A Worn Path

The students of Mt. Hood Community College campus are the most diverse that I’ve ever encountered. Before I moved here, I resided in Nevada, the people there tended to look more alike. It ordinarily comes as a shock when I say that Nevada isn’t diverse, but it is the truth. My hometown has a fairly new identity; it’s still finding it. A majority of my life was spent there, in addition to a handful of other places. We traveled a great deal as well, so I would be fascinated by the endless amount…

Stone dimensions as well as the shoes that are worn by participants are examples of tasks constrains. The rules of the sport of curling can also be considered a task constraint. One of the rules allowed in curling is that you can hit opponent’s stones out of the target area. This can play a big role…

alphabet, numbers, and a prayer on it. The hornbook was often worn as a necklace by a string attached at the top of the paper. After school, the boys continued with their studies while the girls went home and learned the household duties with their mothers. Boys that didn’t attend school usually went on to work apprenticeships around the age of 14 and sometimes as early as 6 years old. High school was the end of the educational path for girls. As for boys, some with wealthy father continued to…

For the most part action with extra dramatics attracts karma to the soul throughout consecutive recreation. Karma must be burned off in order to reach deliverance. Hinduism has many ways of overlapping paths for individuals to follow to fulfill the same religious goals. Early Hindus stated the purpose of life is very straightforward. Individuals were to give sacrifices to the gods. The Jain view of god enables them to explain the evil and distress that…

In “The Road Not Taken”, the author, Robert Frost, shows the idea that we are all defined by the choices we make in life, whether it’s good or bad. This poem demonstrates this idea well because the speaker was stuck between choosing two roads, and he did not know which one he should take. This relates to real life when making decisions, because you never know what is going to be at the other side when you get to the end. The concept of our decisions and how we choose to make them is illustrated…

“Tip Tap Tip Tap”. I hear the same cat-like clicking noise coming from behind the door to my right as I open my eyes groggily. “Click” I hear the door turn and open. As the noise gets closer to me, I notice the white sleeves of a long button-down shirt from my peripheral vision and immediately close my eyes, pretend to sleep and pray that I receive liberation from the painful prison. And as I hear my mother speaking with the scary man, I remember wondering why his lab coat was white. Growing up,…

everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater”. We often choose the one that most people do, since the spirit of adventure could be surrounded by fear and suspense, but that makes the difference, when we choose a unique way, try a new path and be the…

According to the film “Women on the war path” many jobs where available to women. For example, assembling automobile and aircraft parts as well as cooks and clerical and to provide healthcare. Women became depended upon to help the war by making sure the troops had the support in the factories and camps to carry out missions. War allowed women to hang up the heels and lace up the combat boots. With all of the different skills the women were trained once the enlisted it allowed them feel complete…

Taken by Robert Frost is a descriptive poem that summarizes a traveler who comes upon a crossroad in his life. The choices the persona makes can affect him by changing his lifestyle or destroying it. The traveler is forced to decide between the two paths and decides to take the road less taken. The whole poem has a specific purpose and it represents the difficult choices we must often make along the road. Frost uses imagery, tone and a symbolic theme throughout his poem to convey his points. …

Everyone has their own path in life, and much like Phoenix Jackson, mine is one of trials and tribulation. The physical obstacles, landscape, and people that Phoenix faces are symbols that are relatable to personal occurrences in my own life. Phoenix has difficulty seeing and relies on her memory to get her through her journey. This is a physical problem for her, but to me symbolizes the unknown. Not knowing what the future holds is a very worrying thing to me. She also has trouble with the…