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Last week Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill that would have given Michigan more money. Why they waited until the last second to pass the bill I don’t know. Without the money the school is in a seven million dollar deficit. Stevenson and other schools in Michigan already had their yearly budget laid out but now we have to come up with the money to break even at the end of the year. We have to act fast or there could be dire consequences. Some of the consequences could be, we could lose our athletics for the remainder of the year. Without athletics, kids would have nothing to do after school and might not be able to concentrate in school because they would have nothing to look forward to after school. Another could be we would lose the buses and would no longer be able to take them before and after school. Without the buses there would be longer lines than there are now for moms and dads to drop off their kids. It would not be able to work. Last they could do the worst thing, cut teachers. It would be tragic to cut teachers in the middle of the school year, because they couldn’t go teach anywhere else because all the other schools already have the year planned out with teachers. So they would be out of work and money. Also we would have to rearrange the whole second semester schedules because the teacher you might have gotten was cut.
What I think they should do to get the money back is either hold off until the school year ends so the teachers can keep their jobs, sports can stay for the rest of the year, and buses will stay. Then if they need to change something they can do it the next year instead of last second in the middle of they year. They could also try to write letters to people in Lansing to get them to try to compromise to make a bill that would give Michigan schools some money even if it isn’t all they hoped for.
Whether they make a new bill or Michigan schools have to come up with the money, we have to act fast. Millions of kids are depending on the leaders in Lansing to finally make a decision so we can keep going to school without worrying if we will still have buses, sports, and the same teachers.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a very prestigious award, that few people get to win in their lifetime. Such winners in the past are Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, and Martin Luther King Jr. Recently though Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. For this we should congratulate him for winning it, but did he really deserve this great award?
Yes he is the Untied States leader for another three years and we should support him to better our country because there is no point to whining for three years, but I feel he should not be get this award for many reasons. First off the timing to be nominated was two weeks after he was elected and he could not have helped world peace in two weeks yet! Yes I agree that is a good speaker, but what has he really do to help world peace? He has tried to stop the war yes, but so have many other past presidents and they have not won the Nobel Peace Prize. The organization was trying to make a political statement, that they did not agree with the past President Bush's approach to dealing with other countries. Unlike President Bush, President Obama does not want to charge into other countries, he wants to do it peacefully.
One great example of a person that really worked hard and deserved this great award was Martin Luther King Jr. He worked his whole like for Civil Rights for blacks and whites to be equal. He was so passionate about it he gave his life for the wonderful cause. He later was murdered outside his hotel. Unlike Dr. King, Obama has done nothing and is giving a bad name to the once wonderful award.
He has made many promises to stop Iran from achieving nuclear arms, but at the last United Nations meeting. He talking with papers in his hand about Iran's secret nuclear factory but did not share the information with the United Nations. If he was really trying for peace, would he have not divulged the information he had of the where abouts of a secret nuclear factory? For this I feel appalled that he could get such an award and not even do a simple peace transaction as share information to a peaceful organisation. In the next few years he should prove to the world now that he realy desearved to win the Nobel Peace Prize Award
It all started in first grade when a few leaders of a Cub Scout pack (grades 1st-5th) came to our school. They told us about Cub Scouts, but all we could focus on was what they said about the pocket knives we could use. Little did we know we would not be able to use them until three years later. So I went home screaming and jumping around (as the little excited and hyper kid I was) begging my mom to join Cub Scouts. After much consideration she finally said “Yes.” The next week we had our first meeting and I was excited to see all my friends from school and the many excited activities we would do there.
Over the many years of Cub Scouts I learned many key things to help save my life if I ever get lost in the forest and many other survival skills. After the five long years of Cub Scouts, it was finally time for me to move on and become a Boy Scout (grades 6th-12th). In Boy Scouts we ado much more camping then in Cub Scouts. We also go on high adventure trips such as Florida Sea Base where you drive down to Key West Florida and sale a boat down all the keys and scuba dive and swim. Along with that is the torturous Phil Mont trip. On that trip you drive out to the Phil Mont Scout Range in Arizona. There you hike from 70-120 miles in any time from 2-3 weeks. I’ve been on the Key West trip but have yet to go on the Phil Mont trip.
In Boy Scouts there are many ranks you achieve while in it. The first rank is the rank of Scout. Then Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, and Star. Right now I am a Life. Life is a big achievement in Boy Scouts and not many people make it this far. Yet there is still another rank to go. The rank of Eagle. For Eagle you have to do a big leadership project. You can do from cleaning up a state/local park to help schools or community centers with flowers or make a memorial. Eagle is a big accomplishment, and not many scouts make it that far. Statistics say only 1 in every 100 scouts to join every make Eagle. IT is a humungous thing to be proud of and I hope I make it there one day.
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A- I'm athletic. I have played baseball since i was in 1ST grade and I play basketball.
B- Basketball is my favorite sport. I play on the Livonia league and I was on my old school team. My favorite pro team would be the Pistons or Magic.
C- Cats are my favorite animals. I use to have two cats call Peanut and Kitty. I like how they are soft and playful and don't bite many people.
D- I enjoy to dance. I have been dancing my whole life ever since I was about five. When I was five I use to tap dance, but I no longer tap dance anymore I just dance for fun.
E- Ethan is the name of my best friend. I have known him since i was six. He goes to Edsel Ford in Dearborn, and he is a freshman too.
F-I love to read. My favorite type of books to read are fiction books. I love in fiction books how it is not all boring novels or true stories and how they can be make believe.G- My favorite color is green. Green always remind me of camping in forests or outdoors.
H- Halo 3 if my favorite game. I could play Halo 3 for hours on end and never know what time it is. It is a very exciting and action packed game.
I- I'm intelligent. Since 4th grade I've gotten all A's and my lowest grade has always been English.
J- My name is Jonathan. Most people call me Jon though. My parents named me after my grandfather.
K- I'm kind. I have helped many people with projects and homework they work on. I help people in my math class everyday.
L- My favorite car is the Lamborghini. It is very arrow dynamic and very fast. It is an Italian car.
M- My favorite bank is Metallica. They are a very old metal band. They sang the songs like "One" and "Enter Sandman."
N- I am very neat. I have always had an organised locker and my folders are color coordinated and labeled. Being neat is a good skill to have.
O- My favorite board game is Operation. I enjoy how u have to be focused and have a steady hand. It is a game more of skill than luck.
P- My favorite food is peperoni pizza. It has been my favorite food since I was little and it still is my favorite food.
Q- I'm a very quiet person. I don't talk to many people because I'm shy and quiet, but i do have some friends outside of school and the one or two at Stevenson.
R-I'm very Reverent. I go to church every Sunday and participate in church picnics and gatherings all the time.
S-Steven is my brother. He is a junior this year at Stevenson and is in Global Ed. too. He sings in four different choirs at Stevenson and has been in different musicals. Also he is the assistant director this year for the school play.
T-My favorite fruit by far are tangerines. They are like smaller and more juicy oranges that are easier to peal and eat. They taste great.
U- I am very understanding. I will help people even when others think they shouldn't be helped because I am understanding.
V-I like to watch videos. Some or my favorite videos are Eye or Nye and different movies.
W- My last name is West. It is West now but it use to be Westnoonski. It was polish. Then when my family moved to the United States they shorted it to West.
X-I use to like to play the xylophone when i was younger in my house. We use to have one i played with when i was about three.
Y-I am very young. I am only fourteen and will be fithteen in May.
Z-One of my favorite places to visit for fun is the zoo. I love seeing all the different animals and their habbitats.
