A Grade! What a Grade!

Allison Nickerson

Mr. Allam

Hour 7

5-20-2011       

A grade, a buzz, a high, you never seem to stop worrying about them. Most of this year my grades have been A’s because, of the work I put into my stuff and how much I participate. The grade I believe I deserve is an A because of the improvement I’ve made and participation.

            Some students in our class may think I’ve always been argueementive and really good at English but really I’ve never have been too good at English until the last three years. This year a lot of people think I’ve gotten really argueementive when I really just have an opinion than I have ever had in any other class.

            This year my improvement in English has sky rocketed more than ever. Kansas reading Assessment score was 82. The score I got was the best score I have ever had on the reading assessment. I was really proud of this score and hope to get better at the assessment before the end of my senior year. Understanding what I learned has increased greatly this year. Understanding what I’ve learned in years past has always been difficult to me but this whole year I’ve understood what we have learned or talked about. Being able to understand what we’ve been doing has made it so much easier for me because I understand discussions and assignments which help me with class participation. Being able to understand is like a dog barking at the mail man it’s common and very necessary to our daily lives.

            Participation is essential to life just like oxygen is to the existence of pretty much everything. Notorias B.I.G. rapped, “No heat, wonder why Christmas missed us” I choose this because being able to TPFASTT even this line from a poem your participating. Participation consists of pretty much everything you do being able to TPFASTT the poem that quote came from because discussing it with your class means you understand how to do it. Just being able to talk about something is participation because one it shows you understand something and that you’re willing to engage with your fellow classmates. Suffixes, Prefixes and Roots a way of words, a way of a sentence and a way to speak if we didn’t have then we wouldn’t have words. Intersection, orthodontist, microbiologist. These words some common words in one society which use prefixes. These had to come from somewhere which most of the times they are either Greek or Latin words. Identifying these roots in everyday life cause like come on its plan English but its participation in everyday life. Boom, Boom, Buzz the sign of talking is everywhere, life is everywhere, and understanding and participation is what you do to succeed.

            One life, one understanding and one participation. The grade I should get is an A because of the improvement and participation I’ve done throughout the year.

Last Sacrifice Trailer

Villanelle

To win a chance for a cure,
Age and looks don't define who they are,
What they want is so pure and mature.

To learn more theres away a brochure,
Just the way they act people may think there bizarre,
To win a chance for a cure.

They never have to go through the pain we endure,
you never reallly have enough room in their drawer,
what they want is so pure and mature.

They love they give makes them a saviour,
they tend to be off of our radar,
To win a chance for a cure.

Most Families can't afford because their poor
but thank the lord they don't go to war
What they want is so pure and mature.

we should all fight for something that is so pure,
lets make sure they are very secure
To win a chance for a cure,
What they want is so pure and mature.

Sonnet

What shall you see through the sound of a beat?

This record is finally to the end,

I never thought the lyrics would be complete,

I hope this isn't able to offend,

concerts are the thing that helps me keep going,

when you walk on that stage all their is is energy,

 the energy of the crowd is just blasting,

these fans are always there to make us cheery,

many channels to play so many to complete it,

many songs, beats, lyrics to write,

I never thought this would be the thing to commit,

I never thought i would get to see the light,

I never thought it would be this much work,

but i never thought it would be a firework.

A Vampire Acadamy: LAST SACRIFICE

LAST SACRIFICE BY RICHELLE MEAD

Although it seems that Rose is done, over, and nothing is going to work for her and that she will be killed for her crime but her and her friends are fighting the courts and trying to find quickly who the real killer is. Although it seems that Dimitri will never be accepted as a guardian or dhampir again he still tries to do community service and fight for his freedom and to prove that he isn’t Strigoi anymore. Although it seem that’s Dimitri doesn’t love rose anymore and swears he is forever to fight for Lissa we all pretty much know just on how they act around each other that Dimitri is still in love with rose.

