The Gathering of the Nations

Every four years, nations from all over the world gather to take part in the Olympics. The Olympics is a two week long series of different sport events. There are two different types of Olympics, winter and summer. The Winter Olympics are held every four years ad the same with the summer. The Olympic Games first started thousands of years ago in Greece. When the games were rediscovered the modern world started the series of sports games all over again. Just recently a new set of games started, the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The opening ceremony started with a torch that was lit all the way in the starting place of the first Olympics in Greece. Then it slowly makes a relay across the world and then into the city that is hosting the Olympics. Next there is always an opening ceremony and all the nations walk in. Greece always walks in first then in alphabetical order then the hosting country.

So far in the Olympics the United States of America is leading the way with twenty eight medals. Next is Germany. The United States of America have won medals in Men’s Half-pipe and downhill skiing. Just recently the United States beat Canada in a hockey game that put the hopes of all the Canadians down. IT was the first the United States had beat Canada in hockey in over 50 years. Shaun White just recently got the gold for men’s half-pipe, which he won in the previous Olympics. The Olympics isn’t always fun and games though, just before the games started a Gorgian luger died when he got lifted off the track and thrown into a steel pole.

The Olympics are always a fun and exciting series of games to watch on TV. They have all different types of sports in case you don’t like one or another. You can cheer for your home country or another one you like. Some of the sports in the Winter games is, hockey, luging, downhill skiing, half-pipe, curling, cross county skiing, and many others. I enjoy seeing all the different athletes all compete for just a single medal. Most of the athletes wait their whole lives for just one chance to win a gold medal. The Olympics are a fun time for the United States and the rest of the world just to compete for once and take away the daily politics. Word Count- 401

The Big Tale

It all started when I was just a little child. My brother and I went to the lake to go fishing for fun and to see what great things we could catch. Little did I know, that this day would be a day that I would never forget. We arrived at the lake excited and ready to cast our lures into the dark depths of the lake. For hours we just sat there waiting....and waiting.......and waiting. Soon my brother was ready to eat lunch. I told him that I would meet up with him after I do one last cast. So he went off getting lunch ready and i threw my bait in as usual. Little did i know, this is where my adventure was just about to start. As i was reeling the line in, I got a bite! I tried with all my might to pull this massive fish in, but I was not able to then out of nowhere, the fished used all of its might and pulled me to into the lake. As he started to descend into the deep dark murky depths of the lake i thought "Oh no what am i going to do, this rod is caught in my pants!'

Just when I lost all hope and was ready to give up, I noticed i was suddenly able to breath underwater. I couldn't explain how I was able to keep breathing, but i wanted to take this advantage to look around. This is when i noticed that the great fish had taken me to a whole underwater city. Here there was many great fish from small lake fish, to the massive one's feat in length. There were fish playing all around me, but that is not why i was here. The great fish had plans for me. He took me to his king and there the king explained how his fish city has been slowly dieing from a great threat. He told me that I would not have been able to leave until i helped him. So i embarked on my journey to find out that there was just some garbage stuck in the reefs that needed to be taken out.

After I helped him, I was finally released and was able to go back to land. After was seemed like hours I surfaced and saw my brother. He said i was only gone for a few minutes and that I must have gone bonkers or hit my head hard. Just as i was about to accept what he said i turned around and say a great fin descend slowly into the deep murky water of the lake never to be
seen again.

This story relates to the day my brother I were fishing and I fell in.

The Invisible War

Question- Should the United States intervene in the war in the Congo?
Thesis- Yes the United States should help in the assistance of the women in the Congo.

The United States needs to make a push to help the women in the Congo. The innocent women are being raped so that the rouge groups can take over villages and the country. The U.S. needs to send in a force, this could easily turn into another case like Rwanda or Somalia and they really do not want to make that mistake again of ignoring the people in need. With the force they could try to make safe houses for women and children and try to push back some of the rouge forces to set up a stable government.

The United States also should help the Congo financially. Sure, the United States is not the best economic condition at the moment, but there are much worse places such as the Congo that are is desperate need of help. If the U.S. could help to support their government by giving them money, they could try to make a army to fight back against the rouge forces. Then the Congo could take back their government and protect it's people. If the United States does not act now, many more women and children could die from the violent rapes and attacks in the Congo.

Others to counter this might say to sanction the Congo. This would really have no effect though. The rouge groups are doing the killing not the country itself. If they were to sanction the Congo, then that would just weaken their hold over the forces even less.