It’s the first day of High School. Mel and Adriana walk through the never ending, unfamiliar hallways for the very first time. High school falls into a completely different category than middle school, so this year would be an adventure. Their first class is French, with a Mr. Piere, in room 23. After a bit of wandering around, the girls found it and were anxious to get started with their day. As they entered the room a particularly musty, old…
Thunderstorms are a way of life. Clouds always moving across the sky, looking for the perfect place to stop and reign terror upon. They go by, unnoticed by the many people who are so tremendously affected by them. Flipping through channels we hear, 30% chance of rain…. and it has become a daily routine. What if this storm was to be the last? It all started like any other day, sunny and 75 but everyone knew that the rain was…
American Dream Essay Outline What types of conflict do you see in the different works of literature and what does this reveal about the American Dream? There are different types of conflict that man has to deal with in every piece of literature we have looked at. They all, in their own type of way, reveal something about the American Dream. In the pieces that we looked at in class, three particular types of conflict continuously showed up. Man has…
Thunderstorms are a way of life. Clouds always moving across the sky, looking for the perfect place to stop and reign terror upon. They go by, unnoticed by the many people who are so tremendously affected by them. Flipping through channels people hear, 30% chance of rain, scattered showers, light gusts of wind at noon- the words breeze right over their heads. No one worries too much. What is the big deal about storms? The day started off like any…
Background: Erik Weihenmayer was born September 3rd, 1968 ready to take on the challenges of this world. Erik was no normal boy, he had been born with only partial sight, a degenerative eye disorder, and it was slowly diminishing. The fight to be normal had just begun. Would normal schools accept this partially blind kid? How would he make friends and keep up with the activities they were doing? He is thrown more challenges than your average person but he…
Technology is helpful for humans- the brain is being given assistance to do it’s job better and more effectively. Many people in the world today believe technology to be helpful for humans and I agree with them. To start off I would like to tell you what technology is according to Marc Prensky in “Is Technology Rewiring Your Brain?” To summarize he says that, technology isn’t about all the gadgets around us and it’s not about how we do things…
Today I am here to introduce you to Baylee Lyn Paxton, a very spunky 15 year old with with quite the story. *Traits/Characteristics BAYLEE DEFINED: Reliable Peppy Nice, caring, concerned for others ? Blunt (in a good way…) Positive outlook on life Always happy (cheerful) *Childhood If you had met Baylee several years ago- at about elementary age, you would have seen a very different person. Big family- but its “broken” Not the best childhood ***Dad leaving sergeant in the…
I kept a steady pace while jogging through the park. Training for a marathon is a lot harder than I expected and I had to continuously coach myself through the process, “You can do it Keller, almost done!” My little amount of perseverance dwindled as I neared the end of my run and when I saw a peculiar man sitting on a bench, reading the newspaper. At first I just overlook it, but as I glance around there is another…
After writing my own essay about adversity, reading the book Touch the Top of the World, and listening to the podcast about grit, I have gained a fuller understanding of what adversity is and how it is shown in life. To start off I had never really put too much thought into adversity. I knew Webster’s definition of adversity and that’s quite simple: “a difficult situation or condition; misfortune or tragedy.” While doing these different lessons in class, the distinctions…
Playing to Prove Them Wrong My biggest dream in life consisted of playing club volleyball. I retained a belief that the girls who did seemed so much ‘cooler’ and better at everything they participated in. It sounds cheesy but I wanted to live just like them. I thought that it would remain impossible for me to receive this chance, there seemed to be too much of a commitment involved- both time and money wise. With three daughters at home, keeping…