Kanu Caplash

Mr. Horvath

Language Arts

25 October 2012

                                Congratulations! You are a newly minted swimmer. You now have a life other than school. Now you can go around telling everyone you are the next Michael Phelps. Also you should always brag when you win. Also definitely never show up at practice. Because never showing up to practice, bragging and saying you’re going to be next the next big thing will and many more things so you can become the best.

            Telling Everyone You Are the Next Big Thing: Firstly when you join the swim team, you should so go around telling everyone you are the best. Also, keep annoying everyone with it so there is no doubt in their minds that you are the best. Then you will so definitely get a ton of friends. It’s not like people will think you are a cad and hate you. Trust me, I know from experience. No, you definitely don’t get bullied around. Why would they bully you? You are the best. Also, if you look at the some of the fastest swimmers they too always go around telling everyone that they are the best. They don’t ever critique themselves and be modest. That would be the wrong thing to do. Also, when you get on the starting blocks you should say you are going to smoke everyone. You will definitely get a sportsmanship award. And you won’t get in trouble with the official. In fact, the officials will hug and pay you. No one will cry because their feelings are hurt. But when you lose we know who is going to be crying. So therefore you should always tell everyone you are the best.

           

Going to Practice: Secondly now that you are the best you should never show up at practice.  Also when they say practice makes perfect, they are lying. Did you know people like Ryan Lochte never practice? No, they definitely don’t practice 8 hours, or swim the length of the Nile River before breakfast.  The only people who do that are chumps or failures. Also at practice they don’t ever, and I mean they never teach something important. It isn’t like Michael Phelps trains for 14 hours a day. Also it isn’t like kids in China swim 11 miles as a warm-up.  They always just waste your time by making you swim laps. You can do that by yourself. Also if you do go to practice you probably will be the only one there because they also know that no one else goes to practice. So therefore as it is easily pointed out going to practice is a terrible idea, it will never help you.

           

Bragging: Thirdly, they also say bragging is their worst thing to do. Personally I think they were just horrendous at the sport and are lying to you. I think bragging is a great idea. This is because it really proves that you are the best. My friend who is the best swimmer in the state and he always brag when he wins. This is because he has enough energy to say he better than everyone else. But when you get second you should brag to the people that you beat. But you won’t get second if you don’t go to practice or tell everyone you are the best. Also that is what swimming is all about. It is all about beating people not improving your time.

Locker Rooms: Lastly, Locker rooms are the best place at a meet. This is because people are always allowed to fool around and do crazy things. In fact I know someone who wrote there name in AXE on a wall in the locker room. They so definitely didn’t get suspended from the team for two weeks. In fact this same person flushed someone’s underpants down the toilet. This person didn’t get in major trouble in fact he got an award. Also it is a great place for a person to hideout during practice. In this situation you also will get awarded. So by doing all this you will be able to miss more practices which will make you a better swimmer. Did you know that even the Olympians take AXE and spray it all over the locker room? So therefore by utilizing the locker rooms you will definitely become the best.

So if the newly minted swimmer follows these key things they will so defiantly become Olympians. You will only be able to get to the blocks of the Olympics by following these easy steps. Which are telling you everyone you have more potential than a child Michael Phelps, and by never bothering to go to swim practice and annoying everyone till they blow up, by bragging and by utilizing the locker rooms? So therefore with these easy steps you will become the next Michael Phelps at 14.

Kanu Caplash

Mr. Horvath

Language Arts

22 October 2012

                                                Why do the act the way they do?

                In life there are so many unanswered questions. Like where does the universe end? Does it end? What is the universes shape? Does it have a shape or is it like water?  But today I have a question. Not necessarily a new or an old one. This question has pondered my mind for a while now. But I am not the only one who has the same question in their mind. Society is also pondering this question. If we answer this question we answer everything. My question is what explains why electrons can go through two slits at the same time.

            There are many theories that could be the answer. The first theory is the Speed theory. This states that since electrons are going so fast we can’t tell it isn't actually going through both slits. This might actually explain it because on scale so small things like this could happen. Another theory is that the electrons don’t go through but in between. This is supported because some scientist think that electrical charge is strong enough were it would only seem that it is going through both slit. Also another theory is that the electrons split. So then when they split, they may be split but there could be an electrical bond between them so therefore it would pose the illusion. But since it has almost no mass it might not be able to split or have an atomic reaction. But none of these conclusions can be validated until we see it. But there is another that can be verified without looking.

            As it would seem we have come back to the illusive string theory. A theory man created but, yet man can’t understand it. In this theory it states that protons, electrons and neutrons aren’t actually spherical but actually like a string. It is saying that they are not actually zero dimensional but 1 dimensional. This would still satisfy all the properties because it would still have mass, electrical charge and it flow. But these electrons don’t really react with the surface. So the string goes through the slits and in-between and it also goes outside of the slits.  So therefore it would satisfy all terms. But this theory cannot be fully proved till we are able to find dark matter to make monopoles which would then explain black holes and string theory. But, since we don’t have a microscope, not even neatly as strong as need to see an atom, all of this is theoretical. So if you were able to talk to people like the genius Stephen Hawking, or Albert Einstein then they could only answer that it is possible and very likely but there is hard core evidence to prove it.

            So as some of the most important people and smartest people alive try to comprehend this theory they all or most of all agree that string theory is probably the most reasonable. But 4 out of 4 scientists have to say that it is only probable. So therefore these scientists have to say that until they are able to discover monopoles and/ or be able to create a microscope to zoom in on these sub-atomic particles we don’t completely know.

            

Katelyn O’Dea

9/11/12

Essay

English

Autism

“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other people felt the same way I did. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love, or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed, and yes in pain.” – Debra Ginsberg, parent of an autistic child.

            Autistic children have trouble, but they manage to live life, just in a different way we do. In the next few paragraphs I will be explaining their thinking process, and emotional process.

            Their thoughts are different than most. The thoughts they have are things from a different perspective then others. Using visual supports allows the children to focus on the message being stated. Visual aids and symbols range in difficulty from simple and actual to hypothetical. Consequently for most children with Autism, words re like a second language into moving pictures with sounds in their brain. Their senses and thoughts are sometimes very disconnected, unlike our senses, where we can stay focused and connected. Autistic children also have trouble, understanding what others are thinking and feeling. The spectrum of Autism ranges from low functioning to high functioning and their thinking process depends on how far along the spectrum they are.

            Not only do autistic children think in different ways, their emotional process is also much different. Of course they have fears, interests, dreams, etc., but the “way” they feel is more complex than our “way” of feeling; they are much more pulled away from their feeling. yourguidetoautism.com says, “Their emotions are different than ours because being friendly to us means saying, “Hi how are you,” or “Your story sounds really good, “or even having a helpful personality. To them it means being soft voiced or stepping away from conversations.” They will act a certain way for a long time, they repeat behavior such as anger, or helpfulness over and over. Children with autism are also extremely capable of feeling and expressing love, but they may experience it in a different way because it’s harder for them to socialize. Many people with autism are much more empathetic than the average person, but again, they express their emotions in unusual ways.

            In conclusion, after reading all about autism I think I have a better developed idea about children who have this disorder. I learned that children with autism process thoughts, and emotions. I learned that it’s hard to go through but not impossible. Most of all, .I learned that, “Autism is not a disability, it’s a different ability.” –Stuart Duncan