High school is a boot camp I walked into his office. The look on his face was distasteful. He made me feel inferior to him. Not the way you should feel around your high school principal. I didn't feel welcome, or even accepted. His beady eyes burned holes in my skin. I sat. He gazed into my ...

Cloudy Morning The morning golden sky was surrounding me in a distant haze. The sun and morning haze had started to churn and mix together. I felt as if I belonged in a painting. The beauty struck me and made me catch my breath. It was like your favorite pillow; it comforted me and made my mi...

The First Day of School The night before school started I was thinking about that first day. Things went thought my mind. I couldn't really sleep my hands was sweating cold I had a weird feeling going on 1 in the morning comes up still no sleep I was just thinking about how college was go...

I didn't want to go, but I knew I had to. I couldn't stay in the past and I knew I had to move on towards the future. As soon as I got there I wanted to leave. I didn't belong and there was nowhere for me to go. I had to move forward and there was no turning back. I slowly lifted...

You fought all through your teenage years to get out of your parents' house, have your own place and be free like them. Being free from your parents is not always so liberating once you find out what they had to go through, what it takes to live on your own, and how long it takes to live comfor...

Daily Grind It all starts with the annoying sound of my morning alarm clock...buzzzzzz, buzzzzzz, 7buzzzzzz, buzzzzzz. It is at that moment, I know it is time to get going- it's time for school. I see the bright reflection of the sun, shinning vibrantly off of the egg shell colored garage...

Chapter 1 Keirla's Story Keirla's tail swooshed back and forth angrily as she stared at the small, cluttered room before her. Boxes were piled around her so that there was barely any room to stand. Keirla's claws flashed as she swiped at an empty box beside her. The shredded ca...

Punctuality is a good quality in a person. Being punctual enables one to be trustworthy. People should try to be on time so that they don't annoy their friends or risk losing their job. One would be correct in saying that with all the electronic advances such as alarm clocks, watches, and ce...

Winning the state title was one of the most thrilling experiences one could ever imagine. A new feeling was invented for me on the most beautiful day a basketball play would hope to ever live. The thriving passion I had to lead my team to victory was all I could depend on every second I was on tha...

Buzz, buzz, buzz, boy I wish he would turn that alarm off, it's just so not a pleasant way to wake up. My master does some silly things. Well I do have to go to the bathroom, so I should get up. I can't wait to see what other animals entered my yard last night as I slept. Sniff, sniff... ...

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, freedom is defined as the condition of being free of restraints; liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression; political independence; exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; exemption...

The March The rope started swaying back and forth; I couldn't seem to stay in one place. My arms began to weaken and my boots couldn't get a grip on the wall. Only about twenty-two feet to get to the top of the rope. My feet found the knots to push me up as I hit my side on the wall. ...

It happened for as long as I could remember. I was ten and my sister was four. I am middle- height with light brown hair, which goes blond in the summer. I have pale skin, and when the heat and sunlight touch it, my skin develops in to a sea of freckles. My sister has brown hair like mine. She is sh...

It's always said is good to make peace with your past. Well for me that's not the case. It's too hard to let go a painful past and all the things I went through. From the early 1930's through mid 1940's leaving in Germany were years that no one would ever forget. Through ...

"Machines Are Somebody" "Rise and shine," Mom announces through the bedroom door, "Your alarm should have gone off by now. Did you set it?" I get up and check it only to find that the wake to music feature is set like always and it is the alarm that has decided not w...

Lilies Last Forever "Diiiiiiing Dong!" Lily's eyes slowly fluttered open. She glanced at the alarm clock, which said 11:39 a.m. Getting out of bed, walking slowly down the carpeted stairs which tickled her tired feet a little, and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Lily went ...

First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Detera for the opportunity that you gave us to share our knowledge and give what we have to the children. Thank you for letting us to experience going to squatter's area and to see what people are doing there. Friday night, I was ve...

My morning routine is normally a very slow process it's also very painful, for me that is. I hate waking up, I'm sure we all do. I wake up when I'm called by my mother around seven thirty am it used to be eight am but I was getting late for school because I was procrastinating. Aft...

On My Own Monday morning came and I woke up thinking that everything would be fine. My husband had promised me that we would seek marriage counseling today to save our marriage. Things had not been going very well, and we both wanted to save our relationship. He failed to tell...

A TEST BETWEEN MY BEST FRIEND AND ME ¡§Friendship¡ is the widest and simplest relationship between people and people, and there is no one can live without friends. Friends are the persons who always stay beside us whenever we feel sad or disappointed. Besides, they are also the people wh...

Speechless I sat there crying; tear after tear ran down my face. All of a sudden my life felt as though it had no place. I looked at the paper I held in my hand, thought it could have came out differently if I had not been such an imbecilic man. It all could have resolved itself differently....

The Accident That Changed My Life I used to read in the news about people getting in car accidents all the time. The trouble is, I never thought it could happen to me. I guess you could say that I saw myself as invincible. With the way I'd been living my life, something was bound to ha...

Have you ever given someone a gift? And made him/her feel happy or surprise well i have. One morning when i was in Wal-Greens I was in the jewerly aile. I was looking for the perfect gift for my best friend Christan Rosa. Christan has been a good and honest friend and she desires a good gift. I spot...

My mom always told me if you are doing something wrong it comes and bite you right back. That Saturday morning it went in one ear and out of the other after she go through lecturing me after finding out my cousin was pulled over by the cops with out la license or insurance. A smirk came across my ...

First of all I would like to thank everyone for coming out tonight for the 2001 Palo Verde graduation. I am honored to be speaking in front of the class of 2001. I congratulate all the graduates on a job well done. Sitting here shows a great deal of work and dedication. Graduation is a time to rem...