Life Without Our Founding Fathers

Author’s Note: This piece was kind of difficult not knowing really how to relate to our “Founding Fathers,” because they aren’t in our time period,” but I think I finally pulled a okay piece together.

Nobody said it was easy having to run the country. Fifty-five different men trying to make the best decisions for our Nation. Some people had other options about the laws that were enforced, but over time they were settled to make America where we are today. As our wonderful country continues to grow, nobody imagines what life would be like without the Founding Fathers. Would we have the same type of government we have today? Would women not be able to vote? Would there still be slaves? These are some questions I would like to ask the Founding Fathers.

In 1607 people came to American for mainly on thing, freedom. Why wouldn’t they make a government similar to the one is Europe? Simply because they did not like it. Only having the King and Queen in charge of the whole country would be unfair because they could make any law they want. This is why we have the type of government we have today. There are different braches involved in every decision. The Expectative which is the president and vice president, the Legislative has the Senate and House of Representatives, and lastly the Judicial which has the Supreme Court. All of these branches have a big impact on the law.

These men decided that women could not vote until they cleared it in 1920. Today women are able to vote, but why would they make the rule that women couldn’t vote in the first place? Many believe that they choose to do this because men were in charge of the house, but today women do not need men to be independent and strong. “Four score and seven years ago,” Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery. African American men and women were treating differently. Why wouldn’t George Washington and the other Founding Fathers before Abe eliminated the law, that changed America forever. Martin Luther King Junior once said “ I have a dream that little white girls and little black boys can play together.” That dream can to reality. Today men and women, black or white, are treated equally.

Would any of our laws we have today be formed without our Founding Fathers? I think that even though many things were not settled they helped our country grow and continue to improve, in many different ways. Our founding Fathers play a big roll on our spectacular country.

Special Moments

Author’s Note: This is my Cause and effect piece. It was about a goal I scored, but importance of the piece is the chain of events that went into this important goal.

You only get so many chances to make your life worth wild. Missing out on these special opportunities is missing out on something that could be  important in your life. As my team was letting to many scoring chances slip right out of our hands, something needed to change. We could not put the ball in the net. While the clock was dying down, with only minutes to spare. Rushing to break the zero-zero tie. One goal was all we needed to get us into the championship. My teammate stole the ball from the other player in the midfield. She delivered a beautiful ball to me. Running towards it. Dribble. Shoot. Score! The helpless goalie tries driving to save the last hope we have. Sadly or her it was too late. Turing to my teammates as they surrounded me. It was the best feeling in the world. Victory was ours.

Without the chain of events that went into the goal, getting to the finals would have never been possible. It all started when Taylor stole the soccer ball, then for her giving me the perfect pass, continuing on the me finishing the shot. If anything else would have happened during this time, like the goalie blocking the shot, we would not have been able to call ourselves champions.

Help That Finally Came

Author's Note: This is my Conflict and Resolution piece. About African Americans who were slaves that got the help of a white and together stood up for what they believe in. 

In the book The Help it is a true story about the hard times African American slaves would have to face. They were abused, even though most of these women took care of peoples’ children, cleaned, cooked, and in return they received more work around the house.  “Whites” took them for granted especially in a small town like Jackson, Mississippi.  Even though these “black maids” raised these children, only one really white female appreciated them.

Skeeter Phelan grew up only knowing one mom. Her maid Constantine was very special to her. Returning home being told she had disappeared. Skeeter wanted to do something about this situation.  She began collecting information from all of the black women.  Upon compiling her data, her mission was to bring awareness and equality between whites and blacks.  Her book was comprised of the wrongful acts of many and that the blacks truly wanted to be treated equally to whites.  Her quest for equality has been enforced throughout the United States.

Thriller Night

Author’s Note: This is my Personal Narrative about when my friends through me a surprise party and we went to a haunted house. Let me know if I have too much detail included in it

“SURPRISE!” The awaking sound my friends made as I hit the bottom of the stairs, jumping back as my heart skipped multiple beats.  After being told we were then going to a haunted house I knew, this was not the only thing that was going to frighten me tonight.

As the chills entered my body as I walked into the new room, I was not sure what was coming up next. I wanted my eyes to be closed but the urge to see where I was, was what I really needed to know.  As soon as I got the courage to open my eyes to see where we were, there was nothing to see.  A big gust of cold air and smoke filled the room and my eyes. Making everything very hard to see through the big mob of blur. Once the smoke cleared, a tall “zombie” stood right in my face. His eyes stared straight into mine. He quickly had us approach a wall with two different sides. Someone yelled “Boys on the right and girls on the left!” I did not want go in the walkway alone. My blood pressure rose as I ran through the pitch-black tunnel. I was in a horror movie that would never end.

Just when I thought the worst part was over we entered a room with various doors, but the problem was there was only one way out. As the bright room spun in circles a clown popped out of nowhere.  His pure evil laugh echoed around the small room. The two boys in my group searched for the right door out.  The goal was to get us out as soon as possible, but it seemed like there was no right door to go into.  Preparing to give up the clown looked at us then the door. We rushed to it and off we went continuing on to the next room.

With many more rooms and obstacles yet to go through, we finally got to the end of the Haunted High. Well at least we thought it was.  Walking outside on the path leading to the parking lot, it was very dark and quiet. Right as I got a very unusual feeling a loud chainsaw sacred us as we booked-it out of there.  Unfortunately my friend lost her shoe while we high-tailed it out of the dark alley. The chainsaw man must have realized that we were coming back so he pulled it again. Grabbing the shoe and running away panicked for the second time of the night.

Screaming and running was not our favorite combination. Out of breathe we meet up with the other groups and shared our worst and best times. Passing the 2011-2012 class of Haunted High was quiet rewarding and showed the amount of bravery we all contributed on our journey through the scariest school year that we will ever face. 

Feeling the Love

Author's Note: This is my retelling piece, trying to make something that was a summery, but only three to four sentences was quiet challenging. Enjoy! 

Pictures of Hollis Woods is about a foster girl who has not lived in the same house for over a month. Hollis finds the perfect family, when an accident happens. Leaving everything behind she moves on with her life. She now must adventure out with her new elderly foster mom. Hollis is seeking to find the true meaning of family.