Hustle

Everyone has had bad days, right? But have you ever had a day go so wrong that it shakes you to the core? Nothing is right and you want to stop time? The day I witnessed my brothers near death, was the most traumatic memory from my childhood. From a young age, I learned just how ugly the world truly was, and this memory molded me into the person I am today. On March 16th 2001, I became a big sister to a beautiful set of twins. My brother and sister, fraternal twins, stole my heart the minute I…

Minimal or slow-to-respond staff is also considered slow code. This means that medical personnel would respond slowly to an individual in need of CPR, administering shallow chest compressions and omitting the use of a defibrillator. There is a hustle and bustle surrounding the patient; buttons are pushed and medical personnel go through the motions of saving the patient. This is all part of the act but not the action of resuscitation. In this case study, a newborn’s abnormalities are…

“True function of cinema is not to tell fables … the cinema must tell reality as if it were a story; there must be no gap between life and what is on the screen.” – CEZARE ZAVATTINI This essay examines the life of lower-middle class in a city with the help of the movie Bicycle Thieves. Despite having been released during the middle of the 20th century, its continuing relevance in the present makes it an interesting topic of discussion. Bicycle Thieves is an Italian film directed by Vittorio De…

The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most amazing natural and physical environments in America. Spanning from grassy fields up to the jagged mountains of the Cascades, down to the many islands in the waterways of Puget Sound. I am fortunate enough to call this land home. I have lived here my whole life and have no intention of leaving. For some it's a mountain conversely for some it's a tiny hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, a beach, a road, a bed, a view, a place to call their own, but for…

I’ll show you how to get out of prison” (Haley 158) his brother Reginald wrote to him. At the time he thought it was a rouse. He thought it was a way to get out early. All of his years hustling had conditioned his brain to look at this as a hustle. However, in reality, it was a way to pull him out of the confines of his own mind. It was the first step toward cleaning up his life. This was the beginning of Satan’s transition into Malcolm X. In prison, Malcolm found The Nation of Islam; thanks…

Question #1 Mr. Trump wants to have somewhere to get away from the hustle and bustle of his corporate, and political life. The place he has chosen is a little parcel of land on the picturesque Moosehead Lake in Maine. He owns a large track of land on the lake (24.5 acres) , but intends to sell the other 800 acres, and only keep a small track of land that he plans to build a summer home on. The building of this house would require the filling of a wetland, which under the Clean Water Act…

distinctiveness in an endeavor to fit in such scenarios. However, Georg Simmel portrays a different side of a large metropolis, whereby it does not only influence the emotional aspects of its occupants, but also their cognitive lives. Moreover, the hustle and bustle of such cities bring impacts most individual’s sense and expression of autonomy and individuality. So as to comprehend how this happens, there is a need to understand the nature of the society before narrowing down to the individual…

Technical high schools aren’t a new concept in the world of education, but they were once considered a last option school for those who couldn’t handle a “normal” education. Those who could not handle a typically high school education were sent to technical high schools where they offered trades such as cosmetology, carpentry, masonry, automotive, etc. However it is recently becoming a popular choice of high school for teenangers around the United States. As the popularity of these schools…

The formation of social constructions through the dismal synthesis of race and color is defined by the ever-changing social hierarchy and the fixed behavior performed by distinct races. Because the notion of race acts upon a color continuum, there are set categories that are built from the complete subjection of blacks upwards to the dominance of whites. Within this continuum lie definite subcategories of ‘black’ and ‘white’. The paradox of the permanent yet ephemeral idea of race and color is…

As I stepped through the door into the foyer of the Islamic Foundation, I was struck first by how incredibly out of place I felt. I had arrived in time for the afternoon prayer, the Asr, and found myself surrounded by the hustle of those finding a place to sit and wait for the service to begin. Unsure of where I needed to be, I inquired and was directed to the back of the prayer room to sit and observe the proceedings. As both members of the community and fellow classmates began to take their…