Flying down the slopes, wind nipping at my cheeks, we soar down the trail. I’m right behind my cousin JB. “Superman!” I shout, and JB reaches to his right. “Aaannddd, Spongebob!” I yell, then he reaches left. I reference the cartoon duct tape on his mittens to get him to turn. It couldn’t be a more beautiful day, just two cousins and a couple friends skiing. However, JB gets to ski a lot faster and on much more difficult terrain than most other eight-year-olds because he skis quite differently than his peers. We really enjoy skiing together, even though we do not ski like most other people. JB can’t ski normally because of something we found out six years ago…
It was an average weeknight in December. A light snow fell as my family and I drove through the brisk evening air. We were motoring
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This was made possible by Team Impact, which connects people living with fatal diseases to college sports teams. JB receives the opportunity to attend practices, games, and team events. Some of the players even go trick-or-treating with him on Halloween. Team Impact provides a great example of how people should live, giving opportunities to everyone they can. The program has certainly lightened JB’s life and given him the chance to be a part of a team, something that would seem otherwise impossible with his condition.
During the summer, JB and I get to do a lot of fun things. He can do anything he sets his mind to, he just needs a little help. We swim together, go tubing behind the boat, and fish for striped bass. All he usually needs is a lift every once in awhile and a carry on my back in the water. We swim out to the docks in the harbor, play ping pong, and more. I take JB and his family for boat rides almost every balmy summer evening. The moments that we spend together, cruising along the sunset and messing around in the water are some of the most precious experiences I have
coldest winter to pass us by; many of my friends and I went out to hit
John Jay was born in New York City on December 12, 1745 and was a self devoted leader that help the United States get to where it is today. He served a very important role in the Founding Fathers establishment as well as bringing overall greatness to the country. He devoted himself to the American Revolution as well as becoming the first Chief Justice of the United States. Serving in the Continental Congress, and becoming president of the congress gave him great power and confidence within himself.
A child of abuse and neglect, Chris McCandless awed the world with his inspiring trip across the nation to find himself in Alaska. Leaving his well off life and his problematic family behind to be true to his ideas of life. His life impacted the people who knew him well and the strangers that drove him to his haven. When the story of this young man hitch hiking across the country broke ground, it made many people question if this boy was just crazy or did he really have a true understanding on the day to day live we were living and where we were going wrong. Although some critics have conceived the idea that Chris McCandless was just a crazed mad man with schizophrenia and the unachievable idea of true happiness. Many believe he was a new
Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, is not one of the most well-known presidents to have ever served in office though he did do some good things during his presidency. The vice president’s journey to the presidency began after the assassination of the beloved president, John F. Kennedy. Before serving as president, he was the youngest Senator to ever serve as a majority leader and he sat in the House of Representatives. Although Johnson served two terms as president, he only ran in one election because of the death of Kennedy. However, the one election he ran in, he won in by a landslide (Ridings & Melver 231). Lyndon B Johnson, the Democratic president, who served from 1963-1969, might have been infamous for the decisions he made during the Vietnam War, but his Great Society and Civil Rights Act helped shape the nation in a good way.
There is so much that can be learned from the past. Especially from an event that was as catastrophic as this one. How does one person gain such a grip on so many people? How was he able to influence them to change their entire life’s to conform to what he wanted. Somehow he was able to get them to move to a completely new place and create a world all their (his) own. How does one person convince and force so many people that it was time for their life to end? How does he force them to kill themselves? So many questions that are still being answered to this day. There are plenty of movies and research done on this event but there is still a lot to learn.
During the civil rights movements, many people worked for integration which was those who believed in bringing black and white societies together or separatist who believed in being separate but equal. There were people who took sides of both views. Jackie Robinson was a big advocate of black rights standing as neither a separatist or an integration supporter, but one who took ideas from both sides that were true to his core values and beliefs. Jackie Robinson was born into a family that was not enslaved by southern plantation owners, however, he was born into a family that worked for next to nothing on a plantation. Once his father was able to work out a deal with his boss that would make him a “half-cropper” they began bringing in more
A hero is someone who doesn’t give up and keeps on fighting for their goal. Jackie Robinson is a great hero and came over great challenges, but he achieved his goal. How Jackie Robinson embodies the human spirt is that he broke the color barrier, and the challenges he faced, and his life.
Last March, an undefeated basketball squad faced a tragic loss, and unfortunately it was not the game. An undefeated season was on the line for the Fennvile Blackhawks, and the whole town was in attendance. The game went into overtime and Wes Leonard was ready for it. Seconds left in overtime, the score was tied again. It was the last play of the game, and Wes Leonard drove to the basket for a lay up, putting them up by two. Time expired and fans rushed the court looking for the hero that made that game winning basket. Seconds later that hero collapsed to the ground. Wes Leonard, a 16 year old healthy boy, died minutes after his dream, a game winning shot, of a cardiac arrest. ( Moisse Sec. 1 Par. 1-3)
A few winters ago, some friends invited my family and me to go snow skiing at Paoli Peaks, Indiana. I did not know how to snow ski, and I leaped at the thought of trying this new sport. On the first morning we entered the pro shop to rent all the gear and make decisions about whether or not to take lessons or go it alone. We decided to be adventurous and go it alone—no lessons. Kent and Celeste, the friends who invited us, knew how to ski and snowboard. He assured us that he could show us the basics, and we would be on our way down the slopes. All of us, after a few minutes learning how to wedge our skis started down the family trail. Although the family trail had smaller hills and appeared safe, to me it seemed way
I stepped out of the chilly November air and into the warmth of my home. The first snowfall of the year had hit early in the morning, and the soft, powdery snow provided entertainment for hours. As I laid my furry mittens and warm hat on the bench to dry, I was immediately greeted with the rich scent of sweet apple pie, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and the twenty-pound turkey my mother was preparing for our Thanksgiving feast.
It was the beginning of the lacrosse season. All 48 of us were lined up in two straight lines dreading the moment when our our team captains began to yell at us to begin running. When we began the run around the patchy field, I noticed my friend struggling to keep up with everyone. I was further ahead of him and could hear him huffing and puffing. We all began to cheer Dan on in order to give him the motivation to increase his speed. Over time, his level of endurance improved, and was capable of keeping up with the team, reaching his dream of playing in varsity games. We lost every game that season, but we really didn’t care about it. We just wanted to have fun. As we approached the end of the season, we all said our goodbyes and hoped for
captive by a sheath of frost, as were the glacial branches that scraped at my windows, begging to get in. It is indeed the coldest year I can remember, with winds like barbs that caught and pulled at my skin. People ceaselessly searched for warmth, but my family found that this year, the warmth was searching for us.
Lebron James had a rough start to her life but when she was adopted her life was turned upside down. This could very well be caused but the actions of her first family, regardless of her past she is now a happy adult cat.
The year was 1992; a cold December arctic wind had brought a chance of snow to the area. It was the weekend and time to relax after a long hard week at work. The weather service had predicted several inches of snow to blanket the region by the next day. Not to worry: it was the weekend and traveling was not a necessity.
During the reign of James I in England, William Shakespeare, a world-renowned dramatist, was writing plays and poems to secure his legacy forever. But, in the shadows, Ben Jonson, was emerging as a well-educated man of the English Renaissance, making his name as a literary critic, influencing great names along the way. Born in London, in 1572, Jonson was educated at the Westminster school where he learned about poetry and its verses. Soon enough, he became known as one of the most influential poets of the era, contributing greatly to the minds of fellow writers.