The sun’s burning rays beat down on us as we dug through the layers of Egyptian sand and rock. We had only begun the excavation the previous day and had already uncovered one-fifth of the ancient pyramid. I, as well as a team of high-ranking archaeologists, had accompanied Sarah Parcak in an expedition to unearth a lost Egyptian pyramid. “How’s your section of the chamber coming along, Erica? We’ve just uncovered a new sarcophagus,” remarked Sarah as she passed by, carrying a large coffin.…
Moving Again Have you ever moved schools? Have you lost friends? Well it really stinks. Moving schools have affected me for lots of reasons, but I am getting better.…
Who am I? I am Sarah, and although I possess a commonly used name, I do not possess a common personality. Therefore, what differentiates me from all the other people named Sarah? My dedication and eccentricity is what makes me unique.…
I do not if you remember me but I’m Stephanie Espinal. I went to your office before the exam number 3 and talked about how can I do better in the mini-exams. I do not want to say that I give up on doing well in the mini-exams, but not matter what I do I still get a bad grade. This frustrates me a lot. Before coming to UMass I did have problems taking exams but at least, I used to pass them.…
“Marci.” “Why would Marci rob us?” “She asked to borrow two-hundred dollars and I said no.” “What are you talking about?…
2 years ago I was accused of hurting someone. Due to someone simply not liking me… No clue why, they accused me of physically hurting them. Why would someone in the right mind would accuse someone of something they have no evidence or witnesses? Who knows but it happened.…
Rileigh Deitemeyer A phrase I have heard a lot over the years is, “You look just like your father”, and each time my father and I would exchange a glance that to us meant, “little do they know”. This is because if you were to look at me next to my parents, you would have no idea that I’m adopted. My birthmother was thirteen years-old when she gave birth to me and was taking care of all her younger siblings in a household with drug and alcohol usage. Not being able to care for me, she gave me up for adoption.…
Hello I’m Alyssa Bresson and when I first found out that I was going to be having my fifth sister I was so shocked and happy. I was watching Netflix with my older sister Taryn and our dad text and told us that he wants to talk to us when he gets home. Taryn and I was thinking all sorts of crazy things because when dad has text us that in the past it was because of the loss of my baby sister. But then we started thinking positive and kept saying that we won the lottery and we are going to get new rooms and cars and never going to have to work again. Then finally dad got home from work and we were all so excited in the living room waiting for him…
The next day was not a good one for Elaine, as soon as she woke up you could hear her gag and then run straight to the bathroom that connected our rooms to empty her stomach. I am glad I didn't drink last night or else I would also be in the bathroom and that would not be pretty, considering we only have one. I walk to the kitchen to make breakfast for the both of us, we had very little groceries stored in the cupboards so there weren't that many options. However, we did have bread, eggs and bacon, all you really needed for a hangover breakfast. I had just finished making french toast with bacon on the side as Elaine walked out of her room, she looked rough hopefully the breakfast was going to help her feel better.…
I know you don’t like Kate, and i really should have told you first before asking her,” Josh continued,” I know you were just looking out for me, and I’m sorry you have no one to go to the dance with.” Nick lets out a big sigh. “Hey, It’s your night, enjoy it you only get one.” Nick…
At a younger age, I would say I believed that I can only trust myself and my mother, this is because as a little kid my mom would always tell me that there are bad people in the world and that giving them any information about anything can be very harmful. But as I grew up and realized what was actually happening in my country I knew there were millions of others that were suffering against the “bad people” and we could only do something about it if the whole community came together to help. It was at that time when I was about 25, when I started to put some effort into trying to establish more just conditions within my country especially after the implication of extremely high food prices. This is when I started my first strike involving my…
In my family there is me, my sister Emily, my mom Shelley, and my dad Donald. Of course you cant forget my cat Molly. Whenever I'm sad, happy, or angry Molly is always there for me. People may find this weird but a huge part of my life is Molly. She always knows just what to do to cheer me up.…
A few years ago I remember walking home from school. Mind you I thought I was very handsome back in those days, I had soft, dark brown hair, I went to the gym every day, I was fit and healthy, personally I thought I was a ladies man and I still am (I think). Anyways, I was almost home…
When Allison and I met I was about two and she was about one. My neighbor told us that their is a family down the street that has a young kid. So when she told us about each other and we had to meet right away especially since we lived on the same road. But it kinda took a while since we just moved in and we had to unpack.…
Every parent will at some point deal with "too many" tantrums, defiance, talking back, lashing out etc, the list goes on. At what point does it stop being "normal"? When is it too much? Children acting out, often leads to many feelings of loneliness, anger, guilt and despair. It doesn 't need to feel that way.…