After reading “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore I can understand what he means when he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine, the tragedy is that my story could have been his”. This is about two men who each had their own struggle growing up but one was able to succeed in life while the other is facing a life sentence behind bars. Wes Moore could have had a similar life as the other Wes Moore if his mother would have just given up on him. Credit should not be given just to his mother and family but also to Wes himself. Even after a rough start at his new life in military school, he was able to stick to it and give it a chance.…
As a kid, Roy Burgess, always hung with the wrong crowd of people which got him in trouble. Roy and his so called friends would steal cars and stuff of that nature. One day Roy was at the lake with Kevin which was one of his friends and shot him in the head, at least that is what the eyewitness said. Roy was a kid who did not make good decisions. He was lost without any direction.…
Title: Memoirs and transformative decision The memories that transformed me was when I started seventh grade at school Benigno Fernández García. In the early days of my seventh grade I met a girl of eight. She became my best friend. One day my mom went to school and saw me with her. When I got home my mom told me that friend does not seem a good friend.…
It was represented by nine colonies throughout October 7th and October 25th. They created a petition to King George III, and several petitions to the Parliament and declaration of their rights describing how they were all being ignored. Finally on March 4th, 1766, the Stamp Act was repealed by the British Parliament, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw fit. From this point on, the issues of taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies to the point where they later rose and rebelled against the British ten years later. Bibliography Hollitz, John.…
“Listen, you’re going to get up and you’re going to think of that math test you messed up on” echoed the Regression Voice. “I have the key that can only allow you to escape of me but until then, you’re locked up in my jail”. We have all done things in life that we wish we could regret; this varies between not studying hard enough for a test to missing a goal in soccer, regret has its flavours. But why do we regret? We, as humans simple believe that we should have made a better choice, but we didn’t.…
It would require a great deal of practice and patience, but I believe I could accomplish the state of mind and emotion referred to as "radical forgiveness". For many years I responded to situations as a victim, believing I wasn't good enough or blaming others for my choices. As an adult, I try to assume responsibility but old habits die hard and it is a struggle at times to push the victim away. When I consciously choose to not be a victim it is empowering.…
Jakob Frickson Personal narrative I expecting a hard fought game and it was. The score went back and forth, touchdown after touchdown; we fought hard, exhausted and cramping up, the siren sounded the end of the game. We lost. Even though we lost i was still happy, happy to see how fThe time was 9:30, friday night, november of 2015. I’m on a knee looking up at the barely visible stars, i hear the siren go off behind me, that siren represents the end of my high school football career.…
All my life I’ve been taught to succeed and when I fail to dust myself off and try again. As a child, I grew up in a stable household with loving parents and a an older sister, however, things took a crazy turn on the night of September 11, 2005. I was a seven year old girl with a premeditated future and a bright smile that would radiate your whole day up shining like fireflies. It was a usual night everyone had gone to bed planning to wake up joyful for another day, though, that preceding day was supposed to be a big day for the whole family because my brother was coming to America after spending his whole life in Haiti. We stayed up late that night discussing how it would subsist when he came.…
Became a father at a young age, was involved in several arrest do to selling drugs. He had the opportunity to change when he was at Job Corp but that was not enough for him to support himself and his family. Do to this he got involved in an armed robbery and serving life in prison. Despite author, Wes had a better education and experienced things that allowed him to make better choices. The other Wes had no respect and didn’t afford the same education and the choices he made were…
Interaction My initial response to the concept of forgiveness therapy for abuse survivors was that it seemed counter-intuitive, as it can be perceived to excuse the abusive behavior and invalidate the suffering of the victim. However, this impression fails to acknowledge the therapeutic definition of forgiveness as used in therapy, a release of resentment (Reed & Enright, 2006). Upon review of this definition of forgiveness therapy, I concluded that it was in line with other therapeutic ideals that encourage release of negative thought patterns and encourage the construction of positive thought patterns and behaviors.…
Exposure to most of the traumatic life experiences that have whittled away at some of my peers has, thankfully, evaded me; however, even subtle experiences can revolutionize a previously held belief. I have learned to not ever take an experience for granted and learn from each of my mistakes. Each and every person only has one life to live on earth; why waste something so precious by making the same mistakes? As a child I was forced to grow up rapidly. Responsibility, maturity, discipline, and tenacity came quicker to me than the majority of my peers.…
There are approximately 397,000 children in foster care in the United States of America currently and I used to be one of them. However, foster had not even been near the forefront of my mind that summer. The summer before I started my first year of high school, I had plenty of anxiety about the tall tale I invented in my own mind that stood before me. Stories about how hard high school were numerous and often regaled on the crowded bus ride home by high schoolers who seemed to have the knowledge of every wise teacher in history combined. which that scared me to death; I had always held my position as a good student who followed the rules of my middle school.…
On September 9th, 2016 I was a passenger in rear-end car accident. At the young age of seventeen, I was ignorant, rebellious and negligent. At this time, I honestly believed that I knew it all and was always in the right; I would ignore anyone trying to guide me towards the right path or give me advice. As in the short story “Rain of Fire” by Evan Thomas, I would have never expected that a regular day could end up in such catastrophe. I learned not to trust those whom I have not gotten to know well enough.…
The books and articles I read this summer taught me to take common topics and change the way I look at them. They covered a wide variety of subjects such as adult life, capital punishment, school shootings, and how my own mind works. They all received critical acclaim and it is obvious why. All the authors cause their readers to question the way they have been looking and going about things. David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech to Kenyon College graduates has received praise because of his ability to break the set pattern of commencement speeches.…
I never thought this moment would come. Never thought I would feel so empty and emotionless inside. On the morning of July 17th, 2011, it had felt like a typical summer morning. I had woken up and was just laying in my bed for a while, feeling the sun on my face and the light summer breeze. I must have fallen back asleep because moments later I was abruptly awoken by my brother.…