How I Spent My Summer Vacation Essay

Vanessa Orantes Period 2 Ms.Elam 4-26-17 ESSAY In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin is about modern day feminism, the whole book relates back to Chopin life during the late twentieth century and how women may have felt during that era especially if you were a wife and mother then you have limited freedom. The purpose of the book is to experience several awakenings throughout the storyline and self realization to meet the aspects of life. Throughout the book the main character Edna (Mrs.…

Even though it’s been many decades since I was a young child, my bum remains sore from all the time spent sitting on the unpadded oak benches that populate many rural churches, most of those churches being Baptist, or a derivative thereof. And as psychologists have shown, it’s these early childhood years in which our basic personality is formed, “We remain recognizably the same person … it does follow us wherever we go across time and contexts.” (Nave as cited by livescience.com 2010). Our…

that my family moves excessively, as we have already moved ten times by the time I was fifteen years old. Each time that I moved, I abandoned my friends, teachers, and community. While I did not have a problem moving into a different house, I always had an issue with new schools. I found myself uneasy when I walked into a classroom as a new student. Classes are supposed to be a welcoming institution of learning. Instead, a frigid room with twenty-five unfamiliar staring faces greeted me. My…

academic interests? Ever since I was in middle school, I have always had a great love for programming. The power of computer…

Creeping down the stairs at seven in the morning, quietly unlocking the door that leads onto the back porch, I get up to take in the sun rising over the ocean, watching it rise for the first and last time of the day. Draped around me like armor is my blanket, and clutched tightly in hand is my shield, which is the novel that I am currently reading. I sit on the porch for an hour, before I hear my friend stumbling down the stairs still trying to wipe away the sleep still in her eyes. She walks…

Girls. Girls. Girls. My brother wears polo shirts and khakis year-round, is the captain of the crew team, and overall just seems like the kind of guy who will grow up to be a lawyer, settle down in the suburbs, have 2.5 kids, and vote Republican. He’s in most respects a stereotypical straight white boy… a stereotypical straight white boy who has a keen eye for fashion, knows how to wing eyeliner, and has strong opinions about interior design principles. This was something I first realized…

able to explain myself to you Keeping my composure Sleeping my life away Writer’s block Sailing. I don’t cope well when I don’t have the right skills. When the water gets cold and black, it scares me. Little dogs Dying Being in trouble Being with you Being without you It was a muggy Sunday. I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of my boyfriend. August is undoubtedly the hottest month of summer and we were going to his mother’s family's vacation home in Little Deer Isle,…

For this interview, I spoke with my dad’s mom, Julie Johnson, about her high school life. She was a student from 1971-1975. I thought it would be fun to see what it was like to be someone my age over 40 years ago. And it was very interesting! I liked getting to learn more about a different time period from someone who lived through it. We will be discussing your high school life. Where did you go to school, and what was your school like? I went to school at Central Lyon in Rock Rapids. The…

I wish that I could remember the German Language as much as my own. Those thoughts played over and over in my head as I looked back at how great of a trip I had overseas. The time was June of 2017. It was an exciting time, the Cleveland Cavaliers were in the NBA Finals, summer break was beginning, and I had the freedom to do anything. The most thrilling event was still ahead of me and that was my trip to Europe. When the trip was first announced my sophomore year I knew this was a once in a…

should practice "defensive driving." It makes sense, we all know how big a car is and how fast it can go, you can find all of those numbers somewhere on the car itself. We all know someone who has been in an accident, be it minor or major. When cars collide, it can be catastrophic and everyone knows it well. But somehow, at least for me, the idea of it actually all being real didn't happen until I had gotten into an accident where I was forced to deal with the consequences of even a minor…