The Hardest Thing

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…

valuable experience. As I stated above I did my shadow with Chuck Robinson, which consisted of driving around the entire county in the police truck. We went as far north as the Minnesota border and as far south as St. Joesph. We had a few calls and things to do but it was a pretty quiet night on Friday. I actually started my evening being with Jack and his mentor, Keith Briggs, who is a deputy at the sheriffs office. I was only with him for a short period of the night because I had to go with…

The FogHorn Personal Response Life, a simple four letter word that we are all living in right now - probably the only thing that we have in common with other living beings in the world. Life, at times, a thrill ride but at times, the biggest obstacle we have to face, whether we like it or not. Life, we desire to live our life as best as we can until, we realize that there are things we can’t control, and that is our desire. Ray Bradbury suggests, desire is a complicated feeling we all have in…

Traveling the world at a young age can be an exciting thing, but also be very nerve wracking. Imagine the teenage men in the 1960’s, sitting on a cargo plane with a bunch of others, some they knew and some they did not. They traveled across oceans to risk their lives and fight for their country. The entire plane remained silent because the only thing going through people’s minds was if they would be going home again or not. This is how Brucie Potter felt when he was on his way to Vietnam to…

for competition. First, the type of dance and music needed to be chosen. After that, for the next three months each day consisted of long and tiring early morning and night practicing for two hours at the very least. Practice is the most important thing as a dancer because “practice makes permanent” very wise words from each of the many wonderful coaches I have had through dance. Practice consists of stretching extra good to prevent any injury from happening, doing the dance full out every time,…

Things are not always what they appear to be. In A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, this could not be more true. Conor O’Malley lived with his mother in a small house with a giant yew tree in his yard. His mother was ill, his father was in America, and he felt a deep, empty hole in his chest. Every night Conor awakes with fright from the nightmare. Though one night, after awaking, the yew tree near his home breaks away from his roots to visit him. The yew tree claims that Conor had called him.…

places on time. I learned that once I actually started to acknowledge and care about my bad habit was the only way I would be willing to change it. Working on my time management was hard but not nearly impossible. I had to change my outlook on certain things so that my mindset would be prepared and ready for change. I believe I was successful in working on my time management. I now find myself early to events then rather late or on time. Although I may still arrive late to events every now and…

special to him. He then says “It was a very descriptive subject. It really was. He was left handed. The thing that was descriptive about it was the poems he wrote on the glove. You'd have liked him. He was such a great, terrifically intelligent kid” (21). Holden is clearly not capable of letting go of the past. He lives constantly trying to tell himself how wonderful things were, but in reality things were not great. Holden’s inability to face his future with confidence creates conflict wherever…

ON TODAY’S SOCIETY Technology has a huge part in today’s world and it is both negative and a positive thing. Anywhere you go, you will more than likely use some sort of technology. One of the biggest pieces of technology that is used nearly every day in the United States of America by an average person. The average American looks at their phones repeatedly throughout every day to do various things. Technology has rapidly evolved over the last decade. Now instead of having a basic phone in your…

Thinking about whom I was going to interview was the hardest part because the questions that I was going to ask was simple. The person that I chose to interview for this would have to be my roommate’s brother Cedric Welton; he graduated 2 years ago from Arizona State University, which is located in Tempe, Arizona. During his time there, he studied broadcast journalism with a minor in communications. Cedric was a well-rounded student, he played sports, joined clubs and organizations, and on top…