Interesting graphs problems in Mr. Jackson's class

I found the problems concerning functions inside of functions very interesting in graphical form. The idea of taking the y value from the inside equation and using it as the x of another is weird and fun. It was confusing at one point, but after working through the problems a few times, I understand it much better. Seeing the function inception on a graph really helped me visualize what the problems meant and how they might be useful in real life. This concept made me wonder what else we will learn in Precalc that can apply to the real world.

Reflection-Week One

3. I think that Pre-calc is going pretty well. I usually understand the concepts well, but, I really need to get better at my study habits. I think that if I studied better I could do better on tests and quizes in the future. Apart from that though, I believe that I understand everything well and hope to only get better! I hope for that this continues as we move into the new year and new material.

Progress in class

Working up to the test, I was overwhelmed with the material and the amount of things I was learning. When it came to the night before the test, I studied my butt off and worked hard to be confident. The test came, and surprisingly it felt super easy. It was a great weight off my shoulders to feel like I had done well in class. I hope I can continue to understand the material in class. I look forward to what comes next, with a optimistic approach. 

Week 2-Muddiest Point

By far, the muddiest point in this unit of pre calc was for me, the inequalities. Not for any big reason on their own, just because they still, to they day make no sense to me.

Inequalities are just strange. They cover so much data without always a definite point, and for that reason it bothers me. I like it much more when the answer is a certain number, not a certain range. Really, it bugs me to no end.

Nevertheless, I will continue to do my best to work on it.

Week 1 Blog Post

At first jumping back into the whole math worth was a little challenging. But after some review it all seemed to come back to me. I never thought I would say this, but doing the homework really seemed to help. Especially since we can check our answers to see what we got wrong and the right way to do things. It seems like the first unit was more than just learning about domains, range and all that jazz, but also getting used to math and learning how to study math.

Week one- Progress in class

When we first started to learn about combining and composition of functions in class, I would just sit there doing nothing, watching my classmates complete their worksheets, because I had no idea about what was going on. However, when I started to ask questions and pay more attention it just came to me with practice, and I was able to complete most problems with ease. Excited for what's next to come.

Week 2-progress in class

When we first introduced combining and composition of functions I didn't understand it at all. If we were given the problem f(g(x)) I didn't know how to write out the correct equation, but after we went over it in class and I was given problems on it in the review, I started to understand how to do it. With a little more practice I will fully understand combining and composition of functions.  

Week 1- Progress

I know it seems as if there isn't much to "progress in" in only one week but I can tell you that I've already noticed a change. I am very interactive with this class which is very helpful to my learning style. I started out with a poor attitude for the class just because of what I had heard but I actually enjoy the class so far. Every question I've asked has been answered, and I tend to understand the material better and better as we go on and do more examples in it. Aside from only this class, I have noticed my study habits have grown better and that is where I feel the progress is showing the most. I feel more confident going into all of my classes because I know the material and I think that I have grown from it. I also feel so much progress in my understanding level if I already know the material somewhat before hand, and studying it each night refreshes my memory. I am proud of that progress I've made in that matter and I thank you for those helpful tips to improve my learning capacity!

i'm in a bit of a pickle...

So i'm in a bit of a pickle Mr. Jackson. I cant find where the subject for this blog is and i don't know when its due. the due date may have already passed but i don't know for sure and i think the subject for this blog was "math" oriented so here's my best shot at a guess in the dark...

Math is going well for me this trimester and i'm really beginning to enjoy the class. The work is coming in at a good pace and my classmates are a real joy to be around. there is more homework in this class than i anticipated but its not overwhelming. over all i'm looking forward to a great math trimester and i know its going to be a lot of fun along the way.

P.S. i just noticed that there is a complain icon in the lower  right-hand corner and im tempted to press it... well i pressed it and its just some Google thing.

Week 1 - Progress in the course

This class was a little difficult for the beginning because i don't remember any of the algebra 2 stuff, but after a few days i began to understand most of the content. I think the review & preview helped a lot by refreshing my mind.

A Reflection on a Particular Day for me

A few days ago I remember Mr. Jackson explained why radical functions COULD EQUAL zero and rational functions COULD NOT EQUAL zero. It just makes since. But than again math almost always does.

Week 1

I was a little nervous about taking this class, but once I sat down. I realized this lesson is made up of mostly algebra 2 content. It was a good refresher and now I understand everything even better. The only thing I'm concerned about is being late. I've been late too many times. 

Week 1 moment of clarity Andre

When I first started this unit, finding the range was difficult. When you explained the range in a new way it all became clear. After I was taught how to correctly find the range, it was easy. I got practice finding the range by the review, and redoing the preview and review.

My moment of clarity

When we started working on functions I didn't get it at all. It was a very confusing subject to me. So I went home I looked over our work and studied when I got home until I understood. 

