Girl with a One-Track Mind

At least I think it is. I’ve been trying to keep track. The 17 of us are currently on our way to Washington. I can tell my mom is drained and ready to give up. You can tell by the way she walks, talks, and acts. I don’t know if she can cope with this any longer. Every direction we walk, every move we make, every sound we make, we have to be careful. There hasn’t been a day since this whole thing began where I haven’t killed one of them. Walkers. I’m not exactly sure what they even are but…

up causing large raindrops to fall which forced me to slow down as I could hardly see five yards ahead. I kept glancing out the back window like a paranoid schizophrenic — maybe I’m overthinking this whole thing. Just as this thought drift across my mind I heard it. Originally, it was soft, but in between the rolls of thunder it became more noticeable; it was the sound of sirens. My heart rate began to increase, and my knuckles turned white from gripping the steering wheel so tightly. What am I…

epitome of girls night, Sandy and her new-found friends spend a night at Rizzo’s house singing, gossiping, and writing love letters. Sandy goes in the bathroom, flustered and overwhelmed by the plethora of questions being pushed on her by the Pink Ladies, and Rizzo begins the iconic song, “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee.” The song is funny at the expense of Sandy, and the recognition of being made fun of drives Sandy to a ponderous ballad. As the Pink Ladies ridiculed Sandy in the 1950’s musical,…

Serial killers are like the actual Boogey-Man; hiding under the bed or lurking in the shadows is exactly what one would think they would do. However, some serial killers build up a camouflage and interact with others without any gut-feelings or blaring signs of what is actually going on in their head. John Wayne Gacy is the perfect example of this type of killer. Born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, John Wayne Gacy faced an abusive childhood and conflict over his sexuality (Vronsky 92)…

In the stories “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, and “The Struggle to be an All American Girl” by Elizabeth Wong, and the poem “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways” by Louise Erdrich, each of the writers focus on the positive and negative aspects of education. While part of the setting for Louise Erdrich’s poem and Elizabeth Wong’s story take place inside an actual school, the setting for Toni Cade Bambara’s story doesn’t take place inside a school; however, for all three stories, the…

Numbers have been my passion since I was a little girl. I remember how exciting was for me to solve math quizzes, it was like a game for me, a game that I certainly enjoyed. While growing, I could not decide which profession to choose. I knew that I wanted to do math, but there are so many professions that involve math that I was not certain on the path I wanted to follow. Finally, I decided to become an engineer, but that was not my final call. During the fourth year of my engineering career, I…

As the world progresses, competition increases and so does the misfortune of stress. My current class rank is four, and being in the top 1% of the class of 2016 is stressful. The class of 2016 is quite competitive, which is both a positive and negative thing. First and foremost, being competitive encourages the students to always strive for success and never to be denigrated. However, constantly being competitive often causes a person to overlook others’ feelings and other people 's’ need for…

and closing my eyes I felt safe, calm. In my mind I pictured myself lying on one of those hills looking up into clear skies. Yet, there was also a feeling of sadness. The petals reminded me of the white vinyl bracelet around my wrist. As the gentle white skies of tranquillity were dirtied by the dark black clouds of reality, I turned to face the girl, and the moment of peaceful silence passed. “Do you want to go there?” When no response came, I assumed one wouldn’t. But as I began to turn my…

There was really one section in They Say I Say book that really got me thinking, that section was “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” I really thought about this topic and I came to the conclusion, that not only is Google making us stupid, I think it is ruining our lives in general. Our lives are drastically different than those of the generations before us. I blame this change solely on the rise of technology. I would even argue that technology is in total control of our lives. It seems like…

learned the language of ghouls and ghosts , learned how to disappear in the shadows at dangerous times , learned how to dreamwalk to terrorize evildoers minds and last but not least he developped a character in the graveyard . Although he couldn't understand the living society he had some intimate relationships with the living like the one he had with scarlett . Eventhough Bod easily communicates with scarlett he doesn't posses the required humanly values such as empathy to continue a…