Moments of Awesome

When You Realize You Can Go Back to Sleep

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night confused beyond belief?

You sit up with a blank face staring at the time on your phone, or the bright red numbers on the digital alarm clock. The time that you see does not register, and your daze is ongoing. All of a sudden your mind turns on and the gears turn fast inside your head trying to make sense of the situation. You begin to wonder, what day is it? Am I supposed to be somewhere right now? 

Then, the numbers you have been staring at process the time that you have been staring at for the past five minutes. You realize it is 3:45am and you can sleep at least another three hours. In one abrupt motion, you slide back under the covers experiencing that warm and cozy feeling. You even feel yourself slip unconscious.
AWESOME!

Frustration builds within as you glare at the much hated red light dangling in front of you. You begin to tap your fingers anxioiusly on the stirring wheel, or fidget with the radio. The flashing red hand to your right reaches 5...4...3... Your hands grip the stirring wheel, release the break, and your car inches past the thick white stop line. You tap the gas as the blue crosswalk man appears. Anger turns to excitement, for you know, in exactly one second, a glorious color change will take place.
SWEET!

You neglected to do your math homework. There was nothing you could do about it, you had four hours of practice followed by writing an entire essay last night. You knew that the math teacher would either collect the homework or take it for a completition grade. There was no way out of receiving a 0/10 in powerschool, but you had to sacrifice your math grade in order to maintain your struggling A minus in English. You arrived in math and immediately took your seat. The bell rang and you looked up at the teacher. "Are there any questions from the homework last night?" No one raised their hand. After a long drawn out pause he speaks again, "today's lesson is long so you can put that away, we don't have time to check it."
YES!!!

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When You Realize You Can Go Back to Sleep

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night confused beyond belief?

You sit up, stare at nothing, fail to gain awareness, attempt to read the bright red numbers on your digital alarm clock (cumulative parallel). The time that you see does not register, and your daze is ongoing. All of a sudden, gears turn, brain awakens, and eyes blink as you try to come to senses (periodic). You begin to wonder, what day is it? Am I supposed to be somewhere right now? 

Then, the numbers you have been staring at process the time that you have been staring at for the past five minutes. You realize it is 3:45am and you can sleep at least another three hours. You feel yourself sliding under the covers, experiencing that warm and cozy feeling, closing your eyes tight, and drifting unconscious (parallel gerunds).
AWESOME!

The Blue Crosswalkman 

Frustration builds within as you glare at the much hated red light dangling in front of you. You begin to tap your fingers anxioiusly on the stirring wheel, to fidget in your seat, and to change radio stations (infinitive parallel structure). The flashing red hand to your right reaches 5...4...3... Your hand grips the stirring wheel, your foot releases the break, and your car inches past the thick white stop line (parallel clauses). You tap the gas as the blue crosswalk man appears. Anger turns to excitement, for you know, in exactly one second, a glorious color change will take place.
SWEET!

Coincidence? I Think Not

You neglected to do your math homework. There was nothing you could do about it, you had four hours of practice followed by writing an entire essay last night. You knew that the math teacher would either collect the homework or take it for a completition grade. There was no way out of receiving a 0/10 in powerschool, but you had to sacrifice your math grade in order to maintain your struggling A minus in English. You arrived in math and immediately took your seat. The bell rang and you looked up at the teacher, "Are there any questions from the homework last night?" No one raised their hand. After a long drawn out pause he spoke again, "today's lesson is long so you can put that away, we don't have time to check it."

YES!!!!@#%^$#!!!Z#@#!@$

One Woman's Perspective

Something important that a majority of men do not understand is the basic idea of feminism. Many people have false conceptions of what feminism really is, for they believe that it is a bunch of angry lesbian women who hate men. In reality, feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equallity to men, and contrary to popular belief,  both genders can be feminists. The idea revolves around the principle that even though human bodies are biologically built to perform different functions, it does not determine a person's intellectual and social functions, capabilities, and rights. Additionally, some men do not believe that women are unequal to men, however, there are many real world examples to prove them wrong. 

