Coco Lee

“To what degree can the narrator ‘s choices and actions influence the direction her life will take, it will depend on the narrator because it will be the choices she will make that will break the pattern that was started with her.” The essay “A New Perspective” is both heartwarming and heart wrenching, an essay that stands out to me above the rest. This child spends all her time wishing that she had the family life of the children who surround her. The family dinners, a parent who participates

Cathedral There are many themes in the short story “Cathedral,” some of them include the Cathedral itself and the difference between looking at something and really seeing something. Throughout the short story you see how people have different personalities and see how fast a person can change. The Cathedral and the audiotapes mean much more to both main characters than just an object or a building. In the beginning of the story the narrator is completely disgusted at the thought of a blind

Felecia and Joseph both have numerous social interactions, not just as individuals, but as a couple as a tool. Joseph is often seen socializing amongst his friends on the basketball courts. The conversations touch on everything from basketball, to school, and relationships. During his interactions with his friends on the basketball court, he can at times be competitive, but that’s just the nature of the game. If he ever loses there are moments when he’ll just storm off the court not shaking hands

class, along with the work they may receive in the many other classes they are enrolled in. Fear is also another stressor teens experience much of. Teens have the constant fear of not being enough, not doing enough, and most of all failure in life (Lee 4-5). Fear somewhat relates to the stress teens experience because of school- fear of a bad grade, fear of not getting their homework done on time, fear of being late to class, or even fear of not being able to understand what is being taught. While

Matthew Charchenko TEACHER SECTION DATE TITLE In the early years of my life I had no idea that my brother would make such a big impact on me and my life. He has taught me more than any teacher possible could. Through him I learned how to be compassionate. I learned how to treat each and every person with respect, despite what challenges they may face. He brought me into an amazing community that taught me numerous life lessons. He challenged me every step of the way, like any brother should, and

Matt Westermeyer Epictetus and Aristotle in Practice Mankind has been searching for existential reasoning since our earliest beginnings. One of the biggest questions, the one that keeps me up at night, “How ought we to live?” will be explained from the viewpoints of Epictetus in his Enchiridion and Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics. In this paper, I will discuss both philosophies in principle and practice, while giving insight to how to they may function in a modern world situation. Although both

Quote 1 "From Light comes Darkness, and from Darkness.. Light." -- Warcraft A. In this quote, it tells us that positive and negative go hand in hand. It tells us that whether there is too much of something and less of the other or less of something and too much of the other, both will correlate with each other. As life is a spiral of ups and downs, whether it may be good or bad, happy or sad, opposites will balance each other, for it is the essence of life. B. Whenever good things surround me

How big is my world? Everyone says that Holland, or Hope College, is a bubble. In someway I can agree with that statement, but I also know that because there are other things out there, it is just a stepping-stone to find out about the world. I have been lucky enough to been able to live in a safe world due to my parents, but I have also been given the chance to explore what is out there. Some of the ways that have given me a chance to understand how big the world is around me are through two different

Trying to live a positive and healthy life is possible but very well challenging. As days go by and different occasions come up where I have to choose which is right and which is wrong is hard to sort out knowing it’s wrong but what I really want to do it just have fun. Teenagers in this century including myself experience peer pressure to do things that we know isn’t right. It is all about priorities and not being misled down the wrong path. It is also all about acceptance which is what you allow

I've always loved the game but just never really cared for it, if that makes sense. The game of basketball and other sports, such as: football, floor hockey, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, and everything else was just a bunch of things that i'm great at doing so I took the time effort to put in daily to trying to be the best at everything. I feel like without me really trying and practicing and working out all the time i just feel like it payed off in the end. Because little did i know that when you