New Years
Each New Years Eve my family goes to one of cousins house and we all spend time with each other and play games and all put little hates and whistles on and wait for the ball to drop in Times Square. For New Years Eve this year I went to my cousin, Austin’s house. My mom’s side of the family was there and all their friends. I brought my friend Ashley and we hung out with my cousins. Once everyone was there we played a dice game called bunco which was really fun. When we were done playing that we all just hung out ate some snacks and then the time came and we watched the ball drop from Times Square, we all cheered with excitement as we entered the new decade. In 2009 I finished middle school and entered high school which I was very happy about. I’m also happy to leave middle school behind because I personally didn’t like middle school that much so I was glad to leave. I’m looking forward to a few things in 2010, I’m excited to go to New York in the spring and to see what this year will bring me. Usually I don’t make resolutions and if I do make any they aren’t really good ones that are promising. For this year I did make a resolution though, it is that I want to do good in school and I would like to hope that I don’t get any C’s in any of my classes. I plan on following through with my resolution by doing all my homework and studying for all my tests and do all extra credit if offered. I hope this decade is a good one.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Traditions
I would have to say that my favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are my favorite holidays because I spend so much time around my family during these holidays and I really like to spend time with my family. My mom has a brother and a sister so during Thanksgiving all of our families go up north where my grandparents live. We go Tuesday night and then Wednesday morning my mom, aunt and grandma go out all day to do some Christmas shopping. While they’re shopping my cousins and I just hang out anxiously waiting to see if we can sneak a peek at any of our Christmas presents when they come back. When Thursday comes, it’s Thanksgiving and our moms are in the kitchen all day and then we have our wonderful Thanksgiving feast.
During Christmas I also spend much of the time with my family. Christmas Eve my dad’s family comes over which is a little bigger than my moms. We all just hangout and catch up since we don’t see each other all the time. Then we all sit down and eat Christmas dinner. When we’re all done eating we sit by the Christmas tree and open our presents. After that’s over it’s pretty late so people start to leave and me and my sister leave out milk and cookies on the counter for Santa. In the morning we wake up really early, open presents and go up to my grandparents house and open up more presents. I really don’t like change so I hope my holiday traditions stay the same.
I would have to say that my favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are my favorite holidays because I spend so much time around my family during these holidays and I really like to spend time with my family. My mom has a brother and a sister so during Thanksgiving all of our families go up north where my grandparents live. We go Tuesday night and then Wednesday morning my mom, aunt and grandma go out all day to do some Christmas shopping. While they’re shopping my cousins and I just hang out anxiously waiting to see if we can sneak a peek at any of our Christmas presents when they come back. When Thursday comes, it’s Thanksgiving and our moms are in the kitchen all day and then we have our wonderful Thanksgiving feast.
During Christmas I also spend much of the time with my family. Christmas Eve my dad’s family comes over which is a little bigger than my moms. We all just hangout and catch up since we don’t see each other all the time. Then we all sit down and eat Christmas dinner. When we’re all done eating we sit by the Christmas tree and open our presents. After that’s over it’s pretty late so people start to leave and me and my sister leave out milk and cookies on the counter for Santa. In the morning we wake up really early, open presents and go up to my grandparents house and open up more presents. I really don’t like change so I hope my holiday traditions stay the same.
The Power of One
Watching The Power of One I thought was very inspiring. Usually in the past I didn’t enjoy many movies that I had watched in school but so far I’ve really like the movies we have watched in Global Ed. The Power of One would definitely be one of my favorite movies and I would recommend it to anyone who has not seen it. I find it more enjoyable to watch a movie when you know the background knowledge of it all, so I am glad we learned about South Africa before we watched it. When one of the men in prison, Geel, acted by Morgan Freeman was killed by one of the prison guards and then P.K ran over and saw him dying made me shed a tear and I had to turn my head, because it was too hard to watch. Another really hard part to watch was when Maria jumped in front of P.K. so he wouldn’t get hit in the head but she did and she died. I thought that part was hard to watch because someone had died but also because shortly before she was killed P.K. confessed his love for her. I learned that South Africa was not a safe place at all. It reminded me of the 1974 genocide in Rwanda with all the killings and Army trucks driving around. Beside all the killings it was a very good movie that I think all sorts of people would enjoy you can also learn from the film.
