8/3/16- Miss Rojas was upset when I asked her to consider buying the bins for her house. She has been waiting for DCP&P to get her bins for a little over two weeks. She told me she should not have to buy them and she will not buy them. She has to many bills to pay. I offered to help her go over the family’s budget and help them save up the money. She was not interested in saving the money. She says DCP&P have to buy her the bins. 8/4/16- Miss Rojas thought Mr. Perez was taken too long to get
Living in a dangerous neighborhood can be alarming. Especially as young teenagers we are always told to not to talk to anyone in the street or to not be out too late. Parents are constantly reminding us to be safe but not everyone listens. Not listening to your parents can lead bad consequences. Speaking from experience, I got into a bad situation for not following what my parents told me about safety. Now I am more aware of my surroundings, but I still can not forget the day I learned my lesson
Is it possible for someone to heal and forgive when something catastrophic has happened to them? We would like to think that we can overcome any negative moments and not let it impact our day to day lives. Crash, a film directed by Paul Haggis in 2004, is a film that follows a range of characters whose lives intertwine. The movie also exposes us to race and its effects on various people in Los Angeles. In the movie, Christine and her husband Cameron are pulled over by officer John Ryan in a traffic
Did you know that, from 2005-2014, there was an average of 3,536 lethal accidental drownings annually in the United States? That’s about 10 deaths per day! Imagine, almost drowning in a lake that is 250 feet deep. It happened to me, and let me tell you it was absolutely petrifying. This summer, I went on a family vacation with my mother, father, and two sisters, but things didn’t go as planned. During the four-hour car drive to Lake George, everyone was exhilarated. I've been to Lake George as a
The day of my grandparents had told me they have been wanting to go to the Florida Keys and asked if I would like to join. So of course i wanted to go. Oh and when they told me i could bring a friend along i was jumping with happiness inside. They told me we would be going for a couple weeks and they had all expenses covered. So that day I started talking to Jamie and asking her when she would be back, because at that time she was in Florida visiting family. She had told me she would be back
January 16, 2016 will remain a memorable night for me and five of my friends. It was the day that we celebrated my friend Blake’s 17th birthday. His girlfriend was out of town so he chose to spend the night with some of his friends. The party’s location was at my friend Tyler’s shop, and we were all looking forward to it. Tyler was going to handle the food, but I was in charge of the cake. Because I work at Dairy Queen, I was naturally assigned to bring dessert. Dairy Queen employees are given
Learning from Helen Keller "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -Helen Keller Helen Keller was one of the most successful people in the world. She helped in so many ways to change many people's lives. She was a very humble person despite her successes. I want to tell you about a story I read which touched me and shows what a special person Helen Keller was. In the summer of 1950, a woman in Italy was asked by a neighbor to pick up two women at a nearby hotel. The reason why her
Review of Nightcrawler Written and directed by Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler is a fantastic psychological thriller that will keep you in the edge of your seat. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal an American actor widely known for both his classic good looks and his previous movie credits such as Prisoners and Brokeback Mountain. Nightcrawler is a dark, gritty film whose leading character will send shivers down your spine. Jake Gyllenhaal did an phenomenal job as the ambitious fast-talking cameraman Lou Bloom.
