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...

It was a morning like any other. I got dressed, ate breakfast, and loaded and grabbed my book bag. I got picked up by a couple of friends, and off to school I went. It was a regular school day. Hundreds of teenagers were walking through the long well lit hallways. When suddenly my normal day t...

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...

Jack let the last note of the song he was singing ring through the air. The D was way to flat, he thought to himself. It must be perfect! I can accept no less! He started the song over again. The last note remained flat. His face began to darken in color. He tried again. The results were no dif...

A Day I'll Always Remember As a child growing up, I never thought that I could have done something that would change my life forever. I was your typical middle child that wanted to please everyone. My sister was older and had privileges that I did not have, and my brother was younger and th...

Statement of intention: I wanted to write a piece which put something me and my peers place way too much emphasis on, into perspective by likening the examination process to that of the evaluation of , for example, rehab patients. In both situations, individuals are being assessed for their suita...

As I went around the room to greet and ask my fellow students in the class for their list of skill or behavior that will promote academic success. I was expecting behaviors like: hardworking, paying attention in class, and do all your homework... Then I saw one item that surprises me a little. One o...

The German-American exchange program had been going on in my high school for a very long time. Every other year the Germans would come to our school and every other year the Americans went to Germany. In September of 2001 a group of German students were scheduled for a stay of 3 weeks. After Septem...

The morning of January 19, 1999 was not different from any other morning. I was awakened by the soft pitter- pat of rain drops on the window sill. There was a crisp coolness in the air as I stumbled down the hall to the bathroom. I turned the faucet on and began to brush my teeth. All of a sudde...

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 ...

While thinking about what to write for my autobiographical essay, I looked at a special clock that I got from my uncle for Christmas. This clock was special in that it keeps track of the time by lifting up metal balls one at a time to the top with a motor that has a plastic arm and drops the ball of...

They say time does not last, but a memory will. Unfortunately, a memory does not always serve the positive requirements that we burden upon it. My memories serve only to haunt me of who I once was, and who I never will be. Home videos are the only trace left of the happy extrovert I once had known ...

Monday Stressor. My Java class assignment due by midnight tonight and I have not started it yet. Stress Response. Psychological Cognitive: Questioned my programming ability Emotional: Worry I would fail out Physical: Bite fingernails Behavioral: Work slower than normal ...

It's another Monday morning in the first week of February; I leave home at 7:30 A.M. hoping to arrive on time to my 8 A.M. Anatomy class. As soon as I get off the freeway and onto Ocean Avenue the cars are already lined up to get into the reservoir. It's 7:40 now and I'm still thinki...

Baby Report The baby simulation was a lot easier than I had expected. The baby I got only cried a total of nine minutes though. I thought it would keep me up all night, but it only woke me up about two times. With paired parents it is much easier, because there are two people to take of the ba...

The Good Deed Many people do good deeds for a wide variety of reasons. A good deed is helping someone without looking for a reward or a pat on the back. Think about how much one receives and consider volunteering to help someone, keep busy, repay a dept...

"Who built the Pyramids" In Studs Terkel's "Who Built the Pyramids?" a man named Mike talks about work in the steel mill and the ridicule he receives for being a laborer. I belive his negative attitude affects his crediability. Mike feels that he is treated like a s...

When I was a child I remember having a vivid imagination. One Sunday morning, when I was but a mere four years old, we learned about the devil at Sunday school. We were taught there was an evil being with incredible power that loved nothing more than for people to do wrong. He was a tyrant of the...

Speak your Mind William Stafford once said, "Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities." Every person is entitled to his or her own opinion. In writing you can feel assured that you can be free with your ideas and beliefs without being judged. No teacher can give you a...

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...

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." ~Albert Einstein Throughout time, man has taken for granted, that his reality and things that have appeared true, are real. At one point man has ventured to challenge those things asking, what is reality? What is real? What is truth o...

When an author writes a story, the way he chooses to narrate it can affect the way a reader views it. In the book "Summer Vacation" by Christopher Wolfberg there is a 16 year-old boy named Jack Sosco, who narrates the story. Jack lives in Phoenix Arizona, and does not have many friends....

In Search of Meaning As I am grappled and thrown out of my bed by Jimmy Page's (of the mighty Led Zeppelin) immensely skillful and breathtaking guitar solos, I take note of and am greatly appreciative of the hard work and sweat that makes my awakening (not a simple task), and thus timely ar...

Renee Descartes (1595-1650) 3.23.2001 Renee Descartes was a famous French mathematician, scientist and philosopher. His views about knowledge and certainty, as well as his views about the relationship between mind and body have been very influential over the last three centuries. Descartes was b...