" I Am " Poem

I am who I am.
I see Alfalfa with some hair issues.
I hear the rattling affect from the speaker's bass.
I smell like the body spray AXE.
I taste saliva with some Kool-aid mix.
I touch sharpened knives that help make your lunch.
I feel the burning sensation a long run.
I am who ever i say I am.

Baseball Season

Over the last three months I’ve had a interesting baseball season. We started with over fifteen players and ended with only nine. We called ourselves the Notorious Nine. Our season started really bad to ending decently. Many of the players had to play more than one position according to the needs of the team. Of course our most important positions that needed the most help were our pitching and our outfield also needed some work. All throughout our season we had never been able to say those where our strong spots. But for the last game we were actually able to say that one of our spots improved. Coach finally let me start pitching and he put Jason as our catcher. For my first inning it only lasted for about fifteen minutes, and for our second inning it lasted about twenty minutes. I struck out there smallest guy on their team and got an assist out to third and first base. Then I started to suck. We ended our game in the sixth inning with the score being 9 to 24 and our season record as 2-14.

Fourth Quarter Goals 2009

This quarter, I will attempt to get all my homework in on time. In order to achieve this, I will need to keep up on my class work and get all homework in and turned in on time. (__/6)

This quarter, I will not get any kick outs in Ms. Priesters class. In order to achieve this, I will not talk back and keep all outside problems away from her class. (__/6)

This quarter, I will try my hardest to get above a 3.5 G.P.A. In order to achieve this, I will need to work harder in all my classes and not play around during the last ten weeks of school. (__/6)

Response to President Obama

“In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite. It is our responsibility as lawmakers and as educators to make this system work. But it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in it. So tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. . . . And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country – and this country needs and values the talents of every American. These education policies will open the doors of opportunity for our children. But it is up to us to ensure they walk through them. In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a parent – a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child. I speak to you not just as a president, but as a father when I say that responsibility for our children's education must begin at home.”





This highly educated speech applies to my peers and me because we are all high school student. Obama states, "That dropping out is no longer an option." This quote out of his speech alone should inspire all students to think before they quit for what ever reason that they might have. Obama's not just making changes in the economy, but in the lives of the youth in America. It should be every students right to go to school and finish. For many that is, but what about those who don't have the money to send their kids to school? We can't place all of this on Obama's shoulders as Americans it should be our job to get the fullest out of life, succeeding in what ever we have to in order to complete our life. (word count=120+)

Poetry Sounds

At first, I thought rhyme was just when words sound alike, but I learned that rhyme is the repition of the sound of the stressed vowel and any sounds that follow in words that are close together.

An example of a poem with end rhyme is below. The title is " Memories," and the author is Nana Morsel.The rhyme scheme is A-A and B-B.

On my poetry pretest, I was below grade-level. On my posttest, I hope that I will be above grade-level.

25 Random Things

1. I sleep in the nude.
2. I've been a foster kid for 14 years.
3. I ask "why" questions alot.
4. My nickname is gootch
5. I twich alot in my sleep.
6. I punched through my english class window.
7. I like the name Tobey.
8. In Michigan, I like to walk around my house naked.
9. My favorite song is Party Boy.
10. I have a fasination for archery.
11. My favorite NFL team is the Patriots.
12. I dance with two two left shoes.
13. I'm allergic to tuna.
14. My favorite color is pink.
15. I like the feeling of 9v batteries on my tongue.
16. I hate english homework.
17. I do math sometimes when I'm bored.
18. My big toe is 3x as long as my pinky toe.
19. I like the taste of Oraljel.
20. When I was learning how to ride a bike, I crashed into a wall and split both of my lips.
21. I hate playing video games.
22. I work out twice a day.
23. I enjoy playing with fire. (pyromaniac)
24. I don't like the sound of rock music.
25. In the eighth grade i had over 25 strikes a class. ( not a good thing)