Thursday, March 21, 2013

Spectrum Bio - NOT OPTIONAL

The last time this assignment was attempted, it was completed incorrectly. Please follow the directions.

1. Write a short bio about yourself - max 2 paragraphs. What you include is up to you, but here are some suggestions:
  • your name, age
  • favorite activity
  • personality
  • friends. family
  • things that are important to you
  • plans for the future
  • why you write
Make a list of the following things IN ADDITION TO the bio. DO NOT include these in the bio.
1. Favorite quote and the source
2. Favorite books and authors
3. Birthday
4. Appropriate personal picture (can be with friends and family) emailed to Mrs. Ell (elll@dunellenschools.org)

I must have these ASAP so that the "Spectrum" editors can complete their work. If you would rather email me the whole thing rather than post it here, that is fine too.

34 comments:

  1. Hello thuggins my name is Ahmed Ali Saad, I’m 17 years old. I’m a loving guy who don’t hate people but if you hate me well that’s fine for you because I don’t really pay attention to them things. Also I keep everything to myself I don’t like to tell people what I’m feeling because I feel like or should I say I experienced not to trust anybody. Friends to me are just people you know but to me I don’t call my friends; friends, its either your my brother ride or die or your just a guy I know and hang out with. The closest people to me are my family especially my lovely mother that took care of me throughout her whole life she looked out for me and kept me away from the wrong things, and she taught me how to respect others and the people that didn’t respect me just ignore them and it will kill them. There’s so much that are important to me. The most things that are important to me are to see my mother smile and my education and my future. My future is set; I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to go to New York to accomplish my education and to study law school. I’m going to NY to Jon jay criminal law school, when I finish I’m going to become a NJ State Trooper. After that I’m going to be an independent man who only focuses on MONEY, and to make his mother proud.
    Why do I write? A lot of people don’t know why they write but I surly do know why I write. I write not just in school even outside of school, I write because I put my thoughts down on a paper rather than going to pour my heart out to someone who doesn’t want to hear what I’m saying and not feeling the feelings I’m feeling inside and in my heart. I also sometimes write for my friend who is a “rapper” that lives in Edison. I write everything down that I go through and he raps them and it makes me feel good to listen to them over and over again. Words are more powerful then swords.

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  2. My names Jonathan P. Zeloof and yes the p does stand for perfection. I am 17 years old and I’m enlisted in the united stated Marine corp. and I leave for boot camp on August 5th and go to specialized training in November. I can’t wait to kill some bad guys for my country and come home after and tell everyone about it. I have 2 older brothers and an older sister, both of my brothers are in the Army right now and my sister is in college and lives with her husband in Virginia. My favorite activities are doing MMA and working out to be able to kill as many bad guys that are against America as possible. I am a mean hard headed, arrogant, cocky, humble man that just happened to be built like an Adonis which is why the ladies can’t stay away from me. I am also the smartest man that you will never meet, I can tell you how much the earth weighs, explain to you the theory of relativity, or tell you what pi is if you ever wanted to know. I write because I am required by the state to write and preform in school in order to get the proper documentation that I need to get in the military and start my life.
    1. Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing, by Vince Lombardi
    2. Gates of Fire, by Stephen Pressfield
    3. September 27th, 1995

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  3. Hello my name is Rian Markus and I am seventeen years old. My favorite activity is playing music on my saxophone. I am usually a quite person among a large number of people but when I get around some of my closer friends I am loud and fun to be around. I have a lot of friends in school and out of school and my family has six members in it including me. Some things that are important to me are my friends and family. My life would be rather boring without them since I would have no one to talk to or hang out with. My plans for the future are college of course. But after college I want to get a job as a music teacher and to start a family of my own.
    I write because I enjoy the freedom of doing whatever I want. I can really write about anything (well anything that is appropriate to school). It’s really fun to write and I enjoy doing it. I can write about a futuristic planet or I can write about a time period ruled by knights and kings. I can have an adventurous tale about slaying a dragon, or a modern day love story. You can choose what you really want to write about and that’s why it is so much fun.
    Quote
    -“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” –John Wayne
    Book
    -The Bible, by God
    Birthday
    July 26th, 1995

