A sharp gulp ceased to moisten my throat. Words seemed to blend together, appearing to me as foreign hieroglyphs. I stood alone, with this puzzling object: a book, trembling in my sweaty palms. A colony of hyenas remained in front of me, staring with their bulging eyes, mocking me with their grim smiles and giggles. […]
Date: July 27th, 2021
Dripping with sweat, I looked for a way out. I was unwillingly confined by the devilish Mr. Fenwick, everyone’s least favorite middle school gym teacher. I wanted out of this hell-hole. Noting that the door by the girl’s locker room was open, I continued feigning interest in the two hour long game of basketball. The […]
Date: July 25th, 2021
It is the alphabet that draws me here. The alphabet. It is how the letters’ curves whip and fuse to form a solitary laced line. It is how the line intricately weaves my irises and traces them through a zipping, threaded labyrinth past the meandering depths of a cryptic curiosity. “In order for you to […]
Date: July 24th, 2021
Running head: FINDING THE LEADER IN YOU Assignment 1: Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment / Johari Window Paper Submitted to Instructor: Dr. G. Reeley BUS520037VA016-1134-001 Leadership and Organizational Annette West Strayer University April 27, 2013 Assignment 1: Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment / Johari Window A Paper In order to become more informed about […]
Date: July 24th, 2021
I was aware instantly that I had been changed. My bodywas paralyzed with excitement and my eyes frozen with amazement as I focused onthe objects in front of me. It is rare that an experience so powerfuloccurs at age three, but my path in life was chosen before I could tie my ownshoes. My first […]
Date: July 23rd, 2021
Lifeguards defy death on a daily basis. We plunge headfirst in to raging seas that would make an atheist pray to pull people out of the grasp of the waves. We go in with every intention of coming out alive, and having a breathing victim in hand. We don’t question or think, we act, we […]
Date: July 23rd, 2021
Ever since I was a little girl I have always been shy and unsociable. I have tried on many accounts to talk in front of a group of people. As I stood there shaking like a wet dog and twiddling my thumbs, failed to speak in front of the class. When I finished speaking I […]
Date: July 22nd, 2021
There are many responses to the question, what are you? I am short; I am pretty. I am a student; I am a teacher. I am a sister; I am a grandmother. If you were to ask me that question, I would simply say: I am my mother’s daughter. I have her hair, her face, […]
Date: July 20th, 2021
The movie, “Pay it Forward,” is an inspiring tale about a young boy, Trevor McKinney, who accepts a challenge given to him by a teacher at school and sets out to change the world. He comes across many obstacles along the way, but with perseverance and bravery, he ultimately succeeds in creating a movement that […]
Date: July 20th, 2021
Everyone claims to have had a hard childhood, but I’m sure this one takes the cake. I’ll make this short and simple: my mom’s second husband abused me from the age of about 9 until I was 14 and my mother divorced him. I won’t give the gruesome details, but I know this experience has […]
Date: July 19th, 2021
