I-Pass

CNarrative Before, I used to think death was an awful thing to go through, and that I would never be able to deal with a death in my family. That death means forever gone never coming back, almost as if the world was ending coming to a collapse, and there would be no feelings left but a empty hollow shell after someone passing. From, what I used to think and perceive of death and how I feel about death during the process but how I view everything now has completely changed. When, I was…

off and fake attitude but when she pointed this out, Lindo misinterpreted. “‘ I wish you wouldn 't do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter,’...’Aiii-ya. So shame be with mother?’...’It’s not that, it’s just so obvious.’...’Embarrass you be my daughter?’ Her voice cracking with anger.” (Tan, 101) This conversation supposedly shows how Lindo and Waverly did not share similar character and therefore the mother did not pass on their strength of character to the daughter. They were…

in waves as I sat on the hard, damp sidewalk, my back pressed up against the wall of a 7-11 corner store. The amount of people vacating the buildings around me indicated that it was around noon. Everyone was on their way to lunch, their biggest problem being whether or not they’re going to eat Subway or Nando’s. Meanwhile, I’m sat here having not eaten anything but a bag of chips and a 99 cent chocolate bar in days. A loud growl erupted from my stomach and caused my insides quake. I held my…

may fail if he did not start prioritizing. Using his or her son was one way the author immersed readers. Another way the author captivated readers was by using personal testimonies of his or her students. “I was a good kid and didn’t cause any trouble, so they just passed me along even though I didn’t read and couldn’t write.” The student had the possibility of being a great student, but teachers did not think to help the student. The teachers’ thought by passing the student, they were helping…

Description I found this lecture to be very interesting. The way Alyson Hobbs talked about racial passing, about how context influences our identity, and about how racial passing still occurs today really spoke to me and allowed me to see more how we live in an ever changing world. She began the talk by discussing racial passing and what it is. How people of color would pass as white individuals in the past to have better opportunities in life. She then went on to discuss how she initially…

In the article “In Praise of the F Word”, by Mary Sherry, she explains how flunking a student is for the wellbeing of students than to pass them if they absolutely do not understand the materials of that class. Mary Sherry speaks of this, due to the fact that she is an adult literacy educator, and also a writer.…

Overcoming Something Big As I was getting out of the car at 7:45am, you would think that I was related to a sloth. “Just two more years and I am out of here”, I whispered to myself. It is was first day as a junior at George Ball High School and I could not wait for my last to come. I walked up the stairs to my first period class, where I saw underclassmen pacing up and down the hall trying to find their class. I stepped into my AP English 04 class and noticed that I was the first one to…

Everyone in the world will experience the subject of death at some point their lives. The common wishes in regards to this subject are to die a peaceful death, surrounded by loved ones, with no suffering. A practice that would allow terminally ill patients to have this wish granted is the practice of physician-assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide, or PAS, is an action in which a physician provides a terminally ill patient with the means to end his or her own life. Most people want to be…

The idea that parents are to blame for our faults and failings is one that does not sit well with many, but in Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” he goes on to declare just that. From victim to offender, people pass down their faults and wrongdoings from one generation to the next. Human nature will never change, and misery will forever thrive. Not one generation can be blamed for the faults they have, yet each generation passes down their faults and wrongdoings to the next.This means…

Ballot questions offer the state a unique way of making the public vote laws for their legislation. An important aspect to how laws are voted on is through ballot questions. Ballot questions are a suggestion for a type of law that the people vote on. Many people of the state do not know how these ballot questions get onto the ballot. This year there were four questions on the ballot. Question 3 was about how animals should have more freedom while they are in their cages. Question 3 was…