It is atop the shingles above my garage, next to my bedroom window, under my twin oak tree where I frequent a perch, content on my roof. A place to think, to relax, to read, to escape: my roof is steady. Facing east, I can watch the sun rise over the city skyline; facing west, […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
Sometimes the meaning of childhood escapes me. If childhood is an everlasting playground, a place that annihilates realism and embraces romanticism, then I share no connection with it. I learned that my world could never be like Alice in Wonderland; there is no such thing as throwing caution into the air and wandering into the […]
Date: September 21st, 2020
Of all life’s wild flavors, I’ve learned to savor each taste, touch, and smell, however lovely or horrid, I’d love nevertheless. There are the spices, fire burning in me, my reckless passion for adventure; challenges I can never refuse. The saccharine honey, sticky in its grace always to be eminently inspiring, to be the novelty […]
Date: September 19th, 2020
As a junior in high school, I decided to give public speaking a try. I entered a contest on March 1, 2010 at the local Rotary Club, titled the “4-Way Test Speech Contest”. I took first place in the contest and then competed at the Regional level. This experience opened doors for me. I joined […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
General Goal: To inform Specific Goal: To inform my audience about the possible reaction to mangoes. Primary Argument Appeal Type: (PERSUASIVE ONLY!) Introduction Attention getter: Who here has had a food allergy? Listener relevance: Not many people know mangoes are in the same botanical family as poison ivy. Speaker credibility: Thesis statement with main point […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
I was the weird kid in my misfit group of friends. Sure, everyone was different but I still felt like an outcast. For a while it was tolerable, but towards the middle of my junior year, I realized some very important things about myself and about the people around me. Even though I called them […]
Date: August 19th, 2020
“There have been only two geniuses in the world- Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare” once quipped Tallulah Bankhead. During the last decade I have come to know both. I have been playing competitive baseball since fourth grade. One of my early, crowning achievements was playing for the fourth best USSSA baseball team in the country. […]
Date: August 7th, 2020
As a student who walks the halls of my school daily, it is very evident that safety is a primary concern of the school administration. With a parking lot across the street, many students cross Robert E. Lee Boulevard each morning and afternoon without a crosswalk. In addition to the parking that is available, many […]
Date: July 19th, 2020
I was once the criminal, the culprit to myself; a body with out meaning, a thought with out care; a figure just floating through life, wishing it was anything, but what it was. Thankful? But for what? I had two legs, but they complained to walk and never dared to run. I had a mouth […]
Date: July 16th, 2020
We all have to face difficult decisions in our lives where we have the choice to either do good for ourselves or serve others. In the story “The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin Marilyn is faced with a tough choice to either save her own life or give it up for others to live. Through […]
Date: July 8th, 2020
