A Night to Remember

Imagine waking up in an ambulance with no feeling in your legs and people screaming “ARE YOU OKAY”, when the last thing you remember was taking a handoff from the quarterback and running through a lane and players coming at you in almost slow motion. This is a part of my football story and how football forever has changed my life in daily aspects. From growing up my whole life playing football with my friends to recreational football for kids then High school football. After my football career,…

I remember sitting in a surrounded by a sea of new faces; We sat in groups of four at our respective tables. The room was dark and the only source of light came from a projector. On the projector, I read “intro to typography” in bold typeface. There was slight murmuring going on all around me but was finally pulled to a hush when our instructor walked in. He’s the kinda guy that doesn’t have a huge tolerance for nonsense and whining kids. Thankfully for him (and me), this group didn’t consist of…

We knew what to expect after that. Night after night, the same old thing. Being tucked away in bed and hearing the door creak open and the loud sluggish footsteps. If I was awake, I pretended to be asleep. Some nights he felt the need to wake us up and find something new to argue about. The alcohol did not solve any of the problems. All it did was create them. The odor of alcohol…

skateboarding and I was watching him and looking at his clothing. He was wearing skinny jeans, which were and still are a big thing in fashion, but I remember questioning why he was wearing skinny jeans if he wasn’t, skinny? My mom said something that I will never forget and is probably the most impacting sentence I’ve heard in my whole life. I don’t quite remember the way she worded it but it was something to the effect of, “that doesn’t mean anything, he could be the nicest person in the…

My Life in Three Faces Everyone can name a few things they remember from their childhood that could shape who they are. It could be any form of event, big or small. Could be something you learned from or something you won 't ever forget. Happy or sad, these events are either your most treasured memories or your worst nightmares, whatever they are they are you. A story my Mom and grandma always tell me how I got my grandpa to open up and play with the grand kids. Back when I was the only…

Memory. I know that for many college students like myself sleep is often an issue. The schedule is very inconsistent because of all the assignments, late night group projects, exams, homework and for a lot of people procrastination. All those responsibilities don’t ‘allow’ us to sleep like we used to when…

mysterious mood. In “Annabel Lee” the letters ‘m, l, s, c, h, and d’. In stanza one m is repeated to emphasize the manys years ago he had a maiden. The uses of the letter ‘l’ is repeated with love and lived. Therefore, the author was deeply in love and remembers the days vividly. Letting the reader know what’s happening and setting a mood. The use of ‘s’…

Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker, ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe, ‘Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti explore and present different attitudes of death. ‘War Photographer’, ‘Prayer before Birth’, ‘Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night’ and ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ all have a pessimistic view of death. Whereas ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ and ‘Remember’ present optimistic views of death. ‘War Photographer’, ‘Prayer before Birth’ and…

not have the best life, until one cold night when it would be changed forever. He attended a basketball game to scrounge for leftover food from the spectators after the game had concluded. Mr. Tuohy notices what he is doing and provides him with a meal ticket (Synopsis for The Blind Side). Michael had no clue that the Tuohy’s would imprint a big impact on him by the simple act of kindness. A few days later, Mike was walking down the road on a very chilly night to where he was sleeping, which was…

anyone that he didn’t like. The Holocaust was mainly in Europe. Hitler was elected in 1933, right after the great depression hit Germany, Hitler started to blame Jews for everything. He made camps where Jews were put to work or were killed. The book Night is by Elie Wiesel, his autobiography about his time in the Holocaust. The poem "never shall I forget" was written by Elie Wiesel also. I think the Holocaust is a time in history that we should never forget, and should never be forgotten.…