To Whom It May Concern: A dog is a mans best friend. To some he is a faithful hunter and to others he is merely a couch decoration. To me, my dog is my greatest teacher. The beagle breed is known for it’s skills as a hunter, it’s loyalty and also for it’s affection. My […]
Date: July 23rd, 2021
I anxiously wait as the elevator takes me to where two worlds will intertwine. The duffel bags filled with clothing and toiletries for my brother become cumbersome. As I exit the elevator, I immediately inhale the aroma of hospital supplies and cafeteria food. I sense pain and suffering as I walk past the rooms of […]
Date: July 22nd, 2021
America was not founded as a Christian nation. There are many reasons why this is so. During the 1600’s the Virginia Company of London, viewed settling as a profit. Jamestown was settled by many wealthy bourgeoise who were enticed by the gold of the Indians. Only when it ocurred to them that gold was almost […]
Date: July 20th, 2021
To most people today, responsibility is something we experience almost every day; from the mundane of picking up trash to the extraordinary of stitching communities back together. I’m not saying that we take responsibility for granted. Instead, I am saying that to most Americans, responsibility is a concept that is as strange as it is […]
Date: June 26th, 2021
College Essay One of my favorite quotes is, “when life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.” (Unknown) I’m sitting here writing this college essay thinking to myself that I never thought I’d make it to this part of my life; like furthering my education […]
Date: June 17th, 2021
My physical body at rest, my head floods with memories, and two people come to mind. My imagination creates the setting drinking morning coffee. My grandfather approaches me and my cousin balancing three coffee mugs in one hand. As I’m sitting there, astonished and fascinated I ask myself, how am I with them?Which Citation Styles […]
Date: June 14th, 2021
It is the third day of Advanced Placement Literature class, and my teacher, Mr. Morris, presents us with a poem. Feelings of incomprehension rise up. Then, he reads the poem aloud with powerful tone and appropriate inflection. Imagery, allusions to Greek mythology, symbolism, and meaning in the poem seem to reveal themselves through his recitation. […]
Date: June 8th, 2021
A time when I thought life was too short, was when my friend George got shot last year in January. He was a good person. He was a cool person. He was only nineteen years old and had two infant sons who he loved dearly. He was a gangbanger, which was the wrong way to […]
Date: June 8th, 2021
Why do I have every opportunity open to me, when others have nothing? What have I done to deserve a life like this? The white vans were loaded up as we said our last goodbyes to family and friends. “Have fun, and remember why you’re going,” My father said to me with his face swollen […]
Date: May 29th, 2021
The Indian tribes of the New World would not have considered what was talked about in Valladolid, Spain during 1550 a debate of merit. Certainly all human beings on earth have value and are capable of living their own lives without having other people demean their very existence. The only people who questioned this assumption […]
Date: May 24th, 2021
