This weekend was such a successful weekend for me. I did a lot of things that made me feel very accomplished but i had to throw in a little fun in there because after awhile, i got really bored. First, on Friday, i left after school ended and i took Alyssa home, then i drove home and watched some "Full House." Later on that night i got a call from Alyssa, saying she wants me to go to the movies with her, Cole and Dujon. Alyssa picked me up from my house and she drove, that was not a good sight, and then we were on our way to the movie theater in Orange City. When we got there, Cole and Dujon were already waiting for us in front of the ticket booth. We really hadn't decided on what movie we wanted to see, but we paid for "Alice In Wonderland", but we snuck into "Cop Out."
We wanted to see "Cop Out", but it was a Rated R movie, and since we didn't have an adult present with us, we couldn't get into the theater, so that's why we bought "Alice In Wonderland" and then when "Cop Out" was about to start, we just left to go see that one. The whole movie was hilarious, it was about these cops who lost something really valuable, and in order to get it back, they had to go through these obstacles. It was really funny, and entertaining. Then after the movie had ended, we had sat outside the theater until our rides had come to pick us up. Once Alyssa's mom had come around the corner to pick us up, we had left. Then after a short while, so did Cole and Dujon.
On Saturday, well that was a very successful day for me, because the following Saturday is my birthday and I'm turning 15. I really want my permit, so in order for me to get my permit, i have to take a test, but before i can take that test, i have to take a "Drug And Alcohol" test. The test is 4 hours long, and it felt like way more than that. I sat in my room the whole day with my mom taking it. You have to read so many passages and take little quizzes before you can take that actual test. You can't move forward either until the time is up. The time for each paragraph was about 25 to 30 minutes long. They make it timed so that way you have to read it and you actually learn it. After starting it at 2 i finished at 8:30. That was way longer than 4 hours and i was completely exhausted. So i decided to go to bed.
On Sunday, i was not aloud to go anywhere until i finished my OR Projects for Mrs. Schaffer. She has us do 3 book reports every 9 weeks, so that way we can broaden minds and vocabulary. It is really hard because we get to chose from a sheet of paper what kind we want to do, but you have to do a different one each time. All of them include a lot of writing, i did the Poem with 1 page summary, 2 page character development, and the 6 diary entries. I did the books, "The Notebook", "My Sister's Keeper", and "The Lovely Bones". Those are all really good books, that i recommend to anyone.
As you can see, my weekend was very successful, i got plenty of things done and although it took a lot of work, i am very relieved, and I'm happy that i got it done. This weekend, i went to the movies, took my "Drug And Alcohol" test and even finished Mrs. Schaffers OR Projects.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
3/08/10
In the article, "Your SAT Scores May Haunt You", it talks about how Donna Chan, a 23 year old has been out of college since May 2002. She hadn't scored very high on her SAT's, but while being in college, her grade point average turned out to be a 3.9 which is very high for a college student. On her SAT's, she scored around the 1200's. She has not found a job out there yet, because of her SAT's, which is not fair because of the fact of her 3.9 GPA. It also talks about how some companies only hire people with score of 1400 on the SAT's. It talks about how the company "Configure soft, Inc", a systems-management software company is very unfair with their hiring. One company owner, Morgan Denny, does look at the SAT scores, but she says that "The SAT is an annoyance for us and an annoyance for our candidates; we believe there should be a balance." While this is very true, the SAT's are still very important.
These SAT tests are very important. They not only help you out if you are unable to pass the FCAT, but also if you want a decent paying job, sometimes it is necessary to do good. These tests make a critical impact on what your future holds for you. When taking these tests, many should remember that this is not only a test, but this test is your fate in a future job. While, wanting the job you"ve always wanted, you have to keep in mind that they may not hire you because of the SAT score, and so you want to score very high on the test. I believe that not letting students into certain colleges and jobs just because of a SAT score is very unfair. Yes, the SAT is a very important test that you want to do good on, but just because some may not be as well test takers as others, and people such as Donna Chan, have a very high GPA, the SAT should not stand in the way. For example, Donna Chan did poorly on her SAT but yet her GPA all throughout college was a 3.9, which happens to be very excellent. This is an unfair advantage to some.
Colleges take these into such consideration i believe, is because that they want their college to look the best. Allowing someone into the school with a low SAT score, may look bad on the schools record. Colleges want to look the best and want the best. Also, they do not want someone that would just fool around because if they do not have a high score, they may not be serious. Colleges also look at the students GPA averages.They make look at behavioral issues and grades all throughout schooling.
In my opinion, i believe that not allowing someone into a college or job just because of a low score on a test, is very unfair, so i do not think that not letting a student or adult in is not unfair. In my opinion this whole SAT ordeal is not an advantage to people, but an unadvantage. In conclusion, in this article, many talk about how they have high grades just not so well on the SAT.
These SAT tests are very important. They not only help you out if you are unable to pass the FCAT, but also if you want a decent paying job, sometimes it is necessary to do good. These tests make a critical impact on what your future holds for you. When taking these tests, many should remember that this is not only a test, but this test is your fate in a future job. While, wanting the job you"ve always wanted, you have to keep in mind that they may not hire you because of the SAT score, and so you want to score very high on the test. I believe that not letting students into certain colleges and jobs just because of a SAT score is very unfair. Yes, the SAT is a very important test that you want to do good on, but just because some may not be as well test takers as others, and people such as Donna Chan, have a very high GPA, the SAT should not stand in the way. For example, Donna Chan did poorly on her SAT but yet her GPA all throughout college was a 3.9, which happens to be very excellent. This is an unfair advantage to some.
