A five day vacation in the Sunshine state that would create some of my best and most interesting memories. The 5 days of complaining about how it was hot outside, turing into a lobster, and hanging out with my cousin. It was an agreement with my cousins parent that she would live in south Dakota … Read more
After doing this assignment I realized some of the reason that low-income families do what they do. It is very hard for a family to live off of a minimum wage salary; it doesn’t matter if it is a single parent or a two-parent household. The more people are in a household, the more expenses … Read more
Kevin and his friend Garret were driving to their cabin in lower Georgia. It was a warm, beautiful fall afternoon in Georgia. The cabin was so much more than a cabin to Kevin. It was the jewel of lower Georgia to him. Kevin screamed, “Watch out. ” Garret had served out of the way and … Read more
This is not an article about a hike covering huge chunks of miles, deep in the wilderness, but rather, this is an article about the contrasts of living in an urban environment, finding solitude in that environment and of the relief that comes from receiving long awaited rain in a drought stricken state The state … Read more
Complete silence filled the house as I look at the blinding red LED light on my clock that read 3:08 A. M. Sitting in the clothes I had worn to school that morning, consisting of a maroon sweater with ripped jeans, with my hair in a bun to keep it out of my pale face. … Read more
Winning My First Horse Show It all started when I saw a horse race on the TV. I was lying on the ground with my dogs. My mom was cooking steak and potatoes for dinner and my dad was sleeping in his bed. My sisters were playing on their phone and tablet. The horses were … Read more
The big cars were rushing by so fast. They were so loud, and I was so scared. I walked down the alley to hide behind the big green metal dumpster with all the rancid smelling trash inside of it. I tucked my tail and tried to stay warm as I hid from the cars and … Read more
I changed my mind about running the day my father made me run my first race. It was a hot summer day, and I was inside watching television with my siblings when my dad asked us if we all wanted to run a race with him. At first, I wasn’t too sure about it even … Read more
The poem “A Bird Came Down the Walk” reminds us of a nursery rhyme because of its rhyme scheme and rhythm. The poem starts with “A bird came down the walk. He did not know I saw. He bit the angleworm in halves and ate the fellow raw.” The rhythm makes the poem very easy … Read more
