Somewhat Ordinary Alka; that is my name. It is actually ironic that Alka is my name. In Indian, it means a lock of golden hair. I can only laugh at my parent's decision in naming me this. All of my wigs make my name the most ironic thing you could imagine. I have no hair, and probably won&ap...

When The Lights Went Out It was a brisk October night, homecoming was in the air. We were playing our district rivals and everyone was hype. We needed to win the game in order to go to the playoffs. Everyone looked like they were going to the Golden Globe Awards and the coaches thought it was ...

I was sixteen years old, ready to enter my sophomore year in high school. My parents were in the middle of what I call a nasty divorce. This was definitely a horrible summer. I was facing some hardships in life, and I had the worst summer a kid could have. That summer I went camping and met my f...

¡§I hate you and I never want to talk to you again!¡ I yelled. That was the last sentence I said to my best friend, Joey. I was taking an exam in Vancouver School Board which is the place I met Joey. That was the beginning of our friendship. I was nervous to death because I was in a for...

Most people around here worship Texas high school football like the ancient Greeks might have worshipped Zeus himself. For me football was just the precursor for what was yet to come; high school basketball. Giving my friends no choice but to attend every tournament and travel countless miles ...

DOES THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY GO TO FAR? Does the Zero Tolerance Policy go to far? According to Websters Dictionary, the definition of zero is naught: none; the defintion of tolerance is patience. The meaning of Zero Tolerance infact means both. Zero Tolerance in the school system...

The Chocolate War Book Evaluation Bibliograhpical Data The Chocolate War, Cormier, Robert, Laurel-Leaf Books, 1974, 191 p. Setting: Place: Trinity High School. Time: The early to late 1970's. Narrative Viewpoint: Omni. Characters: Jerry – Jerry is a boy who ...

There are many different ways in today's society to describe a leap of faith. Whether we use the term to describe a turning point in our religious journeys or to describe an action or event, such as leaping across a ramp, leaps of faith can be viewed as an everyday occurrence, and a life- ch...

There's more to Life then Being a Quitter I think that for my age I have accomplished a lot of things as well as struggled through the difficult times in life. The day I received a test score of a 98% in algebra, which being the first test that I had ever passed in that class, was the happ...

Gandhi Fighter Without a Sword Gandhi, one of the world's greatest figures, has already become a legend. In this book Jeanette Eaton shows him as a human being. While still a young man, Gandhi adopted the austere way of living that was until the day he died. He did not want comforts a...