"A Day's Wait" Literary Analysis

"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse!"

-Washington Irving

Imagine, a young boy sitting quietly in bed, obsessing with the grim fact that the apparition of death is looming over his head, searching for new victims to take as his own. This is a near accurate description of Schatz, the miserable, nine years old protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's "A Day's Wait'. In the story, Schatz catches the flu, and must stay in bed and rest. However, though he appears calm and collected on the outside, he is actually nervous on the inside, distressed by the possibility of his premature demise. Although Schatz thought he was going to die and was worried in the beginning, he figured out in the end that he was going to survive, and was relieved.

Initially, the gullible character Schatz fears his untimely death, glutting his mind with worry. When Schatz comes to know that he has a 102 degrees F fever, fear strikes. When he was in France, his friends told him that that you will die from a 44 degrees C fever. Schatz makes the foolish mistake of mixing up the Celsius and Fahrenheit and reaches the conclusion that his end is near. Furthermore, in order to ause of something. As you can see, Schatz was very worried about his supposed early departure this proves my point that he is worried, the author has written,"His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in bed and seemed very detached from what was going on.... he was looking at the foot of the bed very strangely." This shows that Schatz is worried because those are the signs that are shown when a person is deeply disturbed or stressed.

Towards the end, the the previously worried child, Schatz, was relieved to find out that the end was not near. When Schatz tells his father why he looked nervous, his father clears his false thinking by saying that the thermometer in France on a different scale than on the one where he lives. As it is written by the author, “But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack and he cried very easily at little things of no importance.” I can infer from this quote that the stress took its toll on poor Schatz, but he hid all his feeling to try to act brave. When he found out that he was nowhere near dying, he was relieved, which caused this to feel many types of emotions. It is like blowing a balloon and then popping it. Just like the balloon, Schatz was filled with pressure (worry).

Overall, in the beginning although he thought he was going to pass away and was paranoid towards the end Schatz realized he wasn't going to die and became relaxed. As you can see Schatz, at first was worried according to his mood throughout that part and then towards the you can tell he became relieved after the relaxing look in his eyes. Now you now the boy who was sitting in his bed without a word frightened actually had nothing to be afraid about.

Snow

Silently descending,

in the darkness,

of the night.

Not knowing,

the next day it will bring

merriment

into many peoples lives,

sliding,

throwing,

laying,

enjoying,

all part of this extreme event.

Glistening,

the trees in a beautiful coat of white.

Bombarding,

the roof of the house

as if trying to make it crumble.

After the excitement comes,

the warm luscious taste of hot coco,

the bask,

pleasant feeling from the fire place,

and the requiescence of laying in your bed after the 

glamorous day you just lived through,

All the joys that 

snow 

brings to you!

Soccer Poem

It takes time and practice,

Waking up at dawn,

and playing till you get the hang of it.

You will face challenges,

blood,

injuries,

sweat,

and exhaustion,

but you will learn to deal with this.

Along the way you will be supported,

by parents,

coaches,

and teammates.

No matter what the condition outside,

splintering rain,

blistering heat,

or even gelid snow days,

you will play.

Your body will hurt from head to toe,

but you will continue to play

the sport of the world, 

the game of the feet,

Soccer 

    

Sandy Poem

Expected,

came with disaster,

destroyed

everything in its path

let loose,

wild rain,

rampage winds,

and waves devouring the crisp golden shore,
like a famished child at lunch, 

but we were ready,

except some people,

who under estimated,

and now they will see the result,

Sandy

left people

devastated,

alone,

helpless,
in the bitter darkness,

people are 

stranded,

stuck

in a hopeless land,

they need us 

and we need them

so lets help,

and we will get help when we need it,

Sandy 

Compare and Contrast Essay: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

Two frequently meeting rivals facing each other one on one in the sport of soccer, between these two teams no one ever knows the final outcome. Wouldn't that be fun to watch? Well these two teams are Barcelona and Real Madrid. Both these soccer teams are rivals and they both are amazing at the sport they play. Both these teams play in a league known as La Liga and they both dominate the league. Usually the league finals are between these two teams. Even though both of these teams might seem similar to you they are different in who their star players are and their playing styles.

