Being a big sister pays off Harper student wins $1,000 scholarship for essay on taking care of teen brotherStephanie Zimmerman
The painting is ridiculous, much like the photograph, which I thought would provoke a funny essay about how bad I am at painting, how weird it is that I like being physically upside down, and how unusual it is to be a 57-year-old woman who can and frequently does turn cartwheels. But...
In the same issue ofMercurio,de CéspedespublishedLa donna magistrato’(‘The Woman Magistrate’), an essay byMaria Bassino, one of the most important criminal defense lawyers at the time, addressing women’s rights to become magistrates. In her letter toGinzburg,de Céspedesexplains that thes...
he tagged along while his older sister got her nose-ring changed. In the shop, he sifted through a big bin of brightly packaged condoms. "What are these?" he asked."
“half-breeds,” usually bringing disgrace to their family’s name. In Jodi Lundgren’s discourse, “Being a Half-breed”, is about how a girl who struggles with understanding what cultural group she fits into since she is a “half-breed.” Elizabeth Evasdaughter’s essay, “Leslie Marmon...
Penn said hisapproach to parentingeach child is "very different." Referring to an essay he read about a father showing his softer side around his kids, Penn explained of his younger son, "I'm going to need to be able to more consciously show him my vulnerability as he gets o...
I learned a lot from having a sailing captain as a mother and an Olympic athlete as a father. As a girl living in the Midwest, I sailed only small boats on little lakes. As I grew older and moved to the East Coast, I learned to sail larger bodies of water. Sailing has been a co...
and helpmy mum with my baby sister, so that my mum can rest” (Hanna). A third typi-cal answer indicated what other places the kid would stay at, for instance, at theschool yard and youth clubs. From the children’s narratives Biblo represents anafterschool-activity, a period of leisu...
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I usually aspire to write an inspiring, uplifting and/or thought-provoking essay in this space. Today,I am opting for purely pragmatic. I’ve joined the annual New Year’s “how to keep your resolutions” hype in the hope that my thoughts may prove helpful. Here goes: For the final ...