Biography of classmate - Jim Brooks

Everyone has different qualities and interests that make them unique individuals. After interviewing a fellow classmate of mine, Ruedi Kasabach, I have learned why he is the person he is today. Ruedi has lived with his family in Trenton New Jersey, his entire life. He is currently a boarder at Peddie. In his free time, Ruedi often watches tv, plays soccer, or spends quality time with his brother. In the future, Ruedi plans to take on a career focusing on sports. Ruedi’s hobbies, aspirations, and values demonstrate his active lifestyle and express his distinctive personality.

When he first moved in town, he was sent to the police station. He tried to be friendly to Plato who was at the police station but Plato treats Jim like a random stranger. He also meets Judy at the police station. He sees her several days later and asks her if she wants a ride but she already has one. Then he drives up to Judy and her friends and ask for directions. They just pointed in different places and made fun of him. He keeps on trying to get attention from the “cool kids”. His class takes a field trip to see the planetarium star show and listen to a lecture at the Griffith Observatory. An astronomy lecturer gives an existential narration of the darkness of the universe and Jim tries to make everyone laugh by saying, “Moooooooo” while the lecture is going on. After the lecture, Buzz and a couple of his bully friends make fun of Jim and call him a chicken which lead to a knife fight. Jim and Buzz make a deal on a chicken run. Buzz asks Jim if he has ever been in a chicken run, and Jim lies by saying, “Yeah, that’s all I ever do.” As soon as Buzz leaves, Jim asks, “Plato, what is a chicken run?” (“Rebel Without a Cause”) Jim does not know if he should go or not. Jim decides to think, ‘Dad said it was a matter of honor, remember? They called me chicken. You know, chicken? I had to go because if I didn't I'd never be able to face those kids again.’ Jim then goes to the chicken run and Buzz

Ever since I was young I always loved going to professional baseball games. One thing that has always been my top priority when going to games is to get a professional major league ball. So, for my topic I chose youtuber and professional ballhawk, (Someone who collects major league baseball's) Zack Hample. He travels around different stadiums in the country and collects major league baseball's. His lifetime total is currently over nine-thousand. This essay will show how Zack Hample became such an amazing ballhawk and what inspired him to be one.

Nick is incredibly smart; he is taking two classes at GPC and two more classes at Chattahoochee High School. He earns high grades in all his classes. Nick has been in the band for over ten years and plays three different instruments. He plays the trumpet, baritone, and trombone. Nick is also a member of the Chattahoochee marching band. In addition, Nick is very passionate about umpiring. He has been umpiring as a hobby and a job for a year. In fact, he has mastered it so well that he is currently being scouted by the major leagues. Along with umpiring, Nick also coaches the eighth-grade Chattahoochee football team and sits high on the board of directors. Despite all of these activities, Nick still finds time to hang out with his friends. They play many sports together such as football, baseball, basketball, and volleyball. Nick is a very busy person but he is still able to balance everything due to his hard working

In Drew's free time, no matter what time or place it is, he worships fishing. In his backyard there is a creek that he goes to after school on Mondays to fish. When Drew’s family goes on vacation the only thing he wants to do is fish. Another activity Drew enjoys is lacrosse. He practices lacrosse everyday to get better and better. He hopes to join the varsity team at

Baseball to the vast majority sounds like that one Sport where whatever you do is lounge around and hold up to hear the break of the bat. That’s not what the sport of baseball genuinely is. But to me, this sport has transmuted the way I see life all in all. Each and every athlete on the team has been illuminated to have extraordinary dedicated demeanor, regardless if it's in a training room or pregame warmups. Mentors have disposed initiative chances to teammates year after year and this this season it's my turn in light of my strong efforts and sturdy and my competency to be on the team. I did not turn into the individual that I am by lounging around. If it wasnt for baseball,

Jefferson Davis was the first, and only, president of the Confederate States. His upbringing and actions as a young man led to a strong belief of state 's rights and the innate right to own slaves. Davis was a strong spokesperson for these things in his early political career. His ability to attract and bring together the Confederacy combined with his military experience got him appointed to President of the Confederacy. His actions during his presidency are often correlated with the Confederate’s defeat. Overall, Jefferson Davis had a huge impact on the outcome of the civil war due to the things he concentrated on as president, missed opportunities, and his stubborn decisions and mindsets during the war; which led to numerous issues.

