Done!!

This is my last post, and I am done! It is excited to think that I am almost done with my first semester! I have been looking back, and I have noticed everything is changing in my life. I just had my first day at my job today, and I am in a huge a dilemma. I am so indecisive on what college I still want to go to. I have so many things coming up in my life, and I feel like I do not have that much time. I mean I am a senior, and this class and all my others have flown by. I cannot wait to get started with my life! The only sad thing is I have to comment a couple more times. I think I did them wrong because I exited out before I made sure they were on there so I did not for sure. But I am going to go over just to make sure that I have enough. I am also kind of excited for our exam I think that it will be interesting to see what everyone has to say. I think if one is doing the change it will be awesome to see how they felt they changes over the year by Professor Piro. I do have to say mine has changed for the better! I have more confidence, and I see that I am making more mistakes. Next I feel that even though these blogs seem hard to force yourself to do it actually helps you. I feel like my writing has grown just through these blogs! Thanks so much for reading these blogs, and your input! Have a great rest of the year!

Other Class

I cannot believe that I am almost done with all of my classes this semeters. I really enjoyed the psychology. I find it good that I really enjoyed this class because of what I am going into I will need a lot of this types of classes. I just find everything we learned so interesting, and I found myself wanting to learn more. I just cannot believe that this class is almost over. We learned in a little bit of a different way then I am use to. I am use to teachers giving  long lectures, and having to try to pick out the important parts to write down. Do not get me wrong I am good at this, but I am thinking it makes it easier to focus on the overall lesson the way my professor did it. She would have us print off packets, and she would project a powerpoint for us to fill in the blanks. I thought this was really nice compared to my psychology teacher at t he high school. We have to write down the points he says, and I like that too because I do not have to write as muchy down. I am at an advantage over some of the other students in my class. Since I have being taking it at college first I understand most of the material we are going over. I am so happy that this class is over because it is one step closer to me getting older, and going into the career I want. I am also sad because it means I may have to learn a whole new way of teacher from an other professor that I have never had before. I decide not to take abnormal psychology instead I am taking sociology. I hope that my next classes go as well as my classes I had this semester!

College visit

Today I took a college visit to Findlay and I loved it. The small campus style environment is me. I liked that fact the student to teacher ratio in classes is 16 to 1. It also has one of the best occupational therapy programs around here. I actually had the opportunity to have a graduate of the occupational therapy program take me around. She was very energetic about the program. The thing that worries me about this program is that not many get in to the program. So I do not want to waste a lot of money because this school is private which makes it expensive not to get in the program. It is really hard to decide because I am not sure if I should stay at Rhodes and get my assistants. Rhodes also has a small student to teacher ratio. The hard thing is not knowing if I want to get my full occupational therapy or assistants then go on after a year of work. Another go thing about Rhodes is it is so much cheaper than most colleges. I want the college experience, but I do not want to have to pay so much and be in a lot of debt. I really enjoyed the overall experience though. I just need to apply to a lot of scholarships to help with this if I want to go there. It looks like I have a major choice. I just do not want to regret it and waste all the money and have to be in so much debt. Hopefully I can decide this really soon, and know what I want. 

This Summer and Things to Look Forward to

I CANNOT WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK!  I am so excited because this summer I went to Buckeye Girls State, and that experience made my high school years. Yes it was nerve-racking at first rooming with a stranger, and not knowing the people near you because you were separated for the others that went to your school. I was nervous the first day, but I let my personality show. After the second day I never wanted to leave. This girls had become a huge part of my life. I became close to about four girls, but two I became best friends with. We exchanged numbers and we frequently talk to each other. This girls live close to each in communities near Dayton so we have talked and we are getting together. I cannot wait it has been so long! It is like going 6 months with out seeing someone really important to you. I still find it hard to believe that in a week these girls and I became so close. I just hate that we have to be far apart because if we were not I know we would do everything together. I also cannot believe the impact that program had on me. I learned some much while I was there, and I not only learned about the government but some truly amazing stories from some really strong girls that overcame big obstacles in their lives. One girl wrote me the sweetest note on the third day, and I still have it. When ever I feel down I look at this note and it picks me right up. Those girls that I met are not people you will ever forget that taught me so much, and I am so lucky I met each and everyone of them. They are true inspirations to me, and I know that they are true friends even if I did not get to know them for very long; they just portray that character. I hope that this bond we all have will last a lifetime because I am so blessed I got to meet them all!

Career

So my paper for college goes great with my career. I want to study occupational therapy, and the topic I found that was a major problem was home health care. Most patients that receive this are home bound, but what about the dependability factor? This means that someone has to be able to drive well or have a family member take them. I absolutely loves my interview! I meet with a girl that does outpatient care in a build near our town hospital. The way she talked about her job made me want to just start doing it now. She even told me about all the environments she had the opportunity to work in. You could yell just by talking to her she loved it, and was happy with the career choice she made. She also had a great bubbly personality that made the interview and conversation just flow. I just loved the environment, the things she had to say,  and the over all idea of the job. Needless to say I can not wait until I am that young lady sitting there giving another young dreamer of this career the passion to do it! I just can not wait to see what my future as a occupational therapist has in store for me. I always dreamed about working with kids but I know that when it comes to that part of the therapy it is hard to get onto because everyone wants to work with kids. So I feel like working in a hospital or a nursing home might be better until a job in the kid aspect of it comes up. I do not mind either way because I know I will be doing what I love. I do not even mind that I may have to work weekends or holidays because to me it is all worth it if I can just make one person's day by helping them. I can not wait until I can finally do that!  It will be the best day of my life!

In class: Fun day in the class

Today we did something different, and I really enjoyed it! I am not a big gamer, but when it comes to random facts, and stuff over what we learned I am your girl! English is not my strong point, I will admit it, but it is more because of my writing skills. I am the type of person that can talk very properly, but not write it. This game was more of my thing than writing my papers. I read the chapters, but not in so much detail that I thought I would have to reflect upon it, but it was a nice challenge. I am really good at the paraphrase, summary, and quotes portion because last year in high school we had a whole class dedicated to writing a research paper, and in that class we went over the proper way to do those things so many things it just stuck with me. So when we started the game I knew that would be my strong, but I was was a little uneasy about the readings though. Lucky one of my members could recall a lot of the information on those readings. It was nice to do it this way I had not had a chance to talk to many of the people in the class, and this was a fun way to get to do that. I do have to say my group was really lucky by winning only by one point. I really enjoyed this class it add something different to this class.

