Where i´m from

Where I’m From
By Alex Gillmore

I am from Dump trucks,

From Mack and Peterbilt.

                                                             

• loading the dirt and unloading,
• cleaning the truck to make it shine,
• always getting woke up to the loud sound.

I am from the Brick, around the house.

(red, glossed, it smelled like rock.)

• conducted by my father and grandpa,
• gathering brick to set up,
• collaborating together to get it placed right.

I am from Oak trees , Cornrows,

 Tall, broad and straight rows.

                                                

• imaging all the different colored leaves,
• glistening from the sunlight ,
• swaying with the wind.

I'm from farming and slow talking

                                                       

From Jerry and Gwen.

                   

• Delivering good words,
• slowly moving tractors,
• working hard.

I'm from the hard working and

the first up and last down,

                      

• always on time,
• allowing only 100%,
• hustled everywhere we go.

From hurry up and good job!

          

• moving at a fast pace,
• thinking positively,
• mostly energetic.

I'm from the baptist hymnal,
            with a bible

and the Lord's prayer i can say on my own.                               

• delivering a good message,
• speaking with honest truth,
• encouraging one another.

I'm from Newport and Audrey's branch,
      fried chicken falling off the bone

           and sweet tea just made.

• frying up the chicken to a golden look,
• sweetening the tea just right,
• devouring the good food.

From the hard working soul of my grandfather

                           

the caring heart of my mother who never failed to make me smile,  

                           

• caring for everyone,
• being loved by everyone,
• hardworking all the time.

in the hallway closet was a big bin

overflowing with pictures

all of faces before me and with me

  as it takes me back to the good times and memories of loved ones

• overflowed pictures of love,
• enjoying the memories,
• remembering good times.
• I am from those moments--

of loving and caring for one another--
becoming more like my old man each day.

Reflection on senior year

Looking back now it really seems like the first day of school was just a few days ago, This year has flew by but I couldn´t be happier for myself for the friendships I have made this year and years before. This school has a special place in my heart and I am very thankful for all of my classmates and teachers for helping me this far.

Most people don´t enjoy school, but everyday since football has ended this year I have gotten out of school at 11:35 and went to work. Throughout that time I have realized and understood what my elders and others have told me about how I will miss it. Getting out of school everyday and going to work is not fun, your not with your friends cutting up in class or something. I cherish the memories I have made this year they have been fun, I have enjoyed every bit of my senior year, If I could id go back and try a little harder but oh well. I have enjoyed my last year here at BHS, it has been fun.

I would have to say the most positive thing to me this senior year would have to be my football career, sometime last year I had a thought about quitting football because ¨I didnt like it¨ I would say that a lot, but really I was just tired and did not want to do the hard work. I had some talks and everything and I decided to stay in football, and looking back on it now I am very happy I chose to stick with it, Football has helped me become stronger physically and mentally. I thank my coaches and team members for talking to me and keeping me in the game that I loved, not only for the games but for the friendships and for teaching me self discipline.

To conclude, I would like to thank everyone for one of the Best years at batesville, I cherish every memory made and cannot wait to look back one day and laugh at all of them, this school has a very big place in my hear as well as the teachers and my classmates.

SSB: My Thoughts

Think about getting to play in the dirt your whole life, My grandfather Jerry told me that almost 2 weeks before he passed and ever since then when I work that is all I think about. Therefore to me I do not ever have to work because I often think of it as playing in the dirt.

The senior seminar board helped me in many ways, I have never really gotten up in front of people like that and presented something. At first I was nervous but then I just realized that I needed to just get up there and talk and do my best so I did. I think one thing that I really thought was a positive for me is that I didnt lock up and get nervous during the presentation, I was comfortable and laid back to the point where I could just talk.

I also think another thing that I thought was positive to me was that I maintained good speaking skills and eye contact, I personally have never really been good at that but I was during my presentation. I think the eye contact and good speaking helped my grade out a lot and made people like my presentation.

To conclude I can really say that this presentation and project has helped me for the future and for myself in life. Once I realized that if I just went up there and talked then everything would be fine. I was happy with my presentation and I hope you were, Thank you.

book review

dairy of a wimpy kid: the last straw and Dog Days
By: jeff kinney
Imagine wanting a journal and your mother buying you one that says diary on it, well for greg heffely that happened. In the last straw Gregs dad wants him to toughen up, and get in sports and Greg does not want too.
In the book dog days Greg is coming upon summer and he has big plans for his summer of sitting inside and playing video games, but his parents have other plans for him, like a Job.
I have to say this is a great book to read and i recommend it and give it a star rating of 4.
main characters: greg, rowley, holly hills, rodrick

fake news essay

Fake news  

The truth in simplest form is a sentence or phrase you tell someone that is the honest most reliable source or saying that can be told, to me that's what truth means. However in our society today we have been caught up in fake news more than anything, fake news is everywhere you look. So the question is, “Why does everyone like fake news?” Is it just that much better than the truth?

