wadeland: a paradise full of magical potatoes!: March 2010

wadeland: a paradise full of magical potatoes!

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

WHAT IS SO SPEACIAL ABOUT THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE?

On March 8, 1965, there was another turning point in African-American history. On that day marchers marched from Selma, Alabama to a bridge named the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They actualy wanted to go to Montgomery, Alabama, but they were stopped by troopers because most of the marchers were black.
A few days after the the march, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized another march to Montgomery. when they reached the bridge, there were greeted by troopers. The group of over 2,000 blacks and whites stopped, prayed, then turned right around.

Since those two failed attempts, many things have changed. We now have a black president and most racism stopped. I don't have much more to say on this topic because i can't really relate to some of the icidents. when i watched the videos on youtube, I said to myself that that had already happened and and no matter what I had to say, nothing will change the outcome. That happened at least forty-five years ago. I wasn't even alive. Sure we have all learned about the civil rights movement in school. But when I looked at the videos, I kept saying to myself that there was more black history to be learned. Most of you reading this will think that I am racist. I AM NOT RACIST! I just feel that we have learned most of black history. But when you think that you've learned it all, there's more.
To sum up everything, there was another movement in blac history, I am not racist, and there is allways more black history to be learned.

posted by Wade @ 7:04 PM 0 comments

OUR MISSION IS STUDENT SUCCESS? -- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

"Our mission is student success... Academic, Artistic, and Humanistic."

-School of the Arts mission statement

At my school, the quote above is our mission staement. I never knew that my school had a mission statement! Next thing you know that line is at the top of every official SOTA paper, and our school website. I will now break this down and tell you what I think of this.

"Our mission is student success..."

Student success is what every school wants. Every school wants their students to graduate and blah, blah, blah. SOTA does have the highest graduation rate in the Rochester City School District. Or at least that is what us students are told. This may be a lie, but almost all of seniors graduate their year.

"... Academic..."

Again, academic seccess is what every school wants. I don't really follow the SOTA academic rates, but I think that they are close to the top. I know a lot of smart people in my school. There are about fifteen in my grade, and I get along with a few of them. But still, SOTA is a good school to go to for learing and learning in the arts. I am not just sayingthat because I want a good grade or to impress the faculty in my school. I am saying it because in my opinion it the truth.

"... Artistic..."

School of the Arts is named "School of the Arts" because that is what it is. In order to get into SOTA you have to audition for a major. These include visul arts, dance, vocal, instrumental, piano, theatre tech, drama, and creative writing. I was originally in drama, but changed to creative writing because I found that I liked writing more. Any way, SOTA is again a good school of the arts. Hence why it's called School of the Arts.

"...Humanistic."

If I'm correct, when they say "humanistic," they mean that they want a school where not many fights take place, and getting students ready for what life has in store. First of all, SOTA is doing good in both. But I am still confused on what they are trying to say.

I have said what I thought of my school's mission statement. Now to meet all of the requirements to get a good grade, I have to say what I would like to change about my school.

To be honest, I don't know what to change. Most people would say that they would want to change the lunch menu (don't we all), change the hours of the day, bring back the snack line, or have the vending machines open all day. But for me, I would say that I would change the way... ugh. I don't know what to change. I say that i really don't care if anything is changed or not. It's life. There are many changes in life and you just have to deal with them.

