Far away, perhaps, far enough that it never seemed important enough to people on this side of the Atlantic a nation nestled in the depths of Eastern Europe. When Eastern Europe is mentioned, usually the first thoughts evoked are of the former USSR, heavy accents, Cold War and a whole other world fairly new to […]
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“I’ve been giving out chances and every time I do you let me down” is from a song by Taylor Swift. Sometimes, people seemingly break a promise and you give them a second chance. When I was younger, I did not give out second chances easily. But now from my experiences, I have learned a […]
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“Oh my gosh, physics!” my friend exclaimed when she saw the textbook. I smiled at her enthusiasm, and when she put the book down, I picked it up to see what all the excitement was. Gracing the pages were convoluted graphs with terrifying sinusoidal waves, as well as rows of equations with gibberish Greek letters […]
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Lu was so tiny, so much smaller than I expected. She lay virtually motioness in a small bed with a pink comforter. Her veins stood out from beneath her pale white skin and it was all I could do to keep from staring. Everything about her looked breakable. But she turned her head and greeted […]
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The question of second chances is one that has become a cliché. Society has told us that the answer we give to this question is one that defines us. Many people answer “yes” when faced with this question because they actually believe they would give somebody a second chance no matter what; however, the majority […]
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“AHHHHHH!” I screamed into the phone. “Ahhhhhh!” she replied on the other side, “Oh my gosh! Really?” “Yes, really,” I confirmed. I jumped up and down with my cell phone still in my hand and I could feel that she was doing the same thing on the other side. Hi, my name is Emily. You […]
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Hardly a week into my junior year and I had already passed out on pills during a lecture. Although no charges were filed, I had been arrested a year earlier. One would think that this experience would change my self-destructive behaviors. Instead one year later I sat in a new classroom but in the same […]
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