Patriots Pen

                Yes, I am proud of my country because of all of the things our government has done to make it a good running society with an even amount of respect for everyone in our country. Unlike other countries where there are kings and queens everyone here is equal and that is what a democracy believes in that everyone should be treated equally. Many other countries would love to have the same amount of freedom that our country does and that should make every citizen in the USA proud of their country.

                For everyone that lives in the USA democracy they are very fortunate that they are able to vote freely on what they believe instead of someone being passed down the title of the queen or king of a country. Also in other countries without a democracy they are sometimes killed if they publicly don’t agree with their ruler or they are sent to prison on just their opinion. Not to make the entire world look bad except the US other countries  have a good flowing government they just don’t have the right to be able to express the things that they feel are right unlike we are able to do.

                The US is a very free country even though people of the past were slave owners I think we have came understand that that treatment to people is wrong and our country will most definitely will not go back to that time. Everyone should be proud that they are able to talk freely and be able to do anything they want to do. In other countries they are judged on what they do and say and if you say one thing that is negative toward your country and the government hears about it the government could put you in jail or sometimes even worse like mandatory banishment which means you would have to flee the country right away.  

                The Freedom of our country is why I believe that we are strong and for that reason that is why I am proud of my country. Although there are other reasons why we should be proud of our country this is why I think we should be proud for all the things we can have that other countries don’t have. The people of our country should be proud were not some 3^rd world that we are the top of the heap. That is why I am proud of my country.

Being a Commercial Artist

Authors Note: This is a piece about Commercial Artist that I wrote for computer publications class, we researched a publishing career and we wrote about their job as a Commercial Artist is.

            

 Commercial Artist exercise their artistic skills to promote companies and non-profit organizations. They develop design plans for CD-ROMs, websites, logos, and printed ads and also create backdrops for movies and television shows with input from the producer. Commercial artist work mainly alone where they design computer generated graphics, and develop ideas for posters and signs, or they are a part of design teams , where they have many designers put in their ideas to create a piece of artwork for the business they are employed for.  Necessary attributes to be a commercial artist along with any other artist are good coordination through their hands, eyes and fingers. The key to being a good commercial artist is to have a good sense of color like with any of artist.  

          

  The education need to be a commercial artist is either a high school diploma or a bachelor’s degree. Along with that education courses that would enhance their career opportunities are commercial art in college, geometry and art in high school for obvious reasons. The income for a Commercial Artist is depended on their education and experience with more experience the higher income the average commercial artist can make $54,000 a year in the state of Michigan it varies from state to state. The income probably would not be the same in Wisconsin. The commercial art industry is expected to grow by the year 2014, 160 annual job opening will be expected which is quite a lot, and again it varies by state.

           

The Job of a commercial artist would be a very though job and sometimes rather effortless. Though a commercial artist has an annual salary that is quite good I would not like to have a job like this because of the long hours and having to work with design teams where not all of us might agree. But some of the intrigues of the job are being able to work alone and the low education qualifications and again having the good annual income. Although it sounds like a fun and good job being a commercial artist does not appeal to me, I would not like to be a commercial artist.

Hall of Fame Yao

BY: Andrew Mielke

Authors Note: This is a persuasive argument essay on if Yao Ming is worthy enough to be in the NBA Hall of Fame or if he should just go down as the best Asian players in the NBA.

Yao Ming is not the usually when you think of an NBA player he is more of the unusual, Yao Ming is 7’6” tall and from China. Earlier this summer Yao Ming announced his retirement because of constant foot injuries that sidelined him for long periods of time and has left his team the Rockets in situations that are not helpful.  He has been through the ups and downs of the NBA and numerous people think that Yao should be enshrined in the NBA Hall of Fame, I don’t agree.

Yao Ming retiring started up chaos for the sports world of basketball numerous people were thinking he is a true hall of famer. First of all most of the Hall of Famers play an average of 15 seasons Yao Ming played 9. Most of those nine seasons Yao didn’t step foot on the court instead he stayed on the bench injured. Through his first few seasons he was hardly injured. But around 2 years ago Yao broke his foot and was sidelined for long periods of time and he has had trouble coming back from that broken foot.

However, Yao has been the core offensive player and defensive player for the past few years and has been an NBA all-star eight times in his nine year career. Although he has been to multiple all-star games he hasn’t had the right numbers to be a Hall of Famer. One of the best centers of all time Hakeem Olajuwon and NBA Hall of Famer has 3 times the amount of points and rebounds in his career than Yao has in his career. 

Being an all-star is what people are getting caught on with Yao, even though many of the experts agree that Yao is not Hall of Fame worthy. So many people think that just because Yao was the premier Asian NBA player so he should be in the Hall of Fame, well it doesn’t exactly work that way. Many different NBA athletes from many different countries can be qualified as the greatest from their country to play in the NBA but almost half have never even been considered to be in the Hall of Fame, That is why the Yao fans can’t get caught up that since he is the best Asian NBA player that he as a one-way ticket right to the Hall of Fame.

Therefore Yao Ming is agreeably not Hall of Fame worthy and maybe some time in the future he will be in some type of the Chinese Sports Hall of Fame where he is best suited for his accomplishments in the Olympics and CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) for the country of China. Although Yao Ming is not Hall of Fame worthy, he will still be an honorable mention for the Hall of Fame.

Expository Essay of Money Ball

Authors Note: This is an Expository essay of Money Ball in here it explains the climax and how they got the resolution.

In the book Money Ball it starts out with introducing the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics Billy Beane. The A’s in the early 2000’s were a halfway decent team making the playoffs every once in a while. Well Billy Beane want it to be the A’s make the playoffs every year so the main conflict is the A’s are not winners and he wants the A’s to be perennial winners.

In the beginning of the season Billy Beane made some moves to get players that he thought were going to help his team. Most of these players were not household names they were the type of players that usually start on the bench not in the field. He picked these players because he was using a new system of scouting by using the electronics keeping the statistics. The part in the story which I think is the climax is the start of the baseball season because he got the players he needed to be a good team and after the season starts, they can’t go back they have to stick with the players they have.

In the end of the book the A’s eventually are into to the playoffs but they did not go as far as they wanted. Billy Beane was able to resolve his conflict by making midseason and off season trades and signings to get the players necessary to be capable of making the playoffs. Billy Beane did such a good job as the General Manager of the Athletics that after the season when his contract was up with the A’s he was offered to be the General Manager of the Red Sox. He turned down the job because he said “I still have to finish what I started with the A’s.”