The Best Years of Our Lives

loss while they live life on an “Indian” Reservation. Arnold and Rowdy (from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) and Thomas and Victor (from “Smoke Signals”) need their friends to help them get through the everyday struggle of poverty. They also need lots of hope to get through good times and bad, and to hope that when they come home their family will still be there. Finally, they experience lots of loss, from losing family and friends to drunk drivers, to losing your best friend…

school year, it is important to reflect on why we are here and what we hope to accomplish. The Catholic school has, as a primary mission, the faith formation of our children. It is up to us, in partnership with you, to address matters of faith. Tonight, I want to assure you of my commitment to the faith formation of the children. The Gospel values and our faith identity will pervade all we do. As a catechetical leader, I work with the teachers, and with you, the parents, to make sure our school…

Dietetic Internship; Master of Science program. Recognizing the crucial importance of a well-balanced healthy lifestyle in our society today and how it is becoming more prevalent with each passing moment. I hope to spend my life helping others achieve this balance. Obtaining my Master of Science from East Tennessee State University will allow me to continue my career serving our nations veterans from a nutrition perspective. My undergraduate time here at East Tennessee State University has…

Have you ever wondered what life would be like without you? I think a lot of us have had that thought cross our minds at one point because for a moment we felt alone even when we’re surrounded by people, by friends, family. Our society today makes us question, are we worth it? All I know is that we are worth living, all of us. There’s this saying, you don’t know the value of people until they’re gone. There is a famous saying that I took into mind, you don’t know the value of people until…

to achieve acceptance to the inside world of high school, we may not realize the effects that our day-to-day decisions have on our futures. Every decision that we make, no matter the magnitude, affects the lives of not just us as an individual, but of others around us. These actions may come into affect the next day or it could be thirty years in the future, but every choice plays a roll in our lives. All of the choices that are made are influenced by someone or something. There are many…

supposed to include some of the best times of our lives. There are the students who slack off and waste their high school careers getting caught up in drugs and alcohol. Also, there are the students who work hard to impress their families and make a name for themselves. Personally, I have witnessed close relatives of mine throw their lives away because of doing drugs. I have made it my goal to overcome the temptation of drugs and alcohol. After the soccer season of my junior year, I was…

The Love Attitude Scale has reaffirmed my beliefs and attitudes on love and attaining a suitable partner. According to the Love Attitude Scoring results, my feelings fit the category of a Pragma best. The Pragma is described as someone who does not seek romance or affairs but love out of friendship and would make a suitable partner to build a life with (King 310). I found myself agreeing with many of the Pragma characteristics on choosing a partner who would fit into future expectations in…

Animals and I Animals have always impacted our lives.They helped us in many ways.Animal improve people's lives by being loyal animals, quick thinkers, and even being therapist First of all animals have improved our lives in many ways such as protecting us from vishous things, and would do anything to have us .I was walking with my aunt when a dog started barking away on the far side corner of the sidewalk another dog started barking at the bigger dog. This shows me how loyal some animals are…

We have all been trapped at one point or another in our lives. Whether it is emotionally, physically or mentally trapped, we have all been there. Within the novel Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, we find quite a few people, or should I say clones, who are trapped, but do not realize they are. The clones within this novel are not fairly treated nor do they even have a chance at their own lives. They are just a part of one big experiment that humans are testing out, but even along the way they…

After five years Rowling finished the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the first book of the series. She had a very hard time finding a publisher for her book. Twelve publishers turned back her manuscript. Finally, Bloomsbury agreed to publish her book, but they asked Rowling to write her initials and last name to attract more male readers. She didn’t have a middle initial so she used the name of her favorite grandmother creating her pen paper J.K. Rowling. After a year the book was…