St. Mary High School is a fun and educational learning school.To me Saint Marys, is a home away from home. It is small and a persnonal school. Everyone knows you and the teachers are amazing. When I come to Saint Mary’s every morning I know it is a great place to start off my day when I see my friends and interact with my teachers. st. Mary High School is a fun place to be and I would have it any other way.
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PhotoShop in the Eyes of The Media
What do you feel is the “ideal body type” that the magazines portray for women?
The “Ideal body type” that magazines prtray is that woman have to have a flat, athletic somach, big boobs, tan, no blemishes or pimples. with perfect skin, and mostly blonde. For men the “ideal body type” is that men have to be muscular, tall, perfect skin, white teeth and handsome.
What is your definition of “perfection”
My definition of “perfection” very complicated. To i dont believe in the word “perfect” because it is impossible for someone or something to be perfect. Everyone has problems, and it just all about being happy with what you have and who you are as a person.
Has there ever been something about your body or features that you wanted to alter? Why? (you do not have to be specific.)
Sometimes this Come to A Tragic End
In Lakeland Florida, Just East of Tampa, a man named Troy Ryan Bellar 34, killed his wife Wendy 31, 5 month old Zack, and 7 year old Ryan, then killing himself, late Sunday Night. He chased his 13 year old son Nathan, down the street with a rifle, shooting from the garage, officials said. Police said that they do not know what had gotten into Mr. Bellar but they he has been arrested twice for domestic violence. Nathan is now in custody of his relatives.
MIT Prank Brings Bomb Squad
On April 25th 2009 in Cambridge Massachusetts, the bomb squad was called to Massachusetts Institute of Technology due to a suspicious black object to what looked like a bomb, but was instead a black block of cement posted as a prank for a dance party on campus. The group called, Burton Third Bombers, that was holding the party. Although they told the campus security at 3 a.m. sources say they did not and called the fire department which then called The Massachusetts Bomb Squad. The Burton Third Bombers issued an apology to the Bomb Squad on Friday. There will be a fee for the brining in of the Bomb Squad but they did not recite as to how much they and to pay. Some of the students not involved in the prank think it us “unfair” they have to pay part of the fee.“It’s really kind of a gray area as to who is responsible for this, what was frankly an over reaction to a piece of cement sitting in the middle of a field,” Steinbrecher said”.
(as told by http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19286369/detail.html)
Childhood Obesity
Everywhere across America, Children are becoming more obese.”The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese.” as told by http://www.kidshealth.org.”Obesity is defined as an excessive accumulation of body fat. Obesity is present when total body weight is more than 25 percent fat in boys and more than 32 percent fat in girls (Lohman, 1987)”.
In this article the researchers will be talking about childhood onesity at the age of Four, and how to help your child if they are indeed obese how to stop th eobesity and help their child eat in small amounts and eat healthier. Their are many reasons why childhood obesity occurs.
Reason number one is not exercising. exercising and staying active in a child’s life is very important. We need to keep our children healthy and safe. Another reason for childhood obesity is not feeding the children right. Giving them fattening and greasy foods in such large amounts is not good at all. If the children are obese they are exposed to having many types of different health issues when they grow up which could affect their daily lives.
Some risks for children experiencing obesity include:
- type 2 diabetes
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- asthma
- bone and joint problems
- difficulty sleeping
- early puberty
- unhealthy dieting habits and eating disorders (like anorexia nervosa and bulimia)
- being teased, bullied, or rejected by peers (even as early as preschool)
- low self-esteem (often from being teased, bullied, or rejected by peers)
- depression
- substance abuse
- suicidal thoughts
( as shown by http://www.kidshealth.org/research/obesity_plateau.html)
Children in todays society especially are struggling with obesity. Many of them are being made fun of and tortured for it. We need to make and effort to stop childhood obesity. As the rate of obesity rapidly increases every year, we need to make a difference and help them. Just one person can do it. So lets start helping.
