The Bucket List

"Is Brian Ballard here?" With confused looks my history class searched each other for a response. Slowly I raised my hand, "Do you mean Brityn?" The Sub squinted down at the role sheet. "Ummm yes". Butchering my name once again, "yes Britney. Is that you?" Yep. Im here. You know how it goes. If you had a nickel for every time this or that happened to you, you would be rich. Well if I had a penny for every time I had to correct a stranger of my name. No not Brit-ney, it's pronounced Brit-tin. I…

Emma Zhao Mr. Campise Honors English 1 29 Feb 2024 No Pain, No Gain To the average eight year old, the biggest enemy will always be yucky dinnertime veggies, but in the shadowed slums, veggies would be a blessing to eight year olds with hunger pangs and empty plates. In “The Glass Castle”, a memoir by Jeannette Walls, the author herself faces years of neglect, countless temporary homes, and less than ideal parents in even worse social environments. In spite of their unsavory circumstances,…

Ellis island which held millions of immigrants during mass immigration and many families can still trace their ancestors back to immigration stations like Ellis island. In New York there is always an event happening, and city is a never ending bucket list. I remember once hearing that it would take an upwards of 68 years to try every restaurant in New York City if you ate at a new one every day. I want to live where differences are celebrated; everything from gay pride parades to culture…

Megan pressed a gentle peck to Addison’s forehead. “Are you nervous or cold?” she asked with measured concern. “Neither, more like highly aroused. For the first time in my life, I understand the concept of sexual chemistry and the uncontrollable spontaneous effects it has on the human body.” Addison clutched Megan’s hands and guided them to the straps that were now dangling off her arms and assisted her in removing them. Megan followed Addison’s lead and released the two hooks responsible for…

W. L. Gore – Culture of a Chaos or Innovation? Historically, bureaucracy was government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. Hierarchy and excessively complicated decision-making procedures are some of the main things Bill Gore did not want to see as the culture of his organization. Learning off the DuPont Task Force {Exibit 3} Bill, thrived off a collaborative small groups were clusters of employees bonded on projects and worked tight knit and relied on…

nor been to Dresden Germany. I bet, when you ask your friends, family and colleagues right now if they have heard of Dresden or been to Dresden, they would say NO or probably say WHERE IS IT? I would also bet that if you ask them what’s on their Bucket list or places they would want to see, DRESDEN, would not be one of them. This is one of the many reasons why I chose Dresden as my first Blog post. Dresden is a big revelation to me when it comes to architecture and history. I simply fell in love…

The Pan American Health Organization have put out a few recommendations to combat the Zika outbreak. The organization suggests reducing and eliminating any mosquito breeding site on your property. Related to this, people should close off their homes to mosquitos. Such methods include using window screens rather than an open window with no screen. Also, the PAHO recommends sleeping under a mosquito net to prevent bites while you are asleep. Visitors to areas with a Zika outbreak should wear…

Accept Your Death Spoiler alert: You are going to die. It may be today or tomorrow, next week or next month, next year or years from now. The timing of death is uncertain, but the probability of death is fixed. Death is inevitable. Accepting that you will die enhances whatever time you have left of this life, especially if you do know that your time is soon expiring. Religion, opinion on past wrongdoings, society’s remembrance, age, support of loved ones and doctors, time remaining, and the…

Once the siblings were interviewed, I moved onto one of their aunts Kathy Snider. Kathy is a retired, sixty-one year old woman who lives at home with her husband, Larry, their two dogs, Patch and Tiki, and her mother-in-law, Rita. I fist asked Kathy her views on the dying process and she responded with while it is a very sad experience she is hopeful for a “peaceful and good death.” I asked Kathy when she first learned about death and she assumes that it was through church for she too is…

There are criminals and peasants, artists and intellectuals, even former government officials and officers. In this, it becomes apparent that writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is not only writing about the Gulags, but also offering readers a way to experience different aspects of Stalin’s the Soviet Union through his telling of the prison camps. This paper will explore a few of these characters, including Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, Alyosha the Baptist, Fetiukov the scrounger, Captain Buinovsku, and…