Dear Steve,

This was an amazing article and I really enjoyed reading this. The part that really caught my eye was when you first started this section out with the fact that you were going to tell us three stories, and it was not the fact that you just said three stories; it was because you ended up saying just three stories, thats all. I feel like you meant it was no big deal at all even though the three stories you told all had an amazing and different meaning to each one of them. It seems to me that you are one amazing and very fortunate person who had to work for your future, it was not just handed to you and to me that is one of  the most meaningful things. All in all, thank you for sharing this and I really enjoyed it.

To Act Or To Not Act

This whole section really does not make a lot of sense to me only because I could not really point out where the soliloquy starts and what is the whole meaning of it/the section. I think we need to analyze this a little more and really sit down and talk about it.

The Value Of Choice

A.) The biggest topic that really caught my attention was the topic called, "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man." I feel that I would love to learn more about this section and just really get deep into the text and analyze the different concepts, text, and different ways to learn this topic.

B.) The skills that I would love to learn and acquire by the end of this topical study would have to be the different text styles. Also, another thing that interested me in this whole value to life document was the name of the topic I chose because it just seems like you never really know the Essential Man until you really understand and learn about the topic. So therefore, I feel like this document was made to give you a better understanding and a better view on the actual or what they say is more of the Essential Man.

Netvibes Dashboard

I think this is an amazing website. I love how much you can see at once and creating the whole account only took about 5 minutes if that. This will help me be able to manage many different social networks and emails at many different times. I can be seeing what is happening on twitter while I am also seeing the news feed on Facebook and still waiting for an email from someone on my gmail account. I really feel this could help with a lot and I am looking forward into creating much more onto my dashboard and really figuring this website out. This is really a great idea and I would strongly recommend this website to other high school, college, or graduated students. Even parents could benefit from this, that is what I like most about it.

VOCAB #6 FALL

1.) Adroit:clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

2.) Amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious attitude

3.) Averse:strong dislike of or opposition to something

4.) Belligerent:hostile/aggressive

5.) Benevolent:well meaning and kindly

6.) Cursory:hasty and therefore not through or detailed 

7.) Duplicity:double dealing

8.) Extol:praise enthusiastically

9.) Feasible: possible to do easily or conveniently 

10.) Grimace:ugly; twisted expression on some other persons face

11.) Holocaust: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale 

12.) Impervious:not allowing fluid to pass through

13.) Impetus:the force or energy with which a body moves

14.) Jeopardy: danger of loss, harm, or failure

15.) Meticulous:showing great attention to detail

16.) Nostalgia:chara. or exibiting feelings

17.) Quintessence:most typical or perfect example of a quality or class

18.) Retrogress:go back to an earlier state; worse one

19.) Scrutinize:examine or inspect closely and throughly

20.) Tepid: only slightly warm, lukewarm; showing enthusiasm?

21.) Accede: give consent or approval

22.) Brandish:  to shake or wave, as a weapon

23.) Comprise: :to include or contain

24.) Deft:  skillful

25.) Destitude:  without meaning or subsistence

26.) Explicit:  fully expressed or demonstrated

27.) Extripate: Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally

28.) Inopportune:  inappropriate or inconvenient

29.) Ironic:  using words to convery a meaning that is oppisite of the meaning

30.) Musty:  lacking originality or vitality

31.) Officious:  official

32.) Ominous:  portending evil or harm

33.) Pinnacle: a lofty peak

34.) Premeditated:  planned in advance, done deliberately

35.) Rampant:  violent in action or in spirit

36.) Solace:  comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

37.) Stately:  majestic

38.) Supple: bending readily without breaking

39.) Suppress: put an end to activites of

40.) Venal:  willing to sell someones influence

Life After High School

WHICH COLLEGE IS BEST..?

• Your choice of college really depends of your interests, goals, and what you really want to do for the rest of your career.
• There is also many different college sizes and styles. This is a hard thing for most students only because they aren't really sure which college would fit them best.

WHAT, NO MONEY..?

• Financial Aid is always an amazing option that many of us young adults have going into a college with no money.
• Along with that comes scholarships, loans, grants, and prepaid tuition programs that offer to help as much as possible but you do have to do some work. 

MOST 10 COMMON EXCUSES FOR NOT GOING TO COLLEGE..

