How I Spent My Summer Holidays Essay

2013, end of my Sophomore year, was the year I became best friends with a guy who is now a stranger. The first time Zach and I met was when he moved to Queen City in the 8th grade. April of our 8th grade year we voted on class favorites and we both were awarded the most courteous award, which was awkward because I barely knew the guy. It was not until the end of my Sophomore year that I actually talked to him and by Junior year we were dating. The reciprocal part of the attraction theory, the…

Poverty and Food Insecurity Before Research I honestly know nothing about people on food stamps or disability except that some people need it and others just use it. I do not really think about the people themselves either. As far as I am concerned, they are just people with different problems compared to me. There really is not a certain way they should act either. Even if they should act extremely grateful for using the resources, many still will not anyway. Items they own are in a similar…

mile in the shoes of the less fortunate. In my family plan, I was able to stay…

six nights of being homebound—a group of my friends and I got together outside of the Puttingneg city library after the martial law was lifted and streets cleared. The library sat on three acres of land. It had a garden and beautiful pond with gold fish. The castle shape library had four towers and many windows. The building was made of marble bricks. As you enter the front entrance, the oval double doors was made of solid bronze. James, Cindy, Paul, and I stood there in our winter coats,…

about growing up in Canada was that I was exposed to multiple cultures at a very young age. This has given me the upper hand when meeting people of different cultures in the United States. I am very fortunate to have a best friend who is from Eastern Europe and has welcomed me into her home on many occasions for me to experience their cultures. Valerie, or Valeriya, Khaletskaya is one of my very close friends who grew up in a cultural completely different then my own. Her cultural background is…

Conversations How is the heartfelt friendship born? How do two strangers meet and become soul mates? What leads to the true deep affinity? Does the camaraderie arise spontaneously by itself or does it require any efforts? I believe that the genuine friendship arises during “kitchen conversations”. 3. Dangerous Berries In my childhood, every summer, I used to go with my mother to gather blueberries in the forest. One of those days remained in my memory as the brightest childhood memory. I…

I sometimes consider why I am a girl, or what happened if I was a boy when I experiecned cruely as a girl. As I have grown up, I faced more and more sexiusm and oppresion that I have never enouncounter as a child. I ususally don’t pay attnetion the sexiusm since I don’t want get any troubles myself even though I want to revenge for insulting me in the bottom of my heart. However, I am proud of myself since I am a girl. Those teenager girls in the video “Like a girl” seem to insult and make…

earlier students were able to coast through schooling with zero effort. The content of the public school curriculum and the time spent on education had to been reformed. At my high school we went to school from 7:35am till 2:53pm, five days a week (making exceptions for holidays). We got about two to three weeks off for winter break and a little over two months off for summer vacation. Reagan’s “A Nation at Risk” suggested that schools in the 80s, increase the school day, school year, and…

Reservation Cab Driver is a great example of how home can be anywhere. The Cab Driver is a previous HUD resident. He was forced out of his home and was forced to live out of his car. The Cab Driver has faced financial struggles, and fortunately was able to make due by sleeping in his car and providing people transportation for a price. Items like beer and cigarettes, blankets, and fried bread help to keep the Cab Driver’s mobile home functioning. Although I am sure that if the Cab Driver has a…

In March 2012, I had a great experience to attend a family wedding in East Africa, Kenya. During my one-month visit in Kenya, I had an opportunity to find a great volunteer organization in which help those in suburban areas in Kenya. Even though, It was hectic attending a wedding in Kenya from Canada by taking three flights it was well worth the experience. Generally speaking. However, I get best of both worlds. The reason I mention that is because I come from parents in which share an…