Christmas

My favorite holiday would have to be Christmas for many reasons. For those of you that don’t know, Christmas is on December 25^th. It is the day Jesus was born just to remind everyone. Now I said there were numerous reasons for why Christmas is my favorite holiday. Well yes I could say the obvious that we love Christmas because we get gifts, but to me it is more than just that. Every Christmas morning starts off with a wonderful breakfast down the street and my Grandparent’s house.  This breakfast consists of great foods such toast with jelly, eggs, pancakes, very crispy bacon, and corned beef hash. At this breakfast, just about our whole family is there and other people from around the neighborhood. After breakfast, I walk back down to my house with my family. Once I get home, I usually try out some of my new gifts and see how I like them. I will also turn on the television and watch NBA basketball at this time, but this year that might not happen to do the fact there is a lockout in the NBA that is currently stopping the play of games. Around four in the evening, my mother’s side of the family will come over for a nice prime rib dinner. Also at this dinner, my mother will make some corn, broccoli and bean casserole. These are always a good fit for the Christmas dinner. After that, my Grandma will make a nice dessert that consists of ice cream and hot pudding.  This truly is one of the best dinners that I have during the year so I always look forward to it. Another Christmas tradition that I have is that on Christmas night we usually watch a football game. Sometimes there are both college and NFL games on Christmas so it is a great way to cap off the holiday.

Becoming a Coach

After high school, I plan on attending a University to study something and play college football. Now, I don’t know what I want to study yet, but it will definitely be something that I love doing. I have many colleges in mind for where I want to go, and it doesn’t really matter to me where they are located. If I end up 30 minutes from my house that would be great, and I if end up 10 hours from my house that would also be great. My goal in life is to become a Division 1A Head football coach. In order to do this I will have to play college football. Now to make it easier for me, I want to go play for a football coach with lots of connections. So this way I can have many options for where to start my coaching career. My plan is to become a Graduate Assistant when I am done playing college football. This means I am an unpaid coach, but I do a lot little jobs to start off. For example this position deals with doing lots of paper work, and running camps and jobs like that. While doing this it is crucial that I show a solid work ethic because if coaches see that I work hard, they will fight harder to get me a job. Also while being a graduate assistant, my graduation classes are paid for. So hopefully I could get a coaching job relatively quick and then start making some money. Then when I get a position coaching job, I just have to keep building my way up to bigger coaching spots. After being a position coach, I want to become a coordinator, then a head coach and then I just keep going through that process until I am content with the level I am at.

Best Class Ever!

My favorite class is without question is Online Publishing. Last year I took this class and basically wrote the same exact blog, but it’s okay because it is a great class to write about. Last year I took this class for the first year it was ever offered and I had a blast. It would be impossible for you not to have fun in this class to be honest. Last year I was fortunate enough to write about the varsity football team. This year I do not write about the varsity because I am a member of team and I think it would be weird. So this year I write about the J.V. football team and I am having a wonderful time with it. Also, because I am a two year veteran in this class, I am not a senior editor. Yeah, it’s kind of a big deal. Being a senior editor is a lot of responsibility, sometimes too much for people to handle. It can cause a great deal of destruction to human being if they struggle managing their time. Just ask Nathan Michael Bailey; last year he was stripped of his edition duties because he just could not handle it. In other words, he was put on editor probation.  Believe me, that is something that you never want to experience. This class is also a great time because you never have homework. That is a benefit because that isn’t causing any stress outside of the classroom. I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who is looking to have fun in school. Some people say the teacher is a little bit of a different bird. Personally, I think that he is alright. Actually everybody has a great deal of respect for Mr. Currin because he is kind of a big deal. He will be the first to tell you that. This is my favorite class of all time.

