Where I Stood

meal tonight! I ate it all up, even though I don’t like carrots. I learned how to swim this summer! I can open my eyes underwater! It’s been 5 years now daddy. I’m in the 5th grade. Math is hard but I like computers. Mommy lets me sleep in your T-shirts. I think it still smells like you. I don’t need to sleep with the light on anymore. I try not to cry but it still hurts! I miss you. It’s been 10 years daddy I started high school I made the honor roll. I hope you are proud of me. I also made the…

Historical texts are often respected for their informational objectivity whereas art is revered for its visual and philosophical subjectivity. In respect to both historical texts and artistic vision one must be able to differentiate what is perceived and what is accurate. Eusebius’ Life of Constantine is a biography depicting the rule of the late Roman emperor Constantine, exercises offered by Peter Jenny’s The Artist’s Eye uses art as an exploratory aide to decipher a more profound meaning to…

go on trip to the Bahamas. We bought our tickets and started to google things for us to do while we were there. I knew I wanted to go scuba diving but my wife felt uncomfortable going so we agreed on snuba diving. It was one of the best experiences of our lives ! The bus to pick us up arrived finally around at noon. It was about a 45-minute drive from our hotel to Stuart’s Cove, where we would be going snuba diving. Snuba diving is a mix of snorkeling and scuba diving. Instead of wearing an…

father knew that Harry didn’t have courage. But when he brings back the bird that attacked the sheep, Harry’s dad never looked at him the same. In my life in second grade, I did something that I shouldn’t had and I lied about it in the beginning. After I saw that things were getting worse and other people might get in trouble, i decided to own up to my mistake. Buck’s greatest act of courage was the fight with Spitz. Spitz was the lead dog at the…

A few summers back, my family and I took a trip out to Flagler Beach, Florida, not too far from Daytona. A few days into the vacation, the girls had gone out for a shopping trip, so, because there was a slight drizzle, my Dad and I decided to just chill out and watch some TV until the weather decided to calm down. This was a vacation that will never be forgotten. My ears perk up as I notice the quieting of the rain against the window. I get up and walk over, pushing the roughly sewn curtain to…

This is one of the reasons why the Ottoman Empire lasted so long. Another unique aspect of Ottoman society was the relative ease in which slaves of the Ottoman Empire were able to climb the socioeconomic ladder to the point where they could work in the Sultan’s government and create great life for themselves (Cleveland 43). The slavery system of the Ottoman Empire was far cry from what slavery normally during that time including modern times. In short, in this uncommon situation…

our road trip we bought breakfast at Donut Palace, our local breakfast eatery, and I ordered 2 water bottles and kolaches with cheese. One bottle for now and one for later. After I ate the kolaches I chugged one water bottle because they made my mouth dry. Before I knew it we were halfway to our destination and I've still had yet to finish my second bottle of water so i picked it up and finished the rest of it. I instantly felt the urge to use the restroom so we stopped at the nearest gas…

The biological parents of Steven Paul Jobs were told to give him up by the parents of his biological father. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs on the promise that they would make him attend college. He was mischievous as a teenager, but grew interest in building things. He would take apart different appliances to learn how they worked and how to build them. At just age 13, he was given a job for the summer working at Hewlett-Packard. In 1967, Jobs met Steve Wozniak. Jobs and Wozniak became…

bear with me if this is corny and you know I’ m weird with expressing feelings but here … So I guess you could get the credit for this, especially since you were “curved” at homecoming around this time last year and you constantly made your efforts to make sure I remembered who you were after that. You either walked me to class or called me “bae” and for real for real I liked it. Winter break (December 26th, 2014) is where this all started and I’m happy I finally sent that text asking you if…

The motto “Let Us Lead By Serving Others,” acknowledges how others often influence the society. It only takes a few ordinary people to make a chain reaction that can greatly alter society, and the March of Dimes event is a great example of the motto. The March of Dimes is an event that many organizations and corporations join together on a Saturday morning, in order to march for premature babies. It brings awareness to the community and donations to the association. This is a mandatory event…