Changing Sides Essay

Deej Logan was just like any normal high school girl. She woke up on her first day of school and combed her hair, picked out the “perfect” outfit and headed out the door. What she didn’t know is that after that day nothing would be the same. Nothing that day seemed to be going right. At school drama was swarming all around her, not exactly what she hoped the first day would be like. By the time the last bell of the day rang she was more than happy to get out of that school. She drove home as quickly as she could but as soon as she got home she realized that she had forgotten to pick up her sisters. “Great.” She thought sarcastically as she sat back down in her car and drove off. Just then she pulled out her phone to message one of her friends about her awful day. That one decision changed everything. Before she had a chance to send the message Deej veered off into oncoming traffic and was killed on impact.

What is your understanding of “ truth” after your study of conflicting perspectives and their representation?

Whereas Connie is considered beautiful, June is seen as “plain and chunky” (496). Regardless of their differences, both girls have one thing in common, they both love to spend time with friends and Connie uses this to her advantage. On several occasions, a friend’s father has left them off at the mall, however once they arrive, Connie travels across the street “ to a drive-in restaurant where older kids hung out” ( 497). It is here that she comes into contact with her future assailant, but at the time she ignored his attention.

“Yeah, it’s basically his dominant feature.” After a few minutes of surprisingly natural conversation, Nicole says what I’ve been waiting for her to say. “Melinda? I’m really sorry. About everything. You were such a good friend to me, and I should have at least asked for your side of the story about what happened at the party. So are we cool now?” She looks at me with a vulnerable expression. I can tell she feels extremely guilty, and wants to be friends again. So I say the right answer.

Months later after confronting herself, Vanessa took on a wonderful job, the engagement is back on, and she is now being extremely social again. She is now planning vacations and enjoying the good things in life. The best part of her day seems to be listening to others and enjoying simple conversations. Her goals seems so close she can taste it. Vanessa knows now that it's hard-work and dedication that she needs. These day Vanessa is in love with the person she grew to be. She can now look in the mirror and see the beautiful, glowing and intelligent woman that was there all

"Shit, where is your non-girlfriend slash girlfriend at?" she asked fullily knowing she would not get an answer. "Well, I'm gonna look for the shortness," she stood up, and leaned over the boy to messed up his blond hair, "Later, get better soon so I can tease you some more." She gave him her famous shit-eating grin, before walking out of the room. Unfortunately, she did not go too far, because Sans appeared in her way.

It was raining hard like no ever on James’s 14th birthday, but he celebrated it anyways with his friend Dewey. The two of them formed a bond last year at freshman orientation and ever since then, they vowed to be best friends forever. James had brown hair, tan skin color, and was relatively short for his age. James is normally shy and introverted around school, but he tends to get playful around those who he is close with, such as Dewey. Dewey was 14-years-old and had blond hair with pale skin and was quite tall for his age. Dewey had a great sense of humor and seemed to be the courageous type of guy. Nevertheless, Mike (James’s dad) said that he was going to be gone most of the night because he served night shift for his work. Little did the two

Alexis then saw this girl, but stopped to think “should I be this girls friend I mean she looks like a mean rattlesnake.” She wanted to talk to her, but she didn’t know her. Alexis didn’t know if it was a good idea so she just waited. Alexis thought over night, and thought “I’m going to talk to her she’s going to be my friend.”

Minutes later, when Isabella arrived at the coffee shop she assumed she was the first one there because she didn’t see Mr. Stoogy’s beat up Toyota Camry. She stepped into the coffee shop and immediately took in a deep breath of the coffee smell. Isabella looked to her left and saw a man who looked strangely familiar. After she caught herself rudely staring, she realized it was Mr. Stoogy. Confused, Isabella walked over to him and the rest of the kids. Surprisingly, he wasn't in his normal class attire. He was dressed in a leather jacket and grease stained pants and he smelt strongly like a car

All of a sudden, Colin started sitting with Miranda and her friend Annemarie at lunch. They also walked to Jimmy’s sandwich shop after school and started working there during their lunch break. Miranda began to sense something between Annemarie and Colin. She started to feel jealous, realizing she, too, had feelings for him. One afternoon, Miranda turned down skateboarding with Colin after running into him in the lobby of her apartment building. Minutes later he returned at her front door. She asked him, “What’s wrong?” Something about him was different, as he was standing doubtfully with his skateboard held in front of him. Then he kissed her. Miranda stood there for a second, confused why Colin had kissed her and not Annemarie, then she kissed him

The Shifting of Balance: new settlers hard to adapt to indian ways, middle ground collapsed 19th century, Indians removed

Late in the afternoon, The skyline was gorgeous.Starting at dark blue fading into dark purple, then magenta; The sky had a beautiful ombre effect. During this time, the kids who were previously dismissed from school was starting to go home. A lot of kids went to the mall after school or went to each other's houses much like Cage and Vanessa. After school Cage and Vanessa would go to a camera store to the mall and stay there for a few hours until it the sun started to set, then would go to Cage’s house to study. On this particular day after Cage and Vanessa left the mall, instead of going to Cages house Vanessa decided to stay out a little longer.

Just as fast as he entered the intruder turns around and begins to exit out of the room. The sound of running water from the shower has shut off, so quickly he shuts Eddie’s bedroom door and without making a single sound he rushes past the front of the bathroom door. Just as he heads for the stairs, Vanessa comes strutting out of the bathroom flaunting her shoulder length curly black hair and wearing a soft comfy white robe. He sees her coming and in a split second he ducks around the corner just as she walks through the dark hall following her own shadow heading to the bedroom. She almost sees him but missed him only by just tenths of a second.

But one day she had a big decision to make but she didn’t know what to do. Her best friend in the whole world Vanessa ask her to come over that weekend, and she saaid sure because there best friends. Later that week Misty a popular girl comes up to Trinity and hands her a envelope. She opens it to find a invation to Misty birthday party the same weekend she was going to hang out with Vanessa. Later that day she told Vanessa that she had finally got invited to Misty’s birthday party the one has been trying to get into for like 3 years. Vanessa said good were not going becuase we got plans this weekend. Trinity looks at her and says she was go to Misty’s party instead of hang out with her. Vanessa almost started crying. Then the weekend came and trinity goi ready for the party. Then she asked herself what she was doing ditching her best friend in the entire world to go to Misty’s party a girl she barely knows. Then she called Vanessa and told her she wasn’t going and she was excited. ANd they had there

To guarantee a wholesome, enriching experience of change in the individual it is vital to accept struggle. Facing the struggle can test relationships, introduce unclear perception of ones identity and produce unpredictable situations; though change must be able to transpire to truly create complete development in the individual. Director Ron Howard discovers the unique mind that takes root inside the individual, by overcoming the cruel affects schizophrenia causes and instead welcoming positive change in his film ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001). Likewise S.E Hinton reveals the ability of humankind to move forward within erratic moments, deal with rebellion in optimistic ways and embrace new