Lawrenceville

Northwestern Elementary is a rural school district that educates the majority of children living in the North Hampton, Lawrenceville, and Tremont City area. According to Zillow the average house sells for around $135K, which shows a middle/upper class social economic status in the area, however there are houses as high as $370,000 and as low as $80,000, which shows a strong diversity in social economic status. This diversity is also present within the walls of the classroom and the way that…

Autopsy. Think of the word autopsy. What does it conjure up in your mind? Corpses? A coroner? Dissection? Finality? Now think of the word window. What denotations or connotations does that hold? Visibility? Discovery? Light slanting in from outside? Does the word window remind you of the word autopsy? No? It should. These two words are etymologically related, as both ultimately derive from the Indo-European root okw- which means “to see” ("The American Heritage Dictionary Indo-European Roots…

I was already back at Lawrenceville, alone on the track. I had the familiar cramp in my gut, the familiar pain in my knee. After the fourth big injury, most people would just quit. Instead, I found myself seduced back to running. Yet when I think back to the race that pushed me into…

2, 1, 3, 5, 4 C. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 D. 5, 2, 1, 4, 3 In recent years, bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar Customer Question In recent years, bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Many Americans now drink bottled water exclusively. However, there are good reasons to stick with tap water. Bottled water varies greatly in purify and chemical composition. Some brands are quite healthy, whereas, others have been shown to contain dangerous levels of mercury, bacteria,…