2008 NFL season

I feel like I really need to Hamilton the most because he was determined to follow his dream. He went out of his way every time and said, “Don’t throw away your shot”. When I first heard that quote I felt amazed because that is true, sometimes we take a sometimes we take for granted our shot and we mess up. As listening to Hamilton you can tell that he made mistakes and I know I have to but just listening to him he learned that a new shot can come around and you should take it because you know…

Define courage. What makes an act courageous? Courage is the ability to do the good in the face of harm or the threat of injury whether physical or psychological. The three things that make an act courageous are, choosing to do the act for the good of it, being threatened by harm if you do it, and loosening the grip of fear. How does courage entail going for the good? Courage involves going for the good by being so devoted to the good that you know you cannot be sidetracked by fears of…

''Can i walk you home." he asked "sure" "So where did you move from," "Halfway,Oregon," "Halfway I've never heard of it," "you know small town population 290 well now 287 mom and pop stores one library huge city hall tons of churches," "sounds nice," "It was," "why did you move," "well my dad died of cancer last year and i guess my mom just wanted a fresh start," "I'm sorry" "it's okay but enough about me what's your story," "I'm 17 I was born and raised here in Montpelier,Vermont I am an only…

I was on the verge of tears. In my mind, being told we were moving was just about the worst thing that could happen to me, but when I was told my cat couldn’t come... “You can’t do this to me!” I cried “This is a great experience, you’ll make so many new friends!” my parents said excitedly If I was going to be forced to move to another country at least I could have my cat. “I am NOT going without Hopie!” I stated point blank After a few days of pestering, they eventually agreed, which made…

Amlliq (um-sh-k) roused in his sleep from whimpering. Jumping up, startled, I quickly ran to him. He arose when I came, and began to cry softly. Anxiously, I lifted him up. He didn’t seem chilled, nor feverous. Deciding it was just a nightmare, I set him down in his bed. I kissed him on the forehead, and told him I loved him. Standing up, I saw as Amlliq immediately reached his hands up to me, and pouted. I chuckled softly. A mother’s boy. Rocking him back and forth…

He flicks the lighter and cups his hand around the cig as he lights it. Shaking the heat off his hand, he puffs a cloud of smoke into the air. I'm sorry, did I forget to mention the other items we still have? Yeah, thank god we didn't lose Al's precious cigarettes and lighter. So fuck, we’re back to this now? Douchebag, heavy-smoking, slick rockstar Alex. That’s too bad, I quite liked rational, empathetic, charming Alex. Wow. Wow, Cloey. Why am I so foolish? A couple sentimental sentences…

As a child, I was outside almost all the time. I would either be on my family farm working or in the backwoods that are on our farm. I love the outdoors because they are so perfect because they are so beautiful and great. As a farm boy, the outdoors are what I have been around my whole life and all I have known. Therefore, I honestly wouldn’t know what to do without them. I remember a couple of years ago, my family went on a excursion to Disney World, and I wasn’t myself, I felt like I…

I feel I am similar to Rose Philippine Duchesne in the aspect of stubbornness and perseverance. Rose Philippine Duchesne had to be both stubborn and persevering from her father, who would not let her join the Sacred Heart. He was very sure that Philippine’s life was going to be ruined by joining, but she did not let her father kill her dream of becoming part of the Sacred Heart. I feel I am similar to this because, if someone tell me that I am not able do something, I make sure I get it done…

John Wooden is a teacher and a legendary coach who led his team to a record-breaking number of wins and NCAA Championships. In 2001, he gave a TedTalk focused on his experiences as a teacher and a coach and how they have changed his definition of success. During this TedTalk Wooden gave his own definition of success and talked about the events that led to his forming of this new definition. Wooden also quoted different poems and verses that he felt accurately described what he had come to know…

There have been thousands of migrant stories over the years, of people who have come to Australia for a new life. This is the story of Adam and Arek Romaniuk, who travelled from Krakow in Poland to Australia in the 1960s. World War two had raged through Europe in the 1940s, Poland was perhaps more affected than any other country. It was decimated and lost its independence. For 20-year-old Adam, a farmer from Krakow in the south of Poland, it meant witnessing much horror and despair at home and…