Basement

Yaroslava Boyko Persuasive Speech Have you ever told yourself to “pause”? Have you ever stopped to take a moment to understand your situation? A situation where you need to mentally sort out how you are truly feeling? I am certain everyone has done so at one point in their life. It is taught in almost every subject to stop, to think, and to look around at your problem with a different point of view. Using the pause button, you may achieve that. With this stand, I would rather pause my life…

Jonbenet Ramsey was found murdered the morning after Christmas in her Boulder, Colorado home. Jonbenet was a six-year old beauty queen following in her mother’s footsteps when she was found in the basement of her home strangled to death. Like many homicides Jonbenet’s case is still unsolved. Based on the ransom note, timeline, and the Ramsey’s actions one can conclude that the Ramsey Family killed JonBenet. To begin, the ransom note is a substantial piece of evidence proving the Ramseys…

Mapp refused them unless a search warrant was presented. Agitated, the officers forced their way into Dollree Mapp’s home and found no suspect. Despite no suspect was found, officers came upon some allegedly lewd and lascivious pictures in Mapp’s basement which quickly led her to be arrest for the violation of the Ohio state law. Unlike many typical court cases, the Mapp vs Ohio case took place in Ohio’s Supreme Court also known as the Warren Court, where…

more acutely aware of the familial quirks which separated them from the society around them. Even in the impoverished town of Welch, the Walls were among the poorest of the poor, forced to live in their grandmother's basement and wear coats without buttons. Furthermore, the basement of their grandmother, Erma, was anything but the warm and hospitable home for which the Walls children had hoped. As rejects both in their home and outside of it, Jeannette, Lori, and Brian came to rely on and defend…

When I was about twelve, I dealt with mild anxiety. I was constantly worrying about things that didn’t even make sense to other people, but to me felt like the end of the world. I had a fear of storms and would hide in the basement if I thought one was coming. I worried that lightning would hit my house or a tornado would destroy everything. Whenever I thought about my future, I would freak out. I often got stressed in groups of friends and had trouble breathing. I would have panic attacks and…

In the article “The Child in the Basement,” David Brooks explains that many people live in societies where there will always be “a child in the basement,” but they make themselves believe that it is okay for few to suffer in order for the rest to thrive. Similar to the “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” most people in today’s societies believe…

One summer I went on a mission trip with my church to Denver, Colorado. I was imagining an enjoyable experience that would make me feel better about myself in the end. It was very fun and exciting, but my point of view was also drastically changed. We stayed at a big high school with about six other churches. We were all split up into groups of about seven people. My group was assigned to an older lady’s house, which needed a lot of work done. In my mind, I was imagining a cheap elderly woman…

As I opened my eyes, I was instantly confused and scared. I didn’t know where I was or what I was doing on the surprisingly comfortable floor. I was laying on my stomach, but when I tried to move I couldn’t find myself to listen to my brain. Then soon I realized that, with my face pressed against the thin black ground, that I was on a trampoline. I could vaguely see the cold cement ground beneath the trampoline I was on. I couldn’t help but wonder if anybody has ever landed on the…

A lot of artist use pathos, logos, and ethos in their music everyday to explain a argument. The “Other Side” by Macklemore has a lot of logos in his lyrics as he described how his friend Pimp C was killed by over dose of the purple drank a.k.a lean when he says, “ thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of the cough syrup.” He also argues that this drink is very addictive and is influencing our youth. Lean is a addictive cough syrup(promethazine) mixed with sprite that most…

The time is now. I am back stage pacing back and forth trying not to panic. I am wearing tan khakis, with a blue buttoned up shirt with a light gray cardigan around my neck, I was dressed as Warner from Legally Blonde. This adrenaline inside me is taking over, everyone is telling me that I am going to do well, but deep down I am trying not to vomit from being so nervous. Lights fade out. It is my time to shine. In the midst of this darkness, I walked over to the old fashioned metal high stools…