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About me - Samantha Enns

I'm a senior at St. John's College in Annapolis. I write fiction, ballroom dance, and play basketball and soccer. I work as a Resident Assistant and Head Tour Guide for my school.

I run a blog at http://www.buryingkilledtime.blogspot.com

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Food & Drink > Tea How to prepare the perfect cup of tea
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Drinking tea regularly can help your health in all sorts of ways, but many people don't like tea because it tastes weak or bitter. This article will show how to make the best and most flavorful cup with the tea you've got. First Things First: Never use soap on any dishes you use in association with tea. Because tea is so del... More..

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss How to get a good physical appearance and stay healthy
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The best ways to keep healthy are to change your everyday habits. These are some changes I've made that have stuck and worked! 1. Don't eat breaded deep fat fried foods: If it helps, think of how gross and greasy they are as all that saturated fat slides around in your blood vessels and gets trapped in your arteries! Regular... More..

Health & Fitness > Disease (Other) What is Episcleritis
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Episcleritis is an infection of the eye that is frequently misdiagnosed by ER doctors and ophthalmologists alike. Did you ever think you had a corneal scratch or a corneal abrasion, but it didn't heal as quickly as you thought? Was the surface of your eye red and irritated? Did it feel like you had something caught in your e... More..

Health & Fitness > Allergies What is an allergy?
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"What's allergic' mean?" Daniel had just told his kindergarten teacher he was allergic to peanut butter, and most of his classmates didn't have any idea what he meant. "Well," the teacher tried to explain, "it means your body doesn't like something that was put in it." "Oh," said Samantha, "well then I'm allergic to broccoli... More..

Autos > Fuel Economy What you can do to save money on gas
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There are lots of easy things you can do to save gas. While they may not seem to make a difference, if you make them habits, your car can get up to five more miles per gallon. That doesn't seem like much, but for an average twelve gallon tank that's sixty extra miles every fill-up. If only your frequent flyer miles could mat... More..

Education > Education (Other) Will more standardized tests to track students progress lead to better school performance?Smallicon
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More testing may lead to better standardized test performance, but not much else. Perhaps tests are necessary to gauge that a minimum amount of knowledge is seeping into the minds of our youth, but the overabundance of testing now is simply curbing a student's ability to enjoy learning. If it's not going to be on the test, m... More..

Computers & Technology > Internet Search Issues Search engines: Viable alternatives to Google
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Got an interest? Sure, everyone does. Trillions of things intrigue people every day, and stimulate their minds to wonder, and want to know more. Who wouldn't use the easiest, fastest, and most popular method to scratch that itch and satisfy his or her curiosity? Who wouldn't just "Google it" when they have a question, concer... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Google claims that Internet censorship is the same as international trade barriers Smallicon
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I don't agree with censorship or trade barriers, but Internet censorship is in no way "the same as" international trade barriers. It has obvious similarities, as well as obvious differences. The Internet is a global marketplace, whereas international trade not involving the Internet tends to take place in a one-on-one countr... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Dates from hell
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One of my very first dates was with a boy who went to a rival high school to mine. We went to the football game when our schools played each other. He sat diagonally above me on the bleachers and kept looking past me. Most of the time I was watching the game, but whenever I looked at him to make a comment or something, he wa... More..

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