Christmas

I can’t believe Christmas is almost here; this year has gone by so fast! Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays I love the spirit of things, the lights, family, the gifts and most of all the true reason behind Christmas, Jesus Christ. This year my family and I will be going to Oregon to spend Christmas with my Aunt and Uncle. I am so excited, Friday before Christmas we are going skiing; I will more then likely spend most of the time on the ground. Then Saturday we are going to church to a Christmas Eve service. Christmas I have no idea what will be planed but I am just so excited to have a break from school and all my homework.
I can’t believe Christmas is almost here; this year has gone by so fast! Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays I love the spirit of things, the lights, family, the gifts and most of all the true reason behind Christmas, Jesus Christ. This year my family and I will be going to Oregon to spend Christmas with my Aunt and Uncle. I am so excited, Friday before Christmas we are going skiing; I will more then likely spend most of the time on the ground. Then Saturday we are going to church to a Christmas Eve service. Christmas I have no idea what will be planed but I am just so excited to have a break from school and all my homework.

Finally a break!

I am so glad that break is here and now that I can finally relax. The last two weeks have been so hard not only having to fisish up all my CE stuff I had to read this boring book and write all these long papers. The book was ok it just was so slow and I couldn't understand the text very well. Overall I am just happy to get a break from school for a while!

I know... this is my 2nd post...

Though I have already posted on Othello, I wanted to make another one about the ending. Though Shakespeare is known for writing tragedies, I think he killed the whole story with the ending. I don't think it was believable that everyone would die as they did, and I think that there should have been more reason for some of the deaths, like Roderigo and Emilia. Othello's death was to be expected, and the rest of the play kind of foreshadowed that event. He started out relatively normal, and then went into a downward spiral of insanity, which eventually led to his demise. Desdemona's death was also predictable, but not really very realistic. I don't understand how she had been smothered for a long period of time, and then is able to say one last word, then dies. If your passage of air is reopened, you wouldn't suffocate, so that really didn't make sense to me. Overall, I think that Shakespeare could have done a better job with this, because it seems as if he was rushing the conclusion and didn't spend the necessary time on it.

Can't stand stupid people

This week, our assignment is to write an essay about what pleases us and what gives us an uncomfortable feeling in the play of Othello. For me, Iago's whole scheme is really bothersome and I truly cannot comprehend what he must have been going through his mind in order to drive another person to insanity. What really bothers me though, is the fact that both Othello and Desdemona were so stupid throughout the play. How can they be so completely oblivious to what is going on around them? I honestly don't understand how people can be so naive to the world around them. Is anyone else bothered by their stupidity, or is it just me???

Wrapping up Food Drive

I just want to remind everyone that the food drive ends THIS TUESDAY. So, for anyone who has been saying that they are going to donate, but have yet to do so, you're almost out of time. I hope that everyone who can will at least bring a few cans from their own cupboards or ask around the neighborhood. I know everyone probably thinks I am nagging, but this is really important so lets finish strong. Every little bit counts. good luck!

Othello

When I first started reading Shakespeare’s book Othello it took me a long time to break down what he was saying and put it in to words I could understand. I would procrastinate until the last possible moment. As this story developed and the characters came to life I started to look at this play in a much different light. It’s not a stuffy old book that no one can understand like I thought it was. It is a tragedy of love, a story that still has relevance in the world we live in today. I think your own personal out look has a lot to do with how you approach this book and how much you take in from it.

Who wants to Graduate?

Before entering high school, and even in my first three years, I never understood how people managed not to graduate. Do your homework; pass your classes, its not so hard. This year, however, I am realizing that with all the requirements that are expected of us, graduating is suddenly a lot more of a concern for many people, even those who have done all their homework and passed all their classes. Junior year, we have to compose an argumentative paper. This isn't such a bad thing, as long as you stay on schedule and actually write your paper, you will be fine. A few submissions may be necessary in order to achieve "standard", but overall this isn't such a hard thing to do. With senior year, we step into the world of senior seminar and CE projects. Right off the bat, we are expected to propose a project idea and set a plan that will lead us through roughly two months of time devoted to this project. Besides putting 45 hours into this project, and achieving all of our learning goals, we have piles of other assignments that are thrown our way, just in case we don't already have enough on out plates. Write a reflective letter, which discusses your life and what you plan to do with it in the future. As you do your project, be sure to keep a detailed log of activity you are involved in. You should have "at least ten AH-HA moments" so be sure to tell the story of those in your reflective journals. You won't learn enough just by doing activities for your project, you should be doing research too; actually lets say you have to have 6 varied sources and be able to tell why you used them. There has to be proof that you are learning from this experience, so you should provide us with evidence. Make sure you keep everything, receipts, notes, pictures, EVERYTHING! Nope, we aren't done yet, at the end we should probably stand up and talk about what we learned and all of these components for at least 15-20 minutes, graduation pending on whether you meet standard or not. Is it really a wonder that all of the seniors are just a little bit stressed out? The outcome of one class making the decision as to whether or not you will be able to graduate with your peers? I think not. Every day, I see people come to the realization that they just might not graduate. Don't be one of those people that don't make it, tomorrow is the last day for 1st submissions and I really want to urge everyone to meet that deadline. We are in the home stretch now, and all the hard work will pay off soon, so keep fighting and working hard. You can do it!!!! Good Luck to everyone currently enrolled in senior seminar, as well as to everyone who has next semester to look forward to.

Food Drive

I think that the food drive is a good way to get people involved in something and I think it helps people to see how their one dollar or 10 cans can go to help some people that can't afford to eat or buy the stuff that they need. I'm not saying that you have to go out of your way or cancel other plans to help but, if your at home doing nothing but watching tv you could be helping with the food drive.

Food Drive/ Giving tree

Every year I look forward to the holiday season the lights, the food, the gifts and the memories. I have always enjoyed a fantastic holiday with everything you could wish for. My first two years at Cascade I never really got involved in the food drive; I would bring in a few cans and some spare change; I had around the house but that was about it. It was not until last year that I realized how much people need not only my help but everyone's help. So I made a personal goal to bring in cans and money everyday of the food drive and to stand out in the freezing cold a few times although it was not always easy to bring in more and more cans. I realized how much my worked paid off when I saw all the food in cafeteria waiting for families. With the food drive comes the giving tree a chance to give a small child a gift at Christmas. This is always my favorite part of the entire event I love shopping for kids that will truly appreciate the gifts. This year I have been a little behind on collecting cans, but I have started shopping for the two children I chose off the tree!

food drive

I think its awesome that our school raises enough food every year to feed at least 100 families. I know if I couldn't have a Christmas dinner and someone helped me out it would make me feel really good. Have you ever seen shopping day where everyone gets to shop for the families in the cafeteria? It's crazy! People gat really involved in this thing and we make it on king 5 news, and komo 4. So if you want to be on the news and not to mention help out a hundred families help out; raise money and gather food.