These are some essays written for my college English 1A class. They cover a diverse range of subject matter and concepts.

• No Food or Drink Allowed in My Athenaeum
  
  In my home, I cherish many places. My bedroom is for rest and fantasies of the night; my bathroom, to cleanse and refresh my exercised body; my garage, to repair and create all that is mechanical; and my kitchen, to prepare gastronomic delights. However, there is a door to a room with an aging page, printed in color with large, bold type. Proudly, I have taped this sign to the upper third of the door, which states, "No food or drink allowed in here!"
• The Reliable Source
  
  What defines a "Reliable Source"? Is it a publishing company or corporation, which supports an employee’s judgment of creditable reliability? Is it the consensus of the consumers, a group or a person that consults print and audio/video which decides weather of not what they perceive in the media presented is true of false?
• The Foothold In Life
  
  I first moved to California in 1982, to start my own business, an opportunity offered to me by my best friend Bruce. I needed to take some time off to reflect and dream, before committing this segment of my life to the trials of entrepreneurship.
• Pop Goes the Weasel
  
  The political, economic and religious ideals that our civilization imposes upon our children have a great influence upon them. Gradually, our society continues to turn up the heat on these falsely implied ideals.
• Wouldn't Wan'ta Be Like You Sir
  
  (This essay has mature content and was written in a humorous context.) The social strata in America currently has grown to include a wide range of classes. An obvious contrast stands out blatantly between Bikers, a relatively new social class, and the elusive American aristocracy. Without being overly critical in such a comparison, let us examine their diversity logically, using the basic structure of all human needs food, shelter, and health.