There is a particular pleasure within the sensation of apathy despite the word’s adoption of a negative connotation. In the light of a different scenario, it can be rather fascinating. To put it differently, I have a tendency to focus on my curiosities while disengaging from distractions. On a Monday morning of my Junior year, I discovered myself standing in the front of my new class staring at the group of four that occupied the back table. My efforts mentally explaining that the back seat is always mine were to no avail. Feeling defeated, I trekked over to the table next to the massive windows. Not to mention, this would have seemed to be the absolutely splendid choice due to the natural source of sunlight, if it weren’t for San Francisco’s bipolar weather. Either the lack of shades would burn me into …show more content…
No longer did I hear physics students firing rockets in the field outside nor did side conversations exist. Through five classes a week, I grasped knowledge I had previously dismissed, to only learn it was sensational and breathtaking. Henceforth, my seat situated near the windows since day one shifted from a curse into a tremendous blessing. Furthermore, I was surrounded by explicit passion and fluent ingenuity within the class’ subject by my peers. For this reason, I am embraced in humility and joy to have such peers help me realize all of the room I have to grow. During my free time, no longer did I aimlessly stream movies for entertainment, I explored thought provoking concepts and experiments. Thereby, I delve into a world of certainty and delight. Engagement and thought are both ideas heavily stressed to be developed yet seldom produced, yet they became the entities I crave for as the result of my daily AP Chemistry classes. Coupled with this newfound knowledge of my wishes, I desire this in not only college, but also in everyday
It is the simple state of being indifferent. And it is the greatest threat that we currently face. No, apathy doesn’t kill, it doesn’t hurt and it doesn’t rape, but it facilitates the way for evil acts. Because for bad people to do bad things, all they need is for others to turn a blind eye.
As I sit in the basement of the Lilly Library, surrounded by friends who have become family in a few short months, covered in calculus and EQ notes, and listening to some Duke Ellington jazz music for my Music 101 class, I can’t help but reflect on what this year has meant to me and my development as a student, athlete, brother, friend, and person. I entered Wabash College not exactly sure what to expect; I knew it was going to be different, but I also knew that with change I wanted to keep an open mind that was ready to learn and grow. Freshman tutorial and especially enduring questions are two classes that have pushed my boundaries as a person, forcing me to question core beliefs and ideas that seemed previously engrained in my mind. Throughout
I walk down the long, narrow corridor of frosted glass and black metal tiles that have been engraved with gold lettering. They are all placed strategically on the glass so you can easily spot the name and profession of the person in the room. At this point I had read over fifty names and passed through six different hallways. The nice receptionist I had spoken with earlier had only given me the floor number and these hallways are starting to feel like a labyrinth. I glance cautiously inside the room with the engraving of “Inge Bolshevitz, Adoption Counselor.”
Today is the day I’m going to escape and finally leave this hell hole. My foster parents will be gone for at least twenty more minutes so I have some time. I could hear my heart beat in my ears as I shuffled through my dresser drawers and shoved clothes in a duffle bag. This wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been through this. At my old foster home, every day was a battle.
Upon beginning my first class at Walden University, it has been difficult to see myself getting through this 8-week course. Furthering my education has been something I have struggled to accomplish for the last 4 years. I almost decided to give up and continue being just a high school teacher. However, being a senior teacher that motivates my students to go above an beyond to reach their goal has pushed me to work hard and start a new journey. Though it is only the beginning of my journey, I can see graduation.
Do not believe in Cuttimungus; that is what my eighth grade science teacher taught me. Walking into my science class on the first day of eighth grade was very exciting prospect given that I had the same teacher I had in seventh grade; a year filled with exciting hands on experiments and projects. My love of science, having already been sparked the year before, had led me to enter the science classroom ready to learn as much as I could. What I didn't know at that time was that this class would have such a huge impact on how I looked at the world.
It will be 5 years this June that I have been in the Foster Care System, I can still remember walking home from school smelling the fresh breeze of air, all the sweaty kids running to their cars waiting to head home from school, or to the ice cream trucks that all had the same foul smell of cheese and takis that followed every breeze that came near. There was a black car, the one time is what we referred them to, this was something that was not out of the ordinary to see around my home. But today was different, two men wearing business suits stepped out of it and went into my home. I stayed back just to get a glimpse of what was going on. I see my mom rush out of the house and into the car, little did I know this would be the last time I would see her as a
The biggest memory that I had was when I was sent to foster care. It started years ago when my dad decided to drink every single day and social services didn’t think that was something kids to be around so my sister and I had to stay with my grandma for a few months. We couldn’t stay with my mom because she didn’t have a house or a job and none of her boyfriends wanted kids in their house. My mom didn’t like us staying with our grandma because she’s not a nice person to be around.
Well...I was 6 when Child Protective Services came to get us. I lived with my mom and my three sisters, the youngest was Donna she was 5 & Lizzy was 7 and Mary was 10. I remember most of my family lived in the same neighborhood like my two Aunts and my uncle and grandpa and grandma. There was an occasional gunshot, sometimes there was a fire truck rushing down our street . We lived on top of a hill at 1015 Norwich in Grand Rapids.
I was born in Northwest China, in the province of Jiang Xi. Eighteen years ago, my parents had decided to adopt from China after finding out they were unable to have children of their own. After researching about adoption agencies, they found an agency in Texas. Gladney Center for Adoption, forwarded my parents information on two twin girls that needed a family. It was love at first sight and they planned their trip.
In June 2030 Malori finds out she is pregnant in Disney World in Florida! What a place to find out you’re pregnant! Malori wants to make a creative way to tell her family that she is expecting number two! So she goes to Austin and explains him her idea, he agrees and thinks it will be the best way! Here goes her pregnancy announcement, she gets Matthew a stuffed Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Pluto with a shirt for each of them that you can design yourself.
The Adopted Hero There was an old man walking down a street in a poor city when he heard a baby crying in the alley next to him. He went into the alley where the crying was coming from. The crying was coming from a child in a basket wrapped up in a homemade blanket made from different patches of cloth. The old man saw lots of potential in this child so he picked up the basket that the baby was in and to it to the academy that he ran, and took the baby up to his room then the old man’s hand started to glow. Then a baby 's crib appeared filled with warm blankets.
Six months ago, I moved back to my hometown of West Chester Pennsylvania after spending five years in Jacksonville Florida. This was a major change for me as I was coming back to be with family and help prepare our home for the arrival of my first Nephew, but prior to getting settled in I drove out and spent a week in West Virginia on an expedition into the wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains, just outside the small town of New Hope with the intent of finishing the interior walls of a small cabin with fresh pine siding. Not only would this be aesthetically pleasing, the material we were using would also provide insulation during the winter and allow a family friend of mine to comfortably stay in the cabin should he like to. The days were
Becoming a father in my life was the best thing that has ever happened to me. Living for someone else and not just yourself is a special feeling. Knowing that it is your sole duties in life are now to love, provide, teach, mentor, discipline and love some more. I always hear people say “ Im don 't think I 'm ready to be a parent.” and to be honest I do not think anyone is ready to be a parent.
In the years since I entered school, to the moment that my cap left my hand, I had grown into an entirely new version of myself. The freedom of college in combination with the guidance of so many teachers had led me to turn every negative aspect of myself into something new. With the pride I had gained in being part of something bigger, I became diligent and wholly interested in my studies. I had met so many interesting people who helped me break from my shell, and in doing so I had met some of the greatest friends I have ever had.