Homesickness

In September of 1996, during Friday the 13th, a little girl by the name of Ashlynn Olexa Danner entered the world from the Reading Hospital. She had beautiful brown hair and striking blue eyes. Her parents, Robert and Alison Danner were proud parents. They were thrilled to finally have a kid of their own. Robert grew up in Nazareth Pennsylvania with his parents Dot and Robert Sr., and Lou Ann, his sister. After his father Robert Senior served in the US Air Force and worked at Western Electric…

In 1870, the first sock was knitted by a machine invented by a Swedish immigrant. The inventor’s name is John Nelson. With his innovation, he opened a factory to produce mittens and he eventually decided to make socks with his machine. The factory he founded is located in Rockford, Illinois. His sock factory, with automatic knitting machines, eventually led to the creation of the distinguished red heeled sock monkey. Sock Monkeys can be found in numerous households and became a popular craft in…

For the longest time, the possibility of achieving the American dream has been debated over several different-minded individuals. In an article defining the American dream, James Truslow Adams stated “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone…[and all people] should be able to attain the fullest stature of which they are innately capable...regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position (“What is the American Dream?” 1). This dream is…

culinary school would definitely be the experiences one will acquire as well as more knowledge of that country’s food and traditions. Some downfalls about schooling internationally would be the price can be a lot more expensive along with things like homesickness and not understanding the new language very…

Many of us face challenges everyday in our life, sometimes there is good or bad ending depending upon the circumstances. Our whole life we struggle in a way or another. We can’t run away from our problems yet it’s always best to tackle them with being positive but not every time it’s easy as one may assume. Well I can definitely say these struggles reshape us in a way or another and dealing with such struggles might have changed who we are or how we later approached life. Today students of all…

London is my home away from home. If America was my greatest adventure and my greatest fear, being a Pirate was my greatest journey. A thirty-hour exhausting flight physically transported me from Vietnam to a foreign land - Corpus Christi, as well as figuratively transformed a childish girl to a young adult at the age of fifteen. From the moment that I stepped out of the airplane, a new chapter of my life began without me being aware. After a chain of uplifting and exciting feelings, the reality…

The Role of Fear My palms are sweaty, there’s butterflies in my stomach, my heart is pounding as if it will soon burst out of my chest. Feelings of being unsafe, failure and constant anxiety. These feelings can only be described as relating to one word. Fear. Fear, to be afraid, has hit every college student. Whether it’s fear of taking Biology with the thought in the back of your mind of, “I might fail”, or fearing you won’t be able to get your degree, college students have felt that sense…

Describe your journey and experiences at London High School, whether in academics or extracurricular, and how those events and experiences have shaped you as a student. Details should include your future goals and how your high school experience has directed you in your development of those goals. Include any details regarding how you expect to handle any challenges that may arise in future classes and the college lifestyle. - Maximum length: 1500 words London is my home away from home. If…

A Roman stoic philosopher, Seneca also argued that although human beings cannot change the events, they can pursue happiness by affecting their thoughts, specifically by altering their attitude to those events. He assumed that we are rather like dogs, tied to the moving chariot. The leash is not long enough to let us go wherever we want, but it still gives us some freedom. This freedom is based on human beings’ ability to influence their perception. Pessimistic approach defends us from…

Postcolonial is a term used for an era when colonies achieved freedom from European colonization. The term post colonialism concerns the effects of colonialism on cultures and communities. Though there was a political change, many nations got independence and they are no more colonies, but culturally and economically there appeared many dilemma and crises, they were still in confusion about their culture and identity. The ethnic sectors' struggle is for independence or to be recognized as equal…