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  4. Thomas Dillon
    Creative writing
    Spectrum bio essay
    March 21, 2013
    My name is Thomas Dillon and I am 17 years old. One of my favorite activities is to play street hockey with my dad since my dad and I are huge hockey fans we watch hockey every day. I have the personality where everyone will get along with me and they accept me for who I am and not what I have. I don’t really have that many friends and to me that I’m a really good decision that way I don’t have to always get into that much trouble. My family is enormous it’s so hard to keep up with all of my family members they live all around the east coast but a majority live in New York.
    The most important things to me would have to be school and my family I don’t think I will ever have a moment where I don’t have anything important to me. School wise that importance is getting into a college that will give a good education and have me help my family in future time. My plans for the future would probably have to be trying to get to play for the hockey team New York Rangers that is one of my biggest dreams for the future. The reason why I write is to get my emotions and all the stress off my back plus I like to write when it’s a topic that I enjoy sometimes when I listen to music that is also inspirational for me to write.
    Additional items
    1. “Oh we’re in deep schist.”- The nephew from journey to the center of the earth.
    2. “That is some high quality h2O.”- Water boy.
    Favorite books
    1. Harry potter series- J.K. Rowling
    Birthday- November 13, 1995

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  5. My name is Desirae Forrest. I am 16 years old and 167.7 centimeters. I enjoy doing a wide array of activities, mainly reading and gaming online. As for my personality, I’m not really sure how to describe it. I tend to be energetic and cheerful, but I sometimes have a pessimistic view on things. I love my friends and family to death, but show it in a weird way. My family and some of my friends are always teasing each other. To someone who doesn’t know us well it appears like we are fighting, but we are just playing around. Education is important, but I believe that comes after family, friends, and God.

    My plans for the future aren’t exactly set in stone. I want to study to become an RN nurse, but after that is a mystery. I don’t want to make plans and end up disappointed when they don’t happen, but I also don’t want to get out of college and have no idea what to do; I guess my plans are a work in progress. The reason why I write is purely because I enjoy it. I love creating my own fabricated world where anything can happen. I also love seeing people who read my stories become engrossed in the tale. If my readers like the story, then I like it.

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    1. 1.“Appearances rarely share the whole truth” –Pride
      2.Song of The Ovulum –Brian Davis
      3.December 10th 1996

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  6. my name is brian aguire im 18. my favorite activity is to go out and enjoy life. my personalty changes as my enviroment does. the most important thing in my life is my mom and my layla. my plans for the future is to win the lottery and become a millionare. the reason why i write this is to pass this class and graduate since i need all my credits to do that, nothing less and nothing more.

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  7. Samantha Ruiz was born October 15. She was a very small baby, and she was always crying. Samantha is now 16 years old, she has three older brothers. Two of them are 24 and the other one is 22. Her nationality is half Canadian and Salvadorian. She is always with her family, they are very close, and they spend as much time together as they can. She loves to be with her friends or anyone that makes me her happy or forget about the bad things. She has excellent friends that are there for her.
    My plans for the future are to movie in a small apartment with my god sister in Maryland and get a god job. Also I wouldn’t mind being a nurse. I write because it’s one way of me getting my anger out instead of taking it out on people. Also it’s where I can keep all my real thoughts because you can’t trust people now a day. I also enjoy it because when I write it can be about anything I want it to be. It’s a way to put random thoughts and ideas together and a way to make things happen. Those thought and I ideas on a piece of paper can become important one day.

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  8. My name is Robert J. Wikander the third. I was born on September 24th 1995 so, I’m seventeen years old and I like to just lunge around the house, but my favorite activity would be playing video games. I have a mother, a stepmother and two sisters, I don’t have many friends, but the few I do I consider them to be close. I don’t have much that is important in my life, I don’t have anything that I can hold dear to my heart and if I did that would be important to me. My plans for the future are to go learn to be an HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air conditioning, Cooling, and Refrigeration) tec. Then I’ll probably move out to Pennsylvania or Colorado and learn to be a gunsmith. I don’t really have a reason why I write, I just do it to do it. There’s not much else to it.

    Favorite books: Thunder and Ashes by Z.A. Retch, Most works by Darren Shan like the Thin Executioner, The Cirque Due Freak Series, the Larten Creapsly Series and the Demonata series.

