A chilly breeze struck my face as I lower the window of the car‚ a 2010 Dodge‚ rushing passed buildings while leaves begin to fall off the trees. Mom and I were passing the local cemetery on our way to the store and I think of him. Without a warning‚ tears slowly make their way down the sides of my face and it takes me back to the Winter of 2010 when I knew‚ knew that he would be taking his very last breath. My Grandpa‚ beloved and cherished‚ has just passed. Balling her eyes out‚ Mom falls to the
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“Hey guys I got next game” I said as I placed my water bottle down on the wet grass. I went aside to tie my shoe. All of a sudden the trash talk began to start. “Oh man it’s this kid again. He is not playing on my team he is so garbage” one of them said to me as if I wasn’t even there.They usually say things much worse. So you could say I adapted to the way they talked. I did not let this get under my skin. Because‚ I kept telling myself You got better you are the best. I kept telling myself this
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though I was sure I was A-OK sadly‚ I was wrong. My loss begins in my class. It was in math‚ (math happens to be the subject I have always been terrible at)‚ and I was casually doing my work. When I finished‚ I decided to check my grades. I pulled my chromebook out from my backpack and turned it on. I was logging in and expected to see A’s and B’s like always. But‚ when I looked‚ I was very surprised to see my grade in math had dropped to a low C. I knew my mother would not particularly enjoy seeing this
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because I knew I was not going to get my coffee and finger prick was in my future. I tried to look at the bright side. I had the day off and it was beautiful sunny day. That seemed to help although bright and sunny disappeared when it was time to prick my finger that day. Even with my high pain tolerance it was beginning to hurt. I know I could switch fingers but I did not want to have five sore fingers. Instead‚ I stuck with poking the same finger each time. My blood sugar was elevated again which
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ignorant. I still am ignorant. My goal in life is to rid myself of this ignorance‚ to empathize with people in trying situations and to experience events‚ good and bad‚ that the world has to offer. My naivety started with my town. Its relative uniformity and unsurprising day-by-day routine had its way of sheltering me. The adults didn’t talk about the fluctuating economy or the poor conditions throughout the world that other experience. But I was curious about life outside my town so I turned to the Internet
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The time my dad was in a fire accident It was Thanksgiving night.We just got back from my grandma Alice’s farm. My mom‚ dad‚ Aaron and I were going to watch a movie. One of my dad’s worker was working late from washing a barn and he didn’t close the gas tank fully‚ the worker was smoking. The trailer caught on fire. And my mom rushed from upstairs She sprinted outside and noticed that my dad was on fire.She called the hospital and told them what happened. Meanwhile‚ my mom rushed
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and guide you through whatever life throws your way. My mentor has done that and much more. Normally it seems most mentors either come from different ethnicities or cultural backgrounds but‚ not in this case. Me and my mentor share a ton of the same characteristics and traits. Although he is older and much more wiser‚ we are still close enough in age to experience and enjoy some of the same cultural activities. One of them being checking
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that more of my friends had figured out what they were going to do after high school. Each had narrowed their choices
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’The Objective of Education Is Learning’ *’The Objective of Education Is Learning‚ Not Teaching’* *In their book‚** *Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track*‚ authors Russell L. Ackoff and Daniel Greenberg point out that today’s education system is seriously flawed -- it focuses on teaching rather than learning. "Why should children -- or adults -- be asked to do something computers and related equipment can do much better than they can?" the authors ask in the
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I didn’t really like my name growing up. It didnt mean anything to me. No one had the same name‚ other than people in older generations. My name made me feel like an old lady. People would also assume that i went by Kathy‚ and i hated being called Kathy more than anything else. Kathleen is my dad’s cousin’s name. I didn’t really know her‚ and still don’t. If i knew her better‚ i feel like i would’ve been more comfortable with my name knowing who it came from. It also really irritated me because
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