John Hairy
Monday, February 24, 2014
physical and personality
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Paper
Jessica Carden
Mrs Anthony
Eng101-111
12, February 2014
Family Values
I strongly believe in
my family’s values. Our traditions bring us close together especially at
holidays and vacations. I love the anticipation of our gatherings for other
events like movie nights, nature center activities, zoo visits and other traditional
events. This feeling of belonging makes me feel loved. My respect for
everyone including family, friends, teachers, elders and peers has been
instilled in me for as long as I can remember. Responsibility is taken for
granted in my family because it is ingrained in our being. Our family values include traditions, belonging, love, and respect, but let’s evaluate my family
traditions first.
My first Christmas that
I remember is an example of one of our great family traditions. I woke up to a
cold winter morning; there was a winter wonderland outside my grandma and
grandpa's house. The snow was coming down making it a beautiful day. I ran out
of my bedroom straight to my grandma saying, "Snow!". I had never
seen snow before, and I had to go outside to see it. But I had to wait until I
ate breakfast. My grandpa was making his famous flip pancakes. He was a hoot.
The pancakes were being thrown up in the air. After all my family members
consumed the mouth-watering pancakes; then it was time for presents. My Aunt
Lissa brought me a giant stand, but there was something on top of it. It was
rapped in red and green paper with a big bow on top of it. I ripped the
paper and bow off as fast as I could; under that paper was a surprise. It was a
saddle! I jumped up onto the saddle and started acting like I was riding a
horse. Little did I know that was only half the presents I was going to receive.
Then my aunt took me outside to my grandpa's barn, and I had to walk in my
aunt's footprints because the snow was so tall. When we got around the corner,
there was a majestic horse named Black Beauty. Holidays are always great
with my family, but so are vacations.
Trail riding has become one
of my favorite summer vacation activity traditions. The day was a brilliant
sunny day. The wind was a light breeze; we were driving to Wilson Creek
Battlefield. The horses were all loaded up in the trailer. We had brought three
of our horses. Pumpkin was a short, white and brown appaloosa horse, but his
hair looked like a Mohawk. Maggie was a strawberry roan that we like to call
"short fat girl." Spot was a white and brown spotted paint. This was
my first trail ride! I am so excited that I was saddling Spot as fast as I
could. Than I did Maggie for my aunt while she did my sister's horse Pumpkin.
Then everything was ready and we were off and into the magical woods. You can
sometimes barley see the sun peek out through the trees. The woods were amazing
with the birds and buzzing bugs interacting. The next thing I knew it was over
and we had to go back to reality. I didn't want to, but we had to. This was a
most wonderful day, but more adventures were to come. The trail riding tradition
is just one thing in the long line of traditions that also includes the movies
that the whole family enjoys.
Another tradition in our family is book reading
followed by watching the movie. The books we have read lately are the Hunger
Games, Twilight, Mortal Instrument and Divergent series. The days go by slow
when we are wait for the night to come to see these amazing book movies. We
have lots of fun at these show. The school times help the day go by fast. We
all meet up at my grandma's house to have supper. We make cupcakes for dessert
with fun symbols on top of the cupcake for the book we are about to see.
It is a blast! When we are eating, we watch the movie that came before
the movie we are about to see. We arrive at the theater early before the movie
starts and we talk about what we like in the book and what we hope to see in
the movie. Our excitement is rising by the minute. The crowd in the theater is
filling up the seats, and everyone is waiting for the lights to dim. The list
of family members grabbing their rows of seats includes: aunts, cousins,
sisters, grandma, and friends. When all the commercials are over, the movie
starts. As the title pops up on the screen, people are hooping and cheering at
the title. When the hot actor appears, the screaming begins. Then after the
movie is over and the crowd is tired from waiting till midnight to see the
movie we shuffle to our cars and head for bed because work and school are
today. On the car ride home the excitement continues as we talk about what we
liked and what we wished they would change. This excitement is greater because
of our family enjoying the book reading and movie watching together as a
tradition.
When you think about respect, what comes to mind in your head? I will tell you what respect means to me. It means a lot to me and every one should have it, because without respect we wouldn't have trust. I respect everyone I meet; I learned that at an early age like everyone else. The first time we learn that is with our parent. They know what is best for us, so we don't get into trouble. I show them that I respect them by doing what they want me to do like helping with the chores around the house. It's not a big thing to do; it is an easy to do. It is also like telling my family that I love them. Another way to show this respect is with my teacher. If a teacher tells me to do something a different way, I do not contradict her by saying "No, I'll do it my way or the highway". It is disrespectful and the teacher has feeling too, and they are just trying to help me. I believe in always being respectful to other and think about how I want to be treated.
From what I have shown you about tradition and respect, I hope will enlighten you. Traditions are in every family and it is especially important in mine as you can see. I hope it has made you want to make new ones in your family and reflect on the ones you already have in your family. Respect is also important for everyone one way or another. It can improve your relations with family, teachers and friends. My life is better because of my family values especially our traditions and respect.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
This I Belive
Disney Side
Walt Disney has shaped my life as will as millions of others with his views. I think
everyone has a Disney side in their life. You may not see it right now, but it
is there. I have a Disney side; I love to watch all the Disney movies. Name
someone who could not name one Disney movie they really loved. Walt Disney was
an amazing man; he could draw and create such fun characters. I strongly agree
with Disney that everyone should have some fun and laughter in their life. Walt
Disney had that in mind when he developed his films. The characters he has made
have personality like our own. For instance, look at my personality. I am like
Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She loves to read and learn
which I also enjoy. No matter how you look at it, we all have something we love
to do, and Walt Disney brings it out in us. The films can tell us that we need
to love, to face danger, or to forgive someone. The films can teach you a lot
of things, and they make us forget what is stressing us out. Laughter is one of
the best cures for the tenseness of everyday life. Think about what you love,
and how Walt Disney has represented you in his films. I hope everyone
has a place inside them that is a Disney side. They should have a fun time and
just enjoy life. So, curl up on the coach and get that Disney movie going with
that popcorn right beside you.
Be Cool To The Pizza Dude
It is my
nature to show kindness to others. In my driving, I am always cautious
with everyone. I don’t try to endanger the lives of others. I am
hard working when it comes to my schoolwork as the pizza guy is to his work.
When he brings my pizza, I consider him as an equal.
I disagree with the idea of that all pizza delivery people are
hard working and honest and CEO cause the bankruptcies of their
companies. It’s all right to disagree with an article, because it’s just their
opinion. We don’t always have to agree with everything.
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