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Angry Letter

Dear Department of Education,

            I appreciate how exceptional you have made Hawaii public schools in the past few years that you have been governor.  You have made the schools have amazing teacher and made it look wonderful.  This has improved my grades and made me able to prepare for my future well.  Thank you.

      Although the schools look wonderful and have amazing staff.  I would like you to do your best to find money in our state budget to put computers in every classroom.  I think that it will help student stimulate learning in a new modern world.  It will also help students do research, write essays, and be better with technology.  It will also let us adapt to the new work place with computers and now tablets.  In my own personal experience I tend to do better in the classes that have computers because it helps me find information for my projects or work.  It also teaches you how to make presentations more professional.  How to make essays look better.  It also makes learning more fun.  It lets teachers also do more diverse things than without computers.

      So I would like you to spare some of your budget to put in computers in every class room or at least put in majority of classrooms.  It will help my education be fun and I will do better in school.

Risky Buisness: Final Draft

       There are any different types of risky business that can prevent future generations from being successful like teen pregnancy, trends, bullying, drugs and peer pressure.  But I think that the biggest problem that will prevent future generations from being successful is teen suicide.  Although teen suicide isn’t the top story in the news but I think it needs to be addressed as the suicide rate rapidly climbs.

            First, suicide may be a problem but it is not a major one.  There are many reasons why but a big one is it is preventable because you have many options now day.  Like there are many websites that give you advice on what to do if you know someone will commit suicide or you will commit suicide. Two you can call a suicide hotline to get advice 1-800-273-8255.  Lastly you can call or visit a psychologist.  Which tells you that suicide can be prevented and has a promising out put if someone actually does because a lot of people don’t. But there are more reasons why it is a major problem that needs improvement in its prevention plan.  So it is a pro that we can prevent it.  Which is a pro because we have prevention that can help people.

            Second, in my opinion that suicide is a major problem because of many reasons.  Like even though it is very preventable there is still much work to improve on in preventing teen suicide. There are statistics of how harsh suicide is around the world.  Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  We may have prevention ways but we need to ether make them better or make new ones.  If we don’t improve it then the suicide rate will rapidly climb.  So that is why suicide is a major issue that needs to be prevented better.  It is a con that we are having.

            Lastly, out of the two arguments of pros and cons it is easy to say that the argument that suicide is a major issue is the stronger argument because there are more facts and they are stronger.  Like Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  So the side with the issue is a big issue that needs to be prevented better because the rate is rapidly increasing.  So we need to improve even though there are pros and cons.

            Since the rate of suicide is increasing in the world there is need for much improvement in how we prevent it because if we don’t the rate will increase start to increase like how the past 45 years the rate increased by 60% but with luck we can change that and bring it down way below.  We may not be able to stop it in all.  But we may be able to lower it a lot.

Risky Buisness: Suicide

           There are any different types of risky business that can prevent future generations from being successful like teen pregnancy, trends, bullying, drugs and peer pressure.  But I think that the biggest problem that will prevent future generations from being successful is teen suicide.  Although teen suicide isn’t the top story in the news but I think it needs to be addressed as the suicide rate rapidly climbs.

            On the other hand suicide isn’t a major problem.  There are many reasons why but a big one is it is preventable because you have many options now day.  Like there are many websites that give you advice on what to do if you know someone will commit suicide or you will commit suicide. Two you can call a suicide hotline to get advice 1-800-273-8255.Lastly you can call or visit a psychologist. But there are more reasons why it is a major problem that needs improvement in its prevention plan.

            So I think that suicide is a major problem because of many reasons.  Like even though it is very preventable there is still much work to improve on in preventing teen suicide. There are statistics of how harsh suicide is around the world.  Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  So that is why suicide is a major issue that needs to be prevented better.

            Out of the two arguments I have to say that the argument that suicide is a major issue is the stronger argument because there are more facts and they are stronger.  Like Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  So I side with the issue is a big issue that needs to be prevented better because the rate is rapidly increasing.

            Since the rate of suicide is increasing in the world there is need for much improvement in how we prevent it because if we don’t the rate will increase start to increase like how the past 45 years the rate increased by 60% but with luck we can change that and bring it down way below.  We may not be able to stop it in all.  But it may be able to lower it a lot.

