BOB

Soooo this is my BOB from last week because I couldn't get my iPod on the wifi on the DC trip P:, but from what I still remember of last week I liked it a lot. I thought it was pretty fun to do our own unit circles and it gave me a way better understanding of how it works. Plus when I was looking for something to base my units off of, I found candy in my backpack :) All in all, I think that makes for a Thursday that can justify an entire good week.

What to expect?

With the first unit finally over, i don't exactly know what to expect for the rest of this trimester. There were just certain aspects of the unit that I got, and just did not get. One thing I really struggled on is the six trig functions, which really hit me hard while I took the test. I know I have to work a lot harder on understanding those. It's essential for the exam that I know these things. But what really helped me understand the unit circle was that activity we did with our own unit of measure, measuring the radius of the unit circle, finding x and y coordinates and so on. I guess just like last tri, Pre-calc trig i find myself stuck like before. But last tri i also ended up getting better at the things i struggled on because of working harder. So i'm playing this trimester by day, i know how hard of a worker i am, so i just need to push myself a bit more to succeed in this class.

A rare thing, an actual application for math in real life

This past Sunday i had to build some stairs for the front of my house. i had a rise of 18 in and a run of 29 for the riser. i needed the angles in top and bottom so i remembered that old trig class with Jackson, ans used the inverse tan. after having the angles the hard way i obtained an excessively large protractor and in the end cut the boards to near precision. my mom was off by 5-6 deg on her drawing (carpenter classes teach you to shortcut and be lazy) but mine were good to 4 decimal places. after she quit due to being outsmarted by a high schooler, i made some mathematically perfect stairs.

The things I do.

I invest a significant amount of myself in this job on a daily basis.  I don't look for recognition and I don't want to be noticed.  I want to quietly do the very best that I can for those that matter most.  You.  Please understand that I see what you have to offer, even when there are times that you don't see your own potential.  I wouldn't spend every hour of my day thinking about all of you and allowing myself to become emotionally attached if it wasn't worth it.  This time of year is always the most difficult because about 200 to 300 of you will be moving on.  I may shed some tears, but they are tears of pride because I know how hard many of you worked to get to where you are.  Some of you have made the necessary sacrifices in order to complete high school.  Some of you have breezed through without a challenge and can't wait for the opportunities that await you.  We still have a few more weeks together and I want you to make these the best days of your high school career.  If any of you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask.  I'll be around this old place for another 20 years or so.

B.O.B.

Rather than just reflecting on one day this week I am going to reflect on the whole week! I loved creating the unit circle I wish we would have done it sooner because it gave me a better understanding of the unit circle as a whole! I also loved Friday because we just had a work day

Bob 2

Sorry about the delay but it's been a crazy week.  The band went to Washington, D.C. where we stayed till Monday morning.  We are very tired and can't wait to be back.  The things we missed we may never get back.  See  you late.  

P.S. I'm using the wifi so who knows what time it's done uploading

BOB

To be honest, I don't think I showed my best potential on the test that we took last week. I'm really nervous to see the results but also determined to not go into another test as unprepared. I had a lot going on at the beginning of the week and I didn't set my schoolwork as one of my top priorities and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to pay for it. Here's to the next test and a better grade! 

BOB

I'm pretty nervous and anxious to see the test grades next week! The test certainly tested our knowledge well. The new unit started off pretty cool, making our own unit circle measurements and all. It was neat how accurate the numbers were to their true/real values. Looking forward to watching some videos on waves and their potential!

This past week we've been making our own circle and radian measures based off the rulers we created. By doing this we are learning how to measure circles in radians by using a radian measure other than one and gives us more of an appliance for circles without the radius of 1.

B. O. B. 3!

Alright so I'm super excited for this next unit. I love trig graphs almost as much as I love trig identities. This week has been crazy, and this week coming will be even crazier. Thankfully, though, Oklahoma is almost over and I can get back to my "normal" life. I hope I didn't miss a lot on Friday, but I'll be at school early tomorrow to see what I missed. I didn't think the test was too bad, and like I said, I'm really excited for this unit. In other news, my club volleyball team won the bronze bracket at Volleyfest this weekend, which is the Midwest national qualifier. It doesn't sound that great, but our team is pretty small and the club I play for started up this year, yet we still finished in the top 20 or so teams at a tournament that brings-in up to 200 teams each year. So yeah. I'm proud. And my mom came back from Turkey today. This weekend was good. Happy almost Monday!!!

BOB

I thought it was cool that we made our own "unit circle" by using a measurement of our own creation.  I also liked seeing how close you got to making it perfect by using the created measurement to find terminal points and seeing how they lined up. I also thought the fact that putting the points into a stat plot made a representation of our circle, which was another way of seeing how close to perfection you got.

BOB

In the unit we just finished, I felt that throughout most of it my muddiest point was solving story problems pertaining to arc length and sector area. In the end, I felt like I understood it pretty well but the clock problems took me a long time to understand. It's always easy to memorize simple formulas, but thinking in terms of real life situations can be tough sometimes.

B.O.B.

I think the unit circle portion of the test was pretty simple. I liked it because we learned how to solve for each part instead of just having to memorize the whole circle like I did in algebra. I have been missing a lot of school lately, but I think I'm pretty caught up on everything in this class. I think this last unit went really well for me.

B.O.B. Real World

I am not sure if this qualifies as the real world but I have been taking an ACT Prep class in order to increase my ACT score this June and today we talked about the math portion. One of the practice problems we had was about radians on a unit circle. I was the only one in the class to get the question right and I felt so proud of that. This class is difficult for me but I know it will be worth it in the end.

B.O.B #2

So Friday we finished graphing the sine and cosine functions of our own made-up units. I was very fascinated how everyone could have their own unit that could be completely different from another unit and get the same circle that everyone was handed out. Also on Friday, for everyone that was done, since there was so many people gone due to the D.C trip, teen court, or any other reason, we got to watch Mythbusters.  I was very fascinated how a non-enhanced human voice was strong enough to break a crystal wine glass with the correct amount of power and frequency.

Bob

I think making our own unit circle helped a lot. It showed me how to get all the measurements. And it was fun to measure it all out ourselves

B.O.B. 2

     The graphing we did Thursday for the unit circle using our own unit of measurement was very insightful.  The graphs were no longer meaningless squiggles.  It was cool to finally see where these shapes come from.  The shape could be applied to light waves in real life too.

BOB

This week was rather easy for me. We had the test over unit one on Tuesday, and then on Friday we essentially had the day off because of many of the band students' absence. For me, the most difficult part of this week was the test because I am pretty sure that I confused secant and cosecant. Other than that, the hardest part of the week was when we had to measure all the terminal points with the rulers we made. My ruler was a cellphone battery, but instead of dividing each battery into tenths or fifths like a normal person, I divided it into sixteenths. Still, I am excited that all the calculations have been finished and now we get to actually graph our circle!

BOB- Class reflection

I thought that this unit went by fairly well for me. The test, I thought, went very well. Hopefully my results show that same feeling. I was confident with all my answers except for one problem one the second portion (it could have been on the third). It was the problem where we had to find a negative y-value given the x-value. I was probably over thinking it, which is what I normally do, so I know that I probably got that wrong. Still, I felt that the test went well. So far though, I am not really liking this unit. For me its to much measuring and drawing objects perfectly.

