Heroes

When you start off as a little kid, heroes are either Dora, Superman, or some other type of character. When you grow up, you start to look up to actual people. Right now, I would have to say my heroes are my parents. I admire them because they have always supported and care for me. They are just great because they always seem to be helping everyone else before themselves, and do everything they can to make sure people have what they need. They are caring, fun, genuine people that I really appreciate. I could maybe give a little more to the community and other places but I feel like I am like them in the sense that I do watch out for others before myself usually.

One Year To Live

If I only had one year left to live, I wouldn't even know what to do. I would probably spend as much time with my family and friends as possible. I would never want to sleep, and I would probably eat anything I wanted to. I would want to go to Cedar Point, Ohio too because I am in LOVE with roller coasters and that place is full of them. I would also probably do many other things I haven't done before. If I knew that I was going to die in a year, I really don't think that life would continue to have a meaning to it. When you are living, you always live life to the fullest because you never know when you or someone else you know could die. But when you know that you are going to die, it's a scary thing and nothing really has much meaning anymore.

Spring Break: Florida

This spring break vacation, I went to Florida. First I went and stayed at the HardRock hotel in Orlando. There my family, Jayla and I went to all the rides at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. It was so fun and there were so many great rides. My favorite one was a new one called the Rip Ride Rocket. It starts by going straight up 90 degrees and you get to pick your own music! I picked Stronger by Kayne West and Bring Me To Life by Evanescence. After Orlando we went to Kissimee where we rented a huge 5,000 square foot house. I laid out there the first day we got there. But I was stupid and didn't put any sun tan lotion on and laid out for 5 hours and got majorly burnt. We were only five minutes away from the Disney Parks so we then went to all of those. The best ride at Disney is either Expedition Everest or the Rock'n Roller Coaster. In Expedition Everest, they make it feel as if a Yeti is chasing you while you are on top of Mount Everest. In the Rock'n Roller Coaster, you are in a huge "limo" coaster, and you shoot out at 60 mph right in the beginning. After Disney, we went to the beautiful ClearWater Beach. There, we laid out for hours and went in the salty ocean. I got to see a school or sting rays, and I got to see people get cleared out of the water because sharks were feeding. One actually jumped out of the water and ate a bird! But that was my Spring Break.

Civil War Summary

1. There were many reasons that the civil war happened but the one I am going to talk about the slaves. The slaves wanted to be free, and the North wanted them to be free too. The South on the other hand did not want to give up their slaves because that's how they made their money. So the North and South were fighting for either slavery or no slavery.

2. The battle of Gettysburg was an important battle in the outcome of the war. It really set the tone of the war. After this battle, most people knew the North was dominate.

3. I think there were many important people involved in this war. But one really important person would have to be Harriet Tubman. She lead all the slaves through the underground railroad to the North.

Writing Reflection

The part of the writing process that I found to be easy was finding information on the civil war. The challenging parts was probably trying to get all the writing done in only two days. I felt very rushed and I felt as if I couldn't write to my best abilities. I did use my time as best as I could, and if I could change my story, I wish I could have made it a little more detailed than I did.

Q&A Character

Q: Why did you want to fight in the war?
A: I wanted to fight in the war so that I could try and stop slavery in America.

Q: What side are you fighting for?
A: I am fighting for the North, because they are against slavery.

Q: Do you expect to make it out alive?\
A: In fact, I do expect to make it out alive. Maybe not fully healthy, but alive.

Girls State Basketball 2011

This past weekend my team and I went to Steven's Point for the State Basketball tournament. We drove up on Friday and got to the Ramada (hotel) around 3p.m. At first we were going to go swimming, but then we decided to just hang out by the pool. So for the rest of the day we hung out, ate food and then later in the night watched a movie and ran around the hotel. On Saturday, we woke up at 8:30 a.m. to go eat breakfast. We found out very quickly that it wasn't very tasty so we just went back to our rooms and ate pop-tarts. Our first game was at 11:00, so we had to get to our game at 10:30. We got to our game, listened to some pump up music, and warmed up by shooting. Then the game started. We got an early lead in the first quarter; it was 11-3 right within the first 3 minutes. Then at half we were down 25-23. After this half we decided we needed to step up our game a little bit if we wanted to truly win. So we kicked our game into high gear and ended up winning, 45-30.
Our next three games for Saturday were a little different. Our next one we won by 5, 40-45. The one after that we won by 30, and after that 25. Finally it's Sunday. Our game to get into the final four. We played Beaver Dam and beat them by 8 to make us get into the final four. Next we would play Waunakee in order to get into the finals for the state championship game. We lost by 8... And unfortunately, our last time to try and win state for the second time, was over... In the end we got fourth, but out of 27 teams, I don't think it's that bad of a position.

Dialogue--The Cookie Creep

The Cookie Creep---

1:Taylor
2:Jayla
3:Taylor's Mom


Taylor and Jayla walk into Taylor's house after school....

3: Hi girls! How was school?

Jayla shoves Taylor to the ground.

2:COOOOOKIESSS! Must get cookies!
1:Jayla, those are for my mom's aunt's, best friend's, neighbor's, great uncle's second cousin!!!
2:JUST... NEED... ONE!
3:Jayla you can have one...
2.OhhMyGoodGollyGosh!!!! Thank ya Mrs. Bell!

Jayla walks over to the cookies and smells the delicious scent of the chocolate chips and she sees how perfectly shaped they are.

Jayla looks mischievously at Taylor.

1:Jayla....
2: Look Taylor! A bird!

Taylor looks out the window and sees nothing but Justin Bieber waiting outside her door...

1:Stupid celebrities.
1:Jayla that wasn't a bird, that was Justin Bie...

And with that Jayla crept away into the darkness... Many years after that people still could not find Jayla. Some say she was seen with crazy eyes and cheeks full of cookies in the forbidden lake. Many children claim to see her when she comes lurking in their houses to steal their cookies.. She is the ultimate cookie creep, the one all little children and adults alike, despise....

Upfront Magazine Cover Article

I thought this article was very interesting. A new fact I learned was that when Abraham Lincoln was elected, most Americans didn't even know who he was. Now and days if a presidential candidate isn't well known, they most likely won't win. I could use parts of the article as research. The parts I could use are most of the facts and some of the intro. Out of the ten things you should know list, I think the one that stated, "far more men died of disease than from rifles" was one there because I'm sure most people probably think that a lot of the people died from being shot or injured. But truth be told, most of the people did actually die from diseases.

If I was writing a "Ten Things You Should Know About Asa Clark" list, I would put down these ten things.

1.Bring your own lunch on omelet day.

2.Make sure you follow the dress code, and if you don't, make sure you hide whatever is violating it.

3.Turning work in on time, usually means you can turn it in a week after it's due.

4.Watch your step when walking up the stairs. Falling often happens.

5.Bring a sweatshirt to gym class when running outside.

6.Do your homework. If you don't have it, take it from a friend.

7.The lockers have only enough room for books and school supplies, not containers and sweatshirts.

8.Cover your face in trench. Or use someone else as a shield.

9.Keep your friends close. They'll always be here for you.

10.Study for Spanish.. Unless you like to fail.