If I were rose I wouldn’t of told the Dashkov brothers what my plan was to one save myself and to prove that I didn’t kill the queen and that I was framed and two to help Lissa and find her hidden sibling. If I were rose when Lissa was hiding from me even though I was in jail I would have found a way to find out what was going on before my actual escape attempt.

I was really surprised on how the group of roses friends did that well of an escape plan to get rose out of jail long enough to find the real murder of the queen. I was really surprised that Sonya Karp who has been Strigoi for many years was Eric Dragomir mystery person on mystery accounts for Eric’s hidden child who no one knew about.

I wonder if Rose will find a way to get Lissa’s other sibling to court so the Dragomir family will be able to participate in court again.  I wonder if Lissa will find the true killer of the queen and get rose off the hook so she can be reunited with Lissa, Adrian and the rest of her family and friends again. I wonder a lot if hopefully by the end of the book Dimitri will admit that he is still totally in love with rose.


One consequence of Rose and Dimitri escaping from court is that when they get back more unlikely no matter if rose is off the charges for murder she will probably be somehow punished for breaking out of jail and for Dimitri violating his house arrest.

Concrete Poem

Parent letter

Dear Parent,

                Just imagine peace and quiet and well me not being home sounds great doesn’t it. I should be able to get a car from you guys for like my birthday or something instead of buying my own car. I’m 16 years old and almost 17 years I deserve a car because I could do more errands around the house and mom doesn’t have to worry about when she will get the car.

                Of course I know what you are going to say. I need to learn the value of money and just buy my own car with hard work but you sometimes forget even though you guys don’t think the job I have now I is a job I still get money and I still buy most of the stuff I want. You would also say that I don’t take care of things and need more responsibility. Yes this might be true but think about it may be getting me a car would well give me some responsibility because it means you’re giving me more freedom which would give me more responsibly. Then there is the chance I could never be home because well I’m a teenager what do you expect but like I said before it would be quiet then.

                Getting a car would mean that I would actually help around the house more and help do errands for mother. These days I basically use mom’s car to go everywhere and adjust everything because it helps me be a better driver and I don’t know how to drive a stick shift. Having my own car would mean mom really can’t get mad about her settings being change defiantly since her settings are usually set to help her back. I would probably also keep the car cleaner and we wouldn’t have to worry about being embarrassed with moms messy car and I would keep it clean. Moms recent back problems we never know when she will need the car for appointments. My own car would help with errands with this cause we never know if she can’t stop somewhere because her back is in to much pain and she wants to just come so I could go do it for her. If I had my own car instead of riding the bus and taking more time to do stuff I could just go after school and go to wal-mart for mom or go take care of grandma so if like she was having a busy day I could go out there. If you this is all I can do for you guys well you’re like let me see totally wrong.

                Right now I help around the house by going to the post office, grandmas, wal-mart and some of the other lovely places we go. Some days taking mom’s car isn’t always convenient for anyone because we never know if there will be an emergency with Grandma or Nathan. If I had my own car we wouldn’t have to worry about me being in constant contact because like in the summer it’s hard to get me sometimes cause like ill be at the pool and I wouldn’t want to get my phone wet. I having a car would also help with if we had an emergency and you guys went and you wouldn’t have to worry how I would get home. When family is in town we never seem to have enough room in the car to go like out to eat so we always need more cars if we ran out of room in the car and maybe it was too cold the truck is too big sometimes and the jeep well it’s hard to fit a lot of people in it and it’s not good in cold so having my own car would help with transportation if we want to go somewhere with a lot of people. If mom was out of town sometimes she takes the car and keeps it at the airport well what car do I drive if dad needs help? Because I can’t drive the stick shift so having my own car would help if I could do errands to help around the house with that. See if you haven’t figured out there are a while bunch of scenarios that I would be helpful to have my own car.

                 Too many things could happen you see if we didn’t have a second car for me to drive.  I’m 16 years old and almost 17 years I deserve a car because I could do more errands around the house and mom doesn’t have to worry about when she will get the car.

Sincerely.

