Thursday, January 26, 2012
Yes Ma'am Summery
In the story “Yes Ma’am” is about a young boy trying to rob a big woman named Mrs. Jones. When he fails at the robbery and gets beaten by the big woman he tried to rob she escorted him back to her house and made him clean himself up and fed him. While she did this she was also lecturing him. After she fed him she gave him some money and let him leave.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Kobe vs. LeBron
Authors Note: this is an essay where I explain why I believe that Kobe is better than LeBron
Who is the better NBA player? LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? If you ask me who is better I would say Kobe Bryant is better. Other people might say LeBron James is better. When other people say LeBron is better I think to myself why do they think this? The only answers that makes sense to me is they think LeBron is better because they are Kobe “haters”. Or think that LeBron is better because his team had more success last year.
One thing I usually say to Kobe “haters” is that Kobe is a better shooter. Also he has helped his team go all the way on multiple occasions (five to be exact) Another reason why is he has stayed loyal to his team no matter how frustrated he got with his team’s lack of success. One of these success droughts occurred right away when he first got drafted to the Lakers back in ’97. His team got knocked out in the first round or second round of the playoffs three years in a row despite being heavy favorites each of the years. The other drought was after their ’00 -’02 three-peet. It lasted five years until they finally struck gold again in ‘09 and ’10 winning back to back titles.
Additionally after his ’09 season Kobe started getting compared to greats like Michel Jordan. Whereas the majority of the ESPN journalists say that LeBron needs to win a couple of titles to his resume before they start comparing him to Michael Jordan. Some people might say that LeBron is a better because he is an outside shooter, but I then follow up by saying that if LeBron is such a better three point shooter how come Kobe has a better career three point field goal percentage? Others say LeBron is a better dunker. Then I ask them then how come Kobe has won the dunk contest and LeBron hasn’t?
Both Kobe and LeBron are future hall of famers and they both practically wrote the record book. All I'm saying is Kobe Bryant is one step above LeBron on the ladder of excellence. Even after reading this some people think LeBron is better. All I can tell them now is look at Kobe’s rings.
Who is the better NBA player? LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? If you ask me who is better I would say Kobe Bryant is better. Other people might say LeBron James is better. When other people say LeBron is better I think to myself why do they think this? The only answers that makes sense to me is they think LeBron is better because they are Kobe “haters”. Or think that LeBron is better because his team had more success last year.
One thing I usually say to Kobe “haters” is that Kobe is a better shooter. Also he has helped his team go all the way on multiple occasions (five to be exact) Another reason why is he has stayed loyal to his team no matter how frustrated he got with his team’s lack of success. One of these success droughts occurred right away when he first got drafted to the Lakers back in ’97. His team got knocked out in the first round or second round of the playoffs three years in a row despite being heavy favorites each of the years. The other drought was after their ’00 -’02 three-peet. It lasted five years until they finally struck gold again in ‘09 and ’10 winning back to back titles.
Additionally after his ’09 season Kobe started getting compared to greats like Michel Jordan. Whereas the majority of the ESPN journalists say that LeBron needs to win a couple of titles to his resume before they start comparing him to Michael Jordan. Some people might say that LeBron is a better because he is an outside shooter, but I then follow up by saying that if LeBron is such a better three point shooter how come Kobe has a better career three point field goal percentage? Others say LeBron is a better dunker. Then I ask them then how come Kobe has won the dunk contest and LeBron hasn’t?
Both Kobe and LeBron are future hall of famers and they both practically wrote the record book. All I'm saying is Kobe Bryant is one step above LeBron on the ladder of excellence. Even after reading this some people think LeBron is better. All I can tell them now is look at Kobe’s rings.
A Superstar Among Us
Authors Note: This is a journal entry for language where I had to use a prompt. The prompt I chose was “Her breath caught as she saw him standing there, sunlight dancing in his eyes.”
Her breath caught as she saw him standing there, sunlight dancing in his eyes. She was staring at the one and only Travis Leslie playing a pickup game at the park. He was playing the same man that she always saw practicing in the morning while she walked to work. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing; her favorite NBA player was playing basketball at the park against some random person he saw at the park. Instead of continuing her walk she sat down on a bench and started watching them play. She saw that there was no way that the person Travis was playing couldn’t be some random dude off the street cause he was actually keeping it close against Leslie. Travis had only out scored him by about seven or eight since she showed up.
