Prank call

Gwen fumbled with the sleeve of her sweater, trying to avoid eye contact with her residence assistant. She had practiced the words all night long. She had pieced together this speech instead of sleeping. She had sat up in the corner of the bed so that she could carefully observe every inch of the room. “Gwen just tell me what’s bothering you about the room.” Melissa, the RA, growing more impatient by the second, began tapping her nails on the desk. At first she seemed concerned when Gwen…

Caltech: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. (250 - 650) In my home, I am known as the IT department. Whenever anyone in my family needs technical support, they come ask me. My family first noticed my knack for computer skills when we got our first family computer. I would always be playing around with settings and games. One…

I come from a divorced family. I have hateful parents, not towards me, but towards each other. I can’t stand it, the way they look at each other, the way they talk or act towards each other just irks me. I don’t blame my mother for ditching my father, who could? He was a dirty old, good-for-nothing, scumbag. Since he has left us, he hasn’t even given my mother and I a second thought. Since the divorce, I usually go to my father’s apartment on the weekend. The only reason I visit him is because…

And I would like to say that it has been my pleasure.” “Nellie, I’on know what she’s talkin’ ‘bout, I don’t know this lady. Lady, I don’t know you. What is this, some kind of game? One of my friends don’ put you up to this. They playin’ some kind of prank, cause this ain’t funny. Nellie? Nellie, I…

Teenagers Need Huck Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered one of the greatest pieces of literature written, yet to this day it is still debated on whether it’s a novel that should be read in high schools across the country. When the book was originally published, it was denounced because it was thought to lead children astray; however, now it is criticized for its supposed racism and use of the racial slur “nigger” and “injun”. Nevertheless, it is of utmost importance that “The…

As a new teacher working with lower performing ELLs, I was looking for that one particular tip or strategy that would improve their fluency levels in reading. My students were borderline students and were constantly exposed to failure. Many of these students had poor reading strategies and some were too intimidated to read beyond the first few sentences. I started with the most logical starting point - the text. Many textbooks often have more texts than are needed or texts which may not be…

Shakespeare’s play includes the element of magical forms like fairies, ghosts, and witches. In Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare added fairy magic. The fairy magic is use in the fairy world and the human world. Oberon, king of fairies, manipulated Titania then meddled into the human world. Humans are greatly affected by the magic. Demetrius and Lysander are place under love potions which generates complication. The females, Hermia and Helena, are place into confusion of the men’s decision.…

During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution. Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of…

Megan Meier was a 13 year old teenager living in Missouri. Meier wasn’t enjoying a normal teenage life filled with friends. Instead, Meier battled loneliness and depression because she was obese and for years had tried to lose weight. She also had attention deficit disorder. Meier’s dark and depressed days were finally over when she made a friend through her MySpace account named Josh. Josh was the most friendly, and cute boy she ever met. Moreover, he was the first boy who called her pretty. As…

“You’re not the person you were yesterday morning” Like the changing of seasons, there are many things that cannot be prevented. However, “that which is changed can be changed back in the fullness of time” (Ysabel, 504). In Guy Gavriel Kay’s novel Ysabel, the effect of change is a key element to the story as the main protagonist, 15 year old Ned marriner, experiences a myriad of dangerous and mystery-packed adventures that draws him in deeper into a story world; in search for his father, Edward…