Flamingos

morning and I'm getting ready to go to mentoring. Bernice usually picks me up around 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. rolls around and I hear a knock at my door, it's Bernice. She’s wearing bright colors like: bright yellow like the sun and bright pink like a flamingo. We hop in her old-raggedy gold mini-van. The windshield is shattered on the passenger side of the car. Bernice’s mini-van reeked of 2 day old meals of McDonalds and some air freshener. She explained to me that her phone wasn't working, I said…

A scene that shows these attributes comes after Santiago leaves a comfortable oasis in Egypt, to attend to his dream once more. As he pauses in the desert, a horseman dressed in black rushes him, with a sword raised to kill. "Who dares read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?" he demanded. He does not flee nor does he attempt to fight and protect himself. Instead, Santiago bows his head for the blow and says, "It is I who dare to do so. Many lives will be saved because I was able to see…

speaking household. I realized that we had a close relationship because after valentine’s day she went up to me and she told me that she was sad because no one had given her anything for valentine’s day to which I responded with getting her a huge pink flamingo and a box of chocolates and she has been very attached to me ever since because she realized that I went out of my way to actually get her something to make her…

“When I grow up, I want to be a veterinarian.” If you knew me at age 5, you knew that I wanted to be a vet. I didn’t know much when I was five; I didn’t know why my parents were fighting, I didn’t know when I would see my dad next, I didn’t know why my mom was so sad, I didn’t know what diabetes was, I didn’t know why my sister had lost so much weight, but I knew I wanted to be a vet. In the first grade, I was just a happy, oblivious kid. It was just a normal day and I was waiting for my mom…

Carroll shows how growing up can be enviable and sometimes challenging. Alice is invited to play croquet with the queen but instead of realistic things they use flamingos for the hitting pole. Alice then learns that the queen and the others don’t play by the rules and that she had to adjust. She therefore learns that the queens ideals is that every is her’s. She says , ““The more there is of mine, the less there is…

Anthurium Symbolizes: Hospitality The name anthurium came from a Greek word that means “tail flower.” The unique shape of this flower led it to be known in other names such as Flamingo Flower, Boy Flower, Painted Tongue and Painters palettes. Some also believe that this flower bring good luck and ward against evil. Aster Symbolizes: Patience, Elegence, Wisdom Aster’s name originated from the ancient greek word “Aster” which means star. This flower was often used to create wreaths as tribute…

I like plays that make me think. Of One Chord presented me with a scenario where my best friend’s girlfriend had died and my girlfriend who I love is abusing me. I had to ask myself what I would do in the face of such inner torment. The senior theater project Of One Chord employs the elements inherit to drama—performance, lines, set, and props—to communicate that suicide is not the answer to pain. Katie accurately embodied the character Michelle’s hurt and hate. Her body language suggested…

This book portrays how flamingos feed with their heads upside down, insects eat their mates, the diversity of land snails, nuclear winter, and mass extinctions. Gould also wrote on the misuse of intelligence testing. He stated that human intelligence has a spot in the brain that…

Renaissance Observation Paper The painting that I selected was “Forest Fire” by Piero di Cosimo. Piero di Cosimo was a Florentine painter of the Italian Renaissance. He was born on January 2, 1462, and died on April 12, 1522. He created this painting in 1505, at the age of 43, about a decade before his death. He painted “Forest Fire” with an oil panel canvas, similar to most of his paintings at the time. Starting in the left hand corner, I see a bundle of cream, beige, and black birds flying…

Broad Topic: Environmental Protection/Nature Conservation Narrowed Topic: The importance of preserving Mangroves in Jamaica. Research Question: What is the importance of preserving Mangroves in Jamaica? Thesis statement- The preservation of mangroves provide a good natural nursery ground for marine life, act as sediment filtration system and as a wave buffering zone against hurricanes. Introduction Mangroves are mainly tropical plants with a tangled root system that grows at the interface…