    Quote: My favorite quote is by Rise Against in their song Satellite: “You can’t fill your cup until you empty all it has, You can’t understand what lays ahead, If you don’t understand the past, You’ll never learn to fly now ‘til you’re standing at the cliff, And you can’t truly love until you’ve give up on it”

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  10. Her name is Jasmin and she is eighteen years old and a senior at Dunellen High School. Her birthday is on July 2nd. She likes one sport in particular which is soccer, even though she’s not that pretty good. Soccer runs through her veins, it’s a family thing. She also likes working a lot, she loves her job. Jasmin is easy to get along with it’s not hard to make friends with her unless you come across her in a way that shows that you have no manners. Other than that she likes to make new friends and talk to anyone even if they aren’t close. She’s very close to everyone in her family. She has three sisters and one brother; she’s the fourth out of all of them. She has a few friends that she can tell everything to, she has known them ever since elementary school. At first they barely talked to until one day they all became friends, out of nowhere they just started bonding and they had many things in common. Her niece and nephew are very important to her; they’re both like her very own children. She has seen them ever since they were babies and changed both their diapers. They’re the only two little people she’ll give anything to, other than her child. Other than her family, she finds school very important as well. She likes getting good grades and tries her best even though senior year is when everyone gets senioritis, everyone goes through that. She wants to go straight to college right after school so that she can get it over with because she knows that if she waits until next year she will probably get lazy. She’d like to be a lawyer for the fact that people are being falsely accused or not being accused at all for a serious crime. She doesn’t find that fair at all. She’d also like to be a psychologist in order to understand the mind of a criminal and to also give out professional advice to help others. She has been through a lot and she feels that she can help people, motivate them to succeed no matter the circumstance. She has been motivated by the things she has been through and others can do the same. She writes to express herself in a healthy matter where no one gets hurt by what she has to say. She also writes because you can’t tell people some things and expect them to keep it between you two, some people aren’t trustworthy enough and don’t understand the situation so without having to deal with that the only thing you can do is write it down on paper and keep it to yourself, at least you feel as if you did speak to someone and they didn’t judge you at all or ignore what came out of your mouth.

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    1. 1. Favorite Quote:
      It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.

      -Seneca

      2. Favorite Book and Author
      Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

      3. July 2, 1994

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  11. My name is Herga Zhang. I am fifteen years old, and is a sophomore at Dunellen High School. I am impatient, smart, and lazy. My family consists of my mother, father, one older brother, and one older sister. My siblings are all five years apart from each other. All of my friends are from the same school. I do not go to church or camp, so I do not have the chance to meet new people from outside of Dunellen. They are the most important people in my life. They have all treated me with kindness and patience. As of right now, my grades in school are the most important thing to me. I want to go to a good college and get a well- paid job. I plan to find a job along in the science field.
    In my free time, I like to watch TV, play games, read, and write. I like to write short stories and write about my personal life. Writing is a good way to express your emotions if you do not have anyone to talk to at the moment. I keep a journal to write about my complaints of life. Also, writing allows you to achieve dreams that you cannot achieve in real life. I create characters that live in an ideal world that I imagine. When I have something I want to do, but I can’t, I could have the characters complete them.
    Favorite books:
    The Giver by Lois Lowry
    Anthem by Ayn Rand
    The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.
    Favorite quote:
    “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor” by Sholom Aleichem.
    Birthday: July 11, 1997

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  12. My name is Justin Selvereo. I am 17 years old. My favorite activity is to listen to music. Music just brings out the best in me and I can sometimes find myself singing out loud. I am sometimes a quiet person, but when I am around my friends I can be very loud. I have a great mom and an awesome brother that always make me laugh. Some things that are important to me are technology, I love using my computer and phone. My plans for the future will be to get some kind of job, stay there for a while until I have a lot of money built up, and then I’ll have to decide where I’m going to go from there. I like to do a lot of things and am interested in many different fields, I just have to narrow them down and decide which road I should go down. I write because I find it interesting to put my thoughts into perspective on a sheet of paper.
    1. “The highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive” by Bruce Springsteen.
    2. Any type of modern book.
    3. June 9th, 1995.

