It's a Wonderful Life

Even though it’s been many decades since I was a young child, my bum remains sore from all the time spent sitting on the unpadded oak benches that populate many rural churches, most of those churches being Baptist, or a derivative thereof. And as psychologists have shown, it’s these early childhood years in which our basic personality is formed, “We remain recognizably the same person … it does follow us wherever we go across time and contexts.” (Nave as cited by livescience.com 2010). Our…

define it as being honest. Certainly to have integrity one has to be considered honest, but it means so much more than that. Integrity is having strong moral values and principles in everyday life that no matter the situation a person is faced with they will always choose what is right. My Dad is a wonderful example of what integrity truly is; his morals and values are unwavering. Thankfully, at an early age he began teaching my sister and I what it meant for a person to have integrity. He…

writer but that ok because I have had a wonderful Comp teacher that has helped me more than I could have dreamed. I know that if I have any problems with not understanding specifically what is being assigned that the extra help is there. As a class, we learned to help each other and help the other students to stay on course with each assignment. There are so many things this class has taught me about writing. It’s not just sitting down and spitting out crap. It’s about knowing what you are…

he tried to conform to the town because of the people trying to constantly change him. They didn’t see that he was more heartfelt and had more humanity than them. His talents and attitude was not appreciated enough so the town soon changed back to it’s organized and exact routine. The outcast changed their society for the better, but because of their ignorance, the creativity…

When I think of what music means to me I always think of how many times it has had an impact on my life. The answer to that is: my whole life. From the time I was born to this very moment I’m writing, music has played a role this whole time. Maybe it’s better if I explain in more detail. Let’s start from the beginning, which are my infant and toddler years. Even when I was inside my mother’s womb music was affecting me. My mother was doing this in order to stimulate my brain in its developing…

Mary Shelley lived and died in the romantic and gothic period, and it’s no surprise that the ideals of the period reflected in her work. Mary Shelley is an interesting person, in the fact that she can be identified as a romanticist and a supporter of Enlightenment and contemporary thinking at the same time, which is quite a contrast. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, begins with a series of four letters, that set up the book perfectly. In these letters alone, the majority of themes of Romanticism…

Bravery! Bravery, it's what makes you stand out from so many other people. Some people live to be daring and try new things. Others biggest fear is to be brave. Honestly, there's no reason to be afraid to step put of your comfort zone and be brave. My freshman year I spent at Hoover Herbert High school, this school was amazing. I never wanted to leave it ad been my dream to graduate from Hoover ever since I was a little girl. Something personal happened and I had to leave Hoover..…

viewpoints of the game. This port had shape me as a person and a well train player. Starting as a little boy in a small town where there was only one thing to do. At an early age playing soccer in the muddy sand having a wonderful time playing was an everyday experience. It was a wonderful feeling, but this dream change from one day to the next. Moving away from a small town in Mexico to a well know place name phoenix. The muddy sand had changed to a large field. The new kids that play in…

knowing when to be supportive and when to let me operate on my own. My relationship with her was always comfortable and I’m so lucky to have her. She is the one person in the world that I know will always be there for me no matter what. I have such a wonderful relationship with her and I’m…

Reflection On march 10 in the PAC, at 7:00, I had the opportunity to be able to go and see The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It was a wonderful paly production, with some raunchy scenes, but, it was a very well orchestrated play, with well casted people and had very smooth transitions even though there wasn’t a curtain. The cast was huge, so great was need for voices that they had to hire a local choir to sing with them. The first scene is when you see the choir coming to and sing and take their…