Sometimes we must travel a great length
other times its right in front of us
some think there's not such a thing
but it's only in you
to make the decision
on whether you
want to have
happy
times.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
3rd Quarter ORB Review
Third Quarter Outside Reading Book Review
Peter Maravich by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill. Tyndale House Publishers, 2006. Genre: Biography
Pete Maravich, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players and people to ever live on planet Earth. Pete grew up in Pennsylvania and went to high school in South Carolina where he got his nickname "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He went to college at LSU where he played basketball under varsity coach Press Maravich, Pete's father. Therer he scored over 3,000 points in just his sophmore, junior, and senior year making a 44.2 college career average, still the NCAA record for highest college career average. He went on to play professional basketball for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, and finishing his career with the Boston Celtics. In 1980 Pete retired from the game of basketball due to frustration in the game and a knee injury he suffered from the 1978 season. After he retired he went recluse for 2 years in search of the meaning of life and what to do with his life. He found what he was looking for in christianity. "I want to be remembered as a christian man not a basketball player." quote by Pete himself. In 1988 Pete was playing a pick-up game with a church group and seconds after telling a friend "i feel fine" he dropped dead. His death was due to a cardiac faliure. He died at age 40.
"Outstanding research on Pete Maravich and his life" by Bill Balton. "Pete was the originall. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever" by Pat Riley. "He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena" by Larry Bird.
It's kinda hard to explain what the writing style is becasue what the book is about is just Pete's life. They aren't interpreting it in their own way they are just finding quotes other people said and writing about what they research. They didn't put in any opinions or anything like that. But one thing about the writing style is that it is very informative.
"Dr. James Dobson wrote in his 1995 book Life on the Edge. He was the Michael Jordan or the Magic Johnson of his day" (pg. 384). What this quote shows is that the authors of this book researched a lot of different things to find quotes from people and multiple books on Pete's life and what people thought and how they thought of him as a player and as a person outside the game.
Peter Maravich by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill. Tyndale House Publishers, 2006. Genre: Biography
Pete Maravich, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players and people to ever live on planet Earth. Pete grew up in Pennsylvania and went to high school in South Carolina where he got his nickname "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He went to college at LSU where he played basketball under varsity coach Press Maravich, Pete's father. Therer he scored over 3,000 points in just his sophmore, junior, and senior year making a 44.2 college career average, still the NCAA record for highest college career average. He went on to play professional basketball for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, and finishing his career with the Boston Celtics. In 1980 Pete retired from the game of basketball due to frustration in the game and a knee injury he suffered from the 1978 season. After he retired he went recluse for 2 years in search of the meaning of life and what to do with his life. He found what he was looking for in christianity. "I want to be remembered as a christian man not a basketball player." quote by Pete himself. In 1988 Pete was playing a pick-up game with a church group and seconds after telling a friend "i feel fine" he dropped dead. His death was due to a cardiac faliure. He died at age 40.
"Outstanding research on Pete Maravich and his life" by Bill Balton. "Pete was the originall. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever" by Pat Riley. "He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena" by Larry Bird.
It's kinda hard to explain what the writing style is becasue what the book is about is just Pete's life. They aren't interpreting it in their own way they are just finding quotes other people said and writing about what they research. They didn't put in any opinions or anything like that. But one thing about the writing style is that it is very informative.
"Dr. James Dobson wrote in his 1995 book Life on the Edge. He was the Michael Jordan or the Magic Johnson of his day" (pg. 384). What this quote shows is that the authors of this book researched a lot of different things to find quotes from people and multiple books on Pete's life and what people thought and how they thought of him as a player and as a person outside the game.
Pete Maravich is my 2nd all time favorite basketball player. This is due to his struggles and his hard work and dedication to the game of basketball and how he lived his life. I also am a huge fan of what they theme of the story is, which is to try the hardest you can, and all ways work and never give up, because with hard work and dedication nothing can hold you back to reaching your goals and anything you could ever want in the world. That is why i love Pete Maravich and this book because it is living proof that you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to if you just work at it.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Will this decision turnout good or bad?
People make millions of trillions of decisions in their entire life, and for every action or decision they make they will have to face a reaction. Now that reaction could be good, bad, neutral, or have no affect on you because some of your actions affect people that you don’t even know. Like when your on the pitchers mound at a baseball game, you have a decision, you could throw a fastball having the ball move faster is harder to hit, but if he does hit it, it’s gonna go far because for every action we make there is an equal and opposite reaction. Now in the book The Old Man and the Sea a fisherman named Santiago is trying to catch this big marlin. He makes some choices that ultimately decide his fate for him.
The first decision that Santiago made that ultimately sealed his fat to a poor life was his decision to become a fisherman in Cuba. "he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches..." (pg. 24). A fisherman’s life can be very hard. There are many thing to be cautious about when becoming a fisherman and having to go out a sea almost every day, like being killed by the fish your catching, being eaten by sharks, being stranded out a sea, and sinking. The old man new all of these risks but still wanted to become a fisherman for it was a peaceful life and it made him happy. Santiago’s decision to become a fisherman led to him becoming a poor fisherman and in his later years having no luck to catch fish and supply food for even his own life.
