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the dentist. She writes, “I hear the anger rising in his voice. My tongue keeps pushing out the wads of cotton, pushing back the drills, the long thin needles. And I think, how do you tame a wild tongue, train it to be quiet, how do you bridle and saddle it? How do you make it lie down?” Reading this quote at the beginning of Anzaldua’s story conveys a great metaphorical image on what is trying to be directed to me as a reader. In the article, Anzaldua writes about “Linguistic Terrorism”. To…

Horses are not just animals. They are healers and teachers to kids and adults who interact with them at The City Ranch in Windsor Mill, MD just five minutes away from Baltimore city. City Ranch’s purpose is to provide horsemanship and horseback experiences to inner-city kids in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. The non-profit organization has been operating since 2007. The ranch offers a variety of lessons such as horseback riding and therapy riding. Pony parties and workshops in…

helping and being apart of showing horses. I went back into the practice arena and started riding around in the english saddle for the first time. The whole time i felt like i was going to fall off but i managed to work up the confidence to go into the show arena. The hardest part was that i was competing against my own brother, and let me tell you he is good. I place last in all the english events, and i was starting to learn that winning isn't everything and it is ok to not place the…

in dirt, sweat, and water that was suppose to end up on my horse. Riley’s mane and tail were braided, ready for the show tomorrow. His coat gleamed and all excess hair had been trimmed off. I could practically see my reflection when I looked at my saddle. Riley is one of the largest horses I have ever been on. He stands above 16 hands, but he is a gentle giant. He’s covered with chestnut hair, with only his bald face pointing towards his Paint lineage. He has a long tail that almost kisses the…

Giving Up Is Never An Option Work hard, dream big, was always the APHA motto, but up until this point I didn’t fully understand what this meant with horse riding. I was showing at the American Paint Horse Youth Worlds show in Fort Worth, Texas and was competing with a horse I had just met two days ago. My trainer, Kelly Chapman, traveled to Texas with me and decided to put me in a jumping class. Now, if you know me you would definitely never put me in a jumping class because I have very…

commotion. Still naked from their first night of union, Joth peaked outside the leather tent flap. “What did we miss?” he remarked. Rinka pulled him back inside. “Can’t the war wait a few more minutes?” she teased. “I like to have you inside me once again.” Joth returned a loving smile and then threw his tunic over his head. “Oh, how I’d like that but I think something really important is happening.” She shook her head and returned the smile. “Oh, go ahead,” she sighed.…

Tizio came by and to Sarah’s horror, he took them to John’s apartment. She remembered that Painted Girl had agreed to redo his apartment for an exorbitant fee. Painted Girl’s eyes danced as she put the key in the lock. Tizio stood beside her with a few boxes in hand. Painted Girl switched on the lights… red lights, all of them. The small room glowed. Black and gold striped walls and gold brocade furniture brightened the room. Red velvet drapes hung floor to ceiling. Walking around Sarah…

language. Languages differ from each other, the most important way of reading and grammar. Learning a new language like a child at the beginning of learning to speak. According the essay “Literacy: A Lineage”, by Melanie Luken, who was a French and English major at the Ohio State University “Studying a foreign language can, at times, be just like learning how to read and write as a child”(135). This statement made me wonder is it possible to be adults and children have the same capacity to learn…

right, but instead north or south. This interested many scientists and brought about several studies. The most curious of which was done by showing one native English speaker and one native Guugu Yimithirr speaker a room facing south, and then showing them both a room across the hall that had the exact same layout but was facing north. The English speaker saw the rooms as identical, but the Guugu Yimithirr speaker saw the room as entirely different. Their languages made them see the same…

compulsory enrollment in armed forces which had once tore apart the nation of Canada back in 1917. The after math of was that the conscription crisis of 1944 in Canada, which was an unnecessary action that created bitter disputes between the French & English citizens, which reduced the war effort and also tested the Governments decision-making from preventing another civil disorder within the nation. Also the Conscripts weren’t needed overseas due the large amounts of active volunteers in the…