A Good Thing

can seem overwhelming and difficult to understand, but when trying to comprehend certain issues, events, or ideas, those terms can help in the distinguishing between right and wrong. Structure and direction can also help in understanding how some things are the way they are and how they got that way. Everyone can have their own ideas of how structure and direction apply to certain issues also, which sometimes allows for disagreement. Using my own interpretation of structure and direction, as…

and I decided it would be funny to call him bugger boy. The thing was, the whole class joined in and the whole class was bullying this poor and innocent peer. I felt guilty at the time but I was afraid to tell the other kids to stop because they would probably call me a scaredy cat. Everything at that time was being the most liked kid at school, and I really admired “cool” kids. This one day thing turned into a everyday thing. The worst thing is, he had no friends. Kyle was a loner and…

German sports cars, they were all my favorite. I never really had a hobby or a future that I wanted. I was even criticized by my own father once because I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do. But ever since I got into the car scene things changed for me. Before I was this loser kid inside the house playing Call Of Duty all day. I was also a sad person because not many people liked me either. But after adapting to such a cool culture I started to meet a lot of wonderful…

From a young age I’ve always had dreams, goals, and things I wanted to accomplish. My very first dream started out at the age of 6 when I saw my best friend’s new golden retriever puppy and I decided right then and there that I just had to have one for myself. It become an obsession. That puppy was the only thing I could talk about, dream about, and I just knew that I couldn’t live my life without it. I would consistently beg my dad for that precious puppy and he would always give me the…

how I was. I am a very lazy person who has difficulty completing tasks. You can notice that I did not carefully shave my mustache. There are errors on the left of my mustache. The thing is, it takes too long and since it does, I sometimes tend to rush through my morning routine. I feel as though that such a simple thing can explain my lifestyle and habits. Since…

Imagination has been thought provoking to say the least. Here is this intangible thing that connects people by way of shared experience. Sam Richards talked about suicide in his Ted Talk, and how through the Sociological Imagination, there is the potential to experience relief or support in stressful times through the understanding that we are not alone in our experiences, however personal we may feel them to be. This intangible thing has the ability to actually produce change as a byproduct of…

Opinions, personalities, religion, feelings are things that are similar and different in many families. Because of these things they make a person unique, and then that persons can become a family feeling, and that makes that family unique. One unique family is Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” In this story the family 's relationship revolves around their heritage, with difficulties along the lines. My family is similar in some ways, but mostly different when it comes to mothers, siblings, and…

Having a sibling can help people accomplish things that could not be done before. In this story a boy named Doodle was born with a big head and a small body, he was not like the other kids he could not walk or even stand by himself, he had an older brother that pushed him around in a go cart wherever he went and he taught him how to walk and do things that nobody thought he could. The brother is a good brother because he helped William Armstrong or Doodle accomplish many important skills.…

Orientation to College is a great course that I have taken this semester. I have learned a lot of things that I have been using on a daily basis and I can use in the future. This course has also made it easier for me to understand my other classes as well. My grades are one thing that I have been maintaining at an great average because of this course. I have learned to reflect and give my opinion about a topic that is being discussed. I know that this course is going to help me in the future and…

"There 's nothing like a good indie film." Well, at least, that 's what I say this year. I have only discovered the wonderful world of indie films in the past few months, but I 'm sold. When I happened upon the film How Can I Help? I was intrigued by the title and the premise. Furthermore, when Stephen Kassen (director, producer, writer, etc.) agreed to answer a few questions about the film, I was even more fascinated. With pleasure, he apprised me to a variety of things concerning the film 's…