The next decision that Santiago chose to make was denying the boy of coming out to sea with him. "No. Go and play baseball. I can still and Rogelion will throw the net." (pg. 12). Fishing in general is hard not to mention put an old man up against a thousand pound marlin and the conclusion does not look good for the old man. The old man could have used the boy for so many things. The boy could have helped keep the other lines steady, could have given food and water to Santiago and could have helped Santiago club at sharks when they were ripping off chunks of the marlin with their sharp teeth. The boy would have also made the mood of the situation more soothing, peaceful, and less lonely. Because the old man was arrogant and refused the boy’s help he lost the fish and later would be regretful of his silly decision.
The third decision that Santiago made was going out to sea very unprepared. "You should have brought many things, he thought." (pg. 110). When you go out fishing in any oceans especially when you are going out far or have the possibility of going out far you will have a good chance that you will sea sharks, and if you have a thousand pound dead bleeding marlin hanging to the side of your boat with blood spilling out into the water there is a 10x greater chance of seeing sharks attack your catch. Santiago's sloopy and careless behavior made himself unprepared when the multiple of sharks came for his fish that he spent days catching.
The fourth decision that Santiago made was letting the big marlin carry his little boat out so far into the Atlantic Ocean. "I went out too far."(pg. 120). The old man caught the huge marlin and then after a while it started pulling Santiago further and further out into the huge Atlantic Ocean. What Santiago also did was cut the three other lines he had. With that he couldn't cut the line with the marlin attached or he knew it would be impossible to bring anything home. So because he decided to cut the other lines and let the fish bring him so far out he put himself in a great danger zone and also that he couldn't catch anything other than that marlin. And in that danger zone he would have to fight creatures he was not prepared to fight, because the marlin brought him out further into a threatening enviornment.
In conclusion the old man made some decisions that ultimately decided what he chances and what road he was going down. Becoming a fisherman lead him down a path of poverty and starvation. Refusing the boy's help provided him with no help or support out at sea. Going out unprepared let things take advantage of him because he didn't have the tools to fight what he was up against. And letting the marlin bring him far out at sea took him far away from any help and in a place full of dangerous fish.
The first decision that Santiago made that ultimately sealed his fat to a poor life was his decision to become a fisherman in Cuba. "he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches..." (pg. 24). A fisherman’s life can be very hard. There are many thing to be cautious about when becoming a fisherman and having to go out a sea almost every day, like being killed by the fish your catching, being eaten by sharks, being stranded out a sea, and sinking. The old man new all of these risks but still wanted to become a fisherman for it was a peaceful life and it made him happy. Santiago’s decision to become a fisherman led to him becoming a poor fisherman and in his later years having no luck to catch fish and supply food for even his own life.
The next decision that Santiago chose to make was denying the boy of coming out to sea with him. "No. Go and play baseball. I can still and Rogelion will throw the net." (pg. 12). Fishing in general is hard not to mention put an old man up against a thousand pound marlin and the conclusion does not look good for the old man. The old man could have used the boy for so many things. The boy could have helped keep the other lines steady, could have given food and water to Santiago and could have helped Santiago club at sharks when they were ripping off chunks of the marlin with their sharp teeth. The boy would have also made the mood of the situation more soothing, peaceful, and less lonely. Because the old man was arrogant and refused the boy’s help he lost the fish and later would be regretful of his silly decision.
The third decision that Santiago made was going out to sea very unprepared. "You should have brought many things, he thought." (pg. 110). When you go out fishing in any oceans especially when you are going out far or have the possibility of going out far you will have a good chance that you will sea sharks, and if you have a thousand pound dead bleeding marlin hanging to the side of your boat with blood spilling out into the water there is a 10x greater chance of seeing sharks attack your catch. Santiago's sloopy and careless behavior made himself unprepared when the multiple of sharks came for his fish that he spent days catching.
The fourth decision that Santiago made was letting the big marlin carry his little boat out so far into the Atlantic Ocean. "I went out too far."(pg. 120). The old man caught the huge marlin and then after a while it started pulling Santiago further and further out into the huge Atlantic Ocean. What Santiago also did was cut the three other lines he had. With that he couldn't cut the line with the marlin attached or he knew it would be impossible to bring anything home. So because he decided to cut the other lines and let the fish bring him so far out he put himself in a great danger zone and also that he couldn't catch anything other than that marlin. And in that danger zone he would have to fight creatures he was not prepared to fight, because the marlin brought him out further into a threatening enviornment.