Fuzzy bizz

.In jacksons class i have a little struggle with finding the domain and range of a rational. I do all the homework but sometimes it just seems like it makes no sense. I partially got it and the basic knowledge of it but everytime i think i was right to found out again ha just kidding i was actually wrong. And that is a little fuzzy part in functions for me and hopefull i can solve it out before the test come and is too late for me. It probably is not that hard im just making it way more complicated then it really has to be

Blog Post Week 2 3. A reflective comment on your progress in the course. So far this is my third class with Mr.Jackson, and if I didn't like his class the first time I wouldn't of taken it a second, let alone a third time. I love his teaching styles, the way he explain things and his policy on homework. So far this class has been a little challenging, but then something snaps and I usually get it. I enjoy math classes that are challenging, but to the point where I can still learn and engage in class conversation and follow along in explanations.... this class. It has been minorly challenging and I can tell it will get more difficult, but I like the pace it goes at and I'm looking forward to the next unit and what it's all about. To all the kids who whine about math classes.. pay attention and once you get it, math may be fun for you like it is to me!

Blog 1- muddiest point

Something I find difficult in Mr. Jackson's class is the whole combining functions thing. I did the homework the night before and I thought I totally understood it and it felt really good. But then, Tuesday in class when we went over it, I realized that I didn't actually understand the content. The whole combining domains is still kind of fuzzy to me. Hopefully I can figure it out before the test. 

Week 1 moment of clarity

          Today I had a moment of clarity in Mr. Jackson's first hour.  Last weekend I couldn't finish my homework because I did not understand composition.  After to day in class I now understand it.  What sparked my understanding is when Mr. Jackson showed us the graphs.  Also Nick S. explained it to me quite well.  I am excited that I no know what "f" of "g" of "x" means. Thanks Mr. Jackson and Nick.

Second Blog "Muddiest Point"

1) I think I understand what we're doing pretty well except, I'm still trying to get a hang on Composition of Functions. I know what I'm supposed to do I just get confused with all the work and find myself having to keep pausing to really think about the work I'm putting down. Other than that I think I'm doing ok.

Three goals I have set for myself are...

Three goals I have set for myself are to get big, keep getting better each day in soccer, and do the best I can in life.  I have been playing soccer since I was knee high to a grasshopper and my goal has always been to play in college. To be a successful college athlete I must have size, so getting big is a sub goal of my college goal.  Now that college is not so far away, I really have to focus on all of my goals and make them reality.  Doing the best I can in life is a goal I believe everyone should have, but it is a part of my life that I have been taught since I was a wee lad.  No days off and striving for perfection is basically what I am getting at.

first blog, worst nightmare

One of my worst nightmares that I have ever had included zombies, animals with rabies and the ones I love getting hurt. This might sound crazy but I usually don't have nightmares, but when I do they are pretty intense. My nightmare started off with me and my family sitting in our living room watching TV together. We looked like we were in a movie from the fifties, which weirded me out. All of the sudden an immense storm just popped out of nowhere. My sisters went outside to check on the kittens to make sure that they were dry but after about 20 minutes they weren't back. I went to go look out the window in the door but the rain was too hard to see. Then "Boom!" "Crack!!" I ran into the living room only to find out that a zombie was smashing its head into the picture window "Bang" "Bang" "Bang" The glass shattered and zombies come flooding in. My parents don't move. Why won’t they move?!? Instantly I run, run for my life away from the living room. But there is no place to go. I zip into my bedroom and barricade the door. At this point I am having a mental break down. As I’m pacing back and forth trying to figure out what to do, the constant moaning from the zombies echoes throughout the house. What to do? What to do? What to do?! I feel someone watching me and spin around. Outside my window a glowing yellow eye stares at me. Oh great... Just what I need a t-rex. What the heck world!! In an instant the roof is gone and one again I'm sprinting for my life. Out the window under the t-rex, through the zombies running as fast as I can. I trip on something, something soft. I look down and the body of my best friend is on the ground. My heart beats like a drum, I feel it in my throat. I see the zombies running toward me. I can't move. Stiff with freight I stand there waiting for my fate. I'm swooped of the ground by something sharp...the T-Rex. Weightless and warm from my own blood the light fades from my eyes. All of the sudden everything is white and I hear my mom’s voice telling me to wake up for school.

In five years I hope to be enrolling in veterinary school at MSU. After leaving Mason High School I want to train and get a job as an animal care taker at a local zoo. As I work on this I will be attending LCC for two years and then move to MSU.

Poison

As a child, I feared grape flavored cough syrup.  It was, and always will be, the bane of my existence.  Every time I got strep throat I tried to hide it because I knew that my parents would force me to face my arch nemesis.  I even had nightmares about the cough syrup as a 9 year old boy.  I had many of them of course, but one dream sticks out more than the others.  In this dream, I woke up in the middle of the night to grab some Oreo cookies.  Little did I know, however, I was being watched by none other than, the grape cough syrup.  Only this time however, it grew a pair of arms and legs, and lunged after me from the kitchen cupboard.  I tried to run away, but it was no use, because out of nowhere, OxyContin and Tylenol ambushed me from the living room.  Next thing I knew, I was being tied to the living room furniture.  I looked up and saw the cough syrup looking me in the eye, and penetrating my soul with its faceless gaze.  Then, within an instant, it pulled the cap from its head and filled I with grape cough syrup.  I knew that this would be the end, and that there was no escaping my gruesome fate.  As I was about to be force fed the vile liquid, I woke up from my slumber, drenched in copious amounts of sweat.  To this day, grape cough syrup is my biggest fear.