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  13. Hi my name is Michelle Van Ness. I am fifteen years old. When you first meet me you quickly figure out that I’m the nerd kid in the grade. And yes I’m not ashamed to say it. I have three hobbies, animals, music and tennis though I love archery and swimming. Animals are my life, right now I am pursuing a career of an Animal Care Specialist in the Military, preferably the Army or National Guard. Working with animals is something I’ve dreamed about ever since I was little and now I’m so excited for my chance to finally come.
    It’s so hard to talk or write about my personality because I never know how to describe myself, but since I have to this how I would, I’m happy (most of the time), I laugh, and am a normal teenage girl. Now here’s my family: I have a sister, two brothers and a mom and dad. I love my family to death. I would do anything to protect them. Even though my brothers get me so mad sometimes, I still love them. My family includes my dog Midnite, a seven year old black lab mix with the heart of a puppy. The most important thing in my life would have to be God. Growing up in a strict Christian house hold makes you different from other people because of your faith, but I must admit as much struggles as people have given me I don’t care. I stay true to my faith. Why I write an easy question for me. I write because I enjoy it and it helps me get thoughts out of my head and let me relax. Also when my family and my one friend read my stories and like them it makes me glad because sometimes I don’t exactly know if it’s a good story or not. But seeing their smiles when they read it is an amazing feeling.

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    1. Qoute:
      A person's a person, no matter how small.~Dr. Sues
      Book:
      The Bible-By God (Liked it Rian)
      Birthday:
      Septemper 29 1997

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  14. I’m Lisa Chavez and I’m 15 years old. One of my favorite activities is reading a good book and sitting on my bed and watch everything unfold in front of my eyes. I’m a very bubbly person and I enjoy laughing and having a good time. I enjoy to laugh a lot and I love to just be myself and explore new things with my family and friends. I love my family they support me through anything. My brother is a freshman in college. His name is Luis Chavez Jr. and I always look up to him. My parents’ names are Luis Chavez Sr. and Mabel Chavez. They support me with anything I need and I’m grateful for them. I have many things that are important to me and education is one of them. My family and friends are also important to me. My friends keep me going in school. They make me laugh but tell me that I have to focus and think about the goal I want to achieve in a couple of years. In a couple of years I want to be in college learning how to become a pediatrician. I enjoy dealing with kids and making them feel better with a fever or a cough will make my day. I enjoy writing. It let’s go a part of my creative side that I can’t unleash any time I want. It’s a time where I can let anything happen on paper and it can turn out the way I want it to be turned out.
    Birthday: September 9th, 1997
    Quote:
    “Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.”- Sai Baba
    Books
    “The Ex Files”- Jane Moore
    “Twilight”- Stephenie Meyer

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  15. So my name is Totiana Joye and I’m a sophomore. My friends would describe me to be weird funny, and caring. Most other people would say the same thing, besides some who think I’m mean. I’m not really a mean person; I’m just very blunt about things that bother me. If something bugs me I will definitely voice my opinion without a second thought. I do care a lot about some people though. Friends and family are the ones I center y life around. I have two sisters; one that’s 2 and another one that’s 7. They both get on my nerves but I somehow manage with them. I have a lot of acquaintances but only a few people in my circle to be considered friends. My list of best friends is even shorter with only 5 people on it. I consider my friends to be my family away from home and I care about them with all my heart. My favorite things to do are writing, singing, dancing, drawing, and swimming. I’m a very active and creative person that loves to have something to keep me busy. The things that are the most important to me in life is being true to you and being happy. Not letting anyone take my shine is a focus for me and I will never lie about who I really am to please others because in my mind my happiness always comes first. In the future I plan to go to college out of state. I’m mostly looking toward Hofstra, Drexel, Howard, and Princeton. Though these are my top choices I’m keeping my options open. I want to be a psychologist or lawyer. I’m also thinking about being a pharmacist, but mostly I’m leaning toward being a psychologist. And last but not least I write because I can. It’s a way for me to be creative and make an outlet for my emotions. Instead of blowing up on someone I just write it out and keep it around. Writing is just another way to express myself.
    Quote:
    “Darling, the world’s not really against you, the only thing that’s against you is yourself.”-Unknown
    Books:
    • The Ex Files by Jane Moore
    • Jinx by Meg Cabot
    Birthday:
    December 4th, 1997

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  16. My name is Carolyn Doyle and I am fifteen years old. I was born on July 16th, 1997 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I have one sister who is a year older than me. Some activities that I enjoy include reading, writing and watching movies. One of my favorite pastimes includes going to the beach during the summer and reading a book. My friends would most likely describe me as quiet, thoughtful and short. I am an honors student and dedicated to my studies. My education has always been something that I have taken seriously as I recognize that it is important and necessary for a bright future. As for what I would want to do in the impending years to come, I am still unsure; however, I do know that in order to achieve my goals, I will need to work hard. My preferable subject in school is biology and all of the sciences. Some of the things that I dislike include math and cold weather.