BOB 2

The particular day of the week that I wanted to reflect was Friday. Several people were gone in class due to the D.C trip and we ended up talking about things that didn't really correlate to math. I like math a lot and I like practicing it but on Friday we just talked about things in life and it was pretty chill. It felt almost like a group of friends jut talking and doing whatever. It was a great way to kick off that Friday.

Muddy Point

Overall this unit we are starting seems pretty basic to me, by wrapping up the tests I can reflect on everything that was muddy in that unit. I really had a hard time doing the non calculator portion of the test because I dd not study those, or if I had I did not realize that the conversion of degrees to radians would be no calculator so I studied to do  it with a calculator. I really struggle  to do this non calculator part because I had a "mishap" in middle shool math because my teacher had a pani attack and left for a long time, so I learned nothing that year, and missed so much. This past unit was pretty tough, but I plan to work harder for better comprehension in the next unit.

B.O.B 2 class reflection

So this week I feel like I am a little behind because I missed school Thursday. I went to Buddy Day and since we started a new unit I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do. Hopefully I can hash it out this weekend so that I am not totally lost on Monday. If anyone has any advice on dividing my unit circle into 24 sections I would love you hear it... Today however, we spent most of class watching myth-busters which I greatly appreciated. The myth we were focused on was breaking a glass with a human voice and how if the singer could match the frequency of the glass it would vibrate and break. That video was really cool to watch and see how sound can be used to influence objects in such a way.

B.O.B. 2 Reflection Over Past Week

This week on Tuesday, in precalc trig, we took our unit test over things such as the unit circle, csc,secs, and cot, and arc length.  I felt like the test wasn't to bad for me with the exception of some problems on the non- calc portion of the test.  One of the highlights of the week though was being able to watch myth busters on Friday.  It was awesome because its one of my favorite shows to watch and being able to watch it in math class at school was fun!

This week I took the test. The one problem that was difficult for me was the one relating to radian measures of a circle. I had trouble figuring out the reference angle for the radian measure so I just sort of tried something and I don't know if I got it right or not.

B. O. B. Post week 3

As of starting our new unit, I've been doing fine and enjoy building the Unit Circle.  Bringing back the stats lists we used in Algebra was cool, and using our own measurement was pretty cool. I'm just so overly ecstatic about learning all of these wonderful things I just don't know what to do with myself!!

B.O.B. Week 3

This past week we had the test for our first unit. I think that I did pretty well; I didn't struggle with the unit circle or the sin/cos/tan problems and their reciprocals (at least I think so). I did try the extra credit problems, and I think I came up with a way to solve the first one, although I have no idea if those thoughts translated onto paper. I also attempted the second one, and I thought I had come up with a way to solve it. It turns out that after I had finished and looked at what we were supposed to find, my answer did not match. Oops. Oh well. I think this unit overall was pretty easy for me, especially since the beginning of it was a lot of things from algebra 2 b, so I didn't do too much studying outiside of the review packet. This unit has once more reminded me of the main thing I learn in this class, and previous classes with Jackson, is you need to stay caught up. Do your homework, get help when you need it-don't wait to do things and you'll do just fine. 

B.O.B.

This week, the coolest thing we did this week was the sine and cosine graphs.  It was interesting being able to see the connections between the unit circle and the graphs.  I never really made any connection in Algebra 2, so it was cool to finally understand.

B.O.B a reflection

Instead of doing a reflection of a particular day in precalc trig, i am going to do a reflection of this whole week.  To get things started, on monday we had a work day to study or finish our notes and homework on the unit cirlce. On tuesday we took our unit cirlce test. I believed the test was a little easier then people were saying. Even tho i did study, i wished i could have studied more because there was this problem that i still dont understand and that i guaruntee got wrong on the test. On wednesday and thursday, we got the paper called discovering the unit circle, which i learned how to make my own measurement from an object to measure each of the 15 degree angles coordinates  I had trouble with it first, but then i understood it. Lastly, today, which is friday, i finished that paper and we watched myth busters videos. My favorite part of the myth busters was watching them sing to match a wine glasses frequency to break the glass. It was a great way to end this week!

B.O.B.

Pretty much the whole measurement unit was really hard for me. I would get it, it would be explained a different way, and then I wouldn't know how to do it. The whole secant cosecant thing, I didn't get. I didn't understand how to divide the x and y to find tangent. I didn't get how to use the unit circle equation. And when it was time to take the unit test, I really definitely think I failed. But on the bright side I get the graphic unit so far so maybe this will be better!

Bob Blog Post

Today in class we made our own unit circles with rulers, protractors, and our own unit scales. I didn't really know what we were doing at first so I just went along with it, but once it got going I understood. It ended up looking pretty accurate and I was proud of it. It was an interesting project for a math class, which I liked doing. I hope Mr.Jackson has us do these kind of projects more often because I enjoy hands on learning, it's fun and it makes things easier to learn.

Bob week 3

We took a test this week.   I felt relatively confident about it.   I even did the second extra credit questions.  I wasn't able to try the first as I don't know how to convert feet I into miles.  The no calculator part was a little bit difficult as I had to use long division to solve them. 

Reflective comment

My first week I was sitting in this class and did not know what was going on. I did my work mostly with help of my friends or Mr. Jackson's help. I could fill out the worksheets, but did not really know what was really behind things like for example converting from degrees into radians. Today we took our test and I even feel okay about it. I did not have this moment that everything was clear, it was a process going on, that took over 2 weeks, just by figuring out every day and looking over and over over problems. It just encouraged me, not to give up; that I should try, even if I have no idea what is going on. But it was all together, it was not just me going over problems on my own, that made everything clear. It was also getting help from Mr. Jackson and getting strategies explained several times, just in different ways. Just don't give up, even after sitting in a classroom for one week and not knowing what is going on;)

late blog, weekly reflection

Overall the week went by fine, no incomprehensible material, i forgot the blog post... i got candy though...  test tomorrow hope that goes well.

B.O.B. Muddiest Point

My muddiest point so far this trimester has been the quiz that we took. I really did not do well and that brought my grade down quite a bit. It was hard for me to refresh my memory on the Algebra 2 that I had taken over a year ago so seeing how much I really did not remember has pushed me to work harder. I hope that my hard work will show up on the quiz we take Tuesday because I would really like to bring my grade up quite a bit. It was hard for me to apply the unit circle to all the equations because I have hardly ever done that before so it was really all new.

MY Muddiest Point.

I think that the thing that I am having the most trouble grasping right now is dealing with tangent and cotangent, considering that they are not just assigned to one of the axes like sine and cosine, but are those two values divided one over the other. I'm having some difficulty with them now, but hopefully I'll learn to be able to incorporate them.

B.O.B 2!

So, as i was sitting in my desk in first hour i realized i forgot to do my blog post! I had so much going on this weekend it totally slipped my mind, but i wont make excuses for myself, i knew better.

