Finding a door, finally outside not knowing where she is. A ting of fear strikes her wondering how she got to this mysterious place, but all the sudden it's dark again. Hearing voices, then light again a woman steps out of the shadows starts asking questions. "who are you? ' why are you here?"…
The New York Times had a great profile piece on Nicki Minaj titled "The Passion Of Nicki Minaj", written by Vanessa Grigoriadis. Nicki opened up about her tough childhood, attending a top performing arts school, her hard beginnings as a rap artist, and having to be a "boss ass b*tch" to get respect in an industry that promotes a misogynist culture. And lastly her finding her own independence and success outside of a relationship. The profile was a nice read and had great insight into Nicki's career, so in case you've missed it I took the liberty to highlight the best parts for you below!…
student in New Jersey wasn’t fair desire, but a common obsessive about her. The fantasies of Martha…
One rainy afternoon, mid-November, when Simon’s father had asked to speak to him. Simon’s father, John Thomas, was very strict and concerned with the path his son should follow after high school. Simon’s father was among many who were concerned about the decision he had made. There were about two months until the deadline for applying to universities and colleges and Simon had an idea of where he wanted to go. Simon’s father asked him “So have you decided what you want you’re going to do?” Simon nervously nodded his head. “I want to apply for medical school to become a nurse.” His father gave a hysterical laugh, almost as if he was offended. “Is this is a joke? Seriously you must have mistaken yourself for something else.” The room had gone silent. Simon knew that his father wanted to tell him that there are many better paths he could have chosen. After five minutes Simon had stood up, firmly he said, “This is what I want to do with the rest of my life, I want to do something where I can help people.” Simon had faintly walked back upstairs to his room and had not spoken to his father for the rest of the…
The Trinidadian-born American rapper and songwriter behind the hit song Super Bass - Nicki Minaj, has always been expected with a candid comment. She is usually very honest about her point of view, it's not surprising that she discussed her political views on Billboard's No.1's Year-End issue.…
Tho Chau, or more commonly known by her English name, Gigi, is a diligent nurse at St. Joseph’s hospital. She is small and petite but has the spirit of an MMA fighter. Gigi was born in Hoai tan, Vietnam but moved to Tacoma, Washington around the age of 10. She attended Washington State University with nursing as her major. College wasn’t easy for her – like how it isn’t easy for most students, but she gained valuable experiences that helped her reach her own coming-of-age. Rather than writing about one incident in Gigi’s life, I decided to write her journey and feelings of college in this essay.…
When writing for a multicultural audience, you are more likely to be understood if you use short sentences and short paragraphs and if you include…
Education is stressed in this novel, arriving at Columbus University these freshmen had to learn to cope with the struggle of trying to financially support themselves throughout school and to survive the tough rigorous class work. A superstar black freshman track runner named Malik gets a surprise when he finds out he’s only on partial scholarship for track and it pressures him to nearly abandon his dreams of a college degree. Kristen is a white teenager from Orange County, California who deals with intragenerational social mobility, is a change in a social position occurring during a persons lifetime,(Blau and Duncan 1967) when her rich father becomes bankrupt and the lose every thing which leaves her with the only option to get a job. Grade inflation discussed in chapter 20 states that more students receive higher and higher grades for average work, this handicapped the freshman when they arrived in a different type of…
A. Attention getter: This is Toni, your average American college student. Growing up in Southern California, her public education was significantly below par. As a fourth grader, she made the trek with her family to Minnesota. This move promised many things, and a proper education was amongst them. In the beginning, the move created an enormous amount of anxiety for her once she realized the large discrepancies amongst the state’s education systems, but over time, the growing pains subsided and Toni found herself on the right track. Since she’s standing before you, one could assume that she eventually moved back to her home state. Back in California, Toni once again found herself at odds with her education and the gaps that it had accumulated. Her story is not uncommon; students across the nation continue to have issues with gaps in their educations due to moving from one state with a certain set of general education standards, to another .…
CENTRAL IDEA: For some, getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others, going to college could very well mean their lives.…
Maci Bookout was just your ordinary teenage girl. She was an excellent student, played softball, and was very popular. She had big plans to go away for college and be a typical college student. This is the way the typical American is viewed. But things suddenly changed for Maci when she discovered she was pregnant. All her dreams and aspirations soon faded away and she had to consider her life with a baby. Maci comes from a middle upper class family, so concerns for money were minimal, and she didn’t have much of a struggle, other than with her baby’s dad, Ryan. But she couldn’t go away to college; she was just worried about graduating high school. She had to quit softball, and her friends soon turned on her. Her life was completely changed with just one decision. She took her teenage years for granted, but once she became a teen mom, that was all she wanted back.…
Unfortunately, we can have obstacles that prevent us from reaching the highest image we have created for ourselves. Fear, monetary funds, and time act as obstacles to that image. However, there is one holds more power than all the aforementioned barriers; our parents. The film, Real Women Have Curves, focuses primarily on the hardships an under advantaged, impoverished, and latina teenager encounters. Her greatest adversity becomes her mother upon displaying her disapproval when she decides to abandon the family’s business to attend Columbia University. In this situation, her mother failed to acknowledge the profit possible from attending college. This is was a rare opportunity for the family to rise above their current social standing and complete the American dream. Fortunately for her family, Ana disobeyed her own blood and managed to take advantage of her full ride. The thought of being financially autonomous is alluring to young adults with extravagant and sometimes risky plans. In my community, many peers have this personal goal for themselves. So, in order to achieve it, they declared independence from their helicopter parents and landed a job. Although this action was not in the best interest of their parents, being occupied allowed the child to contribute to the overall family…
Growing up I thought that our humble and modest life style was a normal life. However, it was in junior high school that I was rudely awakened to a cruel reality; my classmates made fun of me. I was the ugly duckling always sporting last season’s hand-me-downs. I seldom had money for class field trips and when I did attend a trip I had no spending money like everyone else seemed to have. At the end of the day, however, having money and things didn’t matter to me. Mother managed to keep us together and that’s what mattered most. I will always remember my mothers words; “don’t ever let anyone tell you what you can or can’t do, if you have a dream follow it until you fulfill it,” she said.…
His backpack over his shoulder, my brother grips the paper tightly in his hand. While his feet shuffle across the hallway towards his room, a deep-rooted yell from the kitchen follows. Proceeding in reverse, he reaches our parents with curious eyes spotting his report card. As our parents stare, their faces slump into a shameful woe. “C’mon kiddo, you have the potential to get at least a few A’s next semester.”…
We all have a dream, but the difference is how we realise our dream, how we obtain our dream, and how our dream changes us. This is evident in our learning of dreams and aspirations through the texts Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? by Lasse Hallström, and through my own studies of Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood. These three highly acclaimed texts represent the same ideas on dreams and aspirations, which can be defined as hope, desire or the longing for a condition or achievement, but these texts express the same ideas differently, shaping our understanding of dreams and aspirations.…