Me Against the World

place in the world. Teenagehood is a time of restlessness and helplessness, of knowing what you want, but not being old enough to accomplish it, of seeing something that is wrong and not being able to fix it. I remember the time I felt this helplessness the most about a year ago, during the 2016 election. I sat on the living room floor, just in front of my tv, into the early morning, watching that election as the president was expected to…

revolution that would rock the gaming industry and change the course of the livelihoods of millions of children forever. The world was born into the glorious era of the Nintendo Wii. With classics such as Mario Cart, Super Smash Bros, and who could forget the infamous Wii Sports, (with which the Nintendo Gods blessed each lucky owner of their product automatically). Children including me spent hours at length swinging, laughing or just staring directly into the pure awesomeness of the…

make a change in this world that ripples beyond my immediate circle. Often individuals, particularly students, are told that this world is a cruel place and they must learn to withstand it. My hope as a future educator is to teach students that the world is not a place to be withstood; that is not their purpose: they are here to make the world a little less cruel. Perhaps I could do this within my personal relationships but, as a Christian, I am called to go out into the world and share the…

Growing up, to me, was devastating. As a gay, Chinese descendant, I attended an Islamic, male government high school. I was the only school representative in public speaking, poetry slamming and drawing competitions. People feminized me by calling me names as they considered these activities are only for girls. Things got worse as it started to become physical. I filed a report to the counselor, hoping that the counselor would punish the bullies. So, imagine my shock when the…

Psalm 2 tells us that we must understand where history is going. We must understand that the world has been promised to the Messiah. Psalm 2 tells us what exactly is going on in our world. In this Psalm the Psalmist revealed God’s definite answer to a sinful and rebellious world. The entire canon of scripture reveals to us that God Almighty responds to the sinful and rebellious world with judgment and grace. Today as we examine this passage, I want us to find refuge in the LORD’s Anointed…

Nora’s only saw one way into solving the problem which was to leave and from that day on live independently. Helmer claims that Nora doesn't understand the condition of the world, however Nora believes that the only way to understand is the outside world is by trying and she’ll see who can make it right, her or the world. “Indeed, you were perfectly right. I am not fit for the task. There is another task I must undertake first. I must try and educate…

leader, and I will take a stand against this pointless war. Hitler you are a man who takes a boys father away because he refused to have me taken away. You only do this for you're own political gain. The war first started to make Germany great again. The conditions haven't gotten much better. There is more poverty than even imaginable. My friend, Liesel, has to eat pea soup everyday. How will parading and torturing Jews help Germany. It has pitted much of the world against us. The war is now…

is what drew me to read chapter after chapter. Another thing that I appreciated throughout the novel was how she wrote her chapters. I liked how she condensed the chapters and filled them with only pertinent information. The thing that annoyed me about the novel was how she left a lot of unanswered questions at the ending of the novel. She made it an open ending leaving it up to the reader to interpret what would happen to Minnow…

World Series Athletics have always been an important aspect of my life along with my family's life. Everyone in my family played multiple sports in elementary, middle, and high school. Our father was always pushing us to practice and play harder. My father was a very athletic man throughout his sports career. He started in high school as a baseball, track, and football star. Though he had received scholarship offers in all three, his love for football was tenacious. He went on to start as a…

people in the society realize that there shouldn 't be a world with black racism. This organization has been started all over the country and is a movement where people gather around and rally for the rights for black lives. The deaths of black lives by law enforcement due to racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States justice system is not acceptable. Black lives matter is trying to get a point across the world, that black lives really matter and not only to…