13 year old Jacob Stevenson had a pretty difficult life considering he had many fears in life. Living this style of life, being scared of many things made it so Jacob did not have many friends at school because he was home schooled so he could not make friends that way or other places seeing he did not play any sports or any other activities made it difficult to make friends. He was born in a small town south of Detroit and is still living there in a small house; Jacob is home schooled by his parents due to his fears that he will not leave the house. Considering one of Jacob’s fears was that he won’t leave his own home his favorite hobby is to just play video games, basically he does nothing else at all, eat, sleep and play video games.
Jacob’s main fear in life was he was petrified of germs. He would not share anything with anyone, he would not leave his house and also nobody was aloud in his room, he has one sister, a mom and a dad and they have never gone into his room or else Jacob would freak out. After everything he did he would wash his face and his hands such as eat, touch anything that wasn’t his and touch anyone else. He wouldn’t even kiss or hug his mom or dad, wouldn’t shake hands or anything like that.
This fear had a lot of disadvantages and few advantages. Some advantages are that if he really likes video games and that is his passion he can do that all he wanted. Another advantage is that if he never leaves his house there is a way better chance that nothing bad or very dangerous will ever happen to him such as getting hit by a car; beat up by a gang or even getting attacked by a dangerous animal such as a bear, cougar or a coyote. Also if you will not leave your house that means you will need to be home schooled and that’s only 3 hours a day and normal school is 6 hours plus you can have your parents as your teachers which would be better than a normal teacher. Some disadvantages are that you will not make many friends considering you will not leave your house. Another is that you cannot experience all the fun and adventurous things there are to do in life and your life will eventually get very bored of your life after a while. You cannot go anywhere such as the store, friends, restaurant and especially you cannot go places for vacation if you wanted vacation or you had to move.
Jacob’s daily routine is this:8:00: Wake up
8:15: Brush teeth
8:30: Eat breakfast
8:45: Wash hands
8:50: Wash Face
9:00: Play Video Games
11:55: Wash Hands and face
12:00: Eat lunch
12:15 : Wash hands and face
12:30 : Play video games
7:00: Wash hands and face
7:15: Eat Dinner
7:30: Wash hands and face
8:00: Go to bed
That is Jacob’s routine everyday and it is the exact same every day which is pretty boring. Maybe the odd time it might change a bit by him sleeping in or not being hungry so he would not eat and even sometimes he would get too carried away playing his video games but other than that it would be the same every day. This lifestyle would negatively affect his life because he cannot do much other than sit at home and play video games. Jacob wouldn’t even go into his enormous backyard; it had trampoline, pool, hot tub and a swing set and still he wouldn’t go in his backyard. One day Jacob’s parents had a talk together about Jacob’s life and agreed to try to get Jacob to for once just go outside and try to overcome his fear. At the dinner table Jacob’s parents started a conversation about him going outside. Jacob’s mom said:
“Jacob, do you want to try and go outside to overcome your fear?
“No, Never!” yelled Jacob.
“Why not? Let’s just go look outside” mom said calmly.
“Ok, fine” said Jacob
We all got up and walked to the back door leading to the gigantic back yard. Jacob took a look outside with a nervous face and bit his lip. He was so scared. Mom said:
“Come on”
“Ok, I’m ready” said Jacob.
Jacob opened the sliding door and took a step outside, the cold breeze and the noise of the same old dog barking every night that I can hear from my bedroom window which got annoying after a couple days. After standing there in shock for about a minute I finally realized it wasn’t so bad. I started slowly walking further in my back yard and eventually started running in freedom. This was my first time going outside since I was about 1 when I was born and had to go home. My life had changed; I liked the outdoors and wasn’t so scared after all. My parents were crying in joy and were the happiest people alive next to me considering this is the best thing I’ve ever done in my whole life.
The next year I went to school in a real school, I joined sports teams and most of all I went outside A LOT more! Thanks to my parents who helped me thru this fear I am a normal boy now. Also I share stuff and now I allow people to go into my room. I’ve made some friends now and we always play outside together. This is my new and improved daily routine:
8:00: Wake up
8:30: Brush teeth
9:00: Eat breakfast
9:30: Wash hands
10:00: Go outside
11:00: Play video games.
12:00: Eat lunch
12:30: Go outside
3:00: Play video games
5:00: Eat dinner
6:00: Go outside
8:00: Go to bed
As you can see my life has changed a lot after I had overcome my fear and also my life has improved great fully because now I can experience more things in the outside world, I’ve made a lot of friends and I have met new people. Now I am a normal boy and my life is better than ever!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Scaredy Student
Thursday, October 8, 2009
If I Were in Charge of The World!