First Blog

11. The worst day  in my life was almost one year ago. I remember that morning I woke up, ate my breakfast and got ready for school. My mom drove me to school at 8:15 as usual. I was sitting with a couple friends at the laboratory and the teacher was explaining something that I don't remember but I'm pretty sure it was really boring. So when it was almost the end of the class I started feeling sick, and 1 or 2 minutes later I fainted. When I woke up, I was on the floor, and all my classmates and my science teacher were around me. They called my counselor and she called my mom. So my mom picked me up at school and she drove me to the hospital. They made me lots of tests to figure out why it happened. I stayed there for a couple hours and then I went back home. It was a weird feeling that I didn't like at all, but the good thing is that it didn't happen again.

Blog 1

When I was about three years old,  I thought my parents were obligated to do whatever I wanted them to do. What I wanted to do was watch Monsters, Inc. in the theater. My parents weren't very fond of sitting in a dark room with a bunch of kids for an hour and a half, so they weren't going to take me. Being the spoiled brat that I was, I decided to do whatever I could to go see that movie. I guess the only way I knew how to do that was making myself have a nightmare. One night I had a dream about Monsters, Inc. Then a few days later I had the same exact dream.
The dream starts off with Mike and Sully standing in front of the door to my garage. Mike would tell Sully that he was going to get food and not to cause any trouble. After Mike left, I would come out of my room and see Sully standing there. After he noticed me, Sully would run at me like he was going to attack me. I would run into my parents' room and that was the end of the dream.

In 5 years...

In 5 years I will be 21 and working towards my goal to become a psychiatrist. I will be living in an apartment with a close friend, or a significant other. I will be studying either at MSU or UofM or maybe even university of Pennsylvania. I will stay close with my family and will work hard to achieve my goals.  But most importantly, I will let my life take the course it was meant to. 

the one book character I would want to meat the most is harry potter

the one book character I would want to meat the most is harry potter. He is one of the most humble people in the entire wizarding world and he probably has the most interesting stories to tell. i would hope that if I did meet him he could tell me what changed in the wizarding world between the battle with Voldemort and the epilogue 19 years later.

survival

My three goals I set for myself in life are

1. Eat food
2. Drink water
3. find shelter

Spotty the dalmatian

When I was younger, my favorite toy was a small stuffed dalmatian dog that I named Spotty. He made up a huge part of my childhood, and I remember countless hours spent playing with him. Dogs were my favorite animal, but no matter how many new stuffed dogs I got over the years, Spotty was my favorite. One time, at my grandmother's house, I arranged Spotty and several other of my dogs around poker cards and chips and left them alone for a while. To my horror, when I returned I found that my grandmother's real dog had ripped Spotty's nose off. Despite this, I continued to play with Spotty, and when my parents tried to replace him with an identical stuffed dog, I ended up playing with both. With both Spotty and New Spotty in hand, my adventures as a child were both fun and unforgettable.

2. Write a thank you note to a friend who gave you onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum.

Dear Pal, 

Thank you for the onion flavored bubble gum, I really wanted everyone to avoid me cause of my breath. I will look for you if I ever want the flavor of gum again.

Thanks,
Smelly Breath Pal

5 years from now..

Five years from now, I will be in college. I will be 22 and I hopefully will know what I want to do with my life. As of now, my dream would be attending the University of Michigan and going into the medical field. I also will be traveling and exploring the world. I will hopefully study abroad In England or Greece. I want to enjoy life and have fun being young. I will be independent and beginning to start my life as a young adult. I will have my own apartment and begin my career path....whatever that might be. 

In the next five years...

In five years I plan to graduate from college and get a job. I do not know what I would like to major in but I think that going into some sort of computer field would be my top choice. I also do not know what college I would like to go. I do know I would probably stay close to home though but if I were given an offer for track or XC I might go to a completely different part of the country. Apart from school and working I would like to work up to purchasing a home in North Carolina and spend free time traveling a ton with family and friends! This is where I see myself going in the next five years.

300 mice

If and when 300 mice get loose in the pet shop that I work I will let loose 50 cats and have a giant death match to find the ultimate pet shop animal. This will either get rid of the mice or we will learn that mice are superior to cats in 6-1 odds. The only problem with my solution is that I will be in the line of danger. I will need to find a safe place to hide or if I'm lucky by then they will have real lightsabers that are available to the public and my Jedi skills will be honed enough to fight off cats and mice. I believe that using this tactic will solve problems not only in my pet shop but in pet shops everywhere.

