Thursday, September 15, 2011
[RE] bucket list
“SHIT TO DO BEFORE I KICK IT:
-Finish a novel
-Live abroad
-Live in Seattle
-Visit Egypt
-Learn an instrument
-Fly a plane
-Publish a novel “ by Grace Barrie
This is something my friends and i were thinking about over summer. We had a lot of hang out sessions where we just conversed about this topic. Things we want to do before we kick the bucket, i have thought about it and found a few things. The number one thing is have a family, i want to have an average happy American family somewhere in the country. A wife and two sons, sounds good to me. This is a main goal of my life, and many other of my peers. Another thing i want to do is fly a plane. A bi-plane or some kind of little plane that i can cruise around. I love driving and this is another form of transportation. I have watched dozens of video’s on YouTube about jet planes, and what really fascinates me is when they break the sound barrier near the ocean. It’s an amazing thing, going so fast the sound barrier is broken. Red bull sponsors many things, like a flying race with planes that have to go through circular rings in a time limit. The g-force that these pilots go through is tremendous. I believe some of the best pilots go through the military to learn and the trick pilots who race for red bull. This is just a very interesting topic i want to be apart of. I will do more parts of this for my next posts.
[ce] poverty levels
US Poverty Numbers hit an all time high.
There is an astounding 46 million people in the US living under the poverty line. The standard for poverty in America is an annual income of about $22,000 for a family of four and about $11,000 for a single person. In America this seems to be crazy low amount of money to live off of. I feel very bad for these poor people because they are not living the healthiest of lives and poverty leads to crime. Stealing food and entertainment devices are on the rise as well. Poverty rate for blacks is 27.4% and the rate for Hispanics is 26.6% percent, the south had a 16.9% poverty. I live in a middle class house so i don’t know what it would be like to be in such poverty, but i have seen it in Oakland and other cites. It depressing because people try and work hard but it’s very difficult to come up out of the poverty level. For example, i play Texas hold em’ poker online and it is really difficult to raise my account level. Earning money is hard in today's market is not an easy task, I hope the next president will really change this around. It’s going to take a long time, but with the right amount of effort it can be lowered. Although this is possibly, it is on the individual people. People will always be poor cause there are things such as drugs, gambling, and alcohol that help people destroy their bank accounts.
There is an astounding 46 million people in the US living under the poverty line. The standard for poverty in America is an annual income of about $22,000 for a family of four and about $11,000 for a single person. In America this seems to be crazy low amount of money to live off of. I feel very bad for these poor people because they are not living the healthiest of lives and poverty leads to crime. Stealing food and entertainment devices are on the rise as well. Poverty rate for blacks is 27.4% and the rate for Hispanics is 26.6% percent, the south had a 16.9% poverty. I live in a middle class house so i don’t know what it would be like to be in such poverty, but i have seen it in Oakland and other cites. It depressing because people try and work hard but it’s very difficult to come up out of the poverty level. For example, i play Texas hold em’ poker online and it is really difficult to raise my account level. Earning money is hard in today's market is not an easy task, I hope the next president will really change this around. It’s going to take a long time, but with the right amount of effort it can be lowered. Although this is possibly, it is on the individual people. People will always be poor cause there are things such as drugs, gambling, and alcohol that help people destroy their bank accounts.