• "Nobody in my family has ever gone to college before."
• "My grades are not good enough for college."
• "I can't afford it."
• "I don't know how to apply for colleges."
• "I think college may be too difficult for me."
• "I'm not sure I will FIT IN in college."
• "I don't even know what I want to major in or what I want to do with my life."
• "There is no way I can go to college full-time."
• "I am too old to go to college."
• "I just want to get a good job and make a good amount of money."

No Child Left Untableted

This article really did interest me because I think this is an awesome oppurtunity for the teacher to make teaching a little more fun and interesting for the students. Along with that comes the students really enjoying the course by learning in different ways and being able to do hands on kinds of activities as well.

Declaration Of Independence

I, Lauren Reynoso, will do my best to finish every assignment on time and to do all of my work to the best of my ability. I will try my best to get an A in this class because I know I can and my parents hold me accountable to it. I will always show respect to my fellow classmates and be there to help when they are in need. This is how I will achieve my goal of getting an A in this course.

Freedom Of Choice

The pro's and con's of being able to make your own decisions is that sometimes people can judge. So say you think you are making what feels like to you the right decision, others may think to themselves oh this isn't a good decision or this decision is not the right one. But on the other side of things, there will always be the people that agree with the decision you are making because they know it will help you in the long run. I really feel that people need to be careful of the decisions they make because it could always influence others around you and if it's bad you never want people to think bad about you. I like making choices by myself because of the way I have been raised. I have been raised by two amazing parents who would bump me if I ever got off the path to success. I thank that for them everyday but along with that now I know what is wrong and what is right so when I make a decision I think before I act.

VOCAB #5 FALL

1.) Adroit:clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

2.) Amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious attitude

3.) Averse:strong dislike of or opposition to something

4.) Belligerent:hostile/aggressive

5.) Benevolent:well meaning and kindly

6.) Cursory:hasty and therefore not through or detailed 

7.) Duplicity:double dealing

8.) Extol:praise enthusiastically

9.) Feasible: possible to do easily or conveniently 

10.) Grimace:ugly; twisted expression on some other persons face

11.) Holocaust: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale 

12.) Impervious:not allowing fluid to pass through

13.) Impetus:the force or energy with which a body moves

14.) Jeopardy: danger of loss, harm, or failure

15.) Meticulous:showing great attention to detail

16.) Nostalgia:chara. or exibiting feelings

17.) Quintessence:most typical or perfect example of a quality or class

18.) Retrogress:go back to an earlier state; worse one

19.) Scrutinize:examine or inspect closely and throughly

20.) Tepid: only slightly warm, lukewarm; showing enthusiasm? 

This is PHAT

I found a couple of different stats on obesity in america and these were a couple that caught my eye

Did you know?

• Obesity is the #2 cause of preventable death in the United States
• 60 million Americans, 20 years and older are obese
• 9 million children and teens ages 6-19 are overweight
• Being overweight or obese increases the risk of health conditions and diseases including: Breast cancer, Coronary heart disease, Type II diabetes, Sleep apnea, Gallbladder disease, Osteoarthritis, Colon cancer, Hypertension and Stroke

Essay Topics

ESSAY TOPICS: 

1.) Physical and emotional problems

2.)Cause and effect of obesity

3.)Eater Vs. distributer

Lit. Analysis #1

TOPIC(S) AND/OR EVENT(S) 

1.) A-  There is a young boy named Roy Eberhardt who moves to Coconut Cove, Flordia and takes on a task that no one had ever pictured him doing. He is helping to save the burrowing owls by stopping the construction that had currently been planned on the piece of land where these owls were living. He doesn’t just take this task on by himself though. He asks his friends to help him out and by doing all that he does during this time, he becomes a very mature young man. 

B- One clear statement that I think can describe this story in is that there is a young man who wants to clearly save these burrowing owls and so he takes a jump in his life, invites his friends and at the end, it most definatly pays off. 

2.) I feel that this author chose to write about this certian topic and story because it was their project that influence other young indivisuals to help out the wildlife and community and take control.

3.) I chose to read this book because it caught my attention when I read the summary on the back and saw that this young man was interested in saving his wildlife animal that he really liked. Not everyone has the heart and push to save an animal as he did.

4.) Yes, I found this book very realistic only because I could relate this to the everyday world and also to my everyday life. You have the people in your life that could careless about anything or anyone besides themselves and I think there is one out of twenty people these days that may have done that. This world always needs to have those caring people in it.

