Worst Day of My Life Essay

My three identities are America’s worst fears. My identity is what prevents those who are closed-minded to sleep at night. Men disrespect me. Those who are privileged look down on me, and the racist fear I will bomb their “Land of the Free.” Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote his article “Racial Identities” explaining our different identities and how each of our “collective identities” makes up a script or narrative of shaping our life. I identify myself as an African-American-female-Muslim. As an…

have told you over the phone, so that means your worst fear is no longer a fear. It’s a reality. You walk into the local children’s hospital that you had your son, Jimmy’s, blood work done at. As much as you want to know exactly what is wrong with your child, you absolutely don’t want to hear what you know the pediatric oncologist is going…

I woke up to three hundred text messages and twitter notifications all notifying me that my friend, Dominik Pettey, was killed in a car crash by a drunk driver the previous night. No pain had ever felt so significant, it was crippling, but then instead of pain, I was numbed by the inability to grasp that my friend someone who I just had seen the night before, was gone. I ran the words “Dom is dead” through my head on a loop but could not bring myself to accept it. That week, although I was still…

time in my 18 years on this earth that I can say that I really experienced failure was during my freshman year of high school when I tried out for the basketball team. I came into my freshman year of high school thinking I was very prepared for freshman basketball. I thought I was prepared because I had played aau basketball previously for multiple summers and had known and played multiple times against the guys I was competing with for a spot. Well I thought wrong because during the first day…

I was thinking it was the worst day in my life. But to find out, it was a good day. That had opened my eyes. I have to thank Oklahoma State Trooper Anderson for pulling me over that night. It was a Saturday night when I decided to have some beers with some friends. I also took my kids over to go swimming that night. As it started getting late, I went home and put my kids to sleep. At this time, I was also having my own fun that night too. I had been doing drugs, cocaine, that night. Along with…

A Day to Remember “Our enemies have made a mistake that America’s enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness.” (George W. Bush) Although, 9/11 happened when I was in kindergarten, it has been a part of my life ever since. It blows my mind that today’s high school freshman are being taught 9/11 as a historical event and not one that they were alive for. 9/11 is intertwined in my life in many ways but the largest interaction I have had is Thomas Burnett Day. This is a…

“Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine…

had wanted to become a famous scientist through his project of reanimating life. I had willingly invested his time into the making of his creation. However once completing his task he was not satisfied and the creation had become a source of destruction in his life. During this process Victor had demonstrated character traits that were beneficial to his success as well as unhealthy character traits. Victor Frankenstein’s worst character trait is his eagerness to fulfill his desires during the…

How do our life experiences shape our values? Values and beliefs are something most people hold dear to heart. We can begin to form the values from experiences as children or adults. The ideology that happiness in life will come from finding your own home, or even making your own. Struggles and past experiences can give us different values as people. Some people have a distaste for the land they were born in, or the situation they were handed in life, but found a home and found happiness.…

2013 to June 20th 2017. The days between these dates are filled with memories as struggling to adapt to the rotation schedule, attending sports games with friends, finding the perfect prom dress, and eventually saying goodbye. The last four years of my life are filled with my best and worst days and recollections that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Being surrounded by a multitude of different students and teachers has exposed me to many miscellaneous aspects of life itself. As I have…