In conclusion the old man made some decisions that ultimately decided what he chances and what road he was going down. Becoming a fisherman lead him down a path of poverty and starvation. Refusing the boy's help provided him with no help or support out at sea. Going out unprepared let things take advantage of him because he didn't have the tools to fight what he was up against. And letting the marlin bring him far out at sea took him far away from any help and in a place full of dangerous fish.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
An Unforgettable Act
"The ball is spiraling through the air, flying over the 30dy, the 20y, the 10 Ben (wide receiver) dives through the air and catches it for the win! 33-30 the Lions win with 1 second left in the game. Zack Rogers throws a tremendous pass to Ben Grant in the end zone for the win and a spot in the 2009 Super Bowl game," Ted Neman Channel 69 sports reporter.
In the locker room you couldn’t hear yourself think with all the elated players excited for the upcoming super bowl game. Every player saw the coach stand on the bench and raise and everyone quieted down because they all revered him and wanted to hear what he had to say. The head coach announced that tonight’s game ball goes to Zack the leader this team needed to pull the team together. And also that Zack is a paragon that everyone should follow to become better players and people. The coach left the locker room and into the coach’s office along with his assistants. John, another starting senior, stood up on the bench and announced that tonight there would be a party at his house in celebration for their amazing game today, and for their first ever super bowl game.
There had to be 40 people at the party, which wasn’t a problem because John had a prodigious house. Along with those 40 people were two kegs which when combined with myriad immature teenagers’ equals’ trouble. So it was about one in the morning and Zack was drunk out of his mind. Somehow he remembered that he had to go to church in seven hours with his family. So he left his drunken friends and walked to his car. He stood in front of his door for a moment and wondered if he should drive or walk home. He then came to a conclusion that he had just won his playoff game, was going to his first super bowl as starting quarterback, and has a loving, beautiful girlfriend and he was infallable. So he hopped in his car and started off down the block for his home. He turned the music on very loud and started head banging to the song. The car hit a speed bump and became wanton. Then there was a loud crashing sound and shrieks from people rushing out of their houses. Zack blacked out.
Zack woke up the next day around four thirty. He looked around then noticed that he was in an arm and leg cast and a neck brace. He looked to his right in pain and noticed his mom sitting by his side crying. When he gave a look of pain on his face his mother told him to turn back it’ll be more comfortable. Zack used the controller to make the bed sit up and then asked his mom what happened? His mom then went through the painful process of telling Zack that while he was drunk he swerved off the road onto the sidewalk where he ran over a 13 year old boy walking home, and then crashed into a tree and became unconscious. Zack just stared off at his mom in disbelief.
"I ran over a 13 year old boy," asked Zack?
"Yes, honey." (sniffle, sniffle) told his mom.
"Is he ok," asked Zack?
"He’s alive, if you want you can go see him, his room is down the hall." explained his mom.
Zack got in a wheelchair the nurse brought for him and rolled down the hall to this boy’s room. When Zack got there he saw the boy sitting in a wheelchair to, next to the window watching some people ride by on their bicycles. Zack knocked on the door and the boy turned around. Zack started asking if the boy knew who he was. The boy shook his head, no. So Zack told him his name and asked for the boy’s name, which was Tommy. Zack then asked what happened to Tommy. Tommy answered with," Some dickweed drunk ran me over with his car last night and paralyzed me from my waist down. Zack then started to cry, Tommy asked why, and Zack finally told Tommy that he was the one who ran over Tommy and paralyzed him. Tommy, acrimony, then yelled for Zack to leave, and in doing so brought Tommy’s older brother Joe of 18 years old out from the hallway and said if Zack didn’t leave he would have casts on both legs and arms. So Zack got in his wheelchair and cried while rolling down the hallway back to his room.
The next day Zack again went down to Tommy’s room and begged for forgiveness and said that once he was out of his casts he would do anything and everything to help Tommy with his new disability, like going to physical therapy. Tommy rebuffed Zack’s offer and told him he that he did an incorrigible act and he never wanted to see Zack’s dirty scumbag face again and would never accept help from a stupid, drunk, irresponsible teenager, and loathed him. Zack rolled off back to his room not going to try a third time for forgiveness. Later that day Zack’s coach stopped in, Zack told him he was sorry he couldn’t play, but he would be right on the sidelines cheering the team to victory. Then Zack’s coach dropped a bomb on Zack and told him he was kicked off the team and would be stripped of all the records you have broken. Zack asked why, Zack’s coach responded that he not only paralyzed a boy for life but he also was caught under the influence and violated the coach’s agreement. Zack’s coach walked out off the room saying sorry Zack you made a choice to drink and another to drink and drive you must now face your consequences. Zack the next day got a call from his girlfriend saying she was breaking up with him because of everything that has happened, and she quickly hung up.
A doleful Zack felt like shit his life was ruined he was so morose he didn’t want to live anymore. So he found a knife used for food and slit his left wrist open to chasten himself. Blood started squirting out everywhere. Tommy was rolling by and saw this then yelled for nurses and doctors. Zack woke up the next day with Tommy by his side and asked Tommy if he was in heaven. Tommy laughed and in a sanguine tone said," No, but can I still take you up on that offer to help me through physical therapy?"