Read response #8

I thought that this was a very interesting topic. I was not very informed on this issues. Well to be honest I had no idea what it was anyways ha. I really like how the author Burnett used so many examples to prove his point. For example Burberry says "while state forests in Montana made $13.3 million, Montana's 10 national forests lost $42 million." That static hits you hard because it is hard to believe that our nation is losing money on there forest while state ones are gaining. This all seems so unethical. If this topic is on the same side for both political groups why do they not just come up with a compromise and make it so we do mpt lose that money. Everyone even has it wrong most talk about how logging is bad but it is not the true loser of money maybe we should look at the top ones and find awat to cut it and help with is problem. I also liked the formatting of his paper it was cert precise. He stated the issues with a lot of facts to back it up which makes this very credible. Then he goes on to what needs to be done. That shows how my paper should be formatted, and also that I need to have a lot of good accurate, non-argumentive facts. He solution is not only ethical, but practical. It also helps out a lot of people in the long run. I really enjoyed this passage, and it will really help me with the writing of my paper.

Other class: Psychology

So I have this class at both high school and college, but I am writing about my college class. I really enjoy this class a lot. I especially like what we are learning now which is personalities. I sometimes find myself studying others to see what their characteristics are so I can find out their personality. I really do not want this class to end because of how enjoyable it is. Also I can relate to some of the situations that we discuss. Along with that I try to figure out some of the characteristics I have to find out my personality type. I really enjoy this chapter, but I have looked ahead to the others and thought I will like those too. I know this because we are learning about disorders. This maybe weird but I love learning about these kinds of things. I find it so interesting to learn how someone who is different than you can think. I had such a passion for this I wrote my papers for this class over a disorder that I really was interested in. The only good thing about this class ending is know that my next psychology class I have to take, which is abnormal psychology, goes more in depth in these disorders. Even though I am sad to see this class end I honestly can not wait to start my next one next year so I can learn more about the disorders that really spark my interest. Also know by this class ending that I am one step closer to my degree, and I can not wait.

Mis: Busy day

I find it so hard to force myself to sit in blog because I am always so busy. Today is one of the busiest days I have had this break. I was so ex ired to sit and relax, but I have not had a chance to so that. Being in high school it is important you socialize, and with the activities you participate in make it hard to relax. Today I have to get up super early because I am the assistant coach of my little brother's indoor soccer team, and his game was early. We lost, but the kids are really improve for this being their first time play indoor. I am just happy they are having fun. Even though I am big into winning I started to realize that these kids are young, and having fun should be there main priority. After his game my family decide to go out for breakfast since my older brothers are home. I was so happy because we went to Bob Evans, and I think they have the best hot chocolate. Then I went on a run, and I know it was 20 degrees. Other than the coldness outside it was great because I enjoy the feeling of your chest burn when it is cold out. After that I had to go to my friend's OSU game party, and it was fun. I was not able to stay long because my one brother is leaving for college, and I had to get ready for my plans tonight.  I am going out to eat with my boyfriend and his family, and then to hang out with his friends. I hate how much that I have had to do this break; not to mention but the finally touches on my college applications. It just seems that during my breaks are my busiest times. Hopefully as the year goes on I can have more breaks and relax. Until then I have to keep at my busy schedule, and try to make the best of my senior year.

Other class: Latin

This is my second trimester of Latin and so far it is easier. We received this big packet of translations. The different about this translation and the others are that they are separated into tiny paragraphs. Instead of huge sentences that equal one paragraph of these with complex words, and that takes a week to finish just the front side of the paper which is two side. We are also doing one of my other favorite things which is bioscientific words or better known as medical terminology. I love this part because I can retain this known better and in college I have to take a medical terminology class, so this will help a lot. I like medical terminology so much that I did classes during the summer with my grandpa. The other day however we got a plan of the next couple of weeks, and we have to take a test of those translations soon. The other thing that makes these easier is that it is mythology. This helps a lot because if you know so from your English class you can figure out what is going on so you do not have to spend that much time trying to figure out the meaning of the paragraph. The only bad thing is that a lot of the words are some that I have not seen before. Other than that this class is going better; other than the having a hard time focusing because Latin I is so loud. I hope this class finishes out well.

Misc

Last night I was suppose to be my 22 year old brother's driver. Well I dropped him off at his friends house at about 8:30. His friend's mom took him to the bowling alley. I went to the next town to hang out with my boyfriend and his friends. It was a nice time. It was my first time meeting them in a social environment. I was not really nervous. We just talked and watched tv. I arrived home at about 12 and my brother still had not texted me to come pick him up, and he wanted me to come get him at 1. So I texted him to see if he was ready and he was not. I laid there and read. Without knowing I fell asleep with my light on. My brother texted me 5 times, and I never woke up. At ten till 6 I woke up freaking out because I forgot him. I felt like a horrible sister. When I saw him that morning I apologized and he usually likes to tease me so I thought he would. But to my surprise he did not tease me, and he was so nice about it. It just goes to show you that when you think something might happen it may not. People do not always act like they way you think. It was nice to know that he will not always tease me. He usually calls me names like ugly and a slabapus. He always likes to egg on my little brother to tease me. So it was a nice change that he is not always teasing. It makes me happy to know he does not always want to be mean to me.

In Class 14: Parents Helping Son with Girlfriend

Like most guys my son, Ryan had made a stupid mistake with his girlfriend and she broke up with him. He is so devastated. He walks around the house moaning like a zombie. So his father and I decide to help him make up with his girlfriend. The first thing we had to do was figure out what he did to make her so upset that she would break up with him. He told us that he was at a party without her and informed her that this really attractive girl was hitting on him. We told him that is something you never say! Not even if a model is hitting on you; you never call another girl attractive. My husband and I devised a plan to win his girlfriend over. My husband said he need to just call her, and explain himself; after many failed attempts she was still ignoring him. Then I came up with my brilliant idea. Ryan should go to her house, and bring flowers. Then he will knock on the door and leave the flowers with a not explaining himself, and in that note if she calls him that means she really did care about him, if not then he needs to move on. He did this plan and a week went by, and still no call. He sat in his room waiting by the phone. I went up to my son to see how he was doing, and all he was doing was glazing at his phone every chance he got. I gave him a talk about how he need to move on it was clear that she was done with him. Then all of a sudden his phone rang, it was his girlfriend! She had called to say that she had not been home, she was on vacation, and that she loved his flowers and will surely take him back. his mood quickly changed. It goes to show you that sometimes your mother can be right when it comes to girls.

Other class: Psychology

So this was the first week of the new trimester at my school, and I was freaking out on if my my psychology class at high school and college would mess me up. I had to take this class at high school because it is the only one that fit in my schedule. It is weird because we learn the sam stuff that I have been learning in college just a little different. For example we just learned about the test of authority and how people react to that in college, and just Friday we learned about it in high school. There are a few differences though. In my high school class we do a lot of in school demonstrations, and in college we just sit and take notes. It is hard to see which one I will like better. The only good thing going for the high school class is that it is all peers my age, and also my best friend is my class. The one thing about high school is have so much homework in that class. I have home work every night, and in college I just had to write two papers by a certain date. The other different thing is that we have these weekly essay quizzes in my high school class, and they are kind of hard. I mean I am learning the same material in college, and I still find them hard.....I feel bad for the other kids in my class. I just hope that I ended up like this class. I think I will because I enjoy the in class demonstrations. It makes the point come across better, and the class more attentive.

