How are you doing with meeting deadlines?

With our I Believe essays, comes deadlines and benchmarks. On our first benchmark I did good. I turned in the first draft of my essay not complete but on time. For our second benchmark I did not do so good. I missed the benchmark which means I must turn it in tomorrow so I will have time to type and complete the final draft of my essay.

What makes your first draft good?

I have to admit, my first draft was not all that good. It stills needs a lot of work. But the best thing about my first draft is that I had a particular story to tell. Its easy to believe in something but not experience that thing that you believe in. I was in that particular dilemma. There are many positive things I believe in but have not had the chance to experience them and when writing an "I Believe" essay, you need a story to tell so I had difficulty finding something. Good thing I did.

Describe a time when you were optimistic about the future

The time when I was most optimistic about the future is the night I found out that Obama was elected president. I was at youth group and my friend got a text from his friend saying "Obama won!!!". I was so ecstatic. I did not jump around and scream and cry physically, but I did mentally. The reason why I am so optimistic about the future is because I know things are going to get a lot better in our society. I did not think that I would see an African American president and I know that unlike Bush, he cares about African Americans since he is one himself.

What have you learned (on your own) is important in life?

What I have taught myself is to keep a positive attitude even when my surroundings are negative. Although it is hard sometimes, I still try. I think that maybe if I have a positive attitude then then the people around me who have negative attitudes will want to be happy and smile.

What is the best advice you have ever recieved?

The best advice I have ever received is to not give up. That is a valuable piece of advice for not only me but most people. This is the best because whenever I do feel like giving up I just think of that and it helps me to keep going. I use it in my school work, relationships, and when I had my first cross country meet. I did not give up.

Describe the best(MOST MEMORABLE/FUNNIEST ADVERT YOU HAVE SEEN

There is one television advertisement that I think is just hilarious, the E Trade commercials. E Trade uses a baby with an older mans voice. In one of the commercials, the baby is talking and his blackberry rings and supposedly its one of his "chicks" calling him and he says something like, "Hey baby let me hit u back". He's a baby, with a blackberry and a grown man's voice calling a girl a baby when he's one himself.

If someone were to write a biography about what 5 things must they include?

If someone were to write a biography about what 5 things must they include?

If someone were to write a biography about me they must include that I:
1. Loved going to the beach
2. Had a very kind heart
3. Loved animals
4. Loved to shop
5. Would do anything for the people she loved