Allison

Riddle Poem

You see me for miles to comes,

Many of my friends are different types,

Were scared of the smallest things but one,

I can live in many types of places but yet it’s still one.

I may eat many things but I eat one,

But may get a unwanted treat,

That may be killed by a prick,

This may happen once a year unless I’m sick.

This seat that is uncomfortable on my back,

Ropes that steer me the way I come,

Clamps that tell me the speed,

And a leader that can guide.

This trace I walk is no mystery,

I can be famous for tourists,

And hangouts for local southern,

To me I can just run like a stallion.

Acrostic Poem

Animal Lover
Loud
Loving
Intelligent
Sarcastic
Obnoxious
Nice

Glogster

Crescendo By becca fitzpatrick blog

http://allynick.glogster.com/crescendo-3724/

Caesar Persuasive Letter

Dear Plebeians,

            I’m Dead, Caesar is dead, and Rome will fall because of this ungodly misfortune. I thought I could trust you all my people but yet I am dead, gone, murdered. I have been murdered by the men I thought I could trust and I am in shock even if I’m a ghost .Since death I’ve learned a little something  about friendship that be careful who you trust, and how you treat your friends.

            I was weak yes and didn’t know how to tell the public about my seizures yes, that probably made me somewhat of a weak leader but not that weak. We would of found a way around my seizures. People think I’m selfish and don’t care about the people.

            People think all people have a good side but not everyone does so you should be very careful on who you trust in life. Antony states, “Fear him not, Caesar, he’s not dangerous; He is a noble Roman, and well given”(I.ii.196-197) Basically, Antony is trying to comfort Caesar. It’s Comforting that Antony is trying to assure me that I will be safe and I can trust Cassius. I knew something that Antony doesn’t because I still don’t trust Cassius even after Antony reassured me that I could trust him. According to Caesar “ et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar.” (III.i.77) In other words, I was very shocked that Brutus, one of my closest friends, was the last one to stab me and right in the heart. This is a total betray in trust to me because he was one of my closest friends like seriously I trusted him. You think from so many years of life I would know when someone is about to betray me but yet Brutus did and I’ve learned that I needed to probably relook our friendship. Brutus probably betrayed me because of the way I have treated him lately since my power as been gaining.

Treating people the way they need to be treated is well the golden rule in life and treating people the way they should be treated could save a friendship. According to Cassius, “For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me ‘Dar’st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, and swim to yonder point?’ Upon the word, Account ‘red as I was, I plunged in and bade him follow: so indeed he did” (I.ii.100-108). Cassius’s point is that I didn’t know how to swim. I don’t know how to swim, I’m sorry; I never learned how to swim because of my seizures. See he really never liked me so I never trusted him because he knew I had seizures and couldn’t swim and he always tried to use it against me, if he would of just not used it against me I would probably trust him a lot more. Cassius states “No, Caesar hath it not; but you and I, and honest Casca, we have the falling-sickness” (I.ii.255-256). I had a seizure you can’t make fun of it because it’s something I was born with there are many other people who are like me but they hide it from the public like I am so people like you won’t use it against me. I take pride in my seizure to show that other people don’t have to hide it but I hide them now so they won’t think that I will be a weak leader because of it so don’t judge by weaknesses judge by how well they do it. Treating people is something that can be viewed in many different ways and you should be careful because you never know talking about someone else can probably hurt someone you actually care about.

I might be dead but I have learned more now than I ever have. I have learned many things including about friendship that you need to be careful on whom you trust and treat people even if you don’t like them the way you want them to treat you.

POW4: I am a Women and A HUMAN BEING.

Dear Calphurnia,

         I do not know what to do. I can’t seem to have a truthful and honest husband anymore. Brutus is really worried about something lately and just want tell me anything. His excuse for getting up in the middle of the night was that he was ill but here is what doesn’t make sense he knows what to do when he is sick. He vowed that he loved me and wouldn’t lie to me didn’t he? I don’t get it sometimes. Yes, I am a women but I am his wife I deserve to know, I just want to help him and keep him safe. Calphurnia please help me something is very wrong with my Brutus. Help me Calphurnia what should I do? Is this happening to you too.