School dress codes are mainly targetted at what women wear, thus inhibiting the sexualization of their bodies. Specifically, the dress code at Saline Middle School states that students must have shirts with at least three finger wide straps and shorts that are longer than where their finger tips fall on the legs. There are numerous problems with this rule being enforced including that only females are targeted by this set of rules. Chances are, if a boy in the middle school wore a tank top, he wouldn't get in trouble because he has "nothing to hide" anyway. Yet when a young seventh grade girl is dressed the same way, she is sent to the principals office because it is "against school policy." When a girl is sent out of class due to how she is dressed, it teaches her that what she wears is more important than her education. Such dress codes sexualize young girls by encouraging them to cover up parts of their bodies to ensure that boys do not get distracted in school. Society raises girls to believe that they need to cover their shoulders and hide their breasts in order to look appropriate, and dress codes exemplify these false standards. Unfair expectations of female dress are only one reason that feminism is clearly necessary. 

Unequal treatment seen in dress codes is not the only reason that feminism exists. It exists because some men still believe that it is acceptable to take advantage of a woman's body, that the only purpose of a woman is to deliver babies and provide men pleasure, and that it is okay to discount the idea of mutual consent. Raping a woman because "she asked for it" or because she was drunk does not justify this terrible action. In some states a woman has to pay for her abortion when she is raped, how is this fair?

Overall, it is important that men have an understanding of what feminism is and why it exists.

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Something important that a majority of men do not understand is the basic idea of feminism. Many people have false conceptions of what feminism really is, for they believe that it is a bunch of angry lesbian women who hate men (linker). In reality, feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equallity to men (lister), and contrary to popular belief,  both genders can be feminists. The idea revolves around the principle that even though human bodies are biologically built to perform different functions, it does not determine a person's intellectual and social functions, capabilities, and rights (lister). Additionally, some men do not believe that women are unequal to men, however, there are many real world examples to prove them wrong. 

School dress codes are mainly targetted at what women wear, a set of sexist guidelines, thus inhibiting the sexualization of their bodies (interrupter). Specifically, the dress code at Saline Middle School states that students must have shirts with at least three finger wide straps and shorts that are longer than where their finger tips fall on the legs. There are numerous problems with this rule being enforced, including that only females are targeted by this set of rules. Chances are, if a boy in the middle school wore a tank top, he wouldn't get in trouble because he has "nothing to hide" anyway (introducer). Yet when a young seventh grade girl is dressed the same way, she is sent to the principals office because it is "against school policy." (introducer) When a girl is sent out of class due to how she is dressed, it teaches her that what she wears is more important than her education. Such dress codes sexualize young girls by encouraging them to cover up parts of their bodies to ensure that boys do not get distracted in school. Society raises girls to believe that they need to cover their shoulders and hide their breasts in order to look appropriate, and dress codes exemplify these false standards (linker). Unfair expectations of female dress are only one reason that feminism is clearly necessary. 

Unequal treatment seen in dress codes, especially at schools, is not the only reason that feminism exists (interrupter). It exists because some men still believe that it is acceptable to take advantage of a woman's body, that the only purpose of a woman is to deliver babies and provide men pleasure, and that it is okay to discount the idea of mutual consent. Raping a woman because "she asked for it" or because she was drunk does not justify this terrible action. In some states a woman has to pay for her abortion when she is raped, how is this fair? 

Overall, it is important that men have an understanding of what feminism is and why it exists.

Passionate Plea

Dear Governor Snyder,
My name is Heather Banet a Junior at Saline High School. I believe that the Michigan government should provide coverage for abortions when the women's insurance company does not. The number of abortion clinics in Michigan is only twenty two and they charge an average of 900 dollars per. In Michigan woman have to purchase a separate add-on to their health insurance policy if they want abortion coverage but most health insurance companies don't even offer it. Michigan's policies on abortion are in desperate need of positive change. My question is why are our beloved state of Michigan's laws on abortion unfair to women?

