Pocket watch

Bowling is Everything Bowling is my whole life. As I grew up I spent a countless number of hours in a bowling alley listening to the pins fall as the ball gently taps the pocket. I watched people who are passionate about bowling struggling or not with life who get out there and do what they love. As the years went on I grew to become more fascinated with the idea of bowling. So finally, I worked up enough nerve to talk to my mother about enrolling me into the Saturday morning kids league. She…

Imagine waking up at 5:30 am to go to practice at 6:00 am, then go to class for two hours, go back to practice for three more hours, and finally go home to do homework, sleep, and repeat the same schedule the next day. Imagine doing this schedule every single day for four years, without getting paid. Does that seem right to you? This is a daily demanding schedule that student athletes commit themselves to and therefore,should get paid for all that they do. With very little sleep that athletes…

free. The tall trees and thick, thigh length grass made it difficult to see them though, dragging themselves along the road behind her, their arms broken and skin rotting, inching slowly but tirelessly after her. Cel fingered her phone in the back pocket of her worn jeans. It had long since run out of battery, and the internet had disappeared with humanity, but just having it tucked into her jeans comforted her. Cel scratched at her frizzy hair, she had never liked it as kid but as she grew…

Apple, then Apple is going to pass it on to the consumers. Technology is already expensive when it is first released, stricter regulations is just going to make it even more expensive. Then there is not guarantee that the companies are not going to pocket the money and then still not follow the…

finds them mended and hung over the fence. Boo left Scout and Jem more presents the following weeks at the Radley Tree. They found there “…a ball of gray twine…” (78), “…two small images carved in soap…” (79-80), “…a spelling medal…” (81), and “…a pocket watch that wouldn’t run…” (81). The next morning, they found out the knothole had been filled with cement by Nathan Radley. Jem is the only one who realizes Nathan is depriving Boo from communication from the outside world. During the fire at…

Benjamin Banneker Have you ever looked at a fifteen cent, 1980 US Postage Stamp? Well if you have not, you should probably consider it because a very intelligent, self-taught man is featured on it. The man's name is Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin Banneker did many jobs and invented many different things. He was a free black man that was born to parents that were freed slaves. (Benjamin Banneker) Benjamin Banneker was a well-liked and respected man by many peers in his field, this was very meaning…

6. What is one thing that you found surprising? I was not surprised by most of it because if you watch the news you should be able to tell we live in a disposable society and as long as we continue to purchase replacement items it is not going to change. However, I read the annotated script and find it interesting that Silicon Valley has 29 toxic Superfund sites. With the prestige, deep pockets, and limited resources in Silicon Valley I would have thought that most of these sites would have…

I watch how they communicate or where they put their things or their body language and more often than not, their cellphones are always right beside them, just at their fingertips and even more often, when their eyes aren’t on their dinner companions or on…

In the article “Foxconn Workers Unhappy Labor Laws Now Implemented”, in a report he says workers have been working less hour due to the China labor Watch constantly sending investigators over and over and seeing major hour’s violations by employees, so now, hours has been dropped lower than the usual 60 hours. The report says that employees have been working less than usual but the stats from the help…

Brave But Not So New World “It is in the nature of the medium [television] that it must suppress the content of ideas in order to accommodate the requirements of visual interest; that is to say, to accomodate the values of show business.” This quote from Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death shows how current day media is suppressing the content for entertainment purposes. Similar ideas are shared in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, in which he created a dystopia where people are born into a…