高中给爸爸的一封信汇编两篇 作文英语【热门20篇】

Now I have already told you a story about an old man that thought he knew

everything, and had been asked a hard question to answer by the king’s

professor; and had been crowned king. Well in this story, I am going to tell you

how the old man got back to thinking he knew everything, and was asked another

hard question by the king’s professor.

It all happened that one day, when the professor was feeling sick, the old

man happened to be on the stage. Now he had a throne too, but not as fancy as

the professor’s. And so he decided to sit on it. When other people are standing

in line to ask for questions, the old man said, “The professor has quit, and so

I shall rule this stage and this kingdom!”

All the people gave him a slow clap, and at last began to ask questions.

Two more days passed and the professor got better, and walked to the stage. But

he found that on his throne was the old man. “Ah! Professor!” shouted the old

man in an angry tune, “You quit! I heard you say that a week ago!” “I said that

I was going to quit about two days because I was sick,” explained the professor

smiling.

“I think I should be king rather than you!” shouted the old man, “Fine! I

shall ask you a hard question, if you could answer it; then you ask me one. But

if not, the guards shall make you my breakfast, next month!” “Deal,” said the

professor, still smiling. And so the hard question contest began.

First the old man asked, “What’s the answer of 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1?” “That’s

easy,” said the professor, and he wrote it on a paper. When he is finished, he

handed the paper over to the old man; it said, “If you want to find the answer,

you said eight 1. All you have to do is use multiplication to find the answer:

8﹡1.” The old man was astonished, “Your right!” he shouted; “Now you ask me

one!” “1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1﹣1﹣1?” “Do you want to know the answer now?”

asked the man, “No,” said the man, “I just want to count how many ones did I

count?”

In the past few decades, our Earth has changed a lot, but to the bad

direction. Among these changes, the air pollutions resulting from a huge number

of automobiles and coal-burning is almost the severest. The severe air pollution

alarms humans of the heavy load we have exerted on Earth by our insatiable

production and usage of automobiles. However, with the deepening of

urbanization, more cars are needed, which will make the air pollution worse.

Therefore, the following actions should be taken. First, we should apply the

most cutting-edge technologies in order to adopt new forms of energy as

substitutes for fossil fuels. Second, try hard to develop possible

transportation means, which are enviromental friendly. So that the citizens can

reduce the dependence on cars. In short, our humans should take responsibilities

for the air pollution and have to find ways to solve this problem.

Look at this photograph of my family. There are five people in it. The

tallest one is my father. He is forty-eight years old. My mother is standing

beside him. She is not as my father. She is three years younger than my father.

Sitting in front of them are my grandparents. My grandfather is that fat one

with a pair of glasses. My grandmother is as fat as he. This little one is me.

I’m sitting between them. All of us love one anther. I have a happy family.

Dear Anne,

Thank you for your invitation to dinner at your home tomorrow evening.

Unfortunately, it is much to my regret that I cannot join you and your family,

because I will be fully occupied then for an important exam coming the day after

tomorrow. I feel terribly sorry for missing the chance of such a happy

get-together, and I hope that all of you enjoy a good time. Is it possible for

you and me to have a private meeting afterward? If so, please dont hesitate to

drop me a line about your preferable date. I do long for a pleasant chat with

you.

Please allow me to say sorry again.

Regards,

Li Ming

Dear MrYang,

亲爱的杨老师，

How iseverything going! Tomorrw is Teachers’ Day.I would like to express my sincerely wishes to you. You taught me English inthe primary school. That is the time to lay our foundation. And you help me laymy interest on English, which make me feel learn English easily in middleschool. I’m very appreciated that. Thank you very much. If it is convenient foryou, I would like to visit you this National Day. Happy Teachers’ Day again.

一切可好!明天就是教师节了。 我相向你表达我衷心的祝福。你在我小学的时候教我英语。那是打基础的时候。 是你让我对英语感兴趣。这让我在初中学习英语变得容易多了。我很感激。非常感谢你。如果方便的话，我想在今年国庆节去拜访你。再次祝你教师节快乐。

Best wishes,

Lucy

露西

Yesterday I was busy.

First I went to the children s palace.I played the piano and read some

books.

Then I went to my friend s home. We played the badminton and some

games.

Next I went to the bookshop bought some books.

After I did my homework and go to bed .

Yesterday I was busy but I was very happy.