In class 13

I thought those videos were different. I mean when I was little I was always told never to play with my food, and this proves you should. If it was not for this artist to break the rules and do something creative we would never have thought of this idea. This can help with my writings because even though we are told to focus on a certain topic of a paper like narrative does not mean we can not try to break the rules, and think of something creative. Sometimes we have to break the rules to make a masterpiece. So when it comes to my writings I feel I should think of more ways to make my papers creative. It also shows that you have to be a perfectionist, and focus on the little details too. If I focus on the little details I will make my over paper a well executed paper. The video was a true inspiration to my writing skills. It is one because it shows you sometimes have to break the rules, and focus on the details to write a great paper.

Reading Response 7: Hopkins

Even though I do not plan on becoming a teacher, I thought this passage was very insightful. The author was a first grade teacher, and she was a member of Teach for America (TFA). In her she talks about the struggle of TFA because she felt unprepared, and she did not have a deep understanding of her students or the community. She says that like most other teachers she left after three years. Hopkins however, did not write this to complain about the things that went wrong, but to say what they need to improve. A good point that I think she mentions is that they need to have incentive for the corps to teach more than four years. She backs this up by saying that 80 percent or more of the corps left their job about their third year. This shows the audience that there has to be something wrong with TFA if that many people leave. The Hopkins goes on to talk about the Teach Residency, and a point she brings up is to have them teach in more urban higher education schools. This is a good idea to me because they can take what they learn for that and bringing it back to the less high performance schools to help them. She also talks about funding, and that is always a big issue with schools, but she says how they should pay the TFA. In that Hopkins has good evidence to support her idea. Hopkins brings up a lot of good ideas with clear evidence to back it up, and that makes this paper a well executed paper on how to change the TFA. I also found it enjoyable and interesting to read about.

In Class 12

The videos we watched today I thought was very interesting. It shows us that mostly everything came from somewhere else. For example, Benjamin Franklin want to invite a better verison of the flame lamp. When he did this he accidentally came up with the light bulb. An other good point would be the Star Wars movies. The author had many examples of how this movie was based off a lot of other movies. It is like they took the ideas of movies, television shows, and even a book, and put all of them together to create this very popular movie. Also he says that the biggest movies in box offices are the ones that are sequels, remixes, or from books or comic books. I can say I do believe this is true because Harry Potter is such a hit as a movie. The reason it is a hit is because of the books, and most people even if they know it can not compare to the book will go and watch the movies still. Then he talks about how we take others' ideas, but yet when someone takes ours we get defensive. A good example of this would be Steve Jobs because he stole ideas off a company that invited the computer first. He just changes up somethings to make it more efficient, and lowered the price; because copies are usually cheaper than original due the fact that they do not need a development idea cost. Yet when android came up with something similar to what they had he threatened to sue them. This video helped to show me that most big inventions come from an idea from someone else, and that they are all just remixes.

Other Class 6

So our last trimester, and we start the new one tomorrow. I am really nervous because I am taking Latin II again. This class is so hard. My grandpa is a retired Latin teacher, and we use his lesson plans. That helps me to know that I have someone I can go to. The only reason this class is hard is because they stuck us with Latin I too. They did this because only 3 people are taking Latin II. I know how hard it is for our teacher to balance my class and the other, but I am learning nothing. We get 2 weeks to do all this work before a test. We sit in the back corner of the room and work on it while she teaches the others. It is hard to keep yourself motivated to work on something for over an hour everyday. That and the fact we do not review it for the test. I am freaking out because we just finished our exam, and I feel like I did bad on it because it was so hard. I hope this trimester goes better. It sound because we are doing bio scientific terminology, and I am good at that so it should help my grade. I just wish we would learn more in that class. The reason I took it was because I planned on going into the medical field. The only reason why I did not drop it is because I am doing well in there, and it is a weighted class so it helps my GPA. I loved Latin I, and I wish I could feel the same way about Latin II. I hope this goes better this trimester, and I do not fail the exam.

Misc: My Story

Ever since I can remember I played basketball. I have always been around it, my grandpa was a coach, and my mom was really good at basketball. I was destined to be a good basketball player because I put so much time and effort into the sport. When I was in fifth grade I started going to the high school open gyms; earlier than most of the high school students. I even got to play in some of their tournaments. When I was not playing at open gyms, I was working with my grandpa because I had big dreams for this sport. When I hit seventh grade I was excited to not only make the team, but be a starter. But I ended up not enjoying the game as much as I thought because of my coach. She was bad to me throughout junior high, because she had her favorites, and I was not one. I have never been one to quit so I sucked it up, and kept on playing and working hard to prove her wrong. Then when I hit high school I thought things would change I was the most dedicated on the team, and worked off season too. I ended up starting JV as a freshman, but that was soon about to change. things happened, and I started to be picked on again. I still was not going to quit, but I just did not think it was fun anymore. I went to talk to the coach about moving me to just be on the freshman because it was pointless to keep me on JV if I was not going to play. She thought that I was quitting, and said somethings that made me very upset. I reassured her I was not quitting, but when I told my family what happened they all said I need to quit, even my grandpa who was a coach and did not believe in quitting. So I quit my freshman year, and 2 upperclassman quit after me. It was the hard decision I have ever done. I thought maybe later I would regret it, but I do not. I play CYO basketball just because I could not stay off the court. Through this experience I changed, and became a stronger girl. I know that  in the end it was worth it.

Other class: Psychology

So at my high school I have to take a Psychology even though we take at college. I start that class Tuesday because my school changed to trimesters. Although I am taking it at college, I am still kind of nervous about the high school one. It is suppose to be one of the hardest classes offered at our school. Also, they learn different things at different times tthen our college professor. The teacher is really hard too. He is a nice guy, but when it comes to certain things he is not afraid to be mean. Then I have friends in that class now and they said that the test are hard because the teacher that taught it before was a hard teacher too. It probably does not help all his test came from a type writer and he never changed them so the students could read it. The only thing that I will like about this class is I get go see my best friend. She is also a smart girl also and it will be nice to actually have a class with her. Emily and I work well together so it will be nice to have someone I can depend on. I still do not think it will be fun to sit in the same class as I did before for an hour again, but I guess it is better than taking a class with only freshman. I mean I would have enjoyed cooking, but I like a hard class too. Hopefully it works out for me.