    This is my first year participating in the Creative Writing Class and I have come to appreciate how I am able to express myself in a way that uses language and imagination. I believe that since attending this course, my wring has improved significantly and I hope that it will continue to do so in the future. I have developed an admiration for the art of creating short stories and for using colorful language that allows me to demonstrate aspects of my life in a way that is both unique and special.
    Favorite Quote:
    “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” ~Nelson Mandela
    Favorite Books:
    “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green
    “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud” by Ben Sherwood
    “The Cather in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger
    Birthday: July 16, 1997

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  17. My name is Felix Orellana and I am 18 years old. My favorite activity is hanging out with Jonathon Zeloof. I am me, there is nobody like me. There is nobody like me and there is no word that is capable to describe me. My favorite friend is Jonathon Zeloof he is awesome. Something that is important to me would be Jonathon Zeloof. My plan for the future is to kidnap Jonathon Zeloof from boot camp and hang out with him for the rest of my life. I write because it makes Jonathon Zeloof happy.
    Favorite Book
    Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
    Favorite Quote
    “An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
    Ernest Hemingway
    Birthday
    November 23, 1994

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  18. My name is Bailie Mauriello and I’m eighteen years old. I’m proud to say I’m a European mutt, since I’ve got Italian, Irish, German, Czechoslovakian, and Swedish all mixed into my background. I’m also a Sagittarius, a Wiccan, a feminist and a big sister; the last one being my most important role. I have two younger sisters who, despite the spats and clashes that exist between all siblings and the extreme contrasts with all three of our personalities, truly mean everything to me. Them and my baby Ferret Coille.
    I’ll be the first to admit that I have a very obsessive personality, a passionately obsessive personality, which can be taken as a good or bad thing. Whether it’s a book or movie, an activity or an idea, when I become enthralled by something, it consumes my life. On the positive side, I give everything I have and put it into pursuing this passion, but on the negative side, I tend to become so involved that I let everything on the outside disintegrate. And these obsessions tend to weave in and out of my life. But whenever one leaves, I move on and find something else. But there are two things that have never budged, and always been a center fixation in my life. One is dance, and the other is writing.
    1. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s learning how to dance in the rain.” –Vivian Green
    2. Harry Potter Series By J.K Rowling, Sweep Series by Cat Tiernan, Night World Series by L.J Smith
    3. December 15, 1994

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  19. My name is Tyler Watters and I’m 18 years old. My favorite activity will always be playing football; it’s one of the things in life I will always love to play. My family is very important to me and I will always hold them closer than any friend I will ever have. My plans for the future are to go to college and eventually graduate with a degree to become a police officer or possibly even a state trooper. I hope to save my money and buy a nice house where I can settle down with a family and preferably live in the south.
    “ Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I’m not perfect and I don’t live to be. But, before you start pointing finger, make sure your hands are clean.” – Bob Marley
    March 1st 1995

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  20. My name’s Caitlin Marie Markus. Born April 1st, 1997 which makes me 15 years old, turning 16. I have three brothers and a number of friends, some of which are writing this bio with me right now. I’m an honors student here at Dunellen High School; ranked fourth in the class. I love music. Anything with music is included in my favorite activities. From band to singing in the shower. I play trombone and viola and hope to be able to play piano, saxophone, and trumpet sometime in the future. I’m not in choir but I do like to sing under certain circumstances, such as for youth group and when I’m completely alone in my room.
    My friends consider me funny and caring. Some also say I’m athletic but definitely not as athletic as most. I play softball and was in marching band when the school had one. They also say I’m creative, which is correct considering all the things I do in my free time. I draw, paint, make jewelry, woodwork, knit, and probably the most important one, I write. I write to express myself. Just like with playing music, it lets me get out my feelings. Only now it’s with words so everyone knows exactly how I feel. I write to get my ideas down and to give others new ideas, to let my thoughts flow into the world. It’s good that I like creative writing because I hope to write several books. But that’s only a side job. I want to go to college for animal science and criminal justice so I can eventually become an animal control officer. I’ll be able rescue abused animals and punish their owners and also relocate unwanted animals such as bears and alligators. I have a lot planned for the future but I’m prepared and looking forward to it.

