I Am

This topic hits close to home as I am a dyslexic who was lucky enough to have found the creative arts at an early age. I have found the ability to express myself through the arts has been such a blessing, especially when reading and writing were just too difficult to understand. The arts have now being such a big part of my life for so long, I wanted to research the effect of the creative arts on disabled school aged children between the ages of five to eighteen years. I decided to focus on this…

I remember being in seventh or eighth grade when Malala was shot by the Taliban. It was the headline on the news and many people surrounding me were in discussion of the event that had occurred. At the moment, I was unaware of who this individual truly was and the circumstances surrounding her attempted assassination. It wasn’t until the Women’s Leadership Program required us to read I am Malala that I have truly understood her story and caught a glimpse of her journey/life leading up to that…

help yourself and Others Succeed.Malala Yousafzai was one of the people who used education to change the world for the women who weren’t allowed to have education based on the Taliban’s opinion. Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb wrote the book, “I Am Malala” to let the world know how Malala’s actions changed the world in particular to women’s rights. In the book Malala is faced with the opinions of those who agree women should not have the right to have an education but Malala has a plan to…

I am an Immigrant, And I am a Refugee My family choose to move But my family was forced to move Moving was hard for both of us The struggles, The pain, That we had and we never discussed I am an Immigrant, And I am a Refugee I was happy, and was living in nice neighbourhood had many friends, and everything was going good I still remember the amazing days that I spent there, And then the time came where things wasn’t fair I people I knew were getting murdered I had so many questions…

Careless Judgement Many people judge without taking the time to acknowledge the meaning behind it. In the autobiography I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai along with Patricia McCormick, the main character is Malala herself. And she faces rough conflicts throughout her teen years. When Malala was out of grade school, she found that she can no longer continue her education since she is a female. So Malala decided to do something about it and worked hard with her father to bring back girl’s…

Why me? Thoughts race through my head as I wonder why I am someone standing in front of all these people leading them to the King’s throne through song. I know this is where God has nudged me, but why do I feel so ill-equipped. Beginning to ponder the words in my head, I start to believe that I’m not worthy to do this. I don’t know enough. I am not talented enough. I have screwed up way too much. The truth is all of that is true. “I” am not worthy, “I” do not have the same amount of talent or…

‘I am Malala’ There's so many children around the world is having fun with their friend, studying in the school and growing up in a happy family. Unfortunately, not all children are lucky to live their life in a peace world. Here is the story about a girl who stands for her right, brave and matured enough to speak in the public. Daughter of Ziaudin Yousafzai and Toorpekai Yousafzai, named their daughter as Malala. The meaning of Malala is grief-stricken, derived from a popular Pashtun poetess…

Who am I? This question has haunted me all my life, “who is Hayley, and what is her purpose in the world?” I feel the question of who you are as a person is the most difficult question anyone could ever be asked. Who am I in the present, who was I last year, three years ago, or who will I be tomorrow? As a person, I have done nothing but evolve and change throughout my 18 years of life . I have never been the kind of person that who stays stagnant. I change and alter who I am daily. If one…

appearing when he was just 17. He was a master of the new generation of poets. In “I Am Not I”, Juan Ramon Jimenez writes about how there is a real self as well as an illusory self. Juan Ramon Jimenez writes about the self who he really is. He goes on and explains how he is truly one and not the other self. He writes how the real self is always right by his side, and he does not acknowledge it, “Walking beside me whom I do not see”. (Jimenez line 3). What he means by this is he is always there…

Who am I? That is a very deep question. I think the only way I can answer that truthfully is by saying, I do not know exactly who I am, but I know who I want to become. I want to become a well rounded individual, someone who everyone likes and looks up too. I want to be someone my family can be proud of. I hope to one day be a wife and mother, showing my kids that hard work really does pay off. I am here at Elmira College to help me achieve those goals. I hope that here I can grow and strive to…