Keanna's Short Story

Coming to public highs school from the christian missionary community school was taking a step into a new world. I encountered individuals with the different social philosophy and ideals, some of the ideas appeared unfamiliar as if it was foreign. Interacting with the fellow classmates and the teachers introduced me to the world, taught me to protect my own beliefs and embrace fresh ideas. Day by day, Kealakehe made me into a listener with a strong ground from a stubborn strong head. In Kealakehe High School, a home of the students from the various background, it is simply impossible

When I was six I wanted to be Hannah Montanna. When I was 12 I still dreamed of becoming a pop-star, but figured I could have a second job too – just in case. I’m seventeen now and I’ve have read Maya Angalou and Ralph Waldo Emerson; I’ve studied American history, marvled at astounding scientific discoveries, and cheered for political revolutions. I've traveled to different states and analyzed geological features for the aesthetic beauty and for the geological history. I've done many things, the logical step here would be then for me to pick; speak or forever hold my peace, but in all honesty, I don't know what I want to be. My six-year old self would say it's because I've seen too much, I think it's because I haven't seen enough. I want to

Have you at any point had a goal in mind, a great number of people have had a defined goal set. Possibly once your goal was to learn the sign language. Yet, have you at any point ever figured how you would achieve those goals and conquer the obstacles that accompany that goal? What traits would you require? Your personal traits matter when it comes to achieving success. The three most imperative attributes to accomplish an objective are determination, diligent work, and courageousness. These attributes are shown by the characters Annie Johnson, Ernesto Galarza, and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, all through their stories.

As he turned, he saw Daryn Tel’Kesser, dressed not unlike the countless number of other underworld characters always lurking about the spaceport with the sole exception that he insisted on wearing an Impervium blade strapped to his back. ‘It makes me look dashing’ he’d always reply when asked about it. In truth, Daryn was deadly with the thing, add in the gauntlet he wore on his left hand that could release a pulse of concussive force designed to stun anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in its blast. Hutch still recalled a close quartered battle a few years ago when group of local gang members confronted them. Their intent was fairly obvious, kill the crew, and steal the ship. Hutch was also reminded that day just how quickly his normally

If I told you I was scared to death to start seventh grade language arts class, it would have been an understatement. Was Mrs. Kellor really the meanest teacher ever? I was absolutely terrified to find out.

We always cleaned our plates at my house. No food left, slicker than a whistle, shining clean. It’s still difficult for me to leave food on my plate, whether I’m full or not, even though Weight Watchers tells me it’s okay. Looking back, it’s obvious I learned to clean my plate from my father.

This all began sophomore year when Sophia was a transfer from her previous high school in the inland empire, called Poly. Sophia came down to Buckeye high school, because she was having personal issues. Sophia wasn’t the type of girl to let people in or know about her personal life, and this was because of what had happened in previous situation before. However Sophia was a student athlete, carrying a 4.0 and had many offers to play college ball. She was a softball player and has been playing ever since the age of seven years ; that was her passion and her get away from problems in life. She was different than most girls she was quiet, had no interest to being anyone's friends, very independent and showed that on her first day at Buckeye

Alyssa showed Victor’s determination to prove his theory. Alyssa talked with a stern tone of voice whenever she would give direction. Alyssa’s rate of speech would increase and she got louder when she spoke about her experiment. Then when things did not go as Victor expected Alyssa’s would speak with a muffled voice, which emphasized Victors’ anger and disappointment. Victor habitual posture was straight and upright, but when she stormed off or was angry she would slouch. This caused her to walk with head further out and swing her arms more. Alyssa actions made Victor seem like a perfectionist. Her movements were very precise

In the fall of 2005, I was forced to face the most horrific reality that my eight-year-old-brain could fathom: my mother was gone. The cancer had won, or at least it seemed to have won.

Harvest feast dances? Fests measuring sheep’s milk? Steeping and hacking flax? These were not activities that Ava wanted to dedicate her life to. Harvesting grain, working from daybreak until sunset? Not for her!

One of the most shocking parts of this story had to be when Elizabeth Keckley was flogged (whipped) by Mr. Bingham, the Burwell’s neighbor. Mr. Bingham was ordered by Margaret, Mr. Burwell’s wife, to have Elizabeth whipped because she had a “stubborn pride” (315). This came as a shocker because although Keckley did seem as though she had a huge pride she did not come off as stubborn that many times from her narration in the story. One part of the story that can be recalled where Keckley showed a sign of stubbornness was when she refused to let Mr. Bingham whip her. "No, Mr. Bingham, I shall not take down my dress before you. Moreover, you shall not whip me unless you prove the stronger. Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody

When Kiah’s world gets turned upside down, she ends up holding on to hope in search of the best outcome. At the young age of sixteen, Kiah lives nothing less than an abnormal life. With the impression that everything is about to get better, Kiah receives life threatening news.

"I think love is always coming back because you can't stand being without them" (babyj780)

20% of girls around age 4 want to lose weight while over 40% of girls around age 14 report wanting to lose weight (Serdar, 2014). Men all over the world are being harshly effected by masculine ideology (Ward, Merriwether, & Caruthers, 2006). Advertisements have reached a point that would be considered porn fifty or some years ago. Today, there are 1,848,485 pregnancies to unmarried women and 72.6% of these pregnancies are completely unplanned (Curtin, Ventura, & Martinez, 2014). Now, why is all of this occurring and how is it related? Media is negatively effect women and their self-esteem while posing a ridiculous masculine ideology for men; throughout time, these facts become extremes which results the demeaning of women, the emasculation of men, and ultimately, an increase in unplanned pregnancies.

It was once a story that looked real, about of a girl that had a hard life like some other people in the world, her name of that person is Lily Owens she had a family and problems always happened when she was little, worst of all is that very serious accidents happen that she didn’t know.