1. I think that if you have a D in a class for a final grade, you should still be able to pass the class. I know college is different from high school, but i think the grading system should be the same.
2. Another issue is the weather cancellation. The reason classes arent cancelled for NJC is because most of the students live on campus and are in walking distance from classes. But a lot of the students who are local live on the other side of town and put their lives in danger trying to make it to class. I believe that when high school is cancelled, college should be too.
3. I think that all teachers should be required to post grades on the internet. It is hard to find out what your grade is if you cant look it up. You could be failing a class or close to failing a class and you wouldnt know it because you instructor doenst have it posted.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt'
Many people have their own way of doing Thanksgiving. Some people like to change things up every year and others like to just keep it traditional. Well there are many different ways in celebrating Thanksgiving and this could be a way but some may not celebrate it this way.
Most people when they start out with their Thanksgiving day will all soak up the smell of the good food that is being prepared for all of the. Most of them will try picking at the turkey to get a good taste test in. After that is over with, they may read a book about the pilgrims and how much things have changed since then while celebrating Thanksgiving. Then they will all sit down at a large table and start digging into the food, this could take awhile depending on how many people are there. When their food has settled down some they, if the weather is nice, will go out and play a game of football. When everybody is all wore out, they will go back inside sit in front of the TV and watch the big balloon parade and just relax for the remainder of the day.
This is a type of Thanksgiving day that many people may not celebrate, but some may. There is a lot of things that they want to get done in one day as a family. But that one day could lead to a lifetime of memories.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Thanksgiving in Iraq
1. Well the troops do a few things differently for Thanksgiving that what i do. They played flag football and that is something that we dont do, they also had egg nog and sweet potatoes with their meal.
2. Some similarities are that they eat turkey and dressing and pumpkin pie, which is what my family does, and they also just hang out with each other for awhile which is what we do as well.
3. The soldiers sounded like they would have rather been home with family for the holidays, but they seemed happy to be able to celebrate a holiday out of the year and eat great food.
4. Some of their biggests concerns were if some of their friends would make it back from a call alive, so that they could join them for their meal. Another concern was about a young man wanting to be able to turn 21 before he is killed.
5. What stood out the most to me was that 20,000 men all joined each other for Thanksgiving dinner for just a short time and had to immediately get back to work after they were finished eating.
6. I think most of them would try to take a vacation with their family, to get away and get their minds on something different other than war. Some may just want to stay home with their family and catch up on many things and rest for as long as they can.
2. Some similarities are that they eat turkey and dressing and pumpkin pie, which is what my family does, and they also just hang out with each other for awhile which is what we do as well.
3. The soldiers sounded like they would have rather been home with family for the holidays, but they seemed happy to be able to celebrate a holiday out of the year and eat great food.
4. Some of their biggests concerns were if some of their friends would make it back from a call alive, so that they could join them for their meal. Another concern was about a young man wanting to be able to turn 21 before he is killed.
5. What stood out the most to me was that 20,000 men all joined each other for Thanksgiving dinner for just a short time and had to immediately get back to work after they were finished eating.
6. I think most of them would try to take a vacation with their family, to get away and get their minds on something different other than war. Some may just want to stay home with their family and catch up on many things and rest for as long as they can.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Favorite Holiday Memory
Everybody has a great holiday memory, whether it is during Thanksgiving or Christmas or any other holiday. I have a memory from Christmas that is in a way great and not so great. This memory happened close to 10 years ago. It is definitely one that i will never forget and i dont believe my family will forget either.
It was Christmas day in 2000 i believe, the weather was actually very nice for a Christmas day, and i wanted to open presents then got out and play at the park. We had a park across the street from out house. Well we got done opening presents and my dad was like, go out in the garage and get a big trash bag to put the ripped present paper in. So i did and when i got out there, there was a sweet two seater go-cart. I couldnt believe it, the first thing i did was run inside to get my jacket, then i was outside riding the thing. Eventually it turned to disaster.
My younger sister and I, were riding that go-cart all day long, she was getting tired so i let her off and i decided to go for one more quick ride before i shut 'er down for the day. Back then i really wished that i would have just gone inside but now that i think about i think it was a funny thing. Well i came cruising around a corner and i thought i heard a car coming so i turned around to see if there was one, which there wasnt, and slammed into about 6 mailboxes. Now the good thing was was that my sister wasnt with me because she would have had a 4x4 post in her lap but the bad thing was, was that i was embarrassed and crying.