PEOPLE: 

1.) I think that this author chose these types of charateristcs because if you think about it there always has to be those caring and animal loving type of people.

2.) Roy Eberhardt: He is around twelve years old and he is also the main character of this story. He moved to Flordia from Montana as he was the “new kid.” He is the charater that shows growing up and maturing by the actions that he takes. Beatrice Leep is another one of the major characters who is the step sister of Mullet Fingers. She goes to Trace Middleschool and is the tall and strong girl at the school. She plays soccer and she is always the one protecting her step brother Mullet. Mullet Fingers is about the same age as Roy. Mullet is sa nickname for Napoleon Bridger, a younh man who has been rejected by his own mother, has no friends other than Beatrice, and she happens to be the first one to stand up to protect the Burrow Owls. 

3.) All of these major characters are interesting to write about because they are three different personalities. They go from sweet to sour, from nice to mean and they are just all three interesting people.

STYLE: 

1.) The author used more of the foreshadowing point of view.

2.) The author focuses more on description and describing the people and places and actions that the characters are taking and/or doing.

3.) Carl uses the description and dialouge to show and create the mood of this great nonfiction story.

4.) I think the author was more towards the whole saving of the Burrowing Owls or she wouldn’t have written about this topic. It easily could have been any animal being saved.

5.) The author did not use any resources in this book.

ENDURING MEMORY: 

I feel that I will remember the love and compassion that all three characters that I described had towards and for these Burrowing Owls. I really love the fact that they took the time and exceptions it took to create this saving of the Owls. You really do have to have a certain personality for this and I feel that all three of the major character; Beatrice, Roy, and Mullet; had this certain mindset. 

VOCAB #4 FALL

Accede: give consent or approval

Brandish: to shake or wave, as a weapon

Comprise: to include or contain

Deft: skillful

Destitude: without meaning or subsistence

Explicit: fully expressed or demonstrated

Extirpate: to remove or destroy totally

Inopportune: inappropriate or inconvenient

Ironic: using words to convery a meaning that is oppisite of the meaning

Musty: lacking originality or vitality

Officious: offical

Ominous: portending evil or harm

Pinnacle: a lofty peak

Premeditated: planned in advance, done deliberately

Rampant: violent in action or in spirit

Solace: comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble

Stately: majestic

Supple: bending readily without breaking

Suppress: put an end to activites of

Venal: willing to sell someones influence

Vocab #3 Fall

1.) Accomplice: a person who knowingly helps another is doing something wrong and not right; crimes

2.) Annihilate: to make non-existing

3.) Arbitrary: subject to individual will without any restrictions

4.) Brazen: shameless; not caring in any way

5.) Catalyst: a person who participates in a certain change or event

6.) Exodus: a departure

7.) Facilitate: to make less difficult

8.) Incorrigible: bad beyond correction

9.) Latent: not visible

10.) Militant: vicious and/or aggressive

11.) Morose: gloomily or bad humored

12.) Opaque: non transparent or translucent

13.) Paramount: above others in rank or class

14.) Prattle: to talk in foolish or simple-minded way

15.) Rebut: to oppose by proof

16.) Reprimand: severe or bondage of any kind

17.) Servitude: rebuke or reproof

18.) Slapdash: hasty

19.) Stagnant: non flowing and non running

20.) Succumb: to give way to superior force 

VOCAB #3

1.) Apostate: a person who forsakes his/her religion 

2.) Effusive: undugly demonstative; lacking reserve

3.) Impasse: without emotion

4.) Euphoria: a  state of intense happiness and self-confidence

5.) Lugubrious: mournful, dismal; or gloomy

6.) Bravado: swaggering display of courage 

7.) Consensus: majority of opinion 

8.) Dichotomy: division in two parts

9.) Constrict: to draw or press in

10.) Gothic:  dark and deep

11.) Punctilio: a fine part/point

12.) Metamerphosis: a profound change in form from one stage to the next in life history as an 
organism 

13.)Raconteur: a person skilled in telling stories

14.) Sine Qua Non:  an indespesable condition, factor or element

15.) Quixotic: resembeling Don Quixotic

16.) Vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud or rivarly 

17.) Non Sequitur:  a statement containing an illogical conclusion

18.) Mystique:  an aura or mysteic power or feeling

19.) Quagmire: a area of boggy ground whose surface yields under the tred; a bog

20.) Parlous: to a large extent