Sincerely,

Portia

Dear Portia,

   I know how you feel. Caesar is totally being rude. A couple of days ago I had a nightmare about how Caesar was Murdered and I told him and asked him not to go into work today but he was   convinced otherwise and pretty much explained that the reason he couldn’t go in was that I was crazy. There is something wrong with brutus im sure but he might be keeping it from you for your safety remember that. He loves you we see it but with these new people in town everyone has been on edge girl its not just you. The new guys have a vibe and I believe are causing trouble so keep trying to get through to him maybe you will find out what is wrong and troubling him.

         Sincerely,

          Calphurnia

POW3:Snow Apocalypse 2011

Dear Dr. Berry,

                School is Important it really is but is it really necessary to add extra days at the end of the school year? This year we had a huge snowfall that affected the whole Midwest and most states in the area were under a state of Emergency. We only have four snow days a year, this school year we used all of the snow days plus two more and the district is thinking about making up those snow days at the end of the year. We should not have the extended school days at the end of the year because of money issues and summer projects.

                Some people might be saying we should make up the school for our recommended days we need to be in school. Others might say we need to make it up because we missed those two days and that we should make it up. While this actually might be very true it’s actually very bad for the district, and the economy.

                Choosing to not go those extra days would save a lot of money. According to the Olathe School district website the state of Kansas pays the school district but the last couple Quarters of payment they haven’t been able to supply the money to the district, which makes the School District go into debt with the state. Opening up schools for these extra days would just cost more money, which obviously we don’t have. The money we use to stay in school for a couple of days could possibly pay off some of our debt to the state. Money is tight for school districts, teachers, bus drivers, etc. Money that would be used to pay all these people is well very low at this point in time and making up these days we would just lose that much more money. We are not the only districts in debt to the state so by not having these couple of extra days we would save more money for our schools. The money that the school districts save is used for paying faculty on the most part and you don’t have much extra to use on the other items.

                Projects, construction, summer school, Camps, est. are all stuff that start when school is over. The recent construction on the high schools were designed to accommodate the freshmen started right when school ended. School projects like this that have a dead line usually don’t end up getting finished to the day before so extending the school days would case the workers to take risks to move faster and make a lot more mistakes then they would normally. The longer construction goes on the less time staff has to prepare for the upcoming school year ahead. Preparation for Summer School starts after regular school ends because some teachers have to teach a class starting the first week of June. Yes, Summer School no matter what happens will start the first Monday in June but teachers I’m sure would love to be more prepared for it. Some districts do know kids would like to have a break and yes we should let them have at least a week long break to relax not forget but relax before they have to start again with more learning. Everything during summer that happens is important and not adding the two days just makes your life that much easier and less stressful.

                There may be many reasons why we should extend school for those two days I fully understand but there are also many reasons why we should go. School shouldn’t be extended those extra days because the outrageous costs and the stress of the summer projects that need to start right after.

Novel #1 Crescendo

Im Reading Crescendo By Becca Fitzpatrick. Crescendo Is the Second Book to The New York Times Bestseller Hush, Hush.

In this Book as I'm Writing this I have read about 208 pages, to be honest the first book in this series which was about his long I read in about a day it was about 420 pages long. This Book so far is about Nora and her crazy boyfriend and there struggle the last few days. Patch is a Fallen Angle that is now a Guardian Angel but the twist is that Patch and Nora love each other but the angels wont allow that too Happen. A couple of Months ago Nora's Dad brutally Murdered, but the murder was never caught. Well earlier in the week Patch and Nora Broke up in a Very Big Fight, then suddenly Scott Parnell Shows Back up into Ole Small Town Coldwater. Right Now Nora is Confused because she doesn't know if Patch, her ex, is dating Marcie Miller, Her Most Hated Town Enemy, and She is Worried that her supposedly dead father is actually alive. Right now she is trying to figure out if Scott Parnell is a Nephilim.

