The Waking

German Philosopher, Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, believed Antigone was an unrivaled example to support his claim on tragic collisions: stating that there isn't a tragic hero, only a collision between two who are equally right in their own standards. Antigone and Creon both had justified views in this play written by Sophocles— Antigone focusing more of lawful ethics and the Creon based more on family morals. This does, indeed, support Hegel's theory of a tragic collision, but only to an extent to…

The only more stressful time than a five test Friday is finals week. During finals week, students spend several hours studying many different subjects. After all that hard work all they get is a short four day weekend to recover from four days of challenging exams. It would be much more beneficial for students to have a long break after the exams to allow students recover. Teachers would also be given more time to grade these exams and other projects the students completed. On return from break,…

Overview Nightmare disorder, also called parasomnia, is a condition in which a person experiences frequent vivid nightmares. During the night, we go through the sleep cycle four to six times, with the length of REM sleep becoming longer each time. Nightmares occur most often during the REM stage, so patients are more likely to have them during the last half of the night. Everyone experiences nightmares from time to time. It is when they become recurrent and create problems for the patient that…

my mother had at home. Me and my two younger sisters, Roxanna and Rocio help my mother with what use to be her chores. Since i was the oldest I took upon myself the most difficult role, being a mother. I raised my little sister Miranda. I remember waking up three times to feed her or staing…

opportunity to travel to Guatemala, and visit my relatives for the first time. It felt like a special moment; there was tears and laughter when we all reunited. Even though we were there for a month, it felt like only a week. I had already gone used to waking up, and saying hello to my grandma. It seemed like a routine, walking to my aunt and uncle’s house to eat breakfast, and brush my teeth. After, I’d watch Mario head to school on his motorcycle, while I would help Marcos feed the chickens,…

I remember searching up colleges in the 10th grade as a school project.I came up with 5 requirements a college must have. 1. 2-6 hours away from New York City, 2. Great Business Program, 3. Division 1 or 2 ( School Pride), 4. An urban atmosphere, 5.Greek Life (Delta Simga Theta). These were the sections I bubbled in on collegeboard.com, and Syracuse University popped up.I went on the school page and was surprised by the bright orange.I looked at the different programs Whitman school had to…

Whatever Happened to Leyland? In a small bedroom of an average flat, inside a large building lived a remarkably boring middle-aged man named Leyland Stokes. Leyland Stokes was often dissatisfied, but one couldn’t blame him. His room, a bit too small; his gut, a bit too big, and his life a bit too ordinary. To add further dissatisfaction to his life, just one day prior to now, he’d come a hair’s breadth from losing his job as an accountant, and was much less lucky with his relationship. Today, he…

How does the old saying go, there are only three guaranteed things in the world life, death and taxes. Is it your right to say when death's cold grip takes you away? Euthanasia is can hard thing for most to accept because of their societal culture and religion. Putting aside your own beliefs about the afterlife what thing warren taking your own life mainly it comes down to emotional pains and physical pains. In the case of emotional pains, there is no rational reason for taking your life because…

reasons to live in fear of the future differ. Socrates, a man in his fifties and a former convict of murderer and rape, fears the future due to the fact that he is lonely. The chicken that Darryl killed was his only friend and Socrates is worried about waking up in the morning alone in a future without the people that he loved. The character Theresa was probably a loved one (either a love interest, mother, sister, etc.) that stopped talking to Socrates after he murdered the boy and raped the…

12 long years. 12 years of homework. 12 years of dreadful Monday mornings. 12 years of hard work has finally paid off. Hearing your name being called and everybody applauding has to be the greatest sound to flow through your ears ever. Getting to walk that stage and obtaining your high school diploma is probably the best feeling in the past 18 years. Not only are you happy but your family and friends are happy, what more can you ask for? One thing I would never forget is when my 6th grade…