Kelly

Miss Transue

CP English

9 May 2011

Responsibility

                What do you call responsibility? Does it just come to you or do you have to work for it to get it? What does it even mean to be responsible? According to dictonary.com, being responsible means to "answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management" ("Responible"). To me being responsible means to do what needs to be done and taking care of others and yourself.                

                Being responsible is taking care of what needs to be done when you see that it is there. For example, if you leave trash in the can when it is full that would not be responsible of you to do. Instead, if you take the trash out and replace the bag you will be showing your parents that you can help out just by doing little things. Each little thing that you do can help out in a big way. Being responsible is always the better thing to do.                        

                Another way I think of being responsible is taking care of others. If you have younger brothers and sisters and your parents go out one night you can baby-sit. Even though you may have better things to do or don’t want to in the least bit, it would be a nice and mature thing for you to do. Sure, your siblings are going to annoy you but that is why they’re there. As long as you try to help out and get along it will show a lot more to your parents and others if you try.              

                Being responsible can show in many ways as long as you are doing something that feels good to you.  Responsible is to be answerable or accountable on many accounts. Helping out things and keeping everything under control is also responsibility.  

Works Cited

"Responsible | Define Responsible at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 11 May 2011. .

Kelly

CP English

Ms Transue

11 May 2011

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Romeo and Juliet

Did Romeo think about his decision before killing Tybalt?

April Free Write

Have you ever had your birthday coming up when you knew people were getting you things? How much do you really like surprises? Do you like waiting for things that you really want to know? This year for my birthday my boyfriend, Rick, got me a gift. The only problem is he keeps bringing it up in conversation and won't tell me what it really is. This is why I don't really like surprises.

This year for my birthday I am going over to my boyfriend's house after school and we were planning to go to the movies and then out to dinner. Another part of my birthday that he was planning was getting me a gift, like most birthdays. The only problem with everything was is that he keeps bringing up that he got me a gift but won't let me know what it is. Honestly, I don't like surprises at all, so he keeping a surprise from me really isn't any fun for me. Another good thing about my birthday is Friday, when we are making all of our plans, is calling for bad weather. Since the bad weather is coming Rick and I deiced to see each other on Wednesday after school since he was going to his grandma's to eat. Since the weather might mess up our plans Rick said that I would be able to get my gift from him on Wednesday. I am really excited that I get to get my gift, get to see Rick two days, and get to spend time with him and his family. This would be my birthday week.

Have you ever had your birthday coming up when you knew people were getting you things? How much do you really like surprises? Do you like waiting for things that you really want to know? This week I am celebrating my birthday. My surprise is when I get my birthday gift from Rick.

March Free Write

Did you ever really want to do something? Did you get to do what you wanted? How’d you take it if you didn’t get to go do what you really wanted?

This weekend I really wanted to go skiing at Sno Mountain with Rick and Ian again. When I called Sno to see how much a lift ticket was from four to either the lady said that they would be closing at six. I was really upset after she told me that. I mean six o’ clock? Really, you must close then?

After I got off the phone with her I told Rick that we shouldn’t even attempt to go because we were barely have time to hit the slopes. After thinking of an idea we could do we deiced to go out to see a movie or buy one at Wal-Mart and take it back the house to watch. Since, we went to Wal-Mart and bought a movie and took it to the house to watch. I don’t know how I would have made out skiing anyways. Since we went skiing on Friday I have a bruised knee because one of the guys I was skiing with put his board into my knee. I was better off staying home and doing something a bit safer then to go out. All in all, the weekend was alright since I got to be with Rick. Sure skiing would have been a lot better because it’s the end of season but oh well. To me I’d rather stay inside in a warm bed watching movies then be out in the cold. Considering that my arm still wasn’t back to normal since my fall I was better in bed than outside. Better be safe than sorry like they always say. Sno Mountain can close early any time as long as I get to make alternate plans.

Disappointment or not, the night ended up getting a lot better before it ended. If I had a choice I would replay the night over again the exact same way. Did you ever have your plans fail? What did you do instead? Was the night better anyways?

Kelly CP English 9 Melanie Transue 21 January 2011

February Freewrite

Skiing Do you participate in any winter sports? Do you like the cold weather? Need something to do with friends and have a great time too? Try skiing, the best winter sport you can find.

For about a year and a half I have been skiing, blading, and snowboarding. Blading is my favorite out of all three winter sports. I like blading because it’s fun, there’s always something new you can try, and you can challenge yourself. Recently, I have started blading backwards and trying 360’s. Going backwards on skis is hard but is worth while once you get it. The feeling of accomplishment is overwhelming once you finally start going backwards. When I was in my lesson at Sno Mountain the instructor said we should try going backwards. At first I wasn’t sure I could do it. Backwards on skis when I’m already on a double blue for the first time? The only thought going through my head was “Are you crazy?!” There were two boys in the lesson with Bob, the instructor, last week so I felt better about it because they were pretty good. Once I saw they were doing as good as I was I started laughing.