How I think of the crucible being a source of fake news is somewhat hard to explain. In the crucible Abigail had an affair with proctor. However Elizabeth, proctor’s wife wants proctor to confront Abigail of fraud. She wants John proctor to make a lie. Sooner or later proctor agrees to sign a confession but he refuses to do so for anyone but himself because he said “all I have is my name”. See fake news keeps everyone on their toes, because everyone wants to see who they can blame for something else. Even the people who really done it just wanted to blame other people just so they would not get hung. Proctor done the right thing. In this world all you have is your name and your name means more than anything. You want people to remember you by your name, Knowing that you are truthful and not a lair.

In today's society we have fake news everywhere, for example just the other day I was looking online and according to https://www.snopes.com/category/facts/fake-news/ , they said donald trump was banning schools to take care of the school shootings. If you ask me that's crazy. Most people believe fake news because that's just what they want to hear and because of the person that is saying the fake news. According to the entertainment web site 8shit.net, President Donald Trump had a more outlandish solution. The site published an article on 23 February that President Trump’s plan to stop school shootings was to ban schools altogether. If someone believes that Trump our president, is going to ban schools to end school shootings they are crazy. However im sure some people have believed this, but in the real world that would not happen. It is just fake news wanting to get people excited and driven for people to read their post.

I have a lot of personal thoughts on fake news, i'm not talking about actual news like stuff, it can be anything that is being told that is fake and not correct information given. One of the biggest reasons I think people like fake news is so that they can hear and laugh at the people telling the fake news. More and more people catch on to the fake news that's given everyday, but what makes it so good? Personally I believe the majority of people just want to hear the fake news, instead of the real correct truth, because who knows the fake news being told can sound better than the truth and that's why people like it, but they need to realize it's doing nothing but making them look bad and get laughed at. The majority of people want to hear fake news over real news because it sounds better than real news, but is it really doing them any good? No. Fake news needs to stop before we start telling to much fake stuff that can lead to real stuff that can help terrorist.

To conclude my information on fake news, out of the three examples I gave, the crucible and fake news, real life and fake news, and my personal thoughts on fake news, I like my personal thoughts the best. Some do not understand what fake news can do to us and some understand it but do it anyways. It can and will hurt our society if we let it get to a bigger problem than it is now, for example it can lead to letting terrorist in on some of our news, even though its fake it could help them. Overall I personally think fake news is told and liked because it is what people want to hear, they just simply don't want hear the truth.

Government shutdown blog post 4

The government shut down is like a big argument being settled by just shutting everything down to me. Yes I think it is helpful, instead of just arguing the whole time and not coming up with a conclusion or an answer it is healthy for our government to just shut down for a few days.

We have had a lot of government shutdowns in the last few months but I do think it is for the better, they haven't been for long but it has resulted in good results.  Most of the reason we have been having government shutdowns are because the people in the White House can't come up with a resolution or solve the problem without an argument or simple agreement on an answer. 

I honestly believe that if we can get them to start agreeing on resolving things easier than they have been without arguments and not agreeing on an answer then we will not have as many government shutdowns. The shutdowns are for the better I think, but I may be wrong. All in all if we can start agreeing on answers then we won't have government shutdowns. 

What is Crohn´s Disease

Crohn´s Disease is A chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract.
It causes inflammation of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition. Almost three weeks ago I was diagnosed with Crohns, there is many symptoms believe me but there are ways to make those symptoms not flame up,
click to get the inside details on Crohns disease.

¨Scientists believe that Crohn's disease is caused by a combination of these factors:

• Immune system problems
• Genetics

Environmental factors¨  yes there is more causes, click here to see them all  however the scientist over this disease believe the three biggest causes of crohns are the three above. Yes I would have to agree because my mother has something very similar and I have immune system problems as well. I havent studied all that much on the disease but I can assure that it is not something you want to go through. 

I have many symptoms I do not like but however I handle them, I can control them by watching what I eat. If I eat something bad and my symptoms flame up them I am in pain for about 4-6 days. According the the web page above ¨Lots of people have stomach cramps with diarrhea or constipation. It’s uncomfortable, but you usually get over it and forget about it.¨  I do agree with them because I have went through some of these symptoms and my doctor has said the same thing to me.

Overall, Crohns is not something to mess with, it can lead to colon cancer or to the point where you carry a bag around on your hip. It can be a severe disease if you dont follow the doctors instructions and stay away from the foods that will flame the symptoms up. It is easy to handle if you do what is told and dont eat the foods your supposed to keep away from.