Wait for it.
Wait for it...
Boom
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Boxman Debrief
1. One new thing I learned during the discussion:
I totally missed the grandma/grandparent comparison, and really enjoyed Enlly's point on how people visit grandparents less, and they are in solitude more often.
2. Something I wished we had talked about:
I enjoyed the boxcar children comparison, and I wish we had spent more time on that topic.
3. Something I wish I had said:
I wanted to talk about the comparison of the Box Man to Thoreau a little bit more, possibly even looking on his trancendentalist ideals.
I totally missed the grandma/grandparent comparison, and really enjoyed Enlly's point on how people visit grandparents less, and they are in solitude more often.
2. Something I wished we had talked about:
I enjoyed the boxcar children comparison, and I wish we had spent more time on that topic.
3. Something I wish I had said:
I wanted to talk about the comparison of the Box Man to Thoreau a little bit more, possibly even looking on his trancendentalist ideals.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
"Blurb" About My Senior Project
My senior project come down to the simple fact that I like to ride a bike. I don't like going for long bike rides alone. I noticed that road cycling as a high school sport doesn't really exist, and I am hoping to change that eventually. As for now, I want to focus on creating a parallel cycling club at Vintage High School, which will promote cycling as a lifetime sport that should be a possible option for all high school students.
Unfortunately, I don't have the resources to supply road bikes to this cause, but the Napa County Office of Education has been an enormous help in this regard at the club at Napa High. I am hoping I can persuade the NCOE to extend their generosity to Vintage High School, because Vintage is the other large high school in Napa. This will give the opportunity to ride to the most high school kids in Napa (as opposed to supporting a smaller high school).
This is essentially an extension of my goal to make cycling an attainable sport for high school students.
Unfortunately, I don't have the resources to supply road bikes to this cause, but the Napa County Office of Education has been an enormous help in this regard at the club at Napa High. I am hoping I can persuade the NCOE to extend their generosity to Vintage High School, because Vintage is the other large high school in Napa. This will give the opportunity to ride to the most high school kids in Napa (as opposed to supporting a smaller high school).
This is essentially an extension of my goal to make cycling an attainable sport for high school students.
Monday, August 13, 2012
The First Blog
First Blog:
All right. Here we go, first blog. Hi. My name is Eric. Usually when introducing myself I talk about how I am pretty academically focused and that I love sports. I can assume that signing up for this class somewhat proves the first point of my last sentence, so I will focus on the latter in hopes that it will shed some light on who I am.
I have always enjoyed sports, and when I was about nine years old, I decided I would swim. So I swam for seven years on the Napa Valley Swim team, and competed with the Napa High School swim team for the last three years. I was decently dedicated to this team, and during my time there after the winter of my eighth grade year, when I moved into the prestigious and demanding "Senior I Group," I rarely missed a practice.(I do not understand the concept of "embedding a link," I could not access your blog for an example) http://www.napavalleyswim.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=7285&team=psnvst, my practices during summer were under Senior I. I was good enough to be in the strongest group of Varsity swimmers as a freshman. Unfortunately I developed rotator cuff issues in both of my shoulders due to over-training during the winter of my sophomore year. I was very dedicated to this sport, and was incredibly frustrated in the two years of physical therapy required to get my shoulder back to normal. By this time, I had decided to leave the team, painfully, for another sport: Road Cycling.
During the free time I had while not swimming, I started riding my bike, and now this is a large part of my life, that has replaced swimming. I longed for a team, and, when the opportunity presented itself, Dave Seyms of the Napa County Office of Education helped me start a supported cycling club here at Napa High School. The NCOE cycling site is here: http://napasaferoutes.org/napahigh/
As for my senior year, I have signed up for a few AP classes and my favorite elective, Drama. I enjoy acting on a stage very much, and am usually very comfortable in front of groups of people. I excel in smaller groups, such as the class I am typing this for, and do well (at least I believe I do) onstage. I am currently a member of the International Thespian Society (http://schooltheatre.org/society), and have the highest rank as an Honor Thespian. Although I have a passion for performing, I am wary of pursuing theater as a career because it is not a steady line of work, and I come from a family that has deep roots in the Justice System; my father is a Judge and I have various lawyers and Judges as Aunts/Uncles. Working as a civil servant is very steady in comparison, and I don't believe the stage has a future for me, but I will enjoy my high school career.
All right. Here we go, first blog. Hi. My name is Eric. Usually when introducing myself I talk about how I am pretty academically focused and that I love sports. I can assume that signing up for this class somewhat proves the first point of my last sentence, so I will focus on the latter in hopes that it will shed some light on who I am.
I have always enjoyed sports, and when I was about nine years old, I decided I would swim. So I swam for seven years on the Napa Valley Swim team, and competed with the Napa High School swim team for the last three years. I was decently dedicated to this team, and during my time there after the winter of my eighth grade year, when I moved into the prestigious and demanding "Senior I Group," I rarely missed a practice.(I do not understand the concept of "embedding a link," I could not access your blog for an example) http://www.napavalleyswim.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=7285&team=psnvst, my practices during summer were under Senior I. I was good enough to be in the strongest group of Varsity swimmers as a freshman. Unfortunately I developed rotator cuff issues in both of my shoulders due to over-training during the winter of my sophomore year. I was very dedicated to this sport, and was incredibly frustrated in the two years of physical therapy required to get my shoulder back to normal. By this time, I had decided to leave the team, painfully, for another sport: Road Cycling.
During the free time I had while not swimming, I started riding my bike, and now this is a large part of my life, that has replaced swimming. I longed for a team, and, when the opportunity presented itself, Dave Seyms of the Napa County Office of Education helped me start a supported cycling club here at Napa High School. The NCOE cycling site is here: http://napasaferoutes.org/napahigh/
As for my senior year, I have signed up for a few AP classes and my favorite elective, Drama. I enjoy acting on a stage very much, and am usually very comfortable in front of groups of people. I excel in smaller groups, such as the class I am typing this for, and do well (at least I believe I do) onstage. I am currently a member of the International Thespian Society (http://schooltheatre.org/society), and have the highest rank as an Honor Thespian. Although I have a passion for performing, I am wary of pursuing theater as a career because it is not a steady line of work, and I come from a family that has deep roots in the Justice System; my father is a Judge and I have various lawyers and Judges as Aunts/Uncles. Working as a civil servant is very steady in comparison, and I don't believe the stage has a future for me, but I will enjoy my high school career.
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