Since I was very small， my parents would read me some stories before I

slept. I like to hear the stories that describe a girls growing up. These girls

are so brave and become heroines at last. I want to be one of them， so I tell

myself to be independent， helping my mom with her house work. She is very happy

to see it.

There was once a little boy that wanted to live in peace; that was because

of his parents, they were always bossy, and he couldn’t bare it like that. It

was in the middle night when the boy decided to run away; because he realized,

that his parents were watching cow movie 4, which was hilarious. It was one of

the most precious stories ever, which by the way, usually means that it makes

other people or you laugh out loud.

Before even trying to get on his bike and bike away from home; he packed

some food and ran away to the garage, which some how the reason is shaped like a

dog bone. When he got his helmet on top of his head, he biked off straight

towards the park. Where there he placed a blanket that happened to be a sleeping

bag; when it was done, he placed another layer on top of it to make it softer.

Before that he zipped the sleeping bag, and then he was ready to put the pillow

on the sleeve.

That was an idiom that I had mentioned before. And that would be over

taking some of the information back to its own brain. That was because of the

bike, its tires were out of air; and he would have to find something to get it

all pumped up. When he was all the way through with his plan, he decided to add

some perfection to it. That happened to be pumping up with his breathe taking,

it was a lot of work; but he soon pumped it full and went to be. As soon as he

got up, he had breakfast; and his only hope was to find his way back to where he

lived.

He packed up his snacks and sleeping bags or pillows and the layer.

It was all very happy of he the boy going back home, when he arrived, his

parents came out and hugged him; they had a conversation over it. “What were you

doing the time when you were gone? And that happened to be awesome!” “I guess it

was, but I knew that running away was not a good idea; I am really sorry that I

ran away. I guess I was just unhappy about you saying that I am a big boy for

chores, and that I am a small boy for watching hilarious movies such as cow

movie 4.”

His mom and dad explained to him, “I guess we are a little bit hard on you,

I guess you could watch cow movie four for once; and we are going to do the

dishes and to do the house work for you.”

He was very happy from that time on, and lived happily ever after. This was

a happy and good and glad ending.

I have many friends in my class.There are 45 students in my classroom.

they are interesting and lovely. I would like to introduce some of

them.

Hellen is very cute. shes also kind to everyone and

shes very enthusiastic.Shes always ready to help everyone， but she is

forgetful. She always forgets to bring her school things， such as pens，

ruler，textbooks and so on. But our teachers always forgive her. Robert is the

most talkative boy in our class. His nickname is "chatterbox". He has a great

sense of humor and he always makes me laugh.

Sweet is a

quiet student.She is good at every subject but she never shows off. Ken is a

very tall boy. He plays basketball very well and he is on our school team. He

often says， "playing basketball is good for your health. " How about your

classmates？ Do you like them？ Try to admire your classmates and you will be

happier.

Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in

order to memorialize Jesus. During that time, they always have several days off,

so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts. The children often get

together with their friends. The adults are busy with decorating their houses.

They also send the postcards with their best wishes to each other. In the

streets, there are so many Fathers Christmas sending presents to the passers-by.

And everything is on a discount in the supermarkets. Thus the supermarkets are

the busiest places.

In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies

and some other desserts for dinner. After supper, the families always sing and

dance around the Christmas tree. Sometimes, they also go to church. Before going

to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that

Father Christmas will fill them with presents. It is said that Father Christmas

always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the

chimney. Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still

hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.

let me begin my speech with a replay of scenes familiar to most, if not

all, of those present here today.

mum, im sorry, but i need 3,000 yuan for my tuition this year.

mum, it is my friends birthday tomorrow, i must buy her a present.

mum, this jacket was out of fashion long ago, would you do me a favor?

take. the relationship between a mother and a child always seems to follow

such a pattern.

i know my mother is always there for me, providing me with everything i

need; from food to clothing, from tuition to pocket money.

i never thought twice about all she did until one day she said, will there

be a time that youll say you have taken enough from me?

like a child endlessly asking, we humans, throughout history, have been

continually demanding what we desire from nature.

we enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to

think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation.

we take it for granted that we must warm ourselves in winter times, yet we

seldom realize the burning away of precious natural resources.

we appreciate all the prosperity from the development of modern industry,

yet few would give the slightest consideration to the global air and water

pollution caused by industrial wastes.

