Out There

Even though more individuals have joined the LGBT community, there are still may protesters. Children who have decided to come out usually find it hard to be accepted, especially when bullies come into the picture. Even if the parents understand the change the child is going through, not everyone is going to be so understanding. Bully's are an emotional and physical torment, so…

the door with anticipation and excitement of who it might be. There was a skinny white woman with bright red hair. She grabbed my arm and told me she was my mom and I needed to come with her right now. As I struggled to get free from her grasp, I let out a blood-curdling scream. My parents came running, with Danny right behind them. Before…

Mark Wahlberg’s career is a famous actor and he made a musical group. His high school career was not very good he was a drop out he started selling drugs stealing all that bad stuff. At the age of 42 he got his high school diploma. When he changed his life around a lot of good things started happening to him. His college career wasn’t very good either because when he was young he made a lot of mistakes. He could go to college because he got his diploma at the age of 42. I don t think he…

used in your daily life? I have experienced another Microaggression recently which happened this Semester which involved a friend of mine making a Facebook Status about Coming Out. I saw the post on Facebook and wrote a comment expressing that I was happy for them and that I support them. Hours had passed and then I found out the status was a joke written by friend number two on friend number one’s account. Friend one also commented something along the lines of that he hoped he didn’t offend…

atmosphere is very similar to high school. As a result, the transition has been very smooth so far. How have I been able to make these adjustments you say? Well let’s find out! For starters, a big part of my success has come from my SLS class. The techniques I’ve learned so far have been beneficial in all my classes. For example, coming out of high school time management has always been a big problem of mine. My schedule would consist of the following: come home from school, eat, play some video…

false hope and a brighter future. In Joyce Carol Oates’s, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, we watch as a young girl named connie falls victim to Fear, lust, and deception through a man named Arnold Friend, who she encounters while hanging out with a friend. We watch as he slowly changes his role in Connie’s life and how he uses the power of lie to control, excite, and destroy her. With the help of Pamela Meyer 's’ TED talk called “How to Spot a Liar”, we get to see just why she acts…

Imagine your son or daughter coming home with a very worn out stance. Their head is down, and they go up to their room. You just think they had a rough day, so you do not pay any attention to it. Dinner time rolls around, so you go to their room to procure them, but you see an empty bottle of pills. They will not wake up. You look on their desk after looking at their body, finding a note explaining everything. What would you do? Almost half the world is accepting of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,…

Her voice is back. I thought it was gone. It’s back. I lay on my bed shoving pillows against my ears trying to get it to stop, but the voice isn’t something I can shut out because I know that it’s in my head. I hear her voice constantly telling me, “Come on, get up, get dressed, do something today,” but she does not understand how I feel. She is the one that left me. I did not leave her. Everyone always says that if you love something, set it free and if it comes back, it’s yours, but what…

These stories vary from abuse of any sort to war stories identical to Louie’s. The story “My Battle” is a story about a girl named Amethyst Dunn. The story takes place at her house in the year of 2012 towards the end of October. Her parents were out for the night, and her neighborhood was known for having offenders. She decided…

He opened his eyes to see that the forest he was once in has now become a dark room with vines protruding in many places. It was quite straining to see, the only light being the faint lights of gold and purple from the crowns of the superiors. The man started to speak, in an unnatural echoing voice, “Human, you have done something great and terrible for our realm. You have done a great feat, opened the faery realm into a portal in which we can devote our revenge towards the nonmagical human race…