Watching The Power of One I thought was very inspiring. Usually in the past I didn’t enjoy many movies that I had watched in school but so far I’ve really like the movies we have watched in Global Ed. The Power of One would definitely be one of my favorite movies and I would recommend it to anyone who has not seen it. I find it more enjoyable to watch a movie when you know the background knowledge of it all, so I am glad we learned about South Africa before we watched it. When one of the men in prison, Geel, acted by Morgan Freeman was killed by one of the prison guards and then P.K ran over and saw him dying made me shed a tear and I had to turn my head, because it was too hard to watch. Another really hard part to watch was when Maria jumped in front of P.K. so he wouldn’t get hit in the head but she did and she died. I thought that part was hard to watch because someone had died but also because shortly before she was killed P.K. confessed his love for her. I learned that South Africa was not a safe place at all. It reminded me of the 1974 genocide in Rwanda with all the killings and Army trucks driving around. Beside all the killings it was a very good movie that I think all sorts of people would enjoy you can also learn from the film.
Monday, November 23, 2009
What I am Thankful for
1.) I am thankful for my family because I know I can always count on them. I know they will love me no matter just as I will love them, they will be with me through just about everything and help me through my life.
2.) I don’t know what I would do without my friends. I am so glad I have such great friends, they are people I can relate to and they help me get through my problems. One of my best friends is Ashley, she is fourteen and I have known her since I was 3, I don’t know what I would do without her. Without friends I would feel lonely, like I had to go through life all by myself.
3.) I am so thankful that I have a place to go to where I am sheltered and cant spend time with my friends and my family, my house. I can come home and be myself, spend quality time with the ones I care about and best of all, just relax.
4.) My room, I am so thanks that when I come home I have somewhere to go where I am not bothered by anyone. I can go to my room and do my homework, watch T.V., and just lay down and go to sleep. My room is one of my favorite places because it is mine and its organized the way I like it, I find myself very fortunate to have a room that I can call mine.
5.) Going to church is something I really look forward to. Its nice to know that I have a place to go to where I can share my Christianity. I like knowing that there are other people that share my beliefs and going to church makes me feel good.
6.) People cannot live without food so I am really thankful and fortunate that I can eat food whenever I please. Many people would think that food is just something that everyone has but there are people that are less fortunate and cannot even afford to buy food so I feel extremely grateful that I am able to have food.
7.) The world has a came along way dealing with transportation. Although I enjoy walking it would be very difficult to travel long ways just to see some of my family members. I am thankful that there are cars and planes to make our everyday lives much easier and so I can see my family more often.
8.) I am thankful that America is a free country and the government is fair. Most Americans just take freedom for granted but in other countries people can get killed for saying they don’t like something. Living in a free country is a wonderful way to live and I am very thankful that I live that way.
9.) I am so grateful that I am healthy, there are many serious illnesses going around this time of year. With all the sicknesses going around I have managed to stay healthy and I am very thankful for my health.
10.) I am thankful that the United States has an army, I think its very important we have an army because they help protect out country. I am very proud that we have people in our country that are brave enough to go fight in wars just so we can keep our freedom.
2.) I don’t know what I would do without my friends. I am so glad I have such great friends, they are people I can relate to and they help me get through my problems. One of my best friends is Ashley, she is fourteen and I have known her since I was 3, I don’t know what I would do without her. Without friends I would feel lonely, like I had to go through life all by myself.
3.) I am so thankful that I have a place to go to where I am sheltered and cant spend time with my friends and my family, my house. I can come home and be myself, spend quality time with the ones I care about and best of all, just relax.
4.) My room, I am so thanks that when I come home I have somewhere to go where I am not bothered by anyone. I can go to my room and do my homework, watch T.V., and just lay down and go to sleep. My room is one of my favorite places because it is mine and its organized the way I like it, I find myself very fortunate to have a room that I can call mine.
5.) Going to church is something I really look forward to. Its nice to know that I have a place to go to where I can share my Christianity. I like knowing that there are other people that share my beliefs and going to church makes me feel good.
6.) People cannot live without food so I am really thankful and fortunate that I can eat food whenever I please. Many people would think that food is just something that everyone has but there are people that are less fortunate and cannot even afford to buy food so I feel extremely grateful that I am able to have food.
