Dead Man Walking

Self-Identity Essay I gaze out upon the morning dew settling on the freshly cut grass. As the sun rises over the mountain, I breath deeply and stroll in front of my friends begining the day. My arms hanging loosely in front of me while I grip my club of choice. Fear races through my mind whispering worst possible scenarios, but gets shoved out by a painting of the balls trueflight. Letting go of control, my body twists and makes contact. A stinging feeling spreads to all parts of my body as the…

The lap of luxury is not miles away on a coastal sea. Of course, it is in a modern American dorm room, complete with bathroom and expensive food services. The times of studying are long gone when students could instead participate in Nudity Week and simply email professors instead of attending class. These are just some of the examples Tom Nichols utilizes while taking a firm stance on the structure of universities and the students of today. In The Death of Expertise, the chapter “Higher…

In “Fika: My Way of Life,” Blom, who’s from Sweden, describes one of her favorite things to do of the day by emphasizing criticism of the way of American life. In “The Street Car,” by Cepek, who’s also from Europe, describes people that he’s observing while waiting for his street car to go home. Even though they have similar time and place settings, their dominant impression, organizing principle, and use of language are different. Blom and Cepek share a lot of similar facts that they both are…

A few years ago I had a pretty bad accident. It was in the afternoon on the day before school started. I was riding my four wheeler down the gravel road because there really isn’t anything else to do out in the country where I live. I was just cruising down the road that day when I decided I wanted to do a wheelie. Usually when I did wheelies I would just sit down and try to ride one, but this time I wanted to try something new. This time I was going to do a wheelie with my foot in the bar on…

China I crossed the border into Shenzhen China February 3rd, 2018. After a rather delightfully easy border crossing it was time to figure out how to get to Guilin. I walked ten minutes to the bus terminal. My map on my phone said I arrived but I wasn’t too sure. Nothing was written in English outside and I didn’t see any buses. I found a counter and walked up, the lady didn’t speak any English. I pulled out my phone to use the translator, asking for one ticket to Guilin tomorrow morning. After…

Break Down Quarrel EXT. THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON A DESERTED HIGHWAY- NIGHT A red car pulls into the lane shaking barely moving at all. Two girls walk out of the car looking annoyed. The passenger is DANI and the driver is JANE. Both are wearing concert Tees. Two boys are in the back seat of the car not getting out JAX and FINN. DANI (Kicking the tire) Piece of junk. JANE Don’t kick her Dani, she tried her best. DANI (tired) Her best got us stuck in east nowhere. Can you call someone? JANE…

Jen, a young girl sits at her desk with her mathematics homework in front of her. “Train X is leaving the station and is traveling towards the East at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.” she says to herself, while moving her right arm to the right. After that, she says “At the same time, Train Y is leaving the same station but is travelling West at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.” as she moves her left arm towards the left. “After two hours, how far apart will Train X and Train Y be?” she…

subway passenger who was staring into the eyes of his fate after getting off work, Han was struck by an oncoming Q-train after being pushed onto the tracks in the way of the train. Han got himself into a brutal argument with mid-20-year-old homeless man, Naeem Davis. The moment when Han attempted to lift himself out of harm's way, Han was already staring into the face of the train accompanied by the recording and pictures taking of other passengers waiting for the tragedy to occur. Conversely,…

Last minute trips with the girls seem to always be fun, especially going somewhere I have never been before. My cousin Grace wanted to travel to Flathead Lake in Montana. she saw this lake on Instagram. The internet said that supposedly this lake is found to be one of the largest natural freshwater lakes that exists west of the Mississippi river. So my mom, grandma, cousin Grace, Aunt Sarah, and I packed our luggage into the car and left for a vacation with no plans and nowhere booked to stay. I…

Can You Rent A Car Under 25 Car is one of the basic transportations that are needed by us. It goes along with the train, bus, ship, airplane, tricycle and any other means of transportations which help the people travel to different places without so much effort and time wasted. In ancient times, people only walk if they wanted to go to a different place. While others are using horses to make the journey faster however, not all of all them have it. Then time passes by, few people were born with…