Parent Teacher Conferences

I've never really had a bad experience at parent teacher conferences, I just feel like it's always awkward for me because my teachers are always like "Oh, Emily, she's such a good student, she's such a good role model, and always gets her work done, she's just a dream."

I never know what to say, like, do I just say "Thank you!" or what? So I just usually laugh nervously and turn red and then generally ignore what they say for the rest of the time, because I just find it extremely awkward. Like, I'm not an awful student, I talk a lot sometimes, that topic usually comes up somewhere, which is the worst thing they say.

And then it's just "Emily is a good worker, but she can't seem to keep her mouth shut, that's the one thing I have to say to her in class." And THEN what do I say? Like, "Oh, sorry, I'll try to fix that?" Because I know wherever I sit or get moved to, I'll still talk! So it's like a lose-lose situation for them.

But this year I don't think I'm going to conferences, because I don't have any major concerns or questions to ask, and even if I did I could just e-mail them.

I think only kids who are bad need to go to Conferences because if everyone goes to them, we're just wasting the teachers' precious time. I think I'll take advantage of my Friday off instead, and take some time to myself.

Iowa State story

It was a very good weekend for Cyclone fans, like me. We defeated 15^th ranked TCU, 37-23 at Texas. This has been the 3^rd consecutive year that the Cyclones have beaten a Top-25 ranked team on the road. And who could forget the huge victory for Iowa State last year against Oklahoma State?

The Cyclones to me set a very good example for anyone who wants to play college sports. If I was a boy, who was involved in sports, it would be my dream to play football for Paul Rhodes at Iowa State, because they have such a good program.

Before Paul Rhodes began coaching at Iowa State, the Cyclones were not considered to have any chance at winning. Many think that it’s because they had the wrong kind of motivation.

The Cyclone football team doesn't really pay attention to the rankings; they don’t use the polls as their motivation. Instead they use the fact that they’re not favored to win. They want to prove everyone wrong, to make them question why they were doubted in the first place.

ISU has one of the toughest schedules in the nation, playing big schools like TCU, Kansas State, Texas, and West Virginia. They've started the season out on a good foot, and I believe that they can end it well too.

Proving someone wrong is probably one of the best feelings ever, and the Cyclones are about to do just that. CyclONE nation all the way!

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The 2012 Presidential Debate

The presidential debate last night not only blew up my Twitter feed last night, but it fired up many Americans. Obama was said to have given the worst public speaking performance ever of his time as president.

                Romney seemed to be more energetic and into the debate than Obama did. Mitt was on fire, he was just throwing tests out directly at Obama, and clearly Obama couldn’t pass them.

                Obama was very honest, he wasn’t lying to anybody, and the way he described himself really spoke out to me. “4 years ago, I said I’m not a perfect man, and I wouldn’t be a perfect president. And that’s probably a promise that Governor Romney’s think I’ve kept. But I’ve also promised that I would fight every single day.”

                Jen Psaki, traveling press secretary for Obama, stated on Fox News that Obama had the style, but not the facts. She also said that although Romney was a good attacker, the American public isn’t looking for an attacker in-chief.

                Although Americans may have voted Romney for clearly winning that debate, there’s still a second round, and there’s still 33 days left until the election, a lot can happen in that time.

                Being entitled to my own opinion, Romney is most definitely not my favorite person in the world; he got on my nerves within the first 5 minutes of the debate.

            "I'm sorry Jim. I'm gonna stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm gonna stop other things," Romney said. "I like PBS, I like Big Bird, I actually like you too." My dad is a videographer for IPTV, so if Romney becomes president, he will definitely affect my dad’s current employment state.

                The look on Jim Lehrer’s face when Romney said that statement was priceless; he looked so shocked, so annoyed. His eyes opened up and were like “Wow. Did you really just say that?”

                On Twitter last night, a lot of people were talking about the smirk on Romney’s face. I wanted to go right up on stage and wipe that smirk straight off his face.