Letter to My Future Child

This is a bit of a piece from my senior memoir:

   Hello my little darling still floating up in heaven, waiting for your turn to be brought into the world.  I long for the day I finally get to meet you; the joy I will feel when I get to lay my eyes on your tiny, little face.  Sometimes, I dream of what you might look like.  Are you a boy or a girl?  Are you going to have blonde hair? Will you have big brown eyes like your mama?  All of this really has no meaning to me because I know that you will be absolutely perfect.  When you are born, my life will be complete knowing that I'll have you for the rest of my life.  It's all so incomprehensible.  How can I possibly love someone so much who I've never met, let alone existed yet.  Just know, little one, that my love for you is never-ending and everlasting.
-Kaylynn B.

The R Word

How many times a day do you say rape? Hopefully none. But I've come to find that this word has become desensitized and goes through the mouth of most high school students I'm surrounded by. This is me saying STOP. Do you even know what rape is? It's the act of someone forcing another to have sex against their will. A SERIOUS topic, although most kids in my classes don't take it seriously. I hear this word used in phrases like, " Man I just raped that test" or "That team lost so badly it looked like they got raped in the ass". Let me explain something. You cannot force a test to have sex with you, and if you can, then you have issues. So why would you use that word? Because you lack the ability to put yourself iin someone elses shoes. Well, let me put you in mine. I was kidnapped and raped when I was 15. What I thoguht was a jog through my neighborhood turned out to be an experience I'd never forget. So now I'm asking this of all of you that abuse this word choice. Imagine what it's like to have a 30 year old man touch you. Imagine having to talk about your rape to the police in front of your mom...and your dad. Imagine missing three months of school and fearing the outdoors as a result of the rape. And if you can't imagine it, then do me a favor and TH
INK before you use this word.
Stephanie Rose

Down to the Last Few Days

Four years. That may seem like a reasonably long amount of time, but it's all gone before you know it.  As soon as we got into high school, we looked forward to the day we get out.  Finally, that day is quickly approaching.  Now that we're down to the last few days of our lives in high school, it's time to plan for the next step: COLLEGE. It's these next four years of our lives that are often the greatest, and it is important to treasure them because they'll fly by just as fast as the previous four.  Some people may be set on what they want out of their college experience (fraternity/sorority, business major, PhD, etc.); some may think they're sure but they end up changing their minds; some may have absolutely no idea what they want to do with the rest of their lives.  This is the time to make mistakes.  Change your mind 50 times- maybe not 50 unless you want to pay a ton of money.  If we go in to college thinking that if we make a mistake that our lives will be ruined, we are depriving ourselves from personal experience, which leads to wisdom. The best way to learn is by making a mistake, and changing for the better.  I hope all of you seniors have a great summer and receive the greatest experience from your college. Be sure to live it up!
-Kaylynn B.

Humanism

Humanism is based on what is title after - the human race. It essentially states that the common and supersticious beliefs of organized religion can be debunked and that we do not need a god to live ethical lives. Knowledge of the world is instead gained by observation and cold hard rationalism; humanism provides the acme of freedom of experience in order to appreciate being human.
Roberto L

Frankenstein Close Reading

"i feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollection of childhood"

I can relate to this sentence because some of the best memories I have are from my childhood. Looking back on the past with positive memories is always good but you can't dwell on the past too long.

I Am...

I am a thinker. I refuse to sit without thought like a slave oppressed from my own opinion: instead, I constantly change the way I think, the way I see the world, and the way I perceive myself and the world. I delve into my past, contemplate my present, and envision my future as a more positive place; as I return from a deep thought of realization occurs that my mind is such an intricate piece of human anatomy. When I contemplate I assert myself to ponder all things: reality and fantasy are seperated by a thin line. The very idea that thought process makes me who I am and I should always think at a faster rate than I know.
Roberto L.

Native Son Response

Bigger is unable to support his family and therefore feels helpless and ashamed. His mother makes it worse by blaming him when Vera passes out. Because of this persecution, Bigger turns to crime. He steals from blacks because he knows that stealing from a white man would be more of a crime. Bigger begins stealing because he needs to support his family. Although he steals he is still very fearful everytime he does it so he convinces Gus to do it with him.
Roberto L