My big paper

I learned a lot over this whole process. I now know how to write a research paper and what needs to go into it. My biggest challenge was the citing. It just felt like a waste of time but if we didn’t do it then it would be plagiarism and we could get in trouble. Over all I think that my paper was a success and I became much more knowledgeable on the situation in Africa. If I were the teacher I wouldn’t have known what to change so I guess it’s a good thing I am the student. I think it was beneficial because everyone who did a paper know knows so much about his or her topic. I think that if you liked your topic like I did then you had to of enjoyed the paper at least a little bit.

Leadership

Leadership

Last year I joined the cross-country team over in Adel. I would be on Van Meters team but it is to small to have a good team. Last year I team was a little short of being good at all. We weren’t terrible but we were bad. We never won a meet, we never got top 3, I don’t think we ever even got top 6. But that is because we had no leadership.

A lot of people think of cross-country as a individual sport. People just want to see their child succeed, and that was the case last year. The Van Meter parents cheered for the Van Meter runners and the Adel parents Cheered on the Adel runners. But this year now that we have a new coach and 2 new captains we have changed this team drastically.

This year with Collin O’Leary and myself as the co-captains, I believe that we have helped turn this Adel cross-country program into the ADM-VM cross-country team. With all the Van Meter runners who go to Adel, I would think it would be harder to fit in and get along but we do a great job of it.

The morals of this team have changed for the better not the worse. Last season we didn’t fight to win we fought to beat the other kid on the Adel team and once we did that we didn’t go after the kid that’s winning the race. But this year new competition new goals and every single runner that is on the varsity squad has beat the time that the best runner got last year. This year we are a team….. not a program.

Stranded!!

Stranded!!!

I am reading the book Lord of the Flies. It is about these boys who crashed on an island and are stranded there. The oldest one is 12 years old and the youngest is 6. Think of when you were 6. Would you be able to survive? I think it would have been impossible for me to survive. And its not only the 6 year old. I doubt I would have been able to survive at age 12 either.

I believe that it would be very challenging to be jack in the story. He is the oldest and the most right for the being the leader. Ralph on the other hand is the most liked and seams to me like the good guy. He rose to the occasion and took charge to find the rest of the boys who are stranded. He took the shell and wondered throughout the woods, which could be very dangerous.

So over all It is a really good book and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book. It might not have all of the action and adventure in the book but it is about survival and it is really hard to relate to the book other than to Ralph because he became a leader and I am team captain and that is kind of the same thing.

college??

I was talking to my mom the other day and she asked me what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and it hit me as a shock. I have no idea what I want to do when I get older. I talked to her about my options and we narrowed it down. I really enjoy watching stupid law shows and love reading mystery books but I don’t know if that’s what I want to do.

I have thought on it for a long time now and it is still really blurry. I talked to my Uncle and he Told me that I should consider the coast guard because it could help me pay for college and it could give me experience. He said it was a great job for him and he has been in it for 14 years now and he is a general. With all the experience that he has under him now he can fulfill his life goal of being a law enforcer.

But I still don’t know what I will do. There are still so many options to choose from but I still have plenty of time to decide what to major in. I still think that I have to weigh my options because it is not an easy decision. I know I am not the only person who has to decide what to in college. It is the thing I am dreading most besides actually picking a college. So have a good day and choose wisely cause you might be doing it for a living.

Homecoming Week

What is the most hectic week of the year other than the last week of the year? I would say Homecoming week. There is just so much going on and on Friday we only have half of the school day. The second half is filled with games and socializing.

We get to dress up everyday and just have a good time.

Throughout the homecoming week we all get to dress up and joke around with each other. We get to dress up as cowboys, superhero’s then we had think pink and duct tape day. The last day we can just show school sprit and wear blue and white. At the last half of the day we play games such as dodge ball, egg toss, and we play tug of war.

So over all I think that homecoming week is a blast. Especially now that I am a senior because it is the last time I will have this week. The game Friday night is going to be awesome. I really hope that we win the game!! I hope I have just as much fun for homecoming in college.

Success

I think that success is all about your own perspective. There are so many ways to explain your success or the success of others. You can measure your success by your wealth, family, or even your own happiness. I don’t think that you should judge other peoples success. It is all about your choices and goals.

I think that it is time to make your goals and pick you career after high school. So that you can go to college get a major and work towards that goal. If your goal doesn’t include going to college and you just want to jump right into your job that is completely fine too. I am a senior and I still have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life.

My idea about success is when I am old and retiring I want to look back on my life and get a sense of accomplishment. I want to feel like I made a difference in this world. When I pick a career and set my life goals, I want to have accomplished all of those goals and if I do accomplish them. Then I was successful.

Make Memories

I have been going to van meter ever sense 5^th grade and it is a great feeling to know that I am now a senior and on my last year of high school. I was very jealous of my sister 2 years ago when she was a senior, and I always told her how I wish I could get out of high school. She always told me that high school was fun and that I will love the next few years of it, I didn’t believe her. But the truth of the matter is high school is supposed to be fun.

My sister is now a sophomore in college and tells me every time she sees me how much she misses high school. I believe her too. High school and senior year is a experience that I will most likely never forget. It’s more then just school. It is a time for you to hang out with your friends and enjoy the last months you have with each other. After high school everyone goes their separate ways. They go on with their lives whether it is going to play sports or just going to college, some people might just go right into the work force.

To be honest I think that when you’re a senior, taking college classes and figuring out what you are going to do for the next few years of your life. You need to get everything in line but also just have fun and enjoy the time you have with your friends. Because senior year is the last time you will be with everyone in your class at the same time so you just need to soak it all in cause when its over all you have left are memories.