Music has always fascinated me. Creating a combination of notes and sounds that blend together to form a picture or emotion, is simply remarkable. Music can impact people in vastly different ways, yet can create a sense of unity. As a child I grew up dancing. I performed multiple routines in tap, jazz, and ballet. So naturally, I was exposed to a wide variety of music. I vividly remember one recital; running up on stage to perform a dance routine to the American Rock song, “Black Betty” by Ram Jam…

Ok, I’m exaggerating. I’m being really dramatic, but that’s how I feel at least once a month for at least… never mind. In high school, it wasn’t hard for me to stand out. There was one girl that played the snare drum, one person that played classical piano, one person who competed in pageants and gave out signature cards, and one person that said the morning announcements. ME!! I had it ALL!!! All I had to do was smile, and teachers gave me what I wanted. In college, it seems everyone wants what I…

a draft and typing it later very cumbersome and time consuming. Composing the work directly is often easier because it combines both the author’s role and the role of the secretary in a single writing undertaking. Several years of learning have made me comprehend aspects of grammar such as spelling and punctuation. I often experience a mild anxiety whenever I set to write. I like to have adequate time to organize my ideas before putting them down in writing. For this reason, I like to start…

How It Feels to Be Colored Me I AM COLORED but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother 's side was not an Indian chief. I remember the very day that I became colored. Up to my thirteenth year I lived in the little Negro town of Eatonville, Florida. It is exclusively a colored town. The only white people I knew passed through the town going to or coming from Orlando. The native whites rode…

listen to music everyday and I couldn’t imagine going a day without it. This is because listening to music is necessary for me. I listen to music when I am bored, walking to class, at a party, going through different emotions, or basically doing anything. If you turn on your tv anything you watch has background music, we even have music in elevators, which is proving the point that humans need music. Sue Devine writes in an article that “Whether we’re aware of it or not, sound and music is a primary…

How Poetry Saved Me Everyone starts reading and writing from the very beginning of school, kindergarten or sometimes earlier. In elementary school, I would go to the library often and read book after book. I loved Junie B. Jones and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In middle school, I stopped reading for fun, but this was a start of my inner creativity. When going through rough times in my life, I found my escape in literature. I was living in Raleigh, North Carolina until my mom made a big decision. Shortly…

it made me who I am today and who I will be in the future. The divorce forced me to become more responsible, let me explore different cultures, and showed me how to act during harsh situations. For example, when I would visit my mom or call my dad they would release their anger along with their problems to me. After I would walk away, I would have to contact the other parent to share what I just heard, then the whole process of repeat until I ignored the two. This example taught me a life lesson…

What does music mean to me? When I was little I was interested in music so I decided, in 6th grade, to start playing an instrument, that instrument was the Trumpet. At first I started out playing the Flute, but I later realized that I was not good at it. When I went to go try out instruments I picked the Fluet and they told me because of my lips and braces it would be hard for me to get the appropriate air flow out, so I decided to play the Trumpet. I picked the Trumpet because my father payed it…

When I was in elementary school, I was passionate in music. After I entered high school, I have been told by my family and friends that I cannot make a living through music, so I decided to look for a different path for myself. I studied in science at high school and graduating in Finance from University. I cannot deny that education imparted by schools have helped me to balance my life and my personal goals when I grow older. I totally agree with Elliot “schools are essentially institutions created…

styles and soothing melodies, but why? A number of recent research studies have shown that music has a unique and profound effect on the brain. In the article, “Why Does Music Move Us?”, Douglas McClennan claims that, as human beings, we are attracted to music and art for reasons other than entertainment. Researchers have studied the human attraction to music and there appears to be a connection between music and man rooted deep in the brain, but it is unknown as to why the brain responds as such…