Since the Cover of this Book has a lighting Bolt Im going to Rate this Book with Lighting Bults 1-5 Lighting Bults 1 Being the Best and 5 Being eh not interested.

I rate this obviously a 1 this book has kept me up for all hours of the night and I Im still reading i LOVE this book, I encourage people to read it yes it has a little romance but not a lot, to be honest I HATE Chick Flics so ya, but its more Mystery and Adventure and Action.

Questions Hmm Questions:

1.Did Patch really Dreamwalk and intrude Nora's Dream or Did Patch Actually come in her room?

2.What does the Lightning Bolt on the Front Cover have to do with the Book?

3. Why is it that Vee is always trying to get Nora to go to a pretty much preppy Boy when obviously she doesn't want to, and she called Patch a Trouble maker when really he not she just see whats on the outside?

"Why did everyone think I needed a new boyfriend? I didn't need a new boyfriend. I'd had enough of boyfriends to last a lifetime. The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart. (Nora,173)" This Quote is True because she just went through a hard breakup, People Today do that after a hard breakup friends always try to push that person to a rebound person which always ends up hurting someone else.

POW2: You are here now you disappeared. :(

"What hurts the most

Was being so close

And having so much to say

And watching you walk away

And never knowing

What could have been

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I was tryin' to do" What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts

My Brothers and I, gone through many different phases of life in total different ways. Matthew was the best friend view to me even though he had Meningitis he was my Brother and My best Friend and that’s how I’ll always remembers him. Matthew Died on March 15, 2003 around 9 in the morning in our living room. These days I wear a necklace my Mom bought me in 7th grade that has his full name and the coordinates of the star we bought and named after him, I never take it off in less I have to. Instead of Sleeping in the Loft I now sleep in his room it just gives me that feeling that he isn't really gone and he still around. To this day when I'm going through a really rough time at school or at home I think of him and wonder what it would be like if he hadn't of left this world. 

These Days its just Nathan, My other brother and me. He is 15 we are both teenagers and we are just like any other siblings even though Nathan is autistic. He is my brother and right now I don't know what I would do if I lost him lets just say I well lets just say I wouldn't be a happy camper at all. He's strong, he thinks he's cute, and he thinks he's sneaky, and he loves food (like a normal teenage boy sadly), and a lot more. He is my brother to me he is normal even though I know he isn't but oh well.

 Everybody loves us three and to be honest I can’t blame them we are a pretty awesome bunch even though we lost one of our little gang members to be honest he still here and we all remember him, the fire department, the family, the kids he went to school with, everybody and people always recognize us (even when we don’t want them to). 

AOW1:Facebook Creepin

Dear Johnson County Community College,
           I've been informed by my Client of her momentary lapse in judgement. Her expulsion was a Completely unnecessary form of punishment toward my client.
            Ms. Byrnes has informed me of why she has been expelled and I personally think it's ridiculous, because it clearly states that Ms. Byrnes indeed ask her instructor, Delphia,  at the time if Ms. Byrnes and her classmates could take a picture with the placenta and Delphia did not give them a straight answer. Ms. Delphia said to the 4 girls, “Oh, you girls,” and didn't inform the young students that they would get introuble for something they were Very Proud of being able to Accomplish. 
        I do Agree that My Client has done wrong and had a momentary lapse in judgement and did not realize by posting this photo on Facebook she would be expelled from the nursing program and it almost ruining her life. She has in reaction to her being expelled deleted her Facebook and has said " For momentary time she has deleted her Facebook account, and if i do make one again I will only add family," so my client has taken full responsibility for her actions and should be allowed back into the program come this spring.


She should also be allowed back into school because there has yet to be anything in the School's Code of Conduct about Photography and social media. This Photo shows nothing saying she was being disrespectful in any way, She was just trying to celebrate her success with her friends and family. 


Ms. Byrnes needs to  be let back into Johnson County Community College cause she obviously didn't do anything wrong it was just a lapse of judgement on her part. Thank you for your cooperation.