There are many obstacles that one must overcome in order to achieve one’s goals and overall success. We are born to make mistakes; and whether one chooses to rectify those mistakes, and ultimately learn from them, is up to that individual. When I was sixteen, I made a life altering decision which luckily, I was able to overcome and learn from; I was arrested at a party for underage consumption. Although the party left some very fond memories ingrained in my brain, the actual moment when I got arrested
“ Party, Party, Party lets all get wasted”, we cheer outside in the parking lot vociferous after the long nail biting basketball game, the Knights were champions of the Lanier Land tournament. Knowing how much this meant to our school and the county the Knights were going to celebrate! Everyone knew where it was going to go down at, everyone knew what to bring. It was like a planned out Oscars in half an hour during the halftime show. Of course Ivan was known to have the budda (marijuana), and so
The Heat of the Fourth of July It was not particularly hot that Fourth of July many years ago, but looking back it was the heat that impressed itself upon me the most. The true heat was much more than the temperature. The true heat that I felt was from the long, winding, awe-inspiring chase that the cops gave my friends and me. Let it be said now: the moral of this story is to not shoot bottle rockets toward police cruisers; the consequences are frightening to say the least. The day
My Adventure At the Ringling Museum My adventure started off with a google search of the The Ringling Museum to find directions and hours of the museum. I chose the Ringling Museum because it was the closest museum that I have not ventured. Before looking on the museum’s website for the details I thought it was just a circus museum but to my amazement the Ringling Museum was so much more. It has a Museum of Art, CA’D’ZAN (“House of John”), education center, FSU Center for performing arts and the
Regarding these two stories of hope and desolation, it is very importent to throw the biography of their creators which are no less popular as their books. Combining the events of both Borges' and Kafka's life in the post world war I era, the stories provide a grim picture of the world but there lies an element of hope that is gradually realized in the end. Characters in Kafka’s story go through life changing events which alter their whole outlook in the system that governs them, some moved, some
Films Message The message of the movie is that hard work takes time, but it pays off. This is shown through the many obstacles that Michelangelo and Pope Julius faced during the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. Plot The movie starts off with Pope Julius ii and his men winning a battle. When he goes through town everyone bows down to him, showing respect. He comes across Michelangelo an recognizes his sculpting skills and how his tomb still is not in the process of being made. Later on