Assignment #9

If I were to look back on my high school years and had chosen to do something different I would have focused more on my school work early on and learned how to study so I didn't have to go through the trouble that I did trying to memorize things for tests. I didn't need to study in elementary school so I never really bothered to learn how to prepare for tests and review notes. I realize now in my last year of high school that if I had taken the time and had gotten help with this my grades would match my intelligence.

Poetry- My Thought Poem

Thoughts

I'm really nervous for this soccer season. I hope to score a goal in my first game. If I work hard I believe I can do it.

Whenever I see homeschooled children they always have backpacks. I don't see the point in this at all. If they don't have to cart around their books, why on earth do they need a backpack?

Sometimes I wished all my friends lived in the same area. It would be so convenient to see one another more often. When I think about our world though I guess it is one area, but it's far too wide to feel a closer connection to friends who live so far away.

I think it'd be really cool to grow up during the 60's and 70's like my parents. Everything seemed so cool and new. Nowadays everything is the same old and not much is exciting. Back then new and helpful gadgets were just being invented. I feel if I could choose an era to be born in I'd choose back then for sure.

My favourite show at the moment is Mike & Molly. They're so cute and the dialogue in the show is very funny. I think it's so cute that people fall in love. I can't wait until the future when I am able to meet that special someone for me.

Assignment #7

Watching the music video for "Hello World" by Lady Antebellum, I found really sad and at some parts it made me cry. My thoughts on the song were similar to the scenes portrayed in the video but then at other times they were different. Everyone has their own ideas and opinions on how they see things laid out. I feel that certain songs or lyrics should be acted out but not all of them. I think having your own interpretation to the song and then seeing someone else's helps you stay open-minded to others thoughts and makes you realize that you shouldn't shut down other people's views on things just because they're different from your own. I feel that if you act out music it helps display the message and the emotion to the words to give you a deeper meaning and a better connection to the song. Depending on the type of music, but I think in a way all music is used for at least one person's own escape whether it be the artist or the person listening. Music can help us uplift our spirits or help us realize that our actions are good or bad. Having music in one's life is a great thing because it let's us know that we aren't the only one's going through that particular scenario, that someone else is feeling the same thoughts that you are.

Assignment #6

For Spring break this year my volleyball team went to Hawaii. We fund-raised all year by doing bottle drives, car washes, barbecues, and etc. We had a lot of fun hiking, playing beach volleyball, shopping, and spending time with one another. It was a great trip and I'm glad we were able to go.
I chose this picture because during this trip I spent a lot of time with my good friend Simmy. This is a photo of us just before diving under the water snorkeling to see all the fishes in the coral. It was a neat experience and I'm glad I was able to share it with her. She was terrified of the fish swimming beneath her and we weren't allowed to step on the coral so it was a bit difficult at first. We were trying so hard to not do anything to hurt the fish that we occasionally forgot to breathe. When this happens you freak out and try to breathe through your mouth, by doing this you inhale so much salt water. It was pretty gross.
After trying our best to not give up, we eventually gave in and sat on the beach building sandcastles with a 3 yr old. As we built the sandcastle random chickens and roosters walked along the beach going through people's things. It was very different to see them just chilling on the beach.
I'm so glad we were able to take this trip together with a wonderful group of girls. It was a lot of fun and I hope one day we can take a trip like this again. It was a neat experience and it was a great way to spend my Spring-break.

Assignment #5

I feel that the scholars who have termed “teen-speak” are parents who have a kid that doesn’t communicate the way they used to. With our modern technology expressing one’s feelings has been a lot easier. Although, what may be said is taken out of context I believe that it’s the modern way of writing poems or letters in a journal. What I mean by this is that a long time ago, teens in Shakespearean times and in our parents’ day if they had a problem they wrote it down in their journal. Things were kept secret. With new technologies, teens have become more open to speaking their mind. Facebook newsfeeds are being filled with teens filling up the page with statuses of angst, happiness, and inside jokes. With the ability to speak “freely” teens are more into speaking out to their parents and teachers.

After reading Ben McIntyre’s article I agree with the fellow people who were quoted in it. Over many years groups of all ages have personalized their own way of speaking with others their age. It’s like having an inside joke with your peers. New slang terms arise from songs and moments that happen in life. A long time ago there may not have been as many slang terms, but that could be due to the fact that people hardly traveled or if they wrote a letter discussing the new word that they`d heard, it would have been months old. I feel that all of the modern technologies that we have now like, flying help people spread one slang-term in a part of the world to another.

When people type in slang while texting it can have its good points. When you need to tell someone information quick you can text it short and they can receive it faster. I`m pretty sure that by going to school a person has the right to learn how to spell properly, if they chose not to do so then the blame on modern technology shouldn`t exist. Nowadays if a word is used enough times, then it can be added to the dictionary. I think that there are bigger things in life to worry about such as poverty in all countries, abuse, and famine. If scholars are spending their time discussing the use of “teen-speak” then there is something seriously wrong with our nation. As long as the teens don’t use this new form of speak in an actual job, then I think we will all manage just fine.

Assignment #4

Once I graduate from OSS I plan on taking a year off to work and save my money. During this year that I take off, I plan to move out of this town and decide what I want to do career-wise. I'm really undecided about what I will do in the future so I hope that by the end of the year I will have an idea of what interests me. I want to find a job that I will love, that I won't dislike later on in life. I'm interested in working with small children, or interior design. My goal for myself in the next fourteen months or so I will have figured out what I would like to go to school for.

Assignment #3

If I were to choose the Grammy's Winner for album of the Year, I think I would choose Lady Gaga's- The Fame Monster. I would have chosen this album over the rest because the whole album is done very well. Almost all of the songs have been played numerous times on the radio and have been stuck in our heads consistently. I think this album was very well produced and would be very deserving of the Grammy. The voice, acoustics and lyrics to Gaga's CD is created with an exotic flair that is the right kind of CD to come out at this time. Her music is adored by kids, teens, and adults which is an amazing feat to do with someone so quirky and unique as herself. She is able to write lyrics that can take us out of the time we're in and get us smiling and dancing around. Some of her music videos are a little crazy, but being like she is, she's able to show kids and others to get rid of self esteem issues. She's showing them to be there self and do what they wish. If others don't like it, well then it shouldn't matter because the only person you have to please in life is yourself. As crazy as Lady Gaga is, I think she is a good, honest person with a personality that can help other people see their true selves. She would be very deserving of this award because she shows how dedicated she is to her fans by the insane concerts and outfit ideas that she comes up with. Everyone who created this album should be proud that what they added to make this album the way it is, has helped the songs be huge chart toppers.