Christopher Johnson McCandless died in an abandoned bus in Alaska. The last entry in his journal was simply "Beautiful berries." His body was found by a hunter. It weighed around 30 kg. Sounds like a bad ending? It may have been, but it followed the adventure of a lifetime.…
WOOSTER — When he was dispatched to the scene of a single-vehicle crash, Trooper Justin Ross had no idea he'd have a hand in saving the life of a driver who he found unresponsive from a heroin overdose.…
The sky was raining ever so slightly over Canbourne Cove High School. In Canbourne Cove, there was a student named Sam Salvatore. Sam was what every kid would call a nerd. He would complete all his learning tasks to a high standard. He was a typical kid, he had brown eyes, brown hair and wore glasses. He was one of those students who would do their top button up. If he didn’t have it done up he could not continue his day. However, Sam had a sad side. Other students would tease him because of his physical appearance. Especially ‘The Bower brothers.’ Bradley, Barry and Ben. They weren’t really brothers, that’s just what people called them. Sam was a little bit over weight compared to the other students.…
One day person named tom was out camping in the woods with a bunch of rednecks. Tom brung his four-wheeler along with his camping supplies. He and the group drove out there. “Come on you old one mile an hour driving kid,” “I’m Comin and I not a kid,” Tom said. Tom was a little younger than the group. Tom was on the trail following the group's “orders”. He was out learning how to camp redneck style. Tom always hated robby, the one who yelled at him. One time when he was wrestling around with Robby’s younger son Tom slammed him, Robby’s son started crying. Then he got up and hit him with a stick on the leg. After that Tom was the one who got in trouble instead of Robby’s son. Tom was slowing down and gradually getting farther away…
You look like shit, Tim says as he holds a sip of juice in his mouth, the sound of his voice garbled.…
People may think that just because we give an inmate education they will never change in life. I don’t agree on that George Chochos is a person who went jail to Yale and his story will prove all my 3 points. Chochos was first arrested when he was 18, serving only 8 months he got out and as months went on he was in and out of jails and colleges. On October 1999 chochos was sentenced to a 14 year sentence for bank robberies. Chochos spent the first 10 months in the Rensselaer County Jail, and then was transferred to Downstate Correctional Facility for 10 days until eventually he was sent to the sing sing correctional…
the balusters, and lowered himself to the ground. With the deftness of a big cat prowling an African savannah, as silently as possible, Roger Nelson sauntered with great care along the side of the house to the front. But when he checked for the lookout, to his surprise, he was not there. He had deserted his post and the door was unguarded and open. Great! Roger thought. He was pleased at this turn of good luck for his mental gifts were noticeably and inexplicably compromised.…
Throughout my entire life, I have found that hard work and dedication can help me achieve any goal that I set. I have overcome the separation and lack of decent parents, incarceration of my oldest brother, and many other events with the morals and skills that were taught to me by my grandparents (who are my legal guardians). Due to their influence and love, I have always put my best foot forward and looked at the world with optimism. Since the second grade, I have been in gifted/honor courses, exceeded through my classes, and have made many friends. My backbone does not consist of selfish desires or influences; it consists of my morals and the family and friends that I do have pushing me to change the world.…
Richard is once again looking for a job but his searches land him at a local sawmill. But he leaves many of the workers have missing arms so he thinks the job is unsafe and quits immediately and thinks to himself that he will only focus on school. Richard is felling very sad because he can’t find a job and is very hungry but get’s some great news that he is named valedictorian of his class. The principle congragulates Richard for his success but then tells Richard he cannot read his own speech to the audience because they will be mostly white. He tells Richard that if he reads his…
“Peter is eight years old and has autism. He has just started attending a special after school club. When he arrives there is music playing and lots of children running about. One of the assistants goes to help him remove his coat and he starts screaming and lashing out”…
Andy Jackson and three other friends had just won an important basketball game. They decided to get together and go celebrate their victory. They had started drinking, all except for B.J. who had never drunk in his life. They heard honking, but just laughed because of the alcohol. All of…
The smell of the hot dogs being grilled, there was the smell of funnel cake everywhere, you could hear so many excited screams from the people on the rides, and the sight of some kid puking in a garbage can next to the ride Déjà vu. I’m thinking this day could not get any better, but so much more ended up happening that day. First ride I run over to is the Batman ride, where your feet dangle beneath you as the ride flies down the track, and I get into this very long line, not knowing how slow those lines move. I was in line for three hours, for Batman (which I didn’t think was even that good), but the wait was entertaining. My friend, called Bob, decided to mess with my buddy Schroeder again, so he decides to go up to this black kid and asked him to be in on this joke. We tell him and he just starts laughing, ”Yea, I’ll do it”. So we get Schroeder into line, and Bob goes to this black kid, “Yo man, this little kid just called you the n-word,” and the black kid was half laughing and acting half angry, and Schroeder has a miniature breakdown during this, I just want to say Schroeder is a friend to me; but his reactions to these things are the funniest things I have ever seen. But back to the current event, Schroeder just bolts out of there, and we had to chase him down and tell him it was a joke, which would have been easy if we weren’t laughing so hard at this. Then we head over to the Super…
At recess, the brown-eyed children said they felt like everything bad was happening to them. They felt like if they did anything other than stand against the wall, they would get in trouble. While outside, a blue-eyed kid came over to one of them and called him “brown eyes”. The brown-eyed kid became so infuriated that he punched his blue-eyed best friend in the stomach. When they got back to class, the teacher wanted to discuss the incident that had taken place. The brown-eyed kid said it did not make him feel any better after punching his friend and it did not change the situation he was in with being “different”.…
Busybody thought everything was alright until something horrible happened. It was February 27th, no sign of Johnny Dorset. Mrs. Busybody could finally lie down and relax without being disturbed. Everything was starting to seem so peaceful, relaxing, and calm. She was slowly drifting off to sleep. Then, she heard someone yelling as loud as an elephant. Mrs. Busybody sat up to see the worst surprise ever. The terrible and mean Johnny Dorset has come back. She got ran around the house faster than a cheetah. Awe Man! , “I thought I would never see him again”, she said. “Lord, why me? Is this punishment for popping Johnny’s little, red ball or breaking all his sticks so he wouldn’t be able to play that Indian game”, she thought. Whichever one it was please forgive me. All of sudden, a thought struck her head. “I can leave for a few days”. Mrs. Busybody quickly ran to my dresser and pulled out a week’s worth of clothes. What about my two cats’? , she thought. “I’ll just leave them here”. “My cats are missing limbs and ears and they’re beaten up. If they weren’t in such poor condition, I would gladly them with me”. But, Johnny decided he wanted to throw medium sized rocks at them. Poor cats, they haven’t been the same since then. She finished getting her items together. Mrs. Busybody walked outside to the old, raggedy, blue car in the drive way. She started driving and the car started making funny noises. The dusty, slow car broke down in front of a big cabin. This is better than nothing. “At least I’m away from Johnny”, she said with a stupid grin on her…
My name is, Jay Hammond, I am a firefighter. I live in 128 Pine Lane, in…