Friday, May 17, 2013

Conference Questions

Hi mom.

After looking through my work on brookeyoshida808.wix.com/gloportfolio4


I have a couple of questions for you to answer since you are now done looking through a couple of my assignments I have completed over the past sophomore year. Don't worry they're not hard or long. 
1) How do you think I did this sophomore year?
2) What do you think I could improve on next year?
3) Is there anything you want to say? 



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

This I believe - Final



Take The Chances, Before It’s To Late.

I believe that as kids we are given a million chances to do anything we want, but don’t do them and before we know it they’re gone. When growing up we are given millions of chances to try new things, but once we reach a certain age in our life some opportunities are taken away from us. I learned that when we’re kids we should reach out to anything that catches our attention. We could do soccer. Or volleyball or even baseball. We’re suppose to take chances. Spread our wings and explore the world open heartedly. If I knew back then that some once in a lifetime opportunities were going to close once I reached a certain age, I would’ve been more open to trying new things.
At the age 15 ½ at the moment, I regret not taking as many chances as I had as a kid. It didn't cross my mind that I should be living it and being stress free about everything. To me, not having to worry about homework, grades, picking out my outfit, doing good in a sport, or even picking what I want to eat was the life for me. I may sound like a lazy kid, but to me I think that’s what being a kid is all about. You are able to be stress free about almost everything and anything you do. When I was younger I tried playing soccer for 3 seasons, but ended up hating it because I didn’t like to run. My mom then made me join another sport. When I was younger I was shy and didn’t like to play sports or even do things with others my age. My mom gave me the option of either playing volleyball at my recreation center down the street or join a hula halau. I chose volleyball because I really didn’t want to dance. So at the age of 7 I joined PAL (Police Activity League), and ended up enjoying the sport. One lesson that I learned to while joining a new sport was you never know what you’ll like until you try. I’m the type of girl who just automatically says no to things that are new to me.
            Thanks to my mom in the year 2005 I took the chance of playing a totally new sport to me. The sport before I tried playing volleyball was soccer. Soccer you use your feet to kick, but with volleyball it was a penalty to use your feet. Volleyball is all hand eye coordination. A couple years later I was then in 7th grade ready to try out for the Moanalua Middle school volleyball team. After the news that I did not make the team I was very down, so I asked my coach what I should do to get better. He told me to try out for club volleyball, which are teams that the girls have to try out for and if not they’re cut. You can only be from the ages of 12- 18. My mom signed me up to try out for three different clubs trying to get me in to at least one of them. I really didn't feel like going to the try outs because I kept thinking of the feeling I had when I didn’t make the school team. I thought to myself, “what if I don't make any of the teams?” “Am I that junk?”. But I then I told myself, “The worst thing that could happened is I don't make a team.” The second team I tried out for called me back to ask me if I would like to play on their team and I said yes. I was scared to meet my new coach and teammates. That year I made a ton of new friends that always supported through the ups and downs of our season. After that year I played club every year til today. With out trying out for club volleyball at the time that I did, I don't think my volleyball career would even be here today.
With me believing that I should take chances while I still have them, gave me many good opportunities doing good in life. When I was a freshman in High school there was a pre-training for the volleyball season. At first I was scared of all the upper classmen being mean and snobby. I was also afraid of the coaches being harsh, strict, and not fun at all. The one thing I was most fearful of was that I was going to be way more inexperienced than the rest of the girls. But guess what. I took that chance of trying out for the high school team, and guess what happened. I made the team, and was so thrilled to make the Moanalua High school JV volleyball team. With me taking the chance while I had it, and making the team just proves that if I strive to take all of the opportunities that are open in front of me at the moment, I should go for it. From me trying out for the MoHs JV volleyball team it gave me the strength to try out again sophomore year and I made it the Blue Varsity team. I made new friends, learned some new skills for volleyball, and got a lot closer with the upper classmen. I took the chances that were in front of me and got something good out of it. No matter what the outcome is I can always say that I tried and left it out there. Sometimes I may not like it, but I’ll never know until I take the chance of doing it. I learned it never hurts to try, and to just take the opportunity that is standing in front of me.  
When the doors of opportunity are open to you, go for it. You never know when you’ll ever get the same chance of doing something ever again, so if you’re interested at doing it, you should just try it. I learned my lesson the hard way, but I’m still learning. I am opening up little by little of my safety zone. I’m trying new things that I sometimes don’t want to do. With knowing that sometime later in life I might not get the same chances that I have at the time makes me want to try do new things no matter how bad sometimes I really don't want to. Some things I should do just so I can look back in life and have no regrets. To me one of the worst feelings I could have is when your older is having regrets in life because you know that you had the chance, but missed it. From here on out I’m always open minded on new opportunities that come my way no matter what it is. It could be sports, academics, or even just an outing. I’m going to try to always be open to new things that pop up in life and strive to do my best in it. Take the chances, before its to late.





