I Have Something to Say Anna Quindlen wrote an article called Doing Nothing is Something, and in it she reflects upon boredom in children, and how it affects them. In my earlier years I recall that when I was bored, I would make up a game to keep myself entertained. In the article, Quindlen emphasizes the importance boredom plays on creativity. She argues that being bored allows for a state of being able to produce original ideas, and this state doesn’t exist while participating in…
understands the life line of Chanel. Coco was born in 1893 and after her mother dies of pneumonia, her father whom was a drifter, left Coco and her, two sisters and two brothers at the mercy of charity. The boys were sent off to work farms, and the girls were sent to an orphanage. Coco always dreamed of a more exciting life, so she fabricated an interesting story made from complete embellishments to give her background more flare. After leaving the orphanage at eighteen, she was accepted at…
Theseus and the Bully Theseus was an ordinary boy living an ordinary life until the day his world was turned upside down by a fast food chain. You see, he was strolling along a quaint park one sunny morning and happened to meet a man that looked quite like Theseus himself. "Good day to you, sir!" Theseus cheerfully greeted the man. The stranger turned around and gasped. "Could it be? The boy I have been searching for my whole life?" he cried out, giving Theseus a…
take us to church to listen to the word of God. We would all return home, after that we ate, and chatted and slept. It went on for four consecutive times. The following Sunday, a certain pastor came to preach a special sermon. He said, “No matter how bad life brings to u, don’t let it rule your life. Make something out of your misfortune by turning it into a blessing for others” I marveled about what he said. This made me change my life for the better. I cried, which made my grandparents ask why…
They have done well with her image! An actress on Disney television, now a star on the big screen and selling records and sold out concerts all over the world. Many young girls wear Miley’s style of clothes because she set a new trend that is classy and cute, and very…
She came to this conclusion when she was performing Bach with her best friend for a women’s club. She lost her place among the complicated, fast changing notes and rhythms so she stopped and waited to join in again at the beginning of the next section of the piece. Her best subject and grades were in science, so her father suggested pharmacy as…
if they slept for 23 minutes more. It went from 7:30 to 8:15 so more they were able to get more sleep. The test took at least 150 girls from a school from Singapore. The school was an all girl school so no boys were tested. At first the girls were so tired they weren’t wide awake and they weren't really doing well with their school work. After a month of testing the girls did a whole lot better when school started later for them. The students reported less depression from school and less…
self-control for a life-time before the age of ten (DeLisi, Hochstetler, Higgins, Beaver, & Graeve , 2008). Children develop self-control from their parents. If parents do not properly supervise their children, recognize if their child has unfitting or bad behavior, and discipline…
My friends always say that I have an “undying love for the motherland”. They know that I am extremely dedicated to Chinese. When people look at me now, they see a girl who is unashamedly proud to be Chinese American. However, they don’t see the long journey it took to become who I am today. I had a hard time accepting my Chinese heritage as part of my identity. When I was younger, I hated being Asian and desperately wanted to be white. This was mainly due to the underrepresentation of minorities…
Advertisment held a huge responsibility, and still does, by making the product look so irresistible, making the consumer not care about the repercussions of what is being eaten. Due to someone 's past experience with fast food, whether it be bad service or bad quality food, it helps these people want to eat more healthier cooked meals at home. Making a cooked meal at home takes about as much time as it does to go to a fast food place, go through drive thru and wait for the food. So why not just…