Back to the Future

Club, FBLA, and Glamour Gals. I feel some of my bigger accomplishments are from participating in Future Business Leaders of America(FBLA) and Cheer. In my first year of joining FBLA, I ranked fourth in the distract for my division and was asked back to compete in state. Joining these organizations was important to me because it was a great way for me to get involved in my school and prepare for my future. Cheer however stands out in my mind as the activity that greatly impacts me because it…

but they were the only ones not to sacrifice for their safe travel. The Odyssey is an epic poem and it uses many magical, emotional, and physical barriers for the greeks. There is more than just one adventure or Journey Homer involves the family back home waiting for Odysseus in the epic. Telemachus and Penelope, Telemachus is a young boy that is trying to prove himself to his father, Penelope is a loving wife trying to keep the kingdom steady for Odysseus. Whenever the Odyssey begins, Homer…

On April 8, I went to the Back to the Future Brentano String Quartet in Arizona State University (ASU). It really surprised me because it wasn’t like any of the classical music concerts I had ever seen before. It was a medium sized venue and very casual. There was no program handed out but the name, composer and type of piece it was, projected on the screen behind the musicians. The theme of the concert was back to the future. It focused on the 20th century chamber music and was very…

him back sooner instead later." One would suspect that the reason Floyd seems so intent on getting back into action before the end of the season might have to do with the fact he announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2015 season. Nobody wants to see their career end with an injury.…

to make the correct tackling form permanent. In an effort to stop concussions and other injuries, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is also recommending that every team to abandon two-a-day practices. Plus, they want them to scale back on full-contact days. Three practices each week instead of four is another desire for some people. To make up these days, the NCAA will need to also add another week to the preseason and require a legislative change by the membership. Scientists…

shown in Inside out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai through a certain scene in the story and in my life when I first came to Chenery Middle School is life might change from what you are used to and that is OK. In Inside out and Back Again the theme is shown in the scene when they have their first Tet in Alabama and it says “Mother makes her own/ in the shape of a log,/made of pork,/regular rice,/and black beans/wrapped in cloth./Not the same,/but not bad.” This ties back to the claim because Hà…

Hope is the feeling responsible for preventing people from giving up and quitting. The power of hope gives people a reason to keep fighting for the future they desire. In Kamala Markandaya’s novel, Nectar in a Sieve, which takes place in the 1950s, she tells her readers about the hope two destitute farmers in rural India: Nathan and Rukmani. They face monsoons, droughts, and other hardships that attempt to destroy their lives and those of their children, but through the troubles, they meet…

people do not realize that when a person procrastinates they may hurt themselves in the future. As a human being, I procrastinate by not wanting to clean my dishes and leaving it for someone else, holding back on doing my homework, and not wanting to get dressed for school or work. Procrastination is in my life just about every day. For example, whenever I cook dinner for my family, I would always hold back on doing the dishes until someone else did them. One time I cooked dinner, and my mom…

In the following passage, “The Future Is Ours”, the two main characters, Vanessa and her mother, are presented with different, yet similar perspectives. They both look forward to the World’s Fair and a better future than now and want to give each other hope for it. In Vanessa’s point of view, the Great Depression would and might have been the only times she has been around during her life so, she is probably used to the poverty and the decrease of success, unlike her mother who was definitely…

Critical reflection Reflecting back on what I have learnt about myself as a writer is that it is okay to be aware of your weaknesses and using the necessary tools to support and strengthen them. As a writer it is good to step outside of your comfort zone and experiment with new genres. Let your writing take you on an emotional journey, and let your emotions lead your writing into a new journey. As a writer you need to expand your vocabulary and use powerful descriptive words to really create a…