There are many flavors and types of ice cream. For example, you probably have heard about the basic flavors vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. But, did you know there are actually much more to ice cream then just a few flavors? One special thing about ice cream is how there are many types of ice cream. Read more…
“A Visit of Charity” Montse read the story once, and then wrote her response, tracking her experience. If you have not read this story, do not read the below. This is only for current or former Welty students. Now, we first have to deal with the illustration. While it does capture Marian’s flight, the hat Read more…
Wilbur’s Bane It was a fine afternoon at Encore in Boston, Massachusetts. Two dissimilar cars pulled into the parking lot. Trentwood, in his freshly polished Z4 m40I BMW, a grayish silver convertible costing tens of thousands, where one could even see the sun’s reflection every time you look at it, stepped out of the car Read more…
Truth or Myth: Darwin, Hancock and Ham’s Search for the Answer The origin of humanity is a complicated topic. If we haven’t even discovered all the species of plants and animals that are alive at this moment, how are we supposed to find out everything about the past? Not just what is on earth, but Read more…
The most obvious thing that pops into my head upon reflecting on my 180 days of freshman year is the busyness of it all. I quickly learned in January that doing the high school gymnastics team, flute auditions, a job, the musical, and a variety of other extracurricular activities along with the ever present burden Read more…
The Death of the Moth by Janie Lee This piece of writing helped me to imagine all the movements of a moth. Throughout this essay, the specific movement of the moth felt so significant. I couldn’t help but notice how ironic it seemed, considering the fact that a moth was rather a small and insignificant Read more…
In The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs, there were many many twists and turns throughout the entire story that constantly kept me on my feet wondering what would happen next. The amount of magic in this story really made me wonder how Johnny could overcome. The final chapter was definitely my Read more…
The Marmon Wasp Chapter I: I was in shock. There are few things as exciting and as terrifying as finally getting to walk inside the Marmon Plant, the place where all the greatest cars get made. I felt my knees almost collapse like twigs on a windy day when I took my first step toward Read more…
The Rocker I wanted to go home. I wanted to be anywhere but Mr. Johnson’s classroom. The gray-haired nuisance had humiliated me for the fifth time this year – this time he had snatched my blank homework from my hands, and upon seeing it, had continuously reprimanded me. When I thought the eruption was finally Read more…
Dear students, The process for finding the best battle (Famous Battles essay = FB essay) to write about is a tricky one for two reasons. #1. It is such a monumental choice because writing the FB essay is a long and exacting process, combining the principles of journalism (verification of information and sources, and context, Read more…
