Alana Meyer blog post November 1 2013

                                                                                                        Alana Meyer

                                                                                           October 30,2013

Blog Post

On learning:

          The lesson I learned this expedition was outside of school. I learned that in order to make my words have value I need to speak up for myself. I sometimes get trampled on and my feelings get hurt, however I don’t do anything about it. I just don’t say anything and I carry the damage inside. This expedition some people were exceptionally rude to me and I just kept my words in and ended up feeling terrible. Another lesson that I learned also has to do with the power of words. When I ask people to do stuff when I am yoda and they don’t do it, I go ahead and do their job for them. Because I am making requests and when people don’t follow through my words have no meaning. So I might as well not say anything at all. So I am trying really hard to be forceful and direct yet not be mean about it. I want to get my point across but not in a rude way yet I also want to be able to speak up for myself when people are mistreating and disrespecting me.

5 paragragh essay jake

5 paragraph essay English

 

My name is Jake and I’m 13 and I live in Ithaca New York. I have brown hair, green eyes, and I’m paleish white.My family is my sister Emmie, my mom Hobit and me, and also my cats Shucky and Girly. Shuckubow is dark grey with black stripes. Girly is Shuckubows sister and has light grey fur and darkish grey stripes. My mom has dark blonde hair and it’s curly and has blue eyes. My sister is blonde and has light blue eyes.

 

My family is important to me because they help me when I need it, and they also help me do things I wouldn’t be able to do at home or at a normal school.

 I like to snowboard, go surfing and I also like swimming, archery video games, and going outside in general.

They helped me learn things that are important, and they helped me achieved my goals

 

I’ve had a fine educated life in the past and present, and I hope to get the fullest out of my life.

Is your happiness worth more than money? Elia Sauer

English                                                                                         Elia Sauer            10/30/13       

Five Paragraph Easy

Is your happiness worth more than money?

If I had to choose between a job that I loved the paid $15,000 a year or one I hated the paid $40,000 a year I would choose the one that made me happy instead of making more money because I think being happy is worth more than money and knowing that I was only working for money would make me feel very cheap and that I can bought. I would much rather do something fulfilling.

I really dislike how so many things in life are all about money and that money in many cases is worth more than people’s lives and has so much power over people in what they do and how they act. I do not want to be one of those people controlled by money or not doing what I really want to do in life because of it and if I did just do things because of money I would feel very cheap or someone that can be bought or that I didn’t have good morals.

In life I want to do something that makes me happy. The things that make me happy are when I’m helping or doing something to make a difference in the lives of others. What also makes me happy is adventure and traveling or discovering new things. So if my job contained things like that it would make me very happy and I have considered just volunteering,  so making $15,000 a year just doing things that make me happy would be amazing.

In conclusion I think happiness is worth much more then many things in life especially money. Doing things that make you happy with yourself make you feeling fulfilled in how you’re living, by not having money control the way you live and what you do.

The Water Dragon fullerschwab

The Water Dragon

By Fuller Schwab

The water dragon is this giant blue salamander with a retractable fin on its back and head. It also has a fin looking thing on its tail. It’s speckled with black spots and sometimes the spots cluster on their back. Their feet are also webbed.  The males have whiskers and the females have smaller feet.

It live in caves on the other sides of waterfalls and swims and hunts at the pool of water the waterfall leads too. They eat fresh water trout and cat fish. The caves are mostly under water and they swim to the air pockets inside of the cave and there they lay their eggs.

They like to climb up the waterfalls and jump into the water below. They jump out of the water like dolphins. They are also amazing swimmers and can swim extremely fast. At night during a full moon their skin glows like the moonlight through the water.

Jaron Garrison          

10/30/13

Soar Blog

            The most memorable experience I had on expedition was the museums we went to. The Natural History Museum, Air and Space, and the Holocaust museum. Out of all of these I think Natural History was my favorite. There were so many categories like mammals, evolution, ancient sea, mummies and gems that we didn’t even see all of it. These were just some of the exhibits we went to. The category that most intrigued me was evolution.

          Primitive humans from millions of years ago were so interesting to look at because they were very different than modern humans. I saw the famous skeleton Lucy which is four feet tall but is not a monkey and not a human yet, it is somewhere in between. Apparently she is a really big deal to scientists because they don’t often find perfectly preserved skeletons from three million years ago.

          Lucy was discovered when I was in elementary school. She was found in Africa which is why scientists today came up with the conclusion that all humans evolved out of Africa. To get a chance to see the real Lucy is amazing to me because I have only seen her in National Geographic magazines. I have been on many trips and this one is on my top ten list

concert amanda

Going to a concert is an experience everyone should have at least once in their life. Seeing a live band, letting loose and getting away from stress of the day can all happen at a concert. Just getting the freedom, and living in the moment is a perfect way to spend an evening.

