Short Story "My Biological Parents"

             

Growing up Briana seemed to have the perfect life. She had a mother named Kim, a father named Will, a brother named Michael and a sister named Lea. The family lived in Hollywood in a 10 bedroom mansion. Their mansion had 2 pools, a tennis court, and basketball courts; the family took vacations and engaged in wonderful family activities every week. Seems like Briana appeared to have the perfect life right? Even though Briana appeared that she had the perfect life, everyday she dealt with the fact that she knew she was adopted. Initially Briana's parent's told her at the age of 12, which really didn't bother her until the age of 15.

            One day while going through some pictures, Briana came across one of her baby pictures. In this picture with Briana were a man and a woman. This was odd to Briana because she had never laid eyes on this picture before. "Are these my real parents"? Briana said to herself as she sat on the edge of her bed. Days began to pass and all Briana could think about was the fact that she wanted to meet the people that brought her into the world.

            Breakfast! Said Kim. Each of the children walked downstairs to the table to see what their mother prepared. "I made pancakes, eggs, bacon and toast for everyone", said Kim. "Oh mommy, this is going to be great said Lea. As everyone began to enjoy breakfast, Will and Kim noticed Briana wasn't eating her food. "Baby what's wrong"? Said Will, Briana looked at her parents but said not a word. "Umm Michael, and Lea, you all can finish your food upstairs", said Will. Once

Lea and Michael and Lea life the table, Will asked Briana once again what was wrong. Briana sighed, “Mom, Dad I love you both so much and I am so happy you guys are my parents, I just wonder about my real parents sometimes". Aw honey, said Kim. "Is that was has been bothering you"? You know you can come to us about anything sweetie". Yes mom, I didn't want you and dad to feel like I didn't love you guys as much". “Honey we will always know you love us, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you wondering about your biological, said Will.”Do you want to meet your biological baby girl"? Said Will. To be honest dad, mom I do". If this is what you really want to do honey then your father and I will handle everything" said Kim.

            Less than a week later Will and Kim came into Briana's room to talk to her. Knock knock knock “Come in" said Briana. "Honey we contacted with the adoption agency, and they were able to get into contact with your biological parents."We all will be having lunch exactly one month from now. Once Briana heard those words she felt nothing but mixed emotions. “I can’t believe I am going to meet my real parents a month from now" Briana said to herself. “Oh no, what if they don't like me"? “What if they don't show up"? Before Briana knew it, it was a day before she would meet her biological parents for the first time. "Mom Dad I’m scared" said Briana. "Honey don't be scared, everything will be fine said her parents.

            The day was finally here and Briana was on her way to the restaurant to meet her real parents. As Briana anxiously awaited with Kim and Will she tried to calm her mixed emotions. About 5 minutes later, Briana looked up to see a man and a woman walking up to her table. "Briana"? The woman said Hello in Victoria. "Nice to meet you", "Hello Briana I'm Robert, nice to meet you". As everyone greeted each other Briana thought to herself "I can't believe this is happening".

            As lunch went on Briana found out a lot of things about her real parents. She always thought that her parents didn't want her because they didn't care for her, but what she soon realized that they were too young to support her when she was born and gave her up because they wanted her to have a better life. That day soon changed Briana's life forever because she developed a mutual relationship with her biological parents. She soon realized that meeting Victoria and Robert wasn't so scary after all, but she also knew that no one will ever take the place of Kim and Will.

"Comparative between Colored Girls and Out of Our Father's House"

            In the plays Colored Girls and Out of Our Fathers house are two plays that have similarities, but at the same time have differences. The setting in Colored Girls was a lot different from Out of Our Fathers House. In Colored Girls the setting happened in lots of different places. The setting was at a park, a girl’s house, and in my opinion the setting was in an urban part of the world.