Misc: Volunteering

For the past year I have volunteered at my hospital in town, and I loved it. My duties when I work is to deliver food carts to each floor, and work a lot in the rehab center. The rehab center is my favorite. First, I can see Occupational Therapist in action. The best part of the rehab center is the fact that I can play games with all the patients. This is also makes me happy to see all their faces because they are happy to be out of their rooms and doing something. Another thing we can do is we can take the women to the "beaut parlor". They have a place in the rehab center where you can style hair, and do their make up. Even though we have all this stuff, some like to stay in their rooms. So I go room to room, and ask if they need anything and give them books. Also I had the job of delivering flowers, and see the people reactions when they receive them. My least favorite had to be dealing with some of the nurse. I would help them and they could be a little mean. I understand that they are busy, but I am there to help. I think it would make it more enjoyable if they were nice a little more. I love to be helpful to everyobe. For example, I would talking to the famlies and the patients as I would take them to their rooms. I just love being outgoing, and trying to make their day better after having to be in put in the hospital. I love volunteering, and can't wait to be in that kind of work environment.

Career

As I am getting closer and closer to my high school graduation, I find it harder to decide what I want to do. I am still not sure if I want to stay at Rhodes to get my OTA and the go on, or go straight to Findlay to get my OT. I know I can do either because I am a hard working, and I know it is what I want to do for the rest of my life. it is just hard because most people question why I want to stay at Rhodes because of how good my grades are. Those people just do not understand that Rhodes maybe the better choice in the long run. Since I am a post secondary student I had the chance to get some of my class out of the way, but I know they can transfer. Also it comes down to money; I have been thinking would I rather spend $40,000 a year or around $4,000 a year. To me it is obvious, but to others my age they judge my decision. So I am trying to way the pros and cons of each. So far Rhodes is winning, but that could change. It really helps that they have one of the best OTA programs around this area.  I guess in the end it is all up to me. My dream is to be an OT and I am going to accomplish it no matter what. But I still have a lot of decision to make on how I get there, but in the end I know it will be all worth it.

Other class: Latin

In high school we have the option to take Latin, and this is my second year taken it. My grandpa was a Latin teacher for 40 years. So I felt like I should take it. I also thought it would be a good idea because Latin helps you a lot in the medical field, and that is what I want to go into. This year is different than last year however. This class is more challenge because we had only 4 students taken Latin two, so my school joined Latin 1 and Latin 2. Everyone in Latin 2 is pretty much taking it as an independent study, and we don't go over the work we do. So I have to work extra hard to understand the lessons, and do well on the test. It is hard but I have a B+ and since it is an honors class it is weighted to an A+. We have exam this Thursday and Friday and I am really nervous because she told us it is really hard, but we know what is on it so we can figure it out. I use to really enjoy this class when we would go over everything and understood what was going on. It is hard for me to know of I am right or wrong if we never go over it before the test. I try to talk to my grandpa before the test if I have any questions, but it is still hard because I would like know it more than a day before the test. Also, I did not think it was going to be like independent study, so I was not prepared to have to work like this. Hopefully it all works out this week and next trimester.

Misc. 6: November

November in my eyes is one of the busiest months for everyone. This is the month that starts off the holidays. We start this month off by a presidential election, and then for there it seems like everything just starts to go by faster. November is when I think that most people would start going Christmas shopping, and trying to get everything ready for the holidays. This month to me makes all the rest of the months go by faster. This is also an important month in my family. It is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and my little brother has it. A goal of mine for this month is to constantly reflect on what I eat and drink throughout the day, and try to cut that out to see how it would be to live like him. Then we have Thanksgiving, and this is a good holiday for me because my older brothers who are in college come home, and I get to spend sometime with them. This is important to me because my oldest brother is graduating college, and will be moving away soon and we are so close that I want to spend as much time with him as I can. Next, I have my CYO games on Sundays. Even though I do not play high school basketball anymore, I still enjoy playing my church league because it is a lot of fun. Finally, we have Black Friday. I have never been shopping on Black Friday, so I do not understand why people enjoy it so much. I think it would be crazy with all the people, and trying to find what you want. Also, I do not know if I would think that would need everything I would get just because it was on sale. As you can see this is a super busy month.

Misc.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the president candidates and there platforms. I watch the debates and I tried to find the facts. I feel like it is hard to do though because I sometimes feel that they say certain things just to get a vote from us. I am taking government at high school and we are learning a lot about the Constitution, and we found that the branch with the most power is the Congress. As I thought more and more about it I thought that all the ideas that the presidents may not be able to pass the ideas that they have to change the country. The other thing that I notice is that what can you really get done in four years. I feel that they need to make goals that are more obtainable in the four years. Also while in government we have to do research on the platforms of each candidate, and I have found that some of their points are different then what they day in the debates. This makes me wonder if there is a trustworthy candidate that can get us out of the trouble we have been facing. I just hope that others are looking into this too, and finding out who is the best choice to help us. I also hope that they candidates look at us more than just a vote because in the Constitution the people are the ones that suppose to run the country. Also in my class we talk a lot about what the founding fathers would think of our government, and after research we found this is not what they wanted for the people of the United States. Soon all this thinking will be over and we will have the winner. Hopefully they can help the country, and we all stay informed with the decisions they make because it is out duty to.

Career

When I was a sophomore in high school I knew I wanted to be an Occupational Therapist. I switched a lot from Physical Therapy Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy, but after a lot of researched I decide on Occupational Therapy. I am only a senior in high school this year so I decide I need to have a back up plan. I have been looking, and in the past year my little brother was diagnosed with diabetes. It was hard for my family, so I wondered if there is a career that might involve helping kids and families that deal with this. So I did some research and found that there is a Diabetic Educator. It sounds like it would be a good job for me because I want to stay in the medical field. The process though is a little long and a hard way. First you have becoming something like a nurse, than you have to work specifically under diabetes patients, and then you have to pass a test to get your license. This is sounds so hard, but in my eyes it would be worth it to help a family that are going through what my family went through. I am keeping it as my back up plan though because after listing the pros and cons of both I thought that Occupational Therapy would fit me a little better. And my little brother has some interest in that career because he wants to help kids like they helped him, but he has a long way to go with that since he is only seven.