The thing was, was that my dads uncle from Alaska was at our house and he loves giving people crap about anything. To this day he still makes fun of me for it, so that is why i cant ever forget that day because of him. That was my favorite Christmas memory and it is something that i will never forget, not only because my uncle makes fun of me for it, but its also because it is a very unusual accident for me.
It was Christmas day in 2000 i believe, the weather was actually very nice for a Christmas day, and i wanted to open presents then got out and play at the park. We had a park across the street from out house. Well we got done opening presents and my dad was like, go out in the garage and get a big trash bag to put the ripped present paper in. So i did and when i got out there, there was a sweet two seater go-cart. I couldnt believe it, the first thing i did was run inside to get my jacket, then i was outside riding the thing. Eventually it turned to disaster.
My younger sister and I, were riding that go-cart all day long, she was getting tired so i let her off and i decided to go for one more quick ride before i shut 'er down for the day. Back then i really wished that i would have just gone inside but now that i think about i think it was a funny thing. Well i came cruising around a corner and i thought i heard a car coming so i turned around to see if there was one, which there wasnt, and slammed into about 6 mailboxes. Now the good thing was was that my sister wasnt with me because she would have had a 4x4 post in her lap but the bad thing was, was that i was embarrassed and crying.
The thing was, was that my dads uncle from Alaska was at our house and he loves giving people crap about anything. To this day he still makes fun of me for it, so that is why i cant ever forget that day because of him. That was my favorite Christmas memory and it is something that i will never forget, not only because my uncle makes fun of me for it, but its also because it is a very unusual accident for me.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thanksgiving Tradition
Everybody love Thanksgiving. We all love to get with family to eat turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Another thing that is great about Thanksgiving is getting to hangout with that you dont normally do during the year except for Christmas. Many families have traditions that they have or try to have every year. For my family, we usually do something different every year.
During the past years, we would all load up in the car and head to Buena Vista up in the mountains because my aunt and uncle had a cabin up there. We all looked forward to this because we just went there once a year and it was special because we were all together in this four bedroom cabin. Sadly, about 5 years ago, my aunt and uncle split up and had to sell the cabin, so we had to find a new spot for Thanksgiving.
We kind of have a new tradition now, although it is different each year. We started having Thanksgiving with my dads family every other year and my moms family every other year. When we have it with my dads family, we usually have it at my house which is a lot of fun. Now when we have it with my moms side of the family, we have it at my grandparents house, which is great because that was the tradition we had before we started going to Buena Vista.
Thanksgiving is a very special time for most people. It is very special for me because my biggest hobby is being with my whole family and that is one of the only times out of the year that i get to spend time with them. Most people like Thanksgiving for the food, but i disagree with them because i think its all about family time.
During the past years, we would all load up in the car and head to Buena Vista up in the mountains because my aunt and uncle had a cabin up there. We all looked forward to this because we just went there once a year and it was special because we were all together in this four bedroom cabin. Sadly, about 5 years ago, my aunt and uncle split up and had to sell the cabin, so we had to find a new spot for Thanksgiving.
We kind of have a new tradition now, although it is different each year. We started having Thanksgiving with my dads family every other year and my moms family every other year. When we have it with my dads family, we usually have it at my house which is a lot of fun. Now when we have it with my moms side of the family, we have it at my grandparents house, which is great because that was the tradition we had before we started going to Buena Vista.
Thanksgiving is a very special time for most people. It is very special for me because my biggest hobby is being with my whole family and that is one of the only times out of the year that i get to spend time with them. Most people like Thanksgiving for the food, but i disagree with them because i think its all about family time.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Bad Movies
Everybody has their own type of movies that they like whether its comedy, drama, action and horror. I love all types of movies but there is one movie that I just cant stand to watch and that is Speed Racer. If you are a car guy, don't let the name fool you like it did me.
Now many people would say that they love the movie Speed Racer, especially children. If i was seven years old I probably would have enjoyed it more, but i saw it at eighteen and thought it was the dumbest damn movie I've ever seen. Now Emile Hersh is a great actor and im sure many people have seen him in other movies such as Lords of Dogtown and The Girl Next Door. I honestly think that he lost some of his fame from this one. Speed Racer was dumb for a lot of reasons but the main reason was because it was almost cartoonish but with real people. I cant stand those type of movies.
Luckily i watched it at a friends house and didnt have to worry about renting or buying it but i still thought it was a complete waste of time. I was disappointed because i used to watch the TV shows when i was younger and i didnt think it was anywhere close to being like the original show. I expected it to be more like real life stuff. Im sure it would have told me what it was about by a just looked at the title and who was in it and just agreed to watch it.
