Packed lunch

David Detzer once said, “A city is simply a passel of people packed in a pot like pickles.” America, the largest urbanized country in the world, doesn’t necessarily mean that every city or town must have at the least a million people living in them. America has both a mix of large urbanized cities, and small rural towns. There are major differences in their location and lifestyle. However, with those differences, there are also similarities between their values and pace. The location is the most…

to track items being thrown away. The most common item I threw away depended on if I was at home or at work/on campus. The most common item thrown away at work and during classes were napkins. I packed two meals one day because I worked and I was on campus and didn’t have time to go home for lunch,…

The morning was a bright, beautiful, blue, and sunny day. Tim was getting ready for his annual camping trip with his Dad. Tim's Dad had to work, so Tim decided he would go ahead that morning to find a good campsite. Tim's father is giving Tim last minute instructions. “Tim make sure you wait to set up the tent till I get to the campsite”, his Dad said as Tim was going out the door. Tim is just happy to be out of…

The child appears to be neglected when Martina McBride sings, “She walks to school with the lunch she packed/ Nobody knows what she’s holdin’ back/ Wearin’ the same dress she wore yesterday” (1-3). The young girl shows signs of neglect because she is doing morning routines, like packing a lunch, without the help of a parent. Being very young, this is odd for the child to do by herself. The audience can assume the parents are disinterested in…

New York City is not for the faint- hearted. It is filled with the dreams of many and the lost dreams of those who could not keep up with the jones. Its dazzling city center, enormous skyscrapers, and talented theaters are what everyone remembers when they go, but they do not tell the other side of New York. They say how the lights are dazzling and how they seem to dance around, but to forget to disclose about the neighborhood they are in. They say how the subway is such a convenience, but how…

I had just moved from Carmel Valley, California, to Atlanta, Georgia, and had zero friends. Whereas most new students would have easily integrated into their class after two weeks, I had still barely spoken to anyone after my entire freshman year, and was labeled as "that shy, boring Asian kid." My occasional attempts to socialize with others inevitably failed, and after finishing the first quarter of my high school experience without a single friend, I was sure I would never overcome my social…

Screech! The wheels of the plane finally touched down at Logan airport in Boston after an eight hour flight. After we got off the plane, we still had an hour-and-a-half drive ahead of us. Great. But I knew that it was worth it because we were going to Cape Cod to visit my Grandparents. Cape Cod has beautiful beaches and beautiful weather. The beaches have the silkiest sand, and the bluest skies. Regular visitors and locals refer to Cape Cod as, simply, The Cape. For all of the years…

morning. After breakfast my mom and I left the kids with dad and went garage selling. We have always enjoyed shopping together, it is our bonding time. We found books and some DVDs, it was an accomplished trip. We met my grandmother at Café Chris for lunch. I haven’t seen her in about a…

Since beginning at Penn Foster, it has been a challenge to balance out all my responsibilities as an adult. From working forty hours a week at my local Walmart, to volunteering a few hours of my day at the SPCA my life is full of chaos. It is not always easy to stay focused on my assignments but with a little bit of planning and some help from family members it has become much easier to stay on task and makes it…

I have always thought to myself “ Wow middle school is going to be so easy”. However, I wasn’t prepared for how frightened and nervous I would actually be on the first day. This story is going to be about my first day of middle school and how nervous, and terrified I was that I wasn’t going to fit in. It all started one beautiful August morning, the birds were chirping and the sun was shining. Today was going to be a wild day, it was my first day of middle school! My mom dropped me off at the…