our ruthless exploitation has permanently impaired our mother earth.

as we tragically learned from last summers floods.

we cannot continue our carelessness.

finally, standing here at the threshold of the 21st century, we cannot help

thinking of our posterity.

nature is not only the mother of the present generation, but also the

mother of the generations to come.

how severely our descendents will criticize us if we leave them a barren

and lifeless mother? how much more they will appreciate us if we give them a

world of harmony to inherit? let us start respecting and caring for nature from

now on.

let us start the campaign of creating a mutually beneficial relationship

between people and nature right from this moment.

with this new start, i firmly believe, that our children, and our childrens

children will live in a brand new age of green trees, clean air, crystal water,

blue sky and an even more promising world!

Yesterday,I went to have a picnic with my old classmates.We dated with each other several days ago.And we were all expecting the days come. At last, the excited day came. We went to the part where we have decided to have the picnic. During the picnic ,we talked with each other,played games,and so on. On balance, I had a nice day and I will never forget it.Because it is so happy in the picnic and we remaided so many pleasures things in our childhood.

2we had a picnic in fall last year. first we climbed to the top of the hill. we saw many pupils there. we talked ,laughed and played together. then at picnic time, we shared our food .we saw a beautiful stream near by. but there was much rubbish in it. thats a pity .we thought we should tell the people to protect our living environment. so after our picnic, we put up several signs near the stream. we wrote "please keep the stream clean and beautiful" on the signs. time to go home, we said goodbye each other and we made an appointment of next year.. on our way home, we all thought thats a very interesting picnic.

大概翻译：

昨天，我到有我的老彼此几天给classmates.We野餐ago.And大家都期待的一天来。最后，兴奋那天。我们去的地方，我们决定有野餐的一部分。在野餐，我们彼此交谈，玩游戏等。总的来说，我有一个愉快的一天，我永远不会忘记it.Because是这样的野餐高兴，我们remaided这么多的乐趣在我们的童年的事情。

2we曾在去年秋季野餐。首先，我们爬上了山顶。我们看到有许多学生。我们交谈，笑着一起玩。然后在野餐时，我们分享我们的食物。我们看到了一个美丽的流附近。但有许多内容是垃圾。这是一个遗憾。我们认为我们应该告诉人们保护我们的居住环境。所以我们的野餐后，我们提出了几个附近的流标志。我们说“请保持清洁，美丽的流”的标志。回家的时候，我们彼此说了声再见，我们进行了一个任命明年..在回家的路上，我们都以为这是一个非常有趣的野餐。

The Apple products are popular by the young people and the former CEO of

Apple Company was Steve Jobs. Though he has passed away, he was remembered by

the public all the time. His creativity inspired the young people to fight for

their future and his persistence was the key to success. His legend will last

forever.

my father is a nice man. he likes to play computer games. he is an owner of

a factory which produces many things .he is good at designing. he works very

hard. i love him very much because, sometimes, i can help him to do something in

his factory .he is always on business trips because he has his business

everywhere so it takes up too much of his time .

therefore, he doesn’t have any time to play with me but i don’t blame him

for that. i often spend a lot of my time on the computer, so i have something to

do. my mother is usually on the phone and tells my father to get home early but

my father doesn’t listen to her. so my mother and i sometimes are upset and i

don’t like my father in a sense that he always gets home late.

i love my father but not his job!

Flowers in full bloom in this, green grass of early summer, we have ushered

in a grand festival of Children - June 1 International Childrens Day, I am very

honored to share with the children together in this beautiful holiday. On that

occasion, I would like to let me to all children, young pioneers holiday to

extend my sincere regards to the hard work, dedicated gardener to cultivate the

flowers of the motherland who pay tribute! Soon to be here today in recognition

of the advanced collectives and advanced individuals express warm

congratulations!

Pioneers, the children, we are now in a hopeful new era of challenges, you

are lucky enough to live in a state of concern about the survival of students,

teachers and students in the pursuit of maximum growth to meet the needs of

schools; so one "give students the best childhood, most give a solid start in

life "as the core concept of school, portrait of creating" education "brand

School; an" education and scientific research as the guide to the experimental

school in English at the core characteristics Yucai School to serve the

community for the meaning of new schools "; so ones own ideas and practice,

practice, together with the parents," Our children, our schools, our joint

efforts, "the slogan of the school co-operation of schools, the school

environment of your grace, your skilled teachers , School of your high-quality

education and teaching has been very successful, you just give your School

School Award is fully endorsed.

