Here's the deal: I want you to make everyone want to read an essay you would write about this person.
I should back up first.
Pick a person from your lists that we generated in class on Wednesday and write a description of him/her. You know how a movie trailer (the good ones at least) hook you into a movie in a short amount of time? You should play to your person's most interesting traits, etc. You know how the trailer from WALLe showcases how visually dazzling the movie is while showing glimpses of humor and plotline? Or how the Dark Knight trailers tended to focus on Heath Ledger's mesmerizing performance? If your selected person is an astronaut, you probably don't need to let us know about the fact that their favorite breakfast cereal is Lucky Charms. If your person is a leprechaun and his favorite cereal is Lucky Charms, that's a different story*.
Charm your classmates with your description.
*You can't do "people" that don't exist Or people you don't know. Sadly, this means that I can't write about Turtle from Entourage.
**I think my fly was open most all of class today. I hope no one said anything because they didn't notice it and not because they were afraid to speak up. Or they thought it was funny. It is funny though.
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Kirsten McDowell
I once knew a girl who changed my life forever.
Jaqueline Booth is a bubbly, young, exciting girl. She looks like any ordinary girl; she has dark hair, skin, and eyes. Jaqueline has brown eyes, eyes that many would consider plain or boring, but for some reason they have this strange ability to just suck a person in. A person can look her in the eyes and know there is something beneath, something special. Her soul boils.
Jaqueline is the kind of person you could spend hours, days, or even weeks with just talking or even sitting in silence. She has a calming sense about her yet there is also something of joy and passion.
I have never once heard a complaint or negative comment leave her lips. However, I have heard an infinate number of comments filled with hope and kindness. Jaqueline never hesitates to put any and everyone ahead of herself. She leads a life of total excellence and has a gift for passing this on to others.
"How long after you are gone will the ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?" Grant M. Bright
During the summer of last year Jaquline's life was unexpectedly taken from her. But the memory of her joy and passion for life will never die. This is why I describe her in present tense. Jaqueline is not something of the past.
After a death as occured many ask "did he/she fullfill there role?" "Was it God's plan for them to die so young?" The death of Jaqueline has made me ask the question "Is it possible that a person's role is to die young and leave a lasting impression?" To this question I say, yes. Jaqueline's body may have died but her soul will live on forever and the memory of her will never be forgotten.
Emily Julian
Jessica is her name. Let me take some time to tell you a little bit about her. I grew up just two blocks away from her. We attended both grammar school and high school together, and we always sat at the same lunch table.
Jessica is a very unique girl. She's not only a great soccer player, but she's also a great friend. She was quite popular in high school I might add. Not to mention, in high school, she was crowned homecoming queen. Despite the fact that she was popular, Jessica never let it get to her head. She was actually a very quiet girl, but she always seemed to warmed up to people easily. She is the sweetest person ever. She has a huge heart, and everyone knows it.
Like many people, Jessica has been through many struggles. You know how people always say "expect the unexpected"? Well..just recently, her boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer. Although it has been really hard on her, she has still stayed strong, not only for herself, but for her boyfriend as well.
Taylor Bearden
So there is this boy.
He was always over-looked. The one in the back of the room, third string quarterback for the football team, a whiz kid at anything you put in front of him. He could solve a rubrix cube behind his back in less than a minute. He would have to meet people 3 or 4 times before they realized they DID know him. I must say I even over looked him in many situations.
He had never been anything special to anyone. Yet, somehow this brown-eyed, acne faced, skinny boy changed my life forever without even realizing it.
John Robert Roland Jr., Beau, was a very timid person. He did not believe in himself, even in the least. He didn't think he was good enough to succeed in any challenge set in front of him, but in reality he was more than qualified for everything thrown his way.
He was a child of a disaster of a marriage. His father was cheating on his mother for ten years now. He made sure that he would never get close to a girl so that he couldn't turn into his father. He was ashamed of what his father was. The only boy in a family of 4 children.
One midsummer day of last year, there was a group of us at the bowling alley. This was a typical Sunday night for us. He has been bowling with me every Sunday with me since the beginning of the summer, but this Sunday was different. My so called best friend starting talking down to me, it hurt me so much that I just left. To my surprise though, this very shy, timid boy stood up for me without any previous knowledge of me. From that forward he had changed in my eyes. He wasn't the guy in the corner anymore. He was showing the real side of him. He was loyal, a real out of the ordinary young man. I knew my life would never be the same from that day forward...
