Olympic Games

The United States is doing great in the Olympics so far. With 28 metals total we hold first place. Now everyone knows we are amazing at hockey. The long hours that teams put into practice. But when you combine all that together into one team, of the best players in the United States, you can say it’s not an option to lose. So the United States hockey team is already in the semi finals. They have beaten Canada and Switzerland. The United States has not beaten Canada in hockey in the Olympics in sixty years. That ended. Now it is time for the United States to step up and continue to win.

The team’s roster consists of twice the amount of people on a regular hockey team. And you all want to know how many are from Detroit right? Sadly, Brian Rafalski stands alone to make his mark for the red wings. Also he was invited to the Team USA summer orientation. But that’s a whole other story. After defeating Canada, I was shocked. The place where hockey is a religion basically was beat. But Canada is still in the semi finals along with the United States. And now onto Switzerland.

This game was cool. I was sitting at home finishing up my homework, and my little brother turned on the last two periods of the game. At 11.3 seconds, the United States put it away for another win by only two goals. One of which was an open net. I did not see this but I have heard about a huge collision between two of the players. From the way it was told it sounded so cool! I’m sorry but I love games with big hits and fights. After the first goal my friend freaked out. But then he got a little worried because they could catch up. Then Switzerland pulled their goalie. And that just about did it. All we needed was a fast break or a shot. And that’s when we got put up to the semi finals.

Now tell me, do you think Finland is scared? Or even ready to play the United States? Because I don’t. I think we have the ability to go all the way to the finals and win. Not to criticize or say they are bad, I just think the United States is a better team. On the twenty sixth, will start the semi finals, hopefully ending well for the United States.

My Fun Adventure

My Fun Adventure
A long time ago… very long ago… in fact I was only five… I got a cut. Not just your average scrape. No I got the big, gushing, deep cut. It made me get five stitches. But this is how it happened… I was in a crazy bike chase with a cop! And he was gaining on me, I needed to get away. See I had taken my friends toy and he called the police. I completely destroyed the cop’s car. He had to get on a bike and come after me because I wasn’t going to stop. But I wasn’t fast enough. Even though the cop had bad knees and couldn’t ride a bike for his life, I was only five!
My friend was already out of energy from chasing me. But I was getting tired too; I had to find a place to hide and fast… good thing we were right next to my house! I ran inside and went to the back yard hid in the bushes. No one has ever found me in there. But the cop did! He was hot on my tracks and I needed to haul to get away from him! It was a Saturday in the summer, and we have people that come and do the lawn for our neighbors. Well they have a big ramp at the end of their truck. I’m weird and thought it would be a good idea to try and jump the ramp… I didn’t notice the cord that blocks things from falling. My bikes front wheel got caught in the cord, and you can basically say I went head over heels for that cop… awkward. Well I fell right on a crack and the cop tried to stop me but he fell too.
My dad came running outside after he heard the screaming, and he thought I was seriously injured. But I wasn’t screaming… it was the cop. Well I had a huge cut through me lip and my tooth came through it too. Even though the cop was hurt too, my dad told him to take care of himself and so my dad took me to the hospital. It was a tough day and I won. The cop came to my bed after I had gotten my stitches and told me what I did was wrong. Before he left he talked to my dad for a while. Later on my dad came to my bedside and said he had good news and bad news. Good news was the surgery went good and the cop happened to be my dad’s best friend. Bad news was they found out during the surgery that I needed to get my tonsils out… it was a fun day… for the most part.

Turkish girl, 16, buried alive for talking to boys

Why is there a punishment that bad for talking to boys? It could just be the way the parents want it, but why would they want that?

Now I’m not saying this is right, but the parents could have been talking to her about boys and not wanting her to associate with them. This could be the way Turkish people want it until a certain age. But to bury your child in a hole alive, which is beyond anything that I have ever heard. It is told that in turkey alone, there are two hundred of these so called “honor” killings each year. That is a lot. This is a sixteen year old girl who talked to a guy, after being warned. My sister who is also sixteen has never been talked to about talking to guys. Things might go different in turkey, or maybe it was what she was talking about… I’m not sure.

Basically what I am saying is that what happened in turkey was wrong. No matter how often that happens it should stop. To put a girl, still living, at sixteen in a hole and shoving soil down her throat and covering her until she dies is just too much. I am surprised that even though this seems like a culture problem, that no one has stepped in to try and stop these honor killings. The cultures around the world are different, but when it involves killing people or anything of that nature, something should be done.