Pioneers, the children, you are lucky generation, the generation is

shouldering the burden. There is an old statement: journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step. Youth are the beginning of a better life, clarity of

vision, bred here, noble sentiments here at initiation, the habits of good form

here, life here at the foundation of the glory and prosperity at the bright

future of our calls. We must strive to improve their own quality of life in the

new starting point, the momentum to become the new century, the need for

construction of the homeland of the wood-Dong Liang. At the same time, teachers

also hope that our附小his utmost to achieve a greater honor.

在这鲜花烂漫，绿草如茵的初夏时节，我们迎来了孩子们的盛大节日——六一国际儿童节，我非常荣幸地与小朋友们一起共度这美好的节日。值此机会，谨让我向全体小朋友、少先队员们致以诚挚的节日问候，并向辛勤耕耘、呕心沥血培育祖国花朵的园丁们致以崇高的敬意!向今天即将受到表彰的先进个人和先进集体表示热烈的祝贺!

少先队员、小朋友们，我们正处于一个充满希望的挑战的新时代，你们幸运地生活在一所关注师生生存状态，追求最大限度满足师生成长需要的学校;一所以"

给学生最美好的童年，给人生最坚实的起步"为核心办学理念，倾情打造"附小教育"品牌的学校;一所"以教育科研为先导的实验学校，以英语特色为核心的育才学校，以服务社会为内涵的新型学校";一所以自己的理念和实践，同家长一起践行"咱们的孩子、咱们的学校、咱们共同努力"这一家校合作口号的学校，你们的学校环境优雅，你们的老师技艺高超，你们学校的教育教学质量高，成绩斐然，刚才给你们学校授牌就是对你们学校的充分肯定。

少先队员、小朋友们，你们是幸运的一代，也是肩负重担的一代。古人言：千里之行，始于足下。少年时代是美好人生的开端，远大的理想在这里孕育，高尚的情操在这里萌生，良好的习惯在这里养成，生命的辉煌在这里奠基，繁荣昌盛的美好前景在召唤着我们。我们要努力提高自身素质，在新的人生起点上，再接再厉，使自己成为新世纪祖国建设需要的栋粱之材。同时，也希望我们师范附小再接再厉，争取更大的荣誉。

Dear teacher,

Hello!

On the occasion of Christmas is approaching, I would like to send you the

most sincere greetings!

I will all kinds of respect and deep wishes woven into the text, with my

piety - bow to you! I silently pray, pray that this thin piece of writing paper

is a boat, with affectionate eyes, sailing into your dream bay, guard your

fatigue, comfort you lend...

Teacher, your hard work! Whenever you figure flashing in the night under

the window lattice, I remember, remember the sacred and ancient division,

remember what an amazing ChengChu exclamation topic...

824. Teacher, I love you for you, for you are sharp in writing style in the

little room; In the quiet of night, with candle burning, you sit in the book

city; You too much hard work and grievance, you too little too little to obtain

and complain...

Ah, your cold and unrestrained, bearing the secular, bearing the

indifference, silently compose a high and vigorous life! Teacher, in your

students bid farewell to the campus that day, in your haoshoupaui that day, your

soul will be comforted, will laugh proud forever!

Teacher, I respect you! The ancients said, "The state will prosper, and

your teacher will be rewarded." China cant take off without you sowing fang Zhi

Xin, science and education to revitalize the country, cant leave you paving the

road and building stones! Look up todays Chinese, respect for teachers and

education, has become a trend. I am excited and excited! I wish every Chinese

respect teacher!

So dead! Several years of cold window, I cant remember how much I have

listened to your teachings! Often recall the old friendship between teachers and

students, often see the teacher todays face, I have a surge of excitement,

gratitude wanfen! "Who made the heart-inch grass, reported in the apartments?

Teacher, please once again accept my sincere blessing and infinite gratitude to

you! Best wishes to your teacher

Good health, happy holidays!

Your students:

敬爱的老师:

您好!

值此圣诞节翩然即至之际，谨向您致以无比诚挚的问候!

