Azusa Street Revival

1. I believe his competitiveness, his ability to converse easily with people, and knowing how to market his products to people were the important keys to Walton’s success. My definition of ‘rich’ is similar to Walton’s; I value the essentials in life like food, a roof over my head, and a decent education. If I can provide those to my children, then I will have succeeded in life; my life does not, and will never, revolve around money. That value is not something that I feel the greater portion of…

“Well, I hit on Andover as the first town because it seemed like a quiet and likely spot where an old, frail little lady who owned a shop would be killed. I found Mrs. Ascher when I was in that town for personal business about a few months ago, and I had noticed that she was often in her little shop alone. For letter B, I had to use slightly different tactics. By now, lonely women in shops would have been warned about a killer on the loose, so I had to change the characteristics of my next…

In some poor countries, many children would steal food from stores. The people in those poor countries do not think that stealing food is a bad thing for a child when they are growing up in this situation, because they just want to get some food to survive. They may not think that stealing food is bad to the owner of the stores because they only want food but nothing valuable. Sometimes, people’s lives are messy because it is too difficult for people to distinguish whether things are right or…

Then, all of a sudden, I heard the roar of a car engine. A car was racing down a nearby street and then the screech car tires echoed throughout the town. “That was close, probably on the main street parallel to me”, I thought. The squeal of sliding tires kept on going and going, for what seemed like a lifetime. Then, I heard the car crash and followed by only the eerie sound of crickets in the night. Still in work mode from a long day on the job, I decided to go check it out. Driving to the…

“home” was for my siblings and me an abuse-laden place where torture and rape were commonplace. The cruelty was rampant for my immediate family, their friends, and my aunts, uncles and grandparents. The safest place for me was out on the streets. As I wandered the streets, I met many kind and helpful people. However, some of the strangers did not have benevolent hearts and I was kidnapped twice. During my childhood and early adulthood my physical body was repeatedly beaten and broken down; but I…

Driving through Austin, it is almost commonplace to see people standing on the side of the street requesting food and items to get them through their day. These are the people we see with dirty clothes, a backpack, and cardboard signs requesting help. It is rather depressing to see so many desperate people wandering our city without places to call home. I thought I knew how hard their lives were. However, I had never had a conversation with them. Nor did I truly know what went on in their daily…

idea from my parents, for example, once I got my license my parents were always threatening to take away my car and they would always say “driving is not a right, it is a privilege.” I would have never thought just being able to shop or walk the streets without feeling scared could be a privilege. For example, there have been times where I have been at a store and one of the employees was following me throughout all the aisles. This shows that as a black man even if you are not doing anything,…

Childhood is one of those precious and phenomenal time in which a child is transforming into an adult. We all been through childhood and we can all agree that childhood is one of the most significant moment of our lives because childhood is a delightful time in which life is extremely enjoyable and innocent. Childhood is the most beautiful of all life season. The poem Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell presents an unbeautiful side of childhood life, in which the central theme is about growing up,…

Watching the youth roam around the streets asking for food and seeing families living at a dumpsite, was big impact on my perspective on life. The things I take for granted such as education, having internet, and running hot water, are not easily accessible for the people in Nicaragua. I wanted…

“Manslamming” Today there are so many people walking on the streets that have taken consideration of moving for other people coming in the opposite direction. Have you noticed that women need to get out of the way of men? In the article “What Happens When a Woman Walks like a Man,” Jessica Roy from the New York Magazine, described the results of an experiment, Beth Breslaw did, to give insights on how women and men walk on the streets. This will then hopefully determine the “sidewalk…