***Sorry about your zipper. I don't think anyone noticed though. That is really funny though.
Richaun Jones
When I think back to the person the has influenced me most is my friend David Sheraud Wells.
I met David in the Fall of 1997 at Southeastern Louisiana University. I remember sitting on the curb in front of the dorm and he stopped and asked me. Why are you crying? I replied, I am home sick.
He told his friends to go back to their dorm and he would catch up then he sat next to me and we talked until 2am. We found out that we both had a lot of things in common.
There was not anything I could not tell him we would laugh, cry, sing,dance, hang out and many other things together. We helped each other along the way through the Fall and Spring Semesters although we did party a lot.
There are a lot things that David taught me but the most important thing was to love myself no matter what and he would always say "The sun will shine again no matter what" I think of that statement everyday since David died in May of 2004.I would have to say the saddest moment of him dying was that he did not remember anyone.
Alot of times I think back to the old days and wonder how can he not be here. I feel he has missed so much I feel like I just want to pick up the phone and call him. He always had a smile on his big face, he always knew the right thing to say and he always knew wrong thing to say just to make me laugh.
There are not enough words to describe my friend David I cant hust sum it all up because even though he is not here physically he is here with me in spirit and some of my every day decisions are made with him in mind.
Ngoc Huynh
Have you ever known someone for eight months, but felt as if you've known them for eight years? That that someone would be your main source for humor, help, advice, and love?
That someone for me is Kevin Gervais. A 5"8 half Caucasian, half Spanish guy with short dark hair, bright brown eyes, and an athletic body. You would usually catch him wearing dark wash jeans and a solid colored polo.
He grew up with a mom and a dad of course. At the age of 7, his parents divorced and his mother raised him as a single parent. A year later, he received a step father and a half brother. Just as soon as he was getting used to his new step father and mother being together, they divorced. Two years later, he meets his second step father, another half brother, and a new half sister. So, I guess you can call his family tree unique. Although he's been through so much in his life, he still finds a way to smile.
He's humorous like George Lopez, caring like Oprah, and helpful like TOPS. He just has so much heart and always puts others before himself. Kevin Gervais is my motivation; he's my drive to succeed, my keys to my car...my zipper to my jeans (haha)..my best friend.
Well, her name is Kayla. She has been my friend since we met our 8th grade year in high school. We did everything together, pretty much attached at the hip. We never fought about anything and barely even disagreed on things. Whenever I needed someone to talk to she was always there, and she knew I would always be there for her. You could practically call us sisters.
Kayla and I spent everyday together at school, and often hung out after school. We also spent our weekends together creating many memories I will never forget. About half way through senior year we got into a small argument, our first “fight”. Now considering the length of our friendship, I think it’s impressive how long it took for this to occur.
I am anything from what you might consider an argumentative person. This is where Kayla and I are somewhat opposites, therefore to prevent any further confrontation I just let it all go and forgave her and we moved on. I guess technically I could never quite completely forgive her in my heart even though out loud I had everyone convinced it was all good.
Ever since this argument things have not been the same with our friendship. There are many instances which have occurred over the past few months that are leading me to believe she doesn’t care much about our friendship. Many times I feel like she is using me because she knows I would do anything for her. Yes, I know, people grow apart eventually but we were such good friends that it is not that easy for me to just forget about it all. I think she knows this, therefore she thinks she can do whatever she wants and she knows I will not get mad over it. I think it is ridiculous how a small argument can turn “best friends” into nothing.
Everyone who has fallen into the path of alcoholism, theft, etc., has a second chance to change if they are willing. Lyndsey was the cute, all around american girl whom seemed flawless. At the age of 12, her parents divorced and her mother became a nun. She began to dress in tight, flashy mini skirts and shirts cut so low that men drooled over her scandalous appearence. Her outfits reflected her distraught and broken heart.
The attention she was getting from the men was not enough for her. She did not feel fulfilled, so she began to take drugs etc. to ease the pain of feeling unloved and unwanted.