Saturday, May 11, 2013

This... I Believe Essay


Take The Chances, Before It’s To Late.

I believe you should take as many chances as you can, while you still have them. When growing up you are given millions of chances to try new things, but once you reach a certain age in life some opportunities are taken away. When you're a kid you should reach out to anything that catches your attention. Do soccer. Do volleyball or even baseball. Take chances. Spread your wings and explore the world open heartedly. If I knew back then that some once in a lifetime opportunities were going to close once I reached a certain age, I would’ve been more open to trying new things.
At the age 15 ½ at the moment, I regret not taking as many chances as I had as a kid. I didn't think about not having the opportunities of living it up as a kid, and being stress free about everything. Not worrying about picking out your outfits, transportation, and also about not knowing what time your game is, and so many stressful things I do now. All of these things were done for me by my parents or grandparents. When you’re a kid you don't need to worry about not knowing what to do at a sport. You were stress free of messing up at practice and games. With this in mind, as a kid you could play any sport you desired. I only noticed recently that some opportunities to do some things were closing right before my eyes.
When I was younger my mom would encourage me to play soccer. When I tried playing soccer for one season, I found out something new. I learned I’m really junk at it. I would have never known that if I never tried, but at the same time I can look back and say that I took the chance of trying a new sport. When I first started I was a little scared to play soccer because that was the first sport I have ever done in my life, but in the end I got to experience being on a little league soccer team. During that time, my family wanted me to dance hula because my cousin was a very good dancer. I refused to go take lessons for some unknown reason. From this day on I regret not taking lessons because I watch how well and successful my cousin does as being such a beautiful hula dancer she is today. I believe that I will always regret all of the mini risk that I didn’t take as a kid.  
Being a teenager takes some opportunities away, but some are still out there. With me believing that I should take chances while I still have them, gave me many good opportunities doing good in life. When I was a Freshman in High school there was a pre-training for the volleyball season. At first I was scared of all the upper classmen being mean and snobby. I was also afraid of the coaches being harsh, strict, and not fun at all. The one thing I was most fearful of was that I was going to be way more inexperienced than the rest of the girls. But guess what. I took that chance of trying out for the high school team, and guess what. I made the team, and was so thrilled to make the JV volleyball team. With me taking the chance while I had it, and making the team just proves that you should strive to take all of the opportunities that are open to you at the moment, you should go for it. From me trying out for the MoHs jv volleyball team it gave me the strength to try out again sophomore year and I made it the Blue Varsity team. I made new friends, learned some new skills for volleyball, and got a lot closer with the upper classmen. Take the chances while they’re out there. No matter what the outcome is you can say you tried. Sometimes you may not like it or maybe you will, but you never know until you take the chance. It never hurts to try.
When the doors of opportunity are open to you, go for it. You never know when you’ll ever get the same chance of doing something, so if you’re interested at doing it, you should just try it. I learned my lesson the hard way, but I’m still learning. I am opening up little by little of my safety zone. I’m trying new things that I sometimes don’t want to do. With knowing that sometime later in life I might not get the same chances that I have at the time makes me want to try do new things no matter how bad sometimes I really don't want to. Some things you should do just so you can look back in life and have no regrets. One of the worst feelings you could have when your older is having regrets in life because you know that you had the chance, but missed it. From here on out I’m always open minded on new opportunities that come my way no matter what it is. It could be sports, academics, or even just an outing. I’m going to try to always be open to new things that pop up in life and strive to do my best in it. Take chances, before its to late.




Friday, April 19, 2013

Make MoHS better

Our team decided that we want to protest against our school, and get our teachers more involved when talking about hands on activities. Another thing that we were concerned on was what/ how many types of classes Moanalua High school has for us students, to get ready for college. We were researching if MoHS has any classes that are direct for specific occupations. This flyer is to let our school know that we will be having a march to stand up to our school, to help improve teaching! We saw how much worst our test scores are, from the nation.