Anyways, about this course so far, i think i am doing okay. There is alot of things that take me a good chunk of time to fully understand. For example, i still don't know exactly every radian measure on the unit circle, but i know most of them. I also am still getting used to the cotangent,secant, and cosecant formulas. Moreover, some things i really understand and actually enjoy is drawing the spiral in the circle to find the radian measure or the sin,cos,and tan of something.

Something Interesting I Learned The First Week

So I was sitting there in Jackson's class in the first week of school. We were talking about radians relations to circles. Mr.Jackson said there were 2Pi radians in EVERY circle. I didn't really understand it right away, but as I thought about it more, it started to make plenty of sense to me. I think about it every once and a while now for some reason, it's not even a hard concept to grasp. I just think that this fact is so crazy a weird. We learned about Pi in about middle school but it's not until classes like this that make you realize how much it is actually used and it's relations to all circles.

B.O.B. 2-Whoops!

This weekend I had a lot going on and this blog post absolutely slipped my mind. So here I am blogging in class. Although I'm so interested in Jackson's talk about Easter egg hunts, I have to get this done. We have a test tomorrow, which is really freaking me out. I understand everything pretty well, but sometimes I get confused on how to start certain problems. Also I feel like I don't have my terminal points memorized well enough, which is also freaking me out. I'm sure most of the stress is coming from the musical performances coming up. We still don't have the ballet fully choreographed. Gah. I'm alright. I just need to study. I'll be all good. Deep breaths, deep breaths. I'm just gonna keep it positive. Happy Monday. :)

That feeling...

When you accomplish something that no one else thought you could and you work your hardest, not to prove them wrong, but to make a point that nothing can keep you from your goals.

Blog #1 1/2

So far the material has been pretty straight forward. I just have to buckle down and study for the test. I like how Mr. Jackson is trying to relate the material to music when ever he can. That's keeping things interesting. 

Muddiest point

Muddiest point for me has been trying to remember how to do sin, cos, tan. And all the steps you have to do to figure it out. Also with this unit I've just been struggling overall with how to do most of it.

Muddiest Point

The trickiest thing that I have come across in Pre Calculus Trig is probably applying the different trigonometric functions to everyday examples such as finding the distance between 2 cities or seeing how far a clock moves. I end up checking the key and walling myself through the problem and then see that it was really obvious and feel kind of dumb about. I'm getting the hang of out though and should be good for the test :)

B.O.B. #2

This unit hasn't been too tough, however, there are some things I struggle with.  Problems involving tangent take way more time to solve than i feel like they should.  I've gotten better at figuring out when to rationalize and when to do certain things to solve these equations. Now its just about practice and how familiar i can get with these problems so i can reduce the time it takes to figure them out.  I'm actually looking forward to the test and to the results

Muddiest point

This week, my muddiest point was applying the arc length and sector area formulas to the story problems. The formulas themselves are easy to master if you have all the pieces laying out in front of you, but having to think about how each part of a story problem fits into the formulas can be challenging.

BOB - Muddiest Point

So far, the toughest part of this unit for me is dealing with the trig functions. I guess it was just more difficult than I expected. In Algebra 2, the unit circle was a breeze for me so I just thought that it would be the same now too. I think I'll be able to figure it out and become more comfortable with the functions as spend more time with it. 

My Muddiest Points this unit

Honestly, this unit has not been my strongest point. Understanding the unit circle looks easy, but there is just so much to remember that it is overwhelming for me and i bet it is for many other people as well. I really struggled on the secant, cosecant, tangent, (pretty much all of the six trig functions). But with a little practice i THINK i am starting to get the hang of it. I don't know, it's just kind of one of those things I stare at for numerous hours and then finally break down and cry. That is really how stressful those equations are to me. I also struggled with the rotations and revolutions of the unit circle. But I kind of got the gist of those after a while. I really hope that I can get out of this trig slump, especially before this test we have this Tuesday.

BOB

I think the muddiest point for me is the cosecant, secant, and cotangent equations. The process of solving them and remembering which one is for sine or cosine is difficult for me. I hope to get it by the quiz for tuesday!

Muddiest point

The muddiest part for me thus far this unit has been remembering the different formulas and what they stand for. I can do the math completely fine and easily once I know the formula, but I often forget what and where to plug the numbers in. This is partially my fault because I am not a big studier since I have never really had to study for anything before.

B.O.B. week 1

This week my muddiest point was the trig functions.  Not the ones we learned in geometry, the one we learned this week cotangent, cosecant, and secant.  My main problem is remembering which one goes with the correct trig function and remembering to rationalize.  With constant looks at my notes I'm remembering it a lot better.  With more working and studying I should have it done by the test if not then by the exam.  See you next week here on THE BLOG.

Bob #2

So far this week in school has not been the best for me. If I can write out my math problems to Jackson's approval I should be able to do better this trimester. Pre calf is the first math classes I have began to struggle. 

B.O.B. #2

My muddiest point this week was figuring out how to solve all of the other trig functions, such as csc, cot and sec. I had a hard time figuring out how to solve the problems, but going over a few in class really helped my understanding. At first I thought I had to  make a huge confusing problem for cot, but then in class we went over how we could just use X/Y. This helped me a ton!

B.O.B.-Muddiest Point

I think so far this trimester my worst point is using the the radius and angle measure to find arc lengths and areas. Most of my problem was that I used degrees and radians in the same exact way, but when I started to pay more attention to what I'm doing the numbers made sense. Maybe it was a little difficult for me to get at first because I missed the day when we learned it, but I think I'm ok now :)

B.O.B. Week 2

This last week has been a really entertaining and exciting one for me in Mr. Jackson's class, I just love learning about how things work and how we can do certain things using math! When working on certain work sheets in class I tend to imagine how these concepts are being used around me. This past week has really opened a door to my understanding of circles and how much we, as a society depend on them. It is also really interesting to learn about how much circle aided the pre-modern technology scientists and mathematicians figured things out.

B.O.B. 2 - Muddiest Point

My personal muddiest point this week was, to miss Wednesday's class. I went on the DIA trip with French, what put me really back in Physics and Math. So when I came to class Thursday I didn't understand anything and did not have the work done I was supposed to. What helped me a lot, was going in during lunch and getting everything explained by Mr. Jackson and it makes a lot more sense now. Now I'm working on my review and it's going pretty good and the things I've missed Wednesday I understand now. (The title is wrong, because my blog post is more about "from my muddiest point to clarification", what I think is good:)

Muddiest Point

My muddiest point this week was the stuff with the tangent and cotangent functions.  I am not even sure what was throwing me off, but I would just not know where to start.  Eventually, I just managed to memorize the answers, so I just have to remember how to do the work.

B.O.B. 1# Reflection of Progress

1. My progress in my precalc trig class thus far is mostly a good one.  Some of the areas that i've found my self to be good at and like include converting radians to degrees and revolutions and vice versa, coterminal angles, and finding arc lengths.  Some of the areas that i've found struggle in for me though would be mainly the six trig functions.  I've been studying and trying to learn from my mistakes by using the answer key which helps. other than that my progress i would say has been pretty great and I am currently studying for Tuesdays test.

