To my knowledge, competition is reared early in children. Although competition can be healthy as it spurs innovation and provides motivation for people to better themselves, it can also produce narrow minded adults. Through competition in academics, sports, tournaments, and club activities, young minds are taught that in order to have fun one must be […]
In reflecting on the events of my life that have impacted me, I returned to the night of August 1, 2006. I found myself in Row G of Radio City Music Hall in New York City sitting by my mother, not at all tired, although we had flown from Las Vegas to Syracuse the day […]
Don’t Back Down “I’m still gunna have recess, right?” Of all things, recess was the only concern I had about skipping a grade.Which Citation Styles Can You Handle?We get a lot of “Can you do MLA or APA?”—and yes, we can! Our writers ace every style—APA, MLA, Turabian, you name it. Tell us your preference, […]
I have been afraid of murders all my life. I have no idea why. Not a clue. It is completely and utterly beyond me why every night when I turn out the light and while I make my usual panic stricken lunge through the unfathomable darkness for my bed there is some tiny voice all […]
Upon reflection, I’ve come to realize that Economics has played a role in my life for much longer than I had known. My earliest recollection regarding the subject dates back to when my family bought a small business in the heart of the North Carolina countryside. It was the biggest gas station and grocery store […]
“Mom, can you help me fill out this sheet for the Certified Nursing Assistant class?” This was the beginning. The first day of junior year was over. Yet I still had more school. For the next three months, every Tuesday and Saturday, I went to class at Waukesha County Technical College. This was where I […]
1988, Siem Reap, Cambodia Tuy was beginning another day in the rice paddies. It was slow and meticulous work, pulling weeds one by one with the hot summer sun beating on his back. He would carefully move down the row, taking one side step at a time. As he stepped to his left, he heard […]
I am applying to only one college and that is the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a college-bound wrestler I considered Stanford, Northwestern, Nebraska and Wisconsin. I visited all these schools and looked carefully at all my options. Every school had pros and cons. Stanford was great academically, but far away, and I have always wanted […]
A five-year-old girl stands alone in a room. There’s silence; no one is watching her but me. She climbs atop a bar stool that towers over her head. There’s no one to halt her curiosity or tell her to get down. She knows better, but she’s reckless. With her arms stiff at her sides, she […]
She pulls back a strand of her short, curly blonde hair and gives me a smile from across the room. “What’s wrong?” she asks me, as she climbs onto her side of the bed. I give her a weak smile, “Nothing,” I reply, maybe a little too fast for it to sound natural. She looks […]
