2006 singles

Disbelieve and fear shook my mind as I lie on my back, sitting on top of concrete sandwiched in between the hot metal hood of a car, as the weight pressed down against me it didn’t hurt, my body was too numb to feel anything. All I could feel was a car pushing me further into the ground pushing my lungs down and shutting air out of it. It felt too surreal I kept blinking as if I thought I’d wake up from this mess. I could see sirens and people gathering around me watching in disbelieve, I kept…

Embracing your culture can show you things that you never knew about yourself or your culture. The moment that I embrace my culture was when I had my quinceanera. Having my quinceanera taught me things about myself and about my culture that I never knew about. A quinceanera is when a Chicana / Latina teenager turns 15 and it is a passage to womanhood. She has a big party to celebrate her and her passage of becoming a woman called a quinceanera. For me celebrating and having my quinceanera was…

I value the time you took to let me stay with you. You have given myself a place to stay, food to eat, and your admirable company. The amity that's intertwined around our spirit, I'll never neglect the spectacular favor you have done for me before I parted for Alaska. It was indeed laborious for me to say goodbye and I gradually appreciate wholeheartedly the time you've taken from your being. I fully understand, Ron, to wish an adoption towards me and I truly apologize for the late response,…

Nike commercials come out all the time whether it be for a shoe, or simply to be inspirational, or inspiration but they always hit the nail on the head to get athletes attention. They bring in big star athletes or faces people know from the sports world. But does “Come out of Nowhere” bring outsiders in and make them feel a part of the Nike family? “Come out of Nowhere” is a Nike commercial starring NBA legend LeBron James. In the video He is voicing over many different clips of kids playing…

I found Jodi Picoult’s novel, “My Sister Keeper”, to be an emotional and inspirational story. Anna Fitzgerald was created as a designer baby to be a donor for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with Leukemia. “They had me so I could save Kate. I wouldn’t be alive if Kate wasn’t sick”. When Anna turns 13, she decides that she has had enough and sues her parents for the right to her own body. This novel describes the pain and damage the arrangement caused their family and teaches the audience about…

Aristotle Excom In my friendships a common sentiment is “don’t worry man, I’ve got your back no matter what.” But is this really the most edifying way to conduct friendships? What are we to do when the good we loved and admired in a friend fades into obscurity and is replaced by something dark? Aristotle states when a friend permanently forsakes pursuit of the good in favor of wickedness, the friendship must be dissolved. (251) This is an extremely difficult idea to put into practice, because…

If there is one thing in every kid’s childhood that makes them who they are and helps shape them as they grow, its family. I come from two military parents who have been in service all my life growing up. My mom is an ICU nurse holding the rank as a captain and my dad was a warrant officer who worked on electronics before he retired. Moving around every two years came with the price of them being in the army, but because of that I was introduced to many different cultures and lifestyles in which…

Sometimes it’s the small decisions that can change your life forever. Upon my arrival to the United State of America, I have been exposed to many different lifestyles, cultures, environmental and psychological changes, including good and bad behaviors. Five years ago, I was influenced by the poor decisions and thought of my friends. I was falling in the pathway my friends created for me. It was my step-mother, who I view as my mentor that gave my life another meaning. Without her I would not…

Encoded Love The clock rang three times when I was leaning on the window. The cool winds softly came into my bedroom, seemed trying to calm down my anxious heart. I was looking for something important, so important that it may influence my whole life. I look down at the empty street, finding out that the passengers were a little bit fewer than yesterday. Even in such a busy commercial street, you can’t expect that there would still be people over here at night during the war time. Yes, the war…

Introduction: Jill When interviewing my volunteer, Jill she describes her recovery like waking from a bad dream. She described that since she reached her recovery she now feels like she knows what happiness really is. She stated that when you are at the lowest point of your life, you believe that you will never feel good again, you are always going to be stuck that way. She stated with time and a lot of support she slowly began to feel better, she stated she started to want to do more, she…