B.O.B #1: reflection on my progress

Well, so far I feel that I am doing fairly decent in class. I have had some trouble with the homework, but the more I work at it the more it makes sense. I have always struggled with math so I feel really proud of myself for understanding most of what we are learning. I still confuse cosecant and secant, but I know I will eventually get it down! So overall I feel really confident with the material, although I am super nervous for the test next week...

B.O.B- Class Reflection

There was one day this week where I felt really confident and proud of myself. I think it was Thursday, but I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, I had done the homework without giving myself a headache. The answers that I had gotten were correct, except for some problems where I didn't carry the negative.  I understood the concepts and was able to follow what was going on in class. This really boosted my confidence for the rest of the day (which was awesome since math class normally leaves me with frustration and a headache). Needless to say, I feel prepared for the upcoming test on Tuesday!

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BOB 1- Muddiest Point

The hardest concept in the class for me is the concept of co-secants, secants, and cotangents.  I am bad at understanding what the answer is supposed to tell us.  Other than that, I haven't had too much trouble with the other concepts.

B.O.B. Week 2

This unit has been pretty good for me. Once I looked at the unit circle I remembered a lot of the things related to it from Algebra 2, such as sin, cos, and tan. The reciprocal functions were also pretty easy for me to understand, as I could quickly pick up how they related to sin, cos, and tan. Solving these also seems to be relatively easy to me. Now that we've gotten to arc length and sector area the basics are pretty easy for me, when all you have to do is use the formulas. However, the most recent homework we had that involved arc length and sector areas and distances, clocks, orbits, multiple circles, and the like, I'm struggling. My mind doesn't seem to enjoy figuring out how these new types of problems are related to our basic formulas and working through ways to do so. Or, more likely than it being my brain, it's simply that it requires me to think and do more work than previously and I'm too lazy to want to do so. Overall I'm finding that I'm pretty decent at this unit, although I hope to do much better on the test than I did on the quiz from before spring break. 

Muddiest Point

This unit has been very hard for me because I missed so much school. I have not had math class for over a year, and so many of the things that you think are things we will remember, I defiantly don't. I think the very muddiest point was the csc/tan/cot. This was very difficult because I missed a day the week before so I didn't fully grasp that concept, and then was not ready to move on in time. Next unit I will be more present in class, so I hope it will be easier. 

My confusion

I would say I understand about 30% if what we have learned because I have been gone so much this week. I plan on getting help and then finishing the work this weekend. The basics of the work I have I guess I'm just confused on how it all applies to the problems and how to find the answer in radians versus degrees. I am attempting to do some of the problems on my own just to see if I can do them through my own method but so far it is not working out for me, but it's ok. 

BOB #1

Personally, I'm still having trouble converting degrees to radians to terminal points. That probably sounds silly, considering how long we worked on that almost a month ago. It's just that we went through it rather quickly. I understand that to get one you have to multiply the other by 360 but really after that I have no idea what to do. Hopefully, this enormous review packet that we just received will help out with that.

Bob 2

The hardest part so far in the trimester has been changing from radians to degrees to revolutions! I think it is hard because we did a lot with degrees and a little be radians in algebra 2 but we didn't interchange the two BUT with more practice and studying it should be fine!

Overview

This week I learned about the cotangent, secant, and cosecant. I can now understand some more of what my brother was trying to teach me at different points. The solving using those inverse functions was also interesting. Today we moved on to some real world application, which I find it is always nice to find out how the in-class math relates to the real world.

Post 1

3 goals I have:
1: stop being stupid and get my school work together, I always forget about doing blog posts and it upsets me:(
2: start playing more sports because ever since I stopped playing volleyball I have become less physically active.
3: sing more confidently in the musical!

My Future Kids...

I've always imagined having kids and how I'd screw them up.  There's no perfect way to raise kids but there are things that I swear I will never do. I will never cut them off in the middle of them telling me their side of the story amd then say they're wrong, instead I'll listen to the whole story, get all of the facts and then tell them their wrong. The second thing I will never do is give them a horrible name.  Horrible names that are "creative" in the parents minds are the death of children in school, especially middle school and high school.  The last thing I will never do is home school my kids. I want my kids to grow up around other kids and not in the house for the 12 years of schooling they are required to go through. I know I'm going to screw them up in some way but I want to do the least amount of damage as possible.

In pre calc this week we've been working with radians on the unit circle and have recently learned about cotan cosecent and secent. I honestly had no idea what I was doing for the first week or so, probably because I am just not taking algebra 2-b, but thankfully I'm starting to get the hang of it and understand what I'm doing thanks to Mr. Jackson's help along with the people at my table's help. 

human charger- spring break blog post

To start with, you need to know what a capacitor is. If you don't then go google it. So in a similar way you can hold an electric charge, for example if you've shocked people with "static" electricity. For this build you will make a device that will charge your body like a capacitor [safely], it requires a 9-12v battery, negative ion generator, power inverter [dc to ac] and aluminium foil [contacts]. to make this quick you solder the battery harness i forgot to mention to the inverter [the neg ion gen needs ac because it is kinda like a transformer] and then the same with the neg ion gen, on the + wire install a switch. on the - wire make a ground that can be secured to your foot [bottom] the high v low I out gets taped to Al foil and then you. now you can shock people at will or pretend you have god powers. fyi high v is not dangerous to you if very low current, 9-12v batteries can't hurt you so even after it goes through the transformer it's still harmless. keep away from electronics and do homework before you attempt to build.

3 goals I have set for myself

3 of My Top Goals...

1) One of my goals that I have set for myself is to play college soccer at a school I love being a part of. This is listed as my first goal because it's one that I work at everyday. From each practice and game, to college visits, and emails to coaches, I am constantly working at fulfilling one of my top goals. My life has revolved around soccer for at least 10 years now and I cannot imagine being without out it. I have decided to pursue the goal of continuing what I love but only as long as I am to study for my future career all at the same place. 

2) Lately, I have been working at impacting others' lives in positive ways.  In the past, I have been content with blending in and just going with the flow. My goal is to help others and change the way that they look at things. I want to be a role model for the underclassmen on my team. I want to be the person that people come to for advice. I want to make a difference to people. I want to be remembered in a positive way. I want to be open to everyone so that anyone can feel comfortable coming to me.

3) A very futuristic goal for me is to eventually find someone to be with and have a family. My ultimate goal is to make sure that my kids never have to worry about not being able to pursue what they want or not being able to afford something. I want to support my future family and not have to worry about financial issues. I want to give my kids a chance to live how they want and to be able to do it comfortably.

Bob 1

Five years from now, hopefully I'll be in L.A. or somewhere similar. Not because I like fame, or big cities, or want to meet famous people. I don't hope to be an actress or famous. I want to do special effects makeup and there isn't really a way to do that in Michigan. I've watched a lot of YouTube videos and experimented with cheap Halloween sfx makeup, and I've gotten pretty good. I've learned how to use a lot of different kinds of makeups and techniques. I want to go to a makeup school first. The one I would like to go to the most is in the UK and very expensive, so that most likely won't happen. But yeah. I'd like to do special effects makeup and have it as a career in 5 years.