            As I watched both of these plays I noticed a huge difference in the image. In Colored Girls all of the actors were African American, compared to Out of Our Fathers house, the characters were white. Though a lot of differences caught my attention I noticed a huge similarity among all of the characters. I noticed as the actors talked, they explained the struggles they been through throughout their lived. These struggles consisted of these women overcoming hardships and moving past them. In Out of Our Fathers house I watched the different struggles that the ladies been through in their lives. One of the ladies in this play told a story about how her children died from fever. This caught my attention because a women in Colored Girls lost her children, but not from fever. Her children were thrown off of the balcony of her house which took their lives. Even though these two women lost the lives of their precious children I noticed a similarity between the two. They both felt the same pain in their hearts that they wouldn't have forever because they would no longer be able to see their children grow up in front of their eyes.

            Colored Girls was in a completely different time period. Colored Girls took place in the 1970s. Since Colored Girls took place in the 1970s I noticed the style of clothing was completely different from what the girls wore in Out of Our Fathers House. In Colored Girls the clothes looked a lot more modern than in Out of Our Fathers house which took place in the early 1900s, so their clothes appeared to be a lot older   and Out of Our Fathers lives took place in the early 1900s. Both of these plays were incredible to watch and were very enjoyable to see.

"A School Donation"

Prompt: If an alumnus donated a large sum of money to your school, how do you think that money should be spent? Write an essay convincing school official to allocate the money in the way you think is best for the school.

            Money, every school is going to need money for a number of things. Think about it, schools need money for supplies for their students to learn such a boards, markers for the teacher to teach their lessons, computers, food, maintenance problems that may occur and the list goes on. If my school was donated a large sum of money there would be a lot that I think should be done with the money.

            My school happens to be a very small school, so with the money I would have different things built such as more classrooms, a gym, swimming pool, a track and a multipurpose room. I would have these buildings built because it will only benefit both staff and the students in dramatic ways. Some people might say well "why does she want to build all of these places in her school, a pool? Why do they even need a pool"? Here is why, if my school had a pool that would be not only fun but it would also be a great learning experience for the students and a great way for a staff members to teach their students physical education dealing with the water.

            I would take money to build a few more class rooms because my school is a college prep school that offers my peers and I to take college classes. When taking these classes different professors from the college comes to my school but there lessons must be taught in a classroom from one of my teachers at my school. I feel that this is a slight issue because the professor shouldn't have to share a class and I don't feel that it’s fair to the students who have to share a class with a lot more students than they have to.

            The reason why I would invest in a larger multipurpose room is because a small multipurpose room takes up not only time but it takes more energy from the student teacher and or guest presenting a particular subject to my peers and I. "Well how does it take up time and energy"? May be what someone may ask. I say it takes up time because since my multipurpose room is smaller our assemblies must be split up by grade, meaning four assemblies right?, ninth through twelfth. If my school has to have four assemblies then the person presenting something must do it four times and to me that can get tiring compared to if we had one larger multipurpose room the subjected or presentation will only be needed to be presented once. I would love for a donation to be made to my school because I could see the money going to good causes. At the end of the day only good things can come out of it.

"Competitive Society"

Prompt: Many people feel that American society is too competitive. Do you agree? If so, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

            Getting a certain job, getting into the school of your dreams, there is always thousands of people who are trying to do the exact same thing as the next person, but the question is " Is the competition way to competitive"? Personally I feel that America's society isn't too competitive, only because I am the kind of person who is determined and loves to show my full ability to accomplish something. I feel that when someone works hard and proves their capability even when there are thousands of others competing for the same thing, it only makes someone appreciate it more when they earn it.

   "Well, why would she make this statement"? May be what someone may ask. I said this statement because I see when someone works hard for something virus it being handed to them. In my life, I was taught a number of things. One of those things was that someone is always going to want something that either I want or have. Being taught this didn't frighten me, it made me want to prove that I am just as wonderful, hardworking, and smart as any other person who is competing for what I want. A person who is hard working and determined as I am would most likely feel the same way that I feel.

            Though there are many people competing for the same thing I feel that this society isn't too competitive. If society was way too competitive then not a lot of people would get a chance to live out their dream. In today's society and in this life a person can do anything they set their mind to. It doesn’t matter if there are 5,10, 100, 1000 people competing for the same thing, a person with enough hard work and determination people can accomplish anything and everything they truly desire.

