I pulled up to my friend Kelsey’s house to find two cop cars sitting outside. We were unsure to why they were there; it was 11:00 p.m. on a Thursday night after all. I can remember the whole day so vividly. It started snowing in the middle of the day; the weather forecast was predicting […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
From what they would see, Grace had already stopped breathing. Her eyes, dull and lifeless, stared blankly into the eyes of her son. Horror was all that he could feel; shocking him to the point of immobility. He could only shift his gaze from his mother to the murderer behind her. The sun was setting […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Every day, when I clamber off the school bus and walk the five minutes to my newly painted yellow house, I have approximately one hour of quiet to begin my homework. An hour later, while I am wrestling with a math equation, I hear the familiar sound of voices and country music rising from downstairs. […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
This is the definition of my life: the world around me is continuous, barely any time to breathe, nonstop activities, hard enough to find time to rest. I love my life and the way it is run, even though it is hectic and a nonstop train leading to where? My future. I attend school activities, […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I was beaten as a child. I was raped and put into foster care. i have been hurt. everyone i ever loved died or was ripped from my hands. Love is what i fear. Love is what matters the most. My mother didn’t love me and love to me is this unknown thing that i […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Will Rogers once said, “If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” When determining the laws of life that appealed to me, this quote emerged in my mind. The rising generation has the potential for great […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
When I was growing up, we kept the TV in the garage and most of the time I didn’t pay it any notice. Since I was four, I’d abided ) by my school’s “no media” policy quite happily – until the year we moved the TV into the house. My mother had bought a copy […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
“Anya* is not good… But she wants it.” A pretty harsh line for a twelve-year-old to hear, but this moment helped in my development of how I deal with life’s persistent challenges. Some people see sports as an outlet, a tactic to release energy that has been bundled up for too long, a way to […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I walk into my first accounting class: the teacher stands in front of the door, and says, “Welcome to accounting. You will learn a lot and have fun over the next year.” We are handed a textbook and start the first lesson. I look around the room. Kids listen intently. It then dawns on me […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Falls from height Crushing by machinery and equipment Stroke (impact) of object Injury of electric current Explosion Burning Dr. Eng. Lachezar Hrischev, PhD Lecturer Dr. Eng. Lachezar Hrischev, PhD 1 Course “Health and safety in construction” Accidents on 30 – year period in the countries, Members of the EU Transport accidents Injury of electric current […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