How Nathan would raise children

Well first off, I have thought about picking a child using the mail-order-stork method, but I really feel like a home grown child would be best for me and hopefully my wife would agree. After the wife and I are done picking out the baby-seeds at the "baby green house store" I'd make sure to plant the baby-seeds in very rich and fertile soil with efficient carbon productivity levels and all the essential nutrients. I would be sure to water the baby plant every day and place it in an area where it will revive the correct amount of sunlight to grow in to a healthy  baby. I would be very vigilant as to trim and unwanted leaves off the baby to ensure even growth and organ development until harvest time. At harvest time I would be sure to carefully pick the baby off of the baby-plant stem so I don't hurt the baby. After that I would keep feeding the baby the healthiest baby fertilizer and be sure to continue to trim the baby. As I watch the baby photosynthesize and grow into a young adult I would always keep an open mind about what they would like to do in life that makes them happy also teaching them how to trim their own young-adult-plant-beard and other fatherly things like  how to play pollen-ball, Americas favorite pass time, with the bees and I would be sure to be there for all of their pollen-ball games. 

(For the record, this is satire, I understand how baby's are made) 

300 mice

       If 300 mice escaped at the pet shop that I worked, I would be angered. I would probably run about the shop, curb stomping the many mice as I went. The job probably would have stressed me out to begin with, and this incident probably would have been the last straw. I would angrily walk towards the door, disregarding the mice underneath my feet, and leave my uniform on the front counter. I wouldn't even leave a two weeks notice. The mice would have broken me as a humble worker.

5) Favorite Childhood Toy

My favorite childhood toy was my Blankie. I liked him because he always smelled really good and I liked to cuddle with him when I was sick. One time my siblings decided to see how far he would stretch and he ripped into 3 pieces. Being a little kid, I then named those three pieces Smallsy, Mediumy, and Biggy. He used to be various colors but he has since then faded and become a grayish color. Sometimes, when I miss my childhood, I just pick him up and smell him. He is the best "toy" I ever owned!

B.O.B. #1

When I have children, I plan to give them the opportunities i did not get the chance to take while growing up. For instance, I never got to play hockey growing up, so i will urge my kid to give it a shot and hopefully he/she follows through with it.  Its odd but i think it would be cool to see how your kid would grow up if you gave them the opportunities you didn't have as a kid. In a way, its reliving your life, just through another person. Also, I want my kid(s) to be independent. Most parents now days hand everything to their kids and don't expect anything in return. I grew up in a family where hard work pays off, and if you want something, you earn it.  My children will live by that.

Raising my children

As a parent, I would never force my kid to participate in a certain sport or hobby just because I want them to do it. I think it's important for parents to help shape their kids morally, but everyone is different and enjoys different activities. I would above all make sure that they understand I support them no matter who they are or what they aspire to be.

BOB 1

"Five years from now, I will be... "
Five yeas from now I plan on having a college degree that may or may not be useful. I plan on working my way up in an NGO such as UNICEF or UMCORE. I want to work in another country doing something that really matters. I want to help people, so in 5 years that is what I am doing. I know that in 5 years I will be dirt poor, in debt from college, and struggling; but through everything I want to live my life in a way that puts others first. I want to help promote sustainable agriculture to help end the hunger crisis as well as hygienic practices as a way to prevent the spread of disease. 
After I finish working in the field (for as long as I can) I want to go on to make a larger impact on these types of organizations and possible the world as a whole. I want to use my degree to work in policy and the larger organization so that I can really make a difference. 
I am really not entirely sure where I will be in 5 years, and my uncertain future scares me because I do not know where I will be; but I do know that I will be doing something for the benefit of others. 

B.O.B. Week 1

A fictional character I would love to meet would be Frodo Baggins from Lord of The Rings.  I have always seen Frodo as an inspirational character, because even thought his kind is small and seen as weak and unintelligent he still conquers what not even the strongest character could do by destroying the ring of power.  Frodo's character teaches people that they are not confined to the assumptions of others, that no matter how small and how "weak" they can do anything. Frodo also teaches the importance of friendship, because he couldn't of done any thing without "The Fellowship" by his side.

Camping Trip

9. I have never been more frightened than when Nick Johnson, Corbin McDonald, Jack Peacock and I went camping in 8th grade. Jack and I were outside of the tent, while Corbin and Nicks bottom half of their bodies were in the tent and their upper half was poking out of the front zipper. We were all laughing and eating, when all of a sudden Jack and I hear something. It sounded exactly like someone in a dead sprint on the other side of the tent. Now, we were completely alone out in an open area in the woods/pasture, there was no one near us. Jack and I kinda of panicked until it stopped. It turns out all it was, is Nick's feet on the inside of the tent were kicking and it sounded like running. That was one of those moments where you think you're going to die but then you're fine haha.

                                                                                                      -Tristan Miller

spring break

      If and when I raise children, I'll never judge them. i want them to be whoever they want and do what they want to. i want them to be able to tell me anything and never lie to me, even if i'm not okay with what they are doing i still want them to tell me. i am going to discipline them and give them rules they have to follow but i am also going to be lenient on some things. i just hope to have a good relationship with my kids. I also hope to be a very stable parent and be able to give my kids anything they want even though i'm not going to do that i still want to be able to financially afford it.

If 300 mice where to escape from the cages in the pet shop I worked in I would: say " 
Well, that is a problem."  Then I would try to get some one else to get a broom and catch them all.  Then I would most likely lay down some d-CON and leave till the next day and I would quit right after I put down the d-CON.  That is what I would do.

A weird nightmare

The creepiest nightmare I have had involved a creature with a scream, ghost face, and v for vendetta face mask mixed together for a face. The nightmare starts with in a tree stand hunting deer. A creature in a black trench goes past me floating about the ground on a fire lane.

The creature was a proformace or a small show to destract it's victims than sucks the victims soul out through the back of their heads. The creature uses a megaphone to try to attract hunters to a proformance it has set up in the woods do get more victims. Around 100 hunters walk over to see the proformance not knowing what the ceatures reason is sit down to watch the proformance. The creature started taking in the souls of the hunters but does not notice me in a tree 120 yards away at the other end of the clearing. I raised up my 7mm magnum rifle and lined up a shot with the mid back of its head. As soon a I took the shot the creature gave out a blood curdling scream as it fell to the ground. All of the souls it had taking in over the time it was alive came out of the bullet hole in a bright blue light as the souls returned to the past victims. When I had this nightmare 8 years ago I still remember the details.

How I would raise children

If and when I raise children, I will never allow them to single flush a hefty number two.  I will try my best to stop them from looking a dog (rover) in the eye.  When driving the children to and from our destinations, I will not restrict their foul language directed toward senior citizen drivers that cause us to be late.  Also, I find it blatantly obvious that I will never allow my children to take part in the Jenny Craig System; if the brats want to shed a few pounds they can do some hill sprints.  In addition, when the children are attending church, they will not be allowed to "break wind" whenever the pastor is talking; lord knows that's a sin.  On another note, I will not allow the children to go a month without watching at least one of the Free Willy movies, (seeing that the scum bags they will most likely be, it would only be rational for me to shine a little light of motivation and beauty into their lives).  Also, whenever the children spot a bowl that contains any sort of pudding, it is my duty to stop them from violently slamming their faces into it repeatedly.  Lastly, I will try my best each and every day to help them overcome both their obstacles and fears.  However, when they have nightmares of being locked in a small, empty white room that's full of uncontrollable fire-breathing midgets, they will have to man up and deal with those dreams themselves.

