Old people, stroke patients, and persons with disabilities- these are the people who occupy a great place in my heart along with those street children and underprivileged individuals begging for alms on the overpass, knocking to every car’s window, and wiping the shoes of every passenger on the jeep.

Surely, it’s my grandmother who taught me (not literally taught, but it’s one thing I really have learned for my whole life staying with her.) to be like this, to feel compassion to thos

It is in times like these that I find within myself a strong desire to write. Recording my thoughts helps me make sense of the past week’s events. My initial thought is one I share with millions: “How can someone do this?” The events in Boston leave me sad and sickened. Once I recovered from my initial shock, however, I asked myself not how, but why. The nature of ‘good’ versus ‘evil’ has always fascinated me. What defines ‘good’ in a world where no two people believe in the exact same values?

Rehtaeh Parsons was just another girl, living a normal life in Nova Scotia, Canada. However, unlike any other girl, she succumbed to a trauma that no one would wish on his or her worst enemy. She was gang raped by several boys at the age of just fifteen. Horrific enough as this was, one boy apparently took and released a photo of the young girl being assaulted to the public, unleashing a reign of bullying on Parsons.
Technology has been the best and worst thing to happen to our society.

At age eighty-seven, a woman that truly changed the world passes away. Not many politicians or peace fighters leave behind an all-enduring legacy, but Margaret Thatcher – the first female Prime Minister of Britain – did. Creating a radical revolution, she opened the doors of freedom for all, with firm principles and an agenda set in stone; accordingly, she earned a reputation as, ‘the Iron Lady’.

The story of Margaret Thatcher is an important part of the lives of young people today,

She's up against a wall,
A small plastic cup in hand.
Friends are long gone,
Disappeared far into the bass,
The beat, the dancing, the crowd.

She stands alone, frightened,
But refuses to show it.
But he smells her fear,
And inches closer, so slowly;
Like a predator stalking its prey.

His words are like candy,
Sweet and inviting,
Irresistible and unstoppable.
Fingers intertwine and he leads her away.

He tell

My life has been nothing but a juggling act. I have a girlfriend. I go to college, full time. I'm an avid gamer. And, lastly, I'm a YouTube uploader/commentator (IdiocracyGames, if you'd care to look it up). I juggle all of these activities, every day, in hopes that, someday, I will graduate college, marry the woman I love, continue to play games as much as I can, and grow my YouTube channel so that people around the nation can see my content. I wish there was something that could ease the load

"You are probably wondering why I’m not writing this on your wall or telling it to anyone else I know. I guess I am just not ready for the rest of the world to know how I feel now that you’re gone. I miss you, there is no denying that, but I’ve been missing you for a good 3 years now. I know that I can never make this rift right. I was too late. Our relationship can never be fixed and it kills me.

I remember when we were still close, do you? We used to tell each other everything- ho

I took Creative Writing in college freshman year, and I ended up writing a letter to my mom, which was completely real. There was something laying heavily on my chest for years that I needed to tell her, and so I thought this might be the best way.

I took Creative Writing in college freshman year, and I ended up writing a letter to my mom, which was completely real. There was something laying heavily on my chest for years that I needed to tell her, and so I thought this might be the

Christen Daigle
FYW 102
January 24, 2013

My thoughts on Newtown Shooting:

The hype about gun control has gone up drastically since President Obama took matters into his own hands. After the terrible shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which ripped the community of Sandy Hook apart, opinions about gun control have formed around the Nation. In our modern times especially in the United States, guns have become very popular and a normal part of daily life. Focus on th

I believe that the gun control laws need to be enhanced in order to protect the citizens of the United States. With another shooting added to the list it is apparent that some changes need to be made. To start off the United States needs to make it harder for citizens to acquire a gun. Personally I do not think that anyone should be able to own a gun because in the wrong hands it can be disastrous. I think that people who hunt wildlife should be the only ones allowed to purchase a gun. This wou