Forever Strong Review

I recently watched the movie Forever Strong. It is about two rival rugby teams, one lets their players do whatever they want, whether it is drinking or partying. While the Highland rugby team on the other hand dedicates themselves to honor and respect. Highland's rival team's star player ends up going to juvenile detention for crashing a car while drunk. While in jail, he sees a counselor who refers him to the Highland rugby team. While playing for Highland he learns respect, honor, and friendship amongst the other players. I would definitely recommend this movie to all of my friends and family.

Night Terror Research Paper- Rough Draft

Night terrors, also known as Pavor Nocturnes in Latin, are an illness that affects millions of people each year. I am one of those people. I have experienced night terrors since the young age of seven. I am now sixteen, and although my night terrors have been greatly reduced in frequency, I still do have night terrors once in awhile. For me, night terrors often meant about five minute of sheer terror. In all of my night terrors, big spiders are continually attacking me. Suffering from arachnophobia would be the explanation for why I have night terrors about spiders. Experts say that night terrors are usually the result of a traumatic experience. So for former prisoners of war, or war veterans they are commonplace. These types of night terrors are known as type B night terrors, and most often occur in adults. I, however, do not remember having a traumatic experience with a spider. Experts also say that night terrors are genetic, but neither of my parents suffered from night terrors as children. The last possible reason for my night terrors could be a mundane experience with a spider. These types of night terrors are based off regular everyday experiences. These are known as Type A night terrors and these types of night terrors usually occur in children, ending around the age of fourteen.

Night terrors have some unique symptoms that you wouldn’t find with a regular nightmare. Including, but not limited to, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, sweating, sudden awakening from sleep, persistent fear of terror that occurs at night, screaming, confusion, and not remembering the night terror the next morning. A lot of people ask what the differences between night terrors and nightmares are. Well, in most cases people do not remember night terrors the day after they had one, whereas with nightmares, people can often vividly describe them. Another key difference between the two is that you cannot wake someone up that is having a night terror; this is because nightmares occur in a lighter sleep cycle. Another commonly asked question is, can you have multiple night terrors per night? The answer to this is, yes, depending on how traumatic the event or events causing the night terror are. It is uncommon however for someone to have multiple night terrors. A lot of people are curious as to what most night terrors are about. The most common night terrors can include spiders, snakes, or other people in the room with them.

Things you should know about night terrors mainly include the side effects. Many people will sleepwalk, sleep talk, or not be in control of their bodies while having a night terror. Most of the time it is all of the above though. Scientists have found that night terrors are hereditary, which means that they are passed down through the family. Mental illness can also play a role in night terrors as well. What are night terrors you may ask? Well, night terrors are a sudden reaction of fear that happens during the transition from one sleep phase to another.

Night terrors most often occur in children between the ages of 4-12, since they more often than not, are more easily scared than adults. Night terrors, however, are equally common amongst both males and females. Some people wonder if night terrors are deadly. Night terrors themselves are not deadly but the things you do while having a night terror could be. Serious cases of night terrors include jumping through windows, broken bones, and even concussions.

People have been known to turn violent while having night terrors, since they are seeing things that aren’t actually there. The more intense the nigh terrors, the more violent someone is likely to be while having it.

A drug called Klonopin can treat night terrors. This can greatly reduce the effects of a night terror. Unfortunately no one has discovered a complete cure for night terrors. If you are around someone who does have night terrors, you should stay calm, and make sure that the person gets more sleep at night.

Although there is currently no cure for night terrors, I hope that one day scientists do find one. Night terrors affect many people in our community, everyday. As I have mentioned in this paper, night terrors can be dangerous and disruptive to a person’s overall health and sleep, so the sooner we find a cure, the sooner we can end peoples suffering.

Golf Results

Junior Varsity Tournaments

Similk Beach Golf Course- Wednesday, March 10th

Score- 45


Varsity Tournaments

North Bellingham Golf Course- Monday, March 15th

Score- 92

Drumming Workshop

Siddhartha vs. Ghandi

Tim Dills
10-16-09
Siddhartha vs. Ghandi


This paper will examine the similarities and differences of Ghandi being a civil rights activist who won a Nobel peace prize, and Siddhartha being a character searching for enlightenment in the book by Herman Hesse. After examining three similarities, I will take a look at three differences as well.