In Class 11

A witch, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny decide to pair up their skills to break into a museum. They need the witch because she had spells to knock out the security guards, and shut down the cameras without being seen. They need Santa as a distraction to the people outside. That way no one would know what was going on inside. Then the Easter Bunny, the one behind every thing and in charge of steal the precious jewels. They need these jewels because mother nature the boss of them wanted them to be destroyed. They need to be destroyed because the harmful effects it was going to have on the human kind. While the Easter Bunny was in he forgot that they had lasers in the room to protect the jewels, and he accidentally triggered them, notifying the police. Since the security guards were knocked out, and the cameras were down, he had a little time to escape before going to jail. He grab the jewels, and ran out to check up with the others. The cops got a glimpse of them as they were leaving they were stunned to see what they thought people that had dress up like fictional characters to steal a jewel. This made it hard for them to talk to the witness because all they knew is that they looked like Santa, a witch, and the Easter Bunny. When the jewels arrived back to mother nature she was so pleased with their job and the jewels are now successful destroyed. However, still to this day everyone that knows about this crime is confused on how the people executed this perfect crime.

Other Class

I am only taking one other class at Rhodes because I am a post secondary student. I would take more, but I drive 30 minutes each day to get to Rhodes, and I have to take 3 class back at my high school to play sports. The other class I take is Psychology, and I really enjoy it. My teacher is good, and I like how she prints out the notes. So far we have taken two tests and wrote two papers, and each time I really like what we learned. I had no idea what to expect for this course because I have never taken a Psychology class before, but I find I really enjoy. This is a good thing because I have to take a lot more for the field I am going into. So far I thought that the test were not too bad, but I am retaining the knowledge better. I also like knowing before hand what will be on it, and no surprise. There has never been any surprise on the test yet. The papers were not to bad because I enjoyed the topic I wrote about. I never thought this class would interest me as much as it does. The studies that we talk about I have been able to connect with some people in my life, and it makes it interesting to notice that about someone. Like how there habits can be related back to a stage in their childhood. For example, a kid that is never hugged will not be a very emotional person to others. Where this makes sense I never took the time to think about how some people I know that are like this, it comes from their past. I just find this class so interesting and have come to really enjoy it.

in class 8

D: I arrive to the scenes at 2300. When I get there I headed up the stairs, and entered the room 211. the other cops that had arrived to the scene before me told me to go to the bathroom. I entered and found a corpse in the bath tub and a radio in it with him. The first thing that popped into my head was it a homicide or a suicide.
C: I got to the scene and the detective gave me all his notes. I study the body up and down. This man looked like he stood about 6 feet tall and had brown eyes with dirty blonde hair. There was a strange birthmark on the left side of his right arm. The body was ice cold, so I presumed that he had been died for at least a day. the body had some burn marks. However, the most interesting thing I noticed were hand marks around the neck as if he had been straggled too.
A: He did kill this man his hand prints were all over the man's neck. I do not believe that he could possible have not done it. He has no alibi, and the cameras show him entering the hotel 10 minutes before the expected time of death. If he is not punished we will keep him on the streets, and next you know it will be you or your family that is in the bath tub died. So put him and jail, and make this world a little bit safer for us all.

In Class 10

I was running away from him because I found out his secret. In the short 3 months I had lived in this new town. I had found out that my neighbor was a murder. He had murdered his step-daughter, who was my best friend. He had caught me in his house looking for clues  to pin him to the crime. I found the biggest clue, my friends journal that said my step-dad did it. The entry was labeled the date of her murder. I also recalled her telling me that she was afraid of her step-dad. This was hard for me to believe because I thought he was not that way. I was caught and the only thing I could think of was to run. I had run past the houses and into the woods at the back of the subdivisions. Since I was new to the area, I could not find my way through the woods. I could feel him back behind me. As each stick cracked underneath his feet. Then it stopped. Where did he go? I had no time to think only time to run. I made it out of the woods and to the cliff where my friend;s body was found. Out of no where he comes out and corners me at the edge of the cliff. He smirked out, "I got you where I want you and no one will ever find out my secret because you are going to be one too."
I stuttered out "Wwwhhyyy mmmee?"
He evilly said "Say your prayers."
I just stood at the edge of the cliff not knowing what my fate was.

In class prompt #9

I ran into my ex at the local Babies-R-Us, and I thought what is he doing here? Then I saw her; the girl he had left me for. She was about 5 years younger than me and broke off our 2 year relationship. It had been a year since I had seen him. So I decide that I should go say hi. Last time we had talked he told me he was not the marrying type and I said I was okay with that, but I really was not. When I walked over he hid his left hand when I said hi, and I thought this was kind of strange. Then all of a sudden his 6 months pregnant wife came over and shook my hand and said "Hi! I am Andy's wife! How do you know my husband?"
The angry came over me; I bite my tongue from saying you are the reason he left me and  did not marry me! I just shook her hand and said that we knew each other in college. After that I looked at him with the expression of you liar, and he dared not to look me in the eyes. The guilt he had for lying to me was to much and he could not bare to look at me. I was not made that he had broke it off I was more mad that he had lied. I wanted to get out of the store, but his wife just kept talking to me asking why I was there and if I was having a kid? I was not; I was there buying my sister who got recently pregnant her baby shower gift. I left right after that because of how embarrassed I was. I was so embarrassed I did not end up getting a gift fro my sister, I just walked out and hoped to never see them again.

RR #6

While reading "Stay Sweet As You Are" I at first was thinking that why would a women believe something as stupid as use this and you will get a husband, but as I read more and started to think that this aim that ad companies have is dead on. Being a girl I know what it is like to want socially acceptance, and most of us want it from the opposite sex. As little kids most girls dream of their wedding day, and hope to make their husbands happy, and some will do anything to achieve that dream. Looking at the ads back then you think why would they buy it for a man? Then I started to think why do we do things in this time and age because we want acceptance. Women have this mine set that if they do not have live a certain life then they will be judge, and no one likes that. Also noticed that these ads compare to some of the ads we talked about in class. For example, in the Lux soap ad it shows Irene Dunne a girl know to have pretty skin, and claims that if you use this you will look like her. It also goes on to say that it help prevent aging. To me those comments sound similar to some beauty product ads on TV. Most ads say "Use this and you will look like...." or "Doctors and/or beauty magazines say this helps fight the signs of aging". Do we know for sure if it does; no, but we believe it because they show a person with beautiful skin and we wish we can look like that. I really enjoyed reading this passion because it was not only entertaining, but it helped me to see that the ads are kind of similar with the point of selling being social acceptance.

In class 7

One day the tooth fairy had to make a trip to Scotland. The tooth fairy was not wearing her usual outfit of a tooto and fairy wings; this time she she was wearing a t-shirt. This shirt was a pale pink with a huge pearly white tooth on the middle front, and on the back it said "Ms. Tooth". The tooth was to symbolize her love of teeth, and the name was for her nickname. The tooth fairy only wore this shirt when she was going to get a first tooth from a very special child. This child was the prince of Scotland. Henry the III lost his tooth by not by pulling out his tooth but munching on a taco. The tooth fairy was so excited she forgot get bag of money. Thankful she knew that Henry the III enjoyed tacos very much, and so she stopped to pick him up one. The fairy had got to the palace. She sneaked into his room only to find a trap.  This very naughty little boy want to catch the tooth fairy and keep her there. Thankful she notice it left that taco with a note that said "I am giving you a warn next time you will not get anything for this kind of behavior!" She left and flow the long journey home which was made out of teeth. When she was nestled in bed, she got an other ring for a tooth. She thought I guess my work is never done, and flew off.

