As the fall semester of English 111, section 116 ends, I am not looking back. Completion of this course pushes me one step closer to the completion of my program. I knew when signing up for this course that I would write and be able to check this class off my list of general courses …
Author Archives: lindseysig
Tough Love
In Tara Westover’s brilliant memoir, Educated, she relives her childhood in Buck’s peak, Idaho, growing up under the control of her strict yet loving Mormon father, who refused to allow his numerous children to attend public school and now patiently waits for the end of times. Westover’s father shows love a little differently but, in …
I Struggle to Write and That’s Alright
On this particular Wednesday in May, almost every Senior in Mr. Cooks’ Honors English 4 class took part in the nervous chatter while anxiety danced throughout the classroom. Clenching their notecards, some students recited the same words, over and over, messing them up in a different way every time. However, I took this time to …
No, I’m Not A Pole Dancer
While most everyone else was on the stands on Friday night, I, and the rest of the West Iredell Color Guard Team was down on the track. We were dancing, chanting and performing the flag routine for our fight song every time our football team scored a touchdown. For the last two years of my …
Simply Sigmon 