It’s 2002 and I am standing in the Brophy mall for the first time ever in my life.
It’s lunch time and the only thing I can hear are kids yelling out how many McChicken sandwiches they want from the Coral.
I am in fifth grade and I am starting my summer enrichment classes.
The modern hipster is considered “indie” or individual.
This trend stems from indie/underground music scenes and other anti-establishment movements.
The indie music trend has been around for decades but has resurfaced with more girth in this decade.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown was sworn in on the floor of the Senate by Vice President Joe Biden Feb. 4.
Jan. 19 was the day that Senator Brown became the first Republican senator from Massachusetts since 1972.
He announced his intentions to fill the slot of the late Ted Kennedy on Sept. 12, 2008, which was coincidentally his 50th birthday.
As I hit my turn signal to switch lanes I passively check my blind spot and find the driver looking down from the wheel checking something.
Unless they are reading or playing their Nintendo DS, it is highly probable that they are texting away like there is no tomorrow.
I guess this should not bother me that much, but it does.
The first time I ever heard of Haiti was back in 2008 in Mr. JP Jarcyzk’s Gospels in Actions class.
As part of the curriculum we read Tracy Kidder’s “Mountain Beyond Mountains,” which highlighted the poverty and economic inequality of Haiti.
It discussed the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, who was trying to give Haitians basic medical supplies to improve their quality of life.
An estimated 1 billion Valentine cards are sent each year, according to the Greeting Card Association, a number second only to Christmas, with an estimated 2.6 billion cards being sent each year.
And what better way to say “I love you” than with a Hallmark greeting card and a $4.99 box of chocolates from Walgreens?
This festivity occurring every February has murky origins and many historians debate who the actual “Saint Valentine” was.
Who can forget 2009?
For that matter who can forget the last decade?
Terrorist attacks, anthrax scares, wars, economic downturns, natural disasters and the promise of hope made the 2000s turbulent to say the least, with more ups and downs than anyone could have imagined.
Everybody knows that one student who does everything: NHS, several sports, band, photography club, speech and debate and concert piano.
He has participated on three immersion trips (just this year), is an altar server and is taking five AP classes.
I think it is impossible, and certainly at least impractical, to participate in all of those activities/classes at once, but many students are overloading themselves with activities in order to get that extra edge in the college admissions process.
For the last several weeks eight people stood abreast with the The Crown of Thorns statue in the Brophy Mall.
Eight faces, some half-hidden by bandages, stared from glossy pictures with tired and tearful eyes and hungry mouths.
Since Jan. 28, many students, parents and faculty members volunteered in one hour shifts to stand in solidarity with these and all the people of Haiti after the earthquake on Jan. 12.
The first time I ever heard of Haiti was back in 2008 in Mr. JP Jarcyzk’s Gospels in Actions class.
As part of the curriculum we read Tracy Kidder’s “Mountain Beyond Mountains,” which highlighted the poverty and economic inequality of Haiti.
It discussed the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, who was trying to give Haitians basic medical supplies to improve their quality of life.