Stopping backwards was pretty hard and the boys stopped too soon sometimes. When I went to stop a couple times I ended up stopping so close I could hug the boys. Once I kept having a hard time stopping the boys got used to it and starting helping me and I got better. You always seen to get along wit someone whether it’s the ski instructor or another kid from a different school.

Skiing is a great thing to get involved in since it is so much fun. One thing that I would never trade in life is skiing. I say that because I love the excitement and fun you get from it.

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Fire and Ice 

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

Robert Frost

Sometimes I wonder if people think before they do things in life. Do they think who has to see what they write after they are done? What about the people who have to clean it up? I know if I was the one having to clean all that up I would be pretty upset. Honestly, why do people do it?

Does any teacher really watch what students are doing other than going to the bathroom? There is so much on the walls and you can’t avoid seeing it either.  I think next time you need to think before you draw all over. Bathroom writing is really childish.

Why do people think it’s cool to swear? I can understand if every once in a while you curse accidentally but, all the time on purpose just makes you look stupid. I’ve noticed over the years that swearing is like a drug to some and to others they do it to look cooler. To me, if you swear three times in a five word sentence, it’s not cool, it’s just plain stupid. Other times, I’ve noticed how people swear just because they are that used to it. I would rather have somebody accidentally curse a few times around me than on purpose all the time. I think that if the people around you curse that it will also be a habit that you will pick up. What do you think?

There are other ways to make you stand out and be ‘cooler’. For example, maybe you have a special talent that not a lot of other people can do. Drawing, writing, or maybe it’s something as simple as the clothes you wear. If you pick up good habits then, loved ones around you are more likely to pick good habits up too and drop bad ones. Think about it, would you rather others do good or bad habits? Right, you want them to have good habits of course.

Next time you think about doing something stupid like cursing, to look cooler, stop and think to yourself. Cursing doesn’t make you cooler and only you can stop it.

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     Have you ever started something in your life and automatically loved it? Since I started photography I always want to be outside getting new photos. After I take a photo I know I can be proud of it because it's mine. When knowing that you can be proud of something that you did will give you a great feeling inside.

     Sometimes when I'm outside taking photographs it's hard for me to find something that really stands out. If you take a picture of something boring nobody would like your pictures. Every once and a while I will take a photo that is boring and edit it later on. Photo shopping photographs is my favorite part of photography. There are so many different things you can do to a picture to make it look better. Putting words in a picture to describe it makes it more interesting. After I put words in the picture you can sharpen the picture to bring it out more. Once sharpened, I like to blur the edges to bring out the center of the picture so it pops out from the rest of the picture. This is different things that you can do while photo shopping.

     Photography is one of my favorite things to do and I love to take photographs. Photography is something I started in life and automatically loved.

The Flood



by Robert Lee Frost



Blood has been harder to dam back than water.

Just when we think we have it impounded safe

Behind new barrier walls (and let it chafe!),

It breaks away in some new kind of slaughter.

We choose to say it is let loose by the devil;

But power of blood itself releases blood.

It goes by might of being such a flood

Held high at so unnatural a level.

It will have outlet, brave and not so brave.

weapons of war and implements of peace

Are but the points at which it finds release.

And now it is once more the tidal wave

That when it has swept by leaves summits stained.

Oh, blood will out. It cannot be contained.

September Free Write

Have you ever had that one person you know you can talk to about anything? That one person in my life is one of the most important people in my life, Jesse. With everything that we have been through together I've learned that I can always look to him no matter what. Anytime I need somebody there to give me a hug or just to talk to, he's there.

I opened my life up to Jesse within that first week of knowing him because, he is so caring toward others. When I'm with him I know I can act as myself and not be judged. With a lot of people I know I can't be myself around since they will laugh at me, but never Jesse. Somehow I was lucky enough to find Jesse and become friends with him.

I love going to band practice with him just to watch him play guitar and to be with him. Sometimes when I think how hard guitar is for me I'll think of Jesse and how good he can play. When I want to give up I can say to myself that I won't ever compare to him if I just quit. I love the way he can inspire me in life without doing anything at all.

A Visual Representation of Me Hello, my name is Kelly and this is my presentation for my English assignment. We needed to decorate out binders with four pictures and one quote that depicted our life. One picture I chose that showed my personality was a blue spiraling wave. I picked this to show how random I can be. The next picture I chose was of two electric guitars to show my love of music. Since I play guitar and music takes up a good portion of my life I wanted to show that part of my life. Another picture that we needed was of a book we read. The book I chose is called The Circle of Blood by Alane Ferguson because I enjoyed the action in it and I never wanted to put it down. For my last picture I chose my favorite band, Simple Plan, since I have always felt I could relate to their songs. Finally, to finish off I chose the quote “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if there’s no tomorrow.” This quote meant a lot to me when I read it because, I believe that anything can happen to anyone so you need to live each moment to the fullest. This is my English binger project but if you still want to know more about me just ask!