2002 NBA Draft

The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint, is the dictionary definition of freedom and I can’t express how thankful I am for freedom. Freedom might be mistaken as something we just have, but some don’t know the expenses it cost. Families after families suffer from loss of their members and missing them so many days of the year. Here in America we have freedom, we can play games, eat at restaurants, visit our friends, and many more activities other…

It was not until I lost everything I took for granted that I was able to find myself. For much of my life , like many teenagers, I felt invincible. I later would realize this invisibility was only a fasaud and I had not experienced enough to accurately weight out the pros and cons of the decisions I made. As for myself i like to see what I can do and what I can accomplish outside of the everyday norm. I don’t want to conform to a certain ideology and way of life because that’s how I was raised I…

Would you want to continue to live if all your family was dead? Is that a decision you would want to make yourself, or would you like someone else to make it for you? In the book if i stay, by Gayle Forman, Mia Hall is a 17-year-old cellist with loving parents, and a younger brother. She lives in Oregon, and spends her time playing her cello, and hanging out with her rocker boyfriend, Adam, and best friend, Kim. Mia is very talented and has the prospect of going to Juilliard in the fall. That is…

We all have that one song we can relate to us or means something to us. Dej Loaf song "No Fear", is a song I can relate and fits me. Some of us grow up with some type of fear that we eventually outcome. Without fear we can overcome many of the obstacles that come in our way. We should never allow our fear to stop us from doing or accomplishing what we want in life. My main fear is losing someone I love. One of the reasons I relate to "No Fear" is through the lines "Even though I live my life…

As you ride around Saginaw, you see more homes destroyed or condemned, then new ones. Everyone says that there is no future here. That the best future any of us could have is anywhere outside of Saginaw. Some say that it's true or some may say it's whatever we decide. There are no new business here. No new places here at all. Maybe there is no future here, or no good paths to take. A statement from my mother “ I don't want you to stay here in Saginaw, or even in Michigan. I want you to go out…

Everyone was different. Age, height, skin color, what sport they liked to watch, where they live, but we all had one tink in common...Lucinda! You could smell her pink bubblegum perfume coming from what feels like miles away. She wore a high side pony with her curly strawberry blonde locks tickling the side of her neck. Her blue sequined shirt caught the sun’s rays and blinded her victim if they looked straight at her. Her and her posey ruled the school. She was the teacher's favorite. “Hi…

I didn’t always have the two sides of myself like I do today. Character not only defines fate, but fate also defines character. Two years ago, my character was almost always firm and solid. I was a much more meticulous and logical person, usually formal and serious, and had a reputation for being honest. I was the nerd you went to if you needed help with work, and was the smart kid in the class. However along with this intelligence and work-ethic, I was also more condescending and callous at the…

Electricity is an amazing force, one that can cause devastating effects when improperly handled. The Ontario Electrical Safety Code explains the safest ways to handle this force, which includes the newest information regarding arc fault breakers. Here's what you should know. What is an Arc Fault? In the simplest terms, an arc fault is when the electrical current jumps from the wire and zaps another material, such as the wood frame. When conditions are ideal, this can cause the material to…

Dedication What qualities make a person unique? Many people have a quality that makes them stand out to others, but not all people use their gifts in positive ways. I believe that dedication means committing yourself to a certain task and never quitting no matter how tough it may become. In this essay, I will cover the importance of dedication, why being dedicated and giving it everything you have is important, and how it creates my life and my future. Over the past 5 years I’ve learned that…

Leo Buscaglia, an author and motivational speaker, once said, “It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person-kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.” Ever since a child, I grew up believing that one story can have an impact in your whole life, overtime a part of my childhood’s happiness came from reading many stories about people who didn't have…