The entertainment industry showcases a particularly popular theme in many books, television shows, and movies: the opportunity to rise up and reach your dream. The chance to go from underdog to top dog. It makes sense. Us Americans tend to like a happy ending. Not to mention, the people telling these stories are typically theContinueContinue reading ““Don’t Give Up—You’ll Make It Someday.””
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Why I’m Nobody
I’m Nobody! Who are you?Are you — Nobody — Too?Then there’s a pair of us!Don’t tell! they’d advertise — you know! How dreary — to be — Somebody!How public — like a Frog —To tell one’s name — the livelong June —To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickinson My first poetry night. Last night, after aContinueContinue reading “Why I’m Nobody”
Does It Matter If We’re Likable?
Strangers stared at me in the face. They seemed like nice girls—girls who had fun roommates and a lot of friends. I knew none of them, and I barely knew the boy who had dragged me into the apartment to meet his roommate, who happened to be at the girls’ apartment. Yet, I had agreedContinueContinue reading “Does It Matter If We’re Likable?”
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