Snickers

Growing up I had to take sex education courses in elementary and high school. Most of what I remember involved the laughs and snickers of children when the words sex, or STD were mentioned. Although these topics seemed funny, I remember how these classes sparked a lot of curiosity in myself and my peers. Imagine a sixth grader expressing some curiosity in becoming sexually active because of new things they learned. At the time it seemed inappropriate, or as a child would say “bad”, and it is…

story of Amir, a young boy who leaves his home of Kabul, Afghanistan due to the active state of war during the Soviet invasion. Twenty five years later, he returns and states he “‘feel[s] like a tourist in [his] own country.’” His driver, Faird, snickers, “‘You still think of this as your country?’”…

that we all heard as a child. I'll pose a question like ‘(Have you ever got found jacking off in the wardrobe?)’ and the individual or individuals will say no, and that is the point at which I let them know (Good concealing spot ain't it!?)" Billy snickers and says that this is the thing that he calls "Common Amusement." Billy is as pure they come, like an adolescent in a grown-up body and he tries his best each day to keep positive. Billy does not have numerous achievements in life but rather…

When I first started high school, I truly thought that it would be a fresh start. My previous life in school surely wasn’t the easiest thing in the entire world. Junior High had just been one level of Hell after another. The people I was surrounded by weren’t the nicest. I quickly learned that they would take the side of whoever was stronger, so not me. This created many problems in my life, but the biggest one was named Ashley. Anyways, back to my freshman year of high school. I walk in the…

It’s a Food-Thing According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, “In America today, more than one-third (35.7 percent) of adults are considered to be obese” (NIDDK 1). This statistic is rising and is expected to reach 50 percent by the end of this century due to the unhealthy food epidemic in our country. The primary thing that causes obesity is, well you guessed it: food. It’s the one thing that we humans, especially in the U.S today, can’t seem to get enough of, and it’s…

DocViewer Page of 5 Zoom Pages Cole 1 Rodney Cole Prof. Merri Fefles HIS-202-300 9 December 2017 Capstone Project: Yvonne Sneed Racial tension has been a constant issue in the world similar to the way volcanoes stay inactive from eruption but there is always a chance the hostility can boil over. During the 1960s, Detroit experienced gentrification and Black Americans moved into White neighborhoods and there was discrimination amongst both races leading to scarce job opportunities for…

My directorial intentions and the intended impact on an audience My Goal My goal as the director is to get the show to captivate my audience, and for the audience to take away something meaningful from the show. I want my audience so enhanced by the play that they forget that it isn 't actually occurring. Nowadays people see to be less empathetic to others, and do not care as much as they once did. I want my audience to see my play and then start to think about their decisions and the kind of…

In this paper I will reflect on my experience volunteering with the Building Bridges program and describe the cultural group this program serves. Furthermore, I will discuss my analysis of the impact of oppression and privilege on the students enrolled in the program using concepts I have learned in the course. Finally, I will reflect on what I have learned about myself in the process of interacting with a cultural group that is outside of my comfort zone. Throughout the semester I volunteered…

goes, individuals remember him as the 'panther catcher'. "To begin with they take a gander at my face and attempt to recall where they'd seen me some time recently. Be that as it may, I simply ahead and present myself. What's more, we share a decent snicker." Similarly imperative is the acknowledgment he has gotten for his work. Gharti has a divider brimming with authentications and letters of thankfulness in his office. Indicating at the authentications, he says, "Some time or another my…

The play 'The Laramie project' by Moises Kaufman addresses the brutal murder of openly gay teenager Matthew Shepard in a small town of Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The chronological structure of the play draws together interviews conducted after the event by Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theatre Project. Additionally, Kaufman uses these journal entries to retell and reconstruct what happened on the night of Matthew's assault, addressing the issue of gay hate crime. The play itself was…