Masks

Masks are used in a number of ways. Other people cannot see your real face when you are wearing a mask. Masks are useful in many ways.

 

Sometimes people use masks just for fun. Masks can be put on for entertainment. At plays, instead of using computer animation, people wear masks with different faces to make people laugh, scare them and lots more. During Halloween, some people wear masks that are so realistic they literally send shivers down my spine.

 

Another reason people wear masks is to protect themselves. People who wield metal together wear thick metal masks to prevent sparks from flying into their face. Athletes like football players wear masks so they do not get concussions and get hurt. Baseball catchers wear masks to stop the 100 mile-per-hour, speedy-fast ball from smashing into their skulls.

 

People wear masks for many reasons. Some people wear masks for fun while others need them. Masks are needed.

What Makes A Great Leader

To become a great leader you need many skills. All the great leaders in the world have them. Some people are born to become great leaders, while others are not. If you do not have the skills, you will never be able to become a great leader. A great leader is made of these several skills.

 

Great leaders need to believe in other people. Without it, you will never accomplish anything. For example if a war General does not believe that his army will win the battle, his army is doomed to lose. Same goes with life. You need to believe in your partner that he will do his part and not let you down. It is not possible to do everything by yourself. Without the help and support of others, you won’t succeed, much less become leader.

 

Having endurance is also important. When everything looks down, and looks like a dead end after all you been through, you need endurance to get through. You cannot just quit on yourself and others. Thomas Edison took over 1000 tries to make the light bulb. Usually, other people will just quit after around 20 or less failures. Even if someone gets to 100 failures and doesn’t quit is good. But Edison took over 1000 tries to make the light buld. You have to never give up.

 

There are several different needed skills to become an awesome leader. A leader need all of there skills to become successful.

Pep Rallies

We are having a pep rally at our school. Some people can’t wait for it, while others groan. I am in the middle. I think pep rallies have some good and some bad.

 

At pep rallies, someone usually goes up front and hypes everyone up. If you are in a bad mood, a pep rally may just be the thing for you. For example, if you got a bad grade in science, a pep rally can allow you to forget it. There are also some fun games students get to play with a few teachers, like 3-point basketball shooting, and really crazy ones like skateboard racing with toilet plungers.

 

A pep rally is also a good way to take your mind off current situations. If you just need a brake from school, pep rallies are good for that too. Like if there is a huge test coming up, a pep rally allows you to miss about 45 minutes of class, so you probably won’t have a test in that day.

 

However, pep rallies have their negative points, too. Pep rallies at my school take up your advisory period. Advisory is the only free time your get to do your homework. Usually I have a ton of math homework. No advisory equals more–a lot more–homework. Without advisory time, you have a lot more homework to do at home.

 

Sometimes, pep rallies can get a little boring. When they’re announcing everything they have to announce, face it, it gets boring. “And now please greet the boys eighth grade basketball A team. The players are…blah, blah, blah. Also please acknowledge the boys eighth grade basketball B team. The teammates are…blah, blah, blah. Don’t forget the boys seventh grade basketball A team with…blah, blah, blah. Also there is the boys seventh grade basketball B team. The players are…blah, blah, blah. Now to the girls…blah, blah, blah.” Also sometimes the “performance” and “cheers” get really boring.

 

I like pep rallies because you get to miss some of school, but I don’t like the longer homework time required (who does?).  Pep rallies are fun, but they have many cons.