The Draft (from the Cowboys POV)

     Last night was the 2016 NFL draft. My team, the Dallas Cowboys, did pretty awful last year so they had the fourth overall pick. Their Offense is pretty descent, if Tony Romo isn't hurt. The defense, on the other hand is good with the line and linebackers, but the defensive backs aren't all that talented and they all have one year left on their contract until they'll hit the road. Jalen Ramsey, of the Florida State University, is a very talented player and one of the best in the nation.
     On Dallas's offense, we have pretty good running backs. Needless to say, we don't need anymore. The Cowboys chose Ezekiel Elliot for their first round pick. That left Jalen Ramsey out to dry. Jalen was picking by the fifth team, the Jaguars. Now one of the best players go to the worst team, great. We have Eze now. Now I do have to say Eze is a phenomenal player. He too is one of the best running backs in the nation behind Derek Henry and Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook is also from FSU. Eze is now part of the Dallas Cowboys and I wish he does good, but tonight, Dallas needs to chose a defensive back for their second round choice.
     Ezekiel Elliot is a man of steel, I do have to say. Last night he wore his tux the same way he wears his jersey, with the bottom half tucked up.
      
He's a very talented player and I'm glad he was picked but we honestly don't need anymore running back but we made a good choice. 

Should students be allowed to have phones during the school day

     The idea of having a phone, in a students perspective, sounds great, but the real reason students would be allowed to have them is for research during school or emergencies.  Lets look at this idea from a teachers perspective. Teachers would have to be on their A game watching out for suspicious things a clever student might do with his/ her phone. Say that there is a test in the morning and the teacher needs to go get something and leaves the room, with the test and children in it. Say a student walks up and takes a picture of that test. That student now has control over what is on that test and who he/she sends it to. Teachers have no way of preventing that from happening.
     Teachers can't always be at the same spot, at the same time, on the same day if a student decides to do something tricky with his/ her phone. In the students shoes, we think it might be a great idea to do something like attempting to cheat on something. If students were allowed to have their phones in school, the phone would ONLY act as a source to search and look up much needed things during the school day.
     Most of the time, young students don't see the danger or consequences they could have if they make a wrong decision one time and get caught. Don't get me wrong, most students do make good even great decisions all the time, but that second they decide to do something wrong, they don't realize how much things can be taken away from them. Going back to my topic yesterday, Teachers are here to help you not harm you.

The responsiblity of student teacher relationship in a classroom

     Responsibility is being accountable for ones doing or having control over a particular thing. Students now a days blame teachers for the students not learning the topic or subject. That student could be talking or distracted and not get the lesson. But if the student is focused, he/ she will understand the lesson more. On the other hand, if the student is 100% focused and still doesn't understand the curriculum, he/ she then has a reason to question the teacher on the studied topic.
     Students get to caught up in if they like the teacher or not instead of worrying about things that matter like making good grades. Students need to take responsibility in the student teacher relationship in class, not out of it. A student has no right to diss a teacher because he/ she doesn't like the teacher or what the teacher teaches.
     Most of the time students take things too far such as getting a question wrong, when that student could be taking the time to learn about other things about it or looking in the book and checking the right answer. Being a student comes with responsibility such as knowing when to stop, taking classes seriously. A student could be in the easiest class in the world but if he/ she doesn't pay attention or do what's right they will fail out. Often, students get too caught up in other things instead what is
most important. Students need to learn from their mistakes. If something bad happens in a particular class, the student doesn't need to gripe about it all day and say rude or disrespectful things about the teacher. Teachers are hired to help you, not harm you. Your parents send you to school every day to get a good education, not to see a teacher and go complain to the principle because the teacher isn't good enough. Students need to learn when the limit is with a relationship between a teacher and a student.

MY PERMIT

Today was the day that I took my driving test. My mom came and got me out of school so I could go to the DMV. I got out to get in the car I would be driving and I saw who would be grading me while I drove, the one and only, Mrs. Jones. She greeted me and we got in the car. As soon as we sat down she started marking on her clipboard. I knew it wasn't going to be good with her. After we got back to the DMV, I actually did really good. I only missed one thing and that was getting in the wrong lane when I turn onto another four lane road. She actually said that she tried to pass me with a good grade since I'm such a good student. I went inside, took my picture, and drove home. Today was amazing!!!!!

