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with their wet, mass body that constitutes the beach. The Blue recedes again, carrying off the flecks to cast them over the shore once more. The crests are pathetically low for a day on the Causeway. Shelter surrounds me as I watch the repetition out of the heat- breezes noisily siphon through the sizable shack, blowing bits of shortened hair to tickle my cheeks. Flat on the wood, I sit on a pillow displaced from colorful others spat in groups about the open-ended room, a drastic contrast…

Three Little Words is a biography about Ashley Rhodes, a little girl who was born into an unsafe family. Her father died, her mom's boyfriend was abusive, and her mom is spinning out of control. In nine years, she lived with fourteen different foster homes. As she lives with somewhat loving families-in one case abusive- she starts caving under the pressure of living without her mother, until she finds the perfect family, and she learns how to say those three little words. Two year old…

“And I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, what I am, I am because of the dust. And what I am is good enough. Even for me.” (Hesse p.g. 132) The Book Out of The Dust was written by Karen Hesse and is a Historical Fiction novel about a young girl named Billie Jo going through life in the dust bowl. As in accelerated reader, it is worth three points and the grade level is 5.0, there are 277 pages in the novel. The book is about a young girl named Billie Jo…

“Land, land!” I was out playing with my childhood friend when we heard shouting. What we caught a glimpse of was the strangest thing we could possibly think. We were hidden behind the trees so that ‘it’ could not see us. What could they possibly be? As my curiosity grew stronger, I could no longer help it and went out to meet them. My friend tried to stop me, but was unable to, so he had no choice but to follow me in my adventure. Once they noticed us, they tried speaking to us in a language we…

wire electrified me, but it was really quick, so it did not hurt as bad as I thought. Then I saw a sign with a riddle on it. It had a riddle on it about left or right. I quickly derived information out of it, and I surmised that the right passage…

develop a high independence state in their brains which is normally developed at age 25. Once the juvenile ages out of system, that transitional affect doesn’t quite hit as it is sapost to. Once that affect doesn’t take into play, this creates more of a negative effect on them. Basically re-opening a wound that was a scar already. We need to invest more time, thought, and money of youth aging out of the system. These resources should be available to all states and for better results one should…

After the quality of the food is considered, the next logical thing to look at is how it is being served. The service is another important factor when eating out because it sets the stage of how the meal will go. If the employees are rude or disrespectful it will ruin the rest of the night because even after the issue is solved the customer will still be fuming after the encounter. On the other hand if the service is wonderful the customer can then focus on the quality of the food. It is already…

follows the journey of Alfie Byrne, and his theatre group at St. Imelda’s, as he figures out who he is in Dublin, Ireland in 1964. Given the setting of the play being in very Catholic Dublin, Ireland, especially in 1964 the lives of the characters are impacted in many different ways. The hold that the rules of the church have on them impacts all of their lives differently. Alfie doesn’t feel comfortable coming out as gay to even his closest friends and family. Lily is left waiting for Alfie to…

and can’t get anything to come out. This is why it is the scariest and most dangerous silence because there is nothing more frightening to humans than not being able to do or achieve something. The image above depicts a “silent scream” referring to the atomic bombs that were dropped in Japan. In this scene in the movie, the Butoh dancer is obviously showing that he is going through a painful and horrific event. While it appears that the dancer is screaming his lungs out, he can’t seem to muster…

like a can and will take risks when I need to, but they are definitely far and few between. And even if I am willing to take risks I have usually done my due diligence to ensure all of my options have been weighed and the repercussions fully thought out. I don’t feel like I avoid being a confluent learner but there are probably more times than not that I would rather just not go there. Understanding what kind of learner I am is important to me because I can be mindful of what methods work…