If There's anything I could change about myself it would be...

The one thing I would change about myself would probably be how often I flip my pencil through my fingers. The habit started at the beginning of the year in Intro to business when I saw a kid flipping a pencil through his hands smoothly and without even trying. I was absolutely amused at this trick and decided to venture on my journey to learn how to do it. I finally got it after 2 months of obsessive trial and error. Anyway, the reasons why I would change are to: stop annoying everyone when I do it, lose focus in the middle of class, and get dirty looks when I drop it. I find myself twirling it without even noticing and it's kind of scary to be honest I don't ever recall when it gets in my hands or when I happen to notice it is happening. It's alos a little bit embarrassing to get called out by a teacher for "disrupting class" with my habit. Finally, when I happen to drop my pencil on my desk or on the floor I get a bunch of dirty looks from people. It's a lame habit to want to change but whatever.

B.O.B. Week 1

A fictional character that I would love to meet would be the Malfoy family, specifically Draco Malfoy, from Harry Potter. I have previously done a project where we had to choose a villain and write a story about their storyline from the villain (not the hero)'s point of view. For my project I did Harry Potter, and had been torn between explaining Lord Voldemort's point of view and the Malfoys'. I ultimately wrote about Voldemort, at that point thinking it would be more intriguing to write from the point of view of a character that doesn't get a lot of appearance time in the books. Malfoy, on the other hand, does, as he is one of Harry's classmates. However, I find the backstory and thought process of him and his family incredibly intriguing; just how much of what they did was their choice, and how much was being forced by their fear of Voldemort? How much was Draco influenced by his father's previous choices, leaving Draco with no options other than what he did? And his mother is very interesting as well; what did she sacrifice for the sake of her family? All in all, I find myself to be oddly interested in the choices of the so-called villains of stories, and find those of Harry Potter to be oddly compelling, as J.K. Rowling did such a perfect job of blurring the lines of good and bad, giving these people such enthralling storylines that help to give justification for their actions. 

My Struggle

I still remember the day I had to make that fate-determining choice. The choice after which my psyche would never be the same. Walking up to the mystical chateau of a building, "The Daily Scoop" loomed overhead. The choice: Cookie dough ice cream or a banana shake. It seemed like a simple question, but it was scarring. How could I solve such an equation? I couldn't possibly know, but I knew I had to make up my mind, and fast. The temptress behind the counter beckons for a response, "Are you ready yet sir?" I knew my time had come. Finally, after the conflict in my mind began to settle down, I dragged an answer from deep within the confines of my consciousness, "Yeah, I'll have a banana shake, please," I replied confidently.
"Alright, that will be right up for you," the mystical siren chants.
"Thanks!"
"Of course sir, have a good day."

Fin.

What my children will know

My children will be equipt with the best knowledge I can give them, which happens to be mine. My children will have the finer things in life because my husband Prince Harry and I will not settle or anything less. Before the eldest child is  2 months they will be fluent in German, Italian, Spanish, gibberish, and sarcasm. Since they are kinda close to being ruler we want them to be prepared for the unexpected. My children will also learn how to throw temper tantrums to get what they want. They will also attent private horse shoe throwing classes, just in case the need it there is no really reason behind it. How ever my husband and I will not allow our children to listen to music from: Nikki minaj, justin bieber, or kenye west because no parent would ever allow that. I will also teach my children how to shop because shopping is a very important skill that each one of my children must posses.

Invent and Describe a New Food!

13. If I could invent any kind of new food it would be chewing gum that would have a flavor that could last as long as you wanted it to and you could swallow it when your finished with it.  It would be revolutionary in the chewing gum industry because no more would you have gum that the flavor would last 10-15 sec, but it could last forever if you wanted it to.  Also you would be able to swallow it because it would be able to be easily digested in the body.  This could be good for kids or people who happen to swallow their gum all the time like me!

One Thing to Change About Myself

If I could change one thing about myself it would be the way I sleep. Weird. I really wish I were making it up but I've heard from a lot of my friends and family members that I talk in my sleep. Some say that they've heard it in Spanish, and others tell me that I don't always say real words at all. But most of the time, I spout a random string of words that don't form a real sentence or idea. My sister, Carrie (AKA FERNANDO'S GIRLFRIEND), says that I always sound like I'm consoling, convincing, or giving orders to someone. I've also been told that I sleep with my eyes open??? I feel bad because it scares some of my friends, but oh well. Sometimes Sara will come into our room and think I'm awake o.O So any-who, I'm super weird and dumb and this is one strange thing about myself that I can live without.

The best day of my life.

If I honestly had to pick one day, out of all the wonderful days I have experienced, to call the best day of my life I would probably pick the day of the finial performance of the high schools production of Wizard of Oz. This musical was my first production and it was my freshman year. It was a wonderful performance and a great time. But after wards at the cast party I had a moment; one of those rare moments that just kind of hit you out of no where, but when they do happen everything in life just suddenly feels okay. I remember everyone was sitting around this huge bonfire, Hayley Manor was playing her ukuele and everyone was singing. I just remember looking around at all of my friends that I had made over the course of musical season and thinking to myself, “ I really belong here, right here with my musical family". And it was just the absolute best feeling I have ever experienced. To just look around when you're with a group of people and simply feel like you belong right there. And from that day on I look forward to participating in the school productions and making the friendships/bonds that really make an impact. That day I found a place where I could just belong, that day I found my high school family. That's why it was the best day of my life.

2. Bubble Gum

Thank you so much for my onion and garlic flavored bubble gum. It has truly changed my life. Before, I just had the average day breath but now, now everywhere I go people remember me. Whenever I walk towards a stranger, they start crying from happiness because of my breath. They let the tears flow and I just sit and watch until they are finished. I'm finally popular. I never knew the day would come because of a piece of gum. And on too of that, it's delicious! So thank you again, truly, from the bottom of my heart.

                             -Marissa

BOB - Number 1

If and when I raise children, I'll never... 

If I have children I'm going to avoid doing the worst thing possible, parents forcing their ideals and beliefs on their kids one-sidedly. I have many complaints about how people raise their children, I mean who doesn't, but it actually pains me to see when kids believe in completely stupid ideas just because their parents told them a one sided story. I know it will be an extremely difficult practice to provide as much information as possible and allow my kids to make decisions based on it, but I plan to do so as much as humanly possible. I obviously also know that at a young age it would be impossible to allow them to make all their own decisions, but to make sure I only force the bare minimum to allow as much individualism for them as possible. I'm really glad my parents did this for me and I can't imagine not doing it for my kids!

2=1 Theory continued.

This isn't an option, but mr jackson said I could continue this. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's ctrl c ctrl v of my old theory.

There's a popular set of equations going around that proves 1=2. You may know it or you may not.

