Shut Down Your Screen Week Essay

walls rustling the outside leaves. She shivered rubbing her bare arms. Maya stood up and walked over to the makeshift table, which was actually just a large rubber bin. She grabbed her black hiking jacket and threw it over her shoulders. She looked down at her socks wiggling her cold toes. Looking for her boots, she found her bag sitting by the door of the tent. It was nicely packed and her boots were placed to the left. Zeeee. The tent’s door flicked opened and…

When you feel your bubble break, you feel a sense of trying to overcome this obstacle. When you feel your heart torn apart, you have the need to stitch it back together. When you feel the walls have been leveled and what’s left is the rubble, you in desperation cling to your last hope. I felt the reverberations shaking the foundation I had. Weeping as the foundation shook and shook, I felt at moment tranquil. Suddenly, after overcoming an obstacle barely, I felt my whole world losing it’s…

Unknown forces 2022, height of the trans-Canadian war, and I’m stuck here in school, Washington, 17, still single, like a fuckin nerd. I live alone, but am still not legally an adult, so I can't actually do that much. It was the Thursday of the end of 12th grade. I had a few ideas for what to do once I’m out of 12th, but only a high school degree won’t get you much. A few years ago, the united states declared mutual war with Mexico, under our 47th president, after our 46th president was…

"I swear I saw a different person up there" Theo comments when I walk past him. "My acting worked, yay!" I say cheerfully turning to him before rolling my eyes and turning back around to sit down. So I could watch the rest of the interviews. Roland chuckles and gets ready to go onto the stage. "Let's bring out, the male tribute of district 10, Roland Friedgo!" Roland moved onto the stage. He really was into character, you could tell he was embarrassed by the way he held himself. He was…

A week had passed since Trevor kidnapped me and I still hadn’t told anybody. Mark had been over, and I tried to pretend that everything was normal, but he sensed that something was bothering me. When we made love, I didn’t feel anything for him. I wasn’t sure if it was because of his thumb sized penis or if it was because I couldn’t get what happened between Trevor and me off of my mind. That fool set me up to have his way with me. I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to get over this and I wanted…

The “Best Years of Your Life” My life is a bit different from what we call “normal”. While most teens my age were going to school dances, kicking it with their boyfriends or killing it on the sports field. I on the other hand was in a hospital bed trying to feel somewhat normal. I just have to say that it wasn’t always like this for me. I was once your normal teen, talking to guys, destroying the soccer field and going out and partying on the weekends. That only lasted for a short time tho. And…

Discovering the Importance of Literacy As I read the prompt, I struggled to think about a time when literacy became important to me. The word “literacy” to me is just being able to read, write, and speak. As I stared at my blank computer screen, waiting for an idea to come up, I remembered that I have a unique trait about me that other people in my area do not have: I am bilingual, but my first language is Tagalog, not Spanish. Most people believe that Tagalog is the same language as Spanish…

roots for Ida. In addition, the story offers the character of Colby, a young troubled boy, who steals the hearts of the audience. The opening scene sets the tone and creates some anticipation. The structure then transitions back in time several weeks, eventually going back to the…

these nights are jeongguk’s favourites. sometimes they're planned weeks in advance and other times they're spur of the moment. today's a spur of the moment thing. seokjin announced he'd be visiting sandeul for a night, which meant they'd have yoongi and seokjin’s room to themselves which is huge. they could probably fit all seven beds in this room. jeongguk isn’t doing much to hide his excitement, eating the chicken yoongi was assigned to cook (he bought it) quickly and offering to do the…

an hour? McDonald’s is a starting job, not a career, unless you try to pursue a manager/supervisor position. With minimum wage shooting up to $10.50 an hour more problems are arising such as: employees being laid off; hours being cut; stores closing down; company’s relocating; and most importantly, automation. With minimum wage going up so high employers will find it easier to replace the employee with…