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The meaning of life is to accept
the things you can not change,
find the courage to change the
things you can, and gain
enough wisdom to know the
difference. This is how I choose
to live my life. I want to go into
government to push for that
change. Yet I find peace in ac-
cepting others for who they are.
The only true evil is the evil
man put on one another. I will
constantly push for more wis-
dom. I love to learn, travel,
debate, act, and create. I know
my life will be full of photos
and TV quotes. Eskimo kisses
and theme songs. I push myself
everyday to think more about
the world around me. I’m so
excited for life. Over the course
of high school I have learned
what real trauma is and with
that I have found where human
compassion grows. I am so thankful
for my small family. My little broth-
er, is already growing into a strong
man for us women to lean on. My
sister is the freest person I know.
My grandma gives me encourage-
ment everyday. My mother is inde-
scribable. I’m so proud to be her
daughter. And everyday I look at
my family I know my meaning of
life is to simple grow up with them..
Meaning of Life
Time Capsule 2
People 3
Memories 4
Achievements 5
World Event 6
Pop Culture 7
Art Section 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Senior Valedictory Portfolio
Time Capsule
P a g e 2 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
1. IPhone Headphones
The IPhone Headphones represent
the technology of our generation.
Almost every other student in high
school has these headphones dan-
gling out of one ear. Lastly, it mimics
my love of music as well as my love
for my IPhone.
2. My Mom’s Wedding
I think divorce is such a common part
of our culture, now that divorce rates
will only go up in the future. I want to
remind children to believe in love and
stability. Even though high school
loves are anything but stable, young
loves are memorable and worth the
experience.
3. Toy Story
Toy Story represents our generation’s
childhood. Every 90s child has seen
Toy Story at least once and if you’re a
dedicated fan like me, you went to see
Toy Story 3 in your sophomore year of
high school.
4. Cut up Sock
A cut up sock represents the fashion of
our generation. One of the most popular
trends is to roll your hair into a sock on
top of your head. This represents the
hipster, crunchy look that was “in”.
5. The Complete Series of Friends
Hopefully future generations are still using DVDs,
though I doubt it. None the less, Friends represents
good time and bad. It’s the ones show you can watch
any episode and laugh. It’s funny, heartfelt, and
mimics how we all fell in our youth.
1. Monica and Chandler
2. Pam and Jim
3. Amy and Sheldon
4. Angela and Dwight
5. Gillian and Cal 6. Garcia and Morgan 7. Lily and Marshall
8. Lorelai and Luke 9. Piper and Leo
10. Rory and Dean
Top
10
TV
Couples
I chose my top 10 TV couples because at some
point or another I was obsessed with seeing these
characters every week. I love the chemistry be-
tween all of these couples. In a way these shows
restore my faith there’s someone out there for me,
even if it’s just someone to watch my shows with.
The Role of Being a Daughter
The events of the day blend together like
water color paint dripping down lined
paper, without purpose. My mother in her
brown coat chatting a way in her ear piece
as she franticly pushed through the
traffic. I recall the “Obama Momma’s”
protesting outside Verizon’s entrance, a
chant leaving the woman’s mouth releas-
ing profanity. My mother returns with,
“That’s real classy; you know there’s a
child in the car.” And she was right I was
in fact a child. The massive crowds made
me uncomfortable, my mother’s lack of
attention towards me made me aggravat-
ed. However as the echoing call of the
helicopter hit the stadium an awkward
silence landed over the crowd. A woman in
a purple blazer, a blur in the distance,
demanded the attention of what I estimat-
ed 6,000 citizens. She gave an empowered
speech of the American Dream but it
wasn’t till the crowd chanted U.S.A that I
began to cry. I was 13 years old, and I
found myself inspired, not by the political
party, but by the system we created. It was
then the water colors dried to display the
deepest red, white, and blue I ever saw.
(WC.194)
knew if I did what I
was told I could quick-
ly receive what I want-
ed. My father stopped
wanting peace after my
mom left him. Unfor-
tunately without my mother’s present, my father saw nothing but a reminder of
her in his daughter’s place. I haven’t spoken to my dad in three months. I feel
guilty over my dad’s lose and even pity for the man, my mother and siblings left
behind for another family to restore. However, with faith and maturity I reas-
sure myself that it is not a daughter’s role to earn love. My mother reminds me
every day it’s a parent’s job to give it willingly. (WC. 202)
The role of a daughter has always baffled me.
I never understood how I could become a
duplicate of one parent and abandon anoth-
er. I know a psychologist or a parent would
say it’s the responsibilities of the adult to
bond with the child. However no one told me
what my responsibilities were as a daughter.
