Ethan's Nonfiction Writing Blog

I remember my first time skiing as if it was yesterday. It was the perfect skiing day anyone could ask for. The sun was shining, and the fresh powdery snow was just waiting for me to glide my skis across it. On my first lesson I fell in love with adrenaline rush I got while zipping down a ski hill, and the cool rush of wind against my face. Ever since my family and I have gone on a ski trip to the West at least once a year. The trips are always filled with excitement, laughter, and pure fun. Skiing is fantastic but I do not think that anything can compare to how happy a summer camp called Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute or OSRUI for short makes me year after year. Besides what can be better than a place 4 hours away from home with no parents, and no homework to worry about! I have been going to OSRUI ever since I was 8 years old and it has been a second home to me. I love swimming in the lake and playing capture the flag. I love going to the music center and learning new things on my ...

what speaker would you bring to your school? I was walking through the streets of Bologna Italy when I saw a huge gathering at one of the city squares. It was a climate change summit and they were showing a movie on a huge screen for the entire city to watch. The movie was about people trying to make a change in the world, and one of them was Elon Musk. One of his ideas was to build 7 super battery plants around the world. These 7 plants would have the biggest carbon footprint of any other building ever built but they would be able to supply the entire world with energy.   All of his ideas seemed crazy and impossible, but that’s what intrigues me most about him. That is exactly why if I had to invite one speaker to speak at my school it would be Elon Musk.               I came home from the trip thinking about how awesome it would be to talk to him or to hear him speak. Just a couple of months later I watched Elon Mus...