Both these team have many star players and they need them in order to succeed. Let’s start with Barcelona, one of their best players is Lionel Messi a young forward, that is extremely fast and has an awesome shot, he has won so many awards I can’t even list them. Another star player of Barcelona is Puyol, he is a dedicated defender who is the current team captain of Barcelona. Carles Puyol has never played on any other team except his international team. Puyol has a very powerful and accurate clear and a prodigious amount of stamina and he is pretty fast too. On the other hand there is Real Madrid, one of their very well-known and very skilled player is Cristiano Ronaldo a venerated midfielder, Ronaldo has jaw-dropping moves he can get past almost any player with a swift move he also has a very good shot and is fast as well. Another Real Madrid superstar is their very own goalkeeper, Iker Casillas. Casillas has lightning fast reflexes and barely ever lets a shot go past him, He is currently Real Madrid’s Captain. As you can see both these teams have very varied star players.
  
These very successful teams both have very different playing styles. This time let’s start with Real Madrid, They usually have two-one forward/’s, four-five midfielders, four defenders, and a goalie. This helps them keep control of the whole field and it gives them very good passing opportunities. Then there is Barcalona who almost always use the same formation of three forwards, three midfielders, four defenders, and a goalkeeper. This helps them attack from multiple ways, get lots of crosses and create trough pass chances. Now you know how their formations differ and how their formations help them vie for victory.

Therefore you should now be able to say that both of these teams are similar in some ways but are drastically different in terms of their star players and their playing style. Now it is easy to see that each teams elite players are different and contribute in different ways and also that their playing styles involve different formations which helps each individual team in different ways. Now I bet if you want to watch a top-gear soccer game you watch Barcelona vs. Real Madrid!

  

Hurricane Irene vs. Super Storm Sandy

   Imagine the wind blowing over 70 mph, destroying everything in it's path. The waves devouring the shore at record heights. Rain hammering the surface causing devastating floods.This natural disaster is called a hurricane, New Jersey has experienced these type of storms many times before. But, two very recent super storms, Irene and Sandy, have caused a prodigious loss to the myriad amount of people in New Jersey and other states along the east coast of the USA. Although both of these storms caused disasters through out NJ, they differed in terms of in what ways each storm effected New Jersey.

   These storms were both very harsh on New Jersey both they ended up effecting NJ differently. For example, lets start with hurricane Irene. Irene mainly effected us with coastal flooding and with the record amounts of rain. After Irene a huge amount of peoples house were half way submerged in water, It took some people a full year to recover from this catastrophe. Then about 13 months later super storm Sandy made land fall on NJ, bringing history making high winds, and massive storm surge. After this super storm almost the entire state of New Jersey was left sitting in their freezing houses with no power because of fallen power lines, and almost all the famous boardwalks were partially destroyed. Both these storms wrecked the state of New Jersey in many ways but as you can see now each storm effected us differently. Today many people around New Jersey are still recovering the combined damage of both of these powerful storms.  

Hurricane Irene Flooding

Super Storm Sandy High Wind Damage

   

             

New York vs. California

   New York and California, two places I have visited, two extremely enjoyable and entertaining destinations, and two places that people often have to decide between. Many people from other countries hear about these place sand dream to go there. These places are amazing travel locations there are many similar and different things about each place. Both these places differ in terms of climate but have some similarities in their attractions and famous cities.

   The climate of these places are very different. Let's start with the big apple (N.Y.) their average 90 degree summer and their snowy and gelid and winters. While on the the other hand, in the Golden State many residents have never even seen snow. The climate in California is mainly scorching hot and in the winter temperature seldom goes below 40 degrees. Now let's take a look the attractions and famous cities in these grandiose places. In New York there is the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, The Museum of National History, and etc. In the El Dorado state there are fabulous attractions such as Hollywood  the Golden Gate Bridge, Disneyland, the San Diego Zoo, and and many more. Even after all these extraordinary sites both these states have extremely exalted cities within them. For example, California has San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. While in New York there is the one and only New York City. Now that you know so much about these magnificent places..... Which one will you choose!!!        

