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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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....

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...

Old Times A long time ago, back in covered wagon times, a big explosion hit the wild wild west. Unfortunately, everyone survived though it. They discovered they had to wear radiation suits or space type suits to cut down on the radiation. Every thing was just gone and there was nothing left b...

In South Africa is a town named Soweto. There are two boys who live there, they're names were Marcus and John, they were twins. They were fourteen years old and they went to a school for black children only. One time they were going home from school and they heard gun shoots, the two boys di...

Pedal, Pedal, Pedal Bycycl, Bicicl, Biclyse, nuts I can't remember how to spell Bicycle. I can't have one until I can spell it. That's right! Dad said he would buy me a Bicycle when I learned how to spell it. So I was about 5 or 6 years old before I had my first Bike. They didn&ap...

From the moment we met I knew at one we were to be best friends. I remember the first time we saw each other, second grade Berne Tremble remember he had stolen my doll Caroline and was throwing it around I was so upset he that he wouldn't give it back. Then there you were my savour, out of now...

The event I am about to talk about is an event that has changed my life in many ways. Everyone goes through changes and majority of people have had the opportunity and privilege to experience the changes that come with graduation. I would have to say this is the one thing that has had a great imp...

Disappointment, disbelief and fear filled my mind as I lye on my side, sandwiched between the cold, soft dirt and the hot, slick metal of the car. The weight of the car pressed down on the lower half of my body with monster force. It did not hurt, my body was numb. All I could feel was the car hood'...

Teaching is probably the neatest job I have ever heard of. Teachers have the responsibility of teaching people things. They also have to be on time to school, and have lesson plans for the week. Teachers must have a steady and calm disposition when students give them attitude. A teacher must be able...

"Finally found what I've been looking for" Every journey has an end. That's what everyone says; that's what I've been told. But when your journey lasts for more than a year, you find yourself looking through the windshield with binoculars, searching for your final de...

Every day in our lives, we have to go through different events that we have to overcome through those. Some events are very good, but others give us many problems and never seem to leave. I remember one day in my life in which I had many problems from which I did not know of any exits. It...

Araby by James Joyce This story is telling about a child's life on North Richmond Street. The narrator is a nameless young boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. The boy sometimes looks at books left behind by the now deceased former tenant of their house who was a priest. His friend Ma...

The scariest thing for many kids at the age of five, is attending to kindergarten the first day of school. The terror for them is the ugliest feeling because they are going to be separated from their parents, and they ignore the unknown without them. After attending, and get to know every kid, they...

Walking back down the long dusty path into an experience of a life time, knowing I can't go back. I've left my world behind me, troubles, truths, love, hates. The only things that accompany me on my way are the memories of all the good and bad things that have happened to me. The only thin...