.... Looking at it made the imagination wander and made you second guess yourself. Sawtooth just smelled of fear, but it was what everyone came to do. Right when everyone started out it was no problem. Each step came with ease and grace. The view around was beautiful. It was unlike anyone could ever imagine. When the group got to only the tenth switch-back they all looked about and could see the beauty of the valley floor and where they had just started out that day. It looked like a little green dot painted into the valley floor by an artist and his brush. I did not realize how hard it would be until the middle of the mountai .....

.... about never standing up for, not just the members of my family, but for any person, or group of people, that is discriminated against, led to a problem I encountered a few years ago during my sophomore year in high school. My high school is predominantly white, with a few Asians, and very few black students. One of the few black students, Kaasa, happened to be in my phy-ed class during the first semester of my sophomore year. The problem was that Mike Hartman was also in the same class. Mike was kind of known to the people in our grade as “Mr. Racism�. He was always quick to come up with a “nigger joke�, or to tell everyone h .....

.... didn't know to move forward. Finally, after a nice shove from an angry customer, Dorko had his chance at the register. "Hello, how are you doing today?" asks Dorko. "You know, it's a funny thing. I was feeling just fine, but now I want to lose my lunch," replies a bald, fat, sorry, weight impaired lady behind the counter. "Well, what will it be?" "What will what be?" "Hello? Are there any connected synapses here? Tradition says that now is the time you tell me what you would like to order. Then I respond by telling you how much money shall exchange hands and you wait for a thumb twiddling long time for us to ge .....

.... I tried watching television but that didn't work. Then I tried to play some videos games. I grew tried of that rather quickly. So, I deiced to get some much needed rest. The next morning I got up at eight o'clock because my dog Barney had to go outside. I knew he had to go outside because he started to cry. So, I let him out. Then I went to see if my mom or dad had made me breakfast. I looked and found nothing had been cooked for me. Which was really odd because every Saturday and Sunday morning they had made me breakfast since I could remember. My sister Amy was watching television. So, I asked her where mom and dad were. She .....

.... of indulgence and of cuckoldry. The days which will fade away, and leave the signs of sin and of adultery. At any rate I promise the show will be a thing to remember and a good thing to retain, for it fortells of how God will judge us and our deeds, and the anguish and the pain. Of those who would not change their ways, to do well and to be kind. So once the show is over it would do you good to keep these events in mind_[Cue Energetic Dance Music]Sports Commentator. LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! HERE COMES GOD WITH SOME ACTION-PACKED HIGHLIGHTS!!! EVERYBODY, COME ON AND RAISE THE ROOF FOR GOD!!![Disco Call][Exit Sports Commenta .....

.... 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 about my parents divorce brought severe depression and confusion towards my thought on life and why they sent us here t .....

.... into a handicap spot. "You can't park here," Aaron said. "Sure I can," Amir replied. Aaron studied the face of the Bosnian Immigrant. Amir had fought for two years in the war against the Serbs. His face was remarkably pleasant, although his eyes looked as if they belonged to a forty year old man and not a seventeen year old boy. His tan skin and wide smile seemed out of place when one took in Amir's mohawk and torn black t-shirt. "It's a handicap spot." "Exactly," Amir said with a smirk. "I got you in my car, and you're a retard." "Fuck you," Aaron said, "I'll blast you Sylvester Stallone style." Amir burst into hysterical laughter .....

.... stage, nursing a half-pint of beer. Mulligan's being the type of place it is, he wasn't alone too long. "Useta call me Black Billy," he growled, lumbering to his feet. His head ducked and dodged, body swayed, as he danced on his toes, shooting lefts and rights at an imaginary opponent. His scarred face looked troubled for a moment. "Coulda been the Champ. Didn' get a chance. Said I don' got the killer instinct. I know I got it. Jus' need a chance." His audience nodded appreciatively and exchanged understanding glances. Billy shuffled to a stop and shook his big head as a huge grin split his battered face. "No use cryin' over spi .....

.... 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 territory, where I was a lowly sophomore, rather then the bigshot head of the class ninth grader. I notice that oth .....

.... not be considered work. I have so much to learn and value the knowledge I have knowing it is going to stay with me throughout my life. My children age ten and four, will see the effort and hard work that is required to be an over achiever. I believe this will motivate them to succeed and maybe “compete with mom�. With the computer information technology, it brings even more opportunity to learn a whole new area of skills. Some people have not grown with the knowledge of computers and are finding they need more education in that area in order to function at a modern pace. Whether young or old education is valued and r .....