Read Response 5

I really enjoyed this reading. Not only because it was easy to follow, but it had a lot of facts that seemed to make a lot of sense to me. I am a big magazine reader, but I tending to look over the little things that caught my eye. For example, if I am looking at two magazines  and one says "5 new ways to do your hair" and the other says "7 new ways to do your hair" I will most likely pick up the seven one because it has more. I found it so interesting that I looked over something that changed what magazine I get. Also I felt this was a well written. I think that the way the author used a lot of different examples to prove her point made her paper strong. To me the examples made it like she was not making it all opinion based, but on actually facts. I always knew that they need to test the cover in focus groups because even if we do not like to admit it when do judge things by there covers. I know for a fact that if some magazine has a attractive looking person on it I will be more likely to buy it then something that may contain better information, but has a less attractive person on the cover. However I did not know, that using printing subscriptions in other magazines is cheaper than doing direct campaigning in the mail. I really enjoyed this reading and I learned a little more about magazines that I did not know.

Misc

If you didn't know this month is national anti-bullying month. The reason iI know this is because I participate in a program at my school called Girl Talk. This program is when high school girls mentor middle school girls that are having trouble with not only bullying or other issues. One day this week I ended up seeing a video of a news anchor and how she got a nasty email for a man judge her on her appearance. The station showed the email and allowed her 5 minutes to address the issue. While watching this I not only felt sorry for the lady being called overweight, but more because he thought her weight gave girls the wrong idea on how they should look. That angered me because I feel that girls can be any size and happy with themselves. In my mind sometimes not always being super model thing makes you a role model or a happy person. He should not have wrote this letter because not only did he make her feel bad but others that may struggle with their weight. Another point that is used against him in my eyes is that he said he has never watched the show before. That made it like he was only judging her on her exterior, and that is not right. When she addressed the email I felt a sense of pride for her because she never once pitied herself, but made it about kids that were being bullied like that. After watching the video I felt ashamed of my society, but the fact that she addressed the issue in a professional mannar and made it more about kids made me feel a sense of pride. That there is a group of people out they willing to work hard to stop bullying, and make this place a better place to live

Career 2

My mom helped me realize that I wanted to become an occupational therapist. She helped me because she works at a place with kids that are handicapped. I knew I want to work with kids, but I didn't want to be a teacher. So I asked her what she thought would suit me, and she said either a speech, physical, or occupational therapist. I researched them all and at first I wanted to be a speech therapist, but as I did more research I found that it was not me. So then I decide on physical and for a year I thought about it and realized that it still was not me. Then I looked up occupational and I found that it was me. I knew I would love it. The question was how was I going to achieve this? After high school I plan on staying at Rhodes because I will be on the waiting list for occupational therapist assistant and that way I can save money. Then I plan on doing the weekend program at Findlay, and if it all works out I will end up graduating with everyone who went start into the program when I would have if I just went start to Findlay. The thing that makes it different is I will come out in less debt and will have had a job to give me experience. My plan not be what others follow, or think it is a great idea. In my eyes it is me, and I will make it no matter what. I know though that if it was not for my mom I would have never gotten this idea, and never would been truly happy.

Other class 2: Psychology

For this class we have to write two papers over a topic in our books. I chose schizophrenia because this topic really interests me. For our papers we have to find a website to match our topics. Not only do we have to do that, but we have to say if it is a valid site. Also something new we learned. The new thing I learned is that some think that schizophrenia are very violent to others, but they are actually more violent to themselves. The next paper we have to do a journal article over anything we want, or the same topic. I decide to stay with the same topic because there is a lot of studies you can make with this topic. I am doing mine of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia; an example of a positive sympotom is a hallucination. This is when they see or her things that others can't. Also most people get it between 16-30; it is not likely to get it as a kid, or if you are over the age of 45. In psychology I am really enjoying this paper because I enjoy learning more about this topic.

In class writing 6

I react in a way that is more skeptical than others. For example when I see an ad on tv, I don't say I am going to vote for them right away. Instead I want to find out if what they are saying are the facts. I look up each candidates views and ideas, and I try to see if they match mine. Along with that, I look at the promises they make, and think if they will he able to keep them. I am inspired to vote, but I want to know the facts first. I feel that there is a lot of lying in politics and slander just to get a vote. To help I feel we should all look at the facts more than being biased based on opinions or lies. This way we are putting the person that is best fit to be our president. However, it is not always easy to find the facts that are not baised to the democrates or republicans, but you can find sources if you are willing to look. Also, I feel when we watch the ads we need to think if we trust this person. Image does matter in politics. For example, people want someone that looks trustworthy.  Although some ads may hold the truth, they still are slander towards the other candidate, and make me what to find out the truth. In government we had to look up a lot of the candidates' view point, and that helps a lot when it comes to trying to make a tough choice like this.

Psychology

At first I thought this class would beeally hard because I had never taken it before, and it is my first college class. After awhile it became easier for me to understand. I like how she gives us the notes. This helps to follow along easier, and have time to listen to her lecture. I also like how she made note guides with everything that would be on the test. Not only that,  but she said there would be no trick questions and there was not. I am not the best test taker so having what I needed to study right in front of me made feel more comfortable with this course. As I felt more comfortable, I knew I would be okay, and be able to succeed in that class. I am working to my full potential, and hope it goes well for me in that class. It hoed to show sometimes things are not always what they seem. Also that overcoming the first obstacle came help you have confidence in yourself to help you to know you will make it through the year. I though that since I had no background in anything like this it would be even harder. We started of on the easy stuff like learning about the brain, and its functions. Then I feel like we will get into the harder and harder stuff after a while. Hopefully it all works out and I will do well in this class, and all my other classes.

In Class Writing 5: Introduction and Conclusion

Intro: You start off seeing Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) sitting in a cell planning his escape to save his Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). Then all of a sudden it switches to normal day and age setting. The writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitisis did a great job working together to create a wonderful story that connects the real world and the fairy tale world; the story also correlates well with other shows they have written for how they leave you wanting more, and the action scenes. The evil queen (Lana Parrilla) had cast a spell sending everyone to the real world. Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), the daughter of Snow and Charming is the person that can save them. She figures out that she is this person by the help of her son, Henry Mills (Jared Gilmore), who was adopted by Regina Mills or better known as the evil queen. Throughout the show you see the comparison between the real world and the fairy tale, the importance of the dragon scene, and the emotional scene in then hospital.

