Essay Featured What is language for? An Essay The definition of language is as variable and widely debated as language itself – perpetually shifting and developing. The world in which people live is a linguistic composition. Such definitions speak not to the purpose of language: language is for humans.
Thoughts & Opinions "Brats" Documentary by Andrew McCarthy Let me clarify before jumping in that I was born in 1995 - well past the era of cinematic iconography that was the Brat Pack and all things John Hughes. I was largely ignorant of the pop culture news stories of that time period until watching this documentary. When I
Poetry "It needs to happen" Sometimes your heart needs to be broken So you can see what's underneath, To the flicker and flame of your soul That you've always been destined to meet. Suffering is a cornerstone, Defining who you are, Heartbreak is a rite of passage, A warrior must earn
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Thoughts & Opinions: A destructive relationship The entirety of our relationship was a painful, destructive catastrophe in which I came out crumbling and crying and you came out of it "changed for the better" because, as you claimed, I made you a better person. The reality of it was I gave you the parts
Example Lesson Plan: Advanced ESL Instructional Focus As an instructor, I will be focusing this unit on pronunciation - specifically looking at aspects of stress in the beginning, followed by lax vowels (juxtaposed against their tense counterparts), and finishing with working on reductions. The stress portion will aim at having students being able to identify
Thoughts & Musings: Reminiscing about an old beau God, we were in love, weren’t we? If it wasn’t love, I wouldn’t know what other label to pin on it. Infatuation doesn’t cover it. But looking back, what the actual fuck? I was 15 when we met and started messing around. You were 18 and
Creative Writing "Gardens" I am no gardener, that is no secret. Even from a young age, I barely managed to keep alive the plants of the lowest caliber. If I had tried to tend to them, I probably would have killed weeds that would otherwise have thrived. I never let myself nurture that
Thoughts & Opinions: Musing on Sexual Trauma On rape. Written in October, 2014. Written about May 5th, 2014 Before you go thinking that this is something I need to do to pour my own emotions out because "Oh god, they're so hard to handle, I need to rip my heart out and put it
Poetry "What I have found" You have waited and wondered why I sat in silence, suffered, and cried, You wanted to understand although you thought me silly, and told me so. I felt so isolated, trapped away, But then you told me I could be saved. You said you'd begin to lead me
[Freeform] Poetry "breath(e)" breathe in air: nitrogen and oxygen N2 and O2 (NO 2 breaths are the same) scents: baking bread, flowers, perfume bad cologne and cigarette smoke rotten food and rotten lives and things that just went rotten atmosphere: cool breezes and warm heat from the sun, from ovens from the world,
Creative Writing "Your logic is flawed." Do we stick with people that we are similar to, or those who we clash against? That question seems to have an obvious answer, in that we stay by people who share similarities. We crave the familiar. What about those who we love? Do we fall in love with someone
Thoughts & Opinions: This Day and Age In this day and age, most everybody has the whole capacity of human knowledge available to them instantaneously on a device that fits in their pockets, yet scores of scientists and laymen alike are having to rally together to urge the government to acknowledge reason, science, logic, and fact. In
Creative Writing "Time" Every morning I wake up to the normal sun shooting through the left window, blinding me as I try to open my eyes. My dog, Donald, barks up a storm. He insists that every morning at exactly 7:04, he has to go outside. It really is starting to push
Creative Writing "Confirmation Number" When the worker scanned my ticket, the machine beeped and blared piercingly. "Sir, I believe there's an error on your ticket. The confirmation number doesn't match with our files. Could you please wait to the side?" As the last passenger walked through the gate,
[Freeform] Poetry "Tree" In the yard there grew a tree, Massive and great with Hefty branches that stretched Up and up and up For a hundred years. On those branches were A million leaves, with veins That soaked the sun and grew and grew and grew For a hundred years. The seasons came
Creative Writing "Sparkler" There is a feeling, an atmosphere that exists on the kind of night when the air is full of celebration. I look around and I know that there are dozens, possibly over a hundred other people waiting with the same expectations as me, yet I can't help but
Featured Creative Writing "Identity" She wants to be a ballerina, dancing her way through the world rather than walking. She twirls and twists in that awkward, disjointed way of a child and laughs when her mother tells her what ballerinas must do: they must go to bed early and wake when they’re told,
Poetry "To Leave the Nest" Hello, little bird Are you afraid to fly? Afraid to spread your golden wings And take unto the sky? Well, my little darling, I'm quite frightened of it too; But stick with me a while And I'll surely see you through. I'll be sure
Poetry "I have no interest in you." She is a porcelain doll, Shattering to pieces With every uttered syllable, her faith in love decreases With every single word that tears another seam in the stitches holding her together, And tethering her dream Of kisses, hugs, and warmth; "One plus one" is through With one tiny,
Creative Writing "The Park Bench" There is a magical park bench in the world that, if you sit on it, miraculous things will happen. You see it all the time in the movies – someone, while searching for a lost love, sits on a nearby park bench and there, reading a newspaper with a nonchalant expression
Poetry "Damaged" Some people say you're damaged, Broken, not all there. Like bits and chips of shattered china, But I can't say I care. You might say I'm damaged, Lost, and off the beaten path; I feel that I am missing something, And can never get
Featured Example Prep School Application Short Essay Answers "Please select one of the following quotations and write about how it is relevant or meaningful to you. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it." – Atticus Finch from To
Example College Application Short Answers "In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a leader and how do you fit these characteristics?" Reliability, integrity, and passion are fundamental qualities to each cornerstone leader of every organization. In not only ensuring personal success, but pursuing the growth of all who surround oneself, these qualities