I assumed it was to keep the peace, avoid the
stereotypical behavior, and follow in the
footsteps to ultimately make a parent proud.
I performed these tasks admirably. I made
tea every night, was an honors student, and
P a g e 3 A s h t o n B o s s t i c k S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Most Influential Event People
I will miss the conversations.
Whether I’m in class refusing
to pay attention or actively
participating in class; I’m a
talker. I speak with purpose
and volume. The best part of
high school was people
learned how to talk back. In
this school I found the op-
portunity to debate, analyze,
and learn. At a young age,
teachers always said I was a
distraction in class, which is probably
accurate because I can still hear
myself say, “But I raised my hand!”
None the less high school allowed
this little child to bloom into a stu-
dent motivated to put her mouth to
good use. With a bit of maturity I
found a way to harness all my energy
to the subject at hand. Now I under-
stand how I learn. Multiple choice
tests will always stump me, but I’ve
proven myself as an active student
because I can discuss it. Regardless,
of school subjects I gain something
when I speak to student in class,
even if it’s a new perspective. When
I rant to a computer neighbor, goof
off with a partner, or discuss with a
teacher I’m learning. That’s what I’ll
miss, the conversations that made
class worth going too. (WC.200)
sweet grandmother used a butter knife to jab little hole on top of a mason jar, for me
to begin my lady bug collection. All the little
insects running wild around the jar on top
of one mini marshmallow; Nana told me all
lady bugs love sugar. At the time I didn’t
know that all the yellowish spots appearing
on the marshmallow was in fact pee, instead
I originally thought that is was little bits
taken out of there food source. For water, I
used my little Barbie sized cup to give the
bugs just enough water to drink and not some much they could swim. Looking back
Nana gave me my first pet without even knowing it. (WC.209)
I was three years old and lived in a trailer park in Terra Haute,
Indiana. Before incredibly insen-
sitive redneck stereotypes race
into your mind, let me state that
my first memory was an adorable
one. Nana lived right next door
to me, so I spent most of my days
with her while my parents
worked. She was my dad’s grand-
mother so even though she was
in fact my nana, everyone called her Nana. Thinking back, I don’t
even know her real name. One day while I was at her house my
Memories
Childhood: A Lady Bug Life
P a g e 4 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Miss From High School
Tiger Fever Freshman Year
Achievements
Despair
In Kalamazoo, Michigan I was awarded
Best Delegate in UN Women for Model
UN. At IUPUI I was awarded a Unit 2
Award at We the People State. My Duo
partner and I received 9th in the Speech
Team state championship. Lastly, my
own peers voted me most likely to be-
come president. I feel so honored to be
overwhelmingly recognized for all my
activities that I have poured my heart
and soul into. Even though these are all
just papers and plaques that will eventu-
ally collect dust in an old storage box
with yearbooks and prom photos, it feel
so good to be seen as successful in a field
I’ve wanted to be in since I was 13. I hope
I can look back as a
big shot lawyer and
think I was always
motivated to make a
difference. Senior year
in itself has been a
triumph. I had the opportunity to wrap up all these
event with high spirits and say goodbye to all the wise,
wicked, sincere people that I have come to know as my
best friends. Lastly, I’m proud to say that I stuck to
our senior class motto, “Win Everything!” (WC. 198)
comfort of getting better but the
bitter truth. My mother the loving
chemotherapy that she is, desperate
to heal but doing more harm than
repair. My dad was radiation, killing
every living cell in sight. I was the
memory loss. Desperate, clinging,
and confused I held on to bits and
My parents’ divorce was a cancer that
consumed our lives for three years.
My sister a loving stem cell, sacrificing
any chance of life to restore warmth
to our household. My brother was the
hairless from countless sleepless
nights of worry. My grandma is the
sting of an IV needle, giving me the
pieces of my own mind. Divorce is a
cancer that ultimately weakness the
structure, takes the body, and challeng-
es the faith. The love of all these people
gives me the strength to survive. The
people saved my life. (WC.193)
P a g e 5 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Triumph
My Unit 2 at IUPUI for We the People State Finals
There truly is nothing that stops the fast paced, self-involved America
we’ve become until the day our own citizens became the terrorist. I
remember 9/11 vaguely. I was 6 years old ironically the same age as
most of the victims in the Newtown shooting. All I remember is the
patriotism that spilled out of everyone
around me, including my mother. On
the day of September 9, 2001, I lay on
my parent’s bed half watching the
news and my mother teasing her
80’s hair. I see the color of her
blue scrubs that mark her as a
St. Vincent’s nurse. She looks at
me and says, “It’s just hard to
imagine anyone hating that
much.” That was the first time
my mother taught me the lesson
that marks who I’d become. Hatred
kills people. On December 14, 2012 I
cried. My stomach actually felt pain, pain
for the children lost, pain for their
parent’s sanity, and pain for the society
that produced its own enemy. People use
the school shootings to push their politi-
cal agenda of gun control. Though those
are valid concerns, I think basic human
decency is being overlooked. We raise
these murders, we talk about them as
idol gossip in high school, but we never
think to show kindness to any of these
shooters. The boy who killed those chil-
dren denied his humanity but it’s time for
us to stop denying ours. (WC.236)
treatment at the ages of 13 and
15. When asked about the birth
of her two daughters, she said, “
I was just so happy not to be
allow anymore, I just wasn't
allow.” On August 24, 2009 Gar-
rido visited the campus of UC
Berkeley accompanied by two girls.
