Essays on My Life Page 2

There are two things in my life that are extremely important to me. One of these things is sports and the other is helping people. Basketball has been a part of my life for many years. Helping people has always been important but only recently have I been able to combine these two together. Being…

I used to be a existent spoiled terror. My parents are rather good off and I normally get what I wanted. Bing the youngest of three kids besides guaranteed that I get the most attending. I had no deficiency of epicurean things much to the enviousness of my friends and schoolmates. Whenever a new merchandise…

Our modern world provides us with numerous opportunities for worry security, our health, our families, money, terrorism and many more. People never get the word “worry” out of their lives and that includes me. I live with my worries. When my brother lost his company and my family went bankrupt, my whole prospective on life…

There,sitting cross-legged on the cold marble was a frail lady. Her frizzing hair out-lined her sallow face. The dark rings around her downcast eyes showed that she had not been sleeping well. Even her cheek bones could be seen under her sunken cheek, her listless eyes stared into the air as she fingered a checked…

I was supposed to be having the time of my life during my High School years. I started out in the Newtown Annex. I had many friends there, I also had a great schedule, from 12:00 until 4:00 PM, and it was great! You get to sleep late and not have to worry about being…

“The question is not ‘how do we become best in the world? ‘ but “how do we become the best for the world? ‘” – Uffe Albaek, The Kaos Pilots. I’ve been through quite a bit these past couple of years, and its led me to realize everyone is dealing with their own struggle. Given…

I grew up on Wilton Drive in downtown New Orleans. From the living room window in my parents’ house, I could see, across the street, the Filmore Apartments; the shape of which always reminded me of the little plastic hotels from the board-game Monopoly. From the time I was five, John and I would ride…

How could I start telling all my first experiences, they are so many and as long, so detailed but I’ll try to think back and write the more exciting and more intense emotional situations around my short 20 years of age. I will try to demonstrate the important place that has all these situations regardless…

My Spanish teacher changed my life. I started taking Spanish 1A and 1B because I needed electives for 7th and 8th grade and didn’t think I could suffer through anything else. I took Spanish 2 because I wanted another year with my favorite teacher. See, I’ve never really minded teachers. I always got along with…

In one way or another, everyone has had at least one person who’s made a significant impact in our lives. It can be a family member, a friend, or a teacher. It doesn’t necessarily always have to do with doing better all the time, it can also be bad influence as well. I chose good…