In 5 years from now Grace will be...

In 5 years I will be graduating from college and on my way to travel the world and volunteer. I hope to go in the peace corps, or another international volunteer program. I want to continue taking spanish all throughout college so that I can become fluent. This will help me learn new languages more easily, if needed. I have wanted to go into the peace corps since middle school, and I am not going to give up my world traveling volunteer dream.

best day

The best day of my life was when i got my drivers license. The day i got my drivers license was a normal day until, i was sitting in ms. Norton's class and she received a phone call requesting me in the office, and she told me i had to go down to the office. When i walked into the office i saw my mom standing there. She signed me out of school and explained to me i was going to get me license but first we were going to lunch. After lunch we went and got my licence and mo mom let me drive her truck the rest of the day.

Three goals

There are three goals I have for myself. The first is to be as nice and compassionate as possible to all living things. This is because I would want people to act that way towards me and everyone has the right to be happy. My second goal is to put good effort into everything I do. No matter what setting my goal is to never half ass anything. My third goal is to be happy with my life and not care about what other people think and do what is best for me. 

Chewing Gum

Dear Fiend,

          Thank you so much for the abhorrent chewing gum that you gave me last Wednesday.  It is amazing to know that when I want to cure the bad taste in my mouth I can rely on you to provide me with the detestable taste of garlic and onion flavored chewing gum.  I warned you that my mouth tasted and smelled horrible and you decideed to tell me that you could help, but you purposely made it worse.  As a fellow member of society, I recommend that you either fall of the end of the earth or find an isolated fortress of solitude to live out the rest of your days far away from any other human being.

Hatefully yours,

Will Reid

The best day

The best in my life must be the first day i come to US by myself , i saw a whole different world that day,i spent 13 hours on the plane, i was so nervous but exciting when i get out of the airport, i was nervous because i have no friend no family here, i have to make a new social circle, use new language, make new friends, no doubt it  is a challenge to me, but i was so excited for what unforeseeable things gonna happen. i was impressed about everything, maybe because travel a such a long trip by myself, that means i successfully  take the first step for my US life.

Now i am confident about my future life and study, i will become independent step by step.

                                                                                                                                               Wei Du

First Blog "Favorite Childhood toy"

5) When I was younger my favorite toy was my stuffed Dumbo. All I can remember is I took him everywhere, and how I experienced what I then considered to be my biggest heartache the day I lost him. It was the day we were moving and I searched through every room and unpacked every box but he was gone and I was devastated. To this day no toy can compare.

1st Blog: "When I raise children, I'll never..."

If and when I raise children, I'll never... 

I will never spoil my children. Yes, i will love them and want the best for them but I will not give them everything they want, for they then become brats. Spoiled rotten children these days will ruin themselves ultimately because they don't know how to do anything because their parents "protect" them too much. This generation of people need to remember what tough love is and why is actually good for children. The best thing parents can do for a child is let them fail. Failure is the best teacher for people because it is experience. After a person fails then people need to come up beside them a encourage them to try again. Yes children will say that "if you really love me, you will do..." that is not love that is manipulation. After the child grows up they don't know how to do anything and get upset with their parent. Children need to know how to work for something they want. 

Blog Post #1 (Choice 4)

Like most dreams, it began with falling. Not like a quick, startling fall; but oh-god-I-fell-off-a-building fall.

Harsh winds draped around me as I accelerated, moving at a speed unknown to myself yet fast enough to bring tears to my eyes and nearly rip off my clothing with sheer wind alone. So, like a normal human being would do when faced with this situation, I began to scream. Loudly.

I blearily looked around as I screamed, seeing nothing around me to catch myself but the foggy void that had become accustomed to the emptiness.

Well, I managed to think, at least there's no ground.

Of course, the world decided at that very moment to screw with me, and with a booming noise a reflective surface made itself known in the void below me, and I cursed my luck. Failing my arms around in an attempt to stop my momentum, I realized that it all be for naught as the ground got closer and closer, flying towards me with due to my breakneck speed.

Gritting my teeth in desperation, I threw my arms in front of me in a weak attempt to cushion my fall. Giving up, I closed my eyes in reflex as the ground met my form.

Except it didn't. There was no pain, no suddenly becoming a red splatter on the ground- just a horrible jerking motion that threatened to eject the entirety of my stomach and a numb feeling, then silence.

Awaiting a few more moments, I slowly pried open an eye, nearly soiling myself with relief when I realized that somehow, I stopped falling literally centimeters from the surface which mirrored my haggard looking face.

Sighing in relief, I let my tense body relax, feeling my legs slowly sweep out from above me and touch the strange liquid surface of the floor. Peering around, I slowly glanced downward to see my haggard reflection once more, only to realize that...it had vanished.

My reflection was gone.

A childish laugh echoed throughout the field, shaking the ground underneath my feet. With a booming noise, I turned around to see my lost reflection, but it was not what it once was.

