My Hobby Essay

larger than the population of children (0-14 years) for the first time in human history (United Nation). Based on these facts, everyone should be more familiar with aging. The personal interests and hobbies might change as we grow older. For example, older women spend more time than before in sewing. My interviewee…

My interest in art begins at a young age, art was introduced by my mother with projects from interior design to creating paintings for family friends houses. As i grew up being independent and encouraged to continue with art as a hobby my passion for all aspects of art grew. I grew up being home schooled up until the 9th grade where i was free to pursue more art and concentrate on finding strengths in art. During elementary school i experimented with fiber arts and fashion as an art form. I…

The Shot I Didn’t Take “You can’t give up before even trying,” said my dad very often. My dad, Matt Matuska, is a firm believer on not giving up. My decision on not going out for basketball was somewhat hard on him because he really enjoyed watching me play. He also didn’t want to see me give up on something that I was “good at”. I didn’t think that I was good at basketball, and to be completely honest, I didn’t enjoy playing the game either. There comes a time in your life when you have to…

It seems like every day that someone comes up to my brother and I asking,” Are you twins? What is it like to be a twin?” Aside from our near identical appearance, we always seem to top it off by answering at the same time,making people think,”wow they really are the same.” When seventh grade came this all stopped. Having been separated in every class and in after school activities, I found my own world away from my brother.Furthermore, we were also separated at home because we got our own…

A knock at the door caused me to jump up, off the sofa, in confusion. I walked, quickly as possible, to the front. As I opened it a young officer greeted me causing my breath to catch in my throat. I didn’t believe I had done anything that would cause an officer to come to my home. The man smiled, a thin and uncomfortable smile, quickly and with slight hesitation explained his sudden appearance and pulled a small slip of paper from his back pocket. He then quickly introduced himself. The man’s…

The social stigma produced by foodies surrounding food through creative means such as blogging, has in my opinion, turned food consumption into, an optional hobby. Idov provides an example of few of his foodie acquaintances as showing a now normalized set of rituals pertaining to food. Upon being served their food “Marcos snaps quick photos of each dish as it is placed on the table”…

teenage girl riding in an old car, even more rare, with her dad in the drivers seat. This summer activity is one that may be different, but can be very interesting and enjoyable, as experienced by a teenage girl like myself. This unique experience/hobby of mine is one that I enjoy, and it has led me to discover things about myself that I may not have. If I was on the board of a scholarship selection committee 20 years from now, I would award the 17-year-old me a scholarship because I learned…

Two major experiences overwrite the many more Henry had, these experiences are boxing and the Millers’ Bakehouse. According to Josh “Boxing was his hobby during ‘Coota’s’ late twenties and early thirties, and that he stopped this hobby after his second child.” I assume that boxing prepared him for fatherhood, also boxing would have kept him fit. Visual #1 (http://www.aihw.gov.au/ deaths/life-expectancy/) shows the life expectancy in 1890 at 45. Henry almost doubled this age. Could boxing have…

agree that the similarities between high school and college are very strong; even in the outward most ways. There are many ways that college and high school are similar but the main three reasons they are comparable are education, new activities and hobbies, and meeting new people. The first topic that will be covered is high school. First, the reason is in the word itself. High school, kids attend school to learn. Although high…

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. As a result of, he then let his wrath of anger lead him to putting poison on his flowers which killed my bees.…