Running

Before becoming a senior and having the worries of completing applications, life in school was as simple as can be. As the years went by, my hobbies and extracurriculars I participated in had increased just as much as my knowledge of what I want to pursue in my post high school life. 6th grade was the year I had braces on my teeth. For 2 years they were a part of my life and every single day something was bothering me….what was the science behind them? How did they work? Orthodontics would be…

Standing bare footed on the hot dirt road the sun beating down on my too large forehead but I knew I was going to have a blast. It was the year 2006 I was in long road, Jamaica I had joined a race with three of my older cousins and one long known friend. It was a race to see which out of all five of us was the future Usain bolt or the future vernicka Campbell, these two people are some of the best Olympic gold medalist of my island Jamaica; track stars. My father Leroy had heard from my…

Lined up on the starting line, the women's 400 was about to start. “Runners on your marks” the official said, standing off to the side, Emily loaded into her blocks one foot at a time. She’s won every 400 race this track season and last track season.”Set”, Emily raised her legs, then the gun fired, off she went getting in front of each person leaving them behind her soon she was in the front she was on the last stretch of the 400, she didn't even look tired unlike the other girls far behind her…

Have you ever had an enormous change in your life that made you a better person than you were before? The book “The Running Dream” by Wendelin Van Draanen provides many examples of change, mainly shown by the main character, Jessica: a recent below knee amputee who thinks she’ll never run again. After the accident that almost took her life, she realizes that sometimes things happen for a reason. When the book starts, Jessica is in the hospital, recovering from the recent surgery on her leg,…

Running event websites. Hellomolly.com is a website for ages seventeen to mid twenties women. This website is an Australian website but customers can order clothes from all over the world. What attracts people most about this website is there is always a young girl modelling the clothes so they can see all the different makeup looks they use with the clothes and the different types of shoes because it looks young and hot. If there weren’t a young girl on the front page and modelling all the…

Ondaatje’s Running in the Family, a fictionalized memoir, seeks to accurately present his adaptation to life in an unfamiliar country through its disjointed and illogical nature of the structure, allowing the reader to truly comprehend his perspective. Ondaatje’s identity is represented by his unique desire to present his memories in irrational and imaginary themes, and his argue to represent the natural characteristics of his ancestors. The memoir represents glimpses of the author’s family…

slipped out to them under cover of darkness in motor speed boats (Doc. C). Smuggling was taking place from Mexico to Canada because it was impossible to patrol thousands of miles of border while smugglers had trucks/ automobiles with the products, running on a regular schedule (Doc. C). Document D enforces a strong argument that Mabel Walker Willebrandt makes about the men who made the laws, are themselves violating them when they appear on the floors in drunken conditions and it is definitely…

In Recent news it has finally been reported that Joe Biden is running for president. However, in other recent news it is said he isn't running for president. In this article, Dana Milbank implies that nobody honestly knows what vice president, Joe Biden, is going to do. It is said from his close friends that he will but other friends say he will not run. Some visitors say "Yes he will" others say "No won't". It is both answers but at the same time not. Biden has delayed this decision for quite…

BLOG 1 The Running Father Wikipedia defines the word prodigal as “wastefully extravagant” while, Merriam-Webster gives us the following definitions of the word: 1. carelessly and foolishly spending… 2. profuse or wasteful expenditure: lavish 3. recklessly spendthrift 4. yielding abundantly: luxuriant The “Parable of the Prodigal” is one of the best loved parables of Jesus and is found in the Gospel of Luke 15:11-32. Most people know this as the story of the Prodigal Son or the Lost Son who…

I Corinthians 9:24 states, “Do you not know that those who run a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you obtain it”. This Bible verse has had significant meaning to me particularly while running track in high school. Track is a sport that requires hard work, determination, speed, focus, and self-discipline. While being a member of a small high school track team, I found it necessary to put in additional training and hard work. As a senior, I felt it was my…