Never have I ever

students, my name is Li Cunxin and I hope that what I tell you today will influence but first I will ask you a question what would your family do for you and would you do the same for them. When I was born into utter poverty under Maus regime in China between 1958 to 1961 there were roughly between 35 to 38 million people died of starvation in China. I was born in 1961 we have no running water when I grew up we walked miles to carry buckets of water home each day, we have a little almost no…

1920’s became the time for everyone to be alive in, the economy was booming and prosperity was “everywhere.” People were partying like never before. The music, it was louder than ever. Everything was bigger and more extravagant. Those who came to America expected a land that was filled with everything anyone had ever dreamed of. A land with opportunities like they had never seen before. They wanted nothing but to succeed in this new land. And so the dreams that they set for themselves were big…

I wake up to the church bells, just like every other day. Walking over to my milkshake shop, Dee’s Drinks, and meeting new people was always the highlight of my day. Even when some people avoided me because of my race. Back when I was enslaved, my mother, Joanne Dee, taught me how to read and write. My mother always believed in me. She taught me to read and write because she knew I was going to grow up and be successful one day. It breaks me that I had to leave her to escape. I am a grown man…

might be best thing that has ever happened to them, they all will affect them in a specific way. People will learn from their mistakes and that's what makes them stronger. I have had many past experiences that have shaped the way I live my life, but the one that I always think about is when I fell through the ice when I was little. Ice fishing was a huge part of my life when I was little and it still is today. Some of my greatest memories are from ice fishing. My dad and I would usually go…

Have you ever met one of the most memorable NBA players of all time? Perhaps you have met one of those people. If so, there is a possibility that you met Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan, better known as MJ, is known for his incredible career in basketball. Today he is retired and is now a businessman and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets, one of the teams in the NBA. MJ has done many unforgettable things during his basketball career that in my opinion changed the world of basketball on the next…

adults to understand let alone a seven year- old for whom it seems impossible. I can still remember vividly, not only my fear but what I feared the most… one of my family members being in a fatal car accident, and today, nine years later, I think I know exactly how this fear developed. “Casualty” was one of the popular TV programmes that I grew up with as my parents — especially my mum — would watch it every Saturday night. I can see it now — the paramedics rushing into the A&E department with…

has been a passion of mine ever since I was a child. The best memories of growing up are the many times my parents took my sisters and I on road trips to see the many wonders of the world. This is what got me interested in nature and how the world works. Of the many trips that our family took across the world, the most memorable was only a few short summers ago. In the summer of 2014, our family took a much needed trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. I had never been before and neither…

just raining outside because tears were also raining down my face in what a weatherman would have affectionately called a heavy down poor. Beth March, from Little Women, had just passed beyond the earthly realm into the pearly gates of heaven. And, as a fifth grader for reasons I could not tell you at the time I was crying my own personal rainstorm in my bedroom while it rained outside my window. I Remember the day as if it happened yesterday. Although it seems rather mundane in some…

the Northwest Shaped Me As of this point in my life I think I’m too far down the line of mixed cultures and beliefs that I’ll never truly know what I am or ever really will be. But if there is one thing that I know has shaped me in my life in the way of values is the Northwest. There’s no other place like here, green trees, brown dirt and bark, white snow, blue oceans, ridgid mountain tops, and the mix of cultures a place like here brings. I have native friends, hispanic friends, swedish…

lose their innocence. This usually starts to happen when you have witnessed your first death, or when you go your first funeral. In the short story “The Novitiate”, the main character loses her innocence, after realizing her brother had to kill an animal to get some money. Her heart had shattered into a thousand pieces. This is because in her eyes a gopher was like a puppy, and to see her brother brutally whip the gopher around must have been a very traumatizing experience. On top of all this…