In the locker room you couldn’t hear yourself think with all the elated players excited for the upcoming super bowl game. Every player saw the coach stand on the bench and raise and everyone quieted down because they all revered him and wanted to hear what he had to say. The head coach announced that tonight’s game ball goes to Zack the leader this team needed to pull the team together. And also that Zack is a paragon that everyone should follow to become better players and people. The coach left the locker room and into the coach’s office along with his assistants. John, another starting senior, stood up on the bench and announced that tonight there would be a party at his house in celebration for their amazing game today, and for their first ever super bowl game.
There had to be 40 people at the party, which wasn’t a problem because John had a prodigious house. Along with those 40 people were two kegs which when combined with myriad immature teenagers’ equals’ trouble. So it was about one in the morning and Zack was drunk out of his mind. Somehow he remembered that he had to go to church in seven hours with his family. So he left his drunken friends and walked to his car. He stood in front of his door for a moment and wondered if he should drive or walk home. He then came to a conclusion that he had just won his playoff game, was going to his first super bowl as starting quarterback, and has a loving, beautiful girlfriend and he was infallable. So he hopped in his car and started off down the block for his home. He turned the music on very loud and started head banging to the song. The car hit a speed bump and became wanton. Then there was a loud crashing sound and shrieks from people rushing out of their houses. Zack blacked out.
Zack woke up the next day around four thirty. He looked around then noticed that he was in an arm and leg cast and a neck brace. He looked to his right in pain and noticed his mom sitting by his side crying. When he gave a look of pain on his face his mother told him to turn back it’ll be more comfortable. Zack used the controller to make the bed sit up and then asked his mom what happened? His mom then went through the painful process of telling Zack that while he was drunk he swerved off the road onto the sidewalk where he ran over a 13 year old boy walking home, and then crashed into a tree and became unconscious. Zack just stared off at his mom in disbelief.
"I ran over a 13 year old boy," asked Zack?
"Yes, honey." (sniffle, sniffle) told his mom.
"Is he ok," asked Zack?
"He’s alive, if you want you can go see him, his room is down the hall." explained his mom.
Zack got in a wheelchair the nurse brought for him and rolled down the hall to this boy’s room. When Zack got there he saw the boy sitting in a wheelchair to, next to the window watching some people ride by on their bicycles. Zack knocked on the door and the boy turned around. Zack started asking if the boy knew who he was. The boy shook his head, no. So Zack told him his name and asked for the boy’s name, which was Tommy. Zack then asked what happened to Tommy. Tommy answered with," Some dickweed drunk ran me over with his car last night and paralyzed me from my waist down. Zack then started to cry, Tommy asked why, and Zack finally told Tommy that he was the one who ran over Tommy and paralyzed him. Tommy, acrimony, then yelled for Zack to leave, and in doing so brought Tommy’s older brother Joe of 18 years old out from the hallway and said if Zack didn’t leave he would have casts on both legs and arms. So Zack got in his wheelchair and cried while rolling down the hallway back to his room.
The next day Zack again went down to Tommy’s room and begged for forgiveness and said that once he was out of his casts he would do anything and everything to help Tommy with his new disability, like going to physical therapy. Tommy rebuffed Zack’s offer and told him he that he did an incorrigible act and he never wanted to see Zack’s dirty scumbag face again and would never accept help from a stupid, drunk, irresponsible teenager, and loathed him. Zack rolled off back to his room not going to try a third time for forgiveness. Later that day Zack’s coach stopped in, Zack told him he was sorry he couldn’t play, but he would be right on the sidelines cheering the team to victory. Then Zack’s coach dropped a bomb on Zack and told him he was kicked off the team and would be stripped of all the records you have broken. Zack asked why, Zack’s coach responded that he not only paralyzed a boy for life but he also was caught under the influence and violated the coach’s agreement. Zack’s coach walked out off the room saying sorry Zack you made a choice to drink and another to drink and drive you must now face your consequences. Zack the next day got a call from his girlfriend saying she was breaking up with him because of everything that has happened, and she quickly hung up.
A doleful Zack felt like shit his life was ruined he was so morose he didn’t want to live anymore. So he found a knife used for food and slit his left wrist open to chasten himself. Blood started squirting out everywhere. Tommy was rolling by and saw this then yelled for nurses and doctors. Zack woke up the next day with Tommy by his side and asked Tommy if he was in heaven. Tommy laughed and in a sanguine tone said," No, but can I still take you up on that offer to help me through physical therapy?"
Sunday, January 24, 2010
A Rude Awakening
Sean O’Connor
B-G
Accel English 9
Short Story Rough Draft
“The ball is spiraling through the air, flying over the 30dy, the 20y, the 10 Ben (wide receiver) dives through the air and catches it for the win! 33-30 the Lions win with 1 second left in the game. Zack Rogers throws a tremendous pass to Ben Grant in the end zone for the win and a spot in the 2009 Super Bowl game.” Reports Ted Neman Channel 69 sports reporter.
