Vocabulary Words 9-26-11: What is your favorite childhood games?

Although many teenagers are obdurate about the fact that board games are childish, I still become ebullient whenever I play them. Different board games require different artifices in order to beat the other players. However, whenever I lose I feel like it is the nadir of my day. My favorite childhood board game is Life. I always loved thinking about how awesome my future life would be.

Vocabulary Words 9-19-11; What is your favorite Disney/Pixar Dreamworks movie? Why?

It is a daunting task to have to pick a favorite Disney movie. There are so many wonderful movies regardless of the use of hackneyed and cliché phrases or bright garish animations. My personal favorite has to be The Little Mermaid. The best part of the movie was when Ariel first became human. She was so innocent to the human world that she repeatedly embarrassed herself in front of Prince Eric. It humanized her and made the movie much more interesting.

Vocabulary Words 9-12-11; If you won the lottery, what would you do?

If I won the lottery, the first thing that I would do would be to balk at the shocking surprise. After, I would become a benefactor for a children's hospital. Finally, I would make sure to abase myself and instead of becoming a big spender, I would save the rest of my money for college and emergencies.

Do you like studying vocabulary? Do you think studying vocabulary is important?

Vocabulary is not always interesting, and can be very difficult to study. However, learning new words and being able to understand various types of text can be an extremely important part of life. Personally, I have no particular preference with regard to studying vocabulary, but I do understand that it is tremendously important in high school and beyond.

Books vs. Fanfiction

There is no shortage of reading material in the world, however, there are many different types of text that are enjoyable to read. Personally, my favorite types of literature are books and fanfiction. There are pros and cons to each form. Fanfiction allows for constructive criticism (both given and received), practice with writing skills, and gives the reader the opportunity to see a new point of view on a book or series or even read a new story altogether. Books are uniquely interesting because they have been edited by many and chosen to be published out of many different stories available. However, books also do not allow for the reader to contact the author and provide comments or ask questions, and many series are created and get steadily worse as the reader gets through the novels. The negative facts about fanfiction are that the stories can potentially be abandoned, it takes a long time for certain writers to update their stories, and it can be difficult to find good stories.