Linda Tripp

Ever witness something so fantastic or wonderful, it may be difficult to find the perfect word to describe it, possibly even feeling speechless? In that case, Mary Poppins would advice using the word, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. “It’s something to say when you don’t know what to say” (Mary Poppins). Ever since the musical Mary Poppins came out in 1964, it has positively impacted many childhoods (including mine) , and many people from surrounding decades can all recall and relate to

The minimum salary for a rookie professional football player is 20,000 dollars more than the president of the United States. The New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady makes more than 202 times the average teacher in Massachusetts. Brady is not the only player to be paid well, the Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis earned more than 33 times the average salary of a neurosurgeon (Tognotti). Professional athletes do not have a harder job than the president or a neurosurgeon but their salaries are

Retell: Have you ever heard of the song”Pretty Hurts”?if not you came to the right place. When I first heard this song, it made me understand that being pretty doesn't matter the inside of you is all that matters.I used to listen to this song when people call me “fat”,”ugly”,”nasty”, and etc.This song is about how girls are forced to be pretty. I know this because in the song there are some lines that say “brush your hair, fix your teeth…”,”what you wear is all that matter”... Those lines make

Family background Everything in my life that has happened thus far has contributed to the reasons why I am deciding to apply for a master’s degree in Social Work at Loma Linda University. My family’s experiences and circumstances during my childhood would led to social workers to be involved in my life. While I was growing up, my mother struggled with drug addiction to methamphetamine. Until I was thirteen I was raised by my grandma with my three brothers. At 13, my grandmother passed away. My

Salva did not just have any life on foot like you and me he has some things that help him survive. In the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park Salva got an award and had to survive in the wild with many challenges. There survival factors that help Salva survive in a long walk to water. Salva’s strength, the river, and his Uncle’s death all helped him survive in a long walk to water. Salva’s strengths was a big survival factor in his life. Page 53 states, “Salva stubbed his toe on a rock

Someone once said, “Find the courage to let go of what you can't change.” This is true for Sal Throughout, Walk Two Moons, because she had lots of changes in her life that’s hard for her to let go. For example, she had to let go of her mother's death, but it was challenging because she loved her mother a lot. She also had to let go of her grandma which was also very challenging. In the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, external forces significantly change Sal’s life. One of the most significant

The book A Long Walk to Water is based on true story. The book is based in Africa, but in two different time periods. The first-time period is in 1985 based around a boy and his family by the name of Salva. The second-time period is in 2008 and is based on a girl by the name of Nya. In 1985, war had broken out in Salva’s village while he was at school. He ran for his life until he was safe not knowing where his family was. Until he was safe he hid out in a barn pending he had to leave. He found some

In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a story about one out of a thousand Southern Sudan lost boys named, Salva. Salva is a boy who ran away during the Southern Sudanese War. Salva moves from country to country to get away from this war. During the war he loses touch of his family. Salva soon escapes the war, now he’s trying to find his way to safety. Salva was able to survive In A Long Walk to Water, by having bravery, courage, and showing grit. Salva shows bravely In A Long Walk to

Is it possible for a person, who used to murder people without any hesitates, to change and become a good person? Yes, it possible and Walk on Water film is a great example. Walk on Water is an Israeli film released in 2004. It was written by Gal Uchovsky and directed by Eytan Fox (Hagin, Boaz). This film won a couple of awards for its unique plot and for having different great themes. In contrast to Hollywood movies, Walk on Water was an eye opening on the problems and issues that people deal with

Have you ever been on a journey that seems like you're not learning anything new? When you go on a journey you go through this major epidemic that teaches you about many things. If a man went on a journey to somewhere he has never been before he is learning as he goes. A long journey may be what most people do to find themselves or to put a little spice in their life. That's what salak does in the reading of “600 miles to Timbuktu”. She goes on this long journey on the Niger river located in Timbuktu