In the locker room you couldn’t hear yourself think with all the yelling in joy and excitement the upcoming super bowl game. The head coach quieted everyone down and announced that tonight’s game ball goes to Zack the leader this team needed to pull the team together. And also that Zack is the leader that is going to lead this team to the school’s first super bowl win ever. The coach left the locker room and into the coach’s office along with his assistants. John, another starting senior, stood up on the bench and announced that tonight there would be a party at his house in celebration for their amazing game today, and for their first ever super bowl game.
There had to be 40 people at the party, which wasn’t a problem because John had a big house. Along with those 40 people were two kegs which when combined with immature teenagers’ equals’ trouble. So it was about one in the morning and Zack was drunk out of his mind. Somehow he remembered that he had to go to church in seven hours with his family. So he left his drunken friends and walked to his car. He stood in front of his door for a moment and wondered if he should drive or walk home. He then came to a conclusion that he had just won his playoff game, was going to his first super bowl as starting quarterback, and has a loving, beautiful girlfriend and nothing bad was going to happen to him. So he hopped in his car and started off down the block for his home. He turned the music on very loud and started head banging to the song. Then there was a loud crashing sound and shrieks from people rushing out of their houses. Zack then blacked out.
Zack woke up the next day around four thirty. He looked around then noticed that he was in an arm and leg cast and a neck brace. He looked to his right in pain and noticed his mom sitting by his side crying. When he gave a look of pain on his face his mother told him to turn back it’ll be more comfortable. Zack used the controller to make the bed sit up and then asked his mom what happened? His mom then went through the painful process of telling Zack that while he was drunk he swerved off the road onto the sidewalk where he ran over a 13 year old boy walking home, and then crashed into a tree and became unconscious. Zack just stared off at his mom in disbelief.
“I ran over a kid, a 13 year old boy?” asked Zack.
“Yes, honey.” (sniffle, sniffle) told his mom.
“Is he ok, is he even alive.” asked Zack.
“He’s alive, if you want you can go see him, his room is down the hall.” explained his mom.
Zack got in a wheelchair the nurse brought for him and rolled down the hall to this boy’s room. When Zack got there he saw the boy sitting in a wheelchair to, next to the window watching some people ride by on their bicycles. Zack knocked on the door and the boy turned around. Zack started asking if the boy knew who he was. The boy shook his head, no. So Zack told him his name and asked for the boy’s name, which was Tommy. Zack then asked what happened to Tommy. Tommy answered with,” Some duckweed drunk ran me over with his car last night and paralyzed me from my waist down. Zack then started to cry, Tommy asked why, and Zack finally told Tommy that he was the one who ran over Tommy and paralyzed him. Tommy then yelled for Zack to leave, and in doing so brought Tommy’s older brother Joe of 18 years old out from the hallway and said if Zack didn’t leave he would have casts on both legs and arms. So Zack got in his wheelchair and cried while rolling down the hallway back to his room.
The next day Zack again went down to Tommy’s room and begged for forgiveness and said that once he was out of his casts he would do anything and everything to help Tommy with his new disability, like going to physical therapy. Tommy told him he never wanted to see Zack’s dirty scumbag face again and would never accept help from a stupid, drunk, irresponsible teenager. Zack rolled off back to his room not going to try a third time for forgiveness. Later that day Zack’s coach stopped in, Zack told him he was sorry he couldn’t play, but he would be right on the sidelines cheering the team to victory. Then Zack’s coach dropped a bomb on Zack and told him he was kicked off the team and would be stripped of all the records you have broken. Zack asked why, Zack’s coach responded that he not only paralyzed a boy for life but he also was caught under the influence and violated the coach’s agreement. Zack’s coach walked out off the room saying sorry Zack you made a choice to drink and another to drink and drive you must now face your consequences. Zack the next day got a call from his girlfriend saying she was breaking up with him because of everything that has happened, and she quickly hung up.
Zack felt like shit his life was ruined he was so depressed he didn’t want to live anymore. So he found a knife used for food and slit his left wrist open. Blood started squirting out everywhere. Tommy was rolling by and saw this then yelled for nurses and doctors. Zack woke up the next day with Tommy by his side and asked Tommy if he was in heaven. Tommy laughed and said,” No, but can I still take you up on that offer to help me through physical therapy?”
B-G
Accel English 9
Short Story Rough Draft
“The ball is spiraling through the air, flying over the 30dy, the 20y, the 10 Ben (wide receiver) dives through the air and catches it for the win! 33-30 the Lions win with 1 second left in the game. Zack Rogers throws a tremendous pass to Ben Grant in the end zone for the win and a spot in the 2009 Super Bowl game.” Reports Ted Neman Channel 69 sports reporter.
In the locker room you couldn’t hear yourself think with all the yelling in joy and excitement the upcoming super bowl game. The head coach quieted everyone down and announced that tonight’s game ball goes to Zack the leader this team needed to pull the team together. And also that Zack is the leader that is going to lead this team to the school’s first super bowl win ever. The coach left the locker room and into the coach’s office along with his assistants. John, another starting senior, stood up on the bench and announced that tonight there would be a party at his house in celebration for their amazing game today, and for their first ever super bowl game.