Colleges take these into such consideration i believe, is because that they want their college to look the best. Allowing someone into the school with a low SAT score, may look bad on the schools record. Colleges want to look the best and want the best. Also, they do not want someone that would just fool around because if they do not have a high score, they may not be serious. Colleges also look at the students GPA averages.They make look at behavioral issues and grades all throughout schooling.
In my opinion, i believe that not allowing someone into a college or job just because of a low score on a test, is very unfair, so i do not think that not letting a student or adult in is not unfair. In my opinion this whole SAT ordeal is not an advantage to people, but an unadvantage. In conclusion, in this article, many talk about how they have high grades just not so well on the SAT.
Monday, March 1, 2010
03/01/10
This weekend had been a very interesting one. I did plenty of things to keep myself occupied. To start off with, on Friday i had to work a game. I'm an athelic trainer, which means that when a game is occuring, i have to attend it, in order if someone may to get hurt. After school we have to go the training room to set up the game that we have to attend. We, the trainers, have to make ice bags, make sure the kit is stocked and bring water bottles and towels. We have to prepare ourselves for any possible thing that could happen at a game. If someone were to get hurt, we would have to know exactly what to do in whatever postion that we were put in. So, i had a track meet Friday after school. So when i got out of 7th period i had to head straight to the training room, where i made ice bags, stocked the kit, and brought a towel. Since it was a track meet, i didn't have to bring a towel.
When i had gotten to the game, it was four and i knew that track meets can last up to five hours, so i had already knew that i was going to be there for awhile. I had to work the game with Stephanie, who is a rookie so i had to teach her the things that we have to do along the way. As it started to hit seven, i started to become really tired, so i told Stephanie that i was going to leave because i had been told that it was not going to end until some time around ten. So i had gotten home, got subway and went straight to bed. I had already been sick so the weather was not helping my cold that i had since Thursday.
On Saturday, my cold had gotten a lot worse. I woke up at ten feeling like i couldn't move so from ten till nine at night, i layed on my couch all day. I watched Full House for the couple hours that it had been on for, then after that ended, i went on myspace for a little bit just to keep myself occupied, since i was running a 99.6 fever. I really didn't feel good but my sister wanted to get me out of the House so that i may feel a little bit better, but i told her no because i just wasn't up for it. I was really sick and i just couldn't get motivated to get up off the couch.
After Saturday came and left, Sunday had begun. Sunday, i was feeling better but not completely. So at ten, i decided to finally get out of bed and start my day. My sister had told me that she wanted to get me out of the house, once again. Since i was feeling better, and my weekend had basically came and gone, i decided that i might as well go out for a little bit. After a few hours being out of the house, i started feeling better and better. At noon, my sister had taken me to Olive Garden, my favorite place! I was really happy that she had done that for me, and i was feeling better so i was starting to become really hungry. After we had eaten, my sister, wanted to go to the movies, so we headed to the theater and the movie we had wanted to see, "Dear John" was not playing until 6:45. So we decided to go to the Kohl's plaza where we just looked around for the time being. But since the movie didn't start till 6:45, we just went home. Then after being home i got on the computer and started talking to Levi.
I was on the computer for awhile talking to Levi. We were talking about how he wants to be on the varsity baseball team. And i was encouraging him to try out for varsity. Then we were talking about how many of our friends, such as Alyssa and Ashley, will be going to University High next year. Then he had told me that he too will possibly be going there also. Then he said that he was going for pizza and would be back or brb like he had said and he never signed back on. So today, Monday, we are still fighting about how he didn't sign back on. Now I'm just doing Alves lame Monday blogs.
When i had gotten to the game, it was four and i knew that track meets can last up to five hours, so i had already knew that i was going to be there for awhile. I had to work the game with Stephanie, who is a rookie so i had to teach her the things that we have to do along the way. As it started to hit seven, i started to become really tired, so i told Stephanie that i was going to leave because i had been told that it was not going to end until some time around ten. So i had gotten home, got subway and went straight to bed. I had already been sick so the weather was not helping my cold that i had since Thursday.
On Saturday, my cold had gotten a lot worse. I woke up at ten feeling like i couldn't move so from ten till nine at night, i layed on my couch all day. I watched Full House for the couple hours that it had been on for, then after that ended, i went on myspace for a little bit just to keep myself occupied, since i was running a 99.6 fever. I really didn't feel good but my sister wanted to get me out of the House so that i may feel a little bit better, but i told her no because i just wasn't up for it. I was really sick and i just couldn't get motivated to get up off the couch.
After Saturday came and left, Sunday had begun. Sunday, i was feeling better but not completely. So at ten, i decided to finally get out of bed and start my day. My sister had told me that she wanted to get me out of the house, once again. Since i was feeling better, and my weekend had basically came and gone, i decided that i might as well go out for a little bit. After a few hours being out of the house, i started feeling better and better. At noon, my sister had taken me to Olive Garden, my favorite place! I was really happy that she had done that for me, and i was feeling better so i was starting to become really hungry. After we had eaten, my sister, wanted to go to the movies, so we headed to the theater and the movie we had wanted to see, "Dear John" was not playing until 6:45. So we decided to go to the Kohl's plaza where we just looked around for the time being. But since the movie didn't start till 6:45, we just went home. Then after being home i got on the computer and started talking to Levi.
I was on the computer for awhile talking to Levi. We were talking about how he wants to be on the varsity baseball team. And i was encouraging him to try out for varsity. Then we were talking about how many of our friends, such as Alyssa and Ashley, will be going to University High next year. Then he had told me that he too will possibly be going there also. Then he said that he was going for pizza and would be back or brb like he had said and he never signed back on. So today, Monday, we are still fighting about how he didn't sign back on. Now I'm just doing Alves lame Monday blogs.
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