I would love to know myself beyond the being that competes, beyond all other worldly pressures. my lunch buddy steve is quite mellow and is quite fun to be around. he is okay with who he is and he isn’t much interested in electronics either, but he like me is quite good at math and science. he never really liked environmental and field sciences as much as andrew does, i enjoy all sciences, but i’m not the most knowledgeable in that field. i know a decent amount of mechanics and i think andrew often likes to compete in that field. i like my friends b/c i can be myself around them, but sometimes i feel like andrew doesn’t appreciate me for the talents i have and he competes with me making me also be more competitive and change parts of myself to keep up with the knowledge. as my special friend says “i have begun to drag myself into competition and have become quite immersed in it.” he doesn’t like the person i’ve become. there are times when andrew and i are quite laid-back and we just talk about science, but most of the time it starts to turn competitive. i don’t think andrew likes the spiritual side of me much b/c he still seems irritated over the fact that my angel mural and poems are getting interest and his artwork in technology isn’t.

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3D printers rock;)

cool that you have a 3D printer at home, what do you usually use it for? Maker’s Space sounds pretty cool especially with the computer science and electronics aspect, do you know any websites that correspond to it?

What do you think of this essay for treasurer or secretary of Academic Challenge?

Keeping track of money and recording events are important to the legacy of Academic Challenge. Having a secretary or treasurer helps our class thrive. I am willing to be a part of the legacy of making Academic Challenge thrive. i am a hardworker, often taking copious notes in class. Taking notes has always been important to me since it helps me organize my priorities. I have fundraised with VOICES for Relay for Life often seling cancer ribbon cards to raise money and awareness for a cure. My experience working at a restaurant has helped me learn to manage money wisely since I often help package and total the amount of the customer’s orders. I would enjoy taking on the responsibility of becoming either a Recording Secretary or Treasurer.

Passionate, Attentive and Organized best describe me. I am a passionate math and english student. During class, I often take notes and organize them to help me prepare for a test since I love learning. In an Academic Challenge meeting, I could be responsible for recording the ideas others say, organizing them and making a plan on different club activities and competitions. In eighth grade, my math teacher made us do a budget project where we pretended to grocery shop and we were given a balance of how much we could spend and the necessities we needed; I had lots of fun comparison shopping for the items and the project opened my eyes to the value of money. I am also an attentive listener and enjoy helping others, if there is anything that seems wrong you can come to me and talk. I would help fundraise for Academic Challenge by putting posters for half-court shots, making bracelets (I love craft making), etc. Talking to teachers, other students and customers of my restaurant, I would gather and plan the resources such as money and supplies to help this club in making its way to a successful competition.

I would be dedicated and responsible in counting and keeping the money in a safe envelope after fundraisers and also in keeping my notes organized. I would like to use my skills in helping plan and organize the Academic Challenge’s events. Let’s work together towards creating a legacy of academic success!

thanks a lot anita;) you are a great person;) i finished my angel mural today and it turned out great, i am apparently a good artist since it only took me 30 minutes, dave was quite helpful, when i wanted to give up on drawing the man in the window reading a book, dave encouraged me. when it was finished, even andrew said it was quite cool and he said he liked the stars and the poem i wrote. andrew said the art really expressed my ingenuity. i realize i also know a lot more about environmental biology than i thought i did b/c andrew and i were talking about caves in ap english today and the formation of stalactites and stalagmites. my lunch buddy steve was quite entertaining today and he helped me with my english essay. i think everyone is happy school is almost over b/c andrew has gotten more laid-back in his work and has started a new hobby of experimenting with science and art and dave has started reading some new books. i can’t wait for next year’s ap calc and ap biology b/c i met the teachers for the summer work and they are really nice and smart. my next year java teacher is going to be my former sophomore geometry honors teacher and she was great even though i struggled a bit in her class, i now understand the concepts. yesterday, francine (freshman friend whose in garden club with me and andrew) were in the library and we were discussing our classes and enjoying the fact that it was almost summer. francine made me laugh when we had an argument over whether andrew preferred cookies, brownies or muffins, we decided to go ask andrew in the rotc room and i was right that he liked cookies better and it was quite entertaining. andrew told this funny story about this magnetic train that could go through a slinky run by an electric current and when the current was removed it (the train) could shoot into a basketball hoop, we were all laughing as we watched the demonstration. i have found andrew and i have more in common than i thought b/c we both love science and math more than english, we often help each other with our math and science work in our ap english class b/c we are bored with english at times. dave often helps both of us with our literature essays. anyway, dakota and his friends presentation in physics honors on magnetism was quite cool today and it made me wonder how much of the world revolves around physics and how cool it is that ferrofluid (mixture containing iron and other metals) becomes magnetized when introduced by a magnetic field and also the stronger the current the stronger the magnetic field and the faster the slot car (toy race cars on track) goes. i think i have a better understanding of electricity and magnetism after physics honors and the properties of light. in that way, i think andrew and i are more like than i thought.

also while i was walking home today i saw some tiny rubber duckies strewn in a path with cotton and i decided to follow it, it lead me to a small forested backyard where one of the neighbors had had a party, it was quite cool b/c they said that they decided to use the ducks in memory of those who are in terminal illness to stay strong and still walk the path and keep on quacking. i think it is something i would like to do as well. also i wrote a funny story in pre-calc today about my senior friends saving the world from hunger. i might post it later.