Stream of Consciousness

My father has been at the war for more than 2 months now. All I can think about is if he is going to make it out alive, how he is doing, what he is doing? These questions run through my mind, and I'm unable to stop them. Life has been hard without him. My mother has had to live on her own with us kids. Cook, clean, and make money for our family. I can't wait for the day when he will finally arrive back from the war. I can already imagine his big warm smile, his smell, his gentle touch when he gives me a hug. But what if he doesn't come back? What if he gets wounded or killed right in the middle of a battle? If this happens, what would have been my last second with him? Did I give him a big enough goodbye? All of these horrible, negative thoughts keep going through my mind. But I need to stay positive, I need to believe that my father will come home strong and healthy, and ready to protect me and my family. He's going to be gone for another 10 months, I don't know how I'm going to be able to make it without seeing him for this long. It has been hard, but I know that I am strong, and can make through these hard times. My life is rough enough as is, why make it worse by having a negative attitude.

Historical Fiction Story

The book that I chose to read about was "The Battle of Gettysberg". By the look of the title, I know that it will be all about The Battle of Gettysberg, and the history behind the Civil War. I haven't really started thinking about what characters I want to have in the story. Most likely a youg boy living through the battle, either as him fighting, or a father or brother fighting. Then readers can get an understanding of how life was like when the battle and war was going on. My story will take place obviously during The Battle of Gettysberg, near the battle grounds, and towns nearby. The conflict in the story will be one of his family members dying in the war, and how he will get through it. My characters are going to want to win the Battle for their family, their town, and all of their people. This is just an overall look at what the story is going to be about. I will get into much further detail in the actual story.

Motivation

Motivation is a big part in getting something that you want, but there are so many things that can motivate you. Things that normally motivate me is the feeling of winning, or getting something in return for succedding. For example, winning a basketball tournament. How would I motivate myself to win? I would picture how great the feeling would be to know that you are better than all of the teams, that you won over everyone else. That your team is the best of the best. Another motivation would be that you get a trophy in return. Then you would always have that trophy to remind yourself of how great you did in the past, and that the feeling is remarkable. I think most people do put themselves before others most of the time, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. What if it's the difference between life and death? Wouldn't you rather stay living? There's always that thought in your mind telling you, "Put others before yourself", but sometimes you have to listen to your heart intstead of your mind. This can be recalled as being selfish, but to me, it's standing up for yourself.

Fight

Fighting is never the right thing to do, but in some cases, you have to fight for what you believe in. There are two types of fighting, violent fighting, and debating. Violent fighting is where something is taken into extreme where physical violence is brought to the fight. Debate fighting is where you use words instead of actions to express how you feel. Something is never bad enough that you have to hurt people to get a point said, words are always easier to express how you feel. If I ever had to fight for something or someone, I would do it. It doesn't matter what I have to go through. I would go through anything because they are my friends, and I care about them. Also because I know that they would do the same for me. I would try to avoid violence, but if it got to that, I would fight for the person.

Free Will

Do you think that everyoe has free will? I don't think that we have free will, because we can't do whatever we want, whenever we want. That's why there are laws restricting us from doing certain things. There are laws for a reason, so why should we break them? If we had free will, life would be very unsafe, and too crazy for some people to handle. At the point in the world right now, we don't have free will, and I think it should stay like this because it seems to be workng out.

Pushing Through, and Staying Tough

I read the Article "Baylor Guard Seeks Title and she Regains Vision". In this article, a senior from Baylor, named Melissa Jones, dove for a lose ball on the ground thinking nothing of it. But as collided with another player, she hit the ground, and her head was what she landed on. She played on thinking nothing of it, until later on in the game, she had no vision at all in her right eye. She missed one game from recovery, but was back in no time. She began by playing her first 6 games with protective glasses on her eyes, just in case. As time progressed, her eye improved greatly. First she began to make out shapes and colors, but then it got even better where she saw moving blurs of people, and later could reconize who that person was. Overall, Melissa fought through the pain, and stayed tough throughout her recovery, and was determained to get better as fast as she could.

Her determination and toughness really inspires me to fight through whatever happens to me in the future. If I ever get hurt, I will want to get back as fast as I can, as strong as I can. Melissa is a clear example of pushing through the pain, and working towards a goal of getting better fast. I also hope to play basketball during high school, and college, so seeing how she was aggressive and hustling for the ball, really shows me what a true basketball player would do for their team. I hope to be as great of a player as Melissa is, and to be as strong as determained as she is too.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/sports/ncaabasketball/24baylor.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=sports

Reflection of Project

I think we did a good job overall when presenting our project. We had good eye contact, and got the class involved. But on the other hand, we had some pauses that was filled with random talking by the class, so we should have had control of the class during the presentation. Overall, our group did a great job presenting this project.

Life

Life is always confusing, no matter what is thrown at you. But you need to push threw the hard times to get to the even better ones. Your life is your own decision, so the choices you make will affect how you live. I am happy on how my life has been so far. There are probably some things that I regret, but the things that I have done in the past, have gotten me to where I am now.

Can humans truley be equal?

It's hard to say if humans are really equal. In my mind, nobody is that alike to be considered the same or equal. If the world was all the same, life would be boring and uneventful. Everyone would be the same, and no one would have there own differences. Having differences from other people is what makes you who you are. So why should we change that? Imagine saying the same thing, seeing the same thing, wearing the same thing everyday, not having control over something to make yourself different. Life is supposed to be unpredictable, but why are we wanting to make it predictable?

Superhuman Power

Having a super power would be a great experience to have. Being able to read peoples minds, walk though walls, or even flying. There are so many to choose from that I wouldn't know which one I would want to have. But, if I really had to choose one, I would pick being able to fly. Having the opportunity to fly would be life changing. Being able to be somewhere in a matter of seconds, compared to other kinds of transportation. Also being able to see everything thats going on below you, someone driving in a car, someone walking down the street. Overall, having this superpower would be such a cool experience and would change my life for forever.

Summer Poem

Summer

The sun shining in your eyes,
the wind blowing at your face.

Sitting at the edge of the pier,
moving your feet in and out of the water below you.

No thoughts go through your mind,
except for what you're going to do next.

This is the feeling of summer,
not having a care in the world,
doing whatever comes to mind.