我将万般的敬意和深深的祝福编织成文字，带着我的虔诚——给您鞠躬!我默默祈望，祈望这张薄薄的信纸是只小船，载着深情的眼睛，驶进您的梦湾，守护您的劳累，给您慰藉藉……

老师，您辛苦了!每当您的身影在夜幕下的窗棂中闪动，我便记起，记起神圣而古老的师道，记起一个令人枨触感叹的话题……

老师，我热爱您——您，斗室中孜孜矻矻，励精笔耕;您，静夜中秉烛苦读，拥坐书城;您太多太多的辛劳与委屈，您太少太少的索取与抱怨……

啊，您的清寒与潇洒，背负着世俗，背负着冷漠，默默连缀励节高亢的人生!老师，在您的莘莘学子告别校园那天，在您皓首穷经那天，您心力交瘁的灵魂将获抚慰，将笑傲千古!

老师，我尊敬您!古人云:“国将兴，必将贵师重傅。”中华腾飞，离不开您播芳植馨，科教兴国，离不开您铺路筑石!举目当今华夏，尊师重教，蔚然成风。我欣喜感奋!我祝愿每位国人都敬重人师!

逝者如斯!几载寒窗，记不清我聆听过您多少教诲!每每回忆旧日师生情谊，每每再睹老师今日面容，我都心潮激越，感念万端!“谁言寸草心，报得三春晖?”老师，请您再一次接受我对您的真诚祝福和无限感激!敬祝老师您——

身体健康，节日愉快!

您的学生：

这个节日的由来逝代中国有一位博学多闻的官吏屈原，他是一位爱民而且又受到尊崇的官吏，但是由於一位充满嫉妒的官吏陷害，从此在朝廷中被皇帝所冷落。由於无法获得皇帝的重视，屈原在忧郁的情况下投汨罗江自尽。

由於对屈原的爱戴，汨罗江畔的居民匆忙的划船在江内寻找屈原，并且将米丢入汨罗江中，以平息汨罗江中的蛟龙。即使他们当时并没有找到屈原，但是他们的行为，直到今天在端午节的时候，仍然被人们传颂纪念著。

The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan. He was a good and respected man，but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperors court.

Unable to regain the respect of the emperor，in his sorrow Chu Yuan threw himself into the Mi Low river. Because of their admiration for Chu Yuan， the local people living adjacent to the Mi Lo River rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons.

Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan，their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Distinguished leaders, parents and dear students,

Good morning! I am so excited to stand here, as a representative of the

whole G12 students’ parents to make a brief speech to show our greatest honor

and respect to the school leaders and teachers who work for our sons and

daughters in the past three years. Thank you for your hard work.

Frankly, we were hesitant about our choice at first, but today we beam with

happiness. Now all of our children have received the admission letters and

scholarship from Canada, the USA, the Switzerland and many other countries.

Thank you for your great education!

At the same time, as their parents, we hope every future university student

will work even harder and become the backbone of our nation after graduation

from university. Last, I wish SCCSC a brighter future and with students all over

the world! Thank you all!

Smoking And Health

Today smoking is a widespread habit ali over the world. Not only the old,

the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of

them think that smoking is a smart symbol.

However, smoking is harmful to one’s ,health. It contributes a lot of lung

cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause

many other diseases. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance

of losing your health. Furthermore, scientific research shows that smoking is

not only harmful to smokers themselves, but also a threat to public health,

especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws

forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations,

hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Give

upsmoking for the sake of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the

sake of the whole world.

吸烟与健康

现在，吸烟是一个世界范围的习惯，不仅老年人、青年人吸烟，就连中学生也加入到这个行列中来，他们中的许多人认为吸烟是一种潇洒的象征。

然而，吸烟对人的健康是有害的，它会引起肺癌，在刚刚过去的几年中;许多人因此而丧命，还可能引发其他的疾病。总之，如果你吸烟的话，你就很可能失去拥有健康的机会，更进一步说，科学研究显示，吸烟不仅危害吸烟者本人，而且对公共健康来说，也是一个凶兆，尤其是对妇女和孩子。因此，许多国家都制定了不准在公共场合吸烟的法规，例如：电影院，车站，医院等地。

戒烟吧，如果你还未染上，请不要开始;戒烟吧，为了你的健康，为了你的家庭的健康，为了整个世界的健康。

On the top of the mountain hill lived a little boy called Marlin. He was a

jolly fellow that helped people when they were in need.

