Valentines Day

    Valentines Day is this Friday and I'm actually quite excited about it. Even though like every other year I am single I have amazing friends and have actually asked one of my best friends Ashley to be my Valentine And of course she said yes.

     Even though I am single that isn't a bad thing. I will have great friends and family who will have fun and great times with me, so I will not be completely lonely!! My favorite part though would have to be the candy!

   MMMM! I love chocolate and all of the other candy. Valentines is the best and I cant wait until Friday. Who else is??

     Well I hope all of you have a great Valentines day. Also all you singles ladies and gentlemen don't worry you have someone out there for you, you just have to keep looking, but in the meanwhile have some chocolate and candy on me and enjoy the day.

Tone Essay

In her poem, Metaphor, Sylvia Plath uses an extended metaphor and belligerent language to describe the difficulties of pregnancy. In her first line she is describing how long being pregnant is, she also uses apathetic wording to get her point across. Plath also use the number of syllables , nine, in each line to correspond with the number months in pregnancy. I the first line you see the that she is the poem and that it is about her, also it describes how she is feeling at the moment about this event.

In the second line she is using words to describe her disdain for how big she has become during this process. Her use of metaphors and figurative language demonstrates her dread and and hatred at becoming fat. In the third line she not only describe how big she is but how weak she is at the same time.

In the forth line her tone continues to be disdainful towards the hardship and normalities of pregnancy. Her choice of words shows that she is just growing and is not going back. In lines five and six she specificity talks about the child and through the use of language she describes the child in no the most positive way.

In the seventh line her tone is growing increasingly more cynical about the whole situation and showing her hatred for her body and what is being done with. Her word choice and tone portray her as feeling like a means to an ends.In the eighth and ninth lines through her choice of words she portrays her regreat at being pregnant and how she wishes she could go back.

The poem shows that through the use of language and tone to portray the harshness of pregnancy. Plath uses the many different techniques to help get her point across. That she feels traped and has no joys in the glories of pregnancy.

Scolarship Essay

I want to do many things in my life, but to be a teacher is the main goal . To accomplish this I will do smaller goals, such as: graduate from high school with my honors diploma; go to college; becoming a teachers aid in one of my favorite grades, third grade. Through these many processes I can and will succeed in getting a teaching career.

My first accomplishment will be to graduate from high school with my honors diploma. I will make this happen by doing all my homework assignments and passing my classes. I will also participate in many school activities and organizations that will help me learn different skills to use in the future.

My next accomplishment will be go to the University of Nevada Reno. They have a good Early Childhood Elementary Education that will not just give me knowledge on teaching children but also experience. Once I have gotten all of my credits I will graduate. My fun and energetic personality and great attitude will help me accomplish this goal.

The last thing that I will have to accomplish to become a teacher is be a teachers aid in the third grade. Being a teachers aid gives me the opportunity to work with children while still getting advice on how to be a better teacher. Once I have finished as a teachers aid, I will apply for a teachers positions and hopefully get a full time job as a third grade teacher.

In five years I will be a teacher and be happy in my work teaching third grade. With these steps and accomplishments, I will accomplish my goal of becoming a teacher and stay with this career the rest of my life and enrich the lives of many students in the process.

Graduation Speech

It was freezing cold outside and I was sitting on the table in the yard, but I didn't care, why would I when all I could think about was telling my parents the news, the news that would change my future. I, Azriella Kilgore was accepted into the Academy of Arts Careers and Technology.

When they finally got home and I told them...wow their faces were priceless. They were excited , happy, and couldn't be more delighted for me. And of course I couldn't wait for the next year to start, though I could have never imagined what the next four years would have entailed. All the friends, all the classes, all the memories, every single moment that occurred, I never would have guessed that any of it would have happened.

I don't really remember everything we did in AACT, but I do remember that first day. Even though most of it was a blur of people, activities, and events I do remember the one thing, the commitment ceremony. I remember saying the word:

On this day, the 23^rd day of August, 2010

I pledge, with my classmates as witness,

To do all in my power to graduate from high school.

Though there will be challenges and disappointments along the way,

I will focus on the success and celebrations to encourage me.

