Sunday, August 26, 2012

Topic #3: Origin Rap


My name is Gracie
And sometimes I can be spacey.
I was born in Arizona
But I wish it was Barcelona.
I’m the second child
When I was born my parents smiled.
My brother’s name is Frankie
He can be a little cranky;
But he is my best friend
And he will be there to the end.
My parents are Lillian and Dave,
They are very brave
To have a child like me
That makes them go OMG.
My dog’s name is Chloe and she is a shipoo.
She is the best dog, that is true.
I love to play lacrosse.
I guess you could say I’m pretty boss.
I also longboard down hills
And it always gives me the chills.
Listening to Taylor Swift
Always makes my smile lift.
I don’t really read,
But if I had to choose LA Candy would be in the lead.
The best place to eat is Macaroni Grill
It is pretty dark and really chill.
I always order chicken fettuccine alfredo noodles
And on the table I draw doodles.
I want to go to U of A,
And there I will stay
In a small dorm room
For only freshman year I assume.
I will study accounting,
Because I love counting.
Then I will move to Spain for only one year.
However, living in a foreign country alone is one of my fears.
I will then return to my house,
Where I will meet my spouse.
I am going to try to live my life with no regrets,
And I hope I am never upset.
One of my best friends is Naomi who I met in elementary school,
Sometimes we can be fools
Kristy, Michaela, Devyn, and Maddy are my other best friends.
My friends are always there to defend,
After my enemies try to make me sad
Just because I made them mad.
There are many things I have had to overcome throughout the years,
Like some of my biggest fears.
I have learned to try new things;
Because they always bring
New hobbies I like to do
Some of these hobbies make me look at life in a new view.
I have lost some good friends,
But I should have known they weren’t going to be there till the end.
Trust is something that is hard for me to give,
But after you break it I always seem to forgive.
My name is Gracie,
And I may be spacey
But these things I just mentioned make me.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Topic #2: Should someone be expelled/fired for plagiarizing?


I feel that plagiarism can only be wrong in some forms. There are many different forms of plagiarism; you can take another person’s whole piece of work and only change the name of the author, you can take a small piece of a work and put it in your work and lastly you can take your work and use it twice for two different things.  If you take a person’s work and just change the name of the author I feel that you should be expelled because you are taking credit for something that someone worked hard on. Expulsion is not necessary if you are only taking a small piece of the work; instead there are other options like suspension or a zero. However if you take your own work and turn it in for two different things I feel that there should be no punishment because you have the right to put it anywhere you want. Plagiarism can be wrong in only some ways. 

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Topic #1: Dedicated Student or Part-Time Slacker


School work is not something I put on the side and forget about. I feel that I am a dedicated student instead of a slacker. Although I do sometimes wait until the last minute to complete an assignment, I still end up trying my best and I try to make sure that I am proud of my work at the end of the day. When I first started high school I was a slacker and never completed my work. During my sophomore year I realized that my future was more important than hanging out with my friends and I needed to start trying. Ever since then I have been a dedicated student with straight A’s. I hope I can continue to be a dedicated student throughout the rest of high school and college.