Adrenaline. Endurance. Liveliness. The combination of these makes it possible to complete the final tumbling pass. I’m almost out of breath…but that’s the feeling I live for. Some people think prancing back and forth across a springy floor is just …
Up and down the tunnel, weaving through the crowd before the product heats up. With four stands and people packed between each, there has to be a faster way. Chris texts, “‘A’ needs cheesecake.” Good thing I’m at ‘C’ and …
Perception, something I rarely thought about, became a reality on July 28, 1993 when the ring of the telephone interrupted my discussion with my parents concerning a soccer program. “Tony,” my mother interrupted, “it’s for you. Aaron’s on the phone.” …
Discuss the greatestchallenge that you have faced or expect to face … As the sun melted intothe distant horizon, I saw the thickening of the ominous clouds overhead. Therain began to pelt the roof of my old house, but nestled …
Leaves crunch under my feet as I trudge through the woods trying to find the best spot to set up my chair and take in nature. The air is cool and the breeze stings my face as it rushes by, …
It’s a busy Friday night at work as I stand behind the counter. The phones are ringing every two minutes and I can barely keep up. I’ve only been at work for an hour and already everything is going wrong. …
It was February 7 2008. The moment I stepped off the plane I thought about the many possibilities, my dreams would finally hatch and I would taste the joy of successful life. I looked up the clear February sky, the …
Holden Caulfield, from The Catcher in the Rye, and Jim Stark, from the film Rebel without a Cause, are both teenage protagonist characters in the 1950’s.The two can relate as both of them struggle with transitions from childhood innocence to …
It seems like every moment this boy breathes, there is always noise. Crippling screams greet him in the morning as he rises with a slight tremor. Later in the morning, before even finishing his toast and swallowing horse pills with …
Have you ever thought of what we are made of, what makes us who we are? Scientists all over the world are scratching their heads at this one question, constantly trying to find a solution. The String Theory is one …
All my life’s a circle, Sunrise and sundown. The moon rolls through the nighttime, ‘Til the daybreak comes around. All my life’s a circle, But I can’t tell you why. The season’s spinning ’round again, And the years keep rolling …
My sister always encouraged me not to judge people byphysical characteristics, but I never actually knew how important it was to beopen-minded until I began high school. To improve my school’s state testscores, the school board implemented workshops to prepare …
When I was seven, and apparently a handful, my grandma handed me an American Girl Doll catalog to keep me busy for a few minutes while she cleaned the kitchen. Full of detailed dolls dressed in complex outfits with hats …
When I’m in the woods, the Waldorf comes out. It brushes off the dirt I buried it in, slips out of the cell I locked it in, plucks away the cobwebs I smothered it in. It emerges and sets to …
My grandma is the reason I’m a night owl instead of an early bird. She’s the reason the light from my room shines through the crack under my door after my family is tucked away, snoring, in bed. I acquired …
My identity is always changing like the wind. There isn’t one identity that would truly define me. Just like the wind, the things I encounter are carried with me throughout my life. No matter what, my friends and family are …
Because of its huge amount of fast food restaurants, America is the fattest country in the world. Americans spend more money on fast food than on magazines, movies, books, newspapers, and music altogether. The top four, billion dollar establishments starting …
If you were to ask a number of kids at my high school to describe me in one statement, I bet you most would sadly say “lacking confidence”. While having no one relatively close to my age in my immediate, …
Chemistry in high school is an experience everyone lives through; few obtain pleasure from the experience most to never want to go through it again. I truly enjoyed it, and still I continued to make some mistakes. On the second …
“Things will get better.” I shrugged and looked down, unconvinced. “And you really believe that?” She merely looked back down at me with some degree of concern and care, despite the fact that her vantage point was nearly comical. I …
Ice cream can describe every situation. Problems should be attacked like you would eat a triple stacked brownie sundae in a waffle cone: from a strategic point so that everything doesn’t topple over. Life can also be described through ice …
She died young. In September of my senior year, I began working on a family history project for Studio Art class. Digging though family photos, I unearthed one that immediately caught my attention. It showed a young woman in a …
It’s a hot, steamy summer day in August 2010.Perfect day for swimming and relaxing, right? Instead I head to my annual physical and I expect the usual: step on the scale and go take a urine sample.No, this appointment was …
It’s a tool that listens when no one else will, mends pain, and does whatever we desire it to. There was something about it that lured me. At first, I would pick it up and play and practice. It started …
i never thought much about ny family except that i truly love them. it wasnt until recently that i started to find them very flawed in thier behavior. lieing,hurting,and never forgiving. my family is a gruop of artist, with no …
One in every one hundred thousand people is diagnosed with synesthesia. Many people don’t even know what this mental illness is. If they did there would probably be more cases of people coming out telling the world what they have. …
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” This quote by Eva Burrows embodies the importance of family in my life. During my childhood many people …
My grandfather, a retired French engineer and fine wine-lover, once told me the secret behind a spectacular wine’s taste was its unique terroir, or the combination of the soil, gradient, and weather. Like wine, we are all influenced by our …
At 7 years old I had my heart set on becoming a hairdresser. Like many 7-year-old girls, I had experimented on the unfortunate plastic heads of Barbie dolls, streaking their platinum blond locks with food coloring and hacking off clumps …
There were 19 forks in my house, 10 clocks and 39 pictures on the wall. I was about eight years old. I could stand on my hands for 14 seconds, my longest hair was six inches long, and my favorite …
Throughout their lives, people accumulate experienceswhich shape them. These experiences lead many to hold contrasting views and topractice disparate ideologies. Differences can be healthy; people can learn fromeach other in spite of their differences. A major change in my life …
Riding four-wheelers through two feetdeep mudholes is what he does. ‘“If you aren’t covered in mud, you aren’t having fun” is what “chubs” would say. Some friends and family address him as “Joe”, but I call him Chubs, and/or bestfriend. …