Writing

He'd always pick on me,

about a specific "lame traffic earring."

And he'd always be talking about dirty things, and then accuse me of thinking about them.

It used to really annoy me.

And now I miss it.

I miss him.

Many a time has history class been accused of being eurocentric. Eurocentric, who-cares-centric. People use big words just to seem important. In BISV, we’ve learned about the Romans, the Greeks, the Persians, and the Egyptians.

When a man is shot, bang in the neck

we do not

Discuss

Promise change

we do not tell our children that we will make this world better for them

we pray

Language: An Undiscovered Power

If I were to say “justice” or “courage,” it would conjure up something in your mind. Something different, perhaps, than what I would see in my mind. I could ask my friends, my parents, my teachers, my neighbors.