The Roaches

However Dominican Republic is absolutely one of the places I would like to visit. I remember friends going there and bringing back souvenirs. I remember seeing pictures of all the exotic animals, parrots, lizards. I was even terrified when I found out roaches actually fly there. By far one of the best things my friends brought back as Dominican Republic speciality, genepa also known as limoncillo as well as the greenest plantains I had ever…

Recognized author M. Scott Peck once said, “The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” I like this quote because it speaks to my heart. I am experiencing these issues in my life which are causing me extreme stress. This has been going on for years I…

Years” by John Elfreth Watkins Jr., it talks about a person predicting what 2001 would look like, because it was writing in 1900 they had no idea if they were right. In the article, it says “The American will be taller. Mosquitoes, house-flies, and roaches will have been practically exterminated. Everyone will walk 10 miles. Wireless telephone circuits will span the world. No foods will be exposed. Hot or cold air will be turned on from spigots. There will be no wild animals except in…

class. Thus, it is easier to build friendships at Haysville High. Secondly, students at Haysville High are responsible and respectful to each other and teachers. More importantly, students at Haysville High are not piled on top of each other like roaches. Campus classrooms are too full and that often creates unnecessary tension. As a result, Haysville High students are able to keep their calm demeanor and make good decisions. Thirdly, the Haysville High student body is more mature than the…

bombarded with thousands of advertisements. For example; billboards, magazines, social media and clothing are just some of the few ways companies advertise their products. According to Naomi Klein, an author in The Persuaders, “Consumers are like roaches. You spray them and spray them and after a while it doesn’t work anymore. We develop immunities.” People have become accustomed to the constant interruption of advertising. Ads are perceived as a nuisance and are nearly impossible to avoid.…

SC completed home visit with Pa at his apt. The Pa was admitted at Temple from 4/29/2016-4/30/2016 for Exacerbation of CODP. The Pa was prescribed one new medication Levofloxacin 500 mg to treat lung infection and three other forms of albuterol that he already have listed on his medication list in SAMS. According to the discharged paper work the Pa was admitted to the hospital for Exacerbation of CODP due to medication unavailability. The SC asked the Pa if he’s having trouble getting his…

The Decade of Decadence: Racial Divide and Police Brutality in the 80s The early to mid-1980s were a time of relative political and social stability in the United States. A handful of laws promoting equality were enacted, such as Wisconsin outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation, and the Supreme Court’s ruling outlawing sexual harassment in the workplace (Dreier, 2015). While war raged on in other parts of the world, the majority of U.S. citizens lived in relative comfort and…

Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains are books that create a controversial matter with keeping, reaching out and challenging their readers. Most of all both of these books mainly have the issue with the white readers. Both books similarly challenge their white readers by criticizing them and or creating an image or situation that offers them a way out. Paul Farmer’s and Malcolm X’s mediator’s, Tracy Kidder and Alex Haley, play a major role in…

closet as "The back wall has built-in shelves filled with dusty textbooks and a few bottles of bleach. A stained armchair and an old fashioned desk peek from behind a collection of mops and brooms. A cracked mirror tilts over a sink littered with dead roaches crocheted together with cobwebs...This closet is abandoned-it has no purpose, no name. It is the perfect place for me." (2). Their closets are almost identical with the objects they fill them with. All of these…

It is was Wednesday morning again. Or was it Thursday? Was it morning? Only through the subtle color of sunlight I can tell the time of day. It 's hard to tell when you haven 't a clock, or you have a clock but it 's broken. Indeed, the ticking of a clock arm had ended long ago. All I hear now are the footsteps behind me, the sound of a young man moping filthy floors that could never shine. They are made of old birch wood, rough and rotten from the spills of science. Much of the furniture are…