Instead of showing my raggedy, tired appearance of a seventeen year old boy, it showed a small, frail boy of what looked like six, with shaggy hair like my own and clothes that seemed to large and too frayed to be actually worn by a human being.

But the eyes were different. Instead of a dark brown like my own, they revealed a pitch black sclera, with deep red eyes.

Darkness swallowed my vision as the child giggled again.

You've met a terrible fate, haven't you?     

The Best Day

    It is essential for this post to mention that, in my middle school years, I was obsessed with Twilight, and if I could go back in time to have a talk with my thirteen year old self, I would definitely be annoyed, and probably smack myself for being so obsessive, but then again, the best day of my life may have never happened.
   It all started when I went with my mom to visit my brother, David, who lived on the outskirts of Detroit. I knew the journey would be a few hours long so I took the book with me that I was reading at the time (Eclipse) to read in the car. It was a quick, no questions asked decision to actually spend the weekend with my brother and niece, but I missed him, so when he invited me to stay longer, I jumped at the opportunity. Besides, David was the cool brother that would take me places, and not just make me go play outside or sit down.
  All I can remember is going to bed late that night after my mom left, and then waking up around eight on the couch to my brother talking on the phone. He was talking to his girlfriend about going to the Monroe County Mall, but soon asked me what the doctor's name was off of Twilight. My interests peaked instantly, and I told him that the guy who played Carlisle Cullen was Peter Facinelli  when I asked why, he told me that there was no specific reason, except that his girlfriend's sister was talking about him. He made me hurry to get dressed and ready for the day, and told me that we had a lot to do but that we had to make a trip to the mall first.
   When we got to the mall, the lines were crazy long, people were waiting outside of the entire building. My brother walked me toward the ebterence and told me that his girlfriend and her sister were waiting for us. 

Long story short, my brother surprised me with meeting Peter Facinelli. It took eight hours, and almost 3 cancelations, but I finally for to meet him. 

I actually met him twice that day. Once was when I went to take a bathroom break and stopped in Aeropostale. He was on his way in from taking a breather and he asked me if I wanted his autograph. He signed my book Eclipse and then my mom called in the middle if him giving me a hug. After that, I got back in line and met him on stage where he was signing photographs for charity. 

I just feel like it was the best day, not because I got to meet someone famous, but because I got a surprise of a lifetime from my brother. . 

Them

Every night when I was young, I remember fearing my routine slumber. It first started one Christmas eve. Instead of gumdrops and sugar plums dancing in my head there was nothing but the torment of all the Tele-tubbies mocking me. They all stood in a group far away from me, they pointed and laughed. They called me names and made jokes about how I didn't have a T.V. in my stomach. After they had their share of laughs, it grew silent. The Tele-tubbies had no expression but a cold stare. The televisions in their stomachs turned to Christian programming. They'd stand silent, but after the tension grew to be too much to handle, they all charged me. Their jaws dislocated as they screamed a sickening banshee call. Before I knew it, I was surrounded, there was nothing I could do. They started to beat and kick me as they wailed in anger. After most of my bones were broken, they took turns regurgitating upon me, then within an instant they snatched me up, carried me hurriedly to the top of their hut, and fed me to their sun. It was all over. I awoke startled and covered in sweat, I have never slept since. Every time I close my eyes I see their deformed faces and crooked antennas. I can never go back, I can never sleep again.

first blog post

5) Write about your favorite childhood toy.

My favorite childhood toy was my baby doll Sarah; I don't remember a time when I did not have her with me. I treated her like she was a real baby, making sure I cradled her head. I also sang to her, took her to grocery store adventures, tucked her into bed at night, and changed her diaper. Sarah was by far my favorite childhood toy and I still have her to this day.

Juliete's Crazy Dream

When I was 8 or 9 and had the strangest dream ever. I was in New York city and was waiting at a bus stop. It was cloudy out and everything looked shimmery like immense heat. A breeze started whipping my hair and some people started floating into the air. Though the breeze blew hard, I didn't feel it. Suddenly, a dark shadow covered the ground. I looked up and saw a UFO, the mother-ship to be exact. Out of it came a pod and the really tall elf-like alien was riding down to greet us, he (i think) was dressed very classy with a tux. I hadn't realized it but a huge crowd had gathered around me and for some reason elected me to represent the human race. I tried declining because I am only a child and didn't know what to do. Plus the alien was scary because I didn't know what it was capable of doing. When I woke up I remember being really glad because I really didn't want to talk to that alien.

"Life Changing Event"

                I haven’t had an extremely life changing event besides moving. But if I were to win the lottery, the big one that gives away a million dollars, my life would hopefully change. If I won the lottery my family and I would move into a nice house with a bigger yard. I’d definitely have my own car. I would have my college paid for so I could become whatever my intelligence level would allow. I would take my family and a few friends to New Zealand over the summer for sure. After winning the lotto, I would take my sisters out on a shopping spree. I would also give away some money to those who don’t have all the opportunities most Americans have. Unlike many of the athletes who earn a ton of money, I would invest some money so I can still have some money in the future. So, if I won the lottery that would be pretty life changing. 

