2010 Olympics

I did not watch much of the 2010 Olympics, but from what I did see I liked. I thought the US men's hockey team did very well. I watched the final game they played against Canada. I was very disappointed that they lost. I thought that they could have won the game. I watched the first half of the game, and I stopped watching when the score was two to nothing with Canada winning. USA should have won the game. They had already beat Canada earlier in the tournament, but they lost the second time, when it really mattered. I also watched the men's cross country skiing competition. This was also very entertaining. It lasted about two hours. I did not watch the entire thing but I did watch most of it. I was very impressed with the people who were in it. They were very good at what they did. It was very interesting even though the US was not very good at it. I heard about the Georgian man who died on the luge. This is not good. You hate to see something like this happen. I did not see the video, but from what I have head it was a very bad sight. I also saw Shawn White win the half pipe for snow boarding. This was very impressive. he is very good. This was probably my favorite thing to watch in the 2010 Olympics. White won the gold medal and he did so with amazing style. I watched his two jumps, and I was very impresses. This was by far my favorite thing to watch in the 2010 Olympics. I do not like the winter Olympics as much as I like the summer ones. The summer games are much more interesting in my opinion. There is so much more interesting things to watch. Out of all the things that I saw in the Winter 2010 Olympics, Shawn White's performance on the half pipe was by far the best.

preparing for the act (jour 36)

I take preparing for the act very seriously. I have taken a class out at lincoln land and I am taking the class that the school provides for act preparation. I have taken the act one time already. I thought is was kind of hard. It was not impossible though. I felt that the first act prep class I took at at lincoln land helped me a lot. It was very helpful and was very interesting. I did not study all of the subjects at this class I took, but I did take most of them. I have found that that class was very helpful, even more so than the school's class. The one that the school provides was somewhat helpful, but there is only so much that you can learn in two hours for a test. It is still helpful but it is just not quite as good as the other one that I have taken. I hope to do better on the act for the school. I have taken it once already, it was hard, and I got a twenty four. I am hoping to get a twenty seven or a twenty eight. I would be very satisfied with this score. I think that I can do it. I have taken it once already, and now I know what to expect. It will not be as hard this time I think. I hope so at least. I thought the math section of the act was not very hard. My scores on my act were all about even. I thought the science and reading were kind of hard just because there was not very much time to do. I kind of had to rush to get it done. I think that I would do a lot better on the act if there was just a little more time. This is probably true with everyone though. I think it is very important to prepare for the act.

"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"

I thought the poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" was a very interesting poem. It had a lot of symbolism in it. I did not completely understand the meaning of the poem. The poem had an interesting rhythm to it though. It definitely had a pattern to it when you read it a couple times. I thought it was pretty interesting. I think the poem might have been talking about a snake. The second stanza in the poem could have been referring to a snake. I also think that there might have been a religious reference in the poem. The poem says, "A spotted shaft is seen." This is obviously talking about the bible when a snake turns in to a shaft. After I read the poem a few times, I began to understand it a lot more. It became obvious after I read "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" more times, that the poem was about a snake. It was a very interesting poem. I am still not sure as to what the ending meant when it said, Without a tighter breathing, And zero at the bone. I think that this could have possibly meant that the snake killed some one or something bad happened. This is the only possibility that I can think of when they say, zero to the bone. It is kind of hard to interpret at some points. I think that it is very true to say that his notice is sudden. When ever you notice a snake, it is a very scary sight. You are not expecting it, and it will almost always catch you off guard. The poem is very true in some points. A snake's notice is always very sudden. Even the title of the poem kind of gives away what it is about. "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" is a description of a snake. I found the poem, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" was a very interesting poem with a lot of symbolism. The poem was very good and it had a distinct rhythm to it.

PPHS Mythology Refrences

I do not remember much at all about mythology. We learned about this topic a lot back in seventh grade. It was a very long time ago and I can not remember many of the specifics. I do remember a few of the gods mentioned in mythology though. I can not say if any teacher specifically relates to an ancient Greek god. If I had to pick one teacher that related to a god of ancient Greek mythology, then I would say Mr. Gilbreth relates to Poseidon. I do not know if their personalities have anything in common, but in all of the pictures Poseidon has a big beard and so does Mr. Gilbreth. Out of all the other teachers I am not sure if any gods really remind me of any of our teachers. If you went by status only then Mr. Ward could be compared to Zeus. Both are in charge. Mr. Ward in charge of the school and teachers, and Zeus in charge of all of the ancient mythological gods and is ruler of everything. These two relate to each other based on solely status of their jobs, and what they do. Other than this, I can not think of any teachers that would relate to a Greek god. Maybe the music teacher would relate to the god of music and the art teacher, the god of art. Other than these, I am not sure of any other gods. It was a very long time ago when we studied mythology and I do not remember a lot of what we learned. I do remember Hades, the god of the underworld. I think we might have a few teachers who could relate to Hades. I will not mention them by name though in this blog. There are definitely some who I could compare to Hades though. This was all of the mythological references that I can find in our school. I do not remember a lot, but from what I do there are a few teacher comparisons to ancient Greek gods.

Making Important Decisions

I use my own process when I make an important decision. I will first look at all of my options and evaluate which choice will turn out the best. Then I will make my decision. I do not always use this method when I do not think the decision is very important. I will often just make my decision off the top of my head, and not think about the consequences before I do something. If the decision that has to be made is extremely important though, then I will think very hard about it before I do something. I will make the decision that I feel is best after evaluating the consequences and what could happen after I make it. I do not think that I have to make extremely important decisions very often. I make small ones all the time though. Important decisions do not come around to often. When they do though, I feel that I make the best decision possible for me to make. I have not made to many big decisions that I regret. Although I have made a few of them. For the most part, I do not regret my decision making ability. Some of the small decisions that I make are not good and I regret some of them. They are not usually a very big deal though. When it comes to major decisions, I find that I will almost always make the right choice. Making important decisions is hard for everybody. I find that it will always work out better if you think about the consequences before you make your decision. There will be pros and cons to every decision, but you will just have to live with the outcome and hope it works out for the best. If you never make important decisions then you will never learn what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong thing to do. Everyone needs to make important decisions and learn from their mistakes. I personally do not regret many of the important decisions that I have made over the years.

Multi-tasking

I think that I am a good multi tasker. I always do homework while listining to music or maybe watching t.v. I think that when I do other things while I am doing homework, it helps me concentrate more, and I focus more on what I am doing. Sometimes I will eat or something while I am doing it. I do not usually just sit down and do it and nothing else. I multitask a lot but I do not always do it. For instance, I do not multi task when I am driving. I do not think this is very safe. I do not text while driving or talk on the phone while driving, or anything else that could distract me. I think that you could really get hurt, and while you are driving, it only can take a second of not looking for something huge to happen.I like to do homework though while I am doing something else. I take this very seriously, and I do not get on my phone while I am in the car. I dont want to take the chances of getting hurt. I also know that whoever is trying to text or call me, can wait till I have made it to the place I am trying to get to. I think that I am pretty good at this. When I do work in school with partners, I like to talk to while I work. I have good grades, I am always doing well on my assignments, so therefore I believe multi-tasking actually benefits me. I do well on all of my assignments so I think that therefore I am a good multi tasker. I also multi task when I work out. I will listen to music and text all the time when I work out by myself. I am very good at this. I get a lot of work done when I work out even though I am doing other things. Sometimes when I do other things while im working out, it helps me work out better. Multitasking can be both good and bad, but I try to use multitasking when it benefits me, instead of hurting me.