"The Case of the Poor Man's Bees" In “The Case of the Poor Man’s Bees,” a rich man (John) and a poor beekeeper (myself) are neighbors having adjacent gardens. John argues that my bees are harming his flowers while they are feeding on them. He does not see the bees as a source of pollination and a beneficial source for his plants. As a result of, he asked me to move my bees so that they would stop feeding on his flowers. I insisted that the bees were simply pollinating the flowers and therefore, refused to move them.…
“Tuck and roll” that’s what they say when jumping off or out of a moving vehicle but that didn’t work for me. I was about five years old, I was visiting my grandparents that I hadn’t seen in a while. I was riding with my dad on a four wheeler and I was having fun until I felt the four wheeler jump, and then I turned around to see my dad jumping off. That was when I got scared. I tried to drive it, but with my family, chasing and yelling for me to jump off it was hard to do.…
The petoskey classic Our soccer team entered a tournament in Petoskey Michigan, and in the highest division (gold, silver, and bronze) Our team had been getting really good at the time so we figured we had a good chance of getting to the finals. It was a 5 and a half hour drive to our condos,I was getting very claustrophobic in the car. When we got to the condos my legs were cramped because i hadn't walked or stretched for too long.…
I have one brother and two sisters. My brothers name is Alec and my sisters names are Hannah and Clarissa. Clarissa is the oldest one, then it's Hannah, Alec, then me. I'm the youngest in the family. Everyone in my family plays a sport, the girls in the family play softball because our mom and aunt played since they were little and carried it onto us.…
Everyone has been confronted with a stressful situation where the end consequence would be dire. I know I was under the guillotine when a swarm of Hornets ended up surrounding me and turned my world dark. Yet, I was not stung once. It was a summer afternoon in Colorado when I had recalled a loud buzzing noise.…
Running All scars have a memory to go with them. Some are great tales, some are little stories, and some are just little slips while you are making dinner. But every scar gives the person who has one a story to tell. Running. I remember running.…
The time I fell off my friend’s trampoline, and broke my arm. I was 11 years old I my friend Pete and his sister were playing football outside. So after we played football we decided to go inside to relax, and get some water.…
This was the day I have been waiting for, my first football game for my middle school football team. This was one of the best moments I have had in my life. It was my time to shine and show the other team what I got. It was almost game time and we were playing Arndt Middle School. It was almost kickoff and our team got the ball first.…
Bam, the ball hit my head, the girl hit my head, and then my head hit the ground and I knew it was all over from there. The day my soccer career ended will be a day that I never forget. I was running backwards with my head facing the ball while the goalie went to put the ball out, also, there was a girl running right next to me. Subsequently, the girl running next to me, went up for the ball just like I did and the ball hit my head but she pushed right into my side and I came crashing down. While I was falling, the girl was falling too and her elbow came crashing into my head.…
Buddy and Bubbles One memorable experience when I went to go feed my bunnies. It turned into a nightmare I will never forget. I will tell you all about it. We had 5 bunnies, Batman, Buddy, Bubbles, Mario and Dase and a mom named Oreo, and a dad named Spartacus. My uncle asked us to dog sit his dog named Bandit.…
Epic fail I have a crazy, but I have unique imperfect memory. When I used to be in my high school soccer team. It was raining cats and dogs, I couldn't open my eyes all the way. I drenched in water and it was crazy how we were playing.…
Living with a traumatic brain injury is the worst thing that ever happened to me. When I was Eight years old I cracked my skull at my elementary school, it all happened when I was playing tag with my best friend Blanca. I went on the other side of the school and hid behind a bench, on a bar, above a window well. In second grade you're not smart enough to know that those bars are there for a reason… you just see them and go to them without even thinking.…
Our team had just finished the second game of the day in Cooperstown NY. We had already lost a game and we had to win the next game to move on. I was pitching this next game. I was prepared and then went to warm up. “10 minutes to game time!”…
Personal Narrative I am in such disbelief of what has just happened, my mind is blank and I am frozen. Do you ever have moments that change the way you think about yourself? Well, I had one of those moments. It was in the summer of 2017, and it was my last softball game of the season. I woke up that morning ready to beat the Presque Isle Panthers, not knowing what was about to happen.…
My Amazing Trip On my trip to Galveston I had a lot of fun! Me and my family had drove from Austin to Galveston, it was a 4 hour trip. It was loud and tring and on are way there was a Buc-ees we stop and decided to get lunch because one half was a food market the other half a souvenir shop. During the trip I saw a Beach for the first time and on the beach I saw a fish that had been cut in half by a boat propeller. Then my Grandpa Pete (he loves to joke and have fun)…