The time spent trying to relax and gather our thoughts in the hotel were very short lived. All of the pleasing moments flew by, while the unfavorable moments were about to stick with us like a sharp thorn. My family and everyone else pulled into the funeral home. Unfortunately, it seemed as if this sight was almost becoming routine. We all got out of our cars and gathered up, yet nobody amongst us wanted to be the first person to enter. Finally we got the courage to finally make our way inside and
come out but not knowing what was going to be in store for them later on that day. James Eagan Holmes was a student out of University of Colorado-Denver of Medicine. He won a federal grant for full tuition and also 26,000 in living expenses he was majoring for a Ph.D. Neuroscience. His professors tried to tell him to find another career after he flunked a major exam. That put him in a since of depression. As a teen, James Holmes was referred into being more withdrawn and rarely started conversations
Her little heart was pounding, racing as if it couldn’t beat any faster. Her knees were shaking and she was breathing heavily. She knew that what she had done was a bad thing. It was the first feeling of trouble she ever felt. As if things couldn’t get any worse, she had the urge to pee. These were her thoughts one day in second grade. She remembers it as it were yesterday, the classroom had one teacher with many children. The smell of Chinese cuisine was all that she could smell. It was Chinese
“What happened?” Sarah concernedly asked as dad came into the house with his eyes watering looking as if he was going to cry and his face red. “Nothing happened, I was just thinking about our money and what we are going to do about the rent, I just don’t know what to do anymore.” he said as he started to shed a tear. My brother, sister, and I just looked at dad in such surprise since we had never seen him cry before. Then we heard the dog barking and a strange knock at the back door and
This novel by Peter Taylor opens with James and Mary Tyrone talking. They seem to be a very loving, married couple. James compliments Mary many times about how beautiful she looks. However she seems to be insecure about her looks because she is discontent with her case of rheumatism in her hands which makes it shake all the time. Then they heard their two sons laughing, as they walk out from the dinning room. As Edmund and Jamie enter, their parents question them what they are talking about. Edmund
The road stretches back and forward, whirring beneath tires worn bald by old age. James, dark haired and bright eyed, grips the wheel with one hand and looks lazily between the mirrors to the road to the sky, trying to stay awake. He floats beyond trucks and minivans, driving with the confidence of one never scarred. They pass fields, stretches of yellow and dust, not waving, just watching, guarded by the occasional brooding building. Everything is older here, in middle America, in Kentucky
The main characters in this story are the Maloney couple, known as Mary and Patrick Maloney. She can be recognized as the typical housewife, she 's intelligent, bright, has a clean and well organized home, loves her husband over everything on earth - and, she 's pregnant in the sixth month. Patrick is a police officer, a senior. Obviously he 's been a police officer for a long time, and therefor has affected their daily life with a sense of regularity. The home is warm and clean, they usually go
The large bus driver shouted at her to sit down as the bus jerked forward. “I’m not new,” Paul tried to say. “New or not,” she said, “I’m Eve”. She continued to introduce Paul to the other 3 kids on the bus. They were all boys and one of them, named James was asleep. Dave, another kid wore a puffy jacket and didn’t say much. The other
Escape in Dubliners In the novel Dubliners, James Joyce uses fictional stories to portray the society of Ireland during the early 1900’s. This was a time in Ireland when the attitudes of the Irish were negative and the society was regressing, and Joyce used these characteristics to illustrate the faults of the Irish people. He is able to accomplish this through the use of many different literary themes, which are used to show the humanity of the Irish people. The theme of journeys of escape is
Mary Whiton Calkins Mary Whiton Calkins, is best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of The American Psychological Association and being denied her doctorate from Harvard. However, these two aspects only make up a small portion of what she accomplished in her life. Her entire life was dedicated to her work, especially the development of her Psychology of selves. She founded an early psychology laboratory and invented the paired-associate technique. She passionately dove
History of Ian Fleming Ian Fleming not just created the character of James Bond; he personified him by living an exciting life. With his suave style and long history of lavished background he was almost born into the part of his later creation. Ian Fleming was born on May 8th, 1908 to his father, Valentine Fleming, and his mother, Beatrice Fleming (Lycett 12). He was the grandson of the famous Scottish banking pioneer, Robert Fleming (Rosenberg 5). Ian also had three brothers named Peter,
The Devils Disciples King James II’s rise to power in the 1680s became an extremely turbulent time for all under his reign. This was primary due to Catholic versus Protestant relations. Unlike his brother Charles II, James II openly professed his Catholic beliefs and granted religious freedom to all. Aside from religious toleration, his appointing of Catholics to high government posts enraged the Protestant colonialists even more. One individual was Governor Andros. He wrongfully imposed taxes