A Time When I Was Extremely Happy"

I have had a lot of experiences in my life when I was extremely happy. One of those experiences was in March 27^TH 2007 when my niece Justine Marie Scott was born. The reason this was a special day for me is because this was the day I officially because an auntie. Some people might say” why was she so excited to be an auntie”? The reason I was so excited was because I was becoming something I have never been before. I was used to being someone’s daughter, sister, cousin, niece granddaughter, and so on, so to become an auntie meant something special to me.

             I remember the day like it was yesterday. Now initially my niece was suppose to be born on April 4^th 2007 so she was born a few days early which made me even more excited. I remember waking up that morning and going to school so anxious and nervous for her arrival. All I could think about in class was “is she here yet, what is she going to be like”? A lot of thought were going through my head at the time. Once after school came my mom picked me up and told me we were on our way to go see Justine. When I heard those words my heart filled with joy because in just a matter of minutes I was going to be able to go see my first niece.

             Once we arrived to the hospital my heart began beating a million times faster. I remember when I walked into the room and looked at my niece Justine. What made me feel even more special was the fact that I was able to hold her. When I held her in my arms all she did was smile at me. This was a day that I will never forget because the love in my heart for Justine Marie Scott grows each and every single day.

                            “Memorable Event with my Family”

            Throughout my life I can recall a number of events that I have experienced with my family. I remember family parties for thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July and sometimes we would have parties for no reason at all.

    I remember the summer of 2007 when my mom decided she wanted to have a party for my family. I thought this idea was wonderful because my cousin Nichelle was in town, and I hadn't seen her in years. Don't get me wrong, every single one of my family parties made me extremely excited, but this one was absolutely special.

            The day of the party was a fabulous day. A lot of my family members came to this party. My aunties, uncles, brother, sister, cousins, grandmother, family friends attended this party. The best part about this day was family members that I never met and haven't seen in years attended this was special to me because I bonded with them. This wasn't the average family party. We had chairs set up, barbeque pits going, music playing, and even a jumper.

            We also had karaoke contests. Round one was the adults against the children, then in round 2 it was teams between both adults and children. That day is a day I will never forget. The reason being is because bonding with my family will always be something that I will always cherish and have in my heart forever.

" My School's Litter Problem"

Prompt: In order to solve your schools recent litter problem your principle asked students to take better care of the campus, but the litter problem continued. Your principle’s reaction was to cancel all extracurricular activities but the litter problem continued. Do you agree with his reaction? Use specific reasons and examples.

    Littering, it’s never good for our environment, so I don't understand why people do it. It only makes the world look dirty and nasty. Throughout my life I have experienced people littering in all different kinds of places, which bothers me because I am a person who loves a clean environment. I have seen people litter in all kinds of places. These places include the park, beach, street, even school. To keep the litter problem from getting out of control, different laws and rules have been made. If someone litters in public places there has been laws enforced that people have to pay a fine.

    At school it's somewhat different rather than paying a fine. Certain schools do different things when students litter. Then there are also schools that don't do anything about the littering problem. One of these punishments may involve the students losing their extracurricular activities until the litter problem comes to an end. These extracurricular activities may be sports

 Dance, clubs and the list goes on. Even though I feel the students need discipline for their actions, I feel that the principle shouldn't take away these activities because not every single student who attends a school litters. I feel if all of the activities were taken away, it wouldn't be fair to the innocent students who are doing the right thing. Throughout my life I have noticed that when there is a group of students, and something has happened the way that it shouldn't, a lot of the time every single students gets punished. I feel like this "what about the innocent students who didn't do anything wrong, why should they have to suffer because their peers weren't doing what they were supposed to be doing"?  The reason I feel this way is because I have been one of those innocent students that had to suffer because of another students actions.

    I feel that this is unfair when a school has trashcans to throw away trash in. “Well the people who are littering should suffer the consequences", is what someone would say. I happen to be one of those people who feel that people should suffer the consequences for their actions. Instead of taking away the activities, maybe the principle should invest in some cameras so they can catch the students who are littering. This way the innocent students won't have to suffer for their peers wrong doings. The innocent students can continue on with their activities and daily lives and the litterers will suffer the consequences and think before they litter, especially if there is a trashcan a few feet away.