7.) The world has a came along way dealing with transportation. Although I enjoy walking it would be very difficult to travel long ways just to see some of my family members. I am thankful that there are cars and planes to make our everyday lives much easier and so I can see my family more often.
8.) I am thankful that America is a free country and the government is fair. Most Americans just take freedom for granted but in other countries people can get killed for saying they don’t like something. Living in a free country is a wonderful way to live and I am very thankful that I live that way.
9.) I am so grateful that I am healthy, there are many serious illnesses going around this time of year. With all the sicknesses going around I have managed to stay healthy and I am very thankful for my health.
10.) I am thankful that the United States has an army, I think its very important we have an army because they help protect out country. I am very proud that we have people in our country that are brave enough to go fight in wars just so we can keep our freedom.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Kayla Plater
1ST hr.
Bullets, Headlines, Highlights
Some old friends and some new friends. My friends aren’t really “new” and “old” just some of my friends I have had longer, like my friends Jackie, Hanna, Amanda, Jake and Blake. Some of my friends that I have recently became friends with are Peter and Matt, but over all there all my friends.
Some SHS activities that I have attended are the freshmen, JV and varsity football games and Invisible Children. After I attended Invisible Children I went to night on the field which went along with it, I liked all the activities and I hope I attend many more to come.
One of my scariest moments was on the first day of school when I was sure I was going to get lost and not make it to my classes. I was so nervous, I had no idea what to do but it was funny because I didn’t get lost and I made it to all of my classes, I was so worried for nothing.
I wouldn’t really say that I have a hardest class, but the tests for Mrs. Bergeski and Mrs. Sebok really stump me. I do have and easiest class, it would be art fundamentals with Mr. McMillan, it is also one of my more fun classes because we just get to color and paint all hour.
Some of the faces that have been seen in the news lately are Barack Obama because he is the president and he also won the Nobel Peace Prize, also Hillary Clinton, we have been seeing a lot of her face lately because she is the secretary of state and she is meeting with Russia’s president.
Some interesting new words that I like to use are conniption and aloof. I learned the word aloof in Mrs. Van Horn’s class, it was one of our vocabulary words, I just liked the way it sounded and conniption which means a hysterical fit, I also like how it sounds and I think it sounds much better then stop having a fit.
My first cultural event was going to Invisible Children at Stevenson in the auditorium, I watched a video and listen to some speakers then talk about what we just watched. What I watched was a video made by college students who went to Uganda in Africa and found the horrible sight of child soldiers and many people being mistreated.
October 24 is the day of Stevenson’s homecoming this year, I am very excited about my first homecoming. Everyone always says how fun they are so I am looking forward to it. I am just going with a few friends, but it should still be really fun.
I don’t really have that much advice for new incoming freshmen, but I will say that you shouldn’t get so nervous and everyone says high school is really hard. Another thing is the school seems confusing at first but it’s not hard to navigate your way through it all, you should just have fun throughout the years.
What I’m looking forward to is getting to go to all the fun events in the future, like the football games and more homecomings. I’m also looking forward to meeting new people because it’s just fun to get to know more people.
Some achievements I have made are making it to high school every day so far and getting to all of my classes. I was so worried that I would get lost and thought that high school was so much different, it’s different than middle school a little bit but it’s not a huge, drastic difference. I am happy that I am doing well in high school so far.
I would have to say the top five current events right now would be that Iran is failing to approve the UN nuclear deal, the suicide bomber who killed eight people outside of the Pakistan military complex, Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Hillary Clinton meeting with Russia’s president and the H1N1 shot is finally available to the United States.
A really popular song in 2009 was “circus” by Britney Spears. I think it was so popular because for a while Britney was in the news but all for bad things she had done wrong, so it was like her comeback. Almost on every radio station that you would turn it to you would hear the song “circus”. I am glad the she came back with such a good and popular song.
For the most popular movie I would say the movie “Twilight” because for so long kids had read the series of “Twilight” and then they finally came out with a movie. I saw the movie and I thought it was a wonderful movie, but many of the people who read the book said the book was much better.
Fads and trends of 2009 were some skinny jeans like from in the 80’s when everyone always wore skinny jeans, I think the older styles are starting to come back, and personally I like most of the styles that are showing up.
