Christmas tree

I feel that my background has such an impact on me that my application would be incomplete without it. My single immigrant mother has been an incredible inspiration to me. The choices she has made on my behalf have shaped who I am and have contributed to my development from a child who kept to himself into an individual who wants to help others. Living in a single parent household I constantly felt the financial strain. One day when I was at a Target, I tugged at my mom’s arm and told her that I…

As a predominantly Catholic country, Christmas festivities celebrate the birth of the child Jesus. The religious celebrations begin on the 16th of December with masses said every morning until December 24th, when the religious service is held at midnight, Misa de Gallo. The main celebration takes place on Christmas Eve, Noche Buena, as it is called in Spanish. Families get together to enjoy the traditional holiday meal: hallacas…

ambulance couldn’t of came any slower, I was screaming into the phone for them to drive faster or else she was going to be dead by the time they get here and it was going to be their fault. The only thoughts that were going through my head were “It’s Christmas morning and my mom’s birthday and my sisters might of just watched her die.” The five minutes it took for the ambulance to get to my house felt like five years, by the time they got to my house my dad was covered in blood due to my mom…

sister and I were putting up ornaments onto the tree as my mom was organizing the lights out of the big, blue, plastic box with a grey piece of duct tape labeled “Lights.” There was evergreen tree sent in the air along with the Heffron Family Cheesecake cooking in the oven. We were listening to a new version of “Santa Baby” by the country artist Kelly Pickler. My sister and I spent more time singing and dancing to the song than decorating the tree. This part of the season is a major part of my…

music helps the dancers to flow within each stride of the beat is brought out. There is about thirty to forties dancers on stage. Some of the dancers, are young children’s of boys and girls, and others are adults’ dancers too. On the stage, during Christmas, they seem to be delivering a court party in a fancy house. The magician was there as well, he seems to be causing trouble inside the party. He tells the other children to leave for the party. In the mist of the dance, the little girl is…

The bleakness of winter can sometimes cause people to experience the winter blues. These people fall into a state of melancholy, and sometimes even depression, because of the cold gloominess that an Idaho winter can bring. If you were to compare people to birds, most birds are miserable in Idaho during the winter. When temperatures start dropping they retreat to warmer weather where they are more comfortable. Like birds, some people migrate south for several months to avoid the bitter cold Idaho…

The Evolution of Television and the Vanquishing of Human Value For years now, television has been invading the homes of families and subtly damaging family rituals. From black and white to color and high definition, television has changed. Television has changed in appearance, and has changed in how it plays a role in families’ lives. A few years ago, many families did not own a T.V set and now it is almost as if it’s competition to see who watches more T.V, or who has the most and better T.V…

response to the overall feelings of negativity and glumness in the country, the Lakeland Times presented an article in November of 2011 that encouraged an earlier celebrating of the Christmas spirit. In the article “Let the decorations begin, bring on the holiday” The Lakeland Times ineffectively introduces a call for the Christmas spirit by encouraging individuals to decorate for the holiday early. This appeal ineffectively uses several points creating an article full of generalizations rather…

Walking through Rockefeller Center reminded me of Grand Central Terminal in the way that it is convenient for the commuters and the tourists. I just found that Rockefeller Center is more above ground while Grand Central Terminal is more below ground. When I think of Rockefeller center, I think of The Rink and many of the shops and buildings that are above ground. Rockefeller Center does have convenience when it comes to getting to your destination below ground but only the subway passes through;…

I always enjoyed singing. I sang along to the songs in Disney movies, to the radio in the car, or just at home in my room. I was in choir all year during seventh grade. We sang many songs that year, even one in an African language, but only one song had any solo tryouts. Mrs. Smith picked “Wide Awake” by Katy Perry for us to sing, so we could have at least one modern song. There were three solos in it, I tried out for the first one. The tryouts weren’t in front of the class, but I still had to…