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to read nowadays. I stare at the screen with the words in all-caps and red ink and think, Does this truly get people to read? Another life gone from racism and brutality. I begin to cry, remembering a December night two years ago. I was riding the local light rail to Phoenix for a show. There were a handful of people on board. Two police officers were walking around, asking for our tickets. One didn’t obey. One told the cops to mind their own business or something like that. I guess, you can say…

Growing up, I was a bizarre child. Being vocally muted for the first six years of my life, this made me very jealous of singers, so for the first eight years of my life, I hated music. This all changed one day, when I enter the first day of Mariachi class during 5th grade, just so I can simply avoid taking Judo for a third year. I walked in and there was a bunch of instruments on the floor. I was told to pick one and sit next to it. Therefore, I sat down next to the most peculiar one, the…

crucial life changing decision: what do I want to do with the rest of my life? When it comes time to answer this question, one must decide how hard he or she is going to try in his or her life. Many people decide this very early in their life. Students in high school usually have this question answered. The students who have never been in an honors class, who do not even have time to fill out worksheets with the answers given by teachers, who sleep through school and do not worry about that…

I have smelled the things they’re cooking, and they’re toxic, I’ve a hunch. And the salads are so soggy that you’ll never hear a crunch. I bring my lunch to school! I can’t stand the food they serve me! I can’t stand the food they serve me! I can’t stand the food they serve me! I bring my lunch to school! They torture nose and taste buds with both hamburger and spuds. There are meatballs in a gravy that’s like iridescent mud. Mashed potatoes hit both tray and stomach with a…

Do I Feel the Same Way? As Mrs.Jan, my piano teacher, recalls the story of her relationship with her husband, Mr. Sam, I could see the emotions she was feelings years ago as she recalls the years she spent trying to gather the right feelings for her now husband. “Honestly I just wanted to be left alone at first,” said a conflicted Mrs. Jan. She and her husband met over 47 years ago as teenagers in the same Christian church. Now don't get it wrong; Just because they met so long ago…

Given free time, I have always picked up a book for entertainment, never have I picked up a pen. As long as I can remember, writing was a chore: another task to check off my list, some homework to complete before I can return to my favorite book. My ambivalent attitude may seem to belie my love for the written word, but in truth it originates from reading. As I attempted to replicate the serpentine sentences of my favorite books, my quest for knowledge inhibited my own voice, leaving me trapped…

Being ashamed of one’s body can lead to medical conditions. People spend a lot of time comparing themselves to others. According to ‘Do I look Fat in This?’ by Sharon Kirkey, “Women who overhear others engage in fat talk are more likely to fat talk themselves and to experience heightened body dissatisfaction.” This shows individuals who are surrounded around people who have dissatisfied with their body are more likely to experience it themselves. Fat talk is a conversation with another person…

exercises.For weight loss, as far as dieting goes, I have found the South Beach Diet to be quite effective for me. Weight loss requires mostly a “low carb” diet, where your focus is to eat certain kinds of “carbs” conducive to weight loss, versus others. It is also a very healthy way of eating that promotes weight loss, and as you can pretty much eat as much as you want, anytime, it is not a difficult weight loss diet to maintain in the long run. I do not actually cook any or all of the recipes…

This relates to another novel that I read, Matched by Ally Condie. In this novel, people live in a society where the government controls everything, when teens are 17 they are matched, and are given a life partner. They get married at the age of 21 and spend their whole life with that person…

Violence, Interruption, Mobility, Do The Right Thing. Do The Right Thing continues to be a reflection on today reality; there is still an existing of violence, segregation, cultural identification, authority’s abuse and mobility. Even the film theme “fight the power” have an existing of today reality. Neighborhood coming together to fight the people who are in power such as the government and authorities. This film also have racism, stereotypes, distrust and gentrification. Do The Right Thing…