he played a significant role within the book, a role that would forever impact her. Josie walked an interesting life in the French Quarter, her mother was a prostitute and this made her…
Like others, I never thought of my life or my family as "normal." My oldest sister and I were born to the same mother and different fathers. Even though we were not “full-siblings” we never considered it as such, therefore I grew up with a mother and two “fathers.” Furthermore, my household was multicultural, Puerto Rican on my biological father 's side, African-American, and Caucasian on my mother 's side. I constantly worked to balance and interconnect my multiple ethnicities and numerous…
Non-normative life events are life events that are unique and do not happen to all people. When my grandmother was 10 years old her parents got divorced. This is a common occurrence now but in the 1940s this was not so common. She frequently experienced bullying because of it and said that children would refuse to play with her, she said they were mean to her and it made her extremely sad the way people treated her. A few years later her dad remarried and she had a new stepmother. Her stepmother…
Signing up for the class “Essay Writing” was not the happiest moment of my life. I was anxious and apprehensive. I felt an insane amount of dread. I did not always feel this way when it came to writing. My relationship with writing can be described as complex. It is full of valleys and peaks. At the start of this class, I would have never guessed that two months later I would have an “aha moment” as Oprah Winfrey calls it. The one thing that I know for sure is that literacy has shaped who I am.…
tranquility to live a life of material possessions and greed. This is the path he chose and our path is not like anyone else’s. Everyone has their own path to follow, some might intertwine for a time, but it is inevitable that everyone has to follow their own path alone. Friends are an example, most friends are not permanent, some may last longer than others but most end and everybody is left alone in the end. In the story Siddhartha begins his journey as a prince, living a life free of…
the conference but especially the concert forever. When I think about it today I have two distinct emotions, joy and a tear. At the conference we saw some very rare footage of The Everly Brothers, film clips from Germany and England not seen by my many until the conference. The Brothers are seen in their pure unblemished state, voices like angels. What a true treat we experienced at the conference.We got to spend an hour with Graham Nash. There were about 100 or so of us sitting in a room…
To say that my brothers, cousin and I were surprised about Mum’s unexpected pregnancy would be a very large understatement. This happened somewhere around August 2011 and caught the four of us (Will, James, Anthony and I) off-guard because we all thought that James would be the youngest in the family. Naturally, this came with a couple of thoughts of joy, such as my grandparents from my dad’s side would now have a granddaughter for the first time, Mum and Dad, who were ecstatic about the idea of…
To add salt to the wound, my father, although extremely loving and wanting the best for me, was also pretty tough and rarely pointed out the things that I did well in my matches. Instead it was always how awful or sloppy I looked and how frustrated he was with my performance. As I grew older and found myself improving as a result of experiencing loss, I began to realize how much more I improved by analyzing the things that went right in my matches and deciding to duplicate those strategies…
As I look back on my life as a student and educator, it is easy to pinpoint the landmarks that have brought me to the present moment, seeking the opportunity to prepare for a future career as a superintendent. However, at the time, these landmarks were not necessarily clear or even pointing towards a career in education. Upon reflection there have been very specific experiences that have provided me with a set of skills and principles that I believe will make me a successful superintendent.…
surely God left him. The Philistines took Samson’s eye out and praised their God Dagon for putting Samson in their hand. The Philistines were then celebrating and were high in their spirit as they wanted Samson to entertain them. Samson took that moment to pray so that God would give him power back for the last time and Merciful God did not let down Samson. Samson pushed the central pillar and killed thousands of people, he killed more people than the people he killed when he could see, and he…