Be Here

" List at least 4 strengths here. Use complete sentences. " Based off an assessment that I completed this week during week four, I have a great ability to motivate people and encourage them to be more productive. " A strength I have acknowledged in the previous weeks of this course is my ability to mediate situations and make them as pleasant as possible. " Regarding personal life experiences, through years of training to be the best wrestler I could be I have developed a level of…

“I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen is an extremely sad story about a mother who admits her own guilt that the way she raised her elder daughter Emily, is responsible for how and who she is now. But in the last part of the story, she blames the uncontrollable forces- depression, war and fear as well for Emily’s present situation. She was a teenage single mother who raised her daughter during the great depression era. She had no other choice, but to work for which she couldn’t give enough love…

she felt a grain of defeat within herself. “Look at that illegal alien!”, said an immature fourteen year old boy. Juanita quickly responded, “I am not alien nor am I illegal.” “She should not be allowed here!”, shouted a young, preppy, blonde girl.…

How not to raise your children “I stand here ironing” is the one of the four stories from the book “Tell me a riddle” published in 1961 by American writer Tillie Olsen. The story is about a woman who saddens about her daughter’s life and about circumstances that influenced her own life during Great Depression and World War II. It partially reflects author’s life experience. The mother tells the story about tough life of hers and her oldest daughter Emily. Mother fails to provide to her daughter…

his way to the pool by which the weirwood tree stood. Why is he coming here? Here? Is there not one place I can find untainted by sour memories? He looked up at the sky, scowling. If he's coming, then that means the rest of them are coming as well. My dear sweet sister and my loving stepmother. My attentive and caring father. And it wouldn't be complete without their Martell and Lannister cronies would it? Jon loved it here in the North, in Winterfell. The place, the weather, and most of…

Abortion is not a new concept. It has been around since ancient times, although the fierce and sometimes violent discussions about its ethical and moral place in the world are much more recent. The short story "We Do Abortions Here" was written by Sallie Tisdale and published in 1987. This piece takes a unique view of abortion. It never picks a side outright and even the main character, a nurse in an abortion clinic, seems to have her doubts. The subtle and descriptive language used provides the…

I Grew Up Here I as a young bouncing child grew up in Dickenson, Texas. I was mostly raised by my Nana Restivo, Uncle Mark, and Papa Restivo. My Nana and Papa are my grandparents who live in Dickinson and my mom is Stephanie ulen. But on the weekends and some other weeks I would go and live with my mom. Scott and she had already separated and Scott was in the army so he was away a lot. Scott is my birth father. This caused me some pain because my mom now had another boyfriend Brian who I now…

raised in can definitely play a strong role on how you see some topics. Within this essay their will be many hard decision that you have to make on what you believe is morally right, whether its the popular decision or not. In the “We Do Abortions Here: Nurses Story.”, it talks about a very tough subject, showing both good and bad sides to abortions. The narrator of the story, tells that the women that get them come from all different ages and backgrounds. When she sees these women she has to…

in the Caribbean during the remnants of slavery. Her short story ‘Used to Live Here Once’ gives testament to her fantasy of death, melancholy and helpless despair. The story gives a personal viewpoint of how she perceived life after death, through the eyes of a lost and lonely young woman, who is unaware of her own tragic fate. The author gives a perspective of how a ghost views the living world. ‘Used to Live Here Once’ creates a mood of sadness and hopelessness, as her character seems to…

Reading Todd G. Buchholz 's book: From Here to Economy A Shortcut to economic literacy, is a nice way to understand some economic concepts with it 's sometimes humorous examples and interesting questions he likes to ask. As Peter Passell says it is "A painless even entertaining way to learn the basics." On page three Buchholz says he wants to make economy "sizzle" instead of it being dry, tough, and tasteless like a dry steak and make economy easier to swallow. I think he did a good job, for the…