Watching a live band, especially a favorite, is such an amazing experience. To enjoy and see how musicians can speak to a crowd through lyrics and music stimulates the mind while absorbing the vibrations and sounds preformed. It’s an also a great distraction for forgetting chaos happening in life.

There are many things that one can do to relax and let loose at a concert. For example, one can go dancing; depending on the music being played varies the dance styles. Another entertaining thing to do before a show is getting dressed up. There’s always the chance to meet new and interesting people at shows that have the same interests as you.

The great thing about going to a concert is being able to get away from stress of life. When you’re at a concert all you need to think about is what song is coming up next, you get to live in the moment and just have fun. There’s no worry about what time you have to be up the next morning it’s much too distracting at a show to even worry about that.

In conclusion, going to a concert is a great experience every person should have. It’s a chance to break away from chaos in your life, to let loose, and have fun. Seeing a band in concert makes you appreciate the sounds around you. Overall, watching a live show is an experience everyone should have, at least once in their lifetime.

ex 2 blog by trey mitchell

Here are some things that were memorable about Seneca West Virginia. One thing that was memorable was getting to do a multi-pitch climb on Seneca rocks. Another thing that was memorable was to go to the highest point in West Virginia. Another thing that was memorable was being with the group.

Here are some things that were memorable about Washington DC. One thing that was very memorable was getting to see the monuments at night and while we did that we saw a fox. Another thing that was special was getting to spend time with the group and going to museums and eating out. Another thing was getting to go to the national history museum and the Air and Space museum.    

Here are some things that were memorable about coming back to base for a weekend. One thing that was memorable about coming back was going pumpkin picking and carving. Another thing that was memorable was getting to hang out with west house and playing kickball and Ultimate Frisbee. Another thing that was memorable was getting to decorate the cabin with the other boys.   

Narrative story Jaron Garrison

Jaron Garrison

10/8/2013

What is your definition of a beach? Is it a place where you sunbath in 70 degree weather? Or the one place where friends and family get together for a good camping trip?

                The summer of 3^rd grade, I and a lot of my friends and their families took a camping trip to Sandy beach, Oregon. It became kind of a tradition for us until we all entered middle school, by then everyone was too busy to go so we stopped it. Anyway, Sandy Beach is not the kind of beach like those in California which is right next door. It normally is 70 degrees and sunny 24/7 which is why we stayed in yurts instead of tents. On days when it was sunny we went down to the beach and built massive sand castles as tall as we were, back then I was probably about four feet tall. You might be debating over whether or not this is possible, and to answer that, yes we truly did build a sand castle that big, but had help from one of the dads who was a professional architect/engineer. He also helped us climb a really steep cliff which had a type of stone on top that we could engrave our names on.            

            This beach has had some movies that were filmed there like “Free willy” and “The Goonies.” I know this because there is a very familiar rock formation called Castle rock which is in several scenes in “Free Willy” and “The Goonies.” That was the first time I had ever seen an actual place where two famous movies were filmed.

            Seaside and Newport Aquarium are both places I went for 8^th grade field trips. Seaside is a town full of shops and a beach right beside it and Newport Aquarium has lots of cool marine life there. There are many other events but these are what make this trip the most memorable.

Don’t Give you’re 5 Year Old Scissors By Fuller Schwab

Don’t Give you’re 5 Year Old Scissors

By Fuller Schwab

 

                One day, when I was 5, it was a nice and sunny outside. My mom and my sister were gardening. I accidentally stepped on one of her flowers and she put me inside. Once inside I sat down bored as can be and someone left scissors on the kitchen counter. I grabbed the scissors to see what they did and they were the same as the barbers in my TV show so I decided I was going to be a barber just like him or well at least try to “pretend” to be one. Well of course the cat comes up from the basement and sat down right next to me. Worst thing for a cat to do if a 5 year old is thinking about these things and aren’t they supposed to know when something is wrong. Well of course I started randomly snipping the cat’s hair as it tried to escape my grasp. Then the cat scraped my entire left arm. Then of course as a 5 year old I started crying for my mom then she comes running inside to see what happened. She looked at my now somewhat bloody arm and then the poor shaved cat clawing at the back door. My mom then locked me in my room and she let the cat out as I tried to understand what wrong I had done. That is why you don’t give you’re five year old scissors.

English

Elia Sauer                                                                                   10/2/13

Have you never been white water rafting?  If you haven’t I highly recommend it.

On my first expedition of the school year here at SOAR we went white water rafting down the Ocoee River. At first I was a bit apprehensive about going on the river since I heard so much about how big the rapids were. But at the same time I was very excited to go. Going down the river as one of the most exciting and fun things I have done before. Half way down the Ocoee It started pouring rain which made it all the better in my eyes. We had an awesome river guide he gave me the chance to guide the raft then ride the bull which is sitting on the front of the raft going through a rapid which was one of the high lights of my first expedition.   

