The Cool Kids

Professional athletes are some of the most famous people in our country, and on top of that, they get payed a lot too. From NBA superstars like Lebron James to NFL superstars like Peyton Manning, they are idolized by many. People pay lots of money to watch them and spend lots of their time watching them as well. The question is -- are they paid and idolized too much? The answer is no, they are not. They are important to American culture, they worked extremely hard to get where they are, and they…

Cuz everything be coming back in heavy hits And it's funny how I feel that I still haven't changed Like I'm still the same kid with the laughing face Still cocky, overbearing, and obnoxious I poke fun at the most sensitive of topics I'm still cursing feeling edgy from the stuff I do I feel like I found a treasure box but without the locksmith In high school, I felt cool cuz I ditched prom Sit in my room, feel productive writing lit songs Silly dreams in hopes that one day it'll lift off…

fun and easy way to see animals that you couldn’t normally see. Going to a zoo is one of the best things a child can do, for gaining knowledge, and having fun. Many elementary schools have used a visit to the zoo as a great field trip that a lot of kids will remember. At the zoo you can see and learn a lot of things about animals that could help you with a project or…

The negative effects of television. Introduction Television is a great invention, being a good source of entertainment, education and is a powerful tool in economic growth. Television has become a member of each and every single family and time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. One of the major objectives of television is to give the viewers pleasure,programs ,sports and games aired are actually meant to entertain the viewers. It has…

We have all gone through phases in life, just like the then year old kid with a come in his hair acting all tough, until he gets caught. The speaker of the poem is taking us back to when he was 10 years old. “Behind Grandma's House” was a significant moment in the author's life. He is telling how his experience of acting “cool” and letting his guard down, backfired on him because his grandma heard him and taught him a lesson. The flashback takes place in a alleyway behind his grandmother's house…

am doing my gammy is because she was my dads mom she died before I was even born. If I was to see her or meet her I would ask her what my dad was like when he was a kid. My dad had allergies when he was a kid just like I do I would ask her what she did for the food allergies for him. I would ask her what she did when she was a kid because that was a long time ago so I would like to know why she did the…

Have you ever heard of the "Comeback Kid," or "Joe Cool?" These were the nicknames of one of the most iconic quarterbacks in NFL history. He broke records. He won super bowls. He was also a leader. Joe Montana was an iconic NFL quarterback, but he was also a leader for his traits of strategy, determination, and humor. First off, Joe Montana had strategy which is only one of his leadership traits. According to, Joe Montana by: Jack Kavanagh, because of his style and strategy he led…

full name is Austin Thomas Richardson, however my name came from many places. My parents one day were watching a NHRA drag race, and saw one of the Crew Chiefs of their favorite drag racer was named Austin Coil. They thought it was a cool name so they named their first kid, Austin. My middle name Thomas comes from my father's…

Bo Carter Humphries was a kid who lived in Chicago, IL that no one liked. He was very mean to people, he was very lazy and he had bad grades. The thing that he hated most was to pray. And he hated this for multiple reasons. He thought he will be embarrased when he prayed. He thought his bully friends will laugh at him if he prayed. He also didn’t know God, he hated God. He wanted nothing to do with God. Then thanksgiving comes, his family and relatives were there. Every year they choose a…

with “fire blaze”, a symbol of heat. This establishes the connection that the father is a source of warmth. In the second stanza, the cool imagery is established in association to the son who sits in the “cold room” that is “splintering” and “breaking”. Not until the father builds a fire can the narrator say that “the rooms were warm”. Using the imagery of warm and cool ultimately proves that the son relies heavily on his father and therefore is at fault for not showing him the respect he…