The only problem was, whenever there was somebody in need, he would give

them something to eat so as to solve their problems. The people in his country

soon became sick of this, and so wanted him to stop. But Marlin just won’t; and

went on helping and helping and helping… nobody knew when he was going to stop,

or when they were going to let him know that they didn’t want him to bother all

day. Ugh, but Marlin wouldn’t stop; all day long he helped this and that, the

problem was that people don’t want to mordacity him, and they said that he was

very kind.

One day, Marlin saw a boy crying, and said, “Hey there little one; don’t

cry, I, the super Marlin is here! And I am going to solve your problem!” “I want

a music box,” at these words, Marlin was astonished, “A-a music b-box?” “Yes,”

replied the boy jumping happily, “But my parents won’t buy me one. It is at the

shop near Sunshine school. I hope to get me one! Wahoo!” Marlin said, “I

couldn’t afford a music box! It is worth $100!”

Marlin was very sad, but also wanted to try, for he was the king of

everything, and helps save the day. He ran to his house, and counted his money,

but found out that he only had $10. He was now very, very angry. He had decided

to earn more and more money, and so to help that poor little boy. As he had

promised, he worked very hard to earn money. Although he was just a little boy,

he ought to do what he had said; for those are the rules. And when he had enough

money, he would buy the music box, and hand it to that poor boy.

Marlin did anything he could to earn money: Sweep the floor, clean his

room; grow plants, water them, and cut flowers for the house. When he had

already $90, he had decided to help other people. When it was already winter, he

took a shovel and helped his neighbors, friends to shovel snow; and they paid

him a great deal of money.

At last, Marlin had got enough money; he was so excited that he hopped here

and there ten times! Finally, he went to the store near Sunshine school, and

bought the music box, and then handed it to the same boy at his home. Marlin

soon became famous, and he was called, ‘Marlin Blavatsky.’

Dear friends:

If you can dream it, you can do it.——Walt Disney

It was a long four years. Even after I had actually graduated, the

nightmares began to haunt me, the university would call to say I hadn’t truly

graduated. There had been a mistake and there was just one more class I needed

to take. I was always so relieved to wake up and realize that it had only been a

bad dream. In reality, I had completed every course needed for my degree, and I

was a full-fledged college graduate!

Now, the rest of my life loomed ahead of me. Sometimes a bachelor’s degree

prepares you for a specific occupation——you train to be an accountant, you

graduate and get a position in an accounting firm. Often, however, your stint in

college only prepares you to make further decisions regarding your future.

You’re pretty sure what you don’t want to do!

During my senior year of college, I had toyed with the idea of changing my

major. At that point, I had finally discovered what captured my heart. But,

wanting to finally be finishing school was a stronger pull. So, I took a few

courses in physiology and exercise science, but not enough to receive a degree

in physical therapy. That would require advanced schooling, beyond my bachelor’s

degree——and I just wasn’tready to tackle that. Having completed my B.C. degree,

I didn’t have any intentions of furthering my education.

So, I did the safe thing and got an office job——the very thing I was sure

that I didn’t want to do! I detested the office policies, the suits I had to

wear and the downtown environment that I had to drive to every day. I knew this

was not where I belonged.

But god knew what path my career was to follow. A position opened up at the

most exclusive health club in our city, so I applied. This was my kind of

environment——an active, vibrant kind of place——completely at the opposite end of

the spectrum from the office environment where I found myself. The position

required that I work Saturday nights and Sunday mornings. Perfect, I thought! I

could keep my office job Monday through Friday and work at my dream job on the

weekends. This arrangement lasted several months until, eventually, a full-time

position opened up and I was able to resign from my office job.

Over the next few years, I worked my way up the leader, gaining experience

in several different departments. I found my niche as the director of member

services——catering to our clientele and providing them with numerous

cutting-edge programs. I would have stayed at that job forever——it seemed to be

the pinnacle of all my dreams fulfilled. Here were fellow employees who had a

passion for the same things that I did——health and fitness. Yet again, god had

other plans for my life.Within two years, a newer, bigger, better and more

state-of-the-art health club facility was built——just five miles down the road.

And, in turn, the owner lost many members to that club. And, in turn, the owner

lost thousands of dollars. One by one we were each laid off.

After trying unsuccessfully to land another similar position elsewhere, I

knew what I had to do. Go back to school!thanks!