My Favorite Mistake

when my parents had told us that we were going to Cancun, Mexico I had very mixed emotions about the vacation. Being in Cancun, and feeling the warmth of the Sun, I was ecstatic for. But the almost 4 hour plane ride there and back was an agonizing thought. Currently, I’m walking through the air-bridge and onto the plane while on the verge of anxiety. While we were looking for a seat I noticed little five year olds sitting down and looking as if they…

years determine whether ones work will poor and thin or rich and fine” elaborated Willa Cather, while discussing her childhood to fellow writer Lewis Carroll. This statement is descriptive of a large element in Cather’s writing, especially in her novel My Antonia, where the protagonists living situation is eerily similar to the authors childhood environment. At age 9, her family moved to Nebraska where her father attempted to farm the land. Willa Cather knowingly or unknowingly inserts her…

Slave stories from the West 1920; Cherlynn Williams My life had ended and begun all in one moment. I remember the day it all happened. Thick hot tears welled up in my eyes and I screamed. My Poppa whispered “Calm down, Cherelynn, you’ll be okay.” and I refused, arching my back in the overseer’s arms. Taking a swift kick to his face, I attempted to escape to no avail. Other slaves that were stuffed in the crowded pen began to grab at the overseer’s arms. A warning shot was fired into the air…

My first time at Cedar Point It was June 6th, 2016, the end of my eighth-grade year at TKMS, I woke up, at 5:30, jumped out of bed, got dressed, ate, and yelled at my mom to get in the car, all by 6:20. But of course we weren’t even close to ready, and we didn’t even need to leave until 7:30. So after reluctantly going back inside, to pack a spare pair of clothes, sunscreen, and our tickets (which we almost forgot), we were finally ready to go and it was already 7:40, “MOM!!!” I yelled…

breeze making my hair stand on end. My breath was sparse, and I was begging in my mind that they won’t come near. My dark hair was in my eyes, blocking my vision, but it didn’t matter because my eyes were shut as tight as I could get them. “Don’t… come…. n-near,” I whispered half for self-comfort and half to try to get them away. The wind…

me. My eyes widen, I was outnumbered and Ken never taught me how to shoot a gun. I smiled to myself, I guess this is it. “TAMURA, DUCK, NANODAYO!” I dropped to the ground as the 4 men were shot at their legs and fell to the ground. Guards dragged them away as the rainbow hair color gang appear and Akashi grabbed me, “You dumbass! I told you stay in the carriage! Do you know how dangerous that was! It doesn't matter if you can fight, you would died if Midorima wasn't there!” Tears pricked my…

The dusty debris clouded my feet as I moved through the ruins of the neighborhood. The pungent smell of the blood overwhelmed my nostrils, and my eyes watered partly from the effect of the dust and primarily from the overwhelming sadness and fury that warred inside of me. The once polished commercial buildings were wrecked; broken windows, crumbled pieces of the wall, and gang graffiti served as evidence of the disaster that struck this neighborhood. Silence ran throughout the area, and no human…

Product: Our event was called “Kingflix,” and it was an event in which you could come and watch a throwback episode of the hit 90s sitcom, Friends on the projector while eating snacks. We provided chips, cookies, popcorn and soda for all our guests, including snack packs for those who were fasting. We also held four raffle draws in which you could win a Raptors cap, mink lashes or Lindor’s chocolate. We also provided the audience with a small yet informative announcement on what the Me2 Movement…

The novel, My Antonia by Willa Cather is about a young immigrant girl and her experiences though life. Since Antonia is an immigrant, she has to mature quicker than the other townspeople. Considering she has to mature briefly, she learns copious life lessons. She has to learn that members of her society will try to take advantage of her trusting personality. In addition she learns that rising above challenges is how she will advance in life. Equally important she learns that she needs to work…

It is a name that I hold dear to my heart because it carries the love of my ancestors. My Hawaiian heritage is the first thing someone sees when they look at me and the first thing that is spoken when they utter my name. My father has taught me to be proud of my unique Hawaiian culture and to live up to it. Throughout my life, I have been the minority in many ways. For most people, I am the face of my religion and race: I have the privilege to show them who my ancestors are and what they stood…