Five years from now.....

Five years from now I will hopefully be in MSU.  And will know what I want to do with my life cause right now I have no clue.  People always tell me you need to know what you want to do with your life going into college but I really feel like you do not need to know.  You can go your first couple years of college without knowing and trying to find out your future in life.  And that is where I hope I'm at in 5 years.  

1st Blog 5 years from now Andy

    5 years from now i will be living in a hella mansion. My palace will located in Santa Maria, California. I will own yachts with mass amounts of  women aboard. I will also own multiple Audis and Bentleys. I have become rich by taking over ownership in google. I am now set for life!

3 goals

I have set many goals for myself. The first one being that I plan to graduate with higher than a 3.9 GPA and continue my education at a prestigious university majoring in a certain field of biology. Secondly, I want to help my wrestling team as much as I can, and become a solid asset to the program. Thirdly, I want to make enough money to support a healthy family and own my own house, car, and a large indoor swimming pool.

First blog - Nightmare

I had a very weird dream when i was 8 years old. In my dream, my sister turn into a monster when she see anything that's red. I found out when she was eating my pet hamster and growl. I was so scared but I didn't tell anyone because I want to protect my sister. So I followed her to the middle school and saw her turn into the monster when she saw the red sign. There's no one outside the school, she cannot find anyone to attack, i tried to lead her attention to me then she saw the green water bottle i was carrying in my bag and become normal again.

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The first time I've been frightened

During Halloween when i was 5 yrs old my mom took me to a hunted house and i was crying. my mom was just laughing, so much that she was crying. i just remembered being frightened by the people in costumes.

1st blog (in 5 years)

   In 5 years I hope to be an officer in the Marine Corps.  I am currently enlisted in the Marines, and am waiting to go to boot camp after high school.  I will be going to college while I am in reserves, a college degree is a requirement for officers.  Once I finish college I am going to attempt to get in to officer selection school.  Hopefully I can make it through the training and accomplish this huge goal.

What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?

I would run out. Run for my dear life. Nothing worse than a pack of rodents running around and putting your life at risk. Mice are scary little creatures, you never know where they're at, could be crawling up your pant leg. The only answer is to run... I may lose my job, but that's better than losing my life.

New Food

            Spaghetti and steak are two fantastic foods. So why not combine them? You can have the Italian and American all in one amazing food. You just take some spaghetti and wrap it inside of a steak. It's almost like a chicken pot pie in a way. You get a nice tough exterior with a tasty smooth inside. All heated up to the perfect 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It's the best thing since sliced bread and will be loved around the world in a matter of months.

5 years from now

Five years from now I will be 21 years old, and in college at MSU. As a student at MSU i'll be a member of the Vietnamese Society Association. By that time i'll be a junior in college studying computer programming. Being a student i needed a job so i currently work at Ware's Pharmacy with a good pay of $10.75 per hour. As for my ride i have 7 lambroghini one for each day of the week.

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Write a thank you note to a friend who gave you onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum. 


I just wanted some basic mint flavored gum and you bought that nasty crap on purpose just so you could make my breath smell worse than before. You always hook me up with gum... I guess you got tired of it. I can never trust you again. I had a hot date too! You ruined it, I thought she was the one man. Now she just calls me jaba the hut. But hey, thanks for the gum.

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I20.  What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?

- If 300 mice had escaped and were running around a pet shop where I worked. First thing I would do is get out of there as soon as possible! Then, I would think of a brilliant plan. If the mice are already out, Why not let the cats out as well? Maybe a few snakes? That will take care of the rats! In a state of panic and confusion I would carry out my brilliant plan. Obviously it was not a brilliant plan. In this hypothetical situation, I now have a bunch of dead mice, blood thirsty cats and a few snakes all around the pet shop, where unfortunately I will probably never work again....hypothetically. 

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9. I have never been more frightened than when... One day, on November 23rd 2014, my band and I played a show in Detroit called "Fall Metal Fest 5". After our set, we we're watching a band called "Unbound Hate", they're we're very impressive, and during their set, Riley found a ziptie on the ground. "Will you marry me?", asked Riley. "Well yeah," I answered as I gave him my ring finger. "Ziiiiip" went the ziptie as he pulled super hard on my finger... too hard, this thing was NOT coming off. I walked over to the bartender lady and asked for a sharp object or a knife. She took my finger and and began to saw at the ziptie. Nothing. Not a dent. The pressure is beginning to hurt and I am getting very worried about the whole situation when she says, "I'm in the medical field, and if he doesn't get this off he's gonna lose this finger." That is when panic mode set in. Minutes went by. It was to the point when I had to hold my bandmate Derek's hand with my free hand and just scream profanities at the top of my lungs. "Don't look man!", Derek kept telling me as he held my head, pushing my face into his chest to mute the screaming and keep me calm. I hear my friend Matt scream, "Make a fist!", meaning that it was about to hurt. Every time I heard the words, "make a fist", it meant that they're were going to try something to cut it off.

