had to keep going” (Ty). This is from a survivor of the tragic Cambodian genocide that is explained by Loung Ung in her novel First They Killed My Father. The story goes in depth of her struggles during the genocide being only the age of 5. She puts on a display of strength and perseverance during her journey as a victim of the Khmer Rouge. In the book, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Ung explores the idea of composure to develop the theme that composure in tense situations will help all
Today I will be talking about the time my cousins and I took a trip to New York. This was an amazing opportunity since it had always been a dream of us to visit the city. New York is one of the cities most people would like to visit. Summer of 2017 my cousin Yajaira had finally turned 18, so we decided to take a trip to New York. Going to New York has always been our dream vacation since it’s a city that is known to be so popular and many fun and interesting attractions. We never thought we were
Las Vegas I would like to go to a special place for a vacation. If I could go a place for vacation, I would like to go to Las Vegas. Las Vegas is one of the most popular place to travel in the world. There are numerous entertainments and interesting shops in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is known for gambling and entertainments. I can go to a club that offers special experience that people can only enjoy in Las Vegas. For example, some clubs offers strip shows that you can only see in Las Vegas. Also,
Who was your first Best friend? My first Bestfriend was Dezmond Eggers. We became friends in 6th grade and it wasn’t really till 8th grade where we became good friends and started to hangout. The funny thing is My mom and his Dad were best friends when they were in high school. So it was pretty cool to know that about my mom. Me and Dezmond or Dez for short are still friends today which is cool we dont hangout as much though. #2 What were your favorite hobbies and pastimes as a child? My favorite things
little things in life. One of the experiences that I relate to going on a journey that brought me many happy moments was when I was able to go on vacation with one of my best friends and her family after graduation. There were many moments during this trip that really taught me the importance of little moments and how they can
Have you ever had to make a tough decision in your life? We’ll have too, when my mom asked me to move to Hawaii with her last year. I was faced with a tough decision and I had to sit down a really think about what was best for me and my life. Halfway through my junior year my mom went on vacation to Hawaii to go see her friends. At least I thought it was just for vacation, but when she got back from her trip she started telling me how much fun it was, what she did, and what she saw. “She said it
When I was going to first grade, I had the worst summer ever. I know, I know, how can you have a bad summer? Well go on vacation with my family, and it will ruin the whole summer. It started off amazing, I was going into first grade, I thought I could do anything. The bast thing is that we were going on vacation to St. Louis. I was so ecstatic to leave and go see the Arch, it was going to be amazing. We started on the road, we had a movie going on the DVD player that we had. No one was fighting
My story is far from anything spectacular, but for me, it has been the one most singularly life changing event of my life. It was the day that I almost lost my mother . After an amazing two week vacation with my family it took one plane trip to affect me in so many ways for which I really do not have words to describe. Yet, at the time I was eighteen years old on my way to becoming a high school graduate this strong, bold hard working independent young woman, at this moment I was scared girl on
One of my most cherished vacations was when I went to Kings Island with my friends. I went on this vacation the summer before my senior year started. From this vacation I learned a really valuable lesson that, no matter how bad a situation may seem it will always get better. In July 2015, my friends and I went to Kings Island. The people that went with me were, my fiends Bryce, Courtney, and Emily. We all had to get up really early if we wanted to get there on time. So Bryce and I got up at 7:30
“Hey hey, get up!” My mom screamed at me. “What is it mom, it’s 6:41 in the morning” I moaned as I rolled over. “We are running late, as always” she yelled. That’s when i remembered that today was the day we were going to Mackinac Island. I have been waiting for this day for over two weeks and it was finally here. I sprinted out of my room and ran straight for the bathroom. I flung the shower on and hopped in. “Ahhhhhhh” I screamed the water was so cold. I jumped out and through on a pair of