If I were in charge of the world I would focus on one thing to do. I would stop world hunger. First of all I would visit the very poor parts of the world to help them survive on there own which is a very important thing because alot of people do not have the intellegence to survive on there own , that is why I would want to teach them. To help them survive on there own I would spend money on building schools in the poor parts of the world to teach them important things to know because most poor parts of the world do not have very good schools, that is why they do not have the intellegence. Another thing I would do to help them live by thereselfs would be to donate technologies to the poor and aslo teach them how to use those technologies and to fix them just incase the technology brakes and nobody knows how to fix it which is an important thing to know so you can fix the broken technologies. Another thing I would do if I were in charge of the world to stop world hunger would be to try to improve poor communities because alot of communities are not in good living conditions which is very bad for alot of poeple. Support communities with water lines for cleaning such as showers and baths but more importantly to drink because alot of poeple die because they did not have the water to survive, water is much more important than food , you need water more than food. I would also spend a large amount of my money on food and drinks for the poor to eat and drink. To support the poor I would also donate a chunk of my money to charities and organisations such as Unicef and others so they can support and donate to the poor to help them survive.
Also if I were incharge of the world I would try to solve the problem of world poverty. To do that I would donate money to organisations that have to do with world poverty and that help with world poverty so that they will support the poor children and adults in the world. Another thing that I would do is I would personaly visit the poor parts of the world to support them with shelter to live in instead of living on the streets, because im positive living under shelter is much better than living on the streets and there are ALOT of children and adults living in poverty and it is a major problem in this world today and that is why I would like to focus on that idea also with the idea of stopping world hunger which is also a major problem in this world.
Also if I were incharge of the world I would try to solve the problem of world poverty. To do that I would donate money to organisations that have to do with world poverty and that help with world poverty so that they will support the poor children and adults in the world. Another thing that I would do is I would personaly visit the poor parts of the world to support them with shelter to live in instead of living on the streets, because im positive living under shelter is much better than living on the streets and there are ALOT of children and adults living in poverty and it is a major problem in this world today and that is why I would like to focus on that idea also with the idea of stopping world hunger which is also a major problem in this world.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Cookie
I grabbed the chocolate chip cookie out from the package. It was round and about the size of your palm. The cookie is pretty light and has the scent of delicious chocolate and wheat. The cookie was bumpy as I ran my fingers across it. I picked it up and split into two pieces, one half had 3 chocolate chips in it and the other half had 6 chcolate chips in it. I picked the cookie up and put 0ne half of the cookie in my mouth all at once, it was crunchy and delicious. The taste of the soft chocolate chips mixing with the crunchiness of the cookie itself was outstanding. I put the other half all in my mouth all at once. This time not as much chocolate chips, so more crunchiness. The wheat of the cookie tastes amazing along with the chocolate chips. It was the most amazing piece of food I have ever tasted.
Adding Emotions to Yor Story
The boy had warm tears dripping down his face from his big puffy eyes as he huddled up in the corner of his room ignoring everyone. This is when hes found out his cat died by getting hit by a car. He had Big red cheeks and he used his his hands and finger to wipe off the tears on face dripping down to his neck and body. He felt broken and empty inside like he had nothing else to live for. He huddled there in the corner as his lips curled up as he screamed and cried , eventually after laying there for a while thinking about what has happened he stopped screaming and crying.
The baseball pitcher thru the old fist pump as he struck out the last batter. He raised his hands in triumph as he jumped in the air. He dropped to is knees and started yelling in happiness . His team started running towards him from the dugout. The whole team picked him up and raised him on their shoudlers. As the crowd went wild and this feeling in my stomach like never before. It was the happiest moment of my life.
The old man jumped and yelled as he heard the smoke alarm go off. He was never frightened as bad before in his life. He has this feeling in his stomach as if his life was going to end. He was petrified of this smoke alarm as he as never heard one before or he as never been in this situation before. He put his hand covered by his sleeve over his mouth to no breathe the smoke or fire in. When he got out he was relieved that this was a false alarm.
The baby yelled at the top of his loungs "Give me my toy back" as he flailed his arms wanting his toy back after his brother took his toy. He ran to the corner and sat there. He crossed his arms as he pouted and frowned. He ignored everyone that came to him to try to cheer him up. He even ignored his brother trying to give back his toy . He finally stoped crying and accepted his toy. Then he went back to playing with his toy car.
The baseball pitcher thru the old fist pump as he struck out the last batter. He raised his hands in triumph as he jumped in the air. He dropped to is knees and started yelling in happiness . His team started running towards him from the dugout. The whole team picked him up and raised him on their shoudlers. As the crowd went wild and this feeling in my stomach like never before. It was the happiest moment of my life.
The old man jumped and yelled as he heard the smoke alarm go off. He was never frightened as bad before in his life. He has this feeling in his stomach as if his life was going to end. He was petrified of this smoke alarm as he as never heard one before or he as never been in this situation before. He put his hand covered by his sleeve over his mouth to no breathe the smoke or fire in. When he got out he was relieved that this was a false alarm.
The baby yelled at the top of his loungs "Give me my toy back" as he flailed his arms wanting his toy back after his brother took his toy. He ran to the corner and sat there. He crossed his arms as he pouted and frowned. He ignored everyone that came to him to try to cheer him up. He even ignored his brother trying to give back his toy . He finally stoped crying and accepted his toy. Then he went back to playing with his toy car.
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