What a dedicated baseball fan! What a sacrifice for the national pastime!” (Page 157) As he tires to rise above his tragic personal situation, he projects himself as a world-famous sports star, acting as if such popularity will allow him to surmount the day-to-day fear and frustration of living with

In the article, a student in Brookville, NY asks about the behaviors of water—specifically, why it would become a sphere in space when it doesn’t have a shape. The author answers this by giving her a thorough explanation. She states that unlike liquids on Earth, which are content with staying at the “bottom of a glass”, liquids in space react differently in the nearly weightless environment of the space shuttles. Molecules in liquid water are mutually attracted towards one another, but, they do not mind breaking this bond. According to the author, that is the reason liquid water can take the shape of vessel it’s poured into. However, the water molecules at the surface are only attracted to other water molecules below them and sideways to them

The setting is Meadowlane Elementary and a bashful nine-year-old Lilibeth Martinez was sitting in Ms. Moss’s class preparing for the FCAT Writes. My earliest memories of writing are about when I was in the fourth grade and everyone was preparing to take the FCAT Writes for their first time. I remember sitting all the way in the first row, fourth seat, scribbling furiously on a piece of paper as I jotted down all of my ideas and sentences with my Hannah Montana pencil. I was obsessed with Hannah Montana at the time. Ecstatic at the idea of getting to create a story made of my own imagination, thoughts and opinions. Although my gleeful bubble popped the moment I saw the prompt was about explaining the wonders of wearing uniform the day of the

He is but a teenager, quite real, and debatably normal. Matthew entered into his life of normality on March 17, 1999 and is escorted tonight by the delightful and charming Laura Snelling. Despite being an average man, Matt has still been able to do some remarkable things. He is a state champion in tennis, has gone to the National Science Bowl competition, and is able to bake some mean cookies. He is also part of the TFHS band, National Honor Society, and is a Science Olympiad state champ in cell biology and geologic mapping. But perhaps Matt’s greatest skill is laughing at Mr. Federico's puns even when they are, quite frankly, not funny. Matt hopes to major in engineering in college and go on to become, well, a quite normal man. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the contestant you have all been waiting for, Matthew

“Is there any chance possible that I could play football this year?” I asked as he took his old reading glasses and put them on the lamp stand next to mom’s.

Brian is a 14 year old boy who adores the game of baseball. His favorite baseball team is the Detroit Tigers, he dreams of one day being a Tiger. His dream finally comes true! However he isn’t going to be playing, he is going to be the batboy for the team. His favorite player of all time is Hank Bishop. One afternoon the Tigers were on the road, which meant Brian was at home because the bat boys don't travel with the team, the Tigers picked up Hank Bishop. Brian is totally stoked when the tigers pick up Hank. When the Tigers return home to play, Brian approaches his idol and tells him he is his favorite player. Turns out Hank is not a nice person and basically tells Brian to get away. Brian gets really hurt by this and keeps trying to gain

There once was three little Nerds, who were homeschooled all their lives. Only one Nerd would actually pay attention while the others were would not pay attention. So one day Mother Alex sent The Three Little Nerds to a public school.

Charles Swindoll has made it very clear that attitude to him is more important than facts. I strongly agree with Swindoll. For instance, what happened shouldn't matter, how one acts upon it should. During my Sophomore year at Palm Springs High School I had a “Best Friend”. Every on has lost their best friend at some point for multiple reasons. For my best friend Sarah and I It was the most common reason..A dumb guy named Isaiah! Sarah swore Isaiah liked her back. Little did she know Isaiah had a crush on one of my friends. Her name was Cassie. I made it clear to Sarah that Isaiah liked Cassie and not her she got really upset. Sarah decided that she no longer wished to be my best friend. I was furious . How could she throw it all away because