.... the room. The carpet is grayish, with some sort of swirl design in it. Next to the garbage can is a white plastic clothes basket. This is jammed tight between the garbage can and the desk, which sits near the corner. The tops of the desk are white, but the supports are black. School books cover the bottom shelf, while the next two have miscellaneous items on them. On the top shelf, an encased basketball sits. It's an Olympic ball dipped in gold. Next to the ball, hanging on the gray, black, and white marble-like painted walls, is a tournament bracket for last year's College Basketball Championship. Under the bracket is the light switch, and next to it is a black lig ....

.... were half our size and walked around by themselves. We liked to blow up people's letter boxes the most, usually just at random. Whenever any new kids came to our school, we used to tease and make fun of them, so they felt unwelcome and had no friends. Usually they left the school, we loved it when they did that. Anyway, back to the story... On Friday afternoon, just after school, we were all walking home talking about how much of a loser this new guy was. By the time we got to the end of the street, we had all agreed that we should do something totally outrageous to his cat because he had been bragging about it all week. On Saturday, we all met up at the local park and br ....

.... out of him. He is as skittish as a hind , afraid to venture out of the castle walls, or even let down the drawbridge, for fear of becoming Threashmis' next meal. King Lenson grieved deeply over his departed friend. He then asked for volunteers to hunt down the scatheful beast. The reaction to his request was pathetic, not a man stood. It seemed as though King Lenson's valiant knights were nothing more than a flock of recreants. At last Sir. Baldric stepped forward, he had risen to the occasion, proving true to his troth. He was truly a stalwart knight. Early the next morning Baldric awakened, in preparation for his endeavor. He dressed himself with care, methodically arr ....

.... even my ugly wife? I told them I was going out for a smoke 3 days ago. I'm sure they are worried by now. It's getting closer I can now focus on the imprisonment camp. It horrendous guards all over booby traps everywhere we look. We all get closer to the ground and continue forward. Were now about 300 yards away when Mr. Lorry trips a bell line. The whole place goes up in a frenzy. I get up and start to make a run for the compound; after all I am a solider. Then all of a sudden thump boom! I hit the ground I tripped over my untied shoelace. Everything gets blurry............................... After a undisclosed amount of time I wake up as I loo ....

.... in shape, meet new friends, and most of all to be active within the school. I was so psyched; I could not wait until Spring Training began. So around the middle of March we formed the 1998 North East track team, and I had no clue what I was in store for. Coach Decker and Coach Burke called a meeting for us one Monday afternoon and explained to all of us the hard work and determination that it was going to take to be on the track team, they “would not tolerate anything but 110% from every single person,” and this I was willing to give. So I informed my boss at work that I would no longer be available to work in the afternoons and that I could only come in after 6 o’ ....

.... and often felt that they were extremely strict, hard, and discipline on us. During times of argument with my uncle, I felt very rebellious because they were not my real parents and often developed strong resentment towards them and my parents. Since I was the oldest one in my family, all the responsibility of taking care of my brothers and cousins was carried upon my obligations. The expectation of graduating from high school and pursuing on to a prestige college came all suddenly crushing down upon my life. With this pressure at home in the United States, the most significant event that I had to deal with was my parents unhappily marriage. Receiving the news abou ....

.... After a quick glance, I jump on my bike and start peddling ferociously. The time is now 7:54 a.m., and school begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. The thought of being late is still in the back of my mind and it makes me peddle even faster. I reach the school with two minutes to spare. As I reach the front doors, the principal who kindly tells me to slow down greets me. I quickly find my seat as the last tone of the bell sounds, knowing that I almost didn’t make it. I began to look around the room, and notice the differences from previous classrooms to this one. I keep thinking that I am finally here, no longer in junior high, but in highschool. It was a completely different ....

.... would use what she thought about a person rather than using the hard facts. For example, if an accident occurred and she saw it; she would say the person who she thought caused the accident was at fault. Instead of getting all of the facts before saying any thing about who caused the accident. Sometimes she just jumps to the wrong conculsion without thinking about what the situation is. Next, my mother’s attitude also played a major part in the way that she communicates. She is also an assertive person because she is alway confident about things. My mother also makes assumptions of other people without adding all the fact. I also observed that she sometimes uses non- ....