2006

The journal article; ‘Direct entrants in transition: becoming independent learners’, written by Christie H., Barron P., D’Annunzio-Green N., published in 2013 by Studies in Higher Education, investigates, the transition students take from college courses to direct entry into 2nd and 3rd year degrees at university, how that impacts their future studies and to ascertain information on the factors that helped them to manage and succeed with their studies. The challenge for direct entrant students…

Ever noticed how quickly time fly’s by? A single day retains only twenty-four hours; ones individual life is contrived up of these single seconds, hours, and minutes. Before it’s even realized that time has passed. How that time was spent is inconsequential. I realized that no matter how that time was used; that day will come to a halt. When it ends there is a series of questions you can ask yourself. In my opinion there is one question that trumps the others. Did I have a positive effect on the…

It went through the court system for years. Until the summer of 2006, when miraculously, the Supreme Court agreed to hear my appeal. A full 6 months later, I heard the verdict. We lost, in a 5 to 4 decision. Unbelievably, Justice Samuel Alito wrote an opinion that I should have complained every time I received a smaller…

I have no plans of leaving my home. I am happy here; we are happy here. Why would I leave the place where I first saw ‘beauty’? We can still find food, even though it’s not as abundant before, still there’s food. We are not the only inhabitant of the place; “there are also tigers, elephants, and rhinoceros that can be seen in the forest where we are living.”(N.A., 2014) The ‘flying-ones’ (birds) have already left, and their absence brings me melancholy for I will no longer be able to hear them…

We all wish we could disappear at times. When life throws a curveball, we wish we could fall off the face of the earth, to avoid all of life's confrontations. But since our youth, we are told to be careful of what we wish for. We never know when our facetious comments, are going to become reality. An incident occured to politician named James Hoffa, who in simple terms just disappeared. The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa is Detroit's most mysterious unsolved mystery. The mystery still awakens…

Don’t look for happiness, create it Written by Alecsandra Plavan “I looked around me, all my friends seemed to have found happiness, whether it was their dream job, travelling the world or starting a new family. I lay awake all night long, trying to figure out what I am doing wrong, why I feel so lost and why my life lacked so much direction. Little did I know that instead of spending countless sleepless nights trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, I should have focused on what I wasn’t…

My return to the world of employment as a graphic designer has been a long, nine-year quest. In 2003, I was working as the Creative Director for a start-up company in web technology, which was on the verge of being acquired. Those were exciting times, but very long hours, and unpredictable weekends. That year, at the age of 37, I unexpectedly became pregnant. It was an easy pregnancy, with no complications. Although born a month early, our son was robust and healthy. (I'm convinced his birth…

Someone could make up a million reasons to try to validate what has occurred, but I won 't ever be that person. I will believe you. I could name a list of things I will be there for, but it would go on forever. The amount taken away from you I can never give back, but I will believe you and here 's why. 1. I understand what it feels like to not be believed in. I understand the pain that comes along when someone does not believe. I will believe you if you tell me you have been sexually…

Your time to come to the United States is getting closer and closer. I can’t wait to see your family and you. I am sorry I didn’t get to respond earlier to your letters. I know how excited you are too come to America. You wish to live the “American dream” like everyone else here. But let me tell you, it is not what you think it is. The books you read and movies you watch about America being so “great” is not true. What is the American dream? The American Dream is the pursuit of prosperity and…

There are things that I wish for more than anything else in existence, given they probably don 't even exist. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One is to live forever, to never die. I will never kill myself. This is absolute with my current state of mind, of course I can change in time however I want to hold on to this one, of many parts of my mind. The reason behind saying this is because…