DID I SURVIVE THE OCOEE RIVER WHEN WE WENT RAFTING?

The first thing we did when we went rafting on the Ocoee go to the rolling thunder rafting company. After that we got changed and then we got our paddles and pfds and helmets. Then we got on the bus and went to the starting point. When we got to the starting point the guides unload the rafts and we got with our guides. After that we got into the water and practices our strokes. Then we put the raft in the river. After that we went down the Ocoee. Whenever we went down a rapid I would get into the down position so I wouldn't fall out. I would also lean toward the boat when I thought I was going to fall out. It was also raining when we went down the Ocoee. There was also a car fire on the road that was near the river. The rafting trip only took about an hour and fifteen minutes. I thought I was go to fall out of the boat and get stuck under the boat, but I didn't fall out at all this time. The end 

Jaron Garrison      

9/11/2013

Autobiography

          I was born February 20^th 1996 Los Angeles California. The doctors declared that I was a healthy young boy. It wasn’t until much later that they noticed something was wrong. My parents noticed that I was not responding when they asked me to do something. I was also not eating regular food like an average infant would. To find out the reason for this, they took me to a hospital where the doctors claimed that I had a disease called brain attrify. Brain attrify is the deterioration of the brain often caused by a virus. They told my parents that I was not going to survive another year. Upset at what the doctors had told them, they called my aunt who was, and still is, a nurse in the emergency care unit at OHSU, Portland Oregon. She suggested that we move to Portland and talk to some of the doctors there. After the move and after we got settled in my aunt scheduled a meeting with a doctor who specialized in these kinds of situations. After running several genome and blood tests they finally diagnosed me with VCFS or Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome. VCFS is as common as down syndrome but is not well known because it is hard to diagnose. Unlike down syndrome, people with VCFS are missing a huge part of their chromosome, while people with down syndrome have to many. There are a variety of symptoms with VCFS, I just have a very small fraction of them. During my early childhood I struggled with a hearing loss, mild asthma, artery development issues, learning disabilities, weak thought muscles, being underweight, speech issues, and sinus problems. The side affect of this is going in and out of the hospital for almost half my life with the doctors doing many surgeries to repair my symptoms. The last and final surgery was done last year to repair my hearing loss. Now all of the problems are taken care of and I can live a normal life.

          All of these problems contributed to a tough time at school socially and academically. Socially because of my speech and academically because of my learning difference. My first high school was Cleveland High School with about 2500. Then I moved to a smaller private school with 100 students. My third high school is my current school, SOAR.

          I still plan on going to college and getting a job like most people do. Having VCFS isn’t that bad for me because it helped me grow more mature much earlier than most kids. Although it sounds tough, I just think about having fun educating others about it. The more people who know about it, the faster it can be cured.

 

 

 

 

Alana's Autobiography

My Autobiography

Hi my name is Alana Meyer. I was born in Fort Collins Colorado on June 14, 1997. I currently live in Scotts Valley, California. With my mom and dad, Lori and Mike.

My mom does not work at the moment, but she is trying to find a job within the National Parks System or the State Parks System. My dad works as a college professor at the University of Santa Clara in the philosophy department.

I attend the Academy at Soar in North Carolina and am in 10^th grade. The subjects that I am currently studying are; Geometry, English 10, Environmental Science, Life Skills, Adventure Skills, Literature and Language Arts 10, and U.S. History.

When I am at home I enjoy hanging out with my friends and Playing Minecraft. I also enjoy surfing and skateboarding. My friends and I have Minecraft parties where we play Minecraft and eat chips and salsa. I also enjoy doing art whether it be painting, sculpture making, drawing, and just being creative. Another way that I enjoy is nature. I like to backpack, canoe, rock climb, hike, swim, raft, and much more.

            The way that I got my nickname is when I went to summer camp is when I rode a wave like a frog all the way in. Since my favorite frog of all time is Kermit, my friends just started calling me Kermit and the name stuck.   

treys life story

Treys autobiography

My name is Trey Eldon Mitchell. My first name means three also I am also the third Eldon in my family. I am about 5’5 and 116 pounds. I was born in Tver, Russia in  1998. I am now living in White Pine, Tennessee. Where I live it feels like a happy place. My birthday is on April 7, 1998 and I was adopted on December 16, 1998.

      My parents are Eldon and Pam Mitchell. My dad was a dentist in the army and my mom was teacher in Germany. I am a student at Soar. Soar is an out of the box school. In the past school I was in 8^th grade I learned a lot and worked on homework at school. I also played basketball when it was in season at my school. When I did play basketball I would do Karate in the evening. My nickname at my old school was bird. I also like to listen to country music.