Her breath caught as she saw him standing there, sunlight dancing in his eyes. She was staring at the one and only Travis Leslie playing a pickup game at the park. He was playing the same man that she always saw practicing in the morning while she walked to work. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing; her favorite NBA player was playing basketball at the park against some random person he saw at the park. Instead of continuing her walk she sat down on a bench and started watching them play. She saw that there was no way that the person Travis was playing couldn’t be some random dude off the street cause he was actually keeping it close against Leslie. Travis had only out scored him by about seven or eight since she showed up.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Dead Men’s Path Retelling
The story started when a man named Michael Obi got the job of principle at a new school. After he got the job things seemed to be going well. His wife was making the school a garden and it looked rather good. It was perfect until he saw a villager walk through a path that crossed thee school grounds. He then asked a teacher why a villager was walking through his school grounds. The teacher told him that it was an old path made by the villagers and that they don’t use it that often. Michael then went over and blocked off the path with a fence. He then followed it up with barbed wire.
When the tribe leader found out he came to the school and asked Michael to take down the sign but due to his cultural ignorance and fear of getting a bad report from his supervisor he said no. A women giving birth died and the villagers believed it was because the path was blocked. They thought the spirits were angry. To try and mend their relationship with the spirits they tore down the sign trashed the garden and even tore down part of the school. It just so happened that his supervisor came in that day and gave him a nasty report.
When the tribe leader found out he came to the school and asked Michael to take down the sign but due to his cultural ignorance and fear of getting a bad report from his supervisor he said no. A women giving birth died and the villagers believed it was because the path was blocked. They thought the spirits were angry. To try and mend their relationship with the spirits they tore down the sign trashed the garden and even tore down part of the school. It just so happened that his supervisor came in that day and gave him a nasty report.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Gameday Drive
Authors Note: In this piece I am describing a scene that happened over my Christmas break. It takes place on the day of new years eve
When I woke up on New Year’s Eve I found my little brother throwing stuff at me and screaming at me to wake up and that I needed to get up for the Wave game. It was around eleven thirty and we were leaving in ten minutes my neighbor Jackson was already at my house ready to go so I rushed upstairs and put on some pants a shirt and my SC Waukesha jacket. I then grabbed a pop-tart and headed out the door and into the car on the ride to the game it was me my brother, cousins and friend Jackson in the car. We were following another family to the game. My cousin Rachel being the great driver she is didn’t see the other family’s vehicle exit the highway and made a late turn cutting off another driver. She then didn’t see the car we were following make another turn and cut off the same vehicle and got a less than friendly hand gesture pointed in our direction. I'm still not sure if the gesture was given to us for my cousins bad driving, my other cousins waving to the person we just cut off… twice, or the combination. We then stopped at a stop light where the car we cut off was side by side with us. When the light turned green they threw their water bottle out of their car and into our direction. Their throw missed our car we then continued to drive into a overpriced parking lot and went into the game.
When I woke up on New Year’s Eve I found my little brother throwing stuff at me and screaming at me to wake up and that I needed to get up for the Wave game. It was around eleven thirty and we were leaving in ten minutes my neighbor Jackson was already at my house ready to go so I rushed upstairs and put on some pants a shirt and my SC Waukesha jacket. I then grabbed a pop-tart and headed out the door and into the car on the ride to the game it was me my brother, cousins and friend Jackson in the car. We were following another family to the game. My cousin Rachel being the great driver she is didn’t see the other family’s vehicle exit the highway and made a late turn cutting off another driver. She then didn’t see the car we were following make another turn and cut off the same vehicle and got a less than friendly hand gesture pointed in our direction. I'm still not sure if the gesture was given to us for my cousins bad driving, my other cousins waving to the person we just cut off… twice, or the combination. We then stopped at a stop light where the car we cut off was side by side with us. When the light turned green they threw their water bottle out of their car and into our direction. Their throw missed our car we then continued to drive into a overpriced parking lot and went into the game.
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