High School, In A Nutshell

I am in 10th Grade, or in other words, I am a sophomore in High School. I go to a program that allows high schoolers to take college classes at the same time as high school classes. I am currently in an advanced math class compared to my peers, it is a college course, and currently, my only college class. I am in regular classes other than that, and am also taking Spanish 2. In High School there is a great capacity for struggles, yet an even larger capacity for accomplishments, in order to succeed at the incredible task, you have to have an incredible amount of goals to achieve.

I have had many struggles with school. I have no motivation for school stuff, which mostly stems from a mixture of boredom, and hatred of authority (at least those who misuse it.) I also always forget the homework I receive. I always convince myself I will remember it with my brain, but it is a LIE. I get distracted by the rest of the day, and forget what it was about, I usually remember there was homework, I just do not remember what it was. I have issues with orders, because it seems like I an being forced to respect someone else, when they do not respect me enough to ask, or even explain why most of the time. It takes the same amount of time to ask, and it is incredibly rude not to ask or explain why. When

I have had academic accomplishments too. When I was in 1st Grade I was the only 1st grader so I was taught 2nd Grade material for my schools ease. I skipped 2nd Grade as a result. Recently I had a 3.1 gpa for last semester. I haven't accomplished that much else recently, due to my aforementioned struggles.

I have many aspirations for my academic future. I would like to get all A's and B's for my next quarter. By all A's and B's, I mean all A's and one B (English probably) I would also like to learn how to remember what my homework is. I would do much better if I remembered my homework. I would also like to have more fun this semester because part of why I did badly is that I was so bored. I think if I have more fun I will be more motivated to do this sort of thing at home.

No one is perfect, and neither am I, I have my struggles, and my accomplishments. I acknowledge my faults and resolve to change them, I will make my faults into strengths, or work around them. In the end I can only say this, school is a veritable breeding ground for accomplishments and struggles, and tiny goals are what make it possible.

In thick or thin. (whichever is the bad one)

In disasters many people throw aside the safety of themselves to save others lives. But I think most would not. When we look at the news and see people saving lives, it is like seeing your neighbors lawn, all we see are the blades of grass, the good people risking their lives, but we don't see the dirt, the people who ran, who could not help, or decided it was not worth it. I believe there are too many bad, selfish people to think most people would help. I think about a third of people would help.

Portal with Newton

If I could do anything with any person, alive or dead, I would play the portal series with Sir Isaac Newton. I think it would be both hilarious watching him fuss with the controls at first, wondering what the Xbox controller was, getting him acclimated to playing with a controller. It would be awesome to see him struggle to understand what the portals are, then trying to explain it would be a pain (but totally worth it.) He could play by himself and I would silently laugh my butt off watching him play. Then enjoy playing co-op portal with him, working together to kick Glados' butt out this universe. We would talk about Apertures (openings or pOrtals.) And then, if we could do another, we would watch Pacific Rim, because it is like they took that movie premise out of my subconscious and then added a cherry on top.

If I could live anywhere.

If I could live anywhere I would live on the International Space Station. I would live there because everything up there is just beautiful. I could stare out the window at the cosmos for hours and then stare out a different window at Earth. I could go on spacewalks. I could fix telescopes and satellites in my spacesuit. I could operate robots with a computer. I could work with giant humanoid robots. I could mess around with the robots. I could research the effects of low gravity on animals, chemicals, even fire. I could research the cosmos. I could sleep whenever I like. I could eat whatever I’d like. I could Skype my friends and family. I could play catch with an astronaut as the ball. I could float around the place like a balloon. I could chase floating M&M’s and catch them in my mouth. I could do anything. 

Terry Pratchett, an excellent review, by Anakin Ligman

My favorite author is hands down Terry Pratchett, he is an excellent satirist, (in other words, he makes fun of things) he is incredibly creative, and great with words. When i was introduced to his writing with the book Hogswatch, I fell in love with his writing, I laughed the whole time I read, in fact my mom yelled at me because I was reading until 3 in the morning. Of all his books, I really enjoy the Discworld series, which is technically 39 books. The Discworld Series is a set of smaller series on a world called Discworld, a spinning disc on the back of four elephants on the back of a giant sea turtle that swims through space. My favorite series is the Samuel Vimes series, and my favorite book of this is Night Watch. Samuel Vimes' wife is about to go in labor and Vimes, the head of City Watch, chases a serial killer named Carcer to the top of the University, and a lightning strike hits the Library, causing the immense magic to send the both of them 30 years to the past, where he takes the place of his mentor in the City Watch, on the day of the Revolution of Ankh-Morpork. He goes to the wizards to send him back home, but before he can contact them he is sent to jail by the younger him. He has to protect his younger self, survive the revolution and get home before his wife has his child, did I mention that Carcer is there and is determined to stop him.

What if money were no object (after apple picking is the poem i reference)

Everyone has dreams, something they want to do in life more than anything, but a lot of people don’t go through with it and follow their dreams. But what if money was no object? If money was no object, what would people do with their lives? I like to think that life would be different and people would follow their dreams, but that’s malarkey, a lot of life would be the same, except power is what people strive for (which is what people want now anyways) because money and power are both too ingrained as something that is more important than anything for them to just be thrown out. Some things would never get done, because no one wants to do it and without money as an incentive, no one would do it, nobody likes fixing the sewers or being a garbage man and no one will do it. After Apple Picking is a poem about regrets, sadness, and death, and Robert Frost conveys these emotions through the use of symbolism.

            In his poem Frost uses symbolism to help the reader understand what will happen if you don’t do what you want and live your life creating regrets. Frost says in his poem, “And there’s a barrel I didn’t fill/ beside it and there maybe two or three/ apples I didn’t pick upon some bough.” (3-4-5) In this the apples symbolize chances, chances he didn’t take but probably should have. It goes along with the theme of regrets in that he is sad that he didn’t take the chances those apples symbolize. But if these chances are ruined, what will happen?

            The poem is all about chances and which ones haven’t been taken or ruined. Frost states, “No matter if bruised or spiked with stubble/ went surely to the cider heap/ as of no worth.” (34-35-36) In these lines he means, even if it isn’t ruined or there is even a chance to take it again, it is worthless for him. These chances are gone, even if they aren’t really.

            This poem is all about the road not taken (other Frost reference FTW) and how your life is when you dwell on your regrets, and he uses symbolism to convey the emotions that arise. It is important to understand the message of Frost’s poem so that you know not to have regrets in life because it haunts your dreams, ruins your waking day. If money wasn’t an object I’d do the same thing I plan to now, become an astronaut and research the effects of low gravity on things.

Regrets? Psh! Not From This Guy!

If I could change one thing in my life that has happened, I would change whatever gave me the choice to change things in my past. I do not need to change anything that has happened in my life, nor do I want to. I am the way I am because of every event in my life, and it has been a pretty good one so far and I like the way my life is going. So I would not change anything, because if I am not happy with my past, I am not happy about your life. Life is too long nowadays to spend the whole time regretting things, so I would not change a thing. My life is good and I can acknowledge that because of the adversity I have faced, and it is why I am here now. Without anything bad in life it is impossible to feel the goodness in it, and this is a FACT! So I would not change a single thing, even if I could.