In Our Time

struggling to find those connection points with Max that he so desperately longed for, so he decided to dress up like a pirate and enter Max's imaginary pirate world. The episode ends with Adam and Max running around in their pirate garb having a great time together. It was truly touching to see them both having fun as father and son. This scene from Parenthood struck a chord with me as a father of a child on the…

My senior year of high school was relaxing at first as I didn’t have any real plans for my future. I was completely clueless about what I wanted to do, academically and professionally, post high school graduation. When I looked at my past for help I saw a pre-teen adolescent, a girl with eyes too big for her face, belting vocals into the bathroom mirror for she thought she could perform in a band someday. As I looked further back, I saw a six-year-old child who dreamed of becoming a dancer— who…

First and foremost, thank you for taking time out of your day to reading this application. I have spent many hours thinking of what to write in this section, ever since I was given the withdrawal status back in the winter term. Hopefully by the time you finish reading this explanation, you will realize what happened to me, and how I have changed from the child I was, to the person I was always meant to be through the understanding of my epiphany. Hopefully, I will be able to persuade the…

I. Have you ever spent too much time watching your favorite TV and lost sleep over it? A. You know you’re supposed to do your homework, but the TV programs have your favorite celebrities so you cannot stop watching them. B. According to the author Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, most recently accessed on December 3, a normal American’s average time of watching television is 4 hours per day. This may not seem like a long time, but it really adds up. C. Too much media may also affect in a…

with the Webkinz Chihuahua as soon as I laid eyes on it. By this time my parents, as well as Maya and Arya’s, had made their way up the stairs to come see what we were all so excited about. We recited our explanation as to what a Webkinz is. Then I showed my mom and dad the glorious photograph of the Chihuahua stuffed animal from the website, and told them in great detail how much I liked it. By the next holiday we had acquired our own Webkinz. Luke received the monkey that he had asked for and…

in the way of our relationships, making it impossible for us to wholeheartedly devote our attention to the present moment. Smartphones have become a distraction because we want to be connected but we forget the present time. For example, people go out together for dinner but they stay connected to their smartphones and forget the other people they are with. They post photos of their dinner and chat with faraway people on their phones and they distract themselves from the real time with others.…

into my barracks room, plopped on my bed while mumbling expletives and said “Eslava, I am so tired of this. I am so unhappy”. Notably, this instance was reoccurring as I’ve heard this spiel multiple times from this person. Because we had worked together for a number of years, I also had knowledge from our prior conversations that he had the propensity of viewing everything negatively or finding the fault in an otherwise good situation. The misconception that my friend had fallen into the…

“This is my chance.” I stepped forward even though I was not qualified. I figured that with a skilled number one man, I would have no difficulty performing the job. As it turned out, I learned a lot from Walter about being an electrician. We spent our first day in the camp putting up tents for the guards and the POWs. We also attended to various other duties, including organizing supplies and setting up kitchen equipment. At first there…

• I read a news piece early in 2017 which took me back a few years to times which seem almost quaint when you put them alongside the types of shifts and uncertainty we’re experiencing in the world today • it was about a gentleman in a North Carolina prison who had cornered the market in hot chocolate • the inmate had bought up every available packet of ‘Swiss Miss’, and so other inmates who wanted the hot beverage had to go through this vendor • Perhaps an example of capitalizing on an…

Time is the most commonly used noun in the English language. So frequently used, in fact, that it has thirty-six definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Interestingly enough, it was not until the early twentieth century that the conception of time was challenged. As Albert Einstein, a German theoretical-physicist, introduced his theory of relativity, time became another phenomenon and mostly likely, acquired more definitions. In addition, Einstein’s suspicion not only changed the…