The Silver Lining

The long, unhappy buildup to my happiest experience began many years ago, when I first started school. Even on my very first day of kindergarten, it was already clear to me that going to school wasn’t going to be something that I enjoyed. I was very shy and withdrawn, and the other kids weren’t at all interested in being friends with me. They never seemed to like me as much as they all liked each other, despite my efforts to try and fit in. The kids in my class didn’t see my quiet nature as…

The Students Behind the Numbers ACT, SAT, GPA; three acronyms that every student dreads because the acronyms are commonly associated with the stress of college applications. Applying to college is a process that many high school seniors despise. A majority of college applications require students to submit numbers that define them: GPA, class rank, and standardized test scores such as the ACT or SAT. In fact, the SAT exam was first offered in the late 1930’s to help students without family…

Everyone is different. My husband dealt with his loss his own way as well. He named the baby Shane. He says that it’s because it can be a boy or girl name. And he knows we will see the baby again one day. Maybe that is the silver lining. I am still a mom of 4 beautiful children. Even though I never got to meet one of them. I dealt finally by getting a puppy. She’s absolutely perfect, and we named her Angel. She gives my family love and affection. And is just a beautiful animal…

This assignment concluded keeping a daily log of my stressors, my stress response, and how efficient my coping strategies were. Overall, I experienced a stressor most days. In particular, most of my stressors where acute stressors. My stress responses were rather negative but I managed to handle them alright. I would usually distract myself by calling a friend or doing something other than what I was doing to give my mind a break. Out of the 10 day period, I experienced the most stress from…

The text, Servant Leadership, by Robert K. Greenleaf, is a fascinating book that outlines the aspects of a true leader. In relation to my summer internship at Fortress Bank, formerly known as First State Bank of Illinois, I took on the roll of a leader. More importantly, I took on the roll of a servant leader as I become a team player that was a vital cog in the running of the company. Throughout this essay, I will compare and relate the aforementioned text to my summer experience. I enjoyed…

Style Analysis on You and Reflection on Text Tracie Spurlock The book Styles at Work and Beyond by Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton is intriguing from even the cover. Making bad relationships good and good relationships better is a challenge from the beginning to dig deep and not only read this book but to use what it must work in one’s life though all types of relationships. The book is even set up in a rather nice style. Nice breaks between points makes the book a much easier read.…

“As my work is, so am I.” (Smith, Naifeh 6) Vincent Van Gogh declared. On any margin, Vincent’s words truly expressed his mental state. As described by his brother Theo Van Gogh, he slathered paint on thickly and worked quickly, showing his frantic troubled mind, that propelled him to create works of art. Much like Vincent, Matthew in “The shock of the fall” also came of a troubled mind. Not only do Vincent and Matthew both share the connections of suffering from mental illness, they go beyond…

Fr. Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest and U.S. Chaplain in the Korean War said “when I was ordained, I was determined to ‘spend myself ’ for God. I was determined to do that cheerfully, no matter in what circumstances I would be placed or how hard a life I would be asked to lead.” Fr. Kapaun, through his words, demonstrates his understanding of how difficult the role of Chaplain would be in the coming decades of war. The 20th century brought about the deadliest military conflict ever known to man.…

In the third New York Times article, “An Assault on the Voting Rights Act,” the word choice of “assault” demonstrates a noticeable bias towards the disapproval of the ruling. It emits a vibe of attack towards the nation. The first sentence, “the conservative majority on the Roberts Court issued another damaging and intellectually dishonest ruling.” goes for a specific stance that accuses the conservative of having class bias against the minority, Entman and Rojecki’s work The Black Image in…

attitudes toward one specific event at the time. The subject explored is that of the first world war and the overarching tone of the piece is one of melancholy and mourning. Mixing with this sadness however, is imagery and markers to supply a silver lining to the tone; hope among the desolation, that there will soon be an end to the “winter” that the war represents. The sadness of the poem is seen throughout, in lines such as “Tonight he 's in the pink; but soon he 'll die. | And still the war…