Today I Read 10/30/12

Today I read an article called "BCS lawsuit suspended", by ESPN.com. The article was talking about how a Utah attorney has a potential lawsuit against the BCS for an illegal monopoly. The suit has been plotted for the past three years by Mark Shurtleff, but has never been filed. The lawsuit is about how the BCS is damaging some schools making them lose millions of dollars such as Utah and Boise State. Shurtleff is leaving the office at the end of the year and says there isn't enough evidence to file it yet. He said I'll pass the case onto the next attorney and one day it will be filed and the BCS will be charged.

sentence analysis shame

1) "I never learned hate at home, or shame.” Sentence pattern 4 is the closest to it, but it is incorrectly punctuated because "shame" isn't an independent clause. The sentence focuses on hate and shame. The comma + shame shows more emphasis on shame. It foreshadows the shadow of the story and that it will focus on shame.

2)“She’d walk down my street, and my brothers and sisters would yell, ‘Here comes Helene,” and I’d rub my tennis sneakers on the back of my pants and wish my hair wasn’t so nappy and the white folks’ shirt fit me better.” This is sentence pattern 9 because of the quotes. This sentence gives us the picture that Richard is the wealthiest kid and that he doesn't get the nicest stuff. It also gives us a better understanding about how Richard wishes he had things that he no matter what can't get because of his circumstances.

3)“And she had a daddy, and he had a good job." This is sentence pattern 4 because before and after the comma are independent clause. The writer uses this sentence because it shows that Helene has what Richards wants. It is written in that settle, but almost depressing mood showing how he feels.

4)“The idiot’s seat, the troublemaker’s seat.” Sentence pattern 5 is the closest but neither part of the sentences is really independent. This sentence is used to describe how Richard believes that society looks at him.

Journal 10/18/12

I believe that the message of the story was never give up. I think this because the girl in the story wrote a story and even though her father told her not to do it and shut her done, her mom encouraged her not to give up. Before that when she was just writing the story her mom told don't give up you know you can do this and helped her out.

Narrative Essay

-->                 My name is Chandler and I have selected to interview my father, Michael about his time growing up. I am 16 years old and a junior in High school that is highly involved in sports. I have chosen to interview my dad because out of all my family members he is the most interesting.
           He was born in Taiwan and moved to the US when he was the age 6. He grew up in Plain View, Utah. He graduated High School from Weber High with his 4.0 GPA. He wasn't involved in many extra curricular things and focused more on work and school. When he was 16 years old, he got his first real job as janitor at plain view Elementary school. His favorite movie growing up was Star Wars, because it was the first movie with all the special effects and it was one of the first movies that he saw on a big screen. When he was younger he always dreamed of being a pediatrician, he always enjoyed kids and knew that the job could provide for a family.
         My dad is the oldest of three children in his family, with a younger half-brother and younger half-sister. His father left him at a young age and only recently have the reconnected. His mother got remarried and that's when she had two more kids but they are distantly younger than him. He doesn't know a lot of his family other than the immediate ones because they still currently live in Taiwan. The closest family member to him would have to be his Grandmother. Luckily, my mom's family is very accepting and as basically adopted him into their lives and the family.
           Growing up, he struggled, when he first moved to America he knew zero English and had to learn the language while in school. Not only did he not know the language, but he was also the only non-Caucasian in his school making it easy to be made fun of. He struggled even through High School making it hard to enjoy anything from his youth. When he was 19 years old, he served a mission for the Church of Later-day saints that changed his life. On his mission, he truly found out who he was and had a better understanding of life itself. He also refers to the fact that the struggles of his youth make him the person he is today.
           Another topic that he talked about is how things have changed since he was a child. One thing that he emphasized strongly was the media. It bewilders him how as a nation we just allow the vulgar language and can curse on cable TV. Not just only that, but also how there was no Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and any other social networking site. When he was a teenager he said, "I would always get in trouble for using the house phone connected to the wall". This was a problem for him because it was the only phone they had so they had to share, not just that, but also they weren't that wealthy and that costed a lot of money. He also brought up the point about how children have changed since he was once one himself. "They don't embrace work like they used to" he said. Also the opportunity for them to be involved in sports is much greater, with now having Jv's and freshman teams.
             Interviewing my dad taught me that everyone has struggles and there are ways to get past them. He went through a lot having moved here from a foreign country and having his father leave him. Now I understand why he works so hard and makes sure that we kids have a good childhood.
           

