Steps to College

In class we talked about the steps to college and what it takes to get there. In a picture Lacy showed us it was a kid from 6th grade up until college, and what they had to do to get off. This picture was missing many things. It didn't explain all the steps to get into college. So many people don't even know they want to go to college, so once they realize they do, they have to take different steps to get there. Some people don't even want to go to college, some want to go into the military, or work for their family. Everyone has a different path in life, and the picture on the website didn't show any other paths.
     If you did wanna go to college there are certain steps you have to take and this picture did not help out all. There is so much paper work that so many people aren't aware of until they apply. There are deadlines for applications, transcripts that need to be sent, and so much more I was never aware of. I feel like high schoolers need to be more aware of what they need to do to get ready for college. It really was a huge surprise to me when I figured out all the stuff you had to do  before getting into college, and how hard it was to actually get in.

Who's your hero?

In class we talked a lot about heroes. Everyone has their opinion on a hero. A hero could be a man in a mask saving a city, or a hero could be your big sister. Basically I think a hero could be anyone a person could look up to. You could look up to spiderman, or your big sister. You look up to them for different reason, but who cares. A hero is someone that does things for others willingly, doesn't ask why, and enjoys helping. A hero loves "saving" people. Some heroes like Batman, or Spiderman, love helping/saving but don't want other to know who they are. They don't do it for the attention, they do it because they are capable and want to. My hero is my dad. He raised four children on his own with barley any help from my mom. Yes she was in and is still in our lives, but my dad has/had sole custody of us, paid for everything that we did, and took us every where we needed to go. He is the strongest man in the world to me. He woke up every morning to go to work for his family, and did everything he could to pay the bills and put food on the table. I was 2 my brother was 3 my other brother was 8 and my sister was 12. I hope he knows how proud I am of him. Most men would beg for the mother to take the kids, but he didn't. He was willing to sacrifice his friends, and free time to devote every hour to his kids. He is truly and amazing man, thats why he gets cards on father's day and mother's day. I love him so much!

Todays Movies

In class we watched a video about kids movies. The speaker was Colin Stokes, and he was awesome. I was just so interested in what he was saying. His speech was basically about how childrens movies influence us, whether that influence was good or bad. It talked about how most movies today don't have strong women leads, they are usually dumb, in distress, or hung up on some boy. The male characters in today's movies treat the girls like crap, and don't show a lot of respect to anyone. We don't want our kids growing up thinking acting like that is okay, because it's not! Wizard Of Oz is one of the only movies that teaches our children different, and that is because it is an older movie and they had better values then haha. I really think parents need to do a good job of teaching their children the right way to act. The kids need to learn that being dumb, and a mean, are not good qualities to have. They need good role models in their lives, and the media doesn't provide many of those. 

Improv

I really enjoyed class on wednesday! Lacy had us do a bunch of really fun improv games. I think my favorite game was the easiest one. The Name game. The Name Game is simple. All you do is do a motion and say your name, after you say your name the class repeats the motion and your name. It s a really good way to remember names. I'm pretty sure I remember half the class now. After a few games we sat down and talked about how the games related to writing. It was interesting to talk about. When you are doing improv, you are thinking on your feet, and you are also doing that when you are writing.  Some of the games you had to be very creative and come up with new ways to think. The same goes when you are writing. You want to keep things fresh and new, so you come up with new ideas to write about. 
     After the regular talk Lacy put us in two different groups, in an outside circle and an inside circle.  The outside circle took notes, while the inside circle talked. Lacy asked the group questions, and I have a map on who talked after who. At first they all went in a circle, then the talking became more sporadic as they got more comfortable talking. It was interesting to see who talked the most and who talked after who. I liked that everyone pretty much had the same amount of time to talk. It was hard to keep track of who was talking. The girl next to me didn't know they're name so she kept asking me who was who. I could see how it could be difficult if you don't know they're name. you could see that I didn't know someones name and I put Black Shirt instead haha.