Single-elimination tournament

On a depressing Wednesday night in August, the day before Freshman year began, I was forced to make a decision. This decision would change my life for the rest of high school. I had never been forced to make this big of a decision. I just wanted to get a break from football and take a year off. Yet, it has been a huge part of mine and my family’s life since the day I first started. I lived and breathed it when I was younger. Now I just want a break. It is the day before the regular season…

Holes Bleeding Knuckles, tear drops falling and the realization of happiness; this fellow readers, is the day I lost my childhood. As far as I can remember I heard people say “You are just a kid, you will know when you get older” which is non-sense because I am mature and have been for many, many years. I could’ve understood but I was left out in the darkness in a land full of un-known details, like always. As soon as I saw my father’s big, boney, hairy hands ball up and hit the old floral…

After I got off from the bathroom. The school hallway looks so empty, It was full of students three minutes ago. It seems like everybody is gone and evaporate Into the air. May be some sort of magic Make them disappear. I went back to the bathroom because the hallway with no one remaind me some scary story. Look at the reflection of myself in the mirror, I can fale my heartbeat are speeding up and I started to sweating. I opened the water tap, Listening to the sounds of water running through…

Growing up, Love was never a concept that was explained. We knew we loved out r family and we loved our friends and we loved all of our favorite things in life, but where do we draw a line? When are we to know when we’re crossing from acceptable love to unhealthy love? And most of all, when do we know if we actually love something, or if we think we love something? In “Love” by Tim O’Brien, he involves interchanging shifts from a light hearted to a discouraged mood using an overall symbol,…

start the next rep, quicker than we’ve ever done it with Lucas. Everybody squeezes at some point, 168 was hardly our comfortable 144 beats per minute. Next, we learn a new exercise, Gallop. A simple double stroke warm-up with one goal, make every single note sound exactly the same with as much volume as possible. As we get into the snare complain that the exercise is easy, to which Zach challenges that he could play it louder than the entire 5 person snare line. They egg him on only to find out…

Anyone that knows me will tell you that fall is my favorite season. From the vibrant fall colors, to just sitting around a crackling fire with family and friends. I love so much about the fall season. When the air gets cool and crisp, I just cannot help thinking about Halloween and all things frightening. My favorite place is Six Flags, it is a yearly necessity, for lasting memories, great food, and Fright Fest. As far back as I can remember, my family and I have been going to Six Flags. It…

My First Horse Show!! I could not hold my excitement in much longer. I knew I could not just start jumping up and down, so I continued washing my horse with a huge smile on my face.I could not stop thinking about how much fun my first horse show was going to be. After my mom and I finished washing my horse we went and cleaned out the horse trailer. I never knew how much work this was going to be, but I enjoyed cleaning out the trailer because I felt like I was being helpful. My alarm clock…

Self-Identity Essay I gaze out upon the morning dew settling on the freshly cut grass. As the sun rises over the mountain, I breath deeply and stroll in front of my friends begining the day. My arms hanging loosely in front of me while I grip my club of choice. Fear races through my mind whispering worst possible scenarios, but gets shoved out by a painting of the balls trueflight. Letting go of control, my body twists and makes contact. A stinging feeling spreads to all parts of my body as the…

I am originally from Santa Ana and I have had bad behavior problems. I’ve always been a troublemaker during my life; no one could stop me. My parents tried to change the habit of changing my life around ,and act the proper way of acting. Peers try to fix my problems, but I would not make the good choice. I've been getting into fights, going to Juvenile Hall, and be in danger with the problems I was in. School was not for me, At the time, I would have rather been with my friends than in school…

Joisah Karnehm Narrative summative Black Belt test “Wake up Josiah! ¨You're going to be late!”, my father said. It was my day! And I don't mean my birthday, it was my black belt test. As I got out of bed I went to the bathroom to take a shower, in the shower I thought about the black belt test, and all of a sudden I felt something coming up then I could see my dinner from last night. When I got out of that horrible experience, When I was eating breakfast.I started getting hives on my back.…