is one that is written at an eighth grade level. Dr. Jarvis mentioned in referenced to two speeches…

memories are not immune to distortion. Research performed by Elizabeth A. Kensinger, p.h.D in Boston College shows that participants were better at remembering details of emotionally negative objects than of neutral ones. For example, they were able to remember what a snake looked like than what a monkey looked like. (Kensinger) Once objective knowledge enters the mind, it is painted by our hopes, fears, intentions and so on. A knowledge claim can be interpreted in different ways depending on…

She does not remember a lot of changes from her early childhood, however, because her family was really “anti-government.” She does know that Harry Truman was the president the year she was born. Then, she remember that it was a big deal when John F. Kennedy became president because he was the first Catholic president and the people in the south were not too fond of him because they did not agree with all of his goals. A law that she remembers well is when abortion became legal…

economics and couldn't remember what I just read, then I would need to make sure that I understand what exactly I just read. Also, try and convince myself that the material that I am learning is important and also try to find something interesting. This is two examples of things I could do from the book. I'm not exactly sure on what a reflection is, I think it means what I would I am not positive on that, though. If I just read the assigned chapter in economics and I couldn't remember what I…

An anonymous quote once stated, “Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome…” (Bealightinthedark). In this scenario, fear is inevitable and will be never-ending to life. Although we have no control over it, we could always subdue it. Fear comes in countless ways, whether it be a fear of letting go or a fear surrounding your ever day life.…