My eyes watered as I heaped fluffy, steaming scoops of white rice onto styrofoam plates. My nose scrunched as the pungent smell of garlic and red chili peppers soured the air I breathed. Everything, from my arms to my legs burned at the end of each day at Ho-Ho China. Yet, I had never felt …
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An Analysis by Evelyn Tsoi Martha Hickson loved her job. Now, she’s counting the days until she leaves. “If I had the freedom to walk [out], I would.” As a librarian of 18 years at North Hunterdon Regional High School, Hickson reminisces a life long gone. The smiles of her students no longer bring her …
When is a woman past her prime? To Don Lemon, a woman is “considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s” (Lemon, 2023). It seems like CNN made the right decision to fire Lemon from his longtime job as a news anchor. After all, at age 57, Lemon is, …
How much is too much of a sacrifice? With a white picket fence, two kids, two cars in the driveaway, and a house in suburbia, my parents have accomplished the American Dream by any measure. What was once a figment of imagination has manifested into a reality, or simply “the dream of a land in …
By Evelyn Tsoi Privilege. It has irreparably shaped my entire upbringing from the moment I was born 16 years ago in Arcadia, CA. My entire life, I have been surrounded by opportunities and affluence. I have taken the little things for granted and overlooked the complex beauty of life and its functions. Although I am …
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