Importance of Scholarships

Scholarships are sums of money that a student is given in order to help pay for college. There are many different kinds of scholarships so anyone can find one to suit them.  Scholarships help can help save you and your family money because college is so expensive.  It will also help in the long run because of college loans that pile up and affect your future in a negative way.  The application process is pretty easy, so applying for as many scholarships as you can, for whatever the price, will help you with the expenses from college. Plus, colleges will most likely accept diligent students who received a good merit scholarship.

Admission Requirements Reflection

What do I have left to do?
1. Re-take the SAT and ACT
2. Write essays
3. Get letters of recommendation
4.Take another science class
When will these tasks get accomplished?
1. SAT/ACT- December 2015
2. Essays- July 2015
3. Letters of Rec- July 2015
4. Science class- August 2015
Academically am I where I need to be?
Yes, but I really need to get a better score on the SAT and ACT.
Are these colleges really the ones for me or do I need to modify my search?
I think these colleges are the ones for me. I think if I do any more searching, my brain will explode and I will have a mental breakdown since I am so indecisive. So yeah.

Is it Worth It?

Getting a college degree is necessary and worth the time for economic and social success because it means that you are able to sustain a stable and healthy life. I think it will be helpful to get a degree that will benefit you in life. It is important to have a degree because people will take you seriously and the people that you are around will influence you in a positive way because of where you stand in your social circle. Economically, you will be able to support yourself and a child (hopefully) because of your degree and steady job.

I think that we are given more opportunities by living in the US compared to Israel maybe. In Israel, students have to join the army when they turn 16 and serve at least 3 years. In the US, we get to choose whether we want to join the army or not. Although we both have the option of higher education, or college, we get to start earlier which means we have more time to decide what we are going to do with our lives.

During Spring Break~

During Spring break, my youth group participated in many activities throughout the week.  On Monday, we went to Studio Movie Grill in Lewisville and saw McFarland, USA.  I really liked it and thought it was very inspirational.  On Tuesday, we went to Swisher Courts and played Noccer Soccer. I was VERY sore afterwards (it doesn't help if your small).  On Wednesday, we went fishing at the lake at our church, even though I didn't catch anything, it was still sunny and the weather was better than it was on Monday and Tuesday.  On Thursday, we played kickball at the church.  My team won, so it was a good day.  On Friday, they went to Cosmic Jump but I stayed home and worked on my project for English :\.  But on Friday, we went to Medieval Times. That was a BLAST! The food was great and I caught the Rose! After that, we went to church. The rest of the week, I worked on the rest of my project.

Spring Break?

Tomorrow, my cousin and I are going to visit the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, but for the rest of the week, I will be working on my poetry project for English. I hope my week will not be boring, so I will be exploring and getting out of the house as much as I can or hang out with friends.

Dead Poets Society: 4 Questions

The most influential leaders I've had are my youth pastors, Joe, Haley, and my mom.  Since they have come together, they have been really fun and have/are making a huge impact on our youth group including myself.  They have done this by showing me that you can still have fun and live faithfully at the same time.  I think what Keating is saying means that poetry comes from something more than our minds, but it comes from our feelings and emotions.  I agree and I have been liking poetry more than when we studied it in 9th grade and I think it's important to read it so we can connect the authors feelings and emotions to their characters.  I agree that you must consider different perspectives as you read something because it gives you different points of views of a topic.  I really like the phrase, "seize the day" and I think that would be my verse I would contribute in my lifetime.  

Dead Poet's Society: 3 Quentions

I think Neil would have committed suicide if Mr. Keating wouldn't have come into his life.  I just think Mr. Keating slowed down the process.  I don't even think Neil would have thought about acting if Keating had ever come into his life. I think Todd was the bravest of the boys because he let others, Mr. Keating and Neil, help him come out of his shell. At the end of the movie, you see him progress. He was also the first person to stand up for Keating when he was leaving which takes a lot of bravery. I think Neil was a coward because he could have found another way out of his situation.  Suicide wasn't a necessary option. I think Keating would have put the book in Neil's room because Keating wasn't someone who went with the crowd so I don't think he would have cared what administration thought. He also was the one who encouraged the boys to look at poetry in a different way, so maybe he wanted to show Neil that there was another way to look at the situation.