Journal 29

Write about a time when nature was in control.

Natural has been in control a few times in my life. One example I think that everyone can relate to is school. Over my 12 years at Pleasant Plains High School I have probably had 10 snow days and 3 temperature or tornado days off of school. When it comes to school, nature is one of the major factors. If the weather is dangerous for high school students to drive or for buses to get to school, it is cancelled. There are too many consequences for lives if we had school in snowy areas.  This year we have had one snow day. Honestly we could have gone to school, but I am glad we did not. I had decided the night before I was not going to drive. I have a nice car and I like living. I also have experienced snow while driving a few times. It was stressful because it was the day before break and we had finals the day we were exempt from school. I also had left all my homework, ap us and english, at the school. Of course I wanted to do my homework on my break so I was very sad that was not a possibility. Unforgettably the school was better than that. They opened the school for us to get our books and study material if needed. And like most kids the snowy weather made me want to stay snuggled in pj's and ignore my homework to the last possible day. Power has also effected school. Tragic car accidents and power surges have caused the school to be closed. This does not happen very often. In fact it happened because of a tornado when I was in elementary or middle school. The torando  had torn down power poles and the generator was not enough for all three schools: Farmingdale, Pleasant Plains Middle School, and Pleasant Plains High School. Nature has controlled things other than school for example my abilities to drive. I am just 16 years old therefore I do not have that much experience with driving, especially in bad weather such as snow and heavy rains. If it is bad out my parents take away my driving privileges and tell me I can not go out. I HATE this.I guess I understand, but I usually do not agree with it. Nature almost effected a cheer competition. It was over 2 hours away and the roads were suppose to be icy and slick. The athletic director worried about our safety. Ironically we got disqualified at competition for an awful fall and our out for the season so I guess he was right. We should not have gone. The weather was the only good part about that terrible day.  Anyway weather can effect you for the worst and it sucks.

Journal 27

Journal #27 Write about what it might be like to be miles from home defending your country. 

I think it would be very difficult to be miles away from my home and family defending our country. I think it would be very hard to be away from home fighting, especially if you had a family. You would miss the milestones of your kids and be worrying about your husband or wife cheating on you  or moving on without you. It would be hard to be constantly fighting and seeing people dying. I would personally be crying lot because I hate blood. I would be torn because you want to protect you country and you want to make your family proud but you also want to be there for the exciting moments and milestones. Basically I could not leave fighting for my country. I think I would be able to leave if I was not fighting because I can not deal with the fighting, blood and death. I could be oversees if I was making money and having fun. Especially if I was this age or like under 20. I truly respect those who fight for our country and leave their family's to protect those of us who cant. Like I said before I couldnt imagine risking my life to save people I do not even know or do not even like. I think it would be very difficult to be miles away from my home and family defending our country. This is my journal 27 which is 26 but it got messed up because we had a study day and you did not tell us and only two overachiever smarties did it. 

Journal 26

Write about a time when something did not turn out the way you thought it would. Today this fits perfectly. Sunday we had a cheerleading competition. We had not really prepared a lot but still had confidence in our abilities. Unfortunately we had a freak accident and our pyramid collapsed. We had to stop the cheer routine  and walk off the floor because two girls were extremely hurt. It was not only scary but also disappointing. We were all scared that our friends and teammates were hurt. This did not turn out the way we thought it would. We thought we would qualify for state and be Pleasant Plains High School legends. Qualifying two years in a row. I personally was hurt because my best friend was injured and now has to get surgery on her nose. It was a hard thing to deal with because you could not blame anyone and could not do anything.Clearly this did not turn out the way I thought it would and it sucks.  Instead of bringing our squad closer together it tore us apart. Our senior we have left did not really step up. Anyways this shows cheerleading is a sport. Girls can get very injured and things can turn up awful. I think last Sunday January 14 was a terrible day but it made me realize things do not always turn out the way you plan and to be thankful when they do.  It also proves you can live through hard times. Yeah it sucks but it could be worse. I could be  the one getting surgery today or the one laying at home with a concussion. This is a situation where you have to look at the positive and pray that the negative gets better or goes away. This was a freak accident and uncontrollable. This is a perfect example of falling down and getting back up again. Things hurt. You have pains in life. Now its time to try again and not let the past define you. I love all my cheerleaders and hope we can get through these bad times and make them better. Okay this is the end of my journal for today. Good topic Mr. Langley.

Journal 25

Write about giving. Today I do not feel like writing a journal about giving. This is because of recent experiences about not giving. So I am going to take this journal in a different direction. There are many types of giving. The first thing people think about is probably giving presents or money to people we love and care about. It was probably suppose to be about the gifts we got others around the holidays and what I received  I do not think that it is enough to write about but I will try. I got nice things but nothing amazing. I got lots of clothes given to me and gift cards and a little bit of money. The favorite thing I gave was a kindle to my little sister macy. Well I actually did not give it to her but whatever.  The other part of giving is giving someone a hard time. Another word for this is bullying. Bully's give their victims a bunch of crap. They use small flaws in their life to make there life terrible. They give people reasons to hate themselves and its not okay. Playing a trick on somehow to give others a laugh is not okay either. I am sure this journal was suppose to be about the positives of giving, but considering the point of journals every class is to be creative I figured I could take it in a different way. It is stupid to give someone a hard time. I personally think everyone goes through hard times and give people problems. We do not realize these actions that seem funny and okay in high school can really effect someone. I am sure that this blog won't matter to anyone and wont change anyone's life but it should. People need to give other people positives. The world would be so different if all the mean things said could be positive. We should all GIVE each other positive feedback and kindness. Maybe then the world will change.