It is 4 p.m. on Tuesday. What will you do next? Write about your extracurricular pursuits. Why and how do you choose the activities you are involved in? How do your activities reflect your values and affect your school‚ community or the world? (500 words or less) As a young teen I have many hobbies and interests. Sadly‚ only a few of them are practiced after school on weekdays. I am involved in many things so most of my day is always busy. After school I head home and change to attend my ballet
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the land‚ signed and ready to be sent. “So you were serious about selling it?” Jim asked. “You bloody tell me!” Barry retorted. Jim paused for a moment‚ but stood up and proceeded to make some dinner. The room faded white on the walls with worn hardwood tops. The gas stove old and abandoned‚ replaced by the microwave as if new always replaced the old. There was a frame of Shelia‚ the mother of the house; black and white‚ young and a teeming farm behind her‚ on the wall in front of the sink full of
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fabric and gave her an inquisitive look. “That’s different‚ I don’t wear this to fight.” Hennit shook his head‚ “no difference‚ fight‚ sail‚ eat‚ love‚ all practical‚ all impractical.” Kiennan thought about what he said. She watched him turn back to look out over the railing. She stepped up to the railing and braced her hands against it. “I don’t understand‚” she admitted. Hennit chuckled‚ “your coat is quite beautiful‚ but it keeps you warmer and marks your status. My fighting is . . .” Hennit
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the black stained leaves across my bare white feet. As I stumbled across the dead landscape‚ a slight fog swam around blending in with the increasingly falling snow. Hundreds of dark wood surrounding me seemed to slowly cave in‚ creating a narrow cave-like passage. An eerie feeling swept over me‚ and I stopped completely‚ analysing every detail around me. The smog became thicker‚ blinding the scenery and almost completely covering my vision. I sensed an inhuman presence watching me‚ and flinched whenever
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A family as dysfunctional as ours‚ you must understand why being so different is so hard. Having a twin brother who is the perception of a golden child‚ and a sister‚ who is probably going to be the next Miss America‚ really makes you stand out as the ‘other’ sibling. I obviously lack the physical genetics which my brother and sister gained to my disadvantage. Being in my family is hard; not knowing which snide remark would come next towards my supposed unworthiness to sit at golden table for dinner
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of that person or the life will go on without consequences. For example‚ many aspects of my life have influenced my personality and my future life decisions. That is why I want to tell the story about a seven year old boy that changed my life forever. I remember that particular morning. It was unusually hot and humid. The water park started to fill up with plenty of happy smiling faces and kids running around‚ waiting for
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lighting cut through the darkness of the room and illuminated my ex-wife. If I were in my right mind I would have sent her packing back to her lake house in the Hamptons. But I let her stay for the rest of the night. She needed my help and I couldn’t bring myself to flout her. God forbid something were to happen to the broad‚ well‚ I’d censure myself for the rest of my life. For the mean time‚ Gertrude would be adjunct to my life and I would have to put up with it. A long chat and a bottle of whisky later
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I lean forward‚ the tips of my fingers on the track‚ back foot at a ninety degree angle from the ground. My eyes dart towards the tree about a hundred metres away from where I am. Dad blows the whistle; a high-pitched squeal that echoes throughout the isolated park. I push my whole body forward with my back foot‚ and I’m at seventy percent of my full speed for the first sixty metres. The brown grass beneath me is soft and I’ve reached sixty metres now‚ and the once hidden beast inside me has
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have a special announcement! Attention! Today we must bid farewell to someone very special! Angela… Angie… Not only a magnificent boss but a true true friend to us all”. Angela fought the tears as they threatened to pour out of her eyes. “We will never forget her as she will forever be in our hearts. Cheers!” Champagne flew‚ and sprayed with the dispersing cheers and laughter and Angela received many final embraces. They told her she was entering the next chapter in life called ‘freedom’. She couldn’t
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The day he left‚ I felt lost‚ broken‚ empty. Everything was going to be different. There would be no one to go fishing with on Sunday afternoons‚ no one to help me with my school work—not anymore‚ because he was leaving. Mother told us he would be okay and reassured us every night when we prayed together that he would come back. She said that when the train went whistling by next spring‚ he would be back in our arms‚ safe from all the chaos‚ away from the guns and bombs. We would be able to go fishing
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