Once her mother found out about her outrageous behavior, she made Lydsay get a job at Sear's. Luckily her job requires each employee to take a drug test, so she stopped doing drugs.
After a period of time off the drugs, that haunting feeling she felt of being unloved and unwanted returned. She began to freely and willing give away free merchandise to her so called "friends." She felt that the would like her more and thought that she was cool if she gave them free murchandise. She eventually got caught by the police and sentenced to jail.
Luckily, her mother came to her rescue. She presented the idea of doing 100 hours of adoration,enstead of community service to the police. The police thought that it was a fantastic idea.
Lydsay, who has not been at church for about 5 years, was not up to doing 100 hours of adoration. The 100 of adoration drastically changed her for the rest of her life. She opened up to God and the advisors who talked with her.
SHe graduated from Fransican University and became a youth leader at her home town church.
Everyone has a second chance, as long as they are willing to change.
Khalil Hamed
Throughout my life many people have influenced me in decisions I have made. Growing up it was my older brother and my mom. From the age ten until about the age fourteen; I was influenced by my best friend Nick. But going through high school, one of my teachers influenced me the most.
His name is Mr. Jones. I first had him as a teacher for wood shop in the tenth grade. He is a middle-aged, grey haired, child. My friends and I always joked around with him ,and we all got along.
I had him again in my junior and senior year for drafting. He influenced me to study for the ADDA mechanical drafting test. I took the test and passed it which made me a certified mechanical drafter.I also talked to him about which college and which major to get in to.
Without Mr. Jones I don't know where I would be. He helped me decide to attend LSU and major in mechanical engineering.
Kayla Mason
I never understood when people would say that they had just met somebody but felt like they've known them for years until I met Andria.
Andria and I met around a year ago on my first day of senior year. Going to school that day not knowing anyone as a senior was not a good feeling, but when I was introduced to Andria for some reason I knew we would become friends! She was the captain of the volleyball and basketball team, and she was involved in all most every club at school. She is an all around good person who is always trying to accomplish the goals she has set for herself.
Andria stands at about 5'3 with green eyes, curly brown hair and has an olive complexion. She’s very loud and obnoxious and always has a smile on her face. Her personality is loud, bubbly and very sarcastic. But she is the person that always makes me smile even at times when I don’t want to!
Andria taught me how to be myself and how believe in myself. She is always there for me and I know I can go to her with anything and she will listen and give me the advice that I need! I consider her to be the friend that every person dreams of having!
Today Andria is not only my best friend, but she is also my roommate in college!
Claire Dore
Colin Brennan was an affable character. Not only was he probably the nicest person I've ever met in my entire life, but he was also one of the funniest.
He never cared what anyone else thought about him, but at the same time he always cared about other people. He would bend over backwards to help someone no matter what the situation. He was the kind of guy that would give up everything just to make someone else happy.
Colin was of Irish decent, so he was very pale skinned. He had dark hair, brown eyes, and the largest, goofiest grin in the world. He would come into class everyday trying to make someone laugh, and everyday he succeded.
Although I only knew Colin for a short while he made a huge impact on my life. He is the kind of person that I would seek to know. He was that guy who smiles at anyone he passes, whether he knows you are not.
Hanging out with Colin was like listening to a comedian. It was always a great time. Anyone would have been lucky to know him.
I had a teacher who would help me pave the way for my future. This teachers name was Rodnie Traylor, and he was my chemistry teacher.
At the time when I first started his class, I had no idea what my major would be. I only knew i wanted to have a major involving a form of science. He was the person through his teaching and fun class environment light the fire inside of me to put all my effort into the field of chemistry and try to get a major.
He was the type of person who would be there to help any student who showed an interest in the class. Mr. Traylor would also write a recommendation letter if you needed it and got it done as soon as possible.
Hannah Cavalier
Have you ever had someone go from being your best friend to a being complete stranger?
Well I have. Her name is Ashley. We grew up together and had been best friends since kindergarten. I could tell her everything that was going on in my life and never once feel like she was judging me. She was the best friend that anyone could ever ask for.