Their unusual behavior sparked an
On June 10,1991 Jaycee Dugard
was kidnapped at the age of 11 in
South Lake Tahoe, California by
convicted sex offender, Phillip
Craig Garrido and his wife, Nacy.
She was held captive for 18 years
in tents and storage unities in
there back yard. She even experi-
ence two labors with no medical
investigation that led to his bringing the girls to a
parole office . Investigators, identified Dugard as
one of the girls and now Dugard has returned
home to her mother. (WC 156)
World Events
P a g e 6 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Sandy Hook Elementary
El-Ghobashy, Tamer and Barrett, Devlin. “Dozens Killed in Conn. School
Shooting.” The Wall Street Journal.n.p.17 Dec. 2012. Web 15 Jan. 2013
A Stolen Life
By: Jaycee Dugard
Pop Culture
P a g e 7 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Viral Video Mania
http://www.businessinsider.com/ho
w-doves-real-beauty-sketches-
became-the-most-viral-ad-video-of-
all-time-2013-5
“Charlie bit me!” and “Double rainbow” are just some of the many
viral video sensation that have brought our generation procrastinat-
ing on YouTube. This article addresses a more inspiring viral com-
mercial video for Dove Soap. I personally found it touching and
should my grandma. In the video a man is facing a canvas away from
different types of women, asking them to describe themselves. Then
he asks others to describe the women to him. He draw to different
sketches, both without seeing the women for himself, and the places
them side by side. The last scene is the women getting to observe how
they see themselves compare to what others describe about them. The
women see their own self-image right in front of them. It an amazing
display of naturally beauty and self-esteem. The commercial ends
with the power your appearance has on you and the people around
you. I found it touching and an amazing what to display a product.
Some any commercials put meaningless charts animated next to
slogans while this moves the viewer to actually go look this up online
rather than fast forward on TV. (WC201)
Pop sensation, Lady Gaga, shocked us all in 2010
MTV Video Music Awards by wearing a dress
constructed out of raw meat. Even though, Gaga
took home a Grammy for best dance recording
for “Poker Face” during 2010 MTV Video Music
Awards, all we were paying attention to was the
crazy out fits When Gaga wore the dress as a
political statement. She wore the dress to spark
the debate of "Don’t ask, don't tell" policy protest the ban on
gays serving openly in the military. She explained that if
people don't stand up for their rights, "pretty soon we're
going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones.
And, I am not a piece of meat." Now the dress has been pre-
served and dyed to keep its meaty look and will be displayed
along will many of her ensembles in The Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in Cleveland. (WC.194)
Mother Monster in Meat
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/06/lady-gaga-meat-dress-museum_n_1861254.html
Art Section
P a g e 8 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
Art Section
Music Lyrics
P a g e 9 S e n i o r V a l e d i c t o r y
I know they say you cant go home again.
I just had to come back one last time.
Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam.
But these handprints on the front steps are mine.
And up those stairs, in that little back bedroom
is where I did my homework and I learned to play
guitar.
And I bet you didn't know under that live oak
my favorite dog is buried in the yard.
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its like I'm someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself
if I could just come in I swear I'll leave.
Won't take nothing but a memory
from the house that built me.
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years.
From 'Better Homes and Garden' magazines.
Plans were drawn, concrete poured,
and nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave life to mama's dream.
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its like I'm someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave.
Won't take nothing but a memory
House that Built Me
By: Miranda Lambert
from the house that built me.
You leave home, you move on and you do the best
you can.
I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
this brokenness inside me might start healing.
Out here its like I'm someone else,
I thought that maybe I could find myself.
If I could walk around I swear I'll leave.
Won't take nothing but a memory
from the house that built me.