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I can’t believe that I just finished my first year as a college student. To be completely honest, it went by fast. Being on a college campus, let alone a college student was so surreal to me. It was really unbelievable. I learned a lot of things that I never imagined I would come across of learning. If I must admit, the transition from high school to college was arduous. I was like a bird that was waiting for its owner to tell me which way to go or what song to sing. In high school, there was a…

The walls were a light blue in high contrast with the warm colors of the Norman Rockwell paintings. His work showcased by the beautiful exhibition design. There were many pieces that captured my attention but it is Norman Rockwell’s overall style that fascinates me. His quirky character designs make the viewing of his paintings a unique and fun experience. I have always enjoyed his work growing up. His drawings market different audiences and I believe his work is successful. This exhibit was…

be ready for Santa to slip down the chimney. I knew Santa was coming because every night on Christmas Santa came and left me gifts to open the next day. Still, I was not just satisfied. Way down in my heart I was a little uncertain about Santa clause. When you have never seen that person with your very own eyes it is kinda hard to disagree on weather Santa is real or not. But every night on that same day Santa always brings me beautiful gifts. "Oh, he'll come," I said; I just know Santa clause…

Dayana Acevedo is a small town girl from Lahaina, Maui and a graduate of Lahainaluna High School. Born in the state of California, and moved to Hawaii at the age of three. Her life was not just sunshine and rainbows. She is a daughter of two immigrants from Mexico. To get to college it took hard work, determination and independence. She was extremely fierce and committed to prove people wrong. She did not self pity herself, instead she found ways to get out of tough situations. Her…

Santa clause the jolly man that comes only once a year, is beneficial to children. He teaches them to believe in the impossible, to be respectful towards others, and gives children happy memories to look back on. The man that can deliver presents to all the children in the world in a single night. A story told to children about how a man named Santa clause does the impossible every Christmas Eva. Santa is beneficial because he shows kids they can do the impossible as well. Santa Clause teaches…

early as the day after Halloween. You hear Christmas music throughout the stores and in public places. Everyone usually has a big dinner fest on Christmas Eve night, and then in the morning everyone wakes up and opens presents that they got from “Santa.” That is basically what Christmas is like here in the U.S. In Ecuador, they have a little bit different…

open your Christmas presents on Christmas Day. It’s an annual tradition to open gifts on Christmas Day. Majority of families open on Christmas mornings. Children wake up early because they are eager to open their presents that they received from Santa Clause. The fire place is on, parents are recording the sequence, the Christmas tree lights are on and the children are simply happy. The benefits on opening presents on this day because the children have all morning to play with their…

The myths, folktales, and fairytales shared within a culture tell a lot about the values of that culture. Take for instance the story of Mulan. There are many different variations of the story, yet each have the same general underlying point to the story: a female pretends to be a male in order to fight in the Imperial army, and eventually her true gender is discovered. However, different cultural versions of this fairytale will differ in other aspects of the story. Insights into the culture…

Gingerbread Man on the loose. It was Christmas eve and Grandma was making gingerbread man and houses for him to live in. All of us made gingerbread man and houses for all of the gingerbread people. When we got done cutting out the gingerbread people grandma stuck them in the oven to bake, we started on their houses out of giant gram crackers. I use so many sweets I couldn’t even count and mine was the best out of all my family of course. My gingerbread house was 10 inches high it was…

Halloween in Twin Peaks It had been a cool and damp October so far in the small, suburban town of Twin Peaks, which is famously named after the twin mountains overlooking the city below. The city has an ominous feeling due to regular misty fog, and thick woodlands. These are reasons the town is famous for Halloween events. Teenagers use this knowledge to their advantage to scare and terrorize the town. Jake and Brian, two teenagers, know all of this and plan something good for 2015 Halloween.…