I don’t know if my writing is good. I don’t know if I have a role as a writer. I don’t know if my writing reflects seventeen years’ worth of worldly experiences. What I do know is that writing is…fun. Not fun like spending an entire day at Disney World, but in a cathartic way that makes you grow as a person. Writing is a necessity to me in that it grounds me and helps me figure out not only who I am, but who I want to be. Writing makes me connect with deep roots and relationships that define my very
This book report is about "This Book Isn't Fat, It's fabulous" by Nina Beck and it was published by Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. It's a realistic fiction book the stars, Riley, D, Marley, and Eric. It all starts with Riley's letters to various important people, like ceos and stuff like that. Then, it goes into the story. Riley's talking about her best friend, Micheal "D", and what she dislikes about her body. Sorry I that I don't go into detail, because I need to finish this soon. What
Running, wrestling, singing, forging, and working with my hands to create works of art are all interests that contribute to who I am. But any description of myself would be incomplete without discussing my involvement in theater. Over the last four years, I have had the amazing opportunity to become adopted into a family of loving, talented actors, who make up the Nooksack Valley Drama Department. This has been the greatest influence for growth in my life to prepare me for college and my future.
We live during a time where the world is at our fingertips. We live in a world where an apple is not just a fruit and a chip is not just something that we eat with a sandwich. Sliced bread is not the most amazing thing any more. The Unites States Postal Service (USPS) is becoming less and less of a necessity with the changes of America's needs. In order to keep up with the 21st century, the USPS needs to be reconstructed in order to meet the needs of a changing world by being accessible through the
People say that living life is one of the many things we should be thankful for as human beings, however, isn’t there a time when life gets too hard? Throughout people’s lives, experienced people have gone through different types of maltreatment such as being bullied, harassment, physical and sexual abuse, physical neglect and threats. Films, movies portray the main character’s life as driven into madness because of their family or by their peers. Some people survive by confronting the issue while
Over the course of history, starting from the early 16th century there have been several countries that have strived to imperialize other countries in order to achieve a myriad of goals. Consequently, imperialism has led to monumental effects that were viewed from a variety of perspectives. Great Britain was among the many countries that set up a policy of expansion and imperialized foreign powers including India and Africa. Overall, it is inevitable that Britain’s motives in imperialism was to
that didn’t Japanese quails were allowed to see females through a small window, then allowed to mate after wards. This taught the birds to begin to hang out by the window. Japanese male Quails were raised in an enclosed environment where they would imprint on brown colored females. They were then put through test to see the percent of time spent near a window with a blonde bird on the other side the males could mate with, or a brown bird that they couldn’t mate with. Then, they tested whether or not
Many factors have contributed in shaping me as a person today as in; family, friends and my Hispanic culture. These three big factors have impacted me so much that I am proud to say that I am my own person that strives for what she believes in and will do anything to reach her goals and dreams. The way I have been raised and how it came to be has evolved me into I hope a better version of myself. My family is made up of six members which include: my parents, two brothers, one sister and lastly
music was purely a sign of mass protest and rebellion against outdated, mainstream, “old” aspects of media (Smith). Sixties music could often be seen as anti war protests and propaganda (Candaele). There were many different artists who left certain imprint on the minds of the people during this time. Some of the biggest bands of this time were The Grateful Dead (used to be known as the Warlocks (Jackson XV), Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, and The Beach Boys (Jackson
I feel it in my veins. The adrenaline pumping through my blood vessels. This is it, no one can find me, I thought to myself. I am the best hider in history. I imagined the recognition of winning this anticipating game. Or so I thought. It wasn’t long ago, where I washed my glory away of tears of pain. Everything I’ve seen was black. My eyes were swollen to the size of a golf ball. I felt the same agonizing sharp pain in my both eyes. It was all because a game of hide and seek. I remember how we hyped