The first of these similarities is that both Ghandi and Siddhartha were searching for their own source of enlightenment. Secondly, both of these men found enlightenment in their own original way. Ghandi for instance was a huge person behind civil rights in India, Siddhartha, however, was more of a nomad going around to different places and trying different lifestyles.

Both Siddhartha and Ghandi found their own form of enlightenment. For example, Siddhartha found enlightenment talking to the river as a ferryman. He would spend his days on the river thinking about where it was going and where it had been. This made Siddhartha happy inside. Ghandi found enlightenment through leading peace and hunger strikes in India. Even though they found enlightenment in different ways. The reason Ghandi was so persistent in leading these strikes against the government was because he grew up in poverty and experienced the lack of civil rights first hand.

Lastly, they also both influenced the people around them. Ghandi had huge groups of followers who would participate in hunger strikes for India’s civil rights. Siddhartha only had Govinda, his childhood friend. Govinda treated Siddhartha as if he were the chosen one himself. Govinda looked up to Siddhartha so much because Siddhartha was always a good role model for him. Siddhartha was what Govinda wanted to be.

One of the main differences is that these two men lived in different time periods. Siddhartha took place in about 700 a.d. and Ghandi lived in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. The issues they had to deal with were much different because of the time period. The time periods were different because of the technology, Ghandi was so well known because there were newspapers and radio stations that talked about him.

Another difference was that Ghandi was more of a national figure. Siddhartha, however, wasn’t because he is merely a character in a book and no more than a figment of the imagination. Between these two men, Ghandi was one of the most influential men of our world in the past one hundred years. His extensive list of achievements include Time Magazines man of the year in 1930 and he was the runner up in person of the century, in first place was Albert Einstein. Ghandi has inspired many political figures such as Martin Luther King, Al Gore, and Barack Obama.

Siddhartha was more of a character based upon hand me down stories from generations past. Even though Siddhartha was a fictional character his experiences are purely hypothetical but motivational nonetheless.

The final difference is that a Hindu extremist assassinated Ghandi. Siddhartha was not assassinated at all. As you can see there is a major difference between assassination and death because of natural causes. The reason why Ghandi was assassinated was because the Hindu extremists did not like what he was doing. He was slowly but surely getting India’s rights back. I think Ghandi was one man who captivated the world’s attention with what he did.

Siddhartha started as a Brahmin’s son and decided that the Brahmin lifestyle was not for him because it was too dull. He then became a Samana, which was a nomad. He and his friend Govinda stayed with the Samanas until Siddhartha grew bored of the Samanan life. He then went to a woman and she showed him earthly pleasures. When Siddhartha found earthly pleasures did not make him happy, he became a ferryman.

As a ferryman, Siddhartha finally found eternal happiness, also known as enlightenment. Siddhartha found enlightenment through the stones on the riverbed because those stones calmed him down and acted as a relaxant for Siddhartha. He and his childhood friend Govinda would spend the rest of their days talking to the river and the stones in the river.

I enjoyed the book Siddhartha and would recommend the book to anyone who is looking for a short read packed with a lot of meaning. I do think, however, that the author could have included Govinda’s opinion and point of view more often in the book.

As far as the last word on Ghandi...the boy is slim!

KKOS

I recently went to a High School Leadership training at Komo Kulshan Outdoor School. It is located right off of Baker Lake. I learned about the water cycle and animal life native to that region. Thankfully the weather was great, unfortunately for me though it was feeding time for the mosquitos. I got bitten more times than I could count. It was all worth it though when we got to go to the lower baker dam, the scenery was beautiful. The reason I went to the training is because every year K.K.O.S host an entire sixth grade class for 3 days and they need highschoolers to help them run the program.

Did You Know? #1

Question- Why is the king of hearts the only king without a mustache?

Answer- Diamonds, clubs, and spades are by association linked with the corruption of wealth, are and death. The heart, as an organ is pure, open, and undisguised- it does not wear artifice hence the clean shaven king of hearts.