Extra Credit Five Paragraph Essay: Dropping out of school is ridiculous

           I think we all have hated school at least a little bit or a lot, but dropping out is a really bad idea. I don't understand why people can't wait till their sixteen to drop out of school. They've come so far so why drop out? They have a whole life ahead of them and it's not going to be great unless they finish school to go to college. You could be stuck with a job that you probably wouldn't want or dream of having, and you might not have a job at all. Now here's some advice, do NOT drop out of school. 
           They would have a great life finishing high school and going to college. This way they would have way higher chances of getting a good job. Getting out of school early isn't that great, because you need a degree to get the really good jobs with high pay. Also, if you drop out then you only make minimum wage jobs. Sometimes, you don't get a job at all. Which means that dropping out of school would be a horrible idea.
           You could be with a disgusting annoying job that you wouldn't want but need, because you wouldn't have anywhere to go. Without a job you wouldn't be able to pay for anything and you would have to work even harder now because you would be paid a minimum wage job. Now you wouldn't have a good job because you would've dropped out early. So now unless you don't want to be stuck with a dead end job with low pay then DON'T DROP OUT OF SCHOOL!
           Now for my last reason I say that you could definitely end up with no job. Then you know that without a job you would be on the streets or a loser in your mom's basement. Also, everybody knows that without money you can't buy anything, which means no money for food or shelter. YOU WOULD DIE! With the information I gave you this would obviously mean that without finishing high school your not going to be successful.
           After whoever reads this I hope you never drop out of school. It would be the worst decision you would ever make. If you have an entire life to live up then why would you throw it all away and not finish high school? You're going to need a job someday, but without a degree or diploma then your basically stuck with jobs that you're never going to want. Sometimes you're not going to have a job. Like I said before, take my advice and do NOT drop out of school. It'll just blow up in your face someday and you're going to regret it for the rest of your life. Everybody is going to hate school at least a little bit, and I say that they should just power through. I know that people are going to think that I'm crazy but I hated school a few times and there's no way I'm quitting. Once again, NEVER DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.

Book Review: Strong Man

Strong Man by Ishmael Hope. Strong man is about two boys who's lives are very similar. The main characters Duke and Dukt'ootl' are boys who have a lot of similarities in the events of both of their lives. Some similarities would be that Duke's uncle is the coach of the basketball team which is basically like the leader, and Dukt'ootl''s uncle, Galweit, is the leader of their group.  Another similarity would be that Duke and Dukt'ootl both had a hard time and decide that they should start trying harder and not give up, so Dukt'ootl starts training harder and Duke starts to study harder. Another similarity is that they both were treated poorly and had been teased a lot.
In the beginning it shows Dukt'ootl' and his group training and Duke getting ready to go to school. Duke goes to school where he is bullied by a couple of kids. Then later on he found out that he can't make a basketball team if he doesn't bring his grades up. Then where Duke and Dukt'ootl' both needed to get better at something they didn't give up and went on to get better. Duke studied really hard while Dukt'ootl' went out to train hard. So right when Dukt'ootl' trained out a short burly man challenged him to a battle and when he lost Duke decided to care more about the basketball team than the exam he needs to pass. Dukt'ootl' tried defeating the short burly man four more times and on the fourth time he finally won. Then when Duke went out for the basketball team trip he made it in, but as a waterboy. Then when the clan was going on a trip Dukt'ootl wanted to go to, but this time he has to bail the water. When Dukt'ootl' went to the trip to the sea lion rock his uncle tried killing them all but failed and died. So Dukt'ootl' took a stand and defeated all of them. Then Duke finally finished studying and played with the team. Duke had two shots left to win the  basketball game and Dukt'ootl' split the giant sea lion in half. Afterwards Duke passed the exam and made the team. Then in the end Dukt'ootl' became the leader. They both achieved their goals despite being treated poorly and teased.
I think some of the main themes of this story is that you should never give up and if you have a goal to achieve then don't let others shoot you down.
I would recommend this book to other kids younger than me to teach them a lesson.  A lesson to teach them from this book is to never give up. Another lesson that it would teach is to never let people prevent you from reaching your goals.
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My Access: Fame

 When you were little you always dreamed of being famous. Well, most of us did. Except for me, I never really wanted to be much-publicized. I never wanted to be a famous person because the paparazzi are always there to take your picture and cut in on your life, and how would you know who your real friends are? There's a lot of people who are friends with people only because of the money, and the fame like attempting to be friends with Miley Cyrus. Also I hate being hated a lot and I really don't want to end up being like Rebecca Black, being famous for the wrong reasons, which means I would get a lot of haters. In my opinion, fame is not advantageous. There's more reasons on why I wouldn't really want to be famous, but these are my main reasons. Honestly, I would never want to be famous.
       Paparazzi are always on your case. Paparazzi are always out there to cut in on your life to take away and invade your privacy. For a lot of people, privacy is essential and I'm one of those people, so if I were famous then that privacy would taken away from me. If I don't have my space then how would I be able to walk out the door and go somewhere without someone running up to me and taking pictures? That's something that I would dislike very much. That's why I need my privacy so I can go outside without people like the paparazzi going up to me to take pictures. For example, Lindsey Lohan does drugs and people invade in her privacy and make huge deals out of it which made people turn against her. So, not only is it annoying, but it could ruin your reputation.  
I don't care if I have a bunch of friends, all that I care about is having true friends. Even if I had one friend that would be fine with me, as long as they're a real friend. There's so many people who would do anything just to be seen with someone famous. An example would be that if you met Miley Cyrus, you would definitely want to be friends with her because she's really famous. Then later on when you're not that famous anymore they wouldn't want to be your friend. That would be their only reason for being my friend. Yet, another reason fame isn't so good
        Everybody knows that not everybody is going to like everybody, but I take that kind of hard. So, if I was as well known as any other famous person then I would get haters. If it's hard for me to take that one person hates me then that means I would take it really hard to find that a lot of people really hate me. I don't want to end up like Rebecca Black with all those haters. If I were Rebecca Black then I wouldn't have any friends because I'd be famous for a bad reason. Haters say extremely mean things about people and if they said that to me I would not take that well at all. Being as well known as Rebecca Black and getting disliked so much is something that I can't really handle.  
        Well, those are my reasons on why I can't be famous. Privacy is basically essential to me, and the paparazzi aren't going to give it to me. Also, I would have a lot of friends, but I wouldn't know who was my true friends. I can't take being hated a lot like Rebecca Black. Those are my main reasons why I can't be famous. Fame is NOT advantageous.