Polar bears are so big that they can look elephants in the eye standing up. Being the largest bears on earth they can survive extremely cold weather and freezing cold water. They live in the countries/state of Alaska, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the Arctic. Polar bears nicknames are the sea bears, since they are very […]
6:00AM. Time to rise and shine. Effectively, on the very least, time to rise. I begin off the day with my monotonous morning routine of consuming breakfast, brushing my enamel, getting dressed, and operating out the door. After battling the morning visitors I attain my vacation spot, Immaculate Coronary heart Academy. I pull into the […]
There are times in life when you are trying to talk to a friend, but they seem so much more entertained by an IPod or their cell phone. They are not trying to be rude, but just how they are not pay attention is coming off as anti-social. Technology is rapidly increasing throughout our world; […]
I went down to the dining room for dinner. The aroma of freshly prepared sausage, rolls, baked potatoes, and mixed vegetables filled the air. A typical family dinner. However, I enjoyed this meal, not at home, but with my German host family. “Komm,” said my host mother, “Abendessen ist fertig.” In English, this means, “Come. […]
Dawn’s last sunlight daggers dripped through gaps in the grizzled ash-leaf maple. The day was languishing slowly, turning first a chalky white, then a pigeon-colored gray. Along the pallid backdrop of the calm lake my houseparent moved like a paper cut-out, undoubtedly lecturing a tired ear in her staccato Jamaican accent on the nuisance of […]
I was on my way. i was confused. I didn’t know if it was really wanted. I hoped everything would turn out okay. I never really knew. I just had hope. I woke up each morning thinking was that a dream. was it a nightmare. when will i ever know.?? i woke up each morning […]
“I’ll do it” are three words I do not regret saying. I was offered the chance to be a coach for my school’s select baseball team. This was an opportunity to do something that I enjoy, and also teach a group of talented kids teamwork, sportsmanship, and focus. On a cold January evening, I met […]
Throughout my life, soccer has always been a huge part of my existence. Starting at the age of four I began to fiddle around with a soccer ball and learn to love the sport for what it was.I had always admired older girls for their sportsmanship and had hoped to be apart of that one […]
“Los Angeles is becoming the great world city of this still new millennium, the place where the promise and peril of the modern world live most intensely. Ours is the most diverse city in the history of the planet. Groups – ethnic, religious, professional – must here learn to think beyond themselves and grow responsible […]
In my eagerness to pursue for the greatest achievements that I can possibly accomplish, I have been blinded by false interpretations for the meaning of fulfillment. I was petitioned in this country from the Philippines a month after I turned 13. 7 years prior to that, my parents sacrificed leaving their 3 children in the […]