On Borrowed Time

We’ve all heard the quotes about success: “Successful people don’t become that way overnight,” “your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do,” “what separates the talented ones from the successful ones is a lot of hard work,” but which ones should we believe? There must be a happy medium; a universal definition for success. Grit, a novel written by Angela Duckworth, defines success as something we must obtain through a “never give up”…

He had had enough. So, he pulled out a gun and put it to her head. She began crying because she didn’t know what else to do. He asked her again, “Where did you put the money?” However this time she didn’t reply. She just sat there bawling her eyes out. Right about that time, Helen and Francine bust through the door with guns pointed at The Lonely One and Cartavius. In unison, they both shouted, “Drop the gun!” Instead of dropping the gun, The Lonely One went behind Lavinia and…

He would usually start to feel tired by the time that he had run this far, but for some reason not today. Was he starting to feel the effects of the medication? Was he fitter all of a sudden? What other effects did this medication have on him? Tom with his athletic body and long blonde hair bouncing…

First, I want to get accepted to go to Virginia Tech. I want to go there because it is my favorite school and my aunt went there. To get accepted I have to work harder and longer on my grades. I got to get every homework, project, and essay in on time. Its most popular majors are engineering, business, and management. I want to major in engineering because I want to learn how to build and fix things.…

From 2017 to 2018 many things have impacted my life, some for the better, some for the worst. To begin, in September 2017, my old friend that had graduated last year, had picked me up from school one day. I was talking about how I needed a job, to help my mother with bills and my car insurance, all he said was “ are you free at nights?”. Then it began September 18, 2017 I started my first day of work. Till now I still work there, it's been eight months, and since then i can help my mother, pay…

During his interactions with Daisy near the middle of the novel, it is clear that Gatsby’s lifelong dream is beginning to draw to a close. After being reunited with Daisy and stumbling through the awkward tension between them, Gatsby laments about how if it were not for the rain, they would be able to see the green light on the end of Daisy’s dock at home. Immediately after saying this, he seems shocked. “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now…

When certain situations cause someone to make hard decisions, without complete thought of their problems answer it causes history to repeat itself. This repetition of the past will cause isolation at the worst, and complications beyond repair. The innocences and truth with which were thought, are revealed as lies. The hidden truths reveal an ugly background within the years before them. This unearthing will undoubtedly bring about the seen similarities with the problems of what was once before…

When I think of people who have been most influential in my life the one that stands out most is my Uncle, Sam Verni. Sam is the first generation of his family to be born in this country and grew up in a small home in New York City. As you may be able to guess, he did not come from wealth, but today lives in a beautiful home in Long Island and is the most generous man I have ever met. The reason why my Uncle Sam is the most influential person in my life is because he is living proof that if you…

information to absorb (physical memory) and retain (secondary memory) prior to the upcoming exam, which will require effective time management if there is any hope of getting things from short term memory to long term memory. Organize and filter the study material. Pacing and repetition is vital to the learning process. Controlling the learning environment. Balancing time and resources against grades. Organizing and Filtering Study Notes: Weekly study note (long term memory) with the major…

Long ago, a story was lost to time. Deep in the mountains of now Switzerland our story begins. On the outskirts of town, I wait and watch. My father is to be back any minute. Ever since the invasion from the ghastly northerners. We have been taken as slaves to work the fields for their unhampered appetite. When they arrived, they stripped us of our land and ranks. I would have been nephew to the king but when the northerners brought us into bondage, my uncle was murdered in front of the…