If and when I raise children, I'll never...

  If and when I raise children, I'll never make them feel bad about themselves. If they make mistakes, all they can do is learn from them and the consequences will fall on themselves. I will punish them when necessary but I will never make them feel as if they have to dwell on their mistakes because of something I said. I will do my best to make sure that they live a happy life and I will hold them close all the time. If they are tired and don't want to go to school on occasion and they don't have a big test that day, but otherwise get good grades, I'll let them have a day for themselves here and there. I'll know that they are struggling and I know that school will be harder than even when I am taking now. I just never want them to feel like they're not worth it because I don't think that grades or tests are what define who they are. Those are just numbers. I want to have a great relationship with my children, one where they want to come home to see me and are excited to be around me. I'm going to love them more than I love myself and I know I'll be willing to die for them. I overall just want to be a great mother, and I want them to be able to come home to a safe non-judgemental family. I was raised well myself, but I will not raise my children anything how I was raised, just because I have different beliefs. And that's okay. 

A day i would like to forget!

A day I would like to forget.

Actually I would like to forget these last two weeks of AP Stats including this coming week.  Reason being because I missed too many days when I was sick, now i have to make up multiple tests and quizzes during this week of school on top of my other classes.  I really would like all the work to just vanish, but that is never going to happen.  So as of now I'm doing hours of homework each night and it's really stressful trying to play the catch-up game, on top of doing my other homework for my other classes and studying for other quizzes and tests.  I guess it's just going to be one of those hard weeks and i just have to take it one day at a time.  All in all I would really like to forget this couple weeks of school!

Book character

If i could meet any character from a book it would more than likely be Katniss Everdeen from the book The Hunger games. I would choose her because i think she is super smart. I would want her to explain to me what it felt like to be in the games. Also how it felt after Prim had the nightmare and then it really happened. I would want to know what it was like to be in love with two people but not actually have a choice on which one you can pick. I would ask her what it was like to have no choices in life except for joining a rebellion. There is so many things I feel i could learn from Katniss. Aside from just questions I have that have been left unanswered by the book, I just feel that Katniss would be a cool girl to hang out with. 

the best day of my life

The best day of my life hasn't really happened yet, although there have been some days that would be considered awesome. But I'm not going to talk about them, instead, I am going to talk about what the best day would be. So, (if this ever happens I would be overly ecstatic!!) the best day of my life would be, meeting Nathan Sykes!! He and the rest of the Wanted is my all time favorite band ever!!! OK, so, before i found out about The Wanted, i always told myself that I would never be like all the other girls, going crazy and being super obsessed with their favorite bands/artists. But, I heard one of their songs, Glad You Came, on the radio one day and i loved it!! So, I did some research, and found out the people who sing it are known as The Wanted... And after that every time I would hear one of their songs on the radio, I would get super excited! And now, 5 years later, I have about maybe 200 pictures of them... They are my whole life, and yes, I would say I have become obsessed... I am definitely a Nath girl, and so if i ever met him, my life would be complete, and would be considered (in my book) THE BEST DAY EVER!!!! 

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The 3 goals I have for myself...

First, I plan on getting a high GPA for the end of high school. I think it is a very realistic goal considering my current GPA. I if I get all A's this trimester then it will make the jump between .09 and the whole number. I have talked to some college administration that say they recalculate your GPA with out all the electives and blow off classes, in other words. This is one of the goals I have to achieve before I can achieve my others.
Second, I am excited for the college visits I have coming up. I am not certain where i want to go. Shooting for the stars I hope to get into the ones I apply for and then choose from there. I think that it is achievable but it is about your attitude towards it. The amount of work you are willing to but in. For me I really want it so whether it is my hope or hard work, I think this is very possible. 
Third, I think scholarships will be a big part of my decisions on where to go. I hope that i score well enough to get a scholarships.
All of these goals have to do with my life right now because that is what matters to me. I feel that I sent realistic goals and with work i can achieve them. Some might me a little out there but I think I can get there. 

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Once when I was about seven years old I had a very odd dream. I was in a war with my brother and my youth leader from church. We were taking cover under a rock that seemed to be floating in air. Ms. Becky was the one with the gun. She told Treah and I that she didn't want us to shoot anyone, so she would take that duty. Ms. Becky was between Treah and I, while we hung onto her trying to not die. We were so scared we were all crying.  Somehow none of the bullets that were shot hit us. Even with the rock floating in the air, no bullet even came near us. Ms. Becky was so proud of us that we were strong enough to go to war that she congratulated us with cupcakes when we got back home.

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14. Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever.