   

The Two Frogs OER

   In the passage, "The Two Frogs" which was written by Andrew Lang, many words could be used to describe two frogs and their characters. In the passage, before the frogs started their extraordinary journey , the idea of going on this journey came into both of the frogs at the same time, and even after this much similarity both the frogs decide to leave their hometowns at the same exact time, the next morning. Therefore, the words I am going to use to describe both of these frogs are the words curious and similar. I chose these word because as I stated before both of the frogs have similar ideas and they both wanted to explore new places. Also in the text it states that, "Funnily enough, the idea came into both of their heads at once, that they should see a little more of the outside world." This demonstrates that they both are very alike and they both also get very similar ideas.

   Also in this passage the frogs came to the wrong conclusion. According to the text I think was because when the frogs went up on their hind legs they were looking the wrong way and they ended up looking the wrong way at their own towns. Also, in the text it states that, "But the foolish things forgot that when they stood their great eyes lay in the back of their heads, and though their noses might have been pointing to their destinations, their eyes beheld the places from which they had come." This proves that they were looking at their own town The message I got from this story was that don't judge a place by what it looks like. this message is very similar to a very famous quote I know of,
"Don't judge a book by it's cover."
-Unknown           

One Word to Describe Me....

   If I could choose one word to describe me It would be "soccer." Soccer is my favorite sport and I play it almost everyday. I don't know what life would be like without soccer. Soccer is everything to me, I play soccer, I watch soccer, and I even dream about soccer. Soccer is a very action packed, and entertaining sport which I like. So, In this post I will tell you how soccer describes me!

   Soccer isn't an adjective so it can't be used to describe something but I will use it to describe me anyway. So, soccer isn't too popular here in the United States, just like I am not that popular in my school people know me but not everyone. Also, soccer is an unpredictable sport, one breakaway can be the difference. Which is like me too because I just go with the flow, and when something weird happens i deal with it. As I mentioned above soccer is action packed and entertaining sport, which is like my life "action packed" and "entertaining."
   So this is how I would describe my self using the word soccer. Here is a link to a Prezi i created about soccer http://prezi.com/hdznufuozywy/soccer/ . I play soccer almost everyday for two different teams and I love it!!! SOCCER!

  

How To Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich

   Have you ever wanted to have a quick, easy to make sandwich? Well, if you do have come to the right place. A peanut butter sandwich is a quick easy to make sandwich that is good for an after school or maybe even after job snack. In this post I will teach you how to make a peanut butter sandwich.

   In order to make this sandwich all you need is a butter knife, a jar of peanut butter, two slices of bread, a plate, and space to work. You will need to use the butter knife as a tool and the plate for what you will work on. The rest of the items are used as ingredients.

   First, you will need to gather all the materials listed above and find a space to work. Once you have done that you have to place your plate in the work space you have selected and then put the slices of bread on the plate. After this you have to take the jar of peanut butter and open it. Then, take your butter knife and put it into the jar and take some peanut butter out. Next, take a slice of bread from the plate with your other hand and use the knife to spread the peanut butter that you took onto the slice of bread you have in your hand. Make sure every part of the bred is covered on that one side you chose only. Next you take the other slice of bread and put it together with the slice in your hand so that the peanut butter side is towards the inside. 

This is what the one side of your sandwich should look like.

   After completing these steps you are ready to enjoy your new self made snack. Have fun!        

How to play rock, paper, scissors, shoot!!!

   Rock, paper, scissors, shoot is common game played throughout the world. It is played to settle disputes, as a competitive game, and even for fun. This game is not that hard to play, and is very fun and addictive. So in this blog post I will tell you how to play this game and some good techniques to use while playing this awesome game.

   In order to play this game all you need is your hand and a brain, you might think I am joking but no I am serious. Also you need some space to play and someone to play with, obviously.

