A giant. A giant is a mythological beast that is supposed to be larger than any human ever will be. A giant is supposed to be very strong and muscular. A giant is supposed to not be real, but there is. His name is Chris Leprechaun.…
Anacortes is a small town, on Fidalgo Island, in the northwest corner of Washington. This town is where I have lived my entire life. Anacortes consists of approximately 16,000 residents and Anacortes High School currently has 790 students enrolled. Growing up, events put on by the high school such as plays concerts athletics and parades were my favorite thing. Today I am a three sport athlete, with varsity letters in tennis, basketball and football.…
As I sat in the taxi on the day I arrived in Seville, I was admiring the scenery; the bushes were well groomed, the buildings came in all shapes and sizes, and on every corner I spotted a Spaniard walking their dogs. The tantalizing aroma of oranges hit me as I exited the taxi and walked towards my final destination, which would be my home for the next three months. Andalucía is the southern coast of Spain that is home to many cities such as Seville, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga, Cádiz and Ronda, just to name a handful. Cataluña and the Levante region is along the east coast of Spain and home to Barcelona, Valencia, Murica, Girona, Lleida and Tarrangona.…
Coming into Geneseo during the summer was something I was not looking forward to. I wanted to just jump into the school year and saw the summer as a waste of time. At the end of the summer I was wrong, and I at this point couldn’t be more thankful that I was able to be apart of it. Following with the INTD class into the school year I just saw it as another class that I just had to pass. What I didn't realize was how much I would learn about myself throughout the summer and fall semester.…
A Hero's Journey The last month of summer before my junior year started was occupied with pondering and wondering what I wanted to accomplish during the upcoming school year. Sure, junior year sounds like a blast, filled with fun memories and friends. But it also doubles as approaching the cliff of adulthood that I would hit in two short years. Every step I take my junior and senior year will be one step closer to that ledge.…
Throughout my four years of high school, the seaside community of Narragansett, Rhode Island, has encouraged and nurtured the growth of its youthful inhabitants as students and individuals. The supportive environment and abundant opportunities available for students to pursue their passions and help others consequently benefits the community as a whole. As an athlete, and more specifically, a runner, I have aspired to motivate and encourage young athletes to enjoy the fun and friendships that emerge from being a part of a sports team. During the summer, I volunteered at the Summer Youth Track Series at Narragansett High School. Eager smiles painted the faces of the joyous young runners lining up in heats, ready to run as fast as they can in the 100 meter sprint, throw as far as they can in the turbo javelin, and jump as far as they can in the long jump.…
Rickie’s Story I came to the shelter with my seven years old daughter after hatching a plan through the only window of opportunity available to us - I was allowed to take my daughter to school. We, my daughter and I suffered extraordinary, unimaginable abuse and violence from the hands and voices of my husband and his family. The shelter was indeed a safe haven for me, I lived in the shelter for about four months. This was the place where I started to come alive as a human being.…
It was the befor i went hunting and all i could do was think a me wrestling an alligator. So i got up at 8:00 am and started to get ready for the day . i went into my closet and looked around for my glock. Found it and started to put ammo into the ammo was hard small it had a gold color to it. I finished get it ready and put in the truck that we were taking hunting.…
I believe that my personal background, and my success despite the adversity that I have faced is an essential part of who I am. The first of my struggles came from being born to two teenage parents without at least a high school education, and although my mother went on to get a GED and to college my father did not. Many people in my family had issues with substance abuse and addictions including my father. Although, I was raised by my mother and grandmother, my father’s actions and behaviors negatively impacted my life. My father was verbally and mentally abusive to the people around him, especially when he used alcohol.…
“Brian Knobbs, how many times am I going to have to tell you to stop reading in class?” I flinched at my teacher’s words, being taken by surprise despite this being the fifth time this week. I couldn’t help it. My father had finally caved and bought me the cryptozoology book I had been begging weeks for. Currently reading on the Jersey Devil, I ignored my teacher’s words and continued with my own personal studies.…
For most people asking for a Capri-Sonne is not a defining moment in their existence, for me that sliver colored squishy pouch of fruit juice with grapes that looked like purple miniature beach balls etched in the middle was the object that lured me into the world of speaking German. I was 2 years old when my mother received a phone call from my father exclaiming that the Army had assigned him to William O. Darby Kaserne and later that month our family, would be uprooted from suburban Seattle and replanted in a rural yet medieval Nuremberg, Germany. Thus far, my world as I knew it had been a two-story cream-colored house with white trimming occupied by nuclear family, my two elder brothers, Hiram, 6 and Theodore, 4, my mother and father. In this world there existed only one language, English and only one me.. After a grueling 20-hour flight, stopping in Detroit, New York, London, Frankfurt and finally Nuremberg.…
Once their was a mango tree and sat eight eggs. And beside one was a mango and suddenly they all hatched but one couldn’t quite break the egg shell. So he pushed and went through the shell and into mango that fell into my pocket and we came home and that night when I was in bed I got up and checked my pocket in my jacket to get my pokemon cards out and their was a mango with a hole in it, so I took that and put it on my dresser. And my pokemon cards where soked with mango juice on them and blue gecko so I let him go into my hamster cage that had died and put fake grass in and he was named Mango after living in a mango for all of 30 minute drive home from the mango farm and he can talk, he wheres shades, he gos skating with me, swims, smells…
“Deeper Into my Life” Individuals are unique in their own ways and one of mine happens to be my name, Darrnyejah Bolds. Everywhere I go people have a hard time pronouncing it. Many people have given up and just refer to me as “Ms. Bolds,” but also I have two nicknames “Nye”, and “Nyejah,” which is mostly used by family and friends. Over the years, I have adjusted to my nicknames and became very comfortable with them. I entered this world on February 27, 1997 with the zodiac sign of Pisces.…
Writers statement My narrative is called Rumours and it’s intended audience is for people aged thirteen and over because of the mild alcohol references used in the story. The purpose of this story is very subtle but is intended to say that people can change no matter what their past was like. I created my narrative the way I did because I wanted it to be relatable to teenagers but still show the difference between bad behaviour and good behaviour. For example, Addison Taylor doing the right thing, being the protagonist and Sydney Grace being the antagonist doing the wrong thing. I called my narrative Rumours because teenagers are generally interested in gossip and rumours in within their friend groups so I thought that it would attract teenage…
It’s just another day for me. Another day to be slayed by the knight and watch in envy as he carries the princess to ‘safety’. My life is only a fairytale. A fairytale in which I am the villain and the knight is the hero. I never wanted to be born like this…