Sleepover

No one came out of the gym without a new bruise to show what had happened there. By count I 'm pretty sure Alex got hit that most, soon followed by Brian, then me. I managed to get at least one bruise on my left arm, my right shoulder was turning blue, and my butt had a large red mark furiously forming. I 'd rather not talk about that one. Marcy and Damon came out basically unscathed, only getting one bruise from each other. They were the last two left , everyone else stood on the sidelines…

How My Home Has Defined Me Home can be defined as the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family. For some, it may be a place where they spend majority of their time or a place where they feel the most comfortable being themselves. For me, home is defined as my hometown and all the memories that have been made there. These memories have shaped me into the man I am today. My hometown taught me valuable friendship lessons, fostered my competitive nature, and helped me…

Introduction “Wake up baby, it’s time for your first day of school,” my mom said to me gingerly. She also shook me softly to force me out of bed. My mother had my clothes laid out for me on the edge of my bed. As I was changing my clothes and brushing my teeth, my mom was downstairs preparing breakfast for me. Since it was my first day of school, my mom wanted to drop me off in front of the class and introduce herself to the teacher. I remember my mom asking me on the car ride to school, “Are…

The one time that I learned and impacted my life drastically was the first year that I moved to the U.S. I learned to talk and I learned to read. People still judge the way I spell, say, or pronounce, a certain word. It used to bother me how others could say “Karen can you say refrigerator” or another word that they knew I struggled to say. As I’ve gotten older I have realized that I was actually ahead of the class by being bilingual. I learned more than they did by the the end of my second…

As I entered the second semester of my second year of middle school I didn 't feel a sense of belonging and I couldn 't understand why. Was it because I am too friendly? Maybe it is because I’m a girl? Was I flat out weird? What was so wrong with me that I couldn 't fit into crowds of people who supposedly had similar interest as me? It wasn 't always isolation and lack of socialization. I was always the talkative girl in class who was surrounded by friends that would find humor in something as…

Positive Psych Extra Credit #1 - Fairness, equity, and justice – I was surprised that my top strength came out to be, I thought it would be Judgment, critical thinking, and open-mindedness. I am a fair person and treat others like how I would want to be treated, but even more than that people are people, with feelings and we are all different and complex. There’s not a right wat to act, the way in which you live is influence by your actions and the way you think, what is right and wrong.…

The Party I’ve Never Dreamed Of “Don’t forget to put up the flyers I gave you guys!” Benton Harbor is such a small city that I basically knew everyone, and I wanted everybody to help me celebrate my high school graduation. Not only were my schoolmates invited to my party, but also the whole community because my open house and after party were going to be the biggest events of the year. Mine wasn’t an ordinary graduation party because we were having an after party too with catered food and live…

The stage of adolescence is categorized by being 12 to 18 years old and psychosocial maturity the individual exemplifies. A developmental delay that is evidenced by the inability of an individual’s needs to be met can be identified by using Erikson’s stages of development (Groark, McCall, McCarthy, Eichner, & Gee, 2013). For the adolescent stage the task requires children to find their own personal identity separate from their peers and parents. This achievement of identity will lead to…

to law school at Harvard. Many would trust her credibility and her comments because she came from an acclaimed and regarded school. Nevertheless, some things could be taken in for inquiring. Specifically, she never permits her children attend a sleepover, get any grade less than an A, and requires obedience (3). My mother is strictly the same in this matter. I personally concluded that she presented a credible argument because I was able to relate to her in this case. Chua does state that this…

“Number twenty-three, please come to window four” said the Consul. My mother, my brother, and I got up and hurriedly walked to the window. We were interviewing at the United States Embassy in the Philippines, hoping to obtain a visa to go live in the Virgin Islands. My father got a job as a math teacher and had already moved there six months prior. He wanted us to live with him because he hated being apart from us. “How old are you, little girl?” the Consul asked me. I nervously said, “I am…