Carrie rushes to class as she hears the minute bell ring. Its her first day attending Willow Canyon High School. Her first class is ceramics, she loves hands on projects so she believes that this class will be her favorite. On her schedule it says all 7 classes: Period 2- English, Period 3- Algebra 1-2, Period 4- Lunch, Period- 5 Money Management, Period 5- Biology, Period 7- Girls P.E. She is very excited for this year to start.…
The moment I woke up from my surgery I remember my surgeon say that "everything thing went well, that the gallbladder came out fine with no complications." She must have turned to my mom because she had said that she wanted me to stay overnight to monitor me, crazy thing was is that I was a actually still pretty drugged up, the room was a little fuzzy my mouth had a weird dry nasty taste inside of it that I really can't put my tongue to, they wouldn't even give me water right away As I looked down i wasn't in the baggy tan robe gown any more that they had given me when i had first arrived at devos children's hospital. I looked down at my stomach i had three little cuts along my side covered in little butterfly stitches and…
I told her that being natural was not just about growing your hair out natural. Where I come from we would identify each other by our style and the way we wore our hair.…
After all the research I did, I have decided maybe not to do this job when I’m older because I personally just don’t feel like it's the right thing for me, even though a lot of people tell me that I’m good at styling hair, I just don’t feel like it's right.…
I noticed when I moved to North Carolina that the teachers were teaching materials I had already learned the year before. However, I was not able to skip a grade, so this deterred my development and educational growth for a year.…
One hot cold Sunday afternoon I had the honor to go to my first class of cosmetology i was very joyful to meet my teacher and meet new people that are in the industry of makeup like i am every time i go to a makeup store called ‘’ULTA’’ I really want to take the whole store why because makeup is just so beautiful and amazing all the lip colors and eyeshadow go on ur face very smoothly and it takes a little too long for me to get ready for school or to a party or special occasion why because your makeup has to look perfect and unique and not looking like you put tons of makeup in my opinion that is not cute.…
Growing up, most of the children I knew would go to church on Sunday’s, visit their grandparents’ house to bake cookies after school, and have milk and cereal for breakfast every morning. But I had never set foot inside of a religious building, couldn’t even speak the same language as my grandmothers, and ate congee with fermented soy beans like it was the most natural thing in the world. My little town where I’d grown up, made friends, and built memories was, to say the least, completely un-diverse.…
Due to being a woman, I’m likely to be shamed for the way I present myself. For example, I’m unable to have my hair grow out (underarms or legs) without being scorned by others. Through personal experience, I’ve noticed the increased acceptance of women having more hair among my generation compared to older generations.…
When asked to write about a childhood experience most people think of the time they lost their first tooth when they were 6, or about the time they started school when they were 5, however, I’m going to write about summer. It wasn’t just any summer it was the summer that I went to the lake with my Dad and Papa. I was about 4 and couldn’t be any more excited about what was going to happen…
As a child in middle school, I had my long hair cut short and was bullied for it. Some of my classmates said that I looked like a boy. Because of their harsh words, I began feeling insecure about my new haircut and not pretty. Ironically, the kids who said this about me were the “nice” and pretty kids everybody seemingly liked. A friend of mine reassured me about my new haircut and said that…
Personal background starts off small, it changes and grows over time into something big, it grows into an identity. Walking down the hallway at school, seeing someone standing alone, my first instinct is to make conversation, compliment, or even just smile at him or her. This instinct came from someone once telling me an act so small could turn a person's entire life around. As a kid, reading encyclopedias about random topics, consumed my time. Many days were spent coming home to find an injured wild animal in my dad's arms waiting to be saved. My dad would sit outside and draw animals, trees, and anything else he saw. Nothing excited me more than trying to draw whatever my dad drew, and as good as he did. Any assignment that was handed to…
Growing up can be challenging even with the ideal surroundings. Your teen years are even more puzzling because you seem to be stuck in between being a child and an adult. Throw in not having a father or mother around and life gets difficult. The year 2001 was a difficult year for my family and the nation. My life growing up wasn’t picture perfect, but in one very long month I learned that kindness from those around will help you endure and survive.…
Before 7th grade, I never actually believed in bad things. I just didn't think of them as things that actually happened to people. I don’t even know why I thought that, I was actually a pretty nice person.…
I remember it like it was yesterday. Elementary school; second grade; Ms. Rubright’s class to be exact. We were being lined up like cattle going to the slaughterhouse, so we could go on a bathroom break in an orderly fashion. My teacher called on my table, and we stood up and walked over to the line being as quiet as church mice; since that was what was expected by our teacher. It almost seemed like a medieval form of punishment, the way they made us wait half a century before we could actually exit the classroom and use the restrooms. My friend, Matt, a chunky red-head who was always pushing his glasses up on his stubby nose, came to stand behind me after his table was called to line up. At the time I was happy to be standing in line to…
Throughout my high school life, I have always felt like I could have done academically better. I do have a high GPA as of right now, but I feel like I could have improved myself better. Right now, I am rank 8 out 165 students in my class, so of course I’m in the top 5% of my class. Although, I do feel that I am doing very well with such a high rank, I feel that I could have finer.…