Once we started our junior year in high school everything began to change. We started hanging out with a new group girls and from then on she was never the same. It was like she was trying everything under the sun to fit in with those girls and nothing else mattered. Her personality began to change and we started growing apart. We tried to fix the friendship that we once had, but the damage was already done.
lol forgot to post my name so i had to do another one..
BEN PHAM
The saying "one of a kind" can not be more true than for this person. Call her Cynthia, your ordinary girl with hazel eyes, long brunette hair, and a indescribable aura around her that was infectious. I met her my freshmen year in high school, and from that instance we became best of friends. Then summer came by, and those memories, were well just memories. We couldn't hang out as much anymore, but i knew she would always be there for me. She was my motivation factor when i thought i could not go on, and the voice in my head stressing to me not to quit. I did the same for her, of course.
Cynthia had struggles with her family, but she wouldn't tell you, she wouldn't want you to feel sorry for her. She was much more than that, an dependent girl that is destined for success. Talking to her everyday made me realize how lucky i really am to have such an amazing individual in my life. My life would probably be in utter chaos, raucous, she is the glue that holds me together.
Bianca Day
"Ha ha Bianca! Remember that time we......." It is just those moments that no one else understands why we laugh until we cry. Amanda, my best friend of five years and ecstatic to keep it that way.
When people ask, "Do you two ever get sick of each other?" We both look at each other, think for a second, and say in unison "ummmm...NO".
She senses my upset moods, talks to me about everything,and will be there for me no matter where life takes us!Our honesty in our friendship has definitely made us unlike others.
Above all things, having fun is at the top of our list. It does not matter if it is being lazy all day doing absolutely nothing, or going out with our friends being..um yes obnoxious. It is fun to just not have a care in the world when you are with your best friends!
She honestly completes the other half of me. My mom always tells me that in the end your family is always going to be there for you and maybe one or two friends. Amanda is definitely one of them. Trying to take on the challenges of life without her, would be impossible!
Sometimes the best friends you have now are the ones you would least suspect
That's the case for one of my best friends named Michael. He's one of the easiest people that you could ever talk to, and I think that's why we became the friends we are today.
We met freshman year of highschool during track season. I didn't know who he was and I really didn't see us as being friends. That is until we randomly started talking about music and finding we had the same taste in bands such as The Academy Is... and AFI (at that time at least). After that he and I begin to hang out
He is always the moral support for anyone. To me, he was the defender of the little guy, and honestly didn't give a shit if anyone cared otherwise. An example of this was my weak year at track. Being ridiculed for the way I ran (and coming up with a knickname that my group of friends and i still use today; Thumper) Mike always tried to help me out to do better. He never met a person he didn't like and there is a childlike quality to him that I think my friends and I find somewhat comical.
Mike is really one of the best people that I know right now, and I'm glad we have become the friends we are today, and are close to where we consider one another as a brother.
the above one was by Peter Frost
sorry about that
When you think of someone who is making a huge impack in the world most people have an image of either a an in a fancy work suit with some kind of big title written behind his name, or a lady in a nice suit too with some kind of professional name also tied into your name. But would you picture a 17 year old boy, fresh out of high school, loves music, and who has a style that consists of converses or toms, jeans, fitted t-shirt, glasses, and a mohack?
Well that is excatly how my best friend Johannes. He is doing unbelieveable things with his live to change the world. I met him in high school and right when I met him i knew he was real genuine with every word he spoke, even whenever he was just asking how I was. You could tell he really wanted to know. He's amazing in so many ways including his style, taste in music, his character (which is excited, outgoing, sporty, and kind too name just a few), and what he believes in. He is someone who just knowing him makes you want to be a better person and get involed to help others.
During our sumrmer goin into our senior year of high school he was introduced to an organization called Invisible Children which has forever changed his life along with other people who are in his life. The organization is ultimately founded to raise awareness and money for the ongoin war in Uganda, Africa between rebels with young children who are taken from away from their home and family at an extremely young age and are forced to fight with guns.
He was the founder and president of the club Invisible Children in our high school. Since then he has graduated and now is taking a semester off from school and moved to San Diego to be a "roadie" which is whenever your work for Invisible Children and travel in a van around the country to aware people about the war in Uganda. He is so dedicated to this organization and has raised so much money for the children in Uganda that it's amazing! He just found out that he was picked to travel to Uganda to actually visit these poor children and exprience first hand the terrior that these children live with on a daily base.
