Break

What 's the craziest thing you have done over spring break? It was a beautiful spring day, warm and humid with a cool slow wind, sunny the perfect day and it could only get better. It was the day that we had our trip to the lake planed. All of us got off work and we grouped up at my house. We all decided that we would take my car just for the experience, it is a very fast car that turns heads everywhere. The car is all blacked out with crazy rainbow headlights and ridiculously loud exhaust, not…

The last few weeks of school before winter break passed quickly. I wasn’t mad at her and would usually look at her but communication between us was scarce if any. She rarely looked at me and never laughed at what I said. It was as if her spirit had died that day after the game. I couldn’t bare to see her like that. The once joyful and happy young girl I had met that first day of school, turned into a dull and hopeless living creature. That’s when I gave up on her. The last day of school for…

went to school together and we had dance classes together. I saw her more then I saw my own family during the school year. We would help each other with our homework and talk after school. But once Christmas break came, something went wrong in our friendship. Before Christmas break we would do a lot of things during school together like eating lunch together. One day she said that she had huge house and she owned a large amount of land and animals. I soon found out that this was the…

During Spring Break, a group of seven Northwood students traveled to Spain to experience the culture. They started in Madrid and worked their way through the towns of Cordova, Toledo, Seville, Malago and Costa del Sol. One of the students on the trip, junior Joseph Lorbacher particularly enjoyed Madrid. “It was like New York City, but I think it was better. It was a lot cleaner and just more fun. It was nicer there too,” he said. While the group was in Madrid, they spent one evening…

When we came back from Winter Break, the clock in Mrs. Allen's room was a few hours behind. It had tricked her into believing that instead of being the last hour of the day, it was actually around lunchtime. Now that the clock is fixed—well, partially fixed, still being an hour behind—, it is now working properly again. A pacemaker is very similar to this. Think of the heart as the clock and the pacemaker as the remedy that fixes the clock. Like the clock still being an hour behind, the…

Grief will inevitably be experienced in one’s life, a conflict within one’s heart. The poems Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and The Solider by Rupert T Brooke, express destitution which arises as a consequence of war. Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney and Tree Grave by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, portray the wretchedness experienced at times of death. Finally, The Long Song of Alfred J Prufrock by T.S Eliot and Mirror by Sylvia Plath, reflect upon heartbreak and the process of ageing. The poets…

In the book a break with charity by ann rinaldi the main character, Susana english looks back on 1691 and all the choices she made that had to do with the Salam witch trials. Susana was standing in the town talking to the town gossip, Sarah bibber. When Susana was standing there she saw Ann Putnam and a group of girs she despreilty wanted to be friends with go into the reverends parris passage. Susana asked sarah and found out the only go in when the reverend is gone because they were strict…

During the Honors Alternative Spring Break trip in 2014, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with the homeless, needy, and drug-addicted populations of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Volunteering at Glide Memorial Church (GLIDE) thrust me into an environment that was intimidating yet insightful. I was timid at first, unsure of how to interact with people in an area notorious for high crime rates. Entire street blocks were filled with homeless people lying on the ground, and…

Christmas break was kinda cool when the break started I was overjoyed to finally be out of school. When I got home I threw my bags down and fell on to my bed and fell asleep with haste. I woke up around 5:00 with my cat trying to bite my nose off. That day wasn’t very interesting the rest of that day went on like any other friday afternoon. I watched netflix and played overwatch. Nothing really interesting happened. I was awoken by my brother that morning getting up and 6:30. I wanted to keep…

It was spring break. A student’s best time of the year, the days starting to get warmer and longer. It was the best time to be alive and joyful. A vibrant child awoken from his dream as he heard someone mutter from a far distance. He was ravenous, like a bear is hungry after he has awakened from his long nap during Spring. As he walked out the door the smell of sweet, fragrant food followed him into the room. He entered the kitchen to a soft voice from his mom asking him what he would like to…