Con: The connection between the kiss of Snow White and Prince Charming, and the one between Emma and Henry helps you understand that she really is their daughter, and their saving grace. After thee kiss of Emma and Henry, the curse was broken; and everyone knew about the spell the queen had cursed on them. Snow and Charming found each other, and the queen ran off after saying she really did love Henry. Also at the end you find that Mr. Gold had found his love and stolen the love potion. His love and him ran off into the woods to find a well. When they found it, he dumped the potion into it, and a cloud of purple smoke en gulped the town. The purple cloud makes you want to find out what will happen in the nest episode. Overall the writers did a great job leaving you wanting more by the connections of the two worlds, the dragon scene, and the emotion expressed in the hospital.

Read Response 3

I liked this episode because it showed that the future is unpredictable. One way it shows it is that Ted always thought he was going to married right away, but he was not until 2013. Also it shows that people and their views can change. A good example of this would be Barney. He always says there was a new girl he was "dating", but in the end he just want to stay with that one girl. It was also funny, but it leaves you hanging on what might happen in the future for me. Will I accomplish my goals? Will I get married? The things no one really knows, and this episode is a good example of expect the unexpected. Things change, people change, and the future is unpredictable. You learn this through all the experiences that they ho through, but that they never thought would happen. Ted was not married at 34, Lily left Marshall, and Barney wanted to settle down. At the end you could tell they got what they wanted despite the obstacles they forced. All worked hard to get where they are at that time. The future is unpredictable, but this is episode makes you wonder what it will be like for me or others. I truly did like these episode with its humor, but more about the message. Which was to be optimistic of the future because you never know what might happen. It also had a lot of comic relief. For example, Ted being a lonely old man with pizza boxes every where, and everyone else living happy wonderful lives.

Reading Response 4

I have never watched the James Bond movies, so I thought when I would reading this I would be able to figure out the plot. I was wrong as I read this I got more and more confused on what the author was trying to say. I had a hard time following the passage, it went for the movie to like a different movie to compare it and it just added to my confusion. Also I felt to make this paper better they should have added some citations. That way it would not make it a paper that was all about opinion. I do admit he did well on talking about the action scenes and comparing them to other movies. It just would have been better if it went in order, and I could clearly get the message he was trying to say. I did thinking though that comparing it to the other James Bond movies was a good idea, but not comparing it to the Dark Night, because they are two different movies. Scott also did a great job on creating background information on each character and other movies they were in. The big thing that i felt was lacking was information and evidence. This paper just got to the point where it became all background and opinion. Nothing came from an other critic, or used information that supported his ideas. Next, I thought that an other good thing he did was describe the music. This was one of the best things about the paper. It made you think of the song and sing it, as if you are actually watching the movie. The overall paper did not make me want to go and see the movie. Instead it made me more confused than if i were to actually watch the movie. Although Scott had some good techniques, it still did not help me with the whole understanding of the movie since i have not seen it.

In class writing 4

The hall was silent until she heard a faint scream from a distance. This scream was not like any other scream she had ever heard before. This scream sent chills down your spine. She did  not want to find out where or who this scream was coming from, but she was going to find out soon anyway. She had been staying at a new friend's house. the friend had informed her that her house was haunted, but the girl just thought she was playing a trick on her. It was 2:30 in the morning and the other girl had been asleep. She however had a hard time sleeping, and thought maybe a glass of ice cold water would help her. She was walking down the pitch black hall to the kitchen, when she heard it. The scream was not coming from the area her friend was at, so she knew it was not a joke. She tried to shake it off like it was her mind playing trick on her, but she heard it again and again. After the third scream she realized it was not a joke, but there was actually a ghost with her. She ran back into the room where her friend was after the fourth scream. Only to wake her friend up, who had been sleep for about a hour now. The friend informed her that she was joking to try and scare her. Then all of a sudden they heard the sound of a scream again this time it sounded closer. The girls jumped out of the bed and screamed. Going back into the bed they hid under the covers; using the covers as a protective shield against whom or whatever was coming. They heard the sounds of faint footsteps creeping towards them, and the creaking of the door as it was being opened. Who ever it was they were soon going to find out.

In class writing 3

After reading the summary and have watched the movie before, I would have to agree with the author. I feel like she does a great job on getting the attention of the readers and making you understand the what happens in the movie without even watching it. Juno is a movie that shows how a mistake and how it effected this young girls life. The girl did have many choices, but they movie focused on just the one of adoption, instead of her getting an abortion. Through the passage I did notice things that I never did when watching the movie. For example, the fact that she used a hamburger phone, got licorice, or even the stripped socks to symbols her youth. I do have to agree with the author when she says the dialogue was funny. The only thing is that I wish it would have been more serious that way you could show a negative influence instead of encouraging young girls to do that. Also she hit the nail on the head when she said that Juno took a while to break down on what people said. Throughout the movie she is shown as a strong girl, but it does show a scene where even strong people have breaking points. Although Juno had a tough external it is show that she is human and that she has feelings when she accused her friend of regretting what he did with her. I think that this was a well written paper that totally captured the plot of the movie, and had great points that made you rethink about the message.

My Hero and my World

When I was in 4th grade my mom told us she was pregnant. To this day it is still hard for me to believe since I was the youngest and there is a 11 year difference between my younger brother and me. I always want a little sister because I had two older brothers, but I was still excited to find out I was having a brother. Isaac was born on August 8th 2005. Little did I know that boy would become my world and later my inspiration. When he was first born I wanted to be that helpful big sister, and teach him how to do simple tasks. I remember the moments when he walked and crawled; almost like he was my own kid. When he was a toddler he thought that he could do all that his older siblings could do, so he was quite a little trouble maker. when he was 4 my oldest brother went to college and 2 years later my other brother went, and I saw how hard it was for him to see them leave. I often wonder what will happen when I go and he is so young and wants to be as old as us. When he was 6 he started wetting the bed again; which is odd for kids his age to start doing that again. My mom then took him to the doctors only thinking he would have allergies, but it turned out to be worse. My little brother was diagnosed with Juvenile (type 1) Diabetes a week after my birthday. He did not understand what this meant, but the rest of the family took it hard than he did. He was a healthy kid and it did not run in my family, so it was a shock to us all. My little brother was my world and to see him get 4 shots everyday breaks my heart, but he never complains or thinks he has it bad because he knows others have it worse. I sometimes think how his life is going to be different because he has to count his carbs, he could lose a foot, and even have bad vision. You never know you can become your hero and inspiration until you sit and think what it would be like to be them. I wish I could have it instead of him, but he is a strong 7 year old; and for that he is my hero and my inspiration.

