Cross-Examination

I could be cross-examined over many different things including my closet, the random papers in my room, and my passwords.

The most likely thing someone might cross-examine me on is my choice of passwords. Before I had over 6 accounts for school use, I had a different password for every e-mail and different accounts I had. When setting a password, you cannot use your first or last name, so some creativity is required. Most might use passwords of favorite animals, sport teams, middle names, and many other reasonable names or words, but the majority of my different passwords are very random and not relevant to my life at all.

Someone might also cross-examine my choice of clothing hanging up and folded in my closet. I have too many shirts that have never been worn, never even had the tags taken off. It's not that I don't like these shirts, I just haven't had an occasion to wear them. Sometimes, I get "attached" to old clothes that I'm use to wearing and that fit good, so there's no need to wear the new outfits yet.

Red Wheelbarrow Poem

Broken glass laying in the way.

Glue and tape cannot fix.

Antique vase, aged, but strong.

Ideal dependence.

A Cause for Celebration

There are so many occasions

on which to have a celebration.

One in particular is summer,

My favorite time for me and my best friend, Kaylie, to ride in her Hummer.

Finally school has come to an end.

everyday is now the weekend.

Suntans are becoming very perceptible,

except for mine which is very, very dull.

Counting down the days is almost unbearable.

No one can wait for the last day of school!

I Wear the Mask

I Wear the Mask

Everything is veiled.
To you, I am stainless.
To you, I am without weakness.
To you, my world seems to be full of ecstasy;
full of felicity.
Inside, the delight is still present,
But added is the defect.
To me, I am bitter.
To me, I am full of fluster.
To me, I am disguised.
One day, I will be unveiled.

St. Patty's Day

St. Patrick's Day means different things to everyone. It may remind you of good or bad memories. For me, it reminds me of the start of the first day of a new age. My birthday is on March 16, so St. Patrick's Day is the day after. I remember every year waking up in the morning and my dad saying, "Do you feel one year older?" I never do.

St. Patrick's Day also reminds me of parties in elementary school. On St. Patrick's Day while all of the students would be at recess, the leprechaun would visit each classroom. I remember coming back into class very excited and seeing gold glitter scattered around the room. On the desks would be little gold coins that really had chocolate in the middle, and sometimes, the leprechaun would leave a little note.

The Call of the Wild

Jack London's The Call of the Wild touched me with it's story of a dog who had to survive harsh circumstances throughout his life.

The theme of the book would be "survival of the fittest." From the beginning to the end, Buck, the main character, continually had to fight off other dogs or even humans trying to kill him. His second owner beat him for no reason, and his third owners had so many dogs to take care of, only the ones who could survive got to keep living.

Buck is a dog who first lived with a lawyer. He had a good home and was well taken care of, but he was still just a dog to his owner, just an animal. When Buck was sold to his second owner, he was nothing but dirt. The man in the red sweater beat him constantly for every little thing he did wrong. He was then sold again to join a pack of dogs who traveled. In this pack, he was the strongest and eventually the most feared. He always had the heart of a leader, and while running with this pack, his want to be a leader became more and more obvious. When the harsh winter came, and all the food was taken, every dog and even the men had to fend for themselves. The owners would beat the dogs until they could get up and lead the sled. If they couldn't get you up, they would kill you. When Buck's fourth owner comes along, Buck is more than a dog to this man, he is a friends and Buck is finally treated the way he should have been all along. Will Buck choose to stay with this man, or following the calling of the wild?

I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read. It's not only for animal lovers; it's a good story and has a good lesson for anyone.

Persuasion

Persuasion is a part of my everyday life. I try persuading friends, family, teachers, and many others. In my mind, persuasion works a very small amount of time. That could be because I'm not very good at it.

In my life, I try persuading my parents more than anything. Anytime I want to hang out with friends I come up with a reasonable excuse to be able to go, and more times than not, I get to do what I choose. Other times, however, if I already had plans with my family, my persuasion technique does not work very well for me. I also try persuading my friends. If we're hanging out that weekend I sometimes try to persuade them to agree with what activities I'm wanting to do. Depending on what my choice is, sometimes they agree and other times not. Altough I do not try using the persuasion technique on many of my teachers, I observe it being used in different classes each day. The most famous persuasion is trying to persuade a teacher to let you turn your homework in late, and the next one might be postponing a test. Whichever way it's used, in my opinion, the more you try to use persuasion the more selfish you are being.

Persuasion is also a main part of commercial ads in media. The commercials for orphans from another country are the most emotional for some, which is a very clever type of persuasion to use. Other commercials may say they have the best product of something and you should stop using a different kind and switch to theirs.