The Best Damn Thing

The south has a bad stereotype for being some of the worst schools and having some of the worst education opportunities, along with inner city schools that may be up north. Alabama has one of the worst systems if were to try and list them from the best to the worst. According to Alabama…

The way one views the world is essential to their survival. If someone believes that people are trying to kill them, they’re digging a bigger hole for themselves. But if someone believes that everyone is doing their best, their life will be changed for the better. The novel One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich is about life in a Russian prison camp. Life there is hard, and one’s perspective of this brutal life is vital in their ability to survive. However, different people have varying…

Review: Language of Desire Language of Desire is an e-course developed by Felicity Keith. It is not written in the soft, flowery manner you would expect of a woman-to-woman guide. Instead, Felicity dared to write in straight-talk, which is typically associated with men. Nevertheless, by injecting humor and real life vignettes, it 's a fun read. But, if erotica or profanity disturbs you, Language of Desire may not be your program. UNLESS – you can find the courage to hitch up your big girl…

1. Looking at the history and progression of modern US history as we have studied it in this class from the Civil War through the present, do you see it as an overall positive thing or negative thing? Why? There have been many changes that have occurred in the US and throughout the world since the Civil War. Everything from technological advancements to civil rights and even relations with other countries. We have seen many leaders advance our country into what it is today. Some of them have…

A major life lesson that I have learned is how to be careful of the things I say. I am sure that in one way or another, many people have heard a story about watching their words. For me, this was expressed through a dollar bill. When I was in fifth grade, our class had a counselor from a nearby middle school come over and share a few words with us. I will confess, at the time I wore the brand of a “gifted child” and as such, I was almost always bored in the classroom. So, while my classmates and…

but I feel like complaining. Either one of them got seriously injured. “No,” he replies simply, lifting my head up and placing another pillow behind it. “But keeping the blade in, it slows the bleeding and stops the diseases in the air. The last thing you need is this wound becoming infected.” “You…

birthday the first one where he can “legally” be in a bar and consuming alcohol. Legally is in quotes because of the fact that Dan was the first and only one in the group that had a fake ID growing up so he was the first one of us all to do those things even though he was the youngest one in the…

I did do 3 laps around new circle. It is one thing I wont choose to control... why? Not to hurt or annoy you. Because it is the only way I can show you how much I love you with the resources I have. Even if they aren’t mine *cough. I know you are in the middle of new circle... or edge…somewhere and Ill always let you know…

My eyes take a minute to adjust and when they do I see a photo resting on the bedside cabinet next to the alarm. A photo of my wife and I together on our honeymoon. It was a photo of us standing on the beach in the sunset kissing. I think to myself ”damn that's a mainstream photo”. I roll over to kiss my wife good morning, but wait she's not there and then I begin to remember. I begin to remember the surgery table the blood the giant gash in her stomach the life machine going flat. I roll onto…

Link Character Type: Round Link is a character in the book Warriors Don’t Cry. He only was introduced at the end of the book, but we can see the amount of layers in him already. In Chapter 15, on pg. 177, Melba thinks about how, “Each time I passed Link in the hallway, he winked at me. It was the one kind gesture in a morning filled with hellish activity. In the days that followed, every time I saw Link, he acknowledged me in some way.” This quote shows how outgoing Link was to secretly talk to…