1. High School Dropouts
For the most part, I was raised in a very small, Cajun country town. In this town everyone knew my name and who my mom, dad, sisters and brothers were. ... While living in a small town can have its perks, it can limit the perspective of one's mind, leaving people to believe that hardly anything exists beyond the borders of that little town. ... My parents raised our family in the Catholic religion. ... Like I said, our families ended up being the very best of friends. ...
I believe that our earliest childhood memories play a part in influencing our future career; it's certainly true for me. ... A kiss on my forehead, and father was off to town for more supplies. Town was not far away. ... A man in a police car was barreling straight towards our camp site. ... On my father's way to town he was run off the road by a vehicle that crossed over into his lane. ...
It was during spring break on a Saturday afternoon that Grace's parents were out of town tending to family matters. ... I had come to give Grace a casserole my mom made knowing that she was fending for herself since her parents were out of town. ... I knew of her from school and our mothers worked together at a doctor's office, the only one in town. Our school was relatively small, my graduating class being somewhere around fifty. ... We put each other down because it might hurt our ego to be seen talking to a certain person or perhaps we do it to feel better about ourselves. ...
Mikal Gilmore's Dream Dreams are manifestations of the subconscious, often related to events occurring in our conscience lives. Many times we address issues in our dreams that we will not or cannot address while awake. In the short story "My Brother, Gary Gilmore", Mikal Gilmore has a recurring dream in which he returns to the town he grew up in. ... In this passage Mikal refers to the house as "my fathers", why is the house is not our house, or my parents house? ... There is an overwhelming feeling of imprisonment associated with this town. ...
Mattie lives in a small town where money is scarce and working hard on the farm is a way of life. ... In chapter nine, Mattie says, "Weaver and I had spent most of the year preparing for our exit examinations. ... School is not a part of a child's daily routine in Mattie's small town, especially in the 1900's. ... College will allow her to escape her small town to major in something she loves, writing. ...
Remembering back to my childhood, I can't ever recall our family ever doing anything that related to our ethnic or cultural roots. ... After a brief period, we left and went along our way. ... Sometimes we did travel with my uncle and cousin, but rarely did we ever have a place to call our own. ... I remember once going through a town out in Arizona, to look for my mom's brother, who was homeless at the time. It was the most peculiar town that I have ever seen though, to this day I have never seen anything quite like it. ...
These flowers work equally well as a gift for someone's close in the family like our parents. These flowers help me to recall vividly on my childhood days, every year without fail I would make a trip to China Town on Chinese New Year's Eve to do some last minute shopping. ... Yellow carnations were my mother's favorite, I was instructed by my father to go get some for my mom on China Town. ...
We were already halfway to the outskirts of town when I wept. ... It was a Sunday evening and we were riding the bus heading to my mom's small town after her mother died. ... She must have been very lonely being only with me in our house. ... My Lola left Gensan because of discomfort for our place was very hot, enough to make her think that the blowing wind in the city was boiling. ... Morning came and the prickling summer heat wasn't sensible enough to give shade for our grief. ...
On a good day, it would take forty, to forty-five minutes, to get to town. ... Half of the population of New York also wanted to get to town. ... By the time he got to town, it was 3:30 p.m. ... Aria, this is my friend and our neighbor, John." ...
Oscar blames it on a girl from his school that is in town. ... The way that this pertains to our class is that after eve finds out that Diane is sleeping with Oscar then she feels like maybe she wants to bring out her wild side and explore. ...
We lived in a nice town in rural Georgia. Surrounded by our Southern amenities, a business just didn't seem imperative. ... Our product then was fishing tackles. ... I told him that I also desperately want the same thing, but if it means our family has to suffer the way it had I would rather not. ... Our company is now registered and our products almost determined. ...
We had our own driver, my Mom had hers and my Dad had his. ... Growing up I was invited to every party in town and I had a lot of friends. ... " She always told us different things that could happen and change our lives at any time. All talk was supposed to motivate us to finish our education early. My Dad wanted us to acquire our first degree before the age of 21. ...
Our parents, especially at a young age, are the most influential persons in our lives, so in order to understand Paul, one must look at his mother and father. ... All that readers know about him is that he works in town, and his good prospects never materialize. ... If readers of this story can see that it parallels unfortunate children in our American society, they should also recognize another of its underlying themes. ... Perhaps Paul, with his obvious psychological problems, is better out of this life, but as a society, part of our contentment ought to come from collectively raising happy ...
It could be at a family friend's home or our home, the place did not matter. ... My father was on a business trip and her drinking seemed to increase when he had to go out of town. ... I told her I could not stand by and watch her destroy herself, and hurt our family anymore. ... Our relationship became stronger as a result of my decision. ...
We lived their until my mother finished her Midwifery Degree at Emory and decided to move to a classified "white" side of town. ... She was also the kind of woman who gave a homeless man a meal we*ve just prepared and offer him a seat at our table. ... This showed me that even through our differences, a man is still a man and maybe he*s made wrong choices in his life to have him become homeless, but an individual should still be loved no matter where his mishaps left him. ...
Both of us were enjoying our years of junior high, and preparing to be together for high school, but things started to change with him. His dad went out of town more and more, leaving just Bill and his mother in the house for months at a time. ...