The Men who Impacted my Life

Since there have been so many teachers in my life that have impacted me positively, I have decided that I am choosing a department that has impacted me in a positive way. The Alden High school physical education/ health department has impacted my life greatly. I will start off with Mr. Helmicki. He has taught me many things about life such as looking up to people, how to throw a Frisbee, and he has many great quotes. If you walk down by the gymnasium; chances are that you will hear Mr. Helmicki tell somebody “Watch your mouth.” This quote has impacted me in some way, but I haven’t figured it out yet. This is tough to figure out because he will tell you this when you just say hello to him sometimes. That makes it difficult to figure out what you did wrong, but that’s okay. One of my favorite memories with this man is when I had him for a maintenance class last year, and he made me call his mother in front of the whole class. Yeah, that wasn’t awkward at all. I have been honored enough to play football for Mr. Helmicki for two years. We had a 17 and 1 record together, no big deal. I consider him to be an offensive master mind. Rumor has it; Nebraska calls him every day to come coach there, but now just isn’t a convenient time for him.  Mr. Helmicki is a great man, and definitely one of the most influential people in this school. Now moving on to Mr. Carll, he is also a great man. He has taught me how to win in life. For example, Mr. Carll always tells me how he went out on top, just like Elway did. Mr. Carll retired as the wrestling coach after leading them to a division title his final year. I have this goal in life as well. Mr. Casillo has impacted my life because he taught me how to throw a softball with that cannon arm he has. I thank all of these men for impacting my life.

It Needs to Stop

After reading this story, or watching the videos of this topic, my opinion is on bullying is very strong, even though it was before I watched these videos. Bullying is an absolute terrible thing that should be eliminated, although it will be very tough to eliminate it. People need to realize that everything you may say about someone can hurt a person. Everybody in this world is different and everybody has different feelings. You never should be picking on people or saying nasty words about people to or behind their back. If you think about it, it is horrible that people go as far as taking their own life of because of bullying. This occurs everywhere and it is very unfortunate. Lady Gaga was stated saying how bullying should become a crime because it is a hate crime. I couldn’t agree with her anymore.  The only way bullying could come to an end would be by making it an illegal act. Honestly no one should care about the personal traits of people. Think about how hard it is on the families who have lost people due a suicide. Also, think about the families that have to worry about their relatives because they get bullied every day and this could become an issue.  This is a terrible issue that needs to be resolved. It is very disturbing watching and hearing what some people do and say about others. It is sick to think about that fact that people kill themselves over words. I really hope there are strides very soon to prevent bullying and hopefully one day brings it to a complete end. Also bullying can affect anyone because it could start tragedies like Columbine. That is an example where two boys were bullied and they took it out on everyone because of how much it hurt them. Bullying isn’t a huge word, but it has a huge meaning and it needs to come to an end because it is causing too many unnecessary tragedies.

Lunch list c1

Quite honestly, I can’t tell you what the best school lunch is because there are many good ones. I really do not know the answer to this question. I mean, I will just about eat anything you put in front of me so I am unable to say the best school lunch of for that matter I am unable to determine the best lunch. That sounds better. I will give a list of my top eight school lunches of all time.  Coming in at number eight would be cheeseburger day. It’s a good lunch and a safe bet, but it is not good enough to make it higher on my list. Number seven is the salad bar simply because you get to pick what goes on the salad. It is set up pretty good. Brunch lunch falls into the six spot. Very good lunch, breakfast is my favorite meal at times. I may be a little generous putting this here. Number five is the pulled pork. It is a phenomenal lunch that I love, just not good enough to be the elite. This will upset some people, but I have to do it. Spaghetti day falls to the four spot. This would be number one for many and sometimes it is for me to, but not today. I love the fact that we get the big cookie with spaghetti, but it is not enough to make it the best. Third place goes to taco day. I love taco in a bag, but the reason this falls to three is because every taco day is such a long wait in line. Number two goes to hot dog day. I love the hot dogs because they are boiled, that makes them so good. I also love the sides that come with them. Number one is Potato Day. You get the chance to load up a potato with whatever you want. That simply makes it the best. One recommendation for school lunches is that I believe we should have a garbage plate day.