Basement

When I finally did find my notebook and pencil they were in the trashcan that was in the garage. That night when I climbed into bed and was about to doze off I heard familiar small scampering footsteps, I slowly glanced at the edge of my bed in the pitch blackness of the night and saw the haunting glowing eyes once again, peering just over the edge of my bed, studying me as I lay there. I shut my eyes immediately and when I opened them the creature was gone. Their behavior stayed this way for…

With all the home projects completed upstairs, construction began on the two bedrooms in the basement that would house all five girls. Max and Hanna had to make numerous trips to the department and hardware stores to purchase home furnishings and building materials. On occasion, they took all seven children, making them wait in the car while they shopped. Other times, a sitter was hired to tend to this rambunctious bunch. Types of babysitters evolved as they grew older. One time, the babysitter…

Lucia Penskek Luka HWOC 21 April 2024 The Downfall of Public Housing Many people think that living in America means equality and justice for all. However, many people do not have that luxury. After the Great Migration, in the 1980s and 1990s, many Black Americans were pushed to the outskirts of the city to live in public housing units. These projects did not allow for people to get jobs or have the resources to be successful, causing many of them to live off of monthly welfare benefits, as…

113. This quote was said by the father because they the boy and him were at a house searching for supplies. They find a door with a padlock and they bust open the lock. The boy and the father go into basement and find a group of naked people in bad condition. The boy and father run out of the basement as fast as they can. The boy looks out the window and he saw four men and two women coming towards the house. The boy and father take off and they go hide. The boy asked his father if they were…

but none have been proven.Among the many mysteries today, JonBenet Ramsey’s murder was one of the most disturbing. She had a noose around her neck and wrists, duct tape on her mouth, and a blanket over her body, in one of the rooms of the home’s basement. The autopsy revealed her final cause of death resulted from strangulation and a skull fracture. Forensic pathologist, Dr. Werner Spitz was brought in to try to find what killed the young girl. He believed that JonBenet’s blunt force trauma came…

Virginia Woolf Timed Writing Memory. One of the key things that sets humans apart from other species. Humans ability to remember certain things for such long periods of time has baffled humans for centries. In Virginia Woolf’s memoir she describes a specific memory that had an impact on her for years after. This memory taught her a lesson that changed the way she viewed herself and the people around her. Using various rhetorical devices Woolf describes her views and yearning for the…

The history of the Creative Curriculum began in the United States, in the late nineteenth century. Many early theorists felt that there was a bigger need for a more meaning full way of teaching. John Dewey, was the man for the job. He developed a curriculum that would help students utilize the skills and knowledge they learned in the classroom. His idea of learning, “put a premium on meaningful activity in learning and participation in classroom democracy”. (WEB SITE). Because of Dewey’s…

Melanocytes are cells that are responsible for producing and creating melanin, and that is what makes us all so unique. People come in various different shades of color and the reason behind it is melanin. Melanin is the pigment that gives humans the different shades of color for their hair, skin and eyes. Melanocytes is located in the epidermis layer, which is why it is important that we have protection. Melanin is what protects our skin from the effects that one may encounter from the sun.…

In the novel, Andy does some actions that are questionable. Andy discovered information on Jacob’s iPod that incriminated Jacob in the murder of Ben Rifkin and Andy did not know what to do in the situation, so “[He] brought [the iPod] down to the basement and laid it on [his] little worktable, glass slide up, and [he] got a hammer and smashed it” (Landay 212). Andy smashed the iPod to make sure Jacob is not incriminated in the murder. As a reader, they are supposed to get all the facts while the…

I learned that white people aren’t the devil Spring,2016. Growing up I didn’t see many and not because I lived in a “poor- black” community. They were not seen as equal within my mind due to me recognizing black people as; doctors, lawyers, educators, and entrepreneurs. When I did see them I thought it was my duty to feel superior as my elders and ancestors once felt inferior. I attended a Pro- Black middle school that explained that I was made within the idea of our creator simply, because of…