Canoeing

I am not that special. My parents are married to each other. I have never really experienced prejudice or racism or abuse. I am an average kid with an above average IQ. I am a Christian. I can attend the church I choose. I have never gone to bed hungry. I can feed myself, bathe myself, and I am toilet trained. Why is this important? Because I didn’t realize there were people my age who had been seriously abused, can’t feed themselves or bathe themselves, or even tell anyone what they might…

The standard way of thinking about packaging is that it is just a wrapper around an item. Contrary to the standard way of thinking, Thomas Hine believes that packaging reflects one’s lifestyle and values. In his essay “What’s In A Package”, he explains the complicated process of creating consumer packaging, which appeals to the consumer on a subconscious level. Because of this, consumers can realize the abundance of packages, the minute details that go into them, and how packaging can make or…

MY FAMILY During the time of preparation for Confirmation, my family was there for the journey. When I started the process of Confirmation, the first requirement I started was getting service hours. I had to volunteer at many places to get ten sessions. My parents scheduled the times I would volunteer, helped plan out my schedule, and drove me to Home Sweet Home, the SF-Marin Food Bank, and Saint Vincent de Paul. My parents also attended masses with me as my preparation for Confirmation…

The level of adventure has significantly changed over centuries. From journeying the frontier to walking on the moon, every journey has an adventure to it. Into the Wild, by John Krakauer, tells the adventures of a young man named Chris McCandless. Critics argue that Chris McCandless’s voyage to Alaska was foolish and childish to live as an itinerant. In my own opinion, Chris McCandless chose his lifestyle of setting out for adventures across the nation to fill the void of the emotionally…

water, splashing water upon my grandpa Alvin and I. Row to the left, row to the right, we were trying to go as fast as the speed of light. As the summer went on, the pond began to smell like old, moldy water. When this smell came around, we knew canoeing season was over. The pond was petite, only an acre or two, but we still attempted to fish even though fish were nonexistent. The fishing line would fly over the water (personification) and you could see the reflection of it on the bottom,…

"But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision" (Coelho 70). This quote from Paul Coelho's novel The Alchemist reflects on that idea that when someone decides to take risks and persevere, they will discover so many opportunities and uncover their own character. Just like the protagonist,…

Beata Koszyk Eng.12 Prof. Edris McPherson Self Assessment Essay My name is Beata Koszyk, better known to others as ‘B’. I have a lot of outdoor hobbies like, kayaking, canoeing, fishing and camping. I was born in Poland, but moved to the United States at an early age. After finishing high school, I went to a Cosmetology school and I got my license. Then I decided to go to a Real Estate school, where I got another license. But I still felt a void and wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my…

Chris McCandless is a young boy who graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, who left his family behind in Virginia, drove to the West Coast, changed his name, and never looked back at the past he was leaving behind. The book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the life story of Chris McCandless and the ventures he embarks on. In the book Krakauer tells how after Chris disappears from his family, he invents a new identify for himself and travels all the way to the west coast. He wanted to…

together out in Alberta for a few months— actors I admired before and now was living in tents and teepees with, so that was kind of crazy. We had a month-long bootcamp, so we’d look wiry and muscular, and so we could learn Native American sign language, canoeing, nature skills, history, military marching and other stuff. I played a real historical character named George Gibson and I also played fiddle and wrote some music for the show, which was really crazy because my family is from the Pacific…

enforcement agent roughs him up and tells him basically there are rules and he’s breaking them. The agent warns Chris if he breaks the rules again the consequences will be more severe. Another interesting scene in the movie, where Chris wanted to goes canoeing down the river, however, the wait would take twelve years, he decided to break the rules again and go down the river without a license. My issue with Chris reoccurs throughout the movie, he does whatever convenient him. He wanted to live…