think about, and appreciate the true beauties of nature and put life in a perspective. While I know I have neither the willpower nor the desire to remain silent for such a lengthy amount of time, I do have one place I go to that
There are moments in our lives that we a not likely to forget. These special moments in time can be either good or bad. Sometimes a rough patch in life can make or break a person’s will. It was once said that tough time never last, but tough people do. I have had many crystal moments throughout my 24 years of life. One moment I would like to share is when I first got my driver’s license. I grew up in a very quiet neighborhood away from anything remotely fun for a teenager in high school to do.
qualifies as a hero, and who my biggest hero is. One of the biggest negative affects of heroes in society is that it promotes the thought of a perfect human being, specifically in one certain thing. My guess of the worst idea of a hero is when people look up to too skinny models or people because of the fact that they are skinny. The idea of a role model asks people to conform and try to change who they are. While that may be for the better, it could just as well be for the worst. Even though there are
Finding Nemo Today is another bittersweet moment in my life, my last day of sophomore year. I have chosen to write about the time I reunited with something I needed and loved, yet lost. This is what some people may call their other half. One of my favorite quotes by an anonymous author says, "High school is not the time to find your groom, but the time to find your bridesmaids." So, on that note, this is not another cliché story about losing my one true love, but about the time I lost myself.
example of a sport. The dripping in sweat summers, and the freezing cold, yet “we’re still moving for some reason” winters is what the horseman lives for. We work hard at our sport all year round, putting our all into the moment we get dropped off at the barn, until the moment we leave for the day. Horseback riding is a sport with many different disciplines, all with their own challenges. The certain discipline I am focusing on today is show jumping, in which a rider competes over fences and is
monster then seeks revenge for his life of loneliness and misery. The setting can bring about these feelings of short-lived happiness, loneliness, isolation, and despair. Shelly's writing shows how the varied and dramatic settings of Frankenstein can create the atmosphere of the novel and can also cause or hinder the actions of Frankenstein and his monster as they go on their seemingly endless chase where the pursuer becomes the pursued. Darkly dramatic moments and the ever-so-small flashes
that he might bring life to is. From a human perspective, I don’t think we can even begin to fathom what was going through. My dear friends on the HHA campus, maybe you are at a crisis point in your life right now- a personal Gethsemane, if you will. You have your will; you know what you want. Yet you can sense that God’s will is different from our will. So friends, would you let the Lord choose for you? Would you be willing to say, “Lord, I’m submitting my will to yours. Not my will, but your will
over again, but not me. Graduation day had to be the best day of my life, finally my senior year was over. I could finally get away from the horrible memories I had and start over. I couldn’t believe I made it through Brennan High School. A lot of people always think Brennan High School is for bad kids, kids that get kicked out of school that might be true for a few but most of us were there for emotional problems. Threw all my years of high school senior year was the only year I wasn’t in a
conflicts, but the days of 1692 was by the far the highest, it was a time of fear and hysteria of people being convicted of witch craft. I am beginning to feel that conflict doesn’t just resolve matters it can bring the best, worst or unexpected reactions of people. Conflict in my opinion is to fight or battle over the one idea; it can also take over people’s survival instincts. Conflict can bring people together or tear two people apart and this can affect someone badly. The fears I had in Salem in
There is a deep connection between my experience and Lucy Grealy’s experience, portrayed in her novel ”Mirrors,” that not many people can relate to. While reading of this story, I was waiting for the author to start talking about a problem that comes so easily to people that experience physical and emotional pain, including depression, for years. It is a problem that society does not accept and will not give you sympathy for, and often times it is inappropriate to talk about. Many people don’t understand
Alyssa Tullis Professor Carole Carroll English 1301 1 October 2012 9/11: God is always there. September 11, 2001, the day America’s worst fear came to life. On this tragic day the World Trade Center and the Pentagon fell to ashes at the hands of terrorists. Witnessing the acts of terror in my own country really changed my perspective on life and I now have a different point of view on how I see the world and the people in it. On the fateful day of September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists
website. It was a photo for her with a cup of drink and a hat written on it “Drunken Pirate” that cost her four years of her life. The University claimed that the photo is inappropriate for a teacher teaching under-age students which would be considered as promoting drinking. In old days if a person wants to start a new life, because he wants to forget his past terrible life mistake, he just had to move to another city or country where he can start from zero. There, no one knows him and his mistake
that his funeral is where I experienced the worst feeling ever. AThe day of his passing, it was the last day of 5th grade. I remember being in afterschool care when my dad rushed in. His eyes seemed swollen, and his nose had a rosy tint to it. He came bursting through the doors saying my brother and I had to leave immediately. As we got in the car, I was frightened. I havehad never seen my dad this way. He was whimpering and making noises that made my proud papa seem pathetic, the whole way home
Erma Bombeck writes in “Live Each Moment for What It’s Worth,” about what she believes is an extraordinary philosophy that was introduced to her by a friend. This viewpoint is a “Seize the moment” (8) outlook on life. Life is too short to waste. Bombeck goes on to talk about the women on the Titanic that missed out on dessert that night to “cut back” (8). Bombeck stated that she would call her sister to go out to lunch, only to be replied by tons of pointless excuses. Her sister eventually passed
being bullied, and it practically ruins her life. Since the first day of school Melinda has been bullied by her ex-friends and other particular people. Therefore Melinda is still being bullied throughout all the ninth grade. Finally, until the end of the school year Melinda is not bullied anymore. She is not being bullied by particular people, but by her friends. Bullying happens in many strong and different ways. Since the
Jesus by serving and loving others (Matthew 23:11-12). Our lives should be motivated by the life of Jesus and His love for people. Using our lives to glorify God in all we do should motivate us to accomplish His will as we live surrendered lives to glorify Him. The life of the apostle Paul serves as one in which we witness an individual who is motivated to endure for the cause of Christ even in the worst of suffering (2 Corinthians 11:23-28, New Living Translation). Paul was not motivated by fame
The Hard Life Of A High School Student For a time in our youth we are told that life is filled with hardships, and that living through them is worth it somehow. I was always one to agree with this, hypocritically of course, since always took the easy route. I was a perfect little child, a perfectly ugly little child. Ugly because of the ugly truths that I believed. I believed that it was humanly possible to go through life without so much as lifting a finger. Helluva bubble I was living in.
Toast for Change Scene Script At that point, I decided to check out my friend Brandy's English class. - Good to see you, man. - Hey, yeah. - How was your summer? - Great. You're still white, I see. Okay, everybody. Ready? - Hey, Ms. G. - Hi. - Hi, Ms. G. - Hi. Okay, guys, gals, listen up! This is what I want you to do. I want each of you to step forward and take one of these Borders bags, Which contain the four books we're gonna read this semester. All right! They're very
years are the years when we start noticing the other people around us. This is the period of everybody’s life when almost nobody wants to be different. Nobody wants to wear glasses or brackets; nobody wants to act or speak differently; nobody is ready to be judged for their otherness. With her essay “Fish Cheeks”, Amy Tan is taking us through a moment of her life, when being different, was the worst that could happen to her. She is drawing us in her emotions just to show us, at the end of her story,
said, he doesn’t know that until it is to late to change his opinion. From time to time I hear the saying ’‘You have to die in order to protect your life.’’ There is no sense in that what so ever. If you die to protect your life you aren’t alive anymore so how did you protect your life? Nobody says ’’I will spend all my money in order to save my money.’’ Those sayings pretty much have the same logics to me. If I were to guess, I would guess that every soldier that was fighting for his county and