   Once you have found someone to play you need to make sure they know how to play, once you are sure they know how to play you both have to put hands up in front of the chest outward, and make a fist. Then you both have say rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Each time you say rock, paper, or scissors you thrust you hand towards the about an inch. When you say shoot you both have to make a rock, a piece of paper, or scissors. To shoot a rock you have to make a fist, for paper you to have to open your so that it is flat, and for scissors you have to make a "V" with your index and middle finger. After you each shoot something at the same time either one of you has won or you both just tied. If you tied you both sot the same thing you both and you to redo it. If you both draw different things use the picture below to help you figure out who won.

 This picture shows what beats what and what the shape of your hand is suppose to be like.

TIPS:

• Males usually shoot rock first so, you can counterattack this with paper
• Females usually shoot paper first so you can counterattack this with scissors 
• Before your opponent shoots something look at their fingers they sometimes give it away 

   Now that you know how to play rock, paper, scissors, shoot, you can use it to settle disputes or you can even play it for fun. This awesome game is also a good pass time so have fun with this amazing game and be sure to use those tips I gave you!

The Two Stars......

        

   In the world of soccer there are many disputes on which of these two soccer stars are better Lionel Messi, or Cristiano Ronaldo. They both are fantastic players and both work very hard to do their best at all times but there are still many disputes between the two beasts. For example, just go on YouTube and search Messi skills in the comments section you will find at least one argument between these two players. They both have very unique styles and unstoppable ways of getting the ball in the net. So, in the next paragraph I will tell you about each of their very unique styles.

   Both of these magnificent players have very complicated and awesome styles. Lets start with Messi, Messi's style involves speed, small touches, and sudden moves. Messi is very very fast and combined with his sudden moves, small touches, and amazing shots creates an unstoppable soccer machine who doesn't stop until the ball touches the net. Here is a video of him in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoV0kp5fcbs.

   On the other hand Ronaldo has a whole different style which involves very hard and complicated moves, shots, and dribbles. Ronaldo is a magnificent dribbler and in addition with his shooting, and balance he creates a super human that only has one thing in his mind, "GOAL!" Here is a video of him in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dJVUaqBSA.

   Both of these players excel in the sport they play, soccer. Who will you chose? 

My soccer novel

Here is part of a story a wrote about soccer I will post more every week....

                                                    Chapter One      
  “Futol, Futol” The best thing to me, about being a professional soccer player is hearing the audience cheer your name. You feel like you’re slowly getting pumped up with energy and you could run the New York Marathon in an hour. It helps a lot in many ways. Well any way, I NEED TO SCORE A GOAL . “Ohhhh, there’s the pass from Xvai to Messi! Two minutes on the clock!” the commentator yelled. I looked to the right and the crowd started to moan, it was a corner kick. The ball had went behind the goal with a fierce slide tackle from the defender was as strong as a battering ram. Xvai went to the corner to take the kick. ( Xvai has the best leg.) I went to the center of the box hoping the ball would come to me. Then I had feeling to move to the right, so I did.(I get these feelings a lot)
  The crowd fell quiet as Xavi kicked the ball with all his impact towards the goal. I looked up at the ball that was sailing towards me. My heart started to pump,” Three seconds, Two” yelled the commentator. I made a quick decision to shoot a header. I jumped forward as fast as I could and “ Ahhhhhhhhh” the audience started yelling with mad happiness. I looked up, I had scored! I got up and all my teammates came and almost knocked me over with their happiness. The audience was screaming my name as loud as a jet. I couldn’t believe what I had done either, I had made a spectacular last minute goal as well as scoring my 50th goal this season.
Chapter Two   
  As our team excitedly walked off the field, I noticed one player wasn’t happy he actually looked miserable, it was Mike. Mike was really good in games but while practice he does worse than a boy. He was also aggravated easily, So I didn’t want to take the chance and ask him what was going on. Then wobble legs as I call him, came up to me and asked” How do you do that" I actually don't know, I just keep a normal routine of practice and it all pays off." " Oh, thats interesting, I think thats what everyone does."" Well then I don't know." When I stepped into the locker room, everyone starts to congratulate me again, except Mike. Actully he wasn’t even there. " Annnnnnnnnn annnnnnn. I heard a alarm go off and saw something towards me.

