I’m pretty sure I was listening to Modest Mouse when it happened. I had brought my iPod to the rooftop with me because I thought I would be bored, watching an eclipse. A lunar one, even. In the dark. But while I was gawking up at the stars, the only music I needed was my […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
In order to doom a child, just involve the television. While television can be good in small, educational doses, the amount of time a child spends in front of the TV directly affects the performance in many important fields of a child’s life. Academics, health, physical performance, character, and safety: they are all negatively affected […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
“I suppose it’s like the ticking crocodile, isn’t it? Time is chasing after all of us.” Clocks and watches, J.M. Barrie tells us we’re obsessed with time. Sometimes we take time and many blessings for granted. Peter Pan was a childhood hero; I too wanted to have adventures, to never die and to never grow […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I need to focus on the sounds in this hallway- amongst other noises I can hear the hum of a vending machine, the airstream from the vents, and the ding of the elevator reaching floor 8, none of which is the sound I am listening for. The coast seems clear, so I muster up all […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I excitedly hurried my morning routine on that cool Tuesday in March as I slipped on my handmade earrings. I waited so anxiously to wear them after the many hours I spent tying six knots too many to prevent gravity from stealing the bulky turquoise beads from me. I posed before my bathroom mirror while […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Indicate a person who had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. She kicked me before I knew pain, took my nourishment before I knew hunger, and crammed me before I knew space. But she also touched me before I could feel, taught me the rhythm of two beating hearts before I could […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Throughout one’s life obstacles tend to get in the way in the form of disguises that aren’t always pretty. My story is a common one that countless people have faced. Approximately three years ago when I was a freshmen in high school, in my English class we always had frequent assignments of writing an essay […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
“Alyssa? Can I please come in? Please? I’m scared. Please?” I hear my eight-year-old brother whisper under the door as I remove the pillow from over my ears. What Citation Styles Can You Use for My Essay?Students often ask, “Can you write my essay in APA or MLA?”—and the answer’s a big yes! Our writers […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
“Girls, we need to talk.” Her face was red, and she looked more nervous than I had ever seen her. “Are we in trouble?” my sister asked. Mom shook her head, and we waited for her to speak again. We must have looked like statues, unable to blink and fixed on each quiver of her […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Imagine you’re a parent and you’re sending your 18 year old child off to college, to live in the dorms, eat nasty food, and shower with flip flops on. But you’ve forgot an important aspect that comes along with college, sexual assault. Sexual assault can happen between two individuals in a relationship, “date rape”, and […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