posted by Wade @ 6:39 PM 0 comments

AVATAR V. AVATAR

I hate it when I'm talking to one of my friends about Avatar: The Last Airbender, the show, but then they think I'm talking about Avatar the James Cameron film.
First of all, the only thing that is the same about the two is the color blue. That's it. The characters in the movie are blue, and Aang, in the show has a blue arrow on his head, arms, and legs. I really do hate it when the person that I'm talking to thinks that I'm talking about the other Avatar.
The perosn that I'm talking to gets confused when I say, "Do you watch Avatar?" They usualy reply as, "Yeah, and it was a good movie." Then I reply back, "Wait a second, Avatar is not a movie yet. It's being released in summer 2010." Then they get confused, and I get confused. Then I immediatley realize that they're talking about the movie. I then change the wording of my converstaion starter. I say, "Have you seen the show Avatar?" Now they know what I'm talking about and we're on the same page.
I did see the movie though. It was really good. James Cameron did a really good job with this movie, but on the other hand the show was better. Grey Delisle, Jack DeSens, Zachary Tyler, Mae Whitman, Jessie Flower, Mako/Greg Baldwin, Dee Bradley Baker, and Dante Basco all did amazing jobs in the show. They play Azula, Sokka, Aang, Katara, Toph, Iroh, Appa/Momo, and Zuko respectivly. Don't get me wrong, for three years the show did move up in popularity.
When I first heard of the movie Avatar, I thought that the show was being released early. But I knew that was not right. I then found out that it was its own movie. I saw in IMAX 3D, and thought that it was really good. I liked all of the computer generated images. But its cast, was good too. I'm not going to display the names because most of the people that will read this in the future will just look it up anyway, just to prove me wrong.
I liked both the show and the movie. In my opinion the show was better. Now I just have to wait for the movie version of the show, The Last Airbender, to be released. It is being directed by M. Night Shamylan. Knowing what he has done before, I hope that this movie will be good. I have my fingers crossed.

VERSUS

posted by Wade @ 5:55 PM 1 comments

Friday, March 5, 2010

JUST WHEN I THINK I'M DONE

I hate it when I pick up my clothes off of the floor, I turn around and there are socks and pants on the floor. I thought that I was done picking up my clothes before I turn around. But when I turned around, the clothes are laying on the floor, and in my mind there are huge red arrows pointing at them until I do pick them up.
Also, this has happened to everyone at one point in time. You are taking a test. You skip a question, finish the test, look it over, then hand it in. That question is still unanswered. You get the test back and see that you got a grade that you didn't want. You look through the test, and notice that the question that you skipped is crossed out as incorrect. Just when you thought that you were done the day you took the test, the was still more.
One time, I thought that I was done with a project. I got the project back a few days later and noticed that I forgot one crucial part of the project. THE REFLECTION! How could I have forgotten the reflection? I was "done" with the project a few days before the due date, and still I forgot the reflection.
It really pisses me off when i think that I'm done with something, and I am definitely not.

posted by Wade @ 1:10 PM 0 comments

FIVE GUILTY PLEASURES

A guilty pleasure can be anything. Some people are crazy when it comes to the topic. Some of mine are:

1. Going into Subway, but eating Quiznos. It's funny because Subway is a place to get subs to loose weight, but Quiznos is a place to get a sub with a lot of meat. I like doing this because after I'm done eating my Quiznos sub, I buy a sub from Subway. I don't eat the Subway sub at Quiznos because I got kicked out of Quiznos when I did that one time.

2. Watching Playhouse Disney. Shows on Playhouse Disney are very childish, but hello, we all watched Power Rangers when we were growing up. I said growing up. Whoops, I meant to say that most of us still watched the show when we were at least 13 years-old. Still, Watching little kids shows makes up reconnect with our child inside of ourselves.

3. Listening to Grey DeLisle's voice. Oh, Grey DeLisle. Most of you don't know who she is unless you watched Avatar: The Last Airbender or Danny Phanton. In Avatar, she played Azula, the power-crazy sister to Prince Zuko. In Danny Phantom, she played Sam, the gothic best friend to Danny. But recently, she played Daphne Blake in What's New Scooby Doo? DeLisle's voice has appeared in many animated television shows and video games. But I can never forget her voice. It is really unique, and AMAZING!

4. PIE!!! I love it. Everyone knows this but still I consider it a guilty pleasure.

5. THE CABBAGE GUY!!!! Who doesn't love cabbages? Everyone. But in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the man that randomly screams "MY CABBAGES" whenever his cabbage cart is destroyed, is funny. He is voiced by James Sie. It's very funny to me because he is obsessed with cabbages. that is really the only reason. The Cabbage Man is ridiculous. I love him.

posted by Wade @ 12:56 PM 0 comments

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