                          Chapter Three  
  Everything went pitch black. I opened my eyes feeling miserable as pain shot through my body like I had just been bitten by a venomous snake. I felt like I was a new born baby in a hospital, until I remember what had happened. Everything hit me as hard as a bullet, it came to me one by one, I had scored the winning goal and my 50th goal, Mike acting weird, and the alarm and that man. I had so many questions running through my head, Who was that guy, Why was Mike acting weird, there are so many. Then I realized where I was, I was in the teams injury room. It was dark and silent in the  room, except the ticking of the clock. Then I looked at the clock and saw it was 12:31 at night. That felt very weird because the game finished around 3:00 in the evening. I stared at the ceiling wondering what had happened to me then I slowly drifted of to sleep again.
                                 
                              Chapter Four
  “Leo are you okay” “He’s awake!” I heard a voice say. I opened my eyes and saw almost my whole team standing above me. I didn’t have enough strength to talk, well I didn’t need to because they told me everything. They told me the alarm had went off because someone had broken into the team vault and tried to steal the money. They said that who ever did it started a fire some how started a fire to get everyone out of the building. But the bad news was that I was found near the vault with oil, matches and a bag of money. “ Guys before I went unconscious I saw someone coming towards me. “ Sorry Leo, we can’t help because coach said the manager told him that he wants have a talk with you after you feel better. “ Messi sadly said. Right after those words came out of his mouth a fear came into my head that …............. maybe my team didn’t believe me.

                              Chapter Five
  I lied there wondering what would happen to me, would I be fired from the team or possibly suspended. Well I did have a tiny bit of suspicion about Mike having something to do with this. Okay, I have a huge suspicion that Mike has something to do with this. But I can’t prove, even if I try prove it I might not even have enough time. The doctor said I had minor burns which was an other piece of evidence against me, and my throat was dry she said I would be fine in about three days. The rest of the three days I watched T.V. and slept. I was as bored as a boy in an empty room with black wall that looked like a black hole.

                              Chapter Six
  “Can Leonardo Futol please come to the managers office immediately” Now it was time to defend myself.The speed I was walking in a sloth could have walked faster. Well to get you in on some information I was just realized from the injury room an hour ago so I was barely getting anything done and know I am being called to get fired by the Barcelona manger, what a day. As I stepped in to the office I felt like I was kid getting called to principal's office and not knowing why, in this I knew why.”Have a seat Leonardo” Tom Mangle said in a bitter voice. “ Okay Leo lets get straight to the point because I don’t have much time, I called you here today to discuss the very serious incident that took place the other day.” I’d never seen Tom talk with such a tone in his voice, now there is no chance I not going to be punished in a harsh way.”As you must have heard, all the proof in this case is against you, but we don’t total proof that you did this so we can’t send you to jail.” “But, I have no other choice than to fire you.” I couldn’t believe what I had just heard, I felt like crying for rest of my life. "Well I decided to give you a month to pack your stuff, arrange a flight, and pack your stuff." As I walked out of the manager's I felt mixed emotions I felt miserable in the way that I was being fired for nothing and I felt angry in the way that I did not get a chance to speak. Well now I know what to do with this month............ I am going to have to solve this mystery by self.

