This blog was created to allow students of American Literature at Aquin Catholic High School in Freeport, Illinois, to write about American Culture as they see fit - whether that discussion is about books, games, movies, radio, websites, periodicals, or television shows.
THE RULES
1. Each student must post at least once every quarter.
2. Each student must comment on every mandatory post.
3. When posting or commenting, remember to be civil, smart, and syntactically correct.
4. Mr. Wykes is the sole arbiter of semantic interpretation with regards to rule 3.
5. Posts or comments which are in flagrant violation of rule 3 will result in their author losing blog privileges and/or class points.
Create links on their pages, some of which must use words instead of raw URLs.
Create at least one picture or iframe on their page.
Create a link or an iframe to a Google Docs file.
Remove any of the preset gadgets that their site doesn't need.
Show evidence of a design concept; a pattern that they use to order their site.
Use links IN THE BODY OF THEIR TEXT in their blog post.
Use at least one picture in their blog post.
Provide a link to at least one downloadable file (can be from Google Docs)
Use traditional grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout
Comment on the website of each other student in class.
You will be writing a short paper explaining the purpose of every element of your page. Your purposes don't have to be "important", they just have to BE. This paper has no specified length; it is done when you have finished explicating your site. You may post this paper to your blog instead of turning it in in paper if you wish.
Sports are a very big part of America and the world. According to the Washington Post, 55.2 percent of High School students are involved in sports.At small schools this number is even greater.Professional athletes are some of the highest paid and most respected (or least in some cases) in the world.People have parties and celebrate just to watch a sporting event on TV.The impact of sports on this nation is phenomenal.
Participating in sports is something that everyone wants to take part in.This can be very helpful in developing social skills like creating friends with teammates and even creates a sense of competition.Your entire life you will have to deal with other people.Some may like you and some may not.This is easily exemplified by your team or your competition in sports.
Discipline is a very important skill that can be developed while playing sports.In sports you need to arrive to practice on time, be prepared for anything, and be relied upon by your teammates and coach.You have to work hard with your grades in order to stay eligible.This is easily relatable to your job life.If you’re always late, disrespect your coworkers, and never get any work done then you should be swiftly fired.
An interest in sports may also lead to bad things.A first is a lack of interest in academics.You may just keep your grades high enough to play but always think sports first and school after.A typical stereotype for someone that plays a sport is that they are an arrogant jerk, also known as the jock.This shows that bad social skills may be developed if you regard yourself as physically better than others.This will get you nowhere in life because no matter who you are, there is someone more powerful than you.
Sports also have another side-effect.They are the party and betting aspects of sports.Betting is always a bad habit to have.Betting is illegal in many sports and it’s also advocated in others.Betting in the illegal side is hidden through things like fantasy leagues and the sort.They involve a group of people picking athletes to be on there team and they keep track of points that they earn in order to beat the other teams.This makes it seem like it’s fair competition but it’s just like betting.
The partying side of sports can also get out of hand.On many occasions, streets and towns have been utterly destroyed because of fan celebrations.Fans roam the streets drinking and partying.They flip cars and vandalize street signs and buildings.In 1994, a riot broke out in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada after Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals, which resulted in a reported 200 people injured and 50 arrested.
Sports can be a very fun and exhilarating source of entertainment.We can learn some of life’s valuable lessons from competing and be led into some life lows by watching it.No matter how sports are looked at they will remain one of the biggest parts of American culture.
