Student Council Elections

High school student president elections are something that most teachers would describe as sick, a failure of democracy, or just plain immaturity. They say this because the person who gets elected is the person who gives the most candy and has the funniest speech. The winner is most definitely not the person who boasts the most experience, the best qualities, or promises to improve the community. The winner of the election is the one who passes out the most candy has the funniest speech and is most liked. It’s really quite a bit like a real presidential election. In our school only seniors can run for president and senses the ninth graders are new were there swing votes.  Unlike a real election the way to win our votes is to hand out candy. Most candy is directed towards us because they know if they give us enough candy we will vote for them.  The next` key part is the speech. What we are looking for is a funny entertaining speech. Not a five minute lecture on how this person might really help the ECA community. We want comedy and false promises of soda machines. We want over the top and ridiculous. Almost none of the tactics employed by hot shot politicians can be found in a student council election.

The Faithful Spy

The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson is a very good spy novel. I love to read spy novels they are the most interesting and exciting. This book was especially intense.  The book is about a CIA agent named John Wells. He went undercover into Al Qaeda. They believe him to be a dedicated terrorist. John Wells realized that something big was going to happen but he didn’t say anything. That big something was 9/11. Shortly after the invasion John is sent on to United States to wait for further orders. He goes to the states as told but the CIA detains him because they believe he has been turned. He has to break out of custody which means he’s on his own. When he gets his orders from Al Qaeda he has stop a deadly biological attack without any help from any kind of law enforcement. I really liked this book. Every second of it is entertaining and heart-pounding. Once you pick it up you can’t put it down. This is the first book in a series Alex Berenson has created about John Wells. I know that the others will be just as good if not better. I definitely recommend this book and the author.

Addicting TV Shows

I have recently become addicted to addicting TV shows. It all started when my dada bought the first season of 24 on DVD. Shows like 24 and Lost always have a continuous plot where shows like Law &Order or CSI have a different plot and characters in each one. That is what makes TV shows addicting. When you just have to watch the next episode to see what happens. Anyway, when my sister, dad, and me watched the first one we ended up watching four more. From that moment on I was hooked. We watched all 7 seasons that were on DVD until we caught up with the show. That was the hardest transition. We were used to watching the episodes without commercials and one after the other but now we could only watch one a week with commercials. That was the last season of 24 so for the time being io was off TV shows. It wasn’t long before me and my sister discovered Prison Break. It was only a few months until we finished all four seasons. The next show ii have been watching on my own. Lost is an incredibly addicting incredible show. I’m on the third season and it won’t be long till I have finished all six seasons. After that who knows what I will watch but I’m sure I’ll find something, eventually.

Specials Of The Week

One of my favorite things in school is the specials meals. Not necessarily because the food is incredible (sometimes it is sometimes it isn’t). It’s because of the good feeling you get when you think about it. When I’m sitting in a boring class it’s nice to remember that it’s hamburger day and get that sudden rush of happiness. It’s funny how something so little can change your mood. Now let me explain the different specials. Every Wednesday the cafeteria makes their own Sushi. The sushi itself is not the best Sushi you will eat but it’s good for the price. Every other Thursday is hamburger day. They serve hamburgers and cheeseburgers and it comes with fries. The school burgers are very hit or miss some people love them some hate them. I personally like them. For some reason almost all of the hamburger patties in Caracas are seasoned. A lot of people don’t like this style of patty but I think there tasty. This is the day that it’s most important to guard you plate if you turn around even for a second all of your fries could be gone. Every other Tuesday (hamburger and pizza alternate weeks) is pizza day. I do not like the pizza. The sauce is bad quality, the cheese is cheap, and for some reason the pizza is a lot sweeter than it should be. I like almost all of the other meals but pizza is my least favorite by far(Actually the Lebanese plate is my least favorite. They only served it once and then for some mysterious reason it was served again?). Those are the special food plates I look forward to in the week.

Traveling

Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I love going to new and different places with my friends and family. I love everything about traveling except for one thing, flying. The whole process of flying is long, tedious, and most of all boring. I fly internationally a lot and almost every international flight is at 6:30 or 8. So if my flights at 6:30 I have to wake up at 3:30 to leave the house by 3:45. It’s probably 4:30 by the time I get to the airport. Once I and my family arrive we have to wait in line to check in. Probably twenty minutes later we head to security. That’s probably a ten minute wait. After security comes customs. Depending on the line that can be from five minutes to forty-five. After that you get to sit down after standing for over an hour. But you can’t so excited to sit when you’re just going to sit for the next three hours. From Caracas I almost always fly to Miami and then I connect to a flight that’s going to my final destination. Once in Miami you have to repeat the whole airport process again. Then it’s on the next flight where I will sit for another three to six hours. At the end of a trip there and back, after all that traveling I’m glad I did it and ready for the next trip.