The Prince of Geraldi
You are in your bed trying to fall asleep. You flip from left to right and stare at the ceiling for a while. Everything about your day is being replayed in your mind and you would give anything to just fall asleep to escape to la la land. Out of no where, something hits you in the forehead. Unsure of what it is, you spring up and scan the room for anyone or anything. As you go to grab the flash light that you have hidden under your bed,a little voice greets you with a “hello”. You answer, “Who’s here? Who are you? Where are you?” The little voice says, “I am Nathan Alexander , and I am the prince of Geraldi. I am down here” You look down, and you still cannot see where this little voice is coming from. “I apologize, but I think I’m going crazy. Where are you?” All of a sudden you feel something that hits you on your chin. Your eyes focus on your chin and you and notice a little man standing on your face.”
“Why are you on my face?”, I asked, and he replied “Well I am small, as you can see so I thought you would best see me up close.” As I put the light on I walked to my dresser and we began to talk. I asked him; “So why are you here?” He looked up at me and laughed; “I need your help.” Puzzled, I said “Why?” and he then said that his father is trying to marry him off to a princess in which he does not love. He then began telling me the story of why he is so small, and that a witch cursed him, because he did not marry her daughter and cursed him with being to tiny. He said he was taking me to Geraldi to win against the evil witch. We went to Geraldai his white stallion horse and met the queen the same night. I explained everything to her and then he cursed me with being tiny too! As the years went by me and the prince became very close, so close as to even get married. It turned out that true love broke the curse so me and Nathan were regular sized. He became King of Geraldi and I became the Queen and we lived happily ever after, just like in all the fairy tales.
Public Speaking
1. What is public speaking? public speaking is speaking to a group of people publicly.
2. Why do people give speeches? to inform others
3. How would you describe the best method for public speaking? i would think i am talking to an empty room
4. Can you select two people (famous or in your life) that captivate you when they speak? my om and sister captivate me
5. How would you compare an experienced speaker to an inexperienced speaker? experienced speaker are at ease unlike inexperienced speakers
6. What is the main idea of speaking loud? project your voice.
7. When someone is speaking publicly, do you think it better to say “Um”, “like” or to pause in your speech? When you think you are going to say the words “Um” or “like” pause and stop yourself for a moment and skip the word and continue speaking.
8. If you were to stand in front of the room right now to rely information on something you are very passionate about, what main elements would you be focusing on? i woudl speak properly and enunciate my words and have the audiance partake in my speech.
9. If you were sitting and watching a lecture, what are things that the speaker can do that holds your attention? The speaker could involve his/her audiance and ask them questions. That would make mey more attention to his/her lecture.
10. Is there a relationship between the speaker and the audience? Yes their should always be a relationship between a speaker and the audiance.
11. How does this relationship develop? The relationship can develop by asking the auidnace questions during his speech.
12. If you had to pick one topic to talk about to your classmates, what would it be on? I would probibly tell my classmates about the importance of being yourself. Not letting anyone try to make you something you are not.
What Or Who Could it have Been?
“Just like everyday, I woke up feeling tired and confused As I was trying to motivate myself to get out of bed, a flash light caught my eye . As the light began to memorize my face, I realized there was someone or something there. My curiosity began to fly as I had only ever imagined these colors in my dreams. I jumped out of bed and walked slowly up to my window. I reached my hand out to unfold the secret the rest of the curtain was hiding. As I gently began to pull the rest of the curtain to the left, I was blinded by this light. Stunned, I fell back and rubbed my eyes. As my sight came back both curtains now closed off the light. I walked back up to the window and with no reservations, I opened the curtains with both hands and saw a figure of someone. It looked like an angel. I was absolutely memorized by all of the colors and the figure standing before me. The figure looked like a woman. As I got closer, I started to see the woman and all of her Characteristics. her dark hair glowing, her hazel eyes, and her smile. It was familiar to me; like i had seen it everyday but didn’t know who this woman was. As she reached from her pocket she took out a picture of a little girl. I had seen that picture before and then realized it was my mother in the photo as a baby. As my eyes widened I realized who this woman was. It was my grandmother. She looked radiant. she was glowing and looked like an angel. She told me to always love, to never regret, and to open my heart to wonderful things. The most important thing she told me was that she watches over my mom and me everyday and is always keeping us in her heart. She said to tell my mother that she will always and forever love her, and that she is okay. As I hugged her my eyes began to close with happiness and tears began to roll down my eyes. When I opened my eyes, I saw myself in my bed. It turned out to be a dream, but it was the best dream I had ever had.
