Myself

I want to start this self-reflective essay off with irony. Irony is a funny thing that comes around when you least expect it. Over winter break I lost one of the most important people in the world to …

My name is E. S., I am a first-year student here at East Carolina University. Never would I have thought I would enjoy an English class as much as I did this year. I have never been very fond of writi…

When I think of my childhood and who I have become as a 17-year-old girl I cannot help but think about how much my interests, desires, and personality have changed. Personality refers to individual di…

There are five stages of Relationship. The first is friendship, love, intimacy, and singlehood, the second is dating ,mate selection, and living together. The third is marriage, the fourth is parentho…

I can remember the day as if it was yesterday. Sitting around the learning table in my kindergarten class, writing my alphabet one letter at a time. I remember Ms. Martinez would always say "Startup t…

Being the youngest person in my family, all of my sisters and friends live in Jordan, where I am originally from. I traveled with my parents to New Jersey in 2015 when I was 16 years of age. Traveling…

It has been about 2 years since schools closed down for COVID-19. Honestly, It doesn't feel that way. COVID-19 had sprung a few adversities along my way to becoming a successful student-athlete and ha…

Many elements of the world are impossible to see to the human eye; different parts of our intricate world are unable to be seen unless looked at under a new lens. Scientists do it all the time. They t…

There is a technique in music I find remarkable: harmony. When two or more notes vie for attention, differing in points of view. The ear mediates, perceiving the notes as one collective sound. What's …

A white picket fence house in the suburbs occupied by a family of four and their golden retriever. I think this is what most people visualize when they hear the American Dream. But for me, I moved to …