Risky Buisness: Suicide

           There are any different types of risky business that can prevent future generations from being successful like teen pregnancy, trends, bullying, drugs and peer pressure.  But I think that the biggest problem that will prevent future generations from being successful is teen suicide.  Although teen suicide isn’t the top story in the news but I think it needs to be addressed as the suicide rate rapidly climbs.

            On the other hand suicide isn’t a major problem.  There are many reasons why but a big one is it is preventable because you have many options now day.  Like there are many websites that give you advice on what to do if you know someone will commit suicide or you will commit suicide. Two you can call a suicide hotline to get advice       1-800-273-8255.Lastly you can call or visit a psychologist. But there are more reasons why it is a major problem that needs improvement in its prevention plan.

            So I think that suicide is a major problem because of many reasons.  Like even though it is very preventable there is still much work to improve on in preventing teen suicide. There are statistics of how harsh suicide is around the world.  Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  So that is why suicide is a major issue that needs to be prevented better.

            Out of the two arguments I have to say that the argument that suicide is a major issue is the stronger argument because there are more facts and they are stronger.  Like Statistics say that every year almost one million people die from suicide globally.  Suicide is one of the leading three causes of death for 15 to 44 year olds is suicide.  During the last 45 years the suicide rate has gone up by 60% worldwide.  For every one suicide committed there is about 25 suicide attempts, which means many teens have suicidal thoughts.  So I side with the issue is a big issue that needs to be prevented better because the rate is rapidly increasing.

            Since the rate of suicide is increasing in the world there is need for much improvement in how we prevent it because if we don’t the rate will increase start to increase like how the past 45 years the rate increased by 60% but with luck we can change that and bring it down way below.  We may not be able to stop it in all.  But it may be able to lower it a lot.

College Essay

                                                                    College Essay

Prompt: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What does it mean or experience there, and why is it meaningful to me?

            There are many stresses like grades, sports, and my future in the world that takes me out of life but one place always puts me back in.  There’s something about shoes stomping on the black top court, the bouncing of balls, laughter of friends, and the sweat on my forehead from shooting a ball just puts me at ease.  This place is Park and Ride basketball court.  Park and ride is a recreational park with a basketball court, baseball field, Dog Park, and a wide-open field for anything your heart desires.  It is only one mile away from my house so when I get frustrated from any problem I walk down they’re alone and forget about everything by shooting my problems away.

            This place is special to me because it is always in arms reach.  Also it always creates a fun and happy environment.  So whenever I go there I always come home happy.  Whenever I shoot a basketball there its like a problem goes into the basket and falls to the ground.

            The first time I went there I knew this was a great place to be.  I liked how it was relaxing and very green.  It was bursting with life I knew that I would have good memories there.  Knowing that I started to play basketball with my friends there and magically the court created good times and made me happy.  Which made it special and makes me calm.

            I remember the first time I went there when I was frustrated.  That day was going well until my sister started to get mad at me.  But I didn’t know why she got mad at me.  So I got really frustrated and stormed out of my house with a basketball in my hands because I knew exactly where I wanted to go.  The court is a place that always relaxed me.  So I continued out the garage into the street.  I was so enraged when I was walking down I was talking to myself.  But after 15 minutes I made it to the park.  I looked around and started to calm down.  The sun on my face, the wind rustling through trees, and the beautiful view of the sun touching the horizon, which helped me, let go a little bit.  Then I walked in and found a court in the front.  After a while of watching other guys play an intense game.  I started to shoot my ball.  As I let the first one go I started to relax and let go.  After about 100 shots I got bored and started to walk around.  Just the beautiful scenery was making me happy.  There’s also Dog Park that is near so watching the dogs made me happier.  Then completely happy and forgetting why I was mad I went home when my mom arrived because of the good memories, happy people, competitive edge and the feeling of release when playing basketball relaxes me.  Compared to other places they don’t match up so I don’t have all of these things in every other place.  So it is very special to me to the bottom of my heart.

            That is why Park and Ride are special and always makes me perfectly content because of the scenery and all the happy people around.  So that’s why when I am upset I always go there.