Next Eleven

In Daniel Gilbert’s “Reporting Live from Tomorrow,” chapter eleven of Stumbling on Happiness, Gilbert discusses surrogates and how they benefit everyone. Surrogates, utilized as a part of the book, implies that an individual such as our parents, teachers, friends, counselors etc. who have gone through a personal experience and is able to tell other people on how they felt or what their experience was like. Daniel Gilbert suggest that people should base their future on the reports of surrogates,…

not change his name. Giovanni Caboto is the Italian version of his name. John Cabot is the English version. He was born in Genoa, Italy around 1450. His father was a spice merchant. His fathers name was Giulio or Egidius Caboto. When Cabot was eleven, he and his family moved to the beautiful artisan city of Venice, Italy. It was in Venice that Cabot first learned to sail. He was taught the skill by Italian seamen and various other merchants. “In 1471 Caboto was accepted into the religious…

excited I am to be taking this class in order to improve my writing skills for my future profession as a Veterinarian. The tools I learned in ENC1101, ENC1102 and AEC3030C have prepared me for the vigorous assignments that are awaiting me for this next semester. I understand that you are an excellent person to give advice on how to better my writing for the professional world and I am very interested in critical feedback on my assignments. I am a junior at the University of Florida (UF) studying…

“Welcome to the Kingston Ranch.” Emily said as we started down a dirt road covered by a canopy of trees. At the end of the long road a large white ranch house appeared into view. “Holy cow.” I muttered causing Emily to laugh. “Oh this’ll be great. Having a girl around will be awesome!” She smiled at me before slowing the car to a stop. I looked up at the deck and stretched out across the entire front stood an arsenal of boys. Their eyes carefully watching the cars every movement. “I’m not going…

my education. I struggled yet through my hard work, determination I mastered the basics under a year. As time I passed I pushed myself to improve and develop in any possible way. Soon, I became fluent and try to improve upon myself even today. At eleven…

grandparents, Hiram and Harriet Gaylord, in Long Valley, just off the Auburn-Folsom Road. He is the first born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The Life of Clark Ashton Smith As a child, Clark kept to himself, he enjoyed being isolated. He began writing at the age of eleven, but mostly “fairy tales” and “adventure novels”. He had started to read books and stories by Thomas Lovell Beddoes, William Beckford, and of Course Edgar Allen Poe. His most greatly influence is said to be H.P. Lovecraft. Clark only…

The next morning to afternoon we went down to the hospital. If the hospital wouldn’t have called us,my mom would’ve had no idea that he had a crash. He finally “recovered”, well enough to go home. I was different at home, for the rest of my life but that…

His father, accused of murdering nora allen, is sent to jail and barry spends the next twenty years devoted to finding the “Man in Yellow.” One night in his CSI lab, Barry was struck by a bolt of lightning and knocked unconscious. The combination of the chemicals in his lab, and the lightning bolt, Barry woke up from a nine month coma…

armor or weapons. He had the strength of thirty men. He broke Grendel's hands then ripped off his arm. Grendel ran back to his lair and bled to death. Beowulf was young, very boastful and arrogant about him fighting alone and winning. Who attacked next? A couple days later Grendel's mom came for reprisal. She was upset that her son had been killed. He decided it was best he wore armor and took a sword but, still went alone. He had to go to her lair to fight her. She almost succecced in…

Every morning, I wake up in a house that has no connection to my childhood or even a connection to a year ago. At age eleven, I endured yelling and abuse at home. Bad grades and low attendance got me nowhere. The day I finally got the audacity to tell someone, I faced the reality of it. I wouldn’t be going back to my home or my family. I am a foster youth. I was placed in five to six homes within a five year period. Studies have shown that foster youth are more likely to be suspended, less…