In Class Prompt 2

The crisp smell of the fresh pages helps me to open and really enjoy what I am about to read. The dull grey with the pops of black and the other colors that jump off the page intriguing you to read it. The feel of the smooth pages, delicate and flimsy that makes you turn each page careful as if not to rip it. Crinkle is the sound it makes as you turn it. The paper reminds me of the time that someone ate a page out of a book on the school bus. That makes me think that it must not taste good. This newspaper is the thing that relaxes me. The true enjoyment that I get from reading it helps me to take a back from writing and get my creative juices flowing. I have always enjoyed reading the newspaper ever since I was a little girl. The flow of the writing, and the knowledge I got from reading it made each day special. I would sit anxiously awaiting  its arrival wondering what interesting fact I would learn today. The newspaper with all is little sensory helps calm me as if I am in my own little world, and no one can disturb me. Finally, the newspaper to me in a little piece of comfort and every time I read it, it takes ,e back to when I was a little girl anxious waiting to learn. To this day I can not wait until that newspaper arrives with a loud thud on my doorstep.

Reading Respone 2

The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death to me was a interesting way of telling a story by using comics. This is my first encounter of a story that is not about and super hero and is about comics, and I found it a creative way to tell a story. Even though I may have found the idea of using the comic to write the story creative, I found it to be very hard to follow. While reading it I kept on getting confused because the author seemed to switch from topic to topic without a really clear transition. Also I felt that if the main focus was about the father passing away and life after that it should have been more clearly stated than what I was getting for the passage. However, I did find that the ideas were there and the author seemed very creative about how she wrote the piece. Maybe if the pieces of the passages would have flowed better and made it clear how each other fit with the other it would have helped with my confusion of this passage. I also did not understand the random geology and facts about the area they lived in. I found this to be unnecessary to the whole entire passage, and just made me even more confused on how it related to her father. Next, I found it moving that the author did add something that connected her with her dad in a special way. For example, when she talked about the poem she wrote and how she showed it to her dad and he said a second stanza right away to help her. That showed me that she got some of her writing creative from her father. Finally, after reading this passage I believe that the ideas were there, but the lack of flow made it hard to follow.

In Class Prompt 1

I am afriad of using my creative in my writing because I feel that as a kid my school never made us write a lot or being creative in our writings. I rememeber that I was never driven to write because our teachers at our school did not have us write more 4 papers a year and each one have rules with no chance for us to express and be creative. If I would have had one teacher that would have said to write ten minutes every night and I will check over it, I feel that would have helped me in my creative. I feel that if I would have gone home and wrote about school and other things that it would have helped build a confindence in me to be able to write in a creative manner. Since I cannot go back and do that  I feel that i need to just sit down twice a week and write about things in my life to help me build on my writinbg skills and be able to write about anything without the fear of people thinking it is not a well written paper. Also I could focus more on my writing skills and have other peer review my writings and get their ideas on my papers to know what i need to focus on and what I need to work on in my writings. I feel that by doing these steps I will achieve self-efficacy and become a better and more creative writer.

Reading Response: An Angel's Help

After reading the Nemat in our book I learned to admire this women's love for books and an angle that will great her reading wish. The description she using to describe her love our books made me believe that I was there, and actually reading the books with her. As the story progressed I started to feel bad that this girl who loved to read was unable due to finical difficulties. As soon as I read that she saw a sign to a secondhand book story I felt like that would be an importance piece to her reading. The fact that she was willing to do anything to get books made me believe that would fight to do anything to read. For example, after purchasing and finding out how expensive the first book was she was willing to sell her pencil bag just to get the next book shows her love of reading. At first I did not know how to interpret the old man because he seemed nice by letting her have the book, but yet harsh for thinking she would be unable to read the book. Also an other sign of his harsh character was that when she came in the second time he believe it was because she was unable to read and understand the book, and she just wanted a refund. After she explained to him that she read it not once, but twice and love it and want the next book, and all the work she did just to get it you could sense a change of heart in the man. Finally in the end you can see that the angel named Albert realized and admired Marina's love of books. Therefore I can tell that angle Albert was willing to help pursue her dreams, read, and become life long friends through their love of books.

A Child's Dream

When most people were little they dreamed of being a rock star, professional sports player, or even a doctor, but when I was little I dreamed of helping people. I remember when I would help someone solve a problem and how good it made me feeling knowing I had impacted their life. That is why from a very young age I decide what I was going to be and how I was going to accomplish it. When I was a sophomore I finally decide what I want to do with the rest of my life, and that was be an Occupational Therapist. After that I planned on how I was going to achieve this and how I can do it and come out in less debt then others, and Rhodes is going to be my key to success. When I first found out Rhodes had an Occupational Therapy Assistant program I was excited, but nothing would compare to the news that I got my Junior year. My goal was to be an Occupational Therapist, so I looked up ways to be one without having to go college everyday for the next three years after I had go two years for my associates. That is when I discover that the University of Findlay offers this program called the weekend program. This was perfect for me because I could become what I wanted and still follow the plan I had in mind. Through working hard and keeping good grades I have so far stayed on the path that I have planned for myself. The Occupational Therapy Program is one I believe will help me with helping others. They may not always want the help and may fight it, but with patience and hard work I will get them to were they need to be and know that i truly did help them. When I was little I was not like most people, but through hard work I will accomplish my dream of being an Occupational Therapist, and hopefully will help others.

The Amazing Game

This was a huge game for the team of St. Marys, they were up against the very talented of Liberty-Benton, this game would be the indicator of how the whole season may turn out. I knew going into the game that I had to step it up and become a leader for the defense. After the first 20 minutes into the game and  we were still tied 0-0, this is the make or break moment. Our right outside mid was dribble the ball; she went past one girl after another to pop a shot to left corner of the goal. After the goal, defense had to stay strong but then we hit a breaking point. The middle mid on the other team dribbles down and made an unstoppable cross to the other middle mid to score and make the game tied 1-1. Second half we played hard and put all we had into the game; I knew that we had to stay strong as a team and have the faith that we could win this game. Defense faced a lot of challenges, I  being the left fullback had to guard their fastest and best player of the team. Even though I knew she was a very skilled player, I knew that I had to play aggressive and step to every ball, because I didn't want to let my team down. Both teams kept on fighting to get just get a goal to fall into the net. Our team had more shots on goal , but the goalie was able to block them. As for the other team, they had less shots outside of the frame, giving us the goal kick advantage. Five minutes left in the game and it was still tied 1-1. All of sudden, the middle mid on our team dribbles the ball down the field making cuts that their defense could not beat and takes a shot to the high right corner and the shot goes in with 3:29 minutes left in the game. We stayed strong for the last three minutes, working through the fast breaks and good foot skills to ended up winning this challenge game 2-1.