I will believe in my possibilities,

Work hard to live up to my potential,

And take personal responsibility to reach my dreams.

I will persevere and graduate!

Now four years later here we are, keeping our promise to graduate! In a couple of minutes we will be walking across this stage, accepting our diploma's and starting the rest of our lives.

Sometimes I wonder where the time went. It doesn't feel like four years have passed. It feels like just yesterday I was in Mr. Burge's class reading Romeo and Juliet in his class, or Mr. Rossi's class doing posters about whatever we were doing in world history, or in Mrs. Wentworth's class trying to solve one of her Algebra problems.

Through the last four years we have changed friends, we have changed hair colors, we have changed style and we ourselves have changed. Change is inevitable, but yet the change is for the better. I am not the same person I was when I came to AACT as I am today. I have gotten over my fear of speaking in front of people, I have become friends with the most unlikeliest of people, I have literally become another person.

What more could we can accomplish? We can accomplish EVERYTHING! Now we are graduating. The future is now and it is in our hands! Lets go out and make the best of it.

Friends

     Why do I feel like my friends draw away from me more than they are ever really near me? Is it just my imagination or am I just not that great to be around? I really don't know. Most times I feel like my group of friends likes to talk within them selves and leave me out of everything unless I ask or it is important for me to know.They are always texting each other but I am never in those conversations and just feel like nobody ever wants to talk to me. Most of the time I feel like a bumbling idiot and never say anything right and that all I am doing is putting my foot in my mouth. Sometimes I feel like I'm just there because they take pity on me. I can't tell you why I feel this I can't even really tell myself. All I know is that sometimes I feel like I have friends. The ones where I can tell everything to and not feel like they are judging by the way I feel or by the way I may react to a situation.
      I just really don't know, maybe it is just the stress and this Thanksgiving break will just make all these doubts go away. Well venting felt very nice and who ever reads this thanks for listening(or reading...whatever). Have Happy Thanksgiving y'all.

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Family Gatherings

        This year is my first Thanksgiving that I have to stay home and not go with my family to celebrate. I am actually not made at all but I am sad because I don't get to see my mom side of the family whom I haven't seen in almost a year. This years everyone is gathering down in Ridgecrest, California because my Grandpa had a heart attack and stroke earlier this year. I wasn't able to go and see him then either because of job obligations(which I am not complaining about) but I am sadden by the fact that I still don't get to see him face to face probably until Christmas and maybe not even then.
       I am not able to see any of them because of Black Friday, while I am excited to work my first one ever I to miss Thanksgiving with my whole family. Luckily though my older sister also has to stay home because of her work so we are creating our own Thanksgiving. If I didn't have her on Thanksgiving I would be very sad and would be a little depressed. We are going to stay in a hotel tonight then we are going to have dinner on Thursday at a family friends house and then I will work on Friday then afterwards we will do some fun girl stuff then watch a new movie on Saturday. So I guess it's not all that bad.
       I will also get to see my family through Skype(got to love technology) and get to talk to them and see how they are all doing. This year Thanksgiving might be different, but it will be fun and exciting too.
                             Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful time with family!!!!

Messy Rooms

         Why must we clean our rooms? I ask my self this all the time when my room is a mess and my mom says I have to clean it. Why? Most of the time i find it much easier to keep it a mess. I know where everything is. It is exactly where I left it. Yet there are those moments where a clean room is useful. Yet why can't the room stay clean.
         Today that is my dilemma. I know I should clean my room (not just because my mom told me, even though its high on the list), But why does it have to be so difficult and BORING! I have always wanted to be organized but it just so time consuming and not fun so I just never do it. You have wash landurary that has been on the floor for weeks you have to hang up and fold that landarury and then put everything away in a neat and organized place. BORING!! I would rather be reading a book and hanging out with my friends then clean my room.
         But because I have no school today I have to do this gruling task and do it before I can do anything fun and exciting today, says mom. Well that is just a buzz kill because I probably won't and just clean my room before mom gets back from vacation. Or not because then its more work. Better get back to cleaning so I can go to dinner with my sister. Hopeful it will stay clean for longer this time.