A life well lived

A grandpa to me.
A husband to grandma.
A father to my Dad and Uncle.
And a friend to so many others.
That is my Grandpa.

A die hard Cardinals fan.
A Mckendree Bearcat forever.
A Maroon and Lancer at the same time.
That is my Grandpa.

Part of St. Mathews.
Part of the schools.
Has affected so many peoples lives.
That is my Grandpa.

Trip Poem; Texas

Last weekend.
I went to Texas.
Dallas, Texas.

Mexican Restraints and Steakhouses.
That is Texas.

I went for basketball.
We won three games,
and lost one.

We lost a very important one.
It made us eliminated.

After the game we swam,
and then waited for our flight.
 Texas was very fun.

Family

Family.
Always there for you.
No matter what.
They give you advice.
They give food and shelter.
If you need something they will find a way to give it to you.

Sometimes it isn't about what they give you.
Sometimes it is just their presence that matters.
Sometimes all they can give you is their love and support.
And most of the time that's all you need.

A Day in the Life

iBall

I wake up with a ball in my hand.

I go to school with a ball in my bag.

I go to all my classes with anxiety.

I have anxiety for the end of the day.

I get the ball back in my hands.

I have it until sundown, or until go to sleep.

I then start all over again.

Dystopian Novel

    The Maze Runner is a dystopian novel because of what is going around with the place. This place a maze where some people took kids and place in there. They need to find there way out of the maze. The only problem is that they had tried for so many years and they still didn't find a way out. When they finally found it more than 20 kids died during the escape. When the sun came out they saw that the world was burnt buy the sun and that a virus spread around the world. And the ones who are still alive are scare of getting the virus. Some people are immune to it but the governments use them as lab-rats to experiment with them to see why they are immune.  
     Thomas has spent a lot of time in the process of recovering, both in mind and body, but he and the rest of the Gladers have change by the problems and the responsibility they have. In a world where there are no parents, teachers, and adults can't be trust. The Maze Runner is an allegory for growing up, its pains, and the discomfort it causes. As a teen turning into an adult but not only by age, but by the way he acts. His choices and decisions aren't always simple. They grow increasingly complex, require sacrifice, and sometimes don’t pay off the way we’d hoped they would. Thomas is aware that he holds the final key to their problems in his memory and that the wrong decision could lead to all their deaths. It’s a tough choice, with a big sacrifice.

     The satire in the maze runner is that WICKED takes all of the kids that are immune to experiments with them and even kill them. Wicked exaggerate on their techniques. They make the immunes pass trough a lot of things like seen a best friend died, falling in love and the worst seen that love one die. They want to see how and why doesn't the virus affect their brain. They will do anything; even kill them, to see why they are immune to the virus. They even asked Thomas, the main character, if he wanted to donate his brain for the people, so they can find a cure.

   Many people found out that The Maze Runner is an allusion to the hunger Games trilogy. They both have teenagers trying to survive; trying to win a battle that they think they are never going to win. Only that in the maze runner more than one survive and in the hunger games only one will survive. They both have people watching their moves. And both arenas were made by humans so they can find and/or entertain some one else. They almost have the same ending Katniss destroying the Capitol and Thomas destroying the headquarters of WICKED.
 

Twisted Conflct

     In the book Twisted there is a lot of conflict. This conflict even almost caused suicide. The conflict that lead up to this was a lot of bullying and a lot of negative people in Tyler’s life. His whole life he has been bullied by this guy named Chip. At the vary beginning of the book Chip says to Tyler, “So nerd boy.” (Anderson 13). This is Chip greets Tyler. Its always in a very rude manor. He gets treated like this by a lot of people. The other person was his father. He basically told Tyler that he was useless.This quote is from a part in the story where Tyler's Dad would not let Tyler go to the homecoming football game. ".And Tyler? Mow that goddamn lawn." (Anderson 99). This is what happened almost every time Tyler or his sister Hannah wanted to do something.
     The second conflict that really grew from the first conflict was Tyler's intention to kill him self. Tyler did not feel wanted and it got to the point where it was just him and the gun and thankfully did not pull the trigger. "I had the gun in my mouth and my finger on the trigger." (Anderson 240). When Tyler's Dad, on of the people made Tyler think about this, asked what stopped him and Tyler said, "I looked in the mirror and realized that i was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, start when i was, what? Eight years old? You killed your self then you came after us." (Anderson 241). This is what can happen to pretty much any one in a bad situation. It happened to Tyler and he chose to fight and confront his problems but unfortunately some people can't fight it and pull the trigger. 

Review of "Bullied"

Yesterday in class we watched the movie "Bullied". I really enjoyed the movie. I liked it because it was a true story and those people made history. They made it known to everyone that watched the film that bullying was wrong. Also they made it known to people that kids sometimes aren't the ones that have the problem. Like in the movie the boys were the ones that bullied him but none of the administrators did anything about the boys bullying him. He got bullied one time so bad that he had to have surgery to help his injuries. The worst part about that story is not one kid got punished.
I just read an article called "100 Days of School, 100 Days of Bullying". It was a very interesting article because it is a teacher writing about bullying that goes on at the school where he teaches. something that he said was very interesting. He said that studies show that kids who feel uncomfortable at school have trouble learning. So not only are these bullies ruining their self a steam but also their education. I think that is horrible because you go to school to learn not to get bullied.
http://www.tolerance.org/blog/100-days-school-100-days-bullying