Something that changed my life forever was the day I joined the Mason Bulldog Football team. Joining the football team in third grade had made me a fit and healthy guy through out life. It had grown on me when I got to seventh grade because the program became my second family. We all had each others back, been threw the pain of the practices, and we all sacrificed our times for each other. It has changed my life because you have to sacrifice time and be committed in anything to be good at it. Have determination to make it to your goals. #bluecollarfootball

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My weird made-up dream story

 So the dream started when I was is my old house and I was walking out to my backyard then I look up and there is a T-Rex standing on my roof. So I just end up running further out in to my yard so I could get a better look at it, its not like a huge dinosaur is hard to see or anything. As I turned around it jumped off the roof and just stood there, the next thing I do is look down and there is a cute little hedgehog and I start to chase that as I do the T-Rex starts chasing me. Then the landscape changed to a grassy cliff above a cove that we were running on. The hedgehog jumped off into the cove I followed but the T-Rex did not. I ended up catching the hedgehog and we sat on the bottom of the ocean. That is when I woke up.

Three Goals

I have 3 important goals that I must accomplish in the next few years. 

Goal #1

     My 1st goal, and most important goal is to graduate college with at  least an associates degree. If I do so with in the next 2 years i get to say I am the only one in this generation of my family to receive a degree. 

Goal #2

     My 2nd goal is to figure out what I want to do with my life. What I want todo for a career. Where I want to live, and if I'm going to stay in Michigan. Along with other minor details. 

Goal #3

     My 3rd goal is to figure out where I want to go to college after getting an associates degree from LCC. I have been thinking about going to Northern Michigan University  or going out of state to University of Tennessee, or the University of Alabama.   

First off...My three goals

Hey everybody! In response to Jackson's blog, I chose to blog about three goals I have set for myself. 
To begin with, I set this goal at the beginning of this year to create a CD of my original music by the time I graduate. 
On top of that goal, I have also set this goal to audition for The Voice, American Idol or any other vocal music competition to build my confidence. 
As a final goal, I hope to be financially stable with a career in Musical Therapy, my own family and hobby farm.
"Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken."

Hoda Kotb

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If i could change something about myself...

If I could change something about myself I would change my eating habits and become a vegan.  It is way healthier way of living and I feel like I would feel so much cleaner and happier.  The lifestyle is a lot harder because of the preparation of food and having to pack a lunch for school and stuff. If it wasn't for that I would have already made that change. I plan on eventually (sooner rather than later) becoming a vegetarian and working up form there.

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Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why? 

I would love to meet Elnora from The Girl of the Limberlost. She is extremely forgiving and nice, and even goes without lunch to feed some starving kids she stumbles upon. Actually, she kind of seems to perfect to be true, and since it is a very old book, I think it would be funny to see what she's actually like. Plus, she's from the 1800's-ish (I think), and seeing clothes from that time period would be amazing.

Actually, the character I would most like to meet, although not from a book, is Patrick Jane from The Mentalist because he is so incredibly smart and manipulative, and I would love to learn all his tricks and mind games that he knows. His history is also incredible (not surprising, coming from a TV show) and I want to learn everything that happened to him that isn't told in the show.

First Blog Post - My New Letter

Design some gadget, machine, building, or other creation that might enrich the future. What does it look like? What does it do? How does it function? In what ways might it benefit people?

If I could invent anything it would be a new letter.  It would be an I over E so I no longer have to spend a minute trying to figure out if the i comes before the e or after the e.  I waste so much time on this it is absolutely ridiculous.  Words like their and heir.  

I'll have my creative word flow going and then I come across a word and I'm not sure if I put ei or ie.  A lot of the time I'll just put this symbol twice.  I'll put ie and over that I put ei.  Its a struggle.

And I have the worst memory ever.  I actually have edited this three times forgetting to put this part.  My memory is so bad I once forgot what it felt like to lick a 9V...so I did it again. Anyway, after I spend an eternity trying to figure it out, I forget what I was going to put.

First Blog post!

Below are 20 different options for you to choose from.  Please pick ONE and do your best to write a quality response.  At least a paragraph is required, but don't hold back!  I'm looking for quality over quantity.  This is mostly non-math related, unless you bring math into the prompt in a creative way.  Think.  Write.  Think.  Write some more.  This will be due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 12/12/14.  Good luck!

1. Design some gadget, machine, building, or other creation that might enrich the future. What does it look like? What does it do? How does it function? In what ways might it benefit people? 
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2. Write a thank you note to a friend who gave you onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum. 
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3. Draw an imaginary constellation. Write a story such as ancient people might have told about it. 

4. Describe a real made-up dream or nightmare. 
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5. Write about your favorite childhood toy.
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6. Write out the best or the worst day of your life. 

7. Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!) 

8. If and when I raise children, I'll never... 

9. I have never been more frightened than when... 

10. Persuade a friend to give up drugs.

11. Five years from now, I will be... 

12. Write about a day you'd like to forget. 

13. Invent and describe a new food. 
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14. Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever.

15.  Describe someone who is a hero to you and explain why. 

16.  Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one. 

17.  Imagine yourself in a different century and describe an average day in your life. 

18.  Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why? 

19.  Three goals I have set for myself are... 

20.  What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?