                           Chapter Seven
  As I was heading back to my room I decided to stop and take a look at the crime scene where I was found. It was blocked with caution tape all around. Plus, there was nothing that could help me, all there was some burned money scraps and cop equipment.”Hey what are you doing here!” I turned around saw a cop in a clean light blue uniform and a dark blue hat.”What a minute aren’t the man found at the crime scene.” “Yeah I’m Leo. “ ”Hey” he said as I started to walk away feeling like a fail. “Kid, did you really try to rob this vault.” asked the cop in an unusual voice, it kind of sounded like he knew something else.“No, wait what” I said in a confused voice. “Wait, I didn’t try to rob the vault, someone put me in there. Some guy put me unconscious,” Do you know something about this?” “Actually, I was the first officer at the crime scene. But, when I got here you were laying on the floor and some figure was getting smaller and smaller as if it was running away, it was smoky so I didn’t really get a good view.”The officer said in a stern voice. “Does anyone else know about this” I asked with even more suspicion on Mike in my head. “No, because there was no pure proof that any one else was there.” he replied to my question. “Thanks, I going to find out who did this to me and why!” Then I turned around and then turned around again because I had turned the wrong way, and walked out.
                                 Chapter Eight
  That night I fell a sleep feeling better than I did after the conversation. I was progressing in proving my self right. Then I started thinking about the soccer game I was going to have the next day, as I drifted off into the world of dreams. “Beep Beep aaaa Beep Beep” I slapped as hard as I would kick a soccer ball, while I was half asleep. I sat up and remembered what was going on with me. after I took a bath I put on my red and blue striped jersey with FUTOL and the number 11 printed clearly on the back. I went and met the team at the locker room. when I stepped in everyone fell silent Starred for a couple of seconds and went back to what ever they were doing. I went to my locker next to Messi’s who started to nod his head at wit the why-would-you-do-that-face and walked away. Then I had a feeling that I was going have a hard time even getting to play for a few minutes, because of the incident. As our team waited in hall that lead to our home field, we heard roaring their favorite players names as if they about to die. Then the commentator came on the microphone and most of the noise just disappeared.” As you all know today’s match up is RRRReal MMadrid vs. BBBarcelona” And the started cheering again this time even louder. We walked on to the field, the first player the audience saw was our outstanding goalie, Valdes. The crowded yelled so much through out all the game, it always seems as if The audience never gets tired. When we  singing the national anthem I couldn’t I get my mind off the incident.

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Soccer My Dream........

   As you all should already know to become a soccer player and here is a video about my dream ( The Video about my dream.... ). This video is based on my dream and how I want to become a soccer player. This video starts off with the title of this blog Soccer my dream. Then the video moves on to me playing soccer and the sound track is kind of emotional. I put an emotional sound track because I really want to become a soccer player.
   The video also consists of two slides with motivational phrases, which show how hard I will try to achieve my goal. This video also consists of two short clips of me playing soccer. I hope you like this video and are encouraged to do what you want by watching this amazing video. 

The Apprentice Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnnn

   I recently finished a project called the Apprentice in this project I had to work with three of my fellow peers. In this project we had to pretend that we were business men from our own made up company. We had to make things such as websites, resumes, but we cover letters, and business letters etc. In our groups we had many disputes but overcame them and began working together. We did well in creating our website, creating our presentations and working together.
Things I learned from the Apprentice......

• How to create business related documents

• How to be professional

• How to prove your your by supporting with reasons

• How to use the three ball method   

Sorry for the inconvenience.........

   As you know this blog is mainly about soccer and some other sport events and news. I created this blog to let people know a tiny bit more about soccer then they already know. But as you can see I have not post about soccer in a while. I haven't because, I am a sixth grader who has this blog for school work and soccer. That's sometimes you randomly see posts about random things. I post about these random  things because I am assigned to do them(Or I just feel like).


   But the main reason I am posting about this is because my next couple of posts will be about things that I am assigned to write about. After these couple of weeks I will get back to posting about soccer. As you can see my previous blog post had something to do with this Apprentice thing. Which is a project I am doing in school. So please don't worry because I will get back to posting about soccer. 

Apprentice blog response to task two article

   In this article(Article)about having single gender classes in middle school, it states that that teachers would like to know if students would be more successful and more happier with single gender classes in middle school. After I read through the article and some information on this website,(Website) I have formed an answer to this question, after thinking through my options.


   In my opinion I think everything should go the way it is going right now, where we have mixed gender classes and I have many reasons for choosing this answer. First of all by having mixed gender middle school classes, boys and girls both learn how to work with each other which helps them learn how to work with different types of people. This will also help them when they grow up because in most jobs you need to work with different genders. Also It will be hard to make this change because so many people will protest against this idea if it is ever used. Now after reading this what would you pick?
   

