Marshmallows

via little nods in the direction of the metaphor that reoccurred throughout the play. The actors reminded the audience that the play wasn 't just a stereotypical piece about teenage life and death. Lines like, “Would you rather a stone tongue or marshmallow teeth” and the whole set design being made of stone walls was a slap in the face, forcing us to remember that yes, this play does actually have a real meaning! Gabrielli and Smith perform their roles exceptionally well, especially in the…

It’s the time of year where holiday music becomes apart of the variety of music we, as consumers, are exposed to. Ranging from radio, Christmas carollers, malls, and coffee shops. Christmas songs originate from Christian and religious traditions celebrating the birth of Jesus and bringing feelings of rejoice to those around them. The purpose of most holiday music is to positively affect the listener at all three levels of listening. The place I decided to focus on this type of music…

Ignorant.Amused.Dumbed-down.Entertain.Blissful.Control. This describes the society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray bradbury. The story portray a society without knowledge in order to keep the people ‘’happy it was best to censor what they know’.In fact they have fireman that instead of putting out fires are the ones who starts them to burn the books .So that they can continue to feed the society facts that they don 't have to worry their pretty little heads about . Instead they…

riders. My competitive nature was always prevalent, losing or not being better than others was like eating rotten eggs. This always had tendencies of getting me into trouble. While snowboarding down, the snow was pure white, soft as if it were marshmallow fluff or clouds in the sky. If you took a step onto the snow your feet would disappear into the ground. The sky had elegant snowflakes gliding down that kept building on to the already abundant snow that lay there, although it was gray, and…

For the children’s education, people always focus on how they work hard in school, and what is the score they got after the whole semester. However, should we think about what kind of characters they should have during their childhood? With all of the things that your school does for its students, how does it address one of its primary objectives--not just teaching students, but helping them to become good people? Should we think about how they can study correct character? And where they can…

‘Twas the day before Thanksgiving and all through the house was the buzz of excitement and anxiousness for the long night ahead. We had activities planned and they had to be done for my family to feel like our whole Thanksgiving experience was complete. An important person in all of our lives makes an appearance that night as well. Everything is held off until that person arrives, just so they do not miss anything. The festivities will last for hours because everyone enjoys this night so much…

I remember playing all day in the water begging to stay in for “only a few more minutes” when our parents called us out of the water. I remember sitting around the smoky campfire roasting my marshmallows to a burnt crisp, eating gooey s’mores, listening to the crackling of the flames, and singing songs with our closest family and friends. I remember how the pitch black night could be seen from the R.V. windows, and how I tried my absolute hardest…

Students attend school approximately one hundred and eighty days, which is about nine months out of the year. Stressed from homework and test, students need and deserve a long break from school. Summer officially starts June 21st, but depending on where they live some students usually get out before then. Lasting ninety four days, summer is the longest season we experience. Students are given an opportunity to relax and enjoy being a teenager away from school. Several people, including myself,…

War of the Operating Systems: iOS versus Android To understand why Apple and Google are in a power struggle to gain consumer attention, it is important to find out what exactly these operating systems are. By definition, “iOS is Apple’s proprietary mobile operating system (OS) for its handheld devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The operating system is based on the Macintosh OS X.” (Rouse, “iOS”). On the other end of the spectrum, “Android OS is a Linux-based platform for mobile…

When I was 12, going into 6th grade I went to summer camp. The camped was called Aloha Hive In Fairlee, Vermont. This was an all girls camp geared towards teaching girls skills such as, pitching a tent, hiking, making a fire, sailing, swimming among other things. Everyday at breakfast we would sign up for the activities we want to participate in for that day. On morning as I was eating an scanning over the list of the day 's activities my eye fixated on something called a “solo”. Immediately I…