Note: The Blue Mountain Eagle will publish one of the first-place essays from the five divisions each week.

By Ashleigh Sampley

We make choices every single day. There will always be choices in your life. The choice my ancestors made to live in America happens to be one of the best. Just like life, America is all about choices and decisions. You always have the option to choose where you live, what you eat, where you work and well…who you are. You have mostly the freedom to do and be whoever you wish to be in America.

Where you live in America has a major impact on your daily life. You also have a very large amount of options on where you want to live. We have many different climates along with different city sizes, to choose from. We have warmer states with little rainfall. We also have more dry states that seem like a desert. We also have some of the most beautiful coastal ranges. We have small towns with little population and large cities with a heavy population. No matter where in America you wish to live, the city is bound to be as beautiful as the stars in the sky.

Hamburgers…Have you ever had one? Well, that is one of the all-American dishes. Wow, they are delicious. Even though we live in America, hamburgers are an all-country dinner or lunch dish. Yum yum…A salty burger with whatever toppings you want to use to make it yours and only yours. From the toppings to the sauces it’s all up to you.

What did you want to be growing up? Well in America, we can be almost virtually anything we want to be as long as you are dedicated to wanting to do it badly enough. We also have a lot of colleges and resource programs. Whether it’s from a doctor to being a zoologist, your jobs can vary largely.

So…What’s your favorite color? Well that too, is your choice. Along with your appetite, job, friends, and how you live, color is something you choose on your own. So as I’ve said before, America is all about choices. And that’s who makes you who you are.

So if you make the choice like many others to live in America I can assure you it will be a good one. Our choices made every day will impact you in every which way so if you make a good one, like to live in America, all will be good.

Ashleigh Sampley is an eighth-grader at Mt. Vernon Middle School.