Research Paper on Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Post #13)

    AP Literature and Composition is a college-level that mirrors the content that all college students engage in. We read controversial novels that are from all different genres and discussed a variety of topics. It has been by far my most favorite class this next to AP Biology. This semester, we experienced a taste of …

That Nervous Knot in your Stomach (Post #12)

As children and even as we grow into young adults, we read books and novels or watch TV shows and movies that sometimes have a point within it where a main or supporting character is described as having a morning being awakened. The sun shines through the windows, birds are chirping, and the main or …

Word of the Month – January (Post #9)

OMG! I am, like, um, ALMOST DONE WITH SENIOR YEAR! It just felt like yesterday that I was fretting over what colleges I was going to apply, what my major was going to be, and how I was going to face the college admissions process. I have a mix of emotions coursing through my veins. …

OCTOBER ASSIGNMENT OF THE MONTH (POST #8) P. 3

Free Verse If Sleep Didn't Exist in Me Sometimes I cannot sleep, mind wandering I pretend to be asleep. My mind is awake. There is nothing Nothing To help me. Nothing Can lull me to sleep. Without thinking. Without breathing. Without sleeping. There can be no living life. Sleep is my hope In the darkness. Sometimes …

OCTOBER ASSIGNMENT OF THE MONTH (POST #8) P. 2

  Villanelle  I Can and Love to Dance (I Think?) I plug in earbuds, play my music, and dance to the beat although I know it won’t lead to success. Music of all sorts moves the muscles in my feet.   Sometimes I can’t stop myself from dancing in the street and some neighbors may …

October Assignment of the Month (Post #8)

Equality Poem (Shakespearean Sonnet) Is it difficult to imagine that at the end of the day, we are One? That although we come from all walks of life, there is a connection in us all. However, in today’s day and age, people are blinded by each other's differences and shun, For being different, including gender …

Word of the Month – October (Post #7)

Seriously, where in the world has the month gone! To me, it is like I blinked my eyes once and it went from October 1 to October 28 in an instant. The leaves have changed their colors completely and slowly fallen to the ground, day by day. I only recently noticed the change in the …

Image Explication: The Taj Mahal (Post #6)

The Taj Mahal is one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World. Located in Agra, India, it was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It was built to honor his late wife, the Persian princess Mumtaz Mahal, hence the name Taj Mahal. The image above is one of many that have been taken of …

Word of the Month – September (Post #5)

September has come and gone, just like it has in previous years. This is the time of year where we bade goodbye to everything Summer and welcome in Autumn. The cold with fog and winds greet me in the morning and follows me throughout the entire day. There are is a vast majority of words …

Same Difference: A Tug-of-War to Find Friendship in Religion (Post #4)

Religion is somewhat of a fickle thing and can become an obstruction when trying to form new relations, including friendships. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok, he writes about an intense friendship formed by two Jewish boys of different sects in New York during the 1940’s. Potok was a Jewish writer who was born and …