When We Were Very Young

artifacts that we continue to have is art. Art has been a major influence during those medieval times and are very significant to us right now. What people don’t realize is that if we erase art, we erase part of us. Our cultural belongings that can no longer be received to future generations. It was a time of the renaissance where people were able to express themselves and capable of free thinking. The part of them to show others what they knew. Something we no longer have today if we decide not…

THBT the media puts too much pressure on young women In today’s society, the idea of self-perfection is one that arises as the answer to many of our current problems, specifically those of our younger demographic. The irresponsible and unethical actions performed and displayed by this group are often linked to the supposed negativity that the media of today publicizes. However, when clearly analyzed, these so-called “destructive messages” are simply a product of our biased perceptions within…

Gun Control Every time we flip on the news we see a new story explaining a shooting in Chicago. Drive-by shootings are so common now in Chicago that we barely have time to explain one story without skipping to the next current one. To assume that we do not have a problem with guns in the Chicago/Illinois community is wrong. This is a nationwide problem as we have seen with mass shootings and the increasing numbers of deaths nationwide from gunshot wounds. Just this weekend as I began to write…

Survival of the fittest deems that only the strongest of a species survives in its environment. This creed is a way of life for the residents of the Baltimore streets. In Wes Moore’s book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, the author presents the dangerous culture of the Baltimore streets and its ever-lasting spiral of violence and drugs from which the author is able to escape, and another boy with the same name, fails to escape. Both Moores face the struggles of achieving adulthood in a…

Growing up as a young girl, I was very fortunate to have a family that spent their lives together, and always had a strong sense of unity. It was typical for my mother and me to spend numerous hours at my grandparent’s house, enjoying their company and making memories that will last a lifetime. My mother had been partially raised by her grandparent’s during her childhood, so she always emphasized how important it is to treasure your elders and spend all the time you can with them while you have…

Teenage Mom’s Doing It Right? Wow! how cute does she look with her belly, will she know enough on how a baby can change your life and lifestyle you live everyday? The matter of fact that in or outside of home no one talks about situations that should be spoken to at the right age. Miscarried with your own child not knowing how to spill it and say it because it is embarrassing or maybe he or she may know already from right to wrong. Should school be in charge of educating kids about life…

indirectly. People, who let religion into their lives, start to follow a variety of behavioral and social guidelines that the religion sets for them. People can get caught up with religion through a very deep emotional level, that their religion will control their lives. The City of Churches is about a young girl named Cecilia, who has just moved to a new city to start a rental car business. The moment she starts to go around the city with Mr. Phillips, she realizes that there are no other…

Through out time a lot of things have changed. From the clothes we wear, to the way we talk, to the current event we lived through. These have all shaped the way we are as a generation today, and generations before and after us. As the times change, one thing that will always be consistent is the way we act and our human interactions. Through this interview I was able to understand the changes that have gone on throughout time and understand why they have shaped us and how each generation is…

people in it, in such a small community, everyone knew eachother and were quite good friends with one another, people were working the fields, taking care of the animals, and every now and then, a trader would pass by the village so that the villagers could trade some of their goods for a bit of copper coins. Outside of Pettle Village, there was a tall wooden fence, used to defend against monsters and bandits, the fence wouldn't be very useful against either of them, but it could slow them down…

“The Diary of a Young Girl”, was 13 years old when she started to write her diary. Annelies Marie Frank was born into the family with the parents, Otto and Edith Frank on June 12, 1929 in the ancient city of Frankfurt, Germany. Sadly, because of the family being sent away to the camps, Anne died at the age of 16 at Lower Saxony, Germany. The purpose of writing “The Diary of a Young Girl” was to inform about how life was about 75 years ago. Some historical sides to this novel is when the Jewish…