Bailing

When I was about 8 I loved to ski and I was not always the most cautious skier. I liked to go on challenging runs a lot but my favorite part was jumps. I was always looking for bumps and jumps to fly off and I usually didn’t pay attention to the danger. On time I was skiing down a run when I saw a big compression jump. From a distance it didn’t look that big so I went as fast as I could straight at it. At the lowest point in the compression I felt like gravity was tripled because I was going way too fast. I flew of the jump and started to soar through the air about five feet above the ground and that is when I noticed that my skies were no longer attacked to my feet. At the lowest point in the jump my bindings had popped open under the pressure of the jump and that meant as soon as the ground was not there to support the my skies drifted away. At that moment I knew it was going to be an interesting landing because there were no skies to land on. I ended up taking about 2 steps on the snow before I did a full face plant. Luckily the snow was not too hard and I landed without hurting myself.      

Blog 6

Everyone has a story about when they were little and something happened that for some reason was so cool or interesting that they lose control of their excitement. When I was really little I was a very happy baby and I would get excited about all sorts of stuff but one of the times I got most excited was when I got my first pillow. It was a sort of funny event because getting a pillow does not seem like a big deal but I was so happy that I sung happy birthday to me for the rest of the day. I had plenty of times when I got really excited but the most recent time that I saw a child get like this was a few weeks ago at work. There was a little boy shopping with his dad and they were buying yogurt. The funny part was the child started pointing the every kind and he ask his dad if they could get it. The best part was he instead of calling it yogurt he called it you-gert. The combination of his pronunciation and his excitement made very funny. Being a kid is so much fun because everything is new and it is easy to have fun with all sorts of things.    

Christmas

Over the holidays my Family have several fun traditions that we do but one of the most special is Sinter klaas. It is a Dutch Christmas tradition where everyone gets the name of someone else and they have to get them a gift. The special part is how you wrap the gift. You have to find a creative way that represents the person that you are making the gift for. This year I got my cousin and I decided to make a creeper from mine craft for him. I made it out if cardboard and green paper and when I was finished building it I stuck a firework in it so when it was lit it would set on fire and the gift would be all that was left. I like this tradition because it is more about having fun and making fun of people than it is about getting stuff and I believe that is what Christmas should be about.      

Blog Number Four

Blog Number Four

Laughing is one of the best things in life and a world without it would not be worth living in. the very best kind of laughter is the kind where you laugh so hard that you don’t make a sound and this is the best because it leaves you feeling happy. One of these moments that sticks out in my head as being totally hilarious is this one time where I was visiting some of my cousins from Ontario and we watched the worst movie I had ever seen. It was about an underwater research station that gets take over by sharks. I think that it seemed so funny at the time because of the mood at the time and I think that most of the moments like this that seem so funny at the time are only like that because of how everyone is feeling at the time. It is kind of like when you try to tell a joke or a story that was very funny at the time but when you re tell it it is not the same. This means that when something is funny you should try to enjoy it because it will never be the same again.   

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

When you hear someone say a picture is worth a thousand words everyone knows what they mean because in life there are always moments where you just can’t find the words to describe what you saw. In the world we live in our entire mindset is biased around the things we can see and we use many tools such as the internet or books to learn about the world. Although this is a good way to see things there is no replacement for going out and experiencing something for yourself. Being involved with a moment of excitement is one of the things that make life interesting and no matter how much time you spend reading about something or watching videos about it you cannot truly understand what it would be like to be there. traveling the world is one of the thing that stand out in my life as being special because when you are seeing the world it helps put your life in perspective and it allows you to see how other people live. Being in a country where things are different from what you are used to or seeing something for the first time is something you can’t describe and that is the reason why people use the saying “ a picture is worth a thousand words. 

Money You Dident Know You Had

When you are a little kid money seems like it is worth so much more than it is when you are older because the things you want are so much smaller. I remember when I was little I found five dollars in a chain link fence one time and it made me the happiest person in the world. The best part about being young is when you get anything it makes you happy and money makes kids happiest of all things. I spent the money I found in the fence on Lego because it was my favorite toy. I think that when someone loses money it makes them sad but the person who finds it is even happier than the person who lost it. Finding money is great but I think it is more about the luck that it represents and in my case I feel that I have been very lucky in my life. Whenever I enter any sort of contest it seems that I win more often than not. It is weird that things like finding money or wining a draw are biased around luck and some kind of fate or higher power because when you find something it can have a profound effect on you.    

intro

Hello my name is Simon Smith and I have been at Calgary Academy for 4 years. I am interested in sport and outdoor activities such as golf, hokey, skiing, soccer, basketball, volleyball and hiking.  I play for many of the Calgary Academy teams and I have played on them since grade 7. In my spare time I like to read and spend time at my cabin. I started working at superstore during the summer and I am hoping that my schedule allows me to continue working there. I have an older sister who just started university at Mt royal and she is studying to be a teacher. I enjoy school because Calgary Academy is a fun environment and the teachers are great. This year the big things I am looking forward to are the more advanced curriculum and interesting subject matter as well as the sports and trips. Before I went to Calgary Academy I went to wildwood elementary and I feel that it is important that people are aware that the learning experience at Calgary Academy is so great. I also enjoy traveling and have been to 13 countries in 3 continents. Some of my favorites were Costa Rica, Peru, Dominica and some of the other Caribbean islands I have been to. The next places I hope to visit are Africa, The Galapagos Islands and the north of Canada.  When I finish high school I am hoping to go to university and study engineering or sciences relating to life or space. I am looking forward to this year and all the cool things we will get to do.