Perseverance

I think perseverance is when you just have to get through something or never give up. I am on the Cross Country team and what I've learned about the sport is that you never give up. You have to persevere. If you stop you place terribly and your times are bad too. An example of perseverance I think is the movie "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" when Timothy was at his first soccer practice he continually missed kicking the ball. Timothy stood back up smiling and the coach asked him why he was. Timothy's exact words were "I can only get better". A quote I prefer to use though to describe perseverance is "Fall seven times, Stand up eight." from a Japanese proverb. It just means you may fall but that doesn't mean you should stay down

Me at Sandy Valley Invitational in 2011

Cheating

I think cheating is wrong anyway you look at it. Although, I think there is a certain type of cheating that really isn't cheating. If you and a group are working on a paper together, I think it's unfair to say that's cheating because if you have the same research and your honestly working together it should be the teachers fault for not believing you. Also some teachers lets the class cheat and then say you cheat another time and they don't like it or lower your grade. It's sort of hypocritical.

My fears?...

Me personally? I 'm afraid of roller coasters, heights, driving with angry people, deep water (so heights again), and hurting myself. I guess statistics are just that. We don't have to follow them. For some, their fears have a deep meaning only they know (they also might not even know) or for others they could just be following a crowd or have a typical fear like spiders or heights ( :p ). Some of my fears are rational I guess. most aren't though. Fears are just a lot of "what if"s". Like my fear of driving with angry people and hurting myself, I always tell myself that I could do this in this situation and another in this situation but when it comes down to it, i'm afraid i'll just blank out and I don't want anything to happen to me or anyone I was with. Roller coasters and deep water I think coincides with what I just said before. My fear of heights? I don't really know that came from but when i'm really high up I feel really nervous and I can't breath. I don't really think a lot of fears are rational. Unless you know that spider is poison, the itsy bitsy spider isn't gonna kill you. I don't think anything deserves our fear it's just natural human behavior.

What makes me laugh...

What makes me me laugh are my friends and You Tube. When I feel down, me and my friends don't know anything else to do but joke around. When i'm just in really happy mood or i don't want to speak to anyone, You Tube videos like Miranda sings makes me laugh so hard i'm on the floor.

If i were a leaf...

I would feel pretty upset because I would start dying soon. I think i'd feel better knowing that the wind would take me away somewhere or getting swept up into a big leaf pile.

memory bottle

(I'm actually in here... towards the right middle)

I would bottle up the memory of when I went to my first ALIVE concert. It would smell like the fair (so with fries, smoothies, and chicken) and rain. I had the best time with my friends from my church. We got there we set up tents, played in the lake, went to seminars, but most of all, the concerts. We had a great time being ourselves and danced like no one was watching, which is funny because hundreds of people probably were watching. It rained but we didn’t care we ran all around and splashed in puddles and we got Mowie Wowies, a smoothie (there really good!). I camped all week and I’ve never done that before. When I open that bottle I expect to be drenched in fair fries and rain.

Derivatives

Derivatives are the the same base word and changing the suffix making it different parts of speech. (Ex. "play" played, playing, player, and plays.)

- We were supposed to run together but, my friend went running without me.
- The teacher told us to write about how writing has been influenced throughout the years
- I love to sing because singing has always been in my life.
- I hate walking slow when i know i can walk faster.
- My friend signed her name on a public sign

The A,B,C's of Theater

audition

become the role
come prepared
don't be afraid to look stupid
exagerate
find who you really are
give it your all
have fun
if your not having fun, your doing it wrong
just be ordinary

keep trying if at first you don't succeed
learn to get along with the other actors
memorize your part
never say you can't do it
open to the possibilities
practice, practice, practice!
quiting is not an option
reach for the stars
sing from the heart
there are no small parts
unaccountable people should not commit in the first place
variety of accents and costumes
wield the wand of creativity
exit reality
you can never stop in a scene... improvise
zap your words onto the audience