grrr

So here we are after the crappy weather we've been having which resulted in a total of four snow days, which is good news for seniors because we don't have to make them up.....or do we? the school district recently proposed the ideas of taking the rest of the half days that we have left in what was supposed to be the regular school year and making them all full days. I do not approve of this because when i was a freshman through junior i had to put up with all of the snow day make-ups and now that I'm finally a senior i think its time for us to get some of the perks, its not fair to us!!!!

Changing the half days to full days would make it so on the "makeup" days we're not a part of are all half days!! This is what i call BOGUS!!!! how come they get to have to half days and we don't? I know I'm a hypocrite because last year i would have welcomed it with open arms but COME ON!! Not making up snow days is sort of a right of passage for seniors along with prom and sitting in the front row at sporting events.

I guess if they do decide to make these changes there isn't a whole lot that I'm going to be able to do about it other than complain here, but if by the slim chance anyone in power cares about peoples opinions then here you go! i think i speak for all seniors when i say we shouldn't we shouldn't have to put up with it. especially after last years extra week and a half of school!

well I think that'll be enough ranting out of me for now, and by the way sorry my last two posts haven't been much more than complaining about stuff that I don't like but hey, deal with it =), I'll try my best next time to make it a little happier.

PEACE!!

Politics........

I've recently discovered something about high school, its all about politics....only a select few people judge you by who you are, and these are the people i like to call me friends, they don't care what middle school i went too, how rich my family is, or how many activities I'm involved in, and that's why they're my friends. Now here is were i get to do all the venting....people like say sports coaches however are extremely prejudice towards things like this I've been playing a sport which will remain nameless for my 4 years here at Kennedy, and every year same thing happens, certain kids get all attention while the other people are forced to just sit/stand on the side. The coaches always say the same thing "we're going to help you get better" but as far as I'm concerned this factor is non-existant.

The coaches i deal with on a daily basis seem to just leave the "standers" to themselves, they completely ignore them! And one thing I've noticed is that MOST of the so called "stars' of the team are the ones that came from one specific school cough "Harding" cough, they're also the one's who can afford to Sponser the team and and finance team meals and all that good stuff. i'm not trying to bad mouth these people i'm just trying to point out a fact. That fact is that coaches need to look in the mirror when they wonder why their criticized and they need to start giving everyone even chances, if a kid isnt all that great i have a though DO YOUR JOB!!!! coach the kid, help them out. I know it's too late for me seeing as i'm a senior but come on coaches pull your head's out!

Thanks =)

Mr. President

So two days ago American and the world turned over a new leaf, we inaugurated Barack Obama; the first African American president in history. This is a huge event in American history and i for one am glad that i was able to take part in the election. I'm not one of those people who think just because he got elected "all of America's problems are over", and that he's already the greatest president ever. I think he has to the potential to be great, but the problems he is going to face such as the debt and the war are some extremely bad circumstances to come into office with, but they also give him a chance to create a legacy. Those are only a few of the things that give the 44th president to be great, but they also give him the very real possibility of failing.

Now you may have doubts about the whole election situation saying that it was only a popularity contest or he was playing the race card, but there is one thing that you can not doubt, and that is the fact that he has given hope to people that never had hope. I personally as of right now am on the fence, i will say however that i did vote for him. i just think the next four years have the potential to be great, but you never know what could happen, the next four years could end up worse than the last eight (i personally doubt it, but others believe this). These are only a few of the pro's and con's of what could possibly happen the next four years will bring, but one thing is for sure....this is going to be interesting, and I'm pretty excited!

Friends

So here i am on another Sunday night, listening to music while also watching t.v. you're probably asking yourself, "why does he need to have music and the t.v going at the same time?" and the answer is simple....because i like to party! I understand that not a lot of people have read this as of well ever, but since we've started doing these in class I've come to realized that it's a fairly good way to rant about what's going on in your life, voice opinions, and overall just let some get things off of your chest. Usually i talk about somewhat usless information going on in the sports world but i've come to realize as of late that, that's what ESPN is for...now i'll from time to time talk about things like that becuase I enjoy that sort of stuff but from now on it's not just going to be sports, sports, and more sports because you know as well as i do that will just get boring.

But for this post i'm going to talk about something that I came to find out about a week ago, my best friend(if you know me well enough you know who this is), has decided to take an internship in Florida with Disney for 5 months, this is a very good chance for him and i'm glad he accepted it but on the other hand it's going to suck for me because i'm gonna miss this dude. we've grown up together and at the most the longest i've gone without hanging out with this kid has been probably a week! Wow this is going to be interesting. Now don't get me wrong i have plenty of other friends that i can hang out with while he's gone and i'm not going to slit my wrists or anything, but none of them are my "best" friend which he is and don't connect with them quite as well as my nog!(don't ask). He's supposed to be down there for about 7 but between me and whoever is reading this we're already scheming ways for him to get around there by oh about the 5 month mark so he can come back here and spend the summer with his REAL friends!

Well i should probably be heading to bed because I GET TO GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW....joy. but i'll leave you with this quote...

“Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!” Amanda Bradley

New Year, and football

Well this is my first post of the New Year, and once again I don’t really have any idea what to write about. Break just got over and school is still not fun at all, I just want to get this winter done and over with because not only does the weather this time of year completely suck but it’s also closer to the end of the year and graduation, and college. But as usual there were plenty of good sports going on the past couple weeks. The college football season is winding down this week all culminating with the National Championship game which is between the Florida Gators and the Oklahoma Sooners which is Thursday.

Notre Dame won their first bowl game in like four years, beating Hawaii 41-21 (shocking I know). Another game that was a surprisingly good game was West Virginia and North Carolina; Pat White became the first quarterback in NCAA history to win 4 straight bowl games when they beat UNC 31-30. Also winning was Oregon, Vanderbilt, Oregon State, and LSU. Teams that won the news years day bowls include Georgia, Nebraska, Virginia Tech, and USC winning the grand daddy of them all, the Rose Bowl where they beat Penn State 38-24. But the major game around here was one that may not have been too appealing to others, that game was Iowa vs. South Carolina. Iowa ended the season on an impressive run and after a long lay-off were anxious to play again. They did not disappoint anyone from here, beating the Gamecocks soundly 31-10.

Iowa overall had a good season finishing 9-4 overall, they are also the ONLY team from the Big-Ten to win a bowl game this season. The four losses by a combined point total of around 10 points I think. Their Doak Walker winning running back Shonn Greene however decided that he’d take his chances as a pro, opting to leave school early and test the waters of the NFL. The running back position at Iowa is still in pretty good hands though, Jewel Hampton, the true freshman running back had an impressive season backing up Shonn Greene.

Well I’m gonna call it quits for this blog so talk to you people later….