Here it is:

                       a = b 

 a squared = ab 

 a squared - b squared = ab-b squared 

 (a-b)(a+b) = b(a-b) 

 a+b = b 

 b+b = b 

 2b = b 

 2 = 1

This may seem confusing to you, as it confuses me. But it kind of, sort of makes sense.

But what if there was a different, maybe better way to prove this theory? I have a theory of my own.

1 is a unique number, because it isn't prime. The Bolivia Salt Flats are extremely unique. Bolivia is the 28th largest country in the world. North Carolina is the 28th biggest state in the U.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There are 812 Krispy Kreme shops in the nation. The year 812 A.D. was a leap year. Leap year began in 46 B.C. created by Julius Caesar and the Julian Calender. The Julian Calender is currently 13 days behind the modern Gregorian Calender. The Gregorian Calender is the most widely accepted calender, but is considered the unofficial global standard. Christmas in July is an unofficial world holiday. July is the 7th month in the year. There are 7 wonders of the Ancient World. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one still standing today. Egypt became a province of Rome in 30 B.C. The Roman Empire lasted an estimated 500 years. The square root of 500 is ~22.36. Fun-Size Snickers Bars are 11.18oz each. Divide 22.36 by 11.18, and you get 2. Coincidence? I don't think so.

1=2, proven with 2 very factual methods.

Now, there's been some extensive research as to how we can prove it going the other way. Instead of starting at 1 and ending at 2, we have to start at 2 and end at 1. 

2 is the only even prime number. Primer paint is sold at Home Depot. Home Depot earned 5.4$ billion in 2013. Gordon Moore's estimated wealth is 5.4$ billion. Gordon Moore is 85 years old. Last year was the 85th year of the Oscars. Leonardo Dicaprio has never won an Oscar, despite being nominated many times. In 2014, the Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation donated 3$ million to saving ocean wildlife. Speaking of ocean wildlife, an oyster is capable of changing one gender to another and back again based on what is best for mating. Oysters also breathe through gills. A gill is also used as a unit of measurement, equaling a quarter of a pint. Ben & Jerry's employees get three free pints of ice cream everyday, or 12 gills of ice cream. The ice cream cone was invented in 1904 at the World Fair in St. Louis. The ferris wheel at this convention was 340 feet tall. This is only 211 feet shorter than the current world leader as of March 31, 2014, the High Roller in Las Vegas, standing 551 feet tall. The Adziogol Lighthouse in Ukraine stands at 211 feet tall. Ukraine made the world's first Constitution in 1710. 1710/22.3 = ~76.6. There is a 76.6m long Piriou Motor Yacht that can hold 18 guests. Strangely enough, it can also hold 18 crew members, so 36 people total. And guess what 18/18 is? That's right: 1. 

2 definitely equals 1.

MY HERO

          My hero I would have to say is Mitch Lucker. He has inspired so many people through his music. He has changed the lives of many, also changed the way they look at situations in life. So many people look up to this Legend and even with his death his music and words of wisdom and encouragement live on and still helps people to this day. along with many other musicians like him, but his story stands out the most to me because of the wonderful things he has done to save so many teens, and how he's still in the hearts of many of his fans and his band mates.

thank you note to a friend who gave me onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum

Dearest of Friends,
I would like to graciously thank you for the gift you bestowed upon me; that of the chewing gum. As it was not really my personal flavor of choice, I fed it to my loyal dragon companion. He seemed to rather enjoy the flavor, though it seemed to have a kick. Pretty soon he was spewing fire. After about five minutes he could not breathe any fire whatsoever! Of which at that point I decided to take my dragon to the sagacious wizard who lived far to the east in the mountains and knew many secrets of old. We flew swiftly across the borders of many countries until we reached the Swiss Alps. As we glided down to land, my dragon and I noticed a score of goblins invading the caves in which the wizard lived. Thereupon we knew we had a battle cut out for us. I drew my trusty sword as I slid down from the back of my dragon, barely giving him time to land. I strode across the battle field, slaying goblin after goblin, the green slime of their blood flowing all around as my bright sword was violated with the goblin blood. My dragon slew a number of them with his sharp talons before he was through. When we had finished with the goblins, out of the corner of my eye I saw some substantial mass coming up behind me. I turned and saw a gryphon bearing down on myself and my dragon! Much to my astonishment, it was the wizard's new friend. He thanked me for saving the wizard's life and said he was there to take me to see the wizard. When I finally found the wizard and explained the dragon's predicament, he exclaimed, "I have just the thing!" With that he left us in the dusty old study of his house. When he returned, he had a suspiciously nasty smelling, orangish-purplish, soupy substance. He made my poor dragon drink the whole twenty-five gallon pot, and, much to everyone's surprise, exclaimed at its wonderful flavor. With that we had to make haste back to our peaceful abode so that I could return to government mandated school. Luckily everything is back to normal, as my dragon's flame is better than ever. So you see, your gum gave my dragon and I quite an interesting venture, and I could not be more pleased with it!
Regards,
Your Friend

Trig overload!

BOB #1

If I had the ability to create a gadget for the future, I would invent human, brain activated, wings. they would by very large and you would get to chose the color of your own pair. These wings would enable humans to fly near beautiful places, such as the Grand canyon, or the gateway arch. In the long run, the wings would save the U.S. a lot of money and cause less pollution. 

BOB #1 Constellation

The Constellation of Helix is one of the more famous and well known constellations among people throughout the ages. It is seen the best in islands in the Pacific Ocean.  The constellation resembles a shell. Shells  were very important to tribal people as decorations, food sources, ceremonial artifacts, and served religious purposes.  Ancient tribes of people consulted the constellation in regards to issues ranging from choosing a new leader to predicting the amount of food available.  It is said that when the center star glows strongly, good things will happen.  In tribal mythology the constellation resembles the flow of water and life.  It is said that souls congregate within the shell in preparation for a new life.
The Helix plays an important role in the stories told within the tribes.  Their heroes were often disciples of Helix and followed its glow on the way to their victories.  Villains scorned the constellation and turned away from its light.  These stories were often told to children so that they would grow up to be honest, humble individuals.  Hunters took the stories even more seriously as the constellation helped them find their way home. 

B.O.B numero uno

Choices, choices and more choices.

There are many choices we all have to make as individuals. Some being for the worst and some for the best. Some just not being what you want but you make the choice beyond your wants. I had a choice that i struggled to make at a point in my life. It may have not been what i wanted, but i knew it was the right one.

In the beginning of the school year, during first trimester,  i got chosen to be in an IMTA competition. For those who don't know what that means, it stands for International Modeling Talent Association. You could only be selected if you graduated from Barbizon modeling and acting school, which i did with Bridget Hudson and Serena Wilson when i was a freshman. Anyways the IMTA program prepares you to go to LA for multiple auditions in front of over 300 talent agencies and scouts. It also provides a photo shoot and alot of training. All this sounded like a dream come true, until i found out the cost of the program, which rounds out to be 4,000$. That doesn't even include the hotel, plane ticket for my mom and i or food for that week i would have been in LA. My mom, the sweet lady she is, was willing to make payments just so i can pursue my dream and go to LA. But, i knew if she did that my family would really struggle money wise. My family isn't rich, ha not even close so it would be a struggle for all the nine of us.  So, i had to make a choice. Go to LA and have my family struggle or drop out of the program so i could get a car and my family wouldn't struggle. The choice i made was to drop out of IMTA, even though i didn't want to. I made that choice because my mom doesn't have a job, my family isn't rich, and i knew my mom would struggle deeply  with paying that much money. Even tho i desperately wanted to go to LA, I knew it was the right decision not to go for my family's sake.