There had to be 40 people at the party, which wasn’t a problem because John had a big house. Along with those 40 people were two kegs which when combined with immature teenagers’ equals’ trouble. So it was about one in the morning and Zack was drunk out of his mind. Somehow he remembered that he had to go to church in seven hours with his family. So he left his drunken friends and walked to his car. He stood in front of his door for a moment and wondered if he should drive or walk home. He then came to a conclusion that he had just won his playoff game, was going to his first super bowl as starting quarterback, and has a loving, beautiful girlfriend and nothing bad was going to happen to him. So he hopped in his car and started off down the block for his home. He turned the music on very loud and started head banging to the song. Then there was a loud crashing sound and shrieks from people rushing out of their houses. Zack then blacked out.
Zack woke up the next day around four thirty. He looked around then noticed that he was in an arm and leg cast and a neck brace. He looked to his right in pain and noticed his mom sitting by his side crying. When he gave a look of pain on his face his mother told him to turn back it’ll be more comfortable. Zack used the controller to make the bed sit up and then asked his mom what happened? His mom then went through the painful process of telling Zack that while he was drunk he swerved off the road onto the sidewalk where he ran over a 13 year old boy walking home, and then crashed into a tree and became unconscious. Zack just stared off at his mom in disbelief.
“I ran over a kid, a 13 year old boy?” asked Zack.
“Yes, honey.” (sniffle, sniffle) told his mom.
“Is he ok, is he even alive.” asked Zack.
“He’s alive, if you want you can go see him, his room is down the hall.” explained his mom.
Zack got in a wheelchair the nurse brought for him and rolled down the hall to this boy’s room. When Zack got there he saw the boy sitting in a wheelchair to, next to the window watching some people ride by on their bicycles. Zack knocked on the door and the boy turned around. Zack started asking if the boy knew who he was. The boy shook his head, no. So Zack told him his name and asked for the boy’s name, which was Tommy. Zack then asked what happened to Tommy. Tommy answered with,” Some duckweed drunk ran me over with his car last night and paralyzed me from my waist down. Zack then started to cry, Tommy asked why, and Zack finally told Tommy that he was the one who ran over Tommy and paralyzed him. Tommy then yelled for Zack to leave, and in doing so brought Tommy’s older brother Joe of 18 years old out from the hallway and said if Zack didn’t leave he would have casts on both legs and arms. So Zack got in his wheelchair and cried while rolling down the hallway back to his room.
The next day Zack again went down to Tommy’s room and begged for forgiveness and said that once he was out of his casts he would do anything and everything to help Tommy with his new disability, like going to physical therapy. Tommy told him he never wanted to see Zack’s dirty scumbag face again and would never accept help from a stupid, drunk, irresponsible teenager. Zack rolled off back to his room not going to try a third time for forgiveness. Later that day Zack’s coach stopped in, Zack told him he was sorry he couldn’t play, but he would be right on the sidelines cheering the team to victory. Then Zack’s coach dropped a bomb on Zack and told him he was kicked off the team and would be stripped of all the records you have broken. Zack asked why, Zack’s coach responded that he not only paralyzed a boy for life but he also was caught under the influence and violated the coach’s agreement. Zack’s coach walked out off the room saying sorry Zack you made a choice to drink and another to drink and drive you must now face your consequences. Zack the next day got a call from his girlfriend saying she was breaking up with him because of everything that has happened, and she quickly hung up.
Zack felt like shit his life was ruined he was so depressed he didn’t want to live anymore. So he found a knife used for food and slit his left wrist open. Blood started squirting out everywhere. Tommy was rolling by and saw this then yelled for nurses and doctors. Zack woke up the next day with Tommy by his side and asked Tommy if he was in heaven. Tommy laughed and said,” No, but can I still take you up on that offer to help me through physical therapy?”
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Communication or Adrenalin Rush
I am supposed to start this paragraph off by telling you what I think value is. But to me value is a word thrown around from person to person stating one person’s idea about something another person has thought of or had done. When people say something has value, it is up to the creator to accept or reject that person’s criticism. To me the only person who should decide whether something you made has value is yourself. Because people in this world can have so many things that could change their prospective on what you did like race, religion, relationships, so you can’t trust anyone other than yourself. So value is what you make of it and no one else should change your decision.
It is Friday, during school I can think about is the game this afternoon. Minutes seem like hours and as the time passes my mind thinks of winning. Throughout the day I question myself on how good the other team is going to be. Are they fast, strong, tough, soft, weak, slow? All these questions and more zoom through my head. Finally I hear the bell ring and it’s the end of school time to get to the locker room and change for our battle against the other team. As I walk from Ms. Cross’ class I meet up with some of my fellow freshman brothers (team mates) and we walk through the thick doors to the locker room. The smell in the air is of sweat and smelly shoes. I walk over to my lockers, put in the combinations and slid my locks off. Push up on the handle and pull the door open. I take out my pants, jockstrap, and girdle first. Take off my pants and shoes, and put on my girdle then my jockstrap, and lastly my pants. I throw my game jersey on without my shoulder pads, grab my cleats, shoulder pads, and helmet and go into the school’s back gym. When I sit against the wall my mind wonders off into a calm environment. Everything around me disappears and my mind gets set on what’s going to happen later on. I visualize myself running the ball on a 221 guard trap or a 825 belly, breaking through a couple of guys on the other team and running in the open for a touchdown. Then Coach Lafortune and Coach Sabbs walk into the room, the place goes quiet as we listen for instruction. As we go through role call I hear my fellow players anxious and ready for what is in store. Next we head up to the field where we warm up for our fight to win. As soon as I walk onto the field my heart rate speeds up, my adrenalin starts pumping, and I realize that it is in fact " game time."
