2006 singles

It’s Columbus Day. People are relaxing because they have the day off. They’re not worrying about anything. But, not knowing the horrifying history of this national holiday. Columbus Day is about an Italian explorer named Christopher Columbus. He was the founder of the New World, “they” say, even though he wasn’t the first European to come to the New World. Vikings arrived 500 years before he did. But then, Columbus came and took land from the Native Americans and claimed that he found it first.…

Anela Pritchard's speech: I'm a decently smart kid, with some decently good grades. But sometimes I believe that, with the essays, worksheets and endless amount of study assigned to me each day, that teachers secretly hate me, rather than actually wanting to help me do better. They most likely, if anything really, just do it for the pay check. I'm not saying all teachers do, but the majority of them appear to be that way. I always think about how I do believe school is important, however I…

When asked to write about the most influential person in my life, my mind came up blank. My life is average. I have a normal sized family, two loving parents, and nothing extraordinary has ever happened in my life. But yet, at the same time something more than extraordinary had happened in my life. The day was April 29, 2005. I was five years old at the time, and didn’t have a clue what was going on. I was at the hospital waiting room, along with my other siblings, Ashleigh, and Crystal.…

My First Day of School in Kindergarden “Click” Good morning Natalie! Wake up! my mom said excitedly. My mom is a very loving and happy kind of person who always thinks positively. I groaned to indicate to my mom that I was awake. I just laid there in my bed tired and unwilling to get up, my mom decided to change me because she saw how sleepy I was. I woke myself up a bit but I was half asleep most of the time when my mom was changing me out of my pajamas. I would always jump once in a while…

What culture means to me is what I enjoy to do inside and outside of school like in my free time.The stuff I enjoy to do is watch Netflix and draw even play soccer outside of school and do good in school to succeed in life. How I define my identity is that I'm Hispanic and like to draw and enjoy the outside and etc. But the most important thing that defines my identity is where I was born and where my parents are from. This is what my culture identity is and means to me. The first element of…

The Birds are chirping, a cool wind is blowing, and the sun has just come up at Mary Blue Bird Middle School. All is peaceful and the sky is gloomy. The grass is mushy and muddy since it is 1st period and the grass has just been watered. Suddenly a horrifying scream, echos across the whole black top. It seems as if time has frozen and all is still. All the children look over to Anna who is wearing her long blonde hair in a messy high bun with bright blue volleyball shorts, a gray top, and shoes…

The girl who has name Daniela Liverani comes from Edinburgh, Scotland. She is 24 years old, and is fond of traveling around the world, the mysterious, unusual and exotic places that are quite far away. It was some time ago in Southeast Asia with just a backpack. When she returned home could not imagine that she actually visited Vietnam. She in Asia fell off on the motor. No was injured, but after the fall of the engine she had trouble oh nose. But she does not give particular importance to it…

When I watched the video of the Milgram Experiment I was quite shocked by it. Seeing people so willing to do harm on another person without being threatened was very disturbing, and seeing the few that was pleading to stop was heart breaking. When I put myself in their shoes, I would like to think that I would not harm anyone or anything. However, in all fairness to the idea of what I would do I must evaluate the environment and conditions to which I would have been exposed. If I knew that…

All the sudden, I feel like a million pounds is pressing on my back. I am surrounded by darkness and suffocating. I go to move my legs and find that I now have what feels like an additional fourteen. This isn't a big deal to me, after all, I do lucid dream often. This is just a dream of course. After squirming my way out of a tight spot, I notice that the darkness is simply the sheets covering my face.I can now breathe better. I can't help but laugh at my stupidity and I often enjoy controlling…

To the woman who passed by me last week: It has taken me a minute to really contemplate on whether or not it was worth it to write to you, to evaluate how I actually completely felt about the entire situation that occurred. I, seven months pregnant and closing in on eight months, walked past you carrying McDonalds. No it was not the healthiest of choice, but as you walked past me you snickered to the two men whom you were walking with, “Really? You’re pregnant and eating McDonald?” I do not know…