MP3#4) "Charity Lottery"

If I had won $10,000 in the "Charity Lottery", I would donate all of the money to research for individuals with autism. The main reason I would do so is because my 7 year old cousin has autism and I know how hard it is for him, as well as my aunt. She works so hard to make his life as simple as possible, but sometimes, that just can't happen. Another reason why I would do this is because I think something can be done so severely to decrease the case of autism that the victim doesn't seem to have anything wrong at all.  I know that researchers are close to discovering a solution to this ongoing problem, and feel that this 10,000 would put them over the hump.

MP3#3) My first ever memory

My first memory that I can always remember was when I was in Kindergarden. During that time, I was very into the Pokemon games for gameboy and would sometimes have my mom read the words to me because I didn't learn them yet. Anyway, the teacher told each of us to bring in something for show and tell. I decided to bring my gameboy with my Pokemon game in it. While presenting it to the class, I turned on the gameboy to show everyone how the game worked and how fun it was. At the end of the presentation, Mark Dobson turned off my gameboy for a reason that I still can't remember. I started yelling at him and crying because he had not saved my game and some of my progress was lost. I will always remember this moment because it was the first time when I got really angry in front of my classmates and teacher.

MP3#2)Free Write: Glasses

I wish I didn't have these, but unfortunately, I do. In fact, my eyes are so bad that if I didn't have contacts, I would have to wear them all the time. Anyway, I only wear my glasses on the weekends when I am too lazy to put on my contacts.

To continue, everyone in my family wears glasses. My sister wears them when she is driving, my dad wears them when he is reading, and my mom pretty much wears them all the time. It seems that the older someone gets, the better chance they need to start wearing glasses. This is the case with my Dad, who has had 20-20 vision all his life. During the past year, he has became far-sighted and purchased glasses to help him see things close.

Whether it is an aunt, an uncle, a cousin, or a friend, I guarantee that everyone knows someone who need to wear glasses, and that is a pretty cool thing. 

MP3#1)Don't you just love it when...

Don't you just love it when you wait up to go to school one morning only to find out that school has been cancelled because of a snow day? That might just be my favorite feeling. I wake up about to endure a long and hard day of school when I hear my mom yell from her bedroom, "Snow day! Go back to sleep". Those words are like music to my ears as I lay back down in my bed and drift off to sleep.

I have the completely opposite feeling when I expect there to be a ton of snow and then there is none. I purposely go to bed late those nights anticipating being able to sleep in, but end up going to school all tired and grumpy. It might be the worst feeling ever, but it happens at least three or fours times during the school year.

MP2#12) Anticipatory Discussion Questions for Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

4) One job that I hope to pursue later in life is either sports journalism or sports marketing. I would either want to write about sports or manage the salary caps and money for the team. Although there are people who change majors during their college career, (my cousin for examples), I do not think my major will change throughout college. I feel that I have a passion for the details of sports and will continue to pursue my dreams.

MP2#11) Response to Article about Gatsby

The first excerpt that I liked from the article was when Beckerman said, "Not only is Gatsby arguably the greatest American novel, it is also-not by chance- the greatest "pursuit of happiness" story ever written in the country where the phrase was coined"(Beckerman). I liked this quote because from a very knowledgable writer, he exclaimed that this was the greatest novel ever, which is a pretty big honor for the book. Also, I agree with him that it is a great novel, but do not think it is the greatest. In terms of the pursuit of happiness, Gatsby spend the whole story trying to convince Daisy to fall in love with him and as with most tragedies, he fails and ends up dead at the end. The only reason why it isn't the greatest is because the ending was too predictable. I feel that a twist would have put it over the edge.


The second excerpt is one that I 100% agree with. "'We try to use Gatsby as a base, because everyone can relate to it,' Wenzel says. 'The 1920s was a time of having fun, letting loose. The economy was doing well. It seemed like everybody was having a great time'"(Beckerman). As a read through the novel, it portrayed exactly what was going on during the roaring '20s. There was a bunch of partying and bootlegging, but overall, it was a time to have fun. It just so happens that Gatsby was only pretending to have fun to impress the one he really loved. If he were alive, I think he would regret wasting his time during a period where people should have been having the time of their lives.

MP2 #10) New Year's Resolution

I think my New Year's resolution is to pursue sports writing more often. I have just joined the PV Sports Beat and decided that I really have a passion of writing about sports. I think I should continue to write articles because I might want to pursue a career like this in the future.