[FP] part 2
My forth and favorite class of all of course is Mr.Sutherlands English, college preparation, and life class. For me, sophomore year English was more than just English, we learned a lot about life. I know my class mates and I really appreciated that class. Blogging will be an excellent way to get across thoughts and ideas and read them as well. I think the currents events post is a great idea because it will keep everyone up on what is happening in the world. My fifth class, I decided to be an aid for Mr.Stein to gain ten credits, so far I have set-up a ps2, surround sound and a big screen television.I like the people in the class so i am not thinking of switching out. At last, my sixth period class, I have yearbook. One of my favorites, a class I was in last year and many of my friends joined this year. It's fun because it's different from regular school classes, we get to make a yearbook. Stuff like interviews and pictures of sports and so much more gets done in that class. I find some some exciting, for example the sports section, we get to go to any games and take pictures and quotes from players and people there. I am glad i have what i have, it would be awesome to get 5th and 6th off like some kids. I am just looking forward to the school year.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
college essay
My life has a few main influences that my world revolves . To start off, Dirt-biking, my favorite yet expensive motorsport. I needed to be able to fund this hobby. My father is a brick mason, so as a child, there was always work to be done. Loading and moving bricks, bags of mortar and cement, tools and such on. This business was in the family, so i was in the business. I've been helping my father a lot more lately because he broke his shoulder and had some minor heart problems. At first i was against it, but the more i helped, the more i understood that it can be my future so i starting paying more attention to what was going on.
Dirt biking really inspired me to work harder because i was in the market for a new dirt bike when i started to work with my dad more often. I knew my parents had helped me out a lot in the past, but this had to be on my own. It was fine by me because if i had paid for it myself, no one can take it away. It also came with pride, responsibility, and respect. My goal was set and I was very rushed on getting there. The time limit was as soon as possible, so i was in a slight hurry. I spent many time-consuming hours starring at the television monitor i set the old family computer up to. I greatly enjoyed researching and searching for new bikes.
It seemed as if i spent every summer day with my dad going to work and learning more about construction.Other kids would go out everyday and play games and sports while i was doing things such as moving stacks of bricks for a full grown crew of workers. I would, from time to time wish i wasn’t trying so hard because i would get phone calls from friends asking to hang out and go swimming, but i had to reject them. Now, more of my friends have jobs so they understood what i was doing and i believe i gained more respect from my friends and peers.They knew what it was like to work all day and then be able to hang out, but be tired and sore. The workers said things such as, “Having a job at such a young age builds character”, in broken English.
Well, more than a summer has passed since i really started going to work with my father and skilled labor crew. I was at the point where my dad would drop me off at the corner of Bancroft street, stay for about ten minutes, then leave for 4-5 hours at a time, although it seemed like forever. I spent a lot of time just moving material from pallets to places like under the pomodora orb statue so they can replace the dirt and grass with new granite cubes. So after a lot of jobs and time has passed, i felt like i had enough money for a quality used dirt bike, and i found a few. I called and checked them out, and one of them stood out to be the shiny new part of my family. A crispy 2002 Honda cr250.The first trip i took it on was to Dumont Dunes in southern California, a great place with sand as far as the eye could see.
I can see my self doing this as a profession. Going to work and using my creative skills to build house, fire places, and walls. Solving problems and social skills are also greatly involved in this job. My dad was a mason and started his own business so i figured i would be apart of that.
Dirt biking really inspired me to work harder because i was in the market for a new dirt bike when i started to work with my dad more often. I knew my parents had helped me out a lot in the past, but this had to be on my own. It was fine by me because if i had paid for it myself, no one can take it away. It also came with pride, responsibility, and respect. My goal was set and I was very rushed on getting there. The time limit was as soon as possible, so i was in a slight hurry. I spent many time-consuming hours starring at the television monitor i set the old family computer up to. I greatly enjoyed researching and searching for new bikes.
It seemed as if i spent every summer day with my dad going to work and learning more about construction.Other kids would go out everyday and play games and sports while i was doing things such as moving stacks of bricks for a full grown crew of workers. I would, from time to time wish i wasn’t trying so hard because i would get phone calls from friends asking to hang out and go swimming, but i had to reject them. Now, more of my friends have jobs so they understood what i was doing and i believe i gained more respect from my friends and peers.They knew what it was like to work all day and then be able to hang out, but be tired and sore. The workers said things such as, “Having a job at such a young age builds character”, in broken English.