    -Quote:
    "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." ~Charlie Parker

    Books:
    1. Watership Down by Richard Adams
    2. Skin by Ted Dekker
    3. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

    Birthday: April 1st, 1997

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  21. My name is Mark Switzer and I am 17 years old. My favorite activity is playing baseball because I was brought up to love the sport. I think of myself as having a down to earth personality and being pretty outgoing. I try to stay level headed in tough situations and to not overreact to thing that may warrant this. My mother grew up in Dunellen, like me and my father grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I also have an older brother that is currently attending college at the University of Delaware. Things that are important to me are friends and family but also being able to be successful in whatever I end up pursuing in life. My plans of the future are to go to a four year college and then to get a job in the field of Marketing. I like to write because it gives you another outlet to get out what you are thinking besides saying it out loud.

    -"Survive and Advance" Jim Valvano

    - A Helmet For My Pillow, Robert Leckie

    -July,21 1995

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    1. - The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
      - Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

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  22. My name is Jenry M. Padilla and I’m 18 years old, probably the oldest one posting in this blog as of now. I’m a basketball player well kind off, actually I never tried for varsity but I can ball either way it’s still my favorite sport my other sport is tennis wish I became fond of it my sophomore year I also like to write in lyricist type of way or in what people like to say a rapper yet I don’t want to chase after that its more for when I have free time. Personally I like to do things on my own but when it’s reasonable that I need someone else’s help I won’t go on trying to do it myself. Through high school I did have a special group of friends that were really fun to be with always playing basketball hanging out doing some rebellious stuff like us young people tend to do but by the end you really got to understand there are no friends in this world not trying to sound like a loser but the most important thing in life is family because even through your worse they still will be there. To me the most important thing to me if to have the people around me happy I try my best to make the person I care about happy and that’s what powers me up to go further and try to achieve higher that what most people think I will. Speaking of my future I plan to study something with finance to get a nice job in helping business with stocks and such then start my own. The reason I write is because well I like to express what I want to express not what a teacher tells me or expects me to write about.

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  24. My name is Sean McCann and I am 17 years old. I enjoy running long distances, playing video games, listening to music and spending time with my friends. I’m quite outgoing, laid back and naturally like to have fun. However, I am also mature when needed to be and know when I have to be serious. My bonds with my friends and family are very important to me as well as my well-being, health, happiness and future. Maintaining all of those things are keys to a good life. On August 22nd, I will move in to the University of New Haven, majoring in forensic science. There, I will excel at that and get a job in the field soon after college, hopefully. I write to get my creative gears going in a relaxing, fun way that lets me express myself at the same time.
    1. I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. – Mewtwo
    2. The Hunger Games Series – Suzanne Collins, The Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling.
    3. June 7th, 1995

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  25. My name is Jenn Allen and I am sixteen years old. My favorite activity is playing music, focused mainly on drumming. I find myself to be a fun loving person and have often been described as “loud” by many of my friends, family members and acquaintances. I dedicate myself to music while dabbling in art on the side. My friends are people I keep close to me, although many of them live out of this town. The rest of them can be found right in at Dunellen High School, many of which belong to my second family, the band. My blood family also means a lot to me as they help me daily to strive forward and achieve my dreams. I find friendship, honesty, loyalty and love to be some of the most important aspects in life, in addition to dedication and passion that one should find within oneself through the cherished activities and dreams. I plan to move on from Dunellen after graduation to pursue a career of music education. I want to enrich the lives of students with the information and materials needed to live through music. It is important to me for music programs to be strong and for music teachers to be willing to dedicate themselves to the programs and the students in every school in this country.
    I write as a way to express myself, as most others do. As a person enjoying many of the arts, writing comes as another form of expression to me. Emotions, thoughts and feelings easily flow from my hands to the paper as I free myself of the frustrations as well as joys of everyday life. I also write to take a stand and make statements against subjects that I believe strongly in. I wish to share my thoughts and opinions with others in hope of enlightening and persuading those undecided on controversial topics. Writing can be used in a therapeutic as well as persuasive and informative way and I like to utilize it as much as I can.
    Favorite Quote:
    “The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” –Nat King Cole
    Favorite Books:
     Anthem by Ayn Rand
     The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
     They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
     Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
     The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
     Hamlet by William Shakespeare
    Birthday:
    September 3rd, 1996

