My paper is about the first Star Wars novel I ever read, Star Wars Heir to the Empire. This has to  be an assignment that I will remember for disliking immensely.

Ruins of a Man

Remnants of dreams I've had

Watching as I crumble away

Tortured by tomorrow

Left burning for today

A haunted face

Breaking apart in the light

Eyes shut and buried deep

He lays alone at night.

A town came falling apart

A mental imagining fantasy

Grouping together for nothing

When the world was just a fallacy

A man stands alone

No family or friends

Turning a withered old man

Restitching the broken amends

Chained down

Shackled and beaten

Broken frightful

And even left bleeding

This is a shout for the heavens

When hell seems rather true

Hands held wide and head hung low

There was nothing left of me for you

~ Andrew Mason~

Basketball Changed My Life

 So we get to the locker room and the first thing the lady in the small T-Shirt and big baggy basketball shorts said out loud.” If your grade point average is less than a 1.5 then you gots to go and get back on the bus before it leaves. If it’s between 1.75 and 2.75, then get in that corner, and don’t say a word…” I was in that group, and we all began to talk!

“… What did I say? “SHUT UP”! Like I was saying before I was rudely interrupted if your GPA is between a 3.0 – 4.0 then y’all head out to the court with the other Coach, and she's going to write your name and your grade down, and separate y’all by teams.” No one dared to move. “GET IN THE GYM I SAID”, damn are y’all death or something? “GET IN THE GYM””

No matter what I want in life I have to work hard for it, nothing is just going to be handed to me on a silver platter. I try to work hard in everything I do in life, and I work the hardest when I’m at upward bound and when I’m playing basketball. I put effort into upward bound to further my education, meet new people and to help me get a job. I also put effort into basketball when I`m practicing, working out, shooting around, playing against my friends or my brother, and when it`s game time. Hard work gives me that extra push that helps me further my education and be a successful basketball player.   

Tyland "SOSA Durham

Another standard that ties these ideals into sports is never quitting, or telling myself that I can’t do something. Throughout life I have been told many things that I wouldn’t be able to accomplish, but that has never stopped me. This attitude and work ethic has produced so of my biggest role models; such as: LeBron James Kevin Durant, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.  One of the most inspiring quotes I have ever heard came from Michael Jordan in an interview. He was asked by a reported if he could fly, Jordan then replied “yeah for a little bit.” The biggest thing I took from this was, no matter what it is they say you can’t do it’s up to you to prove a doubter wrong. So to reiterate myself never allow anyone to stop you from doing you because someone doesn’t believe you can do it, because it only takes you to believe in you.

CyberBulling

Brittany Yanders
Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet, cell phones, or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person. The term cyberbullying refers to the behavior when it is targeted at minor.
It can also include sending threats, making sexual remarks, using offensive language or labels, or posting humiliating photos or videos, as well as spreading rumors or lies about the victim.
Cyberbullies sometimes set up a website to make fun of a victim or forward private e-mails from the victim without permission. Cyberbullies can also get others to join in the behavior; they can urge chat room members, for example, to gang up on someone else by making fun of them or refusing to let them participate in discussions.     

pressure

when i think about someone who has set out to reach there goals i think about Lebron James. he didn't let any one or the things people said effect him. he has his mind set out to get a championship and know he is one game away from achieving his goal. he gives me hope to keep pushing and reach my goal.
Curtis Holmes

"I hear that word pressure all the time. There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself."

LEBRON JAMES

Why I love music

 Lyrics from my favorite song Comin’ From Where I’m From by Anthony Hamilton. The reason why this is my favorite song is because this song gets me motivated and it has many good positive messages about life

Comin from where I'm from, I'm from

Times got hard

Comin from where I'm from, I'm from

Sometimes you gotta walk to work (yeah)

Comin from where I'm from, I'm from

Sometimes you gotta do a little dirt.

Basically in the chorus, he’s trying to say that it gets rough growing up in New York. That times will get tough but you have to try to fight through it. His mom didn’t have a car so he had to walk to work. And that if you want to get want you want, sometimes you have to do a little dirt.