FAMILY Family is usually defined as one’s blood relatives. Your family can make you smile; they can cheer you up when you are down. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, once said, “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile Read more…
In the Eyes of a Veteran In Travels with Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck’s purpose is to journey across America in order to rediscover the nation by interacting with different people; he also describes the beauty of the landscape that he sees, and lets the readers meet the characters themselves with well-written Read more…
Center for Talented Youth: Lancaster, PA As I walked down the hallway to my room, I noticed something – there were pictures of squirrels on all of the doors. (I would later learn that squirrels meant first years at CTY.) I was rather pleased with my picture: a terribly obese squirrel Read more…
Biology Biology is not my favorite, Hard work, hard tests, extremely tedious Last minute studying in bed, candle lit, From ATP to bugs eating aphids. I read about trees, how large, how green, So tall, so bold, leaves blowing in the air, The bark has lenticels, in between, These autotrophs give us energy to Read more…
Oscar Wilde is known for his plays, his social criticism and poetry, as well as his fables. One such fable, “The Happy Prince” was a particular favorite of Larry’s, and he decided to write his own version of the story. The assignment required matching Wilde’s syntax exactly, as well as following the thematic arc of Read more…
