Month: November 2014

Business Letter

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                                                                                                                              10-7-14

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
One Children’s Hospital Drive
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

 

Dear Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Organ Transplant Division:

        Over the 14 years of my life, I have lived 10 of them with a liver transplant.  The other 4 years before the transplant weren’t so great, because it was then that I was sick with Maple Syrup Urine Disease.  I have said thank you many times over the years after the transplant and took each day as a gift and a blessing.  However, I never formally thanked you all for taking my mom’s seemingly impossible request back then.  For if you hadn’t, I would not be enjoying the life I have.  I told myself that someday I would formally thank you for what you did, but I never got around to it.  I wanted to change that, so I wrote this to you in order to complete my long time goal.  My name is Jakob Stapleton Jasin, aka JJ.  I’m almost 15 and my parents are Chris and Susan Jasin, and I have a wonderful sister named Alyna, who is adopted, as well as a beautiful dog named Bella.  I just recently started my freshman year of high school, and I am already part of the school’s cross country team and have a wonderful group of friends.  So far I have straight A’s, and I’m taking all Honors classes.  I could go further with what my life is like, but the point is that all of this I just mentioned would not be possible for me if you hadn’t taken the request that my mom made for something that hadn’t been successful before: liver transplantation for a MSUD patient.  I am proud of whom I am now and will become, and I know my parents are proud of me, too.  So, thank you for saving my life.  I mean it and I owe you all so much for my gift.

Sincerely,

Jakob Jasin (JJ)

1st successful MSUD transplant recipient

Pokemon Poem: The Unown Riddle! :3

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Below is a riddle I made, try to guess who they are!

I have wings, but cannot fly.
I may faint, but never die.
Water and Rock may dampen my pride,
But anything else must step aside!
For I have come back from my training with my brethren up high,
And I can beat you in the blink of an eye!
My trainer is good, one of the hardest to beat,
Our whole team is skilled; we can bring on the heat.
Once you have been crowned Champion of all,
Meet us on Mount Silver for one final brawl!
I have given you the clues, so you cannot deny…
Who is my trainer, and who am I?

How to Rock a Book Report :)

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       How To Rock Glasses and Braces is the best story I’ve read in a while. This story is the best story for anyone going into middle school or high school and they have braces or glasses. Kacey Simon is the main character in this story, and she’s the popular girl in school, but not only is she popular, she’s truthfully mean. She’s also the school’s reporter and the star of the school play. She made a mistake by not taking her eye drops and got an eye infection. She was then required to wear glasses until the infection went away.

       If that wasn’t bad enough, at her best friend’s party, she slips on the ice and wakes up at the dentist’s office. She is told that she’s getting braces and she feels like it’s the end of her world. She now has a lisp and she has to wear these horrible glasses. With the help of her ex-best friend, Paige Greene, and Zander, a guy from an indie rock band, she seems to be getting her life back on track.

        I can relate to the main character, Kacey Simon. She thought it was the end of the world when she got braces. I felt like people wouldn’t like me when I got braces and they would avoid me like a plague. I wasn’t fond of getting glasses either and Kasey felt the same way. With the help of my true friends I was okay with having braces and glasses. Also, my parents helped me love my look like Kacey’s mom did in the story.

       This story is quite relatable to girls of any age. They feel like changing themselves will change how people will think of them. Most people also strive for popularity like Kacey did. This story shows that you should choose to do what you love instead of doing things that others want you to do. In the book, Kasey shows this by choosing to be in the band with Zander instead of being friends with Molly again. This book eventually became so popular that it became the base for the former Nickelodeon show “How to Rock”.

Storyteller Project by Trisha Allison Obillo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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I want to add a funny description here with bad grammar and spelling but I don’t know if I should. ANYWAY, enjoy my presentation. yEAH. Cool. Awesome. Thanks. Wow. Coolio. 
By the way, the video goes by really fast so you may want to pause on some parts if you wanna read the words and stuff. Alright. kAY. 
P.S. You may want to have a box of tissues next to you once you get close to the end of the video.
-Trisha (:::::

Business Letter to the Georgia Institute of Technology

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October 9, 2014

Georgia Institute of Technology

North Ave.

Atlanta, Georgia 30332

Dear Georgia Institute of Technology Representative:

Approximately 14 years ago, my parents graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology. This is why I grew up hearing about Georgia Tech my whole childhood. As a child, I grew up with a Yellow Jacket stuffed animal and learned to correct others when they called it a “bee”. I also memorized the lyrics to “I’m a Wramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech” fight song as an 8 year old little girl. As I grew in height, my hatred for the University of Georgia also grew. Although there were some times where I wanted to go to other schools such as the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, or even Harvard, I always ended up settling on Georgia Tech.

I am currently a Freshman at Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia and taking the highest level academic courses offered to me at school. As a Ninth Grader, I am taking Algebra 2/Trigonometry, Honors Biology, Spanish 3, Pre AP World History and Geography, and Honors English for my academic classes. I am also participating in Advanced Mixed Chorus, Study Hall, and Health and PE for my other blocks. As with extracurricular activities, I am on my school’s Freshman Volleyball team and in the All Female A Cappella Club. Over the summer, I took the summer school course of Earth Science because I enjoy science and want to take as many science classes as possible. This allowed me to get a headstart to my first year in high school, and the course gave me something to do over the summer. In the next three years of high school, I plan on taking the most advanced science classes, at least 2 AP social science classes out of 4 years of social science classes, and 4 years of honor level English. By the end of Senior year, I hope to have finished AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Spanish.My favorite classes have always been math and science, and I believe that going to a college that will help me develop skills in my interests is the best college for me. I am also intrigued by the idea of pursuing a career in Computer Science or Computer Programming.

The purpose of this letter wasn’t just to talk about how much I love Georgia Tech but about how to get into Georgia Tech. After taking 4 years of advanced courses in every subject, I hope to be able to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology, but I have found a few obstacles blocking my path to my future at Georgia Tech. I have calculated that it will cost about $100,000-$120,000 to go to Georgia Tech for a full four years and get my Bachelor’s Degree in the study of my choice, due to living out-of-state. This is not accounting for the price of books, housing, food, and inflation. Student debt is increasing greatly and will likely continue to incresase for years to come, which worries me about my future. Either I risk going to my dream college and being in debt for a long time or I go to an in-state college for less and don’t get to go to my dream college. Even though my parents both went out-of-state to Georgia Tech, neither of them want me going to an out-of-state school and spending money we don’t have. They have agreed to pay for some of my college and possibly loan me interest-free money, but I’m still worried about my future. Yes, I can try to get scholarships and get a job, but I want to go to Georgia Tech knowing that I won’t be in debt the rest of my life. Do you have any suggestions as to what classes I should start taking, what activities I should be participating in, and ways I can accrue enough money to get through college?

Thank you for your time,
Gwyneth Schloer