Walk A Paragraph

Dear Diary:

I know its going to be a long day today. Its sale day at Suzanne’s, a day that it looked forward to all who shop there regularly, but not to me. Your “happy” sales clerk. Dealing with all complaints with a smile and a quick fix, I’m also the one who tells hundreds of customers over and over again how great they look in a shirt I would much rather see on me and not them. Anyway, I start my day by waking up to the piercing sound of Ryan Seacrest and 7:30 in the morning and slowly rolling out of my comfortable and warm bed and slipping on my glasses. Stepping on to the cold hardwood floor I make my way out to the small kitchen and make myself a coffee. I watch the morning news till I drain my coffee and then slowly start the task of getting ready. Picking out the right outfit and styling my curly hair doesn’t take long, and before you know it I am in my car, heading towards the mall. My first job of the day, after moving sale racks and fixing crumpled clothes, is to blow up sale balloons. A relatively painless, and easy job, or so I thought. Standing in the small, cramped window display I begin blowing up the colorful balloons, as the enclosed area slowly becomes filled with the sales advertisements I realize how little room I have to move. Slowly, taking small steps, I make my way over to where no balloons have fallen, avoiding popping any until the heel of my boots grazes a blue balloon. The result is loud and magnified in the window display; my scream is very high pitched and no doubt had attracted the attention of teenage girl sitting on the couches near the store. I don’t dare look; I instead quickly arrange the balloons in an artful matter and hurriedly run out to admire my work before disappearing into the store. The day as I anticipated was long and full of complaints, but it is now done and I am peacefully sitting with my cat Chester, watching Day of Our Lives. I hear my T.V dinner revolving slowly in the microwave, and the smell of plastic chicken and fake corn is wafting over to me. I hear the faint ting as the 3 minutes comes to an end and make my way to retrieve the bland food. Again I go sit with Chester and tell him about my day and think about how tomorrow will be better, since sale day is over and there will be no more balloons to be blown up. But I must go now, since House is on and I can’t miss it, so goodnight diary.

Debra

21st Century Education

I think the most important skills for post-high school life are the ones that help prepare you for everyday life. Like communication,writing, and social interactions. I think we are getting taught these skills in high-school but i don't think we are really developing them. Yes, teachers show us how to write proper essays or do the math equation right but our we really learning it? I say no. Do we ever really remember how to do the things we were taught the next year? or even at the end of a semester? Even teachers know this, why do you think we always do review at the beginning of each year! I think we definitely remember some things we are taught but when we are taught them just for the test or for and exam we don't really retain the information, because our minds are set on learning it just for the test of exam. Not for an extended period of time. But if you learn something in a fun interactive way, or learn something that you know will help you in life, then you are more likely to retain the information. Which i don't think happens a lot in schools today. Students are forced to learn things that don't help us in out lives at all, like learning algebra or how to use a periodic table. Who's really going to use that, that isn't going into chemistry or math in university? Not a whole lot of people. So truthfully i think we are developing some of the important life skills in high-school but i definitely think we will finish learning them in the real world. I think the perfect school would be where you could come in and learn things that apply to what you want to do with the rest of your life. That is what they are trying to prepare us for right? so why are we learning all this pointless side stuff that is you are never going to use. I think that a perfect school would be where you got to pick courses that specialized in something you love to do. And even if you went into school not knowing what you wanted to do, taking courses and learning things would help you decide what you wanted to do! seeing things that you liked or hated would help you decide on that one thing you found out you loved. So basically my perfect school would be decided what i wanted. And not doing something, just for the sake of learning it and acing the test, knowing that i am never going to use or even remember it after. Next year, much to the disagreement of my parents, I am taking a year off. I know what I want to do with my life, but I'm not ready to fully commit to it. So whats the point in going to school when you are not fully prepared or your hearts not really there. I am planning on working and saving up for school, but I am also planning on moving away and living in Coquitlam or renting an apartment with friends in Penticton. Even though I am taking a year off i am definitely planning on going to school right after. I am planning on going to Douglas College in Coquitlam to become a vet technician.

Superpowers!

If I could have any superpower in the world it would be the power of super speed. I would choose this power over all other powers because first of all, it would be awesome, and second of all, well there isn't really a second reason it would just be awesome. Having super speed you could run where ever you wanted, whenever you wanted and the villainwould never be able to catch you. You could reach any tragedy, bank robbery, or any other place you would need a superhero to save the day, blindingly fast. Seems pretty cool, right? Well if your not convinced yet, let me tell you a bit more about this super awesome power. So not only can you reach any place super fast, you could also save the day in a few seconds. Wasting no time from you day, and overall saving more woman, children, and whoever else you felt like saving that day. Well i know I'm convinced, but if you are still unimpressed that running around super fast is cool, then I guess theres no hope for you, but just remember that not only are you saving lives with this power, you are doing it in record time. Leaving you hours in your day to soak up all the awesomeness of being a famous superhero. Whether it be relaxing in your penthouse, or partying with all your fans. So really being super fast saves lives and time. Can that really get any better? that would be a no.