Rip CordI was hanging 180 feet above the ground with a harness attached to a huge wire. I was about to be dropped into a free-fall and swung like a pendulum. The worst part of it was the fact that they chose me to pull the cord that would release us into our eminent doom. I pulled the cord. It was as if we were in a cartoon and merely hanging in mid-air with nothing to support us. This feeling only lasted a second until we dove toward the Earth at about 80 miles per hour. My heart was undulating so forcefully it was as if it was trying to escape the confines of my chest. GriRip Cord
Iron ChefEvery year was different at school. Over the summer, classmates grew up, friends changed, and classes got harder. There was one thing about school that never changed, however. That one thing was school lunches. They were always the same. They always had the same significance, year after year. School lunch was a time to get together and discuss the coolest new movie, what somebody did over the weekend, or just how much school sucked. Whatever the topic, school lunch was awesome. It was the only period of the day when talking was free game. It wasIron Chef
I Made ItIt was one of the biggest tournaments of the year. There were over 30 schools competing from all over the state and surrounding areas. We weren’t afraid, but we weren’t hopeful either. We were there to compete. Our team had never done well at this particular competition before. What was to make us think that this time would be any different? There were 100 competitors in the event I was entering: Extemporaneous Speaking. It was only my second year competing in this event, so I was confident in my skills, but I was still terrified because of the large numbeI Made It
Maximus PoliticusI first decided to do extemporaneous speaking in my second year of speech and debate. I was going to expand my boundaries and try the new event. I was incredibly trepidatious. There was one thing that helped me work through my fear, however. That one thing was my extemp box. Every competing school must have one of these. This is a box with magazines and research in it that is used to answer the questions asked at the speech tournament. Over the past four years, I have become very close to my extemp box. It is easy to love because it is aesthetically appealMaximus Politicus
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