There are plenty of things that they could have put in this movie to make it better. The only thing that would be better for me is if they would have had it almost real life. I understand the show was a cartoon and wasnt real but i think more people would have enjoyed it more if it was. It would have been something that i would have bought if it was. This was definitely my least favorite movie and i will never watch it again.
Now many people would say that they love the movie Speed Racer, especially children. If i was seven years old I probably would have enjoyed it more, but i saw it at eighteen and thought it was the dumbest damn movie I've ever seen. Now Emile Hersh is a great actor and im sure many people have seen him in other movies such as Lords of Dogtown and The Girl Next Door. I honestly think that he lost some of his fame from this one. Speed Racer was dumb for a lot of reasons but the main reason was because it was almost cartoonish but with real people. I cant stand those type of movies.
Luckily i watched it at a friends house and didnt have to worry about renting or buying it but i still thought it was a complete waste of time. I was disappointed because i used to watch the TV shows when i was younger and i didnt think it was anywhere close to being like the original show. I expected it to be more like real life stuff. Im sure it would have told me what it was about by a just looked at the title and who was in it and just agreed to watch it.
There are plenty of things that they could have put in this movie to make it better. The only thing that would be better for me is if they would have had it almost real life. I understand the show was a cartoon and wasnt real but i think more people would have enjoyed it more if it was. It would have been something that i would have bought if it was. This was definitely my least favorite movie and i will never watch it again.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Favorite Movie
Most people have favorite movies and watch them over and over again. I am definitely one of those people. I love to watch all the movies that have hot rods and muscle cars. If it has hot cars in it, Ive most likely seen it. I would have to say that my all time favorite car movie would have to be American Graffiti. This has to be one of the best classic car movies ever to be put on TV.
American Graffiti was filmed in 1973 and was set in the early 60's. This movie is basically about one Friday night and everybody is cruising around in 50's cars messing around and trying to keep away from the cops. If you are in to cars, this would be a great movie for you because the people in this movie really show how much they appreciate cars. There is a lot of drag racing and fast cars in this movie. This type of movie would have to be comedy and action.
The actors in this movie may or may not be familiar to some people. If anybody has watched old 60's movies or TV shows, they might recognize a lot of these actors. Some of the actors are Ronny Howard and he is a Opey from a famous TV show called The Andy Griffith Show. He is also in Happy Days with Henry Winkler. Another actor is Paul Le Mat and he is most famous in this movie because he drives a old 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe and most car lovers love this type of car. Another one would be Mackenzie Phillips and this was her big hit as well. She has been in some Disney Channel movies.
This movie has many great parts in it. I think that my favorite part would have to be when Paul Le Mat (John Milner) is cruising in his bad yellow 32 Ford with Mackenzie Phillips (Carol) and Milner is trying to get rid of her because he is in his mid twenties and she is 14 years old. He got stuck with her because he was trying to get hooked up with a good looking girl but got her instead. John has a reputation to protect around town and it is funny because he does everything he can to get rid of her. John ends up enjoying the company of this girl and they cruise for the entire night. I would definitely recommend watching this movie.
American Graffiti was filmed in 1973 and was set in the early 60's. This movie is basically about one Friday night and everybody is cruising around in 50's cars messing around and trying to keep away from the cops. If you are in to cars, this would be a great movie for you because the people in this movie really show how much they appreciate cars. There is a lot of drag racing and fast cars in this movie. This type of movie would have to be comedy and action.
The actors in this movie may or may not be familiar to some people. If anybody has watched old 60's movies or TV shows, they might recognize a lot of these actors. Some of the actors are Ronny Howard and he is a Opey from a famous TV show called The Andy Griffith Show. He is also in Happy Days with Henry Winkler. Another actor is Paul Le Mat and he is most famous in this movie because he drives a old 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe and most car lovers love this type of car. Another one would be Mackenzie Phillips and this was her big hit as well. She has been in some Disney Channel movies.
This movie has many great parts in it. I think that my favorite part would have to be when Paul Le Mat (John Milner) is cruising in his bad yellow 32 Ford with Mackenzie Phillips (Carol) and Milner is trying to get rid of her because he is in his mid twenties and she is 14 years old. He got stuck with her because he was trying to get hooked up with a good looking girl but got her instead. John has a reputation to protect around town and it is funny because he does everything he can to get rid of her. John ends up enjoying the company of this girl and they cruise for the entire night. I would definitely recommend watching this movie.
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