Super Writing Samples

Author:		Mary Alice Konz
Posted:		4/2/03; 10:40:07 AM
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"Things That Are Essential to Life"

-A drink of root beer on a hot summer day
-Legos of all shapes, colors, and sizes
-Every Wednesday, a ninety-nine cent waffle cone from TCBY, filled with white chocolate mousse ice cream and Heath candy bar icing
-Watching the news and seeing the people whose days were much worse than yours
-A hearty laugh and a smile
-Skiing down a mountain as if nothing can stop you
-Knowing the most important thing in your life is not what you have, but what you believe
-Clean, fluffy towels straight out of the dryer
-Stetching my body to the fullest length before running out onto the smooth dirt of the softball field
-A steaming Christmas dinner of turkey and mashed potatoes after a day of sledding and snowball fights
-Loving the everyday safety and love God provides for me
-Drinking a cup of warm, delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows after playing in the snow
-The chocolate flavor of my ice cream disappearing from my sight with each lick as I demolish it on a steamy afternoon
-The lush pasture behind my house that I dash and dart about in all day until I take a rest beneath the shade of a willow tree
-Learning to laugh at your own mistakes as well as others
-Teddy bears that hug
-The bonds of friendship as you both finally decide to dig into and take your first bite of alligator on an extremely humid day in Florida
-A friendship than can endure any hardship
-Arts and crafts that keep me sane

Heh, You! By Sarah

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it." All Americans should know these words, as said by Voltaire. The veterans today sure know those words, because they actually got up and defended that certain right.

The practice of the freedom of speech is not exactly a simple one. It is not just being able to say what you want when you want to. It also means being able to accept what others say, and not interrupt them. For example, all of us practice this freedom daily, but do we allow others around us to practice it also? When you are sitting at the lunch table with your friends, and someone says something like, "Hey, I went to see that new movie yesterday." You respond with, "That movie is so stupid, I don't even want to hear about it. " That is an example of not practicing the freedom of speech correctly. In order to fully obey this right, we need to let others speak their minds, also.

In addition, if you lived in a country like Afghanistan, you would not even be allowed to yell "Hey! What's up?" to a buddy you see on the street. In Tibet people are constantly walking on eggshells because one little comment or action can light the government's fuse. After the revolution our founding fathers wrote the Constitution, and that is what our country is based on today. This important document states that all people are created equal and that we all have the freedom of speech, the right to a quality education, and the freedom to worship freely.

Finally, if your freedom of speech were suddenly taken awaym many other things would be taken away also besides your right to say what you want. Suddenly there would be no telephone, Internet, or television. You're luckier than you may realize. All of these things that we take for granted weuld suddenly be gone. That's why we all need to learn to appreciate what we have, good or bad, because I know I would sure miss chatting on the Internet with my friends!

In the words of Albert Camus, "Freedom is not a reward or decoration that is celebrated with champagne....Oh no! It is a long distance race quite solitary and very exhausting." So I say thank you, all those who ran that solitary and exhausting race.

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