I have heard a lot of gossip and rumors about how the world is going to end in 2012, some people really do believe that that is when the world is going to end just because that’s when the myan calendar ends, but I personally don’t believe that just one random day on December 21 the world will just end, I think it’s all just talk.
1ST hr.
Bullets, Headlines, Highlights
Some old friends and some new friends. My friends aren’t really “new” and “old” just some of my friends I have had longer, like my friends Jackie, Hanna, Amanda, Jake and Blake. Some of my friends that I have recently became friends with are Peter and Matt, but over all there all my friends.
Some SHS activities that I have attended are the freshmen, JV and varsity football games and Invisible Children. After I attended Invisible Children I went to night on the field which went along with it, I liked all the activities and I hope I attend many more to come.
One of my scariest moments was on the first day of school when I was sure I was going to get lost and not make it to my classes. I was so nervous, I had no idea what to do but it was funny because I didn’t get lost and I made it to all of my classes, I was so worried for nothing.
I wouldn’t really say that I have a hardest class, but the tests for Mrs. Bergeski and Mrs. Sebok really stump me. I do have and easiest class, it would be art fundamentals with Mr. McMillan, it is also one of my more fun classes because we just get to color and paint all hour.
Some of the faces that have been seen in the news lately are Barack Obama because he is the president and he also won the Nobel Peace Prize, also Hillary Clinton, we have been seeing a lot of her face lately because she is the secretary of state and she is meeting with Russia’s president.
Some interesting new words that I like to use are conniption and aloof. I learned the word aloof in Mrs. Van Horn’s class, it was one of our vocabulary words, I just liked the way it sounded and conniption which means a hysterical fit, I also like how it sounds and I think it sounds much better then stop having a fit.
My first cultural event was going to Invisible Children at Stevenson in the auditorium, I watched a video and listen to some speakers then talk about what we just watched. What I watched was a video made by college students who went to Uganda in Africa and found the horrible sight of child soldiers and many people being mistreated.
October 24 is the day of Stevenson’s homecoming this year, I am very excited about my first homecoming. Everyone always says how fun they are so I am looking forward to it. I am just going with a few friends, but it should still be really fun.
I don’t really have that much advice for new incoming freshmen, but I will say that you shouldn’t get so nervous and everyone says high school is really hard. Another thing is the school seems confusing at first but it’s not hard to navigate your way through it all, you should just have fun throughout the years.
What I’m looking forward to is getting to go to all the fun events in the future, like the football games and more homecomings. I’m also looking forward to meeting new people because it’s just fun to get to know more people.
Some achievements I have made are making it to high school every day so far and getting to all of my classes. I was so worried that I would get lost and thought that high school was so much different, it’s different than middle school a little bit but it’s not a huge, drastic difference. I am happy that I am doing well in high school so far.
I would have to say the top five current events right now would be that Iran is failing to approve the UN nuclear deal, the suicide bomber who killed eight people outside of the Pakistan military complex, Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Hillary Clinton meeting with Russia’s president and the H1N1 shot is finally available to the United States.
A really popular song in 2009 was “circus” by Britney Spears. I think it was so popular because for a while Britney was in the news but all for bad things she had done wrong, so it was like her comeback. Almost on every radio station that you would turn it to you would hear the song “circus”. I am glad the she came back with such a good and popular song.
For the most popular movie I would say the movie “Twilight” because for so long kids had read the series of “Twilight” and then they finally came out with a movie. I saw the movie and I thought it was a wonderful movie, but many of the people who read the book said the book was much better.
Fads and trends of 2009 were some skinny jeans like from in the 80’s when everyone always wore skinny jeans, I think the older styles are starting to come back, and personally I like most of the styles that are showing up.