Well, more than a summer has passed since i really started going to work with my father and skilled labor crew. I was at the point where my dad would drop me off at the corner of Bancroft street, stay for about ten minutes, then leave for 4-5 hours at a time, although it seemed like forever. I spent a lot of time just moving material from pallets to places like under the pomodora orb statue so they can replace the dirt and grass with new granite cubes. So after a lot of jobs and time has passed, i felt like i had enough money for a quality used dirt bike, and i found a few. I called and checked them out, and one of them stood out to be the shiny new part of my family. A crispy 2002 Honda cr250.The first trip i took it on was to Dumont Dunes in southern California, a great place with sand as far as the eye could see.
I can see my self doing this as a profession. Going to work and using my creative skills to build house, fire places, and walls. Solving problems and social skills are also greatly involved in this job. My dad was a mason and started his own business so i figured i would be apart of that.
Friday, September 9, 2011
response post
“It's amazing how people change over 4 quick years. I'm sure I've changed in almost every aspect, no matter how much I want to tell myself that I am the same old Adam.”
https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=oy#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fahdumr.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault
This quote really caught my eye while opening reader. Being a senior, I look back on my years of high school and realize how different I really was. I was a little freshman with some friends from lincoln. Now, I go to parties and meet new people and have a much wider variety of friends. My interests have pretty much stayed the and the activity's I do have changed slightly. I am still into things such as trucks, cars, dirt bike, and skateboarding. My main friends have stayed exactly the same, but i have more current friends.. I have noticed kids hanging out with different crowds. Kids I never thought would do anything bad, hang out with the bad crowds and changed their personalities.. I would also like to think that i haven’t changed, but i know i have. No one can stay exactly the same all throughout high school. Stuff happens, like what class you are out in and things you see can dramatically change a person.
Another thing that changes with age is knowledge, I do feel like I have learned a lot through high school. Some classes have really made a difference in my opinions and what I have seen on documentaries, especially in history classes. As well as writing, it has improved for me with all of the english courses i have taken. If I had a choice to stay the same age forever or grow up, I think I would choose to grow up, but it would be a hard decision.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2011/09/201198181731468856.html
Wow, this is quite a sad event that is going to change some lives. A U.S. soldier shot an Afghan journalist working for BBC in South Afghanistan because the soldier thought he was a suicide bomber. Both men were just doing their job, and a big misunderstanding occurred. I feel really bad for the soldier though, because he has to live with it and the family of the journalist. The soldier thought the man was a suicide bomber because there has been a lot of that kind of stuff gong on. The soldier was trained to kill, so i can’t blame him, and he wasn’t charged with any thing besides guilt. The event was led by NATO, in Afghanistan . There was two suicide bombers at the office’s of state broad radio television. The man who was shot was believed to have been holding something, like a detonator, but he wasn’t. He was possibly just clenching his fist.In the eyes of a soldier, it’s your life, or theirs, and i understand that he thought he was saving life's of Americans by shooting, but unfortunately was not. This also makes me realize how much journalist put their life's at risk to bring us current news. It reminds me of how much the journalist go through in wars. Many movies have army journalist's on field getting pictures and writing on what they see. They live war zones and write about that.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
First yearly blog
First blog post in about two years, I'm excited for blogging this year. I want to start this off by talking about how I feel on what classes I am taking this First blog post in about two years, I'm excited for blogging this year. I want to start this off by talking about how I feel on what classes I am taking this yet and why I choose what I did. First period I am taking environmental science which seems like an easy class where I learn a lot out the earth and ecosphere's and such. I am taking this class because I failed chemistry last year for one semester so I decided to take this because it's easier. My second class, which I am looking forward to is government/ economy . I feel like not enough students know enough about these two topics because we all took a citizens test and the majority of students failed. Also, I really enjoy history and I will be learning more. Economy is good information too. I have caziarc but I feel like Mr.Martin would be an excellent teacher because he knew so much about the economy. My third class is statistics which I am getting in to right now because I am understanding the information and I have a really chill class. I was never very good at math but since this is a lot of words,I believe I have a better chance at getting a good grade.
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