Spring Break Essay

and the feel of my toes in the sand – this was what I had been anxiously awaiting for weeks. Spring break in Florida was an amazing seven days! Since my parents retired and bought a house in Florida, they have been spending their winters soaking up the sun, while the rest of us stay here in Kansas and suffer through the long, cold, dreary season. This year my kids and I were able to visit over spring break so we had a chance to enjoy the amazing weather and sites for ourselves. We spent our…

I got to experience two Spring Breaks of sorts. I went one place close to home and one place farther and much colder than Kansas. First, I went to Springfield, MO then for the second half of the week I went to colorful and breathtaking Colorado. Both were fun even though I started off the break with the flu. I started to feel bad right after school was out on Thursday. I had a fever and my body felt like it was weighted down with bricks. My mom took me to the doctor on Friday and I tested…

Spring break This spring break, I had so much fun by doing so much. I had fun by being active, chilling at home, and spending time with my family. To begin my break, I decided to stay very active. By staying active, I participated in the D1 basketball practices for our upcoming game against Sacred Hearts. During practice, Mr. Macmaster played 93.9 the radio station on a loudspeaker, it was very funny when everyone started to dance to the music. When ended up bombing them by twenty points.…

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!”(Sitting Bull A-Z Quotes) Spring break is made out to be some spectacular time of the year. This is a time for high schoolers and college kids to flock to the beach in packs. Young adults pack up their coolers and red Solo cups in hopes for the best week of their lives. Most walk away from the less than toxic week with more questions than answers.…

It was the spring break of 2016, and I was ecstatic. It had been hot all week, but that was to be expected in the Cayman Islands. I had already ridden an airplane for the first time, been diving for the first time, and stayed at my grandpa's house for the first time. As usual, my grandpa was full of surprises. It was definitely going to be the spring break of “firsts”. “Let’s go to the dolphin aquarium! The kids would have fun with the dolphins,” he said. Of course, we all agreed to go. We had…

Last year, my sister, Dad, Mom, and I went to the Bahamas for spring break. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. I especially enjoyed going to the beach. The salty, breezy air and the sand brushing against my feet was paradise. The sky was bright blue during the day, and a beautiful gradient of pink, purple, and yellow during sunset. My family and I stayed in the Bahamas for a week. We stayed at the Rock House hotel. The view from our window was magical. Every day, my sister Devyn, my Dad, and I…

My sophomore year, I went on an alternative Spring Break, with ASU to the Dominican Republic to teach english. It was here that a passion for education emerged. The one week we were there had such an impact on not only the kids but me as well. Due to lack of funding and supplies, my team and I had to be resourceful and innovative. We created worksheets by hand and various teaching materials so as to effectively teach the students. After I came back, I knew I wanted to keep working with kids and…

I was smiling the whole time as the skin around my neck was being ripped off. Well I wasn’t actually smiling and as brutal as I made it sound, it wasn’t as horrific an event now that I look back on it. The incident occurred while I was on Spring Break during my freshman year in high school. My family and I were vacationing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee;which if I might add we’ve been there about eight times since I was seven years old. I remember clearly that day down to the exact temperature.The…

Spring break was just around the corner, my friends and I had not even a clue on what we wanted to do except one thing, we wanted to make this spring break the most memorable as we can. We did not want to just sit around or netflix and chill, we wanted to go out and explore. One day as I was sitting in class, my phone started blowing up, “buzz buzz buzz” it would go every second, I started getting butterflies in my stomach when I saw “SOUTH CAROLINA!” written on my screen. My friend had…

They share the same goal of redemption and equal inevitability of their failure. Dunya was the same objective to Svidrigailov as the superman theory to Raskolnikov. When either was faced with the failure of reaching their goal, they suffered a massive psychological breakdown. Their different perspectives on life drove them to choose different outcomes of their journeys. Svidrigailov would have rather died than spent life in prison. He was very egotistical and didn’t like to admit he was wrong,…