Two summers ago, in College Park Maryland, I had an unavoidable encounter with feeling truly invisible. I was staying with a host family for three weeks in coordination with College Park tennis academy. The family’s name was the Ingratis, and they had a boy my age named Alex. Alex had similar interests to me and was always friendly enough when I engaged with him. During the first two weeks of my stay, the other boy Alec was relatively friendly and nice toward me.…
A giant. A giant is a mythological beast that is supposed to be larger than any human ever will be. A giant is supposed to be very strong and muscular. A giant is supposed to not be real, but there is. His name is Chris Leprechaun.…
Sorry for not turning this in sooner, I could give you an excuse, but really there isn't one that I feel is good enough because the fact is I just didn't turn this essay in again at the appropriate time. If you don't accept it I completely understand and in no way am I asking for special treatment. Sincerely, Steven…
“Mythography” Project I use numbers and math for lots of things in my daily life. I use numbers and math for baking, measuring, learning activities, counting, telling time, planning, and scheduling. The first thing I use math and numbers for is baking and washing dishes. I use the numbers on the oven and microwave to set operating cycles. I use the microwave to make delicious noodles, and the oven for baking cookies.…
The Hunted I didn’t know who I was. I woke up next to a bunch of muddy kids. They all smelled like they haven't showered in weeks. There was two twins, a chubby kid, and probably the skinniest kid I’ve ever seen. Then I realized I smelled just like them.…
Life Without Action As an infant, Ana Arias was born with a defective knee. Her knee would always pop out randomly or sometimes on purpose. Ana's knee never fully developed. When I asked her, "Why did it do that?…
This model of thinking made the researchers think that the students were open to the possibility that there’s other numbers that exit after the number 0. In the absolute mental model, the students used negative numbers to order the numbers apart from the positive ones, but they thought -9 was bigger than 3. In addition, the students did not give any value to the negative numbers. In the order nothing model, the students treated the negative numbers as 0. They thought that the farther the number was away from zero the greater the value.…
Absence It never hurt, now i think of it i felt nothing. Most would think of me as crazy to hear this statement, but i have started to think it's because people are scared. They don't understand like i do or see what i am seeing this very moment. Nothing, i see nothing, except there is no way to describe it. There is no color or a color i have never seen before, no one has.…
My First Shot The air was empty but the pond was full. We sneak through the trees to get to the pond. We get there to realize that the gamble we took didn't pay off. Since we got there about thirty minutes before shoot time we waited. That was the slowest 30 minutes ever.…
My mask represents two sides of myself. One side represents me when I’m with Ernie. On the other side, it represents me when I’m at school. I’m more of the right than I am on the left. Because I love him so much I can’t stop thinking about him!…
Iclesias Phanord Breaking the Norm I’m surrounded by bouncing basketball and expectations. I had not yet found my vocation. However, many people around me had; whether it was basketball, cheerleading, or track - they had found a purpose that drove them. I did not have anything that I was truly passionate about but when I began playing volleyball, I discovered it and I fell in love with the intensity that came when I touched a volleyball.…
During the hike I thought a lot about my summer reading, but sadly it didn't help me face the monster... During July of 2015 I was reading Into Thin Air while driving down south. While there, my family went on a hike that was on a smaller scale of Everest, but still gave me many lessons to take away from it. It was a short but scenic drive from the place we were staying to the long, treacherous trail. My brother and I started walking at a faster pace than our parents so we arrived at the first obstacle before our parents.…
The Shot I Didn’t Take “You can’t give up before even trying,” said my dad very often. My dad, Matt Matuska, is a firm believer on not giving up. My decision on not going out for basketball was somewhat hard on him because he really enjoyed watching me play. He also didn’t want to see me give up on something that I was “good at”. I didn’t think that I was good at basketball, and to be completely honest, I didn’t enjoy playing the game either.…
The Outsider Have you ever felt so different from everyone around you, even your own family? I have. It is my extended family. My father's family is African American.…
Many people have influenced me in my life. One person has stood out and helped me with many things in my life. My personal hero is my grandma. When I was younger she helped me through a lot. Whenever I mad a mistake she would be there to help me fix it.…