The Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude‚ obnoxious‚ and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words‚ playing soft music‚ and doing anything else he could think of to clean up the bird’s vocabulary. Finally John had had enough. In exasperation one day‚ he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
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“Cameron‚ you can’t play football you’ll die‚” My mother told me in her usual serious tone‚ I could always count on my mom to keep it 100% reality even though I hated it. I wanted to play football so bad for three years I’ve literally had dreams of me playing defensive back‚ my wishful position‚ and being able to play with my emotions and do very well. I stopped pursuing football even though deep down I was still set on football. I ended up making our basketball team in eighth grade I remember
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I saw it again. A small brown blur whizzed by the ground in front of me. I had seen it several times in the past hour‚ or was this a different one? I was looking at an ugly‚ beady-eyed creature -I thought it was cute at first‚ but after staring at it for a while‚ its quite vicious looking. "It’s a prairie dog‚" a voice suggested. "Don’t those live in prairies?" I supposed. We were far from a prairie. At 11‚000 feet above sea level‚ I was in the midst of a six-mile hike to the peak of a 13‚000-foot
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The roller coaster I’m in the line of a twisty ‚tall ‚long ‚green ‚ and scary roller coaster. Im sure you have been on a twisty roller coaster but I for instance have not It’s three stories of stairs to climb and if you don’t call that high for a roller coaster I don’t even know what to say. And i’m not what you call brave I have long brown hair the color like stained wood. I have eyes as blue as the evening sky ‚ lips as red as blood skin as white as snow and well a skidis personality. My friend
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One day‚ I was playing with my best friend‚ Watergirl. She has beautiful green eyes‚ long hair and a blue body. e were playing in the jungle together but we were caught by some humans. They used a hood to cover our eyes and they put us into a cage. I couldn’t know where I was going. I just heard the truck rolling on the road. When I could see I was locked in a small dark cell.I needed to escape to find her‚ but how? Suddenly‚ I saw a guard pass by through a crack in the cage and I saw the key
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Jeffrey Arbaugh Mr. Mayerhofer MYP English 2 2 October 2014 Memoir In March 2011‚ I took a few days of classes and received my hunting education certification. Looking back‚ the actual class time is just a blur of what not to do‚ but I was reminded of them when I took drivers education last December‚ with the what not to do teachings. I also remember being very nervous about the test‚ but having a great feeling when I learned I passed. That October‚ I remember being immensely excited to
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Injury I was on the shiny court at the ymca! I went up to get the rebound. Yank! He grabbed it he wouldn’t. Release he had a tight grip. His number 63.The other team pulled my leg down. I landed on the side of my ankle. It hurts i yelled! I couldn’t get up. The kid who pulled me down helped me get up. When I got up i fell i couldn’t walk. My coach and my team helped me off the court.I was in a lot of pain. I thought i was going to die but I didn’t I didn’t play the rest of the game. I sat and cheered
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As a freshman I was the top ranked player in 4a Basketball. Weeks from state‚ seconds left on the clock of a tied game‚ I drove to the basket and drew a foul. I have to make these free throws. I took one step toward the line‚ as a sharp pain shot up my leg. I fell to the floor screaming in pain. An MRI revealed that I had torn every ligament in my right knee. Not being able to walk‚ being on the sidelines‚ physical therapy and my injury in general was the hardest challenge I had ever faced‚ but I
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On a humid summer day in Chicago‚ my family and I decided to take a long journey to visit my distant family/friend in the Upper East Side of Chicago. Although‚ the car ride seemed peaceful and smooth‚ little did I know this was a journey to the most horrific town I’ve ever seen. Furthermore‚ three long hours rolled by‚ my dad finally made the last turn into the town where this relative lived. It seemed as soon as we turned‚ the clouds began to turn gray and dull. While driving down the streets which
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The purpose of this publication is to document my personal goals that I want to achieve while attending the University of Phoenix. I have been thinking about going back to school for some time now and I finally made the decision to attend this online institution because of a previous personal goal that I had set. The goal that started this whole thing for me was my goal to get a Bachelor Degree. I had previously attended Northwest Technical College of Wadena‚ MN. I earned a 2-year diploma in Telecommunications
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