Rape is an obvious and clear example of why Michigan's abortion laws need reform. Abortions in the case of rape should be covered. Clearly, if abortion is not available through the woman's health insurance policies the state should pay for it. to help prevent unwanted pregnacies. It is no question that rape is a problem in the United States. If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant she should have the right to an easily accessable cost free abortion. The woman should not have to pay for this with out of pocket money because it was not her choice or fault in becoming pregnant.

Imagine your daughter is in med school at UofM. One night while walking to her dorm back from her late night biology class the shadow of a man looming over her appears out of the corner of her eye. She tries to run fast but she trips and a gun is put to her head. She is raped and becomes pregnant. working two jobs to pay off her debt. The nearest abortion clinic charges more than she can afford. Paying for this abortion would force her to drop out of college let alone raising a baby itself.


Thank you,
Heather Banet
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Dear Governor Snyder,
My name is Heather Banet a Junior at Saline High School. I believe that the Michigan government should provide coverage for abortions when the women's insurance company does not. Only twenty two abortion clinics exist in Michigan (inverted). Nine hundred dollars is what they charge on average (inverted).  In Michigan woman have to purchase a separate add-on to their health insurance policy if they want abortion coverage, putting them in further debt, adding to the stress of their lives, but most health insurance companies don't even offer it (cumulative). Michigan's policies on abortion are in desperate need of positive change. My question is why are our beloved state of Michigan's laws on abortion unfair to women?

Rape is an obvious and clear example of why Michigan's abortion laws need reform. Abortions in the case of rape should be covered. Clearly, if abortion is not available through the woman's health insurance policies the state should pay for it to help prevent unwanted pregnacies. It is no question that rape is a problem in the United States. If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant she should have the right to an easily accessable cost free abortion. If a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape, clearly not her fault, obviously unwanted, the woman should not have to pay for the abortion with out of pocket money (periodic). 

Imagine your daughter is in med school at UofM working her butt off day and night, thousands of dollars in debt, and works two minimum wage jobs (cumulative). Walking home late at night, a shadow of a man looming over her appears, she runs as fast as she can, trips, falls, and is raped (periodic). A month later she discovers she is pregnant. The nearest abortion clinic charges more than she can afford. Paying for this abortion would force her to drop out of college let alone raising a baby herself.

Thank of your consideration of this important matter.

Sincerely,

Heather Banet

Sentence Length Challenge!
Cumulative:
The lion sprinted through the wind, mane blowing, determined black eyes, drooling saliva, grass against its legs, heart beating fast, hunger growing inside, sheep fifty feet ahead, a giant willow tree above brushing his back, passing by a still swamp, hearing the croaks of tiny frogs, sun shining into his face, with fluffy white clouds in the bright blue sky, kicking up weeds and dirt, and panting from the humid air around him. (at least 70 words)
Periodic:
Passing a waterfall, the river scintillating below, cold mist touching my skin, a plethera of green cacti in near sight, intimidated by the thirty foot rocky cliff to my left, saved by the dirt path under my rough bare feet, the smell of spf fifty, hiking up hill, overstuffed backpack adding to my exhaustion, and a chilled contigo bottle in my right hand, I have fully experienced San Miguel's botanical gardens. (about 70)

Lost review

Survivors of a sudden plane crash find themselves on an unknown jungle island in the hit series Lost. The ongoing suspense throughout keeps the audience captivated in the misfortune of the plane crash survivors. It is a mystery wrapped inside of a drama, coated with action, and a bit of horror on the side. The adventure series causes you to think on your feet, never knowing what is going to happen next. It contains incredible depth both in character development and mythological intrigue creating an outstanding storyline.  
I knew of Lost for many years. Many tweets in my newsfeed read something along the lines of, "if you haven't seen Lost yet you are making a mistake." I persistantly ignored my friends' (true) statements and refused to watch the show. When I finally watched, I became addicted to a TV series for the first time in my life. My love for action movies and reality TV shows (such as Survivor and the Amazing Race) is perhaps one of the many reasons why I love Lost. Following the characters through an unpredictable complex journey in the jungle is an increasingly intriguing plot that never gets old.