3 Goals

-My first goal is to learn what cos^-1 and cosh (along with the tangent and sine                equivalents) are, and when to use them

-I would like to get above a B+ in this and every class.

-I would also like to learn one computer language (Python or C++) by the end of next year.

Three goals I have set for myself are...

Goals I've set for myself:

I think setting goals is very important for every person in every situation. It's important to set goals that are achievable but also good goals, are goals, you have to work hard for. I set new goals every day, sometimes i achieve them, sometimes I don't:) There are goals you set daily and there are the ones that you work on for a long time. 

One goal i've set a long time ago, is to smile all the time, to try to see the best in everything and even if I can't, just smile about it. It changed myself as a person, but even more it changes people around you, when you just smile at them and really: about 80% of the time, I get a smile back:) It's a goal I still need to work on, it's a goal I have to think about all the time and try to remember to achieve it all the time. I just think it's a good goal, because it makes myself feel good and also changes people around me:)

Another goal I've set is to try everything. When I say this, I don't mean try food... I mean try different things, like different sports, join different clubs, learn new things about other cultures and religions and so on. I want to look back and probably say sometimes: Why have i done that? Because I don't want to look back and say: Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I try that? I've set this goal, because I can achieve and learn more this way. 

A third goal I've set for myself is just to be open-minded. This is also one of the reasons, why I've decided to do an exchange year I want to get to know new things and people. I want to learn from new and different things. I know, this goal is very similar to the second one, but this is because to me personally those 2.5-3 goals are hard to work on, but they are achievable. Those goals are also goals, that everybody can try to achieve, so when you feel like setting the same 3 goals for yourself, try it:)

Onion and Garlic flavored Bubble gum

Dear [Insert Name Here],
I really appreciate that when I asked if you had a piece of gum, you were willing to sacrifice one of your very last pieces. That was oh so very kind of you, and I will make sure to return the favor. I just really needed something to chew on because listening to lectures all day is over overbearingly ANNOYING. I was bored, I needed something to get my mind off of work, so why not just chomp like a cow on a piece of bubble gum? Which is exactly what I did, so thank you. Thank you for giving me the nastiest gum I have EVER tasted in my life! You really thought I would thank you for doing such a thing? You have another thing coming. How would you like it if I had you chomping on an onion or garlic all hour, then having to socialize with other students? That gum was DISGUSTING and you know it, no wonder why you were so willing to give me a piece. Consider our friendship OVER. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. No one will talk to me now because of how nasty my breath was all day. Ugh!!!!!!!

Your angry ex friend - Brytni Leasure

Meeting the McKennas

I read a lot of books, but one of my favorite series is Alaskan Courage by Dani Pettrey.   The series talks about the McKenna family and their crazy life in Yancey, Alaska. There are five McKennas: Cole, Gage, Kayden, Reef, and Piper. The McKenna parents died when Reef and Piper  were in high school, so Cole raised them with Gage's help. I would love to meet this family for so many reasons. First, I have always wanted an older brother and the McKenna family has three! And of course they are so protective of their sisters, acting like the perfect older brothers. Cole makes sure that everyone is safe and gives advice to everyone. Gage is the joker, making everyone laugh and is constantly teasing his sisters. Reef, however, is a mystery, but its clear that everyone loves him dearly. Second, the McKennas are Christians and they all have a strong faith (except for Reef who is, once again, a mystery).  Being a Christian myself, I admire and marvel over their strong faith.  This family experiences their share of hardships, but they still remain faithful. I would really like seeing that too. Furthermore, this family is, for the most part, very caring and accepting of other people. The entire family accepts a man named Jake into their family even though they know almost nothing about him. Kayden was always a little wary of Jake, but soon she realizes how wrong her judgements were. Cole accepts his old girlfriend (now future wife) and forgives her of everything she did to him. This family not only love and care for each other, but they extend that care to other people. These are just a few reasons for why I would want to meet the McKenna family. I guess that I will just have to be content with dreaming about them instead. :)

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Given my love of the printed word, finding a single character I would love to meet was difficult. There are so many great characters from all around the world. I could meet a prince who will fight for his kingdom at any cost, but just as easily meet a young girl who is dying of cancer. That being said, the character that I would most enjoy meeting would be Gandalf the Grey of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. It would be a nice meeting, and it would be great to hear all the stories and wanderings that he would have to tell.

To Meet a Book Character

If I could meet a character from a book, I would choose to meet Remus Lupin, from the Harry Potter series.  He was always my favorite character, because he was broken, but still friendly and good in ways that I could not manage with a perfect life.  He does die, which sort of throws a wrench in the whole meeting him thing, but he was wonderful.  I would rather meet him than most real people.

The Day That Changed My Life Forever

When I was in sixth grade, my mom got me tickets to see the national tour of Wicked for my birthday. I knew I liked musicals and I already knew a couple of songs from the show, but memorizing the music and seeing it live on a professional stage are two drastically different things. The cast only had about 20 people in it, but the sound they could create and the emotion they could evoke were absolutely breathtaking. At the end of the show I sat in my chair, tears running down my face, and it was in that moment that I really fell in love with musical theatre and the performing arts. I eventually decided that I would at least take a stab at a career as a stage actor. I can't think of anything better to do with my life than what I absolutely love. I love it because the entire process is so personal and so special. Every performance is unique in it's own way and there's something about being in the same room as the audience that makes it so fulfilling. Because of Wicked, my life will never be the same. Now I have something I can lovingly dedicate myself to. And that makes me a very happy person.

Spring break blog post

Below are 20 different options for you to choose from.  Please pick ONE and do your best to write a quality response.  At least a paragraph is required, but don't hold back!  I'm looking for quality over quantity.  This is mostly non-math related, unless you bring math into the prompt in a creative way.  Think.  Write.  Think.  Write some more.  This will be due by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, 4/16/14.  Good luck!

1. Design some gadget, machine, building, or other creation that might enrich the future. What does it look like? What does it do? How does it function? In what ways might it benefit people? 
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2. Write a thank you note to a friend who gave you onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum. 
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3. Draw an imaginary constellation. Write a story such as ancient people might have told about it. 

4. Describe a real made-up dream or nightmare. 
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5. Write about your favorite childhood toy.
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6. Write out the best or the worst day of your life. 

7. Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!) 

8. If and when I raise children, I'll never... 

9. I have never been more frightened than when... 

10. Persuade a friend to give up drugs.

11. Five years from now, I will be... 

12. Write about a day you'd like to forget. 

13. Invent and describe a new food. 
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14. Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever.

15.  Describe someone who is a hero to you and explain why. 

16.  Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one. 

17.  Imagine yourself in a different century and describe an average day in your life. 

18.  Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why? 

19.  Three goals I have set for myself are... 

20.  What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?