In the overland campaign of 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant with the Army of the Potomac battled General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia for six weeks across central Virginia. At the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna and Totopotomoy Creek, Lee repeatedly stalled, but failed to stop, Grant 's southward progress toward Richmond. The next logical military objective for Grant was the crossroads styled by locals Old Cold Harbor.…
As an avid reader, I always understood and appreciated what it took to get that story to print. Especially since I always found it so difficult to take the ideas from head and articulate that point whether it be written or verbal. As the five weeks have passed I am becoming more aware of what my challenges and my strengths are in my writing.…
My husband and I went to high school together but weren’t really close. A few years after graduation we connected back and begin to hang out. We were both from completely different backgrounds and families. We started a family really early to where neither one of us were prepared at all. In the beginning of our relationship we clashed a lot and a newborn baby did not help. We were new parents and new to one another all at the same time. My views on parenting was different from his views, and my way of running a household was different from his way. Because of our poor means of communication we argued a lot and the arguments were petty and meaningless. The assumptions we had on one another were far off and we had to find a solution fast. We began to have date…
My whole life since the age of 3 revolved around sports. I excelled in soccer and continued to play at the collegiate level. During my high school years I wanted to be the best player I could so I started reading fitness magazine and as much about nutrition as I could. At 16 years old, I started to lift weights before school started and immediately fell in love with the combination of weight training and…
As I began this journey, I had no idea how many tears would be shed, Pepto Bismol would be consumed, or how many gray hairs would appear. A simple thank you does not seem sufficient enough to express how I feel for the people who have come into my life to share this arduous journey.…
In a most resent argument with my boyfriend about his smoking habits. I will show my consensual style. Because I don't smoke and have been taught about the bad health influence on our bodies. I wanted him to quit. I plainly stated my reasons and objections reasonably. Hoping for at least a compromise and avoiding a major fight he agreed to start cutting back till he was able to stop all together. And in the process I agreed to be more supportive and patient with the understanding it will take time.…
I had a lot of failures in my short lifetime. Some of the failures I have done have done a lot of…
In Interpersonal Communications, one of our assignments was to violate a nonverbal gender prescription, and write about how we felt while doing this, as well as other people's responses to our behavior. While I was watching TV with my boyfriend, Jarrod, last weekend, he changed the channel to ESPN. I tried to argue that we should watch something that both of us want to watch, but I suddenly got interrupted with the typical, "Not now baby, the game is on". Jarrod did not notice the expression on my face when he said that, as well as the "body throwing" I did during the game that seemed to be so thrilling. At that moment, I had the perfect idea of what to do for this assignment. I was going to watch ESPN and become completely immersed with that channel.…
Even though I wasn’t your typical toddler, how could I have been so stupid? I may have been an utterly curious rug rat, maybe even more. However, once an idea popped up in my pint size brain it stayed there….Until I tried it. Most things weren't terrible. They were just average ideas that most toddlers think of. Just like they say in the commercials, “Kids discover the world with their mouths.” Another example of this is like biting the table because its looks like a humongous cookie. In most cases this was true. In my case, it was a little more extreme.…
Does moving to a new place change everything you ever experience? Moving to a whole new descriptive place is like being pop out of your mothers belly again. Especially, when you move to a place where the language, the food, the people, school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations, shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That's the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago, my mother had to make a decision that will affect her and affect the love ones around her. An option that will make her leave everything she ever loved and wanted behind forever. The option was to leave her lifestyle, her family and leave a part of her own blood made from her flesh. The own blood was me, leaving me with my grandma so she could had gone to find a job and start a new journey. To have a way to support the her baby and her own family. Departing to the U.S.A when I was only one years old. Until a sudden burdens of death that was going to make my whole story, lifestyle, my whole childhood and the rest of my life changed.…
I've always prided myself on my ability to adapt. Being optimistic and working with the cards I've been dealt, has always been my strong point. When life throws something at you knowing how to adapt to it is your best option and it affects the way you look at life.…
This essay is similar to the freestyle race at a swim meet. This is a fast-paced race that allows the swimmer to swim any stroke. By being able to swim any stroke, the swimmer is able to be creative. Basketball has allowed me to be creative and be myself, which is why I compared these to one another.…
Have you ever been through an experience where you moved to an unfamiliar location by yourself? I had the opportunity to do just that when I left my hometown in Hong Kong and come to America for a better education. I was only thirteen years of age at the time. Giving me the chance to come the U.S was the greatest gift that my parent has ever given me in my life. I appreciated them for providing me this valuable and precious chance for my thirteen years old birthday present.…
“Graduation, the hush-hush magic time of frills and gifts and congratulations and diplomas.” You weren’t lying when you said that Maya Angelou. May 19th, 2013 I had dreamt of that day for almost four years. I know I can’t be the only person who feel this way. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. So many different emotions going through my mind all at once. Happiness, Sadness, I felt relieved because it was almost over but at the same time I felt anxious and overly excited to just leave and go far away. 389 seniors were going to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. After all, our class had the biggest percentage of graduates who were actually…
As I was writing my personal narrative for my composition 1 class, it easily made my mind boggle. After I had got started on my personal narrative, it was easy for me to keep writing and keep following along the story line. The main strength of mine that the essay played to was my creativity and my flexibility for different writings, because I have never written an essay as serious and sad as this one, but I did have to add my happy ending when I finished the story. I wanted it to be very attention grabbing with a twist, but I also wanted it to be very emotional.…