Struggling in America The United States of America is often seen as a nation in which the pursuit of happiness is not a dream but a reality. The sad truth is that although portrayed as an unusually easy life, life in America is as much of a struggle...
Passage 9 Building Bridges When you hear the phrase cultural heritage, what comes to mind? Maybe you remember going to see ethnic folk dances with people wearing traditional costumes. Perhaps you were exposed to the music and arts of this culture. Mo...
Challenges of School Life is full of challenges. School has to be the most challenging obstacle in the lives of youth today. Elementary school brings about a few challenges characteristic of those years spent there. Theres the challenge of coloring i...
An Irish Wedding Have you ever been to an Irish wedding? I have just returned from one. It is a quarter to five in the morning; the sun has already climbed above the horizon;the birds are busy celebrating the new day and have eagerly been in search o...
Passage 6 Come as You Are Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. If your braided hair has loosened,if the parting of your hair be not straight, if the ribbons be not fastened, do not mind. Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. Co...
All Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate mountain, but there in the sandbox at nur...
Passage 3 Exercise A state of physical and mental health allows you to take part in exercise comfortably and enjoyably so that it doesnt hurt, so that you can look forward to it, and feel good afterwards. If you are feeling down, exercise may help pi...
The English Character To other Europeans, the best known quality of the British,and in particular of the English, is reserved.A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers,does not show much emotion, and seldom gets excited.It is...
Happiness Many people think that when they become rich and successful,happiness will naturally follow.Let me tell you that nothing is further from the truth.The world is full of very rich peoplewho are as miserable as if they were living in hell.We h...
Some teachers seem to be good teachers, but they are not. Even though their students have no special faults to find with them. They are not good teachers because they have no special vision, no special urge, no fight. They know their respect fields w...
