The time I quit the wrestling team was a really crazy moment in my life. It all came down to what I wanted to do for that year in particular, when I quit I had thoughts about returning or coming back later but I knew nothing was permanent. After joining back it helped me in school a little bit but also set me back in some ways a lot as well. Coach Staggs was the main person who made me feel bad for quitting and also made me not want to do it. He was more on the aggressive side and did not want…
Kids Should have Phones in school. Kayleah Harkey Johnson Phones in school is very popular most people get in trouble for having their phones out. During class, passing time and lunch I can’t even put my phone down because I love my phone too much. A lot of people think that phones in school are too bad for kids to have in school. Either people say it draws away attention or it’s a distraction to other people. The reason why I think it’s a good idea to let kids have phones in school is because…
good. Page 121, it says, “Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, he didn't want the honor, didn’t want the wisdom, did not want the pain. He wanted his childhood back again.” He hates it. He hates his job, he doesn’t like seeing war memories and other bad things, he wants it all to go away. He wants his childhood back. (129) “The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told…
economy was based off of different items special to their homeland. They traded and used coins made of many types of metal. Phoenicians participated in three different types of trading. They exported materials, mostly cedar, from their homeland in Lebanon. They earned transport and middleman fees from the process of shipping items, like silver and controlled supply markets in the places they were in charge of. A popular item they traded was luxurious purple cloth. This was very profitable…
Growing up with a prominent family background you tend to have certain values and morals. These morals and values are taught to you as a child so that you can become a better self than what your parents became. As a young child you are told to be, do and strive for better than your parents and grandparents had. Those values come with certain obstacles that you have to face as a person if you want to succeed in life. Therefore you shouldn’t let your family define you as a person. In most cases…
Following this, my friend and I had a conversation about why you have to clean eggs before you crack them. It went something like this: “Tell me what I should be worried about. Salmonella? Poop?” she said. “Well, chickens only have one hole that everything comes out of, so…” “Wait, what? Chickens only have one hole?” She stopped cooking and looks at me, incredulous. “Yup. The vent. Just one hole for eggs and for poop.” Her husband enters the room, and she questions loudly, “Hey, did you know…
Green Shines The smell of freshly cut grass made the tiny hairs on my neck stand up. It was a Monday. I. Hate. Mondays. The sunrise from my window wasn’t making things any better. I didn’t want to get up. So I didn’t. It’s not like my mother cared much anyway. She’s so fearful she barely wants me going to school, outside, or anywhere. That’s my mother for you. She never knew when to stop trying to protect me or how old I actually had become, because she still guarded me like a lion to its kill.…
“What college are you attending this fall?” “Do you have an idea what you’re majoring in?” Questions that almost every senior in high school came across; by teachers, other students, and even their family members. As graduation gets closer that’s when it starts to all become real, I applied for COD and realized that this is when I need to find the path that will lead me to a career I will want to do for the rest of my life. The reason I am going to college is to get the education and…
I have always tried to live my life without regrets, so this assignment was kind of hard for me. I had to sit down and really think about what it is that I would want to tell my younger self. Then it finally hit me, one thing I would tell myself as a child is to take more opportunities that come my way. Not saying that we should take every opportunity, but to enjoy life a little more when we are given the chance to. I would explain to my younger self that we may not realize it now but we have…
This is Where We Live is a play by the State Theatre company and is written by Vivienne Walshe. It follows the stories of Chris and Chloe, two teenagers stuck in a remote rural town in Australia. This essay will discuss the themes, issues and characters from the play and how it reflects Australian Society as well as having personal connections to myself. The issues in the text were pressure from family as Chris’s dad is putting pressure on him to do well in school and in life. For example,…