Prediction

Alright here is what I am presuming happened to to the main character in Handmaid's Tale:
I think that the time era she is in is a time where men owned their women. That the woman's job was to make their man happy and to take care of the home, and whenever a woman didn't have a man they became slaves or were bought by other men. Now I think that the narrator had a husband (Luke), but he died, thus making her available for any man to claim her. So she is now passed around as other men's property. Since no one claimed her she is just bought from other men now to be used for her fertility. I think this book is going to be about how she is able to escape from her "role" and change how men see woman. I think this book is a pro-feminism book due to Margaret Atwood being the author and she was a HUGE feminist so some bad things are going to happen to the male characters in this book if I am correct, and that will make this book even better.

Handmaid's Tale

I am only a few chapters in on this book but can already tell that I won't be bored out of my mind while reading the rest of the book. It is actually interesting and I don't mind if I read a few chapters ahead. It has this dark feel to it which I actually like. I am waiting for it to get funny because the blurb on the back of the book said it was funny, which I am finding hard to believe after reading about six chapters of the book. So far I have read nothing that is funny. At all. I don't even know how the author can make this book funny, it seems to be more of a serious book, but what do I know? I only just started it. Each chapter is really short and that just makes me feel like I am reading a lot more than I truly am, which in return makes me like the book even more. I have always liked when books have short chapters because it makes the story a lot more exciting, especially if the author can make each chapter end with a cliff hanger. I am curious as to what happened to the main character though, it seemed like she had it all before... hopefully I will find out soon. I definitely will not be suffering while I read this book, I have a feeling it is going to get good.

Graduation Speech

 Here's my Graduation Speech:

Decisions. They can be either the simplest or the hardest things to make. I’m sure I am not the only one here who has ever made a difficult decision. I remember not too long ago when I was only in eighth grade that I was faced with one of the most difficult decisions of my life. I had to figure out what was more important to me: my friends or my education, looking back on it I don’t regret a single thing.

That was the year I chose to become a Trailblazer at The Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology. I was terrified of leaving everyone I had known for eight years, especially to go to a new high school. That stepping stone is hard enough as it is going to a normal school, but AACT was different, in a great way.

            By choosing to go to AACT I was able to experience more than just high school, but also real life. Personally, one of these experiences could be how I ended up raising ducks, I don’t know about you, but when I thought of high school all I thought of was lockers and school work, definitely not ducks. I never really thought school could actually be fun, but AACT proved me wrong. I became so involved in everything, both inside and outside of AACT, that school became my life and I loved it.

            Graduating from high school at least to me, is terrifying. AACT has been my home for the past four years and starting today it no longer is. Today I am not only extremely proud of myself for surviving twelve years of school but I am scared, scared of the real world and college. I am sure there are a lot of us that are relieved to be done and can’t wait to get away, but to me my life will never be the same again. Today, I am no longer a kid. Today, I have more responsibilities. Today, I will not see the majority of the people I have grown up with for the past four years until our high school reunion. Today, we are adults.  I hope that most of you feel the same way when I say that I will never regret becoming a Trailblazer.

            Today is the beginning of the rest of our lives and the beginning of a clean slate for all of us. Today marks the first day where we are solely accountable for the decisions that will determine our future. We are all now in charge of our own lives. Will you choose love over your career? Will you follow your dreams or someone else's? Will you go against the grain or succumb to “everybody’s doing it”? These are only a few of the tough decisions we will face. When you think of yourself sixty years from now will you like your life story? In the end we are all a byproduct of our own decisions, you're in the driver’s seat of a short ride so make it a good one.

Congratulations Class of 2014! We did it!

Piano

For the past few weeks I have started to teach myself some classical songs on the piano. I have always been able to play little songs like Yankee Doodle, Heart and Soul and Happy Birthday, but have never really taught myself how to play the piano correctly. For some odd reason I developed a craving to play the piano about two weeks ago, not just small songs, but complex ones that use both hands to play, such as Mozart and Beethoven. So I started to look up piano tutorials on YouTube, starting with the Pink Panther. This song took me hours to conquer just because I had to use both of my hands, but once I got the feel of it, it became easier and easier to play. After the Pink Panther I wanted to learn to play some of the most classical piano pieces that were complicated, yet still easy enough for me to play. So I searched for one of Beethoven's pieces and taught myself how to play it, this one was deffinitely more difficult than the Pink Panther. Then I wanted something even more complicated than Beethoven so I began to teach myself Mozart's Fur Elise, which is probably one of my favorite piano pieces to both listen to and play. Now I want to teach myself a Ragtime song (Maple Leaf) but they are so complex that I think I'll just learn how to play Moonlight Sonata (one of Beethoven's pieces) first.

Doyle Scholarship

Here's my Personal essay for the Doyle Scholarship:

My goal is set. Life at the University of Nevada Reno; working towards a career that I will enjoy. Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to become a Large Animal Veterinarian and have worked diligently towards this ambition. I have owned, raised and taken care of numerous animals; and I currently go to an Academy school that is career based. There, I am in the Natural Resources and Animal Sciences academy. I have secured an internship where I will get to assist a UNR Professor with all aspects of hands-on sheep management. Additionally, I have volunteered at the Nevada Humane Society and The Sierra Safari Zoo in order to gain more experience with the care of animals. This will help me through my college years, and apply me with the knowledge necessary to obtain a job as a Large Animal Veterinarian. I plan to receive my Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at Colorado State University, due to UNR not having a DVM program. I hope to start my own practice and gain a network of people that can help me achieve this along my career path. I am able to work efficiently with other people and I have the desire to work with animals and have a fulfilled career. With endless dedication, tireless efforts, and continued education, this is something I will accomplish no matter the obstacles I might face. I am determined to achieve my dream. 

College

College. The very thought of College inflicts a huge range of emotions in me: excitement, fear, frustration and nervousness. Excitement makes sense, I mean I am starting a whole new life where I will be learning things that will all directly help me achieve my goal of becoming a large animal veterinarian. I know college will probably be the best time of my life, but I also know it will be one of the most stressful. I will especially be a wreck when it comes to applying for veterinary school.

Now fear is a harder emotion to explain. I am terrified of living on my own without my parents there, I know that they will help me but I will be the one paying for the bills and rent. Not only that, but I am starting at a new school with completely new concepts, and it is huge compared to my small high school.

When I start to think of how much school I am going to have go through in order to become a veterinarian it frustrates me. I am practically going back into the 5th grade without the schoolwork getting easier. I will have to go through eight more years of school, so I really hope college will be a blast so those eight years will fly by.

Lastly I am nervous at the thought of leaving the home I have built at my high school for the past four years. Now I am going to have to go to a new place on my own and hope I don’t get lost, which is wishful thinking. College will become a great experience, it’s just the beginning of it I am worried about.

Surprise

So far the play that we have been reading in English (The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde) is actually pretty good. I can say that I was surprised that I actually laughed out loud when I read part one. I wasn't expecting that sort of writing to contain any humor, especially the kind that would make a modern person like me laugh. I would think that the way it was written would deter me from catching onto any humor, sure I might recognize when characters thought something was funny, but I wasn't expecting anything that would make the reader or I guess the observer (considering it’s a play) laugh. When I first started reading it I felt like it was too simple, that I must not be catching all the hidden meanings, but I guess I am still caught in the same mind set that I was when I read Shakespeare’s plays. Being able to understand practically immediately almost everything I read definitely makes this play more enjoyable to read. I am hoping that the rest of the play will become even more comical. This book is like a breath of fresh air considering all the drama we have previously read, and I hope it stays that way. If it does I know I will continue to enjoy this play.