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  26. Heyo readers! My name’s Chuck Kemple. Charles, Charlie, Chuck, Chuckles, Chuckus Ignitus, these are just a few names that I go by. Before you go any further, it is essential that you know that my arch nemesis is writing bios, only seconded by my true nemesis Kate Lester, otherwise known as Grammatically Incorrect girl, who I unfortunately shares the birth date of April 12. I, however, was born in 1996, which is a way better year than whenever she was born. There are plenty of reasons why I write. I write because I read all of these crazy adventure stories and I want to get in on the action, I write because I catch some great creative flow, and mostly I write because I’m bored.

    Books: Way of the Shadows, Shadow’s Edge, and Beyond the Shadows, all parts of the three book series The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks.
    “Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go.” ~ Riku from Kingdom Hearts

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  27. I am Estrella Del Mar Alejandra Johida Monica Guadalupe Maria Eugenia Espinosa Hernandez Meza Cardona. I am fifteen years old. I enjoy writing, playing soccer, spending time with family and baking. I am loud, very social, humble, and whatever else I come off as. I have a hand full of friends. My main girls are Ashley and Michelle. My main boys are Gelviz, Wiz, and my boyfriend Bryan. My family, I have a huge family. Well I live with five other people; everyone else is in Texas, Colombia and El Salvador. Something that is important to me is sleep and waking up to another day, the best things in life are free. My plans for the future are graduating, getting my license, majoring in journalism, having a stable job, and eventually living on my own. I write to express myself.
    “The Best Things in Life are Free.” – Barrette Strong
    Sweethearts-Sarah Zarr
    July 29th, 1997

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  28. Kate has lived in the same little brick house in Dunellen her entire life. She has two older brothers, a dog and a cat. She likes to read, write, draw, and hang out with friends, but there’s nothing she loves more than going home after school and taking a long nap. She spends most of the winter hibernating in her room and wishing summer would come back so she could lay on the beach because she hates the cold and the snow. Her diet is made up mostly of cheerios and quick chek subs. Her favorite color is yellow, but she really hates orange. Kate has a weird obsession with the number five. She’s secretly afraid of escalators and can’t really explain why. She also, sadly admits, that she is a huge mallrat. She loves music and when she’s home alone she likes to blast her music and sing along (badly) to Taylor Swift.

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  29. whats good my nombre is gelviz melgar im from plainfield but i moved to dunellen my freshman year. i am a laid back guy with a good heart and a nice opersonality i try not to let things get to me but it sometimes does but oh well life goes on. i love to chill with my homies and just kick back especially when i havent seen them in a minute. the most important people in my life is my mother and father they mean the world to me and helped me through alot of difficult stuff especially my brothers. my plan for the future is to go to college and study in environmental science also i love writing because it free's my mind and i let out what i feel

    If I speak the good into existance, that instant my dreams will unlock, Money flow like water, I'll just wait at the dock. - kendrick lamar

    my birthday is july,8,1995

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  30. I am Kendell Murkey and I think that I am a laid back type of person because I know I can let things go and sometimes except them the way that they are. I am fifteen years old and I like to play video games, watching TV, and playing and watching football that is my favorite activity to do because ever since I was real little I have always found an interest in football. The things that are important to me are my friends and family and my life and all the things that I have and I am sometimes ungrateful about having to take out the garbage and forget more people would rather do that than not have a house at all so everything I have is important to me. My plans for the future is to go to the army like my dad before me and either become a detective or to someday have my own cartoon show.



    Favorite quote success is never final failure is never fatal its courage that counts www.dirjournal.com
    Favorite books the outsiders by S.E. Hinton and of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    My birthday is June Forth

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