3 Items

My first item is my laptop. It is a white apple Mac book that has an extra hard drive for all of my photos, home videos, and music. EVERYTHING is on my laptop. I make music videos with my friends on it, listen to amazing songs, You Tube various styles of dance, and do all of my homework on it. My laptop is me in technology form. If anyone dissected everything on my Mac book, they would just see more of me.
My second item is my tennis shoe collection. I have over 30 pairs of sneakers! I have a passion for collecting sneakers. Majority of the shoes in my collection are converse. I like to think of them as mood shoes. I like to portray my emotions by what I am wearing on my feet. If I’m in a wacky, fun, and energetic mood then I will whip out my lime green neon converse. If I’m feeling more mellow and calm ill wear my faded black low tops. The great thing about this collection is it deals with two of my hobbies, fashion and dance. Every outfit I wear is based around the shoes. I love to mix and match my clothes so that my shoes really stand out. Another reason why my shoes are important is because I always wear cool street shoes for dance. Everyone at the studio has the same passion for shoes as I do. It’s so fun to see what everyone’s wearing on their feet. Overall my shoes just describe my hobbies and me.
My third item is my bible. My bible is hot pink and very very thick. It is full of highlighted verses and bent pages. My bible has a musty smell and a comforting feel. Everything that I need to no is written down in that very book. The verses and facts are the only things I need to no. I believe that my god put those words down through someone else to save me and everyone else. That is why it is so important to me. It is my basic guide oh how to feel, learn, believe, share, and most importantly love. I try to read my bible every night, but unfortunately I don’t. I should, but I don’t. Whenever I have a bad day or I’m frightened, sad, angry, happy, any emotion at all, I recite a verse in my head that I read from my bible. Overall it is so important to me.

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In the You Tube video "I Remember", a commercial, what matters is the things of today are becoming the past because it is saying there is always going to be more in the future. In this video many different children appear saying an "I remember" quote. The quotes explain what these children remember about there childhood years with technology. The overall message of this video was to say that the future to many adults is the past for many children. This matters because it is promoting our achievement with becoming more and more advanced with technology by the second. This matters to me because it’s reminding me how much things have changed. I remember when I listened to CD's, but when my parents were kids CDs was the future. But now in 2009 children will say I remember when I listened to Ipods. What will the next generation say? What will be the new music device? This also matters to me because it made me realize the change. I was so used to the technology, I didn’t even realize the transitions of the new and better technology. This matters to the world because it just shows how much our world is progressing. Overall what matters the most in the Youtube video "I remember" is the things of today are becoming the past because it is saying we are always progressing.

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In the Denver Posts “Littleton Family Praises Hero Grandpa” by Tom McGee, what matters is putting others before yourself. While visiting his grandson and newborn 3-week old granddaughter Sara Miller, James Lewin was hit by a truck while saving his granddaughters life. James was pushing Sara’s stroller across a crosswalk when a truck came zooming down the rode right at the two. James pushed Sara’s stroller out of the way with all of his might. Sara was pushed out of the way just in time, but her grandfather James was struck by the truck and is now in intensive care. This story matters because it shows an amazing story of a person risking what they have to save another life. I can connect to this story because my motto in life is “I’m third”. This means that God is first, others are second, and I’m third. This is important because I feel that helping another person is the most important thing. Whether it’s giving up your seat at lunch to giving up your life for someone else, they both are great things. This matters to the world because more people are helping others. Our world is full of good people, and when they make these noble actions it encourages others to help others too. Overall what matters the most in the Denver Posts “Littleton Family Praises Hero Grandpa” by Tom McGee, is putting others before you.

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In the Nata Village blog “Nata River” what matters the most are all the beneficial ways the Nata River is used. The Nata River is located in the village and has many great uses. The river is a great source of water for many wild animals. Also the river is used as pure entertainment for many children. They enjoy swimming and playing in the calm waters during the hot days in the summer. Also many flamingos migrate to the beautiful water and enjoy its salty water. The reason why this matters the most is because such a small thing can benefit people so much. I can connect to this because I think it is important to make the most out of everything. We should cherish everything that we have. This matters to the world because we waste so much. While us Americans are taking 10 min long showers, children in Africa are struggling to find clean water in order to survive. One day that water will run out and the world will regret those 10 min showers, millions of swimming pools, the sprinklers on all day to make our lawns the green when its raining outside, and all those glasses of water poured and just poured away at restaurants. If the world just used the simple resources then our water would not run out as quickly. Overall what matters the most in the Nata Village blog “Nata River” are all the beneficial ways the Nata River is used.

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In the Nata village blog “School house Rock” what matters is there not high tech bell that wakes the village up in the morning. Every morning the school watchman rings the bell five times every morning at five o’clock. This ring wakes up the school staff. The bell is also a warning for the students that they have an hour and a half until school starts. I think that this is a very cool technique. It would be impossible to have my entire community wake up at the same time. What I also find interesting is that the Nata village uses an old school bell, but it will wake up the surrounding tenets within a 10 mile radius. If my community was to have an instrument to wake up everyone, we would have some high tech machine that makes a large beeping sound or some other annoying buzzing sound. After reading this article, I am now more aware of how much money my community wastes. A simple non expensive bell can do the exact same job as a machine that costs thousands of dollars. My community could save so much more money if we didn’t spend so much on high tech machines. I think it is so cool that the Nata village uses everything that they have to the fullest. If every community was like this little African village, then the world would be much better off. All in all what matters the most in this blog is the basic school bell that wakes up the community.

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In the Nata village blog “Youth Empowerment Workshop” what matters is getting the youth in the community involved and aware of topics such as Business Awareness and Opportunities, Youth Grants, Why is HIV/AIDS Prevailing in Botswana, Love, Relationship, Dating, Marriage and Family, Youth and Politics, and Crime committed by young adults. “Our set time to change the world”. This was the theme for the two-day workshop in Natavillage. The youth expressed their thoughts towards many different topics and discussed what they can do to make a difference. I can definitely connect to this blog. A goal that my English class and I have is to change the world, just like these kids all the way on the other side of the world. It’s obvious that the youth is the only way to bring change to the world. Natavillage and maybe other communities across the globe are discussing issues that the youth can fix. Many organizations are listening to what the youth have to say about many problems and letting us kids help change the world. Changing the world seems like such an impossible task but its really not. One person cannot do it alone. All the young minds need to come together in order to change the world for the better. All in all what matters the most in the Nata village blog “Youth Empowerment Workshop” is getting the youth in the community to come together and discuss issues so that they can change the world.

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In the Nata village blog “Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Health Talk” what matters is educating people on how to prevent fatal diseases. The PMTCT, a support group in Nata village, gives a health talk to all the patients visiting the clinic every month. Once a week they give a presentation about various health problems concerning the community. On October 17, 2008, several staff members educated patients on ways to prevent transmitting diseases. It is important to educate people on this topic so that they won’t spread diseases and the community will not become fully affected. I can connect to this topic because I think it is extremely important to be educated on how to prevent spreading or receiving fatal diseases. I know that I don’t want to be affected by diseases and I think it is great that people are taking the time to educate people on how to prevent them. This matters to the world because in order to cure and put a stop to fatal diseases, people need to know how they can prevent these viruses themselves. The solutions are so simple. People are just extremely lazy and ignore the solutions to prevent the diseases. This is why a huge amount of our population is affected. Nata village is helping their community be a stronger environment be educating people on how to stop these diseases. That is what matters the most in this blog.