I am sleeping in the middle of the night when I am torn out of a dream by a pained cry. “Weasley?” fear enters my heart as I jump out of bed. Cowering in a corner is my puppy. I roll my eyes and go back to bed. Mr. Moomoo is my aunt’s cat. He [...]
At the age of three, I was an animal lover, my favorite animal being a cat. I’d never had one, because we thought my dad was allergic to them, but I wanted one desperately. One day, my mom and I heard a sound. I was sure it was a cat, but my mom thought it [...]
A normal day, a simple nap. Then, an order. “Do it yourself,”, I mumbled and rolled over, pulling the soft blankets over my head. The next word I heard made me shoot like a bullet from comfort and into fear, “Fire.” I don’t remember running down the stairs or grabbing the cup of water. All [...]
Gia Magliano is NAWBO BRC’s Scholarship Chair. The Barbara Balter Entrepreneurial Spirit Scholarship is available to female high school seniors who have demonstrated entrepreneurial talents and live in the State of Maryland. Gia has been a member of NAWBO BRC for a number of years and is serving her third term on the board since 2006. [...]
I was honored last week to participate in Catonsville High School’s Mock Interviews. Twice a year Catonsville High School helps prepare their seniors by having them go through a mock interview. Christine Tomback who is the “School to Career Transition” teacher at Catonsville High School organizes and runs the mock interview days. There are two equally important [...]
Jake F. Howenburg July 10th, 2010 My name is Jake; I am a thirteen year old boy with Asperger Syndrome. People say I am unusual. People say I’m special. Some people even say I am weird. But they are the weird ones because everybody is different, and if any two people are exactly the same [...]
He was a busy man, says the overload of dictionaries and law books in his office on the second floor a small man too, says the petite jacket in the closet upstairs; and a strong, hard-working man, say the seven tuition bills sitting opened on a desk next to his cigar box, dirty with ash; but not a man for foolishness, [...]
Since the beginning of time people have struggled with the cruel situation of diversity.The reason for that is because people who are diverse usually get ridiculed by others just because of their differences. I for one had never dealt with anything even relating to diversity. I always was carefree my whole life without a thought in [...]
She was a plump woman, says the size of her clothing on a pile of books by the bed a kind woman too, say the Boyds Bears in the cabinet in the living room; and a true mother say the costume patterns cut out and waiting on the table next to the sewing machine, threaded [...]
