Christina Aguilera

It was a warm summer night when I pulled up in my blue Corvette convertible to pick up my boyfriend, Coleton. To my surprise, he was already standing outside, dressed to kill, as usual, but there was a string of cars lined up along the curb. He motioned for me to pull in front of the cars; seemingly, trying to prevent me from seeing what was going on. I’d heard a lot of talk about Coleton being a pimp and drug dealer, but he has a regular 9 to 5 so I allowed myself to believe this talk was…

Sierra Doup My life is very rough, our life is very rough. I am Mirriam, and my daughter has not returned for a long while. My daughters name is Itibisam, and she has gone missing. I ponder at home in the dark, wondering when she would arrive. she is not often late to return to home. At first I believed that maybe she had just been late. Then hours passed, and I sit, thinking of all the things that might have happened. She knows better, though. I look at Suleiman, Itibisams father, and…

Out of all age groups, teenagers are most commonly labeled as going through phases.Its true, at the end of the day, I am just a young 18 year-old girl. I think that I know everything, but the truth is I have an entire life ahead of me. I am still learning the ways of life each and every day. That doesn't mean, however; that I don’t know what it is that I want for myself in this time and moment. Don’t tell me that I want tattoos and piercings just because my friends have them, only because it is…

It was early September, so early that school hadn’t started yet. I received a text from a family friend, telling me he was on his way to come pick me up. Earlier in the week, I had a falling out with a friend, and I really needed someone to talk to. I texted TJ, asking if we could do something, to get my mind off of everything. He happily obliged and offered to take me to ice cream on Wednesday. When he pulled into the driveway, my heart leaped to my throat. I was finally going to have to come…

just know that you knew I was different. Why do you keep saying that? He asked. Justin, in the months that I have known you I watched you like an eagle. I knew what you would do before you did it. I knew when you broke it off with the other girl you were seeing besides crystal, I knew when you felt like you were losing everything and trying to blame Britney or Crystal for his and I knew the moment you feel in love with me and decided to change. I also knew when you found out that I was not…

The one place that affected me as a person and who I am today was Jamaica, the place where I was born, the place where I struggled and cried, and the place I call home. Growing up on a small property in Clarendon, Jamaica, I had both mom and dad at my corner loving me. My mother Maureen Rose was a maid who cleaned for wealthy people for minimum wage. My father on the other hand was a welder who worked at a factory and came home every day smelling like oil. I then was a young six years old to be…

Be small, don’t make waves, you are not a hurricane. Small, small, quiet now. Am I good? I don’t deserve this, no I shouldn’t, I’m not good enough- there’s a better choice out there. Cain. Able. I am Cain, she is Able. I am selfish. Rotten, wicked, hark! I am good. Guilt is my poison, engrained, planted, and tendered since I was small. The seed was sown in the everyday happenings of childhood, and circumstances later watered and coxed it to set root, and likewise, entwined with my being. I…

I found this passage very interesting because when I typically think of rhetoric, my mind automatically associates it with the goal of persuasion; I never made, or at the least acknowledged, the connection between rhetoric and attitude. I particularly like Burke’s use of the words move and bend in order to textually describe the change from viewing rhetoric as just a means of persuasion, to perceiving it as a means of shaping one’s inclination. After reading this passage, I have come to realize…

(type your memoir here) I didn’t even find out from Jaidan herself. It was at the science field trip in fourth grade when Katie Simons came up to me and said, “I like your outfit, by the way Jaidan is moving to Hong Kong!” That little side note at the end sounded like a joke at first, but I realized she was completely serious when I saw Jaidan out of the corner of my eyes, her shoulders shrugged and mouth pinched. “I was gonna give you a mint!” She exclaimed, elbowing Katie in the side. A mint…

“I had no other choice”, said Jasmine as she glared into my face of confusion. The glare she held was obviously a way of her holding her frustration and the tears that followed. After several moments of awkward glares, I to became frustrated. The only thought that ran through my mind was how could she have done such a thing? I wondered how she truly felt about her decision and hoped she felt awful for it. I was also disappointed that she gave up on a challenge before even trying or at least…