Seeing Voices

schizophrenia, along with information on how the brain is different for those suffering with this specific disorder. Positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders, and movement disorders. Individuals with this disorder can hear voices that others do not hear, believe they are reading minds, controlling thoughts of others, and believe that others are out to harm them. Schizophrenia can cause the people around the individuals suffering from this to…

Leah Mueller traces her interest in singing back to fourth grade, when she started taking voice lessons. That same year, Mueller was a student at Boalsburg Elementary in David Rockower’s class. Today, she and Rockower are colleagues at Delta Middle School, where Mueller teaches music and theatre. Unlike most schools, including those within the district, Delta Middle offers a curricular theatre program. “We are very fortunate,” said Mueller. “If theatre were available during the school day for…

hundred years ago. The question then becomes how will humans figure out the concept of happiness and how can it be attained. He further adds that happiness is different for everyone and we find it in a wide variety of places. As a child happiness is seeing…

being blind, and who is truly what in this story. On the surface, it is obvious; Robert is a literal blind man, and the narrator is a literal seeing man. But with the slightest bit of deeper reading it immediately becomes clear that Robert has…

lot of money. They use it to hire good lobbyists and to give campaign contributions, among other things. If money becomes very important, then only the people and groups that have a lot of money will have their voices heard. This can reduce the quality of democracy by favoring the voices of the rich over those who have less…

calls from his cousins, aunts, and uncles, and was barely even talking to his siblings and parents. I remember watching him slowly waste away, losing weight and becoming extremely skinny, and him slowly losing his voice until he could only speak in a muffled, pained, and scratchy voice. When his addiction was at its peak and I saw him at a family party, drunk before he even got there, stumbling, and speaking incoherently. I had no idea how this could happen in my…

dozen yards from a fence. Instantly, I had the urge to recite the melodies I had memorized, and halted. Would it work? Was I capable? What if someone heard? In a village with less than 100 people, news of that would spread like wildfire. However, seeing no-one, I mustered up all the courage I could, and tentatively shuffled toward the…

I propose you become the face of Republicans for anti-gun and gun restriction laws. Seeing someone labeling themselves as Republican and publicly showing support against dangerous weapons has the potential to change so many people’s minds regarding the subject, or even make them feel more comfortable in publicly expressing their similar…

Challenges help you earn Respect We don't grow when things get easier; we grow when we face challenges. The stories “Amigo Brothers”by Piri Thomas and “The Last Spin” Evan Hunter are similar to each other because two characters face challenges that they have to accept. The movie “Creed” direct from Ryan Coogler is similar to the stories because the character Adonis is facing challenges when he was little and still face challenge thought the movie, but at the end it shows that he got respect…

readers how greed and jealousy can lead to bad choices and bad outcomes. In this story, the main character, Margot, is shoved by the other kids. This event shows how jealousy leads to bad outcomes. Some may argue that All Summer in a Day is all about seeing the sun or sadness, but others argue that the story is about jealousy and greed. Later in the story, a boy shoves Margot into a closet. He was so jealous that he made a bad choice. While reading this story, readers learn that greed and…