He truely motivates the people he is around and it's extremely hard not to absolutely love the kid just because of everything he's about and also because he's just so fun. He could literaly talk to a brick wall because he's so outgoing. I wish I could introduce everyone I meet to him just because I like to show him off in a way. He loves his and I have no doubt that he will do more great thing with it and accomplish his goal about working for National Geograghic.
When you think of someone who is making a huge impack in the world most people have an image of either a an in a fancy work suit with some kind of big title written behind his name, or a lady in a nice suit too with some kind of professional name also tied into your name. But would you picture a 17 year old boy, fresh out of high school, loves music, and who has a style that consists of converses or toms, jeans, fitted t-shirt, glasses, and a mohack?
Well that is excatly how my best friend Johannes. He is doing unbelieveable things with his live to change the world. I met him in high school and right when I met him i knew he was real genuine with every word he spoke, even whenever he was just asking how I was. You could tell he really wanted to know. He's amazing in so many ways including his style, taste in music, his character (which is excited, outgoing, sporty, and kind too name just a few), and what he believes in. He is someone who just knowing him makes you want to be a better person and get involed to help others.
During our sumrmer goin into our senior year of high school he was introduced to an organization called Invisible Children which has forever changed his life along with other people who are in his life. The organization is ultimately founded to raise awareness and money for the ongoin war in Uganda, Africa between rebels with young children who are taken from away from their home and family at an extremely young age and are forced to fight with guns.
He was the founder and president of the club Invisible Children in our high school. Since then he has graduated and now is taking a semester off from school and moved to San Diego to be a "roadie" which is whenever your work for Invisible Children and travel in a van around the country to aware people about the war in Uganda. He is so dedicated to this organization and has raised so much money for the children in Uganda that it's amazing! He just found out that he was picked to travel to Uganda to actually visit these poor children and exprience first hand the terrior that these children live with on a daily base.
He truely motivates the people he is around and it's extremely hard not to absolutely love the kid just because of everything he's about and also because he's just so fun. He could literaly talk to a brick wall because he's so outgoing. I wish I could introduce everyone I meet to him just because I like to show him off in a way. He loves his and I have no doubt that he will do more great thing with it and accomplish his goal about working for National Geograghic.
Chris Nelson
Despite my first impression of him, Mr. Kevin does not smoke crack, or at least he hasn't offered me any yet.
"Austin! yo mamma is so UGLY..." was what I heard as I walked into my best friend's house for the first time. Austin's dad was cracking jokes he had just heard on some goofy MTV show. Before then, I had never met an adult who actually enjoyed childish humor. A few minutes later, his younger son Mark walked in and asked if he could go to a party. Mr. Kevin's only replies were "No!" and "Because you're gay!" Austin's dad is one of the few people who decided to never grow up, and actually succeeded. He is the real-life Peter Pan.
Despite his healthy level of immaturity, Mr. Kevin also has a more serious side. He has served more than one term as a city councilman, owns a successful business, and landlord of several real estate properties.
I hope to be as successful and fun as Mr. Kevin when I am his age.
Though she was my best friend since I was in the 4th grade, Katie didn’t always treat me like a best friend. There would be times, even years, when I didn’t even exist to her. You see, Katie was a year older than me. When she went to middle school or high school, and I didn’t, she ignored me until I joined her at that school. But no matter what, when we started talking again we would start right back from where we left off. We were sisters. There where times we loved each other, times we couldn’t stand each other, and times we wouldn’t talk for one reason or another.
One thing that drew me to Katie was her freedom. For me, I had to get permission from my parents to go or do anything. Not only that, but before I left I had to tell them every little detail about where I was going, what would be done there, and how they could get in touch with me. If Katie wanted to leave the house, she’d just get up and go, no questions asked. She could do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. I envied her for that.
I want to be Katie because of her freedom and because she didn’t care what anyone thought about her. She was bold and not afraid to do just about anything. It was with her that I was first introduced to drugs, alcohol, sex, and shoplifting. I never really got as into drugs as she did. I cared too much about volleyball and being kicked off the team if anyone found out. But she and I definitely have quite a few stories about alcohol, sex, and shoplifting.
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