We have all heard older generations talk about the “good ol’ days.” If you could bring back a lost tradition, technology, culture, or a simple characteristic from people of the past, what would it be and why? How do you think this would affect society today? Why do you think that aspect of society was […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I’ve accumulated a plethora of answers to this essay. Each one became more cliche ridden and contrived as the one before. I keep writing and deleting, just hoping that inspiration will fall from the sky or slap me across the face. However, that just isn’t the case. What sets me apart? What makes me an […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” These words spoken by the great Eric Thomas have transformed my life not just as a student or an athlete, but also as an overall person. From being homeless and a high school dropout to being CEO and founder […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I am not an extraordinary person; I haven’t run for school president or scored the winning point on the athletic team. I am just a young girl, a senior in high school finally realizing what life really means; balancing friends, a job and school work. Like everyone else I’ve made mistakes, yelled at my parents, […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
There are so many place that one can go to find tranquility and inspiration, people can go to a church, to the peeks of Kilimanjaro, some may find inspiration at a New York fashion show or an art gallery of Kustiv Klimt, or one can find tranquility by meditating in the oddest of places, like […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
I am privileged. Blessed. My life is cushioned with a comfortable home, family vacations in tropical countries, and numerous extracurricular activities. But growing up, I never valued the possessions and experiences that I was blessed with. I took them for granted and assumed that I would always have everything. My attitude was indifferent; I thought, […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
There is a place in-between dead and living, awake and asleep, and Heaven and Hell. It is dark and light, a contradiction within itself. There is no feeling there, just a cold, grey mist that hangs over all. It’s called “The Grey.” You won’t be able to find it on any map, it is somewhere […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
He was always lopsided. That was inevitable. But we were always proud, just the same. We made him from our own hands, and he never looked half-bad, if I don’t say so myself. Sure, his eyes bulged from his head, and yes, his face was unnaturally round, his nose absurdly pointed, and his arms unrealistically […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
All I could do was chug the little bit of water I had left. My mouth was dry and I was fatigued enough to collapse. It was only half way through the day, but my group’s goal of reaching the summit of that mountain was complete. My group started at 5:00 before the sun came […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
Four hours a day, six days a week, 52 weeks per year, I’m committed to gymnastics. The sport that will prepare you for life. There I was standing on the podium. One of seven girls, thinking it was a dream. With everything that had happened, I wouldn’t have ever thought I could make it. With […]
Date: January 1st, 1970