I have heard a lot of gossip and rumors about how the world is going to end in 2012, some people really do believe that that is when the world is going to end just because that’s when the myan calendar ends, but I personally don’t believe that just one random day on December 21 the world will just end, I think it’s all just talk.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Culture
Culture, Culture, Culture
Culture in America might be a little different from the culture in China or Antarctica. The average family size in America is 3.19 and 9.8% families are in poverty not even including just the individuals in poverty. There are still many fun and happy things that go on in America like freedom, but there are also a lot of holidays like Easter, it’s a Christian holiday, the meaning behind it is when they believe Jesus rose from the dead. The children die Easter eggs all sorts of colors and then the “Easter Bunny” hides them. On Easter Sunday children wake up and usually go to church, in the morning they go in search for their Easter basket and their colored Easter eggs that he “Easter Bunny” brought while they were asleep. On July 4th many people wear red, white and blue, there are many parties and lots of fireworks celebrating the countries birthday, when we gained our independence. In the fall every October 31st is Halloween American children dress up in any costume they choose and go from door to door around the neighborhoods saying “Trick or Treat” and getting candy in return. There’s also thanksgiving which is when the Native Americans and pioneer settlers came to peace, on thanksgiving Americans usually spend time with their family and eat a large feast. Another Christian holiday is Christmas, Jesus’ birthday, December 25th family’s get a pine tree and put it in their house, the decorate it with ornaments and lights and then when the children wake up they would find presents under the tree from “Santa Claus”. There are many more fun holidays but there are also some holidays in remembrance of some of the horrible things that happened to our country like Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7th, on December 7th 1941 the Japanese surprise attacked the military base in Hawaii killing many people and starting the World War Two. Another horrible time in American history was September 11th, 2001 on this day terrorists hijacked four planes, they destroyed the world trade center, damaged the pentagon and killed more than three thousand people, that day will forever be remembered.
My culture is pretty much an average American family, I live with my mom, dad, brother and sister. We celebrate Halloween, Easter and Christmas and many more, we celebrate our birthdays and we usually have cake and ice cream and get some presents from your family and friends celebrating your life. Some things my family likes to do for fun is going up north to Brimley and Gladwin where our family’s cottages are. We enjoy to spend time with our family and friends and we are very fond of having celebrations and all getting together to celebrate all the holidays. In my family we agree that school is very important and helps you succeed in life so my siblings and I try to take school seriously. Some things that I and other American teenagers do are just be with our friends and do whatever. My culture might be different from some other cultures just as I view other cultures different or weird, but there is no right or wrong way of culture it just makes us all who we are today.
Culture in America might be a little different from the culture in China or Antarctica. The average family size in America is 3.19 and 9.8% families are in poverty not even including just the individuals in poverty. There are still many fun and happy things that go on in America like freedom, but there are also a lot of holidays like Easter, it’s a Christian holiday, the meaning behind it is when they believe Jesus rose from the dead. The children die Easter eggs all sorts of colors and then the “Easter Bunny” hides them. On Easter Sunday children wake up and usually go to church, in the morning they go in search for their Easter basket and their colored Easter eggs that he “Easter Bunny” brought while they were asleep. On July 4th many people wear red, white and blue, there are many parties and lots of fireworks celebrating the countries birthday, when we gained our independence. In the fall every October 31st is Halloween American children dress up in any costume they choose and go from door to door around the neighborhoods saying “Trick or Treat” and getting candy in return. There’s also thanksgiving which is when the Native Americans and pioneer settlers came to peace, on thanksgiving Americans usually spend time with their family and eat a large feast. Another Christian holiday is Christmas, Jesus’ birthday, December 25th family’s get a pine tree and put it in their house, the decorate it with ornaments and lights and then when the children wake up they would find presents under the tree from “Santa Claus”. There are many more fun holidays but there are also some holidays in remembrance of some of the horrible things that happened to our country like Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7th, on December 7th 1941 the Japanese surprise attacked the military base in Hawaii killing many people and starting the World War Two. Another horrible time in American history was September 11th, 2001 on this day terrorists hijacked four planes, they destroyed the world trade center, damaged the pentagon and killed more than three thousand people, that day will forever be remembered.
My culture is pretty much an average American family, I live with my mom, dad, brother and sister. We celebrate Halloween, Easter and Christmas and many more, we celebrate our birthdays and we usually have cake and ice cream and get some presents from your family and friends celebrating your life. Some things my family likes to do for fun is going up north to Brimley and Gladwin where our family’s cottages are. We enjoy to spend time with our family and friends and we are very fond of having celebrations and all getting together to celebrate all the holidays. In my family we agree that school is very important and helps you succeed in life so my siblings and I try to take school seriously. Some things that I and other American teenagers do are just be with our friends and do whatever. My culture might be different from some other cultures just as I view other cultures different or weird, but there is no right or wrong way of culture it just makes us all who we are today.
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