U Turn

So many have experience much same thing, even having the breath knocked out of them and don’t know where to turn. Many of us cry, “Why did this happen to me? What did I do wrong?” The questions sometimes go unanswered. Why? We never wanted life to turn out this way. We never asked for it to begin with. It is hard climbing mountains in our way. We anticipate what’s at the top, only to realize when we get there, that it wasn’t exactly…

It was a windy fall evening when I heard the news. The news was that there was going to be a hurricane, Hurricane Sandy. She was given such an innocent name (Sandy). But she was as vicious as they come. I was scared at first, it was going the first hurricane that happened to me. But I told myself to toughen up. I texted my friends to see if they had heard about it. My best friend responded quickly by facetiming me. “Hey Fiona,” I said. “Hey Sarafina,” she responded. I facetimed you to talk…

. I had never noticed my poor arm alignment until it was brought to my attention. One of my peers, Joy Scott, advised me to lift my elbows to the ceiling while in different positions such as first and second. She also mentioned if I did not feel anything engaged, I was not doing it right. From that point on, I was determined to adjust my arm alignment as it became evident to my professor. I received feedback during my midterm conference and I continued to work on my arm alignment in and out of…

After an entire semester of ballet class, I am able to say that I acquired the most basic knowledge of the field. Although my performance was not always the best, I managed to learn the sequences and movements. By watching the videotaped performance, I was able to identify the aspects of ballet technique that were taught along the semester and that I performed correctly, as well as the aspects that need further correction and improvement. Also, as compared to the midterm self-evaluation, it is…

Power is a thing that everyone wants. We see people around the world trying to have fighting for power. Examples of people are like Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, these people fought for power and did not care if they hurt others. As we can see in Macbeth, he hurt people so he can get to be king. Macbeth, from being a honorable person, turned out to be an unforgiving person. Macbeth was a respectful man who served the king with great loyalty. He feels guilt already because he is the King’s good…

the group was found out to be infected by the Flare. Anything can happen to anyone. From the president of the United States to the average everyday beggar on the streets. Nothing is for sure and no one is 100 percent immune to anything. Twists and turns in a story are often not solvable by a single person, which is why teamwork is such a great thing to…

A refugee is someone who is forced to flee their home country due to war, prosecution, natural disaster, or any other reason that made them leave. Some universal experiences they have to go though are learning the language, finding somewhere to stay, and eventually getting used to a new life with the help of others. It is a long process, but almost all refugees are able to finally get back into the daily grind and adjust to their new lifestyle at some point. Ha and her family came from South…

Skating Analysis Daria Sosna initially had little experience with hockey and skating. However, during this course she has been able to apply the physical concepts learned in class to improve her skating technique significantly. Daria tried her best to improve her skills and she was able to maintain a positive attitude throughout this course. Daria’s forward, backward, stopping, crossover, and pivot skating skills will be analyzed below with suggestions on how to improve further. Forward…

First the british government failed at protecting the lusitania from attack. British intelligence knew that attacks have been made towards them, the location of the U-boats and still decide to pretend that they knew nothing. Leading the sinking of the Lusitania; “The Lusitania remained a passenger liner, but with the hull of a battleship”(12). In addition, on May 1st, no one on board knew about the American oil tanker…

can turn into savages even if we don’t directly notice it. In the book the boys experience internal and external changes within themselves. Some examples of this is when the boys start with their clothes on and throughout the book they decide they don’t need to wear clothes, they also cover themselves in the pig blood to feel more powerful. They experience changes internally by the crazed effect being stranded on an island gives them. Especially Jack, he loses his humanity very fast and turns…