Giants In Super Bowl 2011-2012

   As most of you might already know the New York Giants are going to the Super Bowl this year. The Giants will be competing in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. This match-up will take place on February 5th in Indiana. This is the sixth time the Giants have played against the Patriots in a Super Bowl. The Giants have worked very hard to get a spot in this season's Super Bowl match-up. 

   The Giants first defeated the Falcons in a Wild Card match-up and beat them. This victory lead them to the Packers, the previous Super Bowl winners. Many fans had lost hope on the Giants and thought they would lose. But, to many peoples surprise Giants won that game 37-20. Then came the Giants hardest challenge they had to face the 49er for a trip to the Super Bowl. Giants also won that game in over time 20-17. Now Giants have to defeat the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. Who do you want to win? I want the Giant's to win!

 

Something I am passionate is.........Soccer

     

   As you might have guessed I am very passionate about soccer. Soccer is known all around the world, from England to China people love soccer. Mainly because of its continuing action during the game.  Soccer is also a sport with many advantages such as it increases your stamina, speed, and endurance. Soccer is a very entertaining and fun sport to watch and also to play. You get to feel the satisfaction of scoring a goal, you can also feel the greatness of saving a impossible shot. This why I am passionate about soccer.


   Now you know why I am passionate about soccer, but you don't know what soccer means to me. To me soccer is a very important part of my life. It's like an option I'll always have in my life, if I want to be an athlete. Soccer is my goal in life, I want to achieve greatness in my life with soccer. Soccer means a lot to me and I am very passionate about it. What are you passionate about? Let me know in your comment. 

Soccer Gaming

   Just as all the other well know sports that have video games made after them, soccer those too. In soccer video games they use all the professional clubs in the world as well as the international soccer teams. In order to make an official soccer game consisting of real professional players you must have a license from the federation and  the only two soccer game companies. I know about are: Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA soccer. I would recommend FIFA soccer because I like the wide variety of features it has.


  











  
   So every year these two soccer game making companies come out with a new game and they are supposed to better then the previous year's game. By this I mean having the latest squads, better quality, and also more features/options. But sometimes the games don't have much improvement which upsets soccer fans who buy the game. So as the years go on these companies have to get more and more ideas for new things. And they have been doing very well with this. I can say this because I have played many of the games.  

Getting Suspended for Tebowing!!!

   You might be wondering what is tebowing from the title, you also might of guessed it must be very bad because kids got suspended for doing this. Well lets start from the beginning, Tim Tebow you might know who he is and you might not. Well, for those who do good for you, for those who don't, he is a NFL star. He is the Quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Tim Tebow is known for his unique celebration, known as Tebowing it is when Tim Tebow kneels down and places his elbow on his knee and puts his fist on his head. As shown in the image. 

   But who knew copying a national sports star's celebration could get you suspended! When I found out about this, by reading an article on tween tribune I was astonished about the decision the principal of the school had made and responded to it something like this. I think that this decision is too much for such a small incident. Maybe something like detention could have worked and that too not for Tebowing but for clogging the hallway. If you have a response to this too please feel free to comment. Here is the video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07HriGZ-DeI
And here is where I read the article.
http://tweentribune.com/content/students-suspended-tebowing
Enjoy! 

New Year's Resolution

   Happy New Year's!!! Before the  new year begins many people like to set goals for the upcoming year. Such as losing weight or many other goals called resolutions. Well I have made one very important new years resolution. I will try and accomplish this one goal with all that I'm capable of just like many other people alive in this world. Here is my very very important new years resolution.
Well to me its important you might think it's stupid.


   As well as writing about soccer I also play soccer. Which leads me to my resolution. Which is I want to become better at soccer player. This is my resolution because I want to make the school soccer team (Which I did not get on to this year). By becoming a better soccer player I mean by increasing my stamina, my shooting, and my speed. This goal is very important to me because I want to be a professional soccer player and for that you need lots and lots of skill. HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!