Movie Quotes

Movie Quotes

  -Zombieland

-Greenstreet Hooligans

-Paper Towns

-BraveHeart

Old Photo Story

Colin Harper

Old Photo Story

Joseph "Joey" Earl Doyle had always been an interesting character. He was born June 23, 1922 in Lewiston, Idaho. He was always a very mischievous kid. He loved to run around the town with his friends, and climb trees. He often got into fights with the other boys, but the combatants would always become friends again right after their scuffles. He always feared that he would never grow any taller. His parents would tell him to eat vegetables or he wouldn't grow, but he still didn't eat them. Aside from that, he never really had any fears. He hadn't experienced enough to realize what he should and should not be afraid of. His main goal was to finally reach the cookie jar when his mother would set it on top of the refrigerator. Joey also always wanted to be a famous war hero. He and his friends would play war using sticks as guns and rocks as grenades. One day, when Joey and his companions were in the forest playing war, he was holed up behind a wall of dirt with his partners in crime. One of his other friends realized he couldn't metaphorically shoot him with his stick-gun, so he threw a "grenade" at them to make them leave their cover. He threw the rock further than he had intended, and he hit a beehive with it. The insects began buzzing, and a flurry of them attacked the boys. No one, not even Joey knew that he was allergic to bees. He began being stung as he was running away, and he got weaker and weaker. He began having tunnel vision, and soon passed out. He was in the back of his pack of friends, and none of them saw him go down. Authorities investigated later and found his body at the scene. Joey never got to be famous, and he never got the cookies from above the fridge.

Chinese Visit

Chinese Visit

The Chinese visitors who I gave my tour to were named Felix and Terry. They both seemed to be older than some of the other visitors. Terry told me that he had a three year old son, and that he enjoyed playing video games. Felix showed me pictures of his hometown, and they were very awesome. He said he thought of a kite when he thought about America because it was so free. I told them about my wrestling, and they seemed to think that it was very cool. On the tour we took them to an art room first, and they enjoyed looking around the room and talking to the students and the teacher about their art. Then we went into the student section, and they thought that was cool too. We went into the gym and explained to them about what kickball was, and they thought that gym class was really awesome. We brought them through the locker room and into the wrestling room, then we went to the weight room. They were very interested in the weight room, and thought that it was cool how the students got to work on their fitness while at school. After that we went through the theater while the drama students were working on some things. We watched them for awhile, and then we moved to the culinary room. The culinary students were making funnel cakes when we went in, and the visitors thought that the idea for a cooking class was very fun. They talked to the teacher for awhile, and then we brought them to the woodshop room. We showed them the mini house and they were very interested. Then we went to the science wing and went into a class where the students were working on plastic bodies, and they talked to the teacher about it for awhile. Then we were out of time so we came back to class. Through this experience I realized how many activities and classes there actually were at kickapoo. If I had more time, I would probably have asked them about their favorite sports, or other activities. I was glad to have them in, and I enjoyed giving the tour.

Pictures

Colin Harper

Picture

I chose this for the "looks like a face but isn't". My friends told me it doesn't look like a face, but I don't care. It looks like it has an angry eyebrow on the right side. It's probably because it doesn't even have an eyebrow on the left side. I would be mad about that too.

#AngryEyes

I chose this for the something found in nature. It's the tree in the outside relaxing area. I tried opening the door to look at the other things out there, but i was locked.

#Wherearelocksmithswhenyouneedone?

This is for the quintessentially American. This is Billy. Billy should be in class. Instead, Billy is playing an online shooter game. I found this to be very culturally correct.

#Don'tbelikeBilly

I chose this for the something beautiful. You probably could have guessed that though, right? This is Ethan. Ethan is very beautiful.

#BeautifulBeast

Coach Ressel is someone who has taught me something. He taught me how to become a better wrestler. He didn't like his picture being taken, but he complied by looking at the camera. I think that's consent.

#WillieRessel?YesHeWill

This is something round that I found. It was wedged in between a sign in the lunchroom. I wonder who put it there. And why were they so lazy that they couldn't put it into one of the conveniently placed trashcans?

#tsktsk

This is the picture I chose for something irritating. This is Jarrett. Jarrett is a sophomore. That's not why he is irritating though. He is irritating just because he is Jarrett. Look at that smug face.

#EradicateJarrett

This is the handwritten object I photographed. I believe it was for the blood drive, but it reminds me of the door in the hospital on the first episode of The Walking Dead. Either way, Do Not Enter signs are always kind of creepy.

#Iwon'tEnter

This is a picture of a floor tile. Floor tiles are square. This one was very easy to find, but the picture was surprisingly slightly tricky, because I had to make sure to get all of one square but no other squares.

#Don'tStepOnTheCracks

I took the angle part of interesting angle very literally. This picture is from underneath the stairs in the lunchroom. I can't believe I never noticed the odd angle of the structure until I took this picture.

#NeverSawIt

This is a room that will always remind me of my time at Kickapoo. After my last match, I drove back to school and came into this room. No one was at school, and the room was dark. I took a few minutes to sit on the mat and cry a little.

#KpooWrastlin'

I think that children always get excited when they see railings like this. There is just something about sliding down them that is so enticing.

#AlwaysFun

These lost jacket bins are so nostalgic for me. I spent nearly half of my time in elementary school digging through them hoping to find my jackets so my mom wouldn't kill me.

#McBridePride

This is Kory, and Kory makes me smile and laugh. Not because he is a comedian, or tells good jokes. He makes me laugh because he always says extremely dumb things, and it is hilarious to call him out on it.

#GoofyKory

Wife Swap Letter

Colin Harper

Wife Swap Letter

Jenny and Lara,

                           My class and I recently watched the same episode of Wife Swap that your class watched. The two families that swapped wives were very different. I believe that that shows how diverse the American culture can be. Depending on where someone lives in America, there can be more of the "redneck" type families, or more of the "pageant" type families. Where I am from, there is a good mixture of different types of families. I come from a family that is somewhere in between the two families shown on the show. My home is very clean, like the pageant family, but my family also enjoys having free time, like the redneck family. I think the average household in America is somewhere between the two as well.

                           When the wives finally met each other, they immediately began arguing. I can assure you that that is not how most people communicate in America. We do argue at times, but that is usually only after a peaceful agreement can't be made. After their arguing, they calmed down and talked out their problems in a constructive way. That is how most Americans are taught to solve their problems.

                           

                            What did you think about the show? How do you think the show would be different if it were filmed in China? I hope to hear from you soon.

                                                                                                                       Best Wishes,

                                                                                                                                  Colin