Always and Forever
As you are walking down Main street, you see a mysterious, smiling old man with a Saint Mary hat on. You continue to walk on your path and happen to glance in his direction again for you fell that maybe you know him. In the matter of second, he is across the street. Bewildered by this, you do a double take and the man is gone. You keep walking trying to think of what just happened and refocus on the path in front of you. As your eyes meet his, you now know there is something magical about this man. You think to yourself, “How could he ever move that fast, and now he is standing in front of me?” Without him saying a word, he takes off his hat and I notice something familiar about this man. His face, his eyes, his outfit. Something about him just felt so real, yet so unreal. We were just standing there on the sidewalk looking at each other. As I was just staring, he smiled and when he spoke I instantly knew who he was. It was my uncle Jim. I was shocked and confused because early in the year my uncle died from Pancreatic cancer. I had thought I’d gone crazy for sure, so I closed my eyes and just before I opened them I wished he’d go away, but he didn’t. In my mind I was saying a million things, but i couldn’t get them out, and verbalize it. The first thing he said to me was “Don’t be scared.” He then started to talk to me but I just kept thinking “He’s dead.” As he was talking I interrupted and said, “How? How are you here.” He then replyed with “Nicole, I am here because of you.” I was so scared and nervous and confused that I had to sit down. I then asked him why? “Did I do something wrong?”He told me no and then proceeded to talk. I asked him if he was okay and he said yes I am. I feel so much better then I did before. He told me about what Heaven was like. I asked him what he was doing here and why so he said he was here to protect me and my family. My family has been really close with the Claffe’s so for long that his daughter and I were born about 12 hours apart. We grew up together and were always doing the same sports, until we moved away that we never really talked again. Until my uncle died my mother and his wife started to really talk again, and he said that his funeral made my Aunt Joan and my mom friends again. He told me that he watches over his family and watches over us. He told me to be strong in whatever I accomplish and to always follow my dreams. Then he pulled out a picture of when Noelle and I were born and Jim and my dad holding us. It really brought me to tears and showed how much he cared. I will never forget him. Rest In Peace. I Love You “Cha.”
College Graduates faced with New Problems
1. How would you explain what the recession is? I would explain recession as a decrease in money within our country.
2. What can you say about the college process with the understanding of the recession? I can understand the college process with the understanding of the recession because the school does need money to continue with all it provides for the students.
3. If you are struggling financially, what are some ways you could get extra money for school? If i was struggling financially, some ways i could get extra money would be taking out financial loans, and more financial aid if it was possible.
4. How would you summarize the college process with the understanding of expensive college cost and paying back loans? I would summarize the college process with the understanding of expensive college cost and paying back loans by saying that the recession is very tough, and when the college student graduates, they will probably be in debt and have to pay back small amounts maybe for a couple months or even for the rest of their lives.
5. Can you explain why college bound students are worried if they can afford college or not? I can explain that college bound students are worried if they can afford college or not because some of the economy. Some of the students parents could take a big cut from the recession and worry if they can afford it.
6. Why is higher education important? Higher education is important because it offers more job opportunities for the graduates.
7. What facts or ideas from these clips show the struggle between the college students and paying back their students loans? They show that they cannot afford it because of financial issues with their whole families not just them but with all of the family members.
8. Do you think you are going to make your college decision based on how much it costs or how much you want to go there? I am going to make my decision about college on how much it does cost, but also how much I like it as well
9. What choices can you make in deciding what school to go to? The choices I will make on deciding on what school to go to by how much it costs, how much financial aid provides, and how much I like it.
10. Do you feel that what we have been doing in class with the college budget has been beneficial to your level of understanding in the college process? I do feel that what we have been doing benifits me on the college process. Before, all I worried about was if I liked the school and what sports they provide, but now that i have actually taken the time to learn about the financial cost of everything, it has opened my eyes to all different possibilites and what i can get a scholarship on to try to afford the college better for myself and for my family, now and in the future!
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