Little Women

So there have been a few events in my life that have changed my view on the world, affected my mental and emotional health, and made me rethink who I am. A lot of those revolve around how gay I am, hence my title. Of course that’s just one aspect of who I am, so not everything that’s happened to me has to do with that. A lot, but not everything. At least not completely. The summer between 8th and 9th grade, I missed my two best friends a lot. Of course I missed all my friends, but it felt…

and magic that lies in the waters of Florida. Many would hesitate to believe me if I told them, but I know better. For this is the secret story of how I met a mermaid. However, my story is not as glamorous as Prince Eric’s encounter in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, nor is the story as dangerous as Harry Potter’s encounter in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. In fact, my story starts in the bustling airport of New York. My family and I had awoken in the dark hours of the morning. We had piled into our…

argued that it wasn’t the United States’ intention to destroy civilians, evidential of an entry in Truman’s diary where “[he] told the Secretary of War Mr Stimson, to use it so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children” and that the “the target should be ‘a purely military one’”. Another significant discussion point that goes towards proving the Japanese had sufficient warning before the bombing to prevent maximum civilian deaths was that “in the…

Ripstick Masacore Today began like any other day. I had awakened to a loud noise which was the tv turned up all the way. Once I got up I made me and my brother a bowl of cereal. I played my game for a little while and then finally my parents had awoke, once they awoke I am able to go outside.The best part of the day for me is when I am able to go outside and play, I put clothes on as fast as I could, and I straight out of the door. When I walked outside, I went to the storage and got my…

Hiroshima by John Hersey is a historical nonfiction book that tells the stories of six survivors of the devastating nuclear bomb dropped on Japan on August 6th, 1945. Each character feels the effects of the bomb directly and has to deal with the changes in their formerly ordinary lives, along with the misery and hysteria, and the mysterious radiation sickness that follows the devastating nuclear explosion. This book was mostly written to dispel derogatory views of the Japanese in America during…

Imagine going back in time, putting yourself in the shoes of the Hiroshima civilians in 1945. It’s a normal day, but suddenly a bright flash passes. You see the people around you disintegrate, disappearing from the world. One second they’re here, and the next, not even a single trace. The only thing that kept you alive was the walls of two buildings. August 6, 1945 is a day that will remain in our hearts forever. There were many places we traveled in Hiroshima, but to me the Peace Park was the…

did spike but that wasn’t until about 1955. Some of the other cancers that increased were thyroid cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer. It was more likely for women to develop thyroid cancer, which was proven by doing an autopsy. Almost 3,800 people who had died from the bomb or related to it were found to have developed lung cancers. Women ages 22-30 had a higher chance of getting breast cancer if they were exposed to more than 100…

In the 1940s, the atomic bomb was undergoing development and in August of 1945, the first non-test atomic bomb was dropped by a U.S. B-29 bomber on the city of Hiroshima in Japan and another was dropped, 3 days later, in Nagasaki. Some justify the attack because it spared the lives of many American and Japanese soldiers that would have been lost in an invasion of Japan, which was the alternative to the bombings. However, the cons outweigh the pros: the bombs caused mass civilian casualties,…

Throughout the clips in the movie lighting is a small little detail that we may notice but not know the meaning of it, also in a black and white movie it can be a little harder to see. As the Finch family goes to the Robinson’s house late night, Atticus, Mr. Finch, gets out of the car as Jem is in the back seat watching, and scout is in the front sound asleep.…

recognizing members at quarters in front of the crew, stopping by their desk to offer a handshake and a thank you or by writing a positive page seven. All of these things are easy and take minimal effort; I must make a conscious effort to do the little things. By doing the easy things well and showing the members I appreciate all of their efforts; we can improve morale at the entire unit. My personal values include, but are not limited to, family, honesty, loyalty, happiness and freedom. All…