I wake up turn to my desk and press the off button on my phones alarm clock. It is five thirty am. And my phone has just woken me up to start my school day. I own a black LGTU720 or commonly known as the LG Shine. It is covered with black thin metal and a glass screen that also works as a mirror. It slides up to show the dial numbers/ alphabet for texting, and also has a joystick to move left, right, up, down, and diagonal. It does so much for me like lets me communicate in different ways to friends and family. Lets me listen to music, play games, take photos, and videos. Without my cell phone it would be very hard to live my life. I am constantly away from home so it I need a ride or just to say what’s up then I use my cell phone. Not to mention that it is convenient if I’m not at someone’s house. So it has many uses which is why it is so valuable to me. That and the fact that I spent one hundred and fifty dollars on it, which I hated to spend, but I was in need of a new cell phone that wasn’t from 2000 (just kidding my other phone I had before was like from 2007 and I got the Shine in late 2008 early 2009).
So if I had to choose which was more valuable, the feeling I have on a freshman football game day or my cell phone, I would have to choose the feeling on a Friday football game. I mean don’t get me wrong I love my cell phone and I wouldn’t be able to function without it, but I barley got to tell you the feeling I feel on Friday freshman football games because it is an indescribable feeling that runs through my body and it makes me feel happy, intense, ready, excited, etc... all together. One last thing I would like to leave you readers with is that probably in every accession I would pick the priceless moment because you can buy more things that expensive things and make them the same value as another priced item, but at least for me it was hard to find a priceless moment in my mind because a lot of times priceless moments are hard to come by. At least that’s what I think, but who really cares what I think anyway right?
It is Friday, during school I can think about is the game this afternoon. Minutes seem like hours and as the time passes my mind thinks of winning. Throughout the day I question myself on how good the other team is going to be. Are they fast, strong, tough, soft, weak, slow? All these questions and more zoom through my head. Finally I hear the bell ring and it’s the end of school time to get to the locker room and change for our battle against the other team. As I walk from Ms. Cross’ class I meet up with some of my fellow freshman brothers (team mates) and we walk through the thick doors to the locker room. The smell in the air is of sweat and smelly shoes. I walk over to my lockers, put in the combinations and slid my locks off. Push up on the handle and pull the door open. I take out my pants, jockstrap, and girdle first. Take off my pants and shoes, and put on my girdle then my jockstrap, and lastly my pants. I throw my game jersey on without my shoulder pads, grab my cleats, shoulder pads, and helmet and go into the school’s back gym. When I sit against the wall my mind wonders off into a calm environment. Everything around me disappears and my mind gets set on what’s going to happen later on. I visualize myself running the ball on a 221 guard trap or a 825 belly, breaking through a couple of guys on the other team and running in the open for a touchdown. Then Coach Lafortune and Coach Sabbs walk into the room, the place goes quiet as we listen for instruction. As we go through role call I hear my fellow players anxious and ready for what is in store. Next we head up to the field where we warm up for our fight to win. As soon as I walk onto the field my heart rate speeds up, my adrenalin starts pumping, and I realize that it is in fact " game time."
I wake up turn to my desk and press the off button on my phones alarm clock. It is five thirty am. And my phone has just woken me up to start my school day. I own a black LGTU720 or commonly known as the LG Shine. It is covered with black thin metal and a glass screen that also works as a mirror. It slides up to show the dial numbers/ alphabet for texting, and also has a joystick to move left, right, up, down, and diagonal. It does so much for me like lets me communicate in different ways to friends and family. Lets me listen to music, play games, take photos, and videos. Without my cell phone it would be very hard to live my life. I am constantly away from home so it I need a ride or just to say what’s up then I use my cell phone. Not to mention that it is convenient if I’m not at someone’s house. So it has many uses which is why it is so valuable to me. That and the fact that I spent one hundred and fifty dollars on it, which I hated to spend, but I was in need of a new cell phone that wasn’t from 2000 (just kidding my other phone I had before was like from 2007 and I got the Shine in late 2008 early 2009).
