summer'10

Here we come summer 2010. I could not be more excited for school to be over and to be able to hop in my vehicle and drive out to Katepwa. I am just excited to be able to walk out of the house in shorts and a top. My summer plans are to just mainly spend every moment at the lake. Katepwa is my home to me, no matter what is going on in my life it is just always the place where I can go to escape it all. I want to be able to lay on the beach and head out in the boat for the whole day on the lake. It will also be nice to finally be able to go for my early morning run around the lake and morning swim instead of having to result to the gym ever day after school. Another favorite part about being at the lake is just sitting around the fire late at night and tell stories and jokes. Besides the lake this summer also holds Craven Country Jamboree. Craven is definitely going to be a blast of fun that will never be forgotten I'm sure. So, come sooner summer 2010 :)

Blogging Now and In the Future

"Using blogs to learn about life," was a very interesting article in the Leader-Post that I read. It was an article about Andrew Gordon, a research scientist, who is on a mission. Andrew Gordon will do research using blog entries for the purpose of teaching creating computers that can interact with human beings. I can see how in this case blogging is great because it is helping us expand our technology into the future. Personally though for myself, I am not a fan of blogging. I only blog because I have to during class to get the marks I want. The one thing I am a little confused about in this article is how Andrew expects to find every blog in the world, good luck! I am not sure what his research will find but whatever it is I hope it will help him out in anyway. He has definitely signed up for a big mission!

Bullied Teen Still Missing

"Bullied Teen Still Missing," explains the life of fourteen year old David Fourtin who was constantly bullied each and every day which led his disappearance. He was diagnosed with ADHD and had to take Ritalin pills, because of this it gave other students the impression that they could make fun of him and bully him everyday. When he was young his teachers would even let him leave a couple of minutes early so that he could get away from the other kids before they could beat him up, and he hoped that would have changed once he hit high school but it didn't. His parents didn't realize what exactly he was going through until he went missing one day and his uncle had found him. David was forced to head back to school everyday where he had to live through the pain, and soon enough he said he just had enough. Every since that day David Fourtn has not been seen.

This article is beyond words. Why should one person have to deal with being bullied everyday that he ends up leaving? Who cares if David Fortin had a disability, that did not make it okay for the kids at his school to bully him every single day. I cannot imagine the pain that David went through everyday knowing that when you arrive at school it will be another day full of torture. I don't know how I would manage each day if I were David. If I were in that situation I would hope that I would mention something to my parents earlier on before it reached the point that it did with David. For David's parents, I feel so sorry for you and I can't imagine the heartbreak and pain you go through. To know that their child is out there or could even be dead has to be one of the worst things, and especially knowing that you sent him to school each day to where he had to deal with the torture. It would be unbelievably hard to hear that people may have seen your son and then to fly to another city and find out that it was not him, I couldn't even imagine the pain.

Dream Job

As of now I do not know what I want to pursue after high school for a career or job but I do have a dream job of course. My dream job would to be a professional athlete. I would either love to be a professional volleyball or softball athlete. If I would be able to have one of those as my job I would be very happy with my life. A bonus to being a professional athlete also comes usually a quite high paying pay cheque. I don't think that I would ever get tired of this job because sports is a huge part in my life that I look forward to and could not live without. I think that it would be incredible to have people cheer loud in a crowd or watch me on their televisions while I play. If I were to be able to pursue this it would also allow me to travel the world which has always been another dream of me.

Olympics 2010

Let alone the Olympics being amazing, Canada was outstanding at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. Our athletes performed beyond of what we expected of them but also the support that came from our nation couldn't have been any better. Canada came together and showed their true pride for this country. I got involved in the games over the past 17 days as I watched every single sport from the moment I was home till the moment I went to bed. Each day I got excited every time I heard that our Canadian athletes won a medal and I wore my Canadian jersey proud. There were many moments that I will never forget through the Olympics. I will always remember when Alex Bilideau won Canada's first gold medal on home soil, when both of our canadian womens bobsled teams won silver and gold, but one of the most heart felt moments I will remember is Joannie Rochette winning bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The strength inside her to compete after the death of her mother was beyond words. When the Canadian womens and mens hockey teams won gold was one of things to be able to watch. To see both of these teams succeed was unbelievable. I will always remember sitting in the lounge at SIAST in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in over time to capture a 3-2 victory over the United States for a gold medal. I could go on for days talking about how memorable these olympics were. Our nation came together as one. And I couldn't be more proud to say I am Canadian.