Straightener

I Hate White People Throughout my years of schooling, I moved towns every year for seven consecutive years. With every new town came a new school, new friends, new teachers, and a new environment. I learned to adapt and am now extroverted because of it. However, the first day in a new school is always the most difficult because of the culture shock. The first day of the first grade, by far, was one of the worst experiences I’ve had. I was to be attending a private Christian school that had…

In Amber Stark’s TEDx Talk “New Standard of Beauty” she suggests that beauty should be diverse instead of homogenous. She states that beauty is a cultural construct, more specifically it is a collection of thoughts and ideas that are created by generations and cultures and reinforced through media and television. Starks goes on to reveal her early encounter with beauty standards. She shares that like many of the Disney Princesses and Barbie dolls or the girls who are seen playing with them on TV…

Accident Prevention Preventing accidents when there is an open fire As the old adage goes, “ Fire is a good servant but a bad master.” Although fire has numerous good uses such as aiding us in cooking, keeping warm, roasting food and the list goes on, it can also bring about adverse effects and irreparable damage. This can be prevented if the fire safety precaution is taken and people are educated about the danger lurking around houses furniture(for eg. Electrical appliances) which may…

Eyes are the Window to the Soul Darkness flooded the sky, as the night air started to come in, over the dark gloomy campsite. The leaves and branches in the deathly, ancient, gnarly trees whispered tales of past campers. As the Jarvis family settled into their campsite, Noah noticed a mysterious mist spiralling across the fields towards the worn out gates of the cemetery. Dad called out to Noah’s older brother and cousin to help assist in setting up the camping gear. The forest guide had told…

The ground was shaking. I stood still for a brief moment. It was a herd buffalo running towards a cliff. They were running through the field, as if it was away from someone. I took a second glance and saw that it was my people which the buffalo were running away from. Everyone that was in my band was chasing after the buffalo, including my daughter. Had I known that they were going on a hunt I would have gone with them. It was in that moment that I knew something didn’t feel right. In Alberta,…

In this poem the Cullen wrote short phrases that are written in memory of a person who has died, something that can be in scripted on a tombstone. His main focuses are epitaphs written for a fool, one who gaily sowed his oats, for a wanton, and for a preacher. The main points are the epitaphs being relatable to whom they concern. The topics that are covered are death, wisdom, love, and vanity. All in all, the author’s thesis is to show the different roles someone may had in life and what could…

& Robinson, T., 2020). Laws that enact protocols to reduce this should be enforced to reduce the amount of discrimination in professional settings. Natural hair in this article should be defined as “hair that has not been altered by chemical straighteners, including…

The essay Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant spark an insight into black beauty in a white dominated world. Throughout black history women have been subjected to thoughts that their bodies were inferior. Many African American women do not feel comfortable with their hair or color of their bodies because of the upward battle they face to try to fit into society’s standards of straight hair and light skinned women. We see from the day Europeans arrived in Africa they tried to…

Trip alone to chicago for the summer. I will never forget the summer I got to spend 3 weeks in Cicero with my Bestfriend. We were waiting for this moment for a while to get to spend more time over there and explore a lot more things. I've been there before many times,but only for hours not days. Also we never really got the chance to Roam around downtown and see the big buildings and lights and eat all the yummy food, just me and my best friend so this time was different. I saved…

How My Grandpa Dying Has Changed Me as a Person Almost twelve months ago I came to the conclusion, no matter how prepared you think you are for a death, you can never actually be fully prepared. I came to the conclusion that my encouragement, reassurance, motivation and my shoulder to cry on was gone. Almost 12 months ago, on November 12th, 2015, my grandfather passed away. This wasn’t a sudden death and shouldn’t have come across to anyone in my family as unexpected at all, yet in the moment…