So if I had to choose which was more valuable, the feeling I have on a freshman football game day or my cell phone, I would have to choose the feeling on a Friday football game. I mean don’t get me wrong I love my cell phone and I wouldn’t be able to function without it, but I barley got to tell you the feeling I feel on Friday freshman football games because it is an indescribable feeling that runs through my body and it makes me feel happy, intense, ready, excited, etc... all together. One last thing I would like to leave you readers with is that probably in every accession I would pick the priceless moment because you can buy more things that expensive things and make them the same value as another priced item, but at least for me it was hard to find a priceless moment in my mind because a lot of times priceless moments are hard to come by. At least that’s what I think, but who really cares what I think anyway right?
Sunday, October 4, 2009
First Quarter Outside Reading Book
First Quarter Outside Reading Book
Trouble Comes Back by Keith Snyder. Walker Publishing,1999. Genre: Suspense Fiction
Trouble Comes Back is the third installment of the life of Jason Keltner. The story is about three young men named Jason Keltner, Robert Goldstein, and Martin Altamarino who help out rock star Dwight Copper. In return Copper lets them take care of his daughter Donna , who became fond of Robert. They soon find out that there is a kidnaping threat and Lissa Court, Copper’s ex-wife is a suspect. Then later in the story Donna gets kidnaped and the Kidnaper want Lissa to pay him/her one million dollars for her return. After Lissa pays, Jason hires a loan shark to find and kill the kidnaper, who they later find out is Martin’s mom’s ex-boyfriend Ed. The story ends with Jason living in a beach house in Southern California with his new girlfriend he met when investigating Lissa in New York City. The setting of the story is mostly in Southern California, but also goes to New York for a short period of time.
"An amusing mystery.... It’s always a good idea for an author to keep the action slightly ahead of the reader, and that’s how Snyder operates during most of this entertaining high-tech tale." -Los Angeles Times , reads the book jacket.
Trouble Comes Back show the three main character Robert, Jason, and Martin a little older now and starting to settle down until Martin asks for help. This book is similar as two earlier books in the series Show Control and Coffin’s Got the Dead Guy on the Inside as it too follows Jason and his friends in crime-solving mysteries. CSI, NCIS, and The Mentalist are all crime-solving, mystery show that remind me of this book with kidnaping, drugs, vulgar vocabulary, and murder.
"The gray door opened in and the iron security door swung out and Lissa Court shot straight at Jason. Her nails came up and raked his forearms as he raised them to protect his face."
"You f**k!" she screamed. "You goddamn f**k!"
" He didn’t have a reaction ready, so he just kept his arms up and blocked her reasonably well. Frannie the makeup lady, standing in the doorway, dropped her tackle box and hurried after Lissa." (166)
After reading this book I really want to read the first two and the fourth installment he Snyder wrote. I would like to read one of his books not in the series to see what other kinds of writing he writes. I think I really liked the topic of this book because I am a huge fan of crime and mystery books so I had a fun time reading this book. Also another thing I liked about this book is that it kept me guessing which I liked and which made me want to read on.
Trouble Comes Back by Keith Snyder. Walker Publishing,1999. Genre: Suspense Fiction
Trouble Comes Back is the third installment of the life of Jason Keltner. The story is about three young men named Jason Keltner, Robert Goldstein, and Martin Altamarino who help out rock star Dwight Copper. In return Copper lets them take care of his daughter Donna , who became fond of Robert. They soon find out that there is a kidnaping threat and Lissa Court, Copper’s ex-wife is a suspect. Then later in the story Donna gets kidnaped and the Kidnaper want Lissa to pay him/her one million dollars for her return. After Lissa pays, Jason hires a loan shark to find and kill the kidnaper, who they later find out is Martin’s mom’s ex-boyfriend Ed. The story ends with Jason living in a beach house in Southern California with his new girlfriend he met when investigating Lissa in New York City. The setting of the story is mostly in Southern California, but also goes to New York for a short period of time.
"An amusing mystery.... It’s always a good idea for an author to keep the action slightly ahead of the reader, and that’s how Snyder operates during most of this entertaining high-tech tale." -Los Angeles Times , reads the book jacket.
Trouble Comes Back show the three main character Robert, Jason, and Martin a little older now and starting to settle down until Martin asks for help. This book is similar as two earlier books in the series Show Control and Coffin’s Got the Dead Guy on the Inside as it too follows Jason and his friends in crime-solving mysteries. CSI, NCIS, and The Mentalist are all crime-solving, mystery show that remind me of this book with kidnaping, drugs, vulgar vocabulary, and murder.
"The gray door opened in and the iron security door swung out and Lissa Court shot straight at Jason. Her nails came up and raked his forearms as he raised them to protect his face."
"You f**k!" she screamed. "You goddamn f**k!"
" He didn’t have a reaction ready, so he just kept his arms up and blocked her reasonably well. Frannie the makeup lady, standing in the doorway, dropped her tackle box and hurried after Lissa." (166)
After reading this book I really want to read the first two and the fourth installment he Snyder wrote. I would like to read one of his books not in the series to see what other kinds of writing he writes. I think I really liked the topic of this book because I am a huge fan of crime and mystery books so I had a fun time reading this book. Also another thing I liked about this book is that it kept me guessing which I liked and which made me want to read on.
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