Our first game

Today I got out of class an hour early for our first football game at 5:00 p.m. in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. On the way there, I was feeli9ng so bad. I starting getting nervous and jittery about my first game as a starting running back. We pulled up at the school, got off the bus and saw their team. They were huge! Coach Moore, my running back coach, reassured me that it is harder for big men to tackle little people like me. Justin went out to receive for us, along with the rest of the team. He got a 25 yard gain. Justin is the running back on the other side of the quarter back. The first play called was wing right 22 trap. Which means I'm running the ball straight up the middle. We get down and ready. I hear HUT! I get the ball and wait for the gap to open up and I take off. I juked out the linebacker and I was in open field. "TOUCHDOWN SUMTER HIGH," yells the announcer. From there on out I had a good game. We came out with a win, 35-13. On the way back home, we were partying on the bus for our first victory. Last night was amazing!!!!!!!

The Substitute

After first block and to second block, Thomas and I recognized that we could hear Mr. Myers loud but deep voice. We heard a higher and more quite one. We walked in and noticed we had the dreaded substitute, Mrs. Jones. She is an awful substitute. One time I was sitting in the class and I sneezed and she gave me detention for not asking to sneeze. So all of the students quietly walked to their own desk hanging their heads low so she couldn't say something about us. The bell rang just as Jared, one of the jocks, was walking in. She walked him to the office for being late and wrote him up for sagging and not wearing a belt. The first part of the class started off terrible, she kept calling students down for stupid things like sliding your chair on the floor too loud. I was, with the rest of the class, so relieved when that bell rang at 12:30 p.m. which means it's time to go to lunch. The horror didn't stop yet. It turned out that she was to supervise us in the cafeteria. We are usually one of the loudest tables, but today the cafeteria was dead silent. I mean, you could hear a pen drop.
     I was glad when school was over and I got to go to football practice and get away from Mrs. Jones. I decided to join the team since we won the state championship last year against our rival school. They put me at starting running back since JT is out for the season. It took me a couple days to learn the plays but now I'm running all the plays with the team. That's what happened today trying to survive the substitute.

The PE class

So today in PE, it started off with the two knuckle heads, Ron and Jarson, running through the gym with only compression shorts on. That's not a sight you want to see. Once a couple a Seniors walked through and got their eyes gouged out, Mr. Doore walked in and scolded them for doing such an awful thing. Unfortunately, they spent the rest of the day in the principle's off being mentored on what the consequences would be and why they did what they did. Once we got past that part of class we finally got warmed up and started to play football until Philip, the freshman, broke his wrist trying to dive for a ball. When he got up, his arm made an L shape because of how bad the break was. We had to call an Ambulance to come get him. After school we went and visited him and brought him flowers, candy, and balloons. He really appreciated to gifts but then informed us that he was leaving the hospital as soon as he was able to get up and grab his things. So that's what exhilarating things happened in my PE class today.

My First Day Back from Summer

Monday, September 1, 2013

Today was my first day back to Sumter High School. I'm not old enough to drive yet, so I have to ride the bus to October when I get my restricted. As of now, I only have my learners. When I arrived hardly any girls were at school. They were all with JT. Over the weekend JT, one of the cool kids was hit by a car while he was crossing a road and he is now in ICU. Thomas, my best friend, and I walked to first block together, when we got their we noticed every one was gone to see JT. We left for home since first block was cancelled and were suddenly stop by Mrs. Claus, the awful principle, gave us detention for trying to play hookie when all we were doing is trying to leave. We spent the rest of the day in her office doing our homework that we didn't finish from the night before. I got home and my parents met me at the door, I knew something was wrong. My parents asked me why Mrs. Clause gave them a call. I had to explain the whole story all over again. After hearing about what happened my parents were way more understanding about what happened. For supper, my mother cooked a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich because she hates to cook. The past couple nights I haven't been able to fall asleep, so I took a couple of melatonins to force me to sleep. That's all that happened on my first day back to tenth grade at Sumter High School.