Radio Hauraki

People are like onions. They have an outer shell and if you keep pealing them back you get deeper to their core which is their most personal selves. That is how I got to know my friend, my neighbor, Mary Kathryn. We went through the Social Penetration Method (Adler p.222) throughout our friendship. We started out as just neighbors and went through stages of getting to know each other, but eventually it all came to an end. I should have used mediated communication (p. 8) to keep in touch. It all…

One sunny day I woke up and thought it is cheer tryout day. Today would be the most exciting and scary day of my life. I slowly got out of bed and got ready for school. When I got to school Kamry and Autumn was already there, they were really nervous also. We sat and talked about how we are really scared to try out that day and how we knew the dances and stuff. Then Allie got to school. We all talked about how nervous we were and how we were telling each other that they were going to…

Feeling Truly Educated Most teachers just give you a textbook and some notes about that certain subject or unit and then expect you to know it for the quiz or test. But that's not the case with most students, they have to get all the attention of that subject, talk it out with other students get their feedback of what they learned, or even connect the subject with what they love. Which is exactly how I truly learned. Biology 1 and Biology 2 was not my favorite subject nor my best subject in…

Anish Singhal 17364 1. I often closed myself to God, doubting his ability when experiencing pain and suffering. Whenever I would be going through a dark moment in my life, I would often blame God for not loving me. Kairos helped me discover the truth of God, showing me that bad things are when we need God the most and must not doubt His plan. Always thought that since I turned myself off to God, God would do the same. Kairos showed me that God never turns His back on us. In my life, God is a…

Knowledge of the Others’ Private Lives in John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio” The desire of discovering the others’ secrets is part of human nature, but it becomes a problem if it is too excessive. “The Enormous Radio,” by John Cheever, is a simple tale which can be interpreted as a lesson of life. The story focuses on Irene, a middle-class woman, who enjoys listening to the music on the radio. She is obsessed by the new radio which allows her to eavesdrop on her neighbors’ conversations and…

I was planning on saving this message for the end of the session, but I think this is the best time to send it. I am contacting you to tell you how I am feeling about this season, especially recently. I do not want to talk to you one on one because last time I tried nothing changed. Last time I talked to you you kind of talked around the subject, pushing the blame on other less related topics, and after trying my best to improve on the one area you told me to I feel like everything is just…

Nat, I am lying in bed writing you this letter cause I love you so freaking much and am so excited you are coming to the U. I have missed seeing you and talking to you everyday. I just can’t wait to be in the same vicinity. Whether I see you everyday walking to class or once a month I am so so happy we will be close by. Seriously, I think my mom is getting sick of hearing about how happy I am that we will be at the same school. Anyway, I cherish our friendship so much and want it to be strong…

Introduction I originally was going to interview a girl from Singapore for this paper, but I had to go back home and I was not able to talk with her after all. So while I was back in my home town I interviewed a girl I went to school with, and for the sake of the paper I am going to refer to her as Sally. Before interviewing Sally I knew how our physical appearances differed, but I didn’t realize how culturally different we were. Understanding Others Sally is different from me in number of…

Exactly 17 months and 15 days ago, I left my siblings behind in Springfield, Oregon to move all the way to Flint, Michigan. At the time, Emylee, my sister, was only 7 and Trevon, my brother, was 9. After we moved out here, I met my mom’s boyfriend’s children, Whitney, Logan, and Jacob. Whitney was the oldest, at 20, Logan was the same age as me, 15, and Jacob was 12. I was slightly weary of them at first, I was a little bitter with having to leave my family behind for this new one, but I grew to…

One of the meetings I went to observe took place at Celebration Lutheran Church on 8725 W. Olive Ave at 5:30 on February 15. The name of the Alcohol Anonymous group was Celebrate Homecoming. At this meeting there were not a lot of people that showed up, there was seven people including myself. Within this group there was mostly males and two females that were present. The ages of the people in the group were mostly older like their late 40s and 50s, but there were to gentlemen present that were…