How I Met Your Mother

usually grows up in a neighborhood where they create close friends with other kids around the block. For the most part, I have seen trends where kids stick together through the school years and later no longer know each other. Why? We have created these bonds with people that helped you grow up and then later forget them? Well I believe it starts when you graduate high school. Some of your friends attend college, some go straight to work, and some you never hear from again. Many possible strong…

In the book The Other Wes Moore author Wes Moore tells his readers your future is in your hands. Moore tells his readers that we need to focus on the long term outcome. Moore comes to realize that there is a man who is also named Wes Moore. They are the same age and grew up blocks apart from one another. One name two fates. Both of the Moore boys lived two completely different lives but started out very similar. In my opinion I do believe Wes Moore could have ended up like the Other Wes Moore.…

hardships of her life. The first memory she talks about is of her grandmother forcing her to memorize her ancestry, which she failed to do and this resulted in her being beaten by her grandmother. The setting of the books is always changing, as her mother was doing the best she could to raise her children the proper Islamic way. Examples of some settings are Saudi Arabia, Nairobi, and Ethiopia. During her childhood she describes the different treatments she and her sister, Haweya, would receive…

Many people grow up having a normal childhood, I being one of them. I grew up living in a warm, and welcoming household with my mother, father, and older brother. As a child, we all thought we had no worries in the world. Everything was peaceful and taken care of by our parents. We all eventually grow up, and have to become more responsible. With these responsibilities come more opportunities to have struggles in your life. Most struggles are small and short-termed. To others, their struggles…

fruitcake the Queen put a pea on top of 20 mattresses and then put 20 mattresses over the pea. When Bianca finished her fruitcake the queen said “Your room is ready there is some clothes in the bathroom so you can change.” The girl went to the bathroom to change. Prince Philip knew what his mother had done. She had done this to every single girl he met, so while the girl was changing in the bathroom Prince Philip put the watermelon in between the mattresses and took the pea out of the way. When…

(IST) Meeting IST meetings at Sumner are held on Monday’s after school. During this time, I would observe Ms. Westcott and the IST team as they discussed the students on a case by case basis. The IST team consisted of the Speech Teacher, School Psychologist, one of the Special Education teachers, and the case managers of each grade level. Also, the teachers who referred their students to IST were present. I found these meetings to be very informative and intriguing. There was an ample amount of…

respectable parents that influenced your life? My parents have always influenced me to get an education and to get a career that I will work for a very long time. My parents had met each other in high school and dated senior year. After they have graduate4d from high school they started their family. My parents had three children and we moved a lot and finally settled down in a place. Nevertheless, in Sandra Cisneros’ essay “ The Storyteller” she discusses about how she was raised in a big…

didn’t think anything to exciting would happen today. She thought that it was just a normal day, and she would spend most of the day inside watching Friends or Criminal Minds like she usually did. It was when she checked the weather online and realized how beautiful it was outside. She didn’t want to miss out on any episodes of Criminal Minds so she brought out her Ipad with her and some headphones and started tanning outside. Aspyn was really focused on the crime scene that was going on until…

The day I was born my mother and father decided to hand me down a unique, and different name. They named me Maycel Kayla Prescott. Maycel was a popular name in the early 1900’s, but growing up in the 1980’s and early 90’s my name told a different story. Although, I have never met another individual with the name Maycel; I am sure there is someone with my name out there. When I was young, I didn’t understand why my name was different than other girls. I felt like an outcast; I became insecure…

many training pods used for the mechanics. Ever since his mother, Diana Sydney, stepped down as Chancellor, Apollo had changed his lifestyle. He no longer just lounged around Alpha Station every day, prowling around to find some desperate girl to sleep with the Chancellor's heartthrob of a son. Now Apollo spent his days getting his hands dirty when ever there was a problem with anything on the Ark. That was exactly how Apollo met Raven Reyes, the fiery and headstrong zero-g mechanic…