The Never Ending Rollercoaster As my friends and I pass by store to store we had realized that there was a bright red flyers. It had caught our eye, we went and grabbed a flyer and it had said “Ladies and Gentlemen there is going to be a new rollercoaster opening up this Saturday! Come and join the ride!” My friends had said that they wanted to go and check out the rollercoaster.…
On Friday night, I was relaxing on my couch, when a knock came at the door. I went to get it, and what I saw was inspirational. My brother Thomas, and his friends, Jake and Alex, were at the door step. They told me that they were going on one final shopping trip before spring break ended, and asked me if I wanted to come.…
The Hunt I am all warm in my camo attire with my bow hugging the tree behind me. I watch as sky comes to life and leaves crunch as the dew falls on them. My father sitting at my right side, dozing, his head bobbing every once in awhile. I hear the faint noise of something crunching and look above me to see a squirrel perched on a small branch. I smile and nod my head letting out a faint chuckle.…
When I was in the first grade, I was considered a goody two-shoes because I followed all the rules and got good grades, but I never really believed that I deserved the nickname until one day on the playground. My friends and I decided to play Follow the Leader. As we continued to play the game, we started to sing all of the songs we had learned in class. I began to wonder, are we allowed to sing outside during recess?…
As a child growing up in Rhode Island, the smallest state in the Union, the idea of a vast planet brimming with civilization and culture was more like something out of a fairy tale than it was reality. So, when my father announced that we would be leaving the country to go to Scotland, the home of his and my ancestors, my world began to expand at a rapid pace. This trip could not have been timed more perfectly. The summer of 2007 marked the end of fourth grade, my first year at Saint Mary Academy Bay View.…
This is a really big game. I'm ready for the game to start. It was my last soccer tournament against the hardest team, Mundelein. Tweet! The ref blew the whistle the game was as exciting as the Super Bowl.…
We got our helmets and started heading that way. It took a couple of hours to get to the trail. Since we got lost a decent amount of times. When we got to the building to pay for us to ride on the trail. It was around three or four in the afternoon.…
Piloting the less traveled path empowers me to overcome life’s challenges and achieve my goals. As the first class of a pre-medicine focused middle college, I excelled to be a top student while working as a college-level writing fellow and tutor. During this time, I also worked in my mother’s ice cream shop and in my family’s grocery store to financially support myself. My single mother acted as my role model through proving that anything is possible if you work hard and stay determined. Without my father in my life due to his alcoholism, I learned vicariously through my brother; although, he took a different path than me becoming involved with prescription drugs and later heroin.…
As I crossed the starting line of the track for the seventh time, the timekeeper rang the bell, signaling that it was the final lap of the race. The light drizzle on that humid day, turned into rain and by the last lap had left me drenched, but at that moment, the rain did not bother me, nor did the fact that I could not feel the legs beneath my body. The two mile, eight lap race, would be the single event I ran in Track and Field, but it would redefine me every time I did. Competing in the race itself was already a culmination how far i had come on my journey towards attaining a more healthy lifestyle. Personally, as someone who used to be out of breath by just walking up a flight of steps, even the thought of just running, let alone in…
make you move. They also talked about how to hold on. Like,’Do not hold on to the long strap only the one that is short and pulled tight.’ After explaining everything we walked out to the zip line, I was going to be going third to last person to go across. I had butterflies in my stomach.…
it was a sunny tuesday afternoon school was about half way done class was geting boring so i just left class to go home and take a nap. i was driving down this road which never really was a issue since cops dont normally sit there but today felt diffrently the speed on this road was 30 but i drive 70 all the time i continue to drive when all of a sudden i see the terrible blue and red lights in my rear view i knew i messed up i already had my info sitting out the window getting ready for what ever was about to happen he walks up and looks at my stuff he tells me that this is a serious offense and tells me the statistics of the number of traffic fatalities from drivers wo drive the same as me finally he give me the ticket at first i thought…
The smell of pine and dirt filled my nose. The sunshine gleaming above the tree branches that seemed to touch the sky. The hot, sunny weather was shielded against by the tree tops. The chirping and singing from the birds could be heard throughout the forest. The sound of the creek rushing and running nearby as if it was full of energy.…
Last year in 6th grade I read your book This is Where it Ends , it changed the way I look at things. I found your book at a store when I was looking for another book. I’m so glad they didn’t have that book , because I found your book and it’s the best book I have ever read. I’m not joking either. Your book had kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it.…
One thing that I think that sets me apart from other candidates is my determination. When I put my mind to something I see it through. I don’t like to start something and not complete it. If you ask anyone that knows me, they would agree. For example, my senior year of high school, I told myself that I wasn’t going to pay for college.…
For my thirty-day pushing the limit challenge, I chose two parts. Why did I choose two parts for the challenge (BE7)? Because I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could accomplish it (BE2). To fulfill my challenge, I had to refrain from pop, juice, and candy and exercise daily (BE8). The first part of my challenge consisted of me not being able to have pop, juice, candy, and it was much harder than the second part (SC4).…