Recently on October 20, we celebrated National Day of Writing. Many writing and literary arts lovers shared their personal reasons for writing on none other that the social networking phenomenon,…

     Durring our class discussion today, we came upon the topic of in what language do bi and tri-lingual people think in. Then the question was asked, what language to babies who don't speak a…

Today, my headphones broke. I was devastated! How am I going to listen to music if I have to walk home?! But more…

I was writing some blog posts, facing the consequences of my extreme procrastination, when IT happened. If you  don't know me very well and don't know what IT is, I shall explain. You…

Last weekend, my mom was watching a movie that had won an Academy Award when she was in high school.  I sat down to watch it with her, and after about five minutes, I wanted to run out of the…

After reading Willa Cather's novel My Antonia, I've been thinking more about immigration than I usually do. What effect does being an…

     Most people argue that Mr. Shimerda neglects his family by not protecting his family from the harshness of the winter. He also commits suicide, leaving his family to deal with adaptation of a…

          There are quite a handful of people in the United States that can fluently communicate in two or more languages.  Being a part of this group, I consider myself to be fortunate. As a…

My most visited webpage on my computer is Twitter, of course.  No matter how unrelated some people may think Twitter may be to the educated world, for me it always ties…

Danny Johnson

Summer Reading Books

Over the summer, I read Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, The Catcher in the Rye written by…

       What makes you feel protected? A nightlight? An alarm system? Perhaps even a football helmet. Everyone has a certain…

This summer I read three very entertaining books which were all alike in many ways and all would be classified under the science fiction genre.  In fact, the first two…

The three stories that I read were really good stories that I would recommend to…

JAKE’S SUPER COOL SUMMER READING LIST

Over the summer I read three great books that were connected either by their style, plot, or even characteristics of a main character. Some…

Shadowmancer:

                The first book I read this summer was Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor. It is the first book in its series, so naturally it didn’t have much of an ending.  I…

 So does anyone here…