Today I read 10/18/12

Today I read an article called "Tim Tebow might play RB" By ESPN.com. The article was talking about how The Jets are low in running backs due to injuries and potentially could use Tebow. Tebow the Jets official backup quarterback already has wildcat plays designed for him to run the ball. With no back up running backs it leads everyone to the question whether or not Tebow could be playing back there. My personal opinion is that I think he may see some time back there but not as much as people are hoping for. I 100% believe that he should be switched to there full time, he has the body type and the skills for the position.

        I ended up watching the game and he did get a little running back time. Frankly in my opinion towards the end they should have kept him there and could have potentially

won the game! With all there backups injured and with there starter getting hit hard Tebow was their best option. Even the news reporters were surprised about how little they were using him, with just a little wildcat he only had 3 carries. If the rest of the RB squad doesn't get healthy by next weeks game I don't know what other options they have. Hopefully the Jets figure things out and become effective with the resources that they have.

part of narrative

                My name is Chandler and I have selected to interview my father, Michael about his time growing up. I am 16 years old and a junior at (OUR)  High school that is highly involved in sports. I choose to interview my dad because out of all my family members I have the closest relationship with him and share most my experiences with him. Not only that but he shares interesting Experiences having moved from a foreign country

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Journal 10/10/12

        The oldest person that I remember in my family would have to be my great grandmother. She is in her mid 90's and lives in the same house. I don't know much about her childhood, but there are somethings that I do remember. I do remember that she grew up in Utah and that when she was younger she would play with the horses that lived on the ranch next door. She also went through world war 2, but she doesn't really like to talk about that. Yes she is the oldest person that I know, but the truth is I just don't know a ton about her.

Who I Am

             My mission in life is to be as successful as I can, by reaching my full potential in everything that I do. I don't believe in starting something and then cutting it short and quitting. I believe that I am a very generous person and I care about others and their success. Im not one of those people that is going to change just because someone wants me to, I am who I am and I wont change for anyone. In the honest truth though if you asked someone else who I am it would be difficult for them to say. I don't think i've been alive long enough to truly impact people to know the real person that I am. Yes I am 16, but half of my life I just did what ever my parents told me to do and lived my life through them. When I can look back in life and name off all of the experiences that make me the person I am thats when I will know who I am.

My first kiss went a little like this

       I was in the first grade just a young one, Still chasing girls around the playground but at the same time still believed in cooties. It was a grey sky type of day I woke up that morning knowing something was a little fishy about the day. I got ready for school, same old routine, walked out the door and down my long driveway waiting for the bus. As I stood there waiting for my bus with my lunch box in one hand I looked up in the sky and once again got that funny feeling. I got onto the bus and sat in my normal seat by myself like usual. We get to the next bus stop and here comes this new girl, and what does she do, seats down right next to me. Of course she does at first I didn't think much about it until she tried to talk to me, thats when things went downhill. Obviously being the gentlemen I am at age 7 I respond to her and start a little conversation. Now before I continue don't get me wrong this girl was drop dead gorgeous, prettiest girl I've ever seen. We start really getting into the conversation, it was getting intense, to intense for a little kid like me. Then it happened, she got on top of me and starting sucking my face!! I quickly pushed her off and almost started gagging, the kid across the aisle starting full on barfing! Yeah she was pretty and all but everyone knows that girls have cooties! For the rest of that long bus ride to school we sat silently with a stench of fish sticks in the air. I never saw that girl again, I’m very thankful for that because I don’t know what I would do with myself if I saw her again.

This is what I learned today-9/28/12

           Today I read an article "Officials get standing ovation" on the ESPN website by the associated press. The article was talking about how the refs had made an agreement and ended the lockout. They also talked about how the refs had made better decisions then the replacement refs and that none of the calls were wrongly given. A little before the game had started between the Ravens and the Browns, the officials got a standing ovation by the entire stadium. Ray Lewis, Ravens leading linebacker, before the game came up to one of the officials and gave him a hug saying "glad to have you back".
           I personally am overwhelmed with joy that the officials are back, They have the most experience and they are confident in the decisions that they make. They deserved a standing ovation, numerous amounts of calls affected games that were made by the replacement officials. Obviously fans are still going to boo and hate on calls, but that's part of what makes the game so great.