The Corner

Walking through the gym I heard “Bailey, come here!” with a confused look, I glanced up and it was coach Taylor, “Meet in my office!” she yelled. Rushing as quickly as I could, my mind began wondering in a million desperate directions. I was beginning to think what I had done the past few weeks, hoping I was remembering correctly because from what I knew I was in the clear. Being nervous and concerned as to what was fixing to happen, I made my way to her request. Walking in staring at the solid…

I scurry across the long and dreadful hallway asking myself, why did I bring Jackson into this? This is all my fault. I must save him. The door to the control room is so close I can taste it. I am sprinting now. I must make it to this control room. I must free Jackson. I could feel my heart pounding straight out of my chest as I make my way closer and closer to the door. But then, I realize I’m not getting any closer to the door. Every foot closer I get, it moves a foot further. I stop, and so…

As the season gets closer to summer the nights start to get warmer, and as the nights get warmer the kids play longer. Picking up my phone I texted my friend Elli to see if she could get anyone to play night games at the Mapleton City Park. Earlier that day at school we had began planning on having night games, and the park was a central place to have them. Even with both of us trying we couldn’t get anyone who could come play. Only one person said that they would be there, who just…

“You should be ashamed of yourself for what you did,” the headmistress says seething, barely keeping her cool, “At this academy we hold our girls to a high standard and what you have done is unacceptable.” My hands lay, fingers clasped together, in my lap motionless. I sit poised in the uncomfortable wooden chair and rethink everything that’s happened, how I got in this situation, what I’m going to do after this blows over, and what this means. “I’m sorry-” “No, I am sorry, Miss, but sorry will…

Corner’s: Underground Homosexual Kingdom in the Eyes of Lesbians As the Taiwanese film critic Huang Jianye concludes, documentary in Taiwan has been developed into an ascendant genre after the success of the inaugural “International Documentary Biennial Exhibition” in 1998. With the shift from obsession with indigenization to excavation of individual life after the lifting of martial law in 1987, possibilities of focusing on minority groups and exploring urgent social issues have been…

to ‘cut corners’ along the way. Occasionally, certain opportunities may surface wherein companies can take advantage of a particular situation in order to make their lives easier. These ‘opportunities’ may often involve unethical practices, thus creating the controversy on whether or not cutting corners is acceptable in business. [Thesis statement] Prior to stating an opinion on the topic of cutting corners in business, one must understand what exactly is being discussed. Cutting corners, as…

Speakers Corner is a symbol of freedom of speech. In the documentary "Speakers’ Corner” it explain what a speakers corner is. A speaker corner is place where people can freely express themselves and their beliefs’. It doesn’t matter how harsh or wrong that person opinion is, they have the rights to express themselves. Many people believe that speaker corner is one of the best places to go for freedom of speech. People from all around the world go to London, England to see the speakers’ corner.…

The initial reaction to the story about the corner store was that the corner store did not take checks or the woman has paid with a check that did not work in the past. I originally agreed with Irving's initial interpretation's but I now agree with the couple if the white husband was able to pay with checks at the same corner store I think the store clerk was being racist and would not let the wife pay with a check because of the color of her skin. The store clerk would not agree with the…

Overview of the organization and mission. Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public university that opened in 1899 as the Northern Arizona Normal School. In 1966, it became Northern Arizona University as it is known today. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona with a current enrollment of 30,368. NAU, a doctoral university with higher research activity, offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees across a number of disciplines. A unique quality of the university is the early exposure to…

Secret Corners of the Forest John Muir and Chief Seattle shared a vision separated by time, race and culture. Although these two men were of common mind about the natural environment, respect for the natural order and its importance they differed in the prospect for the future and the effect that “whites” would exact upon it. Chief Seattle’s vision for his people was dire and prophetic. Seattle’s vision contain his sadness and anger over the ruination of the environment by man. Seattle wanted…