Essays Tagged: "last summer"

My transition into college. Describe a big change in your life.

ere I knew nobody. This is a big change for anyone.I remember the summer after graduation, the last summer that all my friends would all betogether before we all left to college. The summer ... ether if we had any classes with each other. No matter what we did wewhere all together. This lasted the whole first semester. It wasn’t until people started to transferout to different s ...

(3 pages) 172 0 3.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Hair Style as a Sign, speaks of the importance of style and appearance in the business society

he spot. My responsibilities included controlling all aspects of their computer operations. One day last summer, I was notified a new employee would start the next day. The following day I woke up for ... ter waking up. Jonathan was given a series of standard instructions from my boss, but there was one last instruction that stuck in my mind, '... and by the way, get a haircut.' This really shocked me ...

(6 pages) 58 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Umbrian holiday: A descriptive essay about my family's vacation in Umbria, Italy.

Umbrian HolidayMy family and I spent a week last summer in a converted hay barn located in the heartof the Umbrian countryside. The house (hay b ...

(3 pages) 204 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

How moving is tough on a person's life

anew town. You have to go out and collect boxes beyond boxes to put all yourbelongings in. I recall last summer when my family and I moved to a differentpart of the city. My family made me in charge o ...

(2 pages) 64 0 3.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Summary on NY Times Article titled, 'Fearing a Big Flood, Paris Moves Art'.

north of Paris and the author noted that this is as a result of the floods that swept across Europe last summer, damaging museums in Dresden, Germany and Prague. In 1910, there was flooding in France ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

The Big Decision

after high school (and why I ended up going in the end), through my story of how I became alcoholic last summer. The prompt was to choose some conflict I've encountered and analyze all aspects of it's ... d, Mike had been corrupted by his drunken hick brother, Dan, who speeds around in his Chevy pickup blasting country music, and by his parents, who take him and Dan on family trips to the race track. I ...

(10 pages) 66 2 2.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Global Warming We need change to fix it.

pated devastation in the future is more severe than it already is. There were already 20,000 deaths last summer in Europe alone. Scientists from WHO (World Health Organization), anticipate that the cl ...

(2 pages) 57 1 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Eye Safety

Eye SafetyLast summer I got a metal sliver in my eye while grinding a bolt in our machine shop. This stupid in ...

(1 pages) 22 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Young Marriage Now a Days

as saying it looks like it will be a dry season.I'm terribly upset I missed you at Annie's barbeque last summer. I heard Mary Clare, Lizzy, and even Josie were there. Its frightening to think we haven ...

(1 pages) 48 2 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

"French Satin at a Pissup" - A short story about a teenage girl struggling with cultural differences in a new country.

the indigo mascara, the curling iron, the eau de toilette her cousin had given her for her birthday last summer, in Paris. In front of the mirror, she meditated on her expectations of this party.How e ... ise satin singlet, with the feminine lines that had been so admired in Givenchy's spring collection last season, and her favourite pair of pants, the tight black bootleg ones she'd bought in Paris bef ...

(5 pages) 63 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

My trip to dicovery cove a dream come true

ale or dolphin, but most of all, work in a place where I could train and study the marine mammals. Last summer one of my dreams came true.        We had already made plane reservatio ...       As the day progressed we decided to look at the other exhibits we didn't get to see the last time. Around 8:00p.m. the last Shamu show was about to begin. Once again we rushed to our sea ...

(7 pages) 50 0 3.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Oone of the greatest spies!

ed from the U.S. Army Reserve, is the highest ranking American officer ever convicted of espionage. Last summer, a federal judge sent him to prison for life.During his trial, prosecutors called Trofim ...

(3 pages) 19 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Why People Tan

d me that it is their 'time-out'; their distraction from their work, kids, and husband. But one day last summer, one customer revealed to me more much more than that. In the middle of a conversation, ...

(5 pages) 54 2 4.2 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Shamrock Hill--An essay on the center of my world.

need the little memories to remind me what I was like as a kid. I sat up on top the lush green hill last summer while my mind wandered over all the houses in my neighborhood. I loved the feeling that ... le front porch, and all my friends' houses as well.I found myself returning to the top of that hill last summer. All alone with a blanket I lay down with my frustrations under the empty night sky. My ...

(4 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

CAREER EXPLORATION

the first tasks that I planed to do in my exploration proposal was to e-mail the office I worked at last summer. After I started to write the e-mail, I realized how much more effective it would be if ...

(4 pages) 34 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Summer Job Nightmare

how they are saddled with an uncaring employer; but I no longer have any sympathyfor their whining. Last summer I waitressed in a small Italian restaurant, working for a man whohad an evil ability to ... ob I have everhad. I made more money mowing lawns and shoveling snow when in high school than I did lastsummer. I can suffer abuses and horrible conditions if I am compensated for these hardships, but ...

(3 pages) 18 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Southwest Airlines.

Introduction.While flying home to Texas last summer with Southwest Airlines, I had the most fun and unique experience with an airline that I ...

(11 pages) 145 0 4.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

A sad story about a Thanksgiving Turkey.

and there. In back, there are even more colored feathers fanned out like a neutral colored rainbow. Last summer I was named the Fattest Turkey in the state fair, and my name appeared in the local pape ... head as I peck the seeds. The feed lost its taste long ago, but I eat anyway this is going to be my last meal ever.Out of the thirteen original turkeys on the Allen farm, only two remain: me and Porky ...

(3 pages) 26 1 3.5 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Anselm's Logical Fallacy

t using his own mental devices, I will present my own objection that I developed over the course of last summer.Anselm's ontological argument for God's existence is structured as follows: (1) God is t ...

(4 pages) 28 1 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Application Log: Semiotics in Daily Life (Journal of Application of Communication Theories)

Cognitive Dissonance TheoryFestingerLast summer I relocated from Barrie, Ontario to Sudbury to finish school. I had become involved with ...

(19 pages) 82 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies