Holiday Week

This is the first day back from Thanksgiving break. During the break I had a good time eating some great food on Thursday. That night I stayed at the karate school because I had to be there at 5 am the next morning because of a "black friday" sword seminar for the kids so parents could drop their kids off to go shopping early that morning. It was a fun seminar, I learned a lot. That evening I went with some of the guys from the school to go spend the night at a lake house. It was a fun party. The following day I went to see Transporter 3 which was an awesome movie. That was my vacation time.  

Today is Today

Today is today, remember this day, it was a monday. On this monday I was twenty minutes late getting out of bed. I had to run around frantic to get out of the house on time to make it for class. I am presently sitting at my desk typing this blog awaiting for a quiz over a book named Of Mice and Men.

11/14-15/08

This past weekend I left on Friday evening with a friend and my family to go to Atlanta at the Cobb Galleria Centre so I could be there for the Regional Tournament on Saturday. On Saturday I went to the arena and competed, I sadly disappointed myself because I got second place in forms and second place in sparring but I was happy about getting first place in weapons. Needless to say I am still slightly upset. Though overall it was a fun weekend. 

11/12

This weekend I am going to be in Atlanta at another Regional Tournament. I am currently in first place in the standings so hopefully I can keep it that way. I am training harder this week because I honestly have not been sparring for about two months now. I feel alittle rusty so we are hitting it hard all this week.

10/31

This Halloween I was involved with an awesome haunted house that my martial arts school promoted and hosted. This is something that we do every year. It is so much fun. We all have a blast.

Monday 10/27

This weekend was pretty fun. Friday I had to do a 2hr. sparring seminar, but afterwards I went out to eat with a friend. Then Saturday I went to watch a friend in a play that was at Jones County High School, then I went with that friend to another friends party. I stayed there all night long. There was a ton of people there. Sunday I went to another friends house to hang out all the way in Crawford County, and finally went to go see Saw V with a bunch of people from work.

Practice Regents

Chance Brown
October 20, 2008
English 1101
Ms. Aiken
Discussion Topic


The order that you are born may have a strong effect on your personality development. The youngest to the oldest almost always has a large difference in behavior as children and as grown adults. It has a lot to do with the parents and how they treat the siblings. If they are treated equally then they will mostly develop similar personalities, but if they are treated slightly different then they will more likely than not develop opposite personalities.
The older the sibling, the more responsibility that is expected of him or her. The oldest is expected to be a positive role model for the younger sibling and is to take care of more responsibilities at home, which include taking care of the younger sibling. The parents are much more strict on the oldest because of his/her image and attitude that is portrayed towards the younger children of the home. It is also because that the oldest will be the first to mature and leave home before the others and the parents want to make sure that he/she understands and knows what to do once they leave out on their own. This is to show the younger children that what their parents are teaching them is right and that if they listen just as their older brother/sister had done then they too can be able to successfully live away from home one day.
The youngest child is probably in the best and worst place that a person can be as a child. This is because when someone is the youngest child the parents tend to baby and spoil he/she a lot more than they had done for the oldest. This can lead to several problems down the road for the parents and child. One way that this child’s personality can develop is to be needy and dependent on their parents and older siblings far too long as expected when growing and developing in age. They learn to get their way much easier and expect things to come easier to them than it was for the older sibling. This is because the parents are much less strict on the youngest child just because of that reason. Many parents feel that since they were strict enough on the oldest and that nine times out of ten were successful in making he/she live a positive life that this would reflect back to the youngest and since they feel that the oldest is a positive role model for them that they would naturally follow in their footsteps. The parents feel that they don’t have to do as much work.
The middle child has possibly the best position when it comes to learning how to develop their personality. This is because they experience both sides of the line when it comes to being the oldest and youngest child. Before the younger sibling comes along the middle child is the youngest of the family and is given the easier side that the oldest never really got and they were spoiled and were allowed a lot of leeway by the parents. Then, all of a sudden, they are the middle child with a younger brother/sister to look after so now they are put in the same position as the oldest child and that is to be a good positive role model for the youngest and take more responsibility to take care and watch over the baby brother/sister. This is good because now not only do they still understand and realize that their parents love and care for them so they feel that connection but they now also are learning to be more responsible and know how to handle things much easier than before.

Fun at Disney!!

This past week, October 15 through the 18 I was at Disney's Wide World of Sports for a ATA Taekwondo National Tournament. I Went there on the 15th and 16th to do several seminars and training classes and then friday and saturday was the actual tournament. I competed friday for weapons and came out with a first place medal. Saturday I competed in forms and sparring and came out with two first place medals as well. Now I will have double the points to win State Champion this year and also be put up in higher placement for World Champion. I had a great and exciting week last week. What about you?

Fall Break

This fall break was great. On thursday I was able to take a day to just relax. On friday I had to be up by four in the morning and be at the martial arts school to meet with everyone that was going on the trip for the weekend. The trip was going to a place called Camp Strongrock in north Georgia for more martial arts training. It went all the way from friday to sunday. During this time I was able to advance my certification as and instructor to become a level 1 certified instructor. Then once we made it back home some of the same people from the group went and saw a movie. Overall it was a great break.

Compare and Contrast Outline

Chance Brown
October 8, 2008
English 1101
Mrs. Aiken
Comparison/Contrast


Taekwondo Karate
History Korean Origin Chinese Origin
Practice -Training focused on kicks
-Learn to defend and evade to counter
-Focused on agility -Training focused on hand techniques
-Learn to attack and be able to sustain strikes
-Focused on strength
Philosophy -Resolve problems without conflict
-Resolve problems without conflict


Modernization -The most popular and widely used martial art in the world -Named most associated with the majority of all martial arts

This Weekend-My Birthday

This Sunday my family celebrated my birthday by taking me out to eat at Sticky Fingers and giving me my gifts. Sunday was not the acctual day. Today, monday, is my real birthday. I will be 19 at 11:30 this morning. Right now it is 9:43. I have a little while until I am 19.

This Weekend 9/27

This weekend I did a Instructor Training Seminar for four hours on Saturday. Then on Sunday I went to church then went and played paintball with some friends around 3:00 until night fall. Then went home and typed up my analysis essay rough draft.

Today 9/24

Today was kind of crazy because I had to get up and go to the karate school and do an hours worth workout with a couple of people then had to run straight over to class this morning only to find that we were just going to stand outside the classroom for an extra fifteen minutes or so. I am sitting in class right now trying to figure out what we are exactly supposed to do. I am confused.

The Weekend Returns

This weekend I had a work day of sorts because I had to go saturday to cut my grass for my grandmother, who is planning on moving into my father's old house. So that took all day basically. Sunday was my lazy day though because I was able to sleep in and go to church then the rest of the day was free.

Updated Essay

Chance Brown
Ms. S. Aiken
English 1101-01
August 27, 2008

Foot to Face: Taste of a Pinkie Toe

We beat the mess out of Zane…it was one of the best days that I have experienced. The day was a Saturday, just an ordinary Saturday, the time was about one o’clock in the afternoon. Work had just ended, all of the students and parents had left, the boss had went home and had given us permission to stay and work on our material if we wanted. With this newly allotted freedom to be left alone unsupervised at the martial arts studio, a group of about four had agreed to stay and work on the lessons of the day, or at least that is what we had said but did not plan on doing.
A few moments after everyone was gone the four of us did work a little on some of the advanced techniques for about five minutes, just in case someone happen to come back for something, so we waited a while and then the fun began.
We began by doing a tag team jiu-jitsu match, which is a form of grappling mixed with wrestling for those who don’t know what jiu-jitsu is. We grappled for about an hour straight and then we all ganged up on Zane. We each alternated who would grapple him and made a contest to see who could make him submit in the fastest time. Once the fun of grappling had passed, we moved to another adventure.
Andy made the notion of sparring but the others really did not want to just spar, so Jonathan stated that he wanted to spar with our weapons and we all agreed. Everyone ran to grab their gear and their favorite weapon. When everyone was prepared it was an all out battle (the weapons were padded by the way). It was every man for him self. This went on for another hour and a half. Then, naturally, we all went after Zane again and beat on him for about fifteen minutes.

Today

Today...is a day.
It is a Wednesday.
Time... the time is 9:36am
Class...the class is English 1101

What is being done....nothing.

A Relaxing Weekend

This past weekend not much really went down. I basically just chilled out on saturday morning and then went over to a friends house to play some games and listen to music.
Sunday I went swimming with some buddys and then we all went to the movie theatre to see Bangkok Dangerous.

Life

Let me ask you,
Do you feel that Life has a reason?
Do you believe that Life is worth it?
Or
Do you ask yourself is this all there is to Life?
Or
Do you just dream of a better Life?

What Life Do you have?

Computer Module

Module 3 Learning Objectives

Things and people to look for while watching The Paperback Computer:

How could early computers be compared to books in a library? They were very expensive and not widely available, but then got smaller and cheaper and more accessible
The mouse was invented when and by whom? 1968, Doug Inglebart
What was the name of Xerox’s computer built in 1973 that was a failure in the commercial market? The Alto
What was the first microprocessor?
What was the first “personal computer”? Who invented and marketed it? The Apple
Who founded Apple Computers? Steve Jobs and Stephen Wazniac
Who founded Microsoft? Bill Gates
What did IBM do in 1981?
What did Apple Computers do in 1984? They made the Macintosh
Where did the ideas for the Macintosh come from?
Lotus 1,2,3 was the first “killer app” for PCs. Who wrote Lotus 1,2,3? Mitch Kaypore

Labor Day Weekend

This Labor Day Weekend was good for me. I got up early Friday morning and met my instructor and some of the other helpers that were going to ride with us to Panama City, Florida. We all got our things in the car and left around 8:00 a.m. It was a nice ride down, we all talked about several things, listend to music, told jokes, and just had an all around good time. When we finally made it to the Edgewater Beach Resort where we were staying we checked into our room unpacked and just relaxed for a few hours, and then the fun started.
Around 5:30 p.m we all got our uniforms on and headed down to where the tournament was to take place because we were going to do a training/tournament preparation seminar with some of the Masters. When we arrived we walked around to check things out then met up with some of the other students that were going to be there for the tournament. We lined up and bowed in and jumped right into the training. We got to train with 9th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster Soon Ho Lee, Chief Masters M.K. Lee and G.K. Lee who are both 8th Degree Black Belts, and Senior Master Drouge who I belive is a 7th Degree Black Belt who actually owns a couple of schools in the Atlanta area and who was also the person who hosted the last tournament I went to in Atlanta in July.
After that we all got together and went back to the room just to chill for the rest of the night before having to get up around 6:00 in the morning to go to the tournament.
The next day all of the Black Belts were expected to be at the tournament site for a mandatory meeting for judging assignments at 7:30 that morning.
The tournament it self started at 9:30 a.m and lasted until about 5:00 that afternoon. As soon as opening ceremonies was completed I was called to compete. I had about 8 to 10 people in my ring. I was upset at having to be one of the first rings to compete because I missed being able to see both of my instructors compete.
It was worth it though because I was able to come out in 1st place in three of my events: forms, weapons, and sparring. Now because I placed 1st at this tournament now I get even more points towards receiving State Champion in my division.
Once my ring was over I went around and tried to find all of my students that were competing and tried to give them encouragement.
Then once the tournament was over all of the instructors got together at a local arcade to just hangout and play some pool and bowl a few games. Then we headed back to the room and went swimming at the hotel pool until about 12:00 that night. Afterward we went up to the room and played a few hands of poker.
The following day we spent most of it out on the beach and in the ocean. Then right back into the pool when it got too late to be on the beach.
One of the days it was supposed to get really bad weather so we were not allowed to be in the ocean or in the pool so to help pass some time we recorded some of the instructors throwing a football from the 10th floor of the resort where the room was all the way to another one of the instructors that was down at the beach which was a good 200 yards from the balcony.
The next day we checked out and headed back home and had another good time on the way.

So...that was my Labor Day Weekend....give alittle that was done that wasnt said or probably best unsaid just for fun....leave it to the imagination to fill in some gaps

Essay 2

Chance Brown

Ms. S. Aiken

English 1101-01

August 27, 2008

Foot to Face: Taste of a Pinkie Toe

We beat the mess out of Zane…it was one of the best days that I have experienced. The day was a Saturday, just an ordinary Saturday, the time was about one o’clock in the afternoon. Work had just ended, all of the students and parents had left, the boss had went home and had given us permission to stay and work on our material if we wanted. With this newly allotted freedom to be left alone unsupervised at the martial arts studio, a group of about four had agreed to stay and work on the lessons of the day, or at least that is what we had said but did not plan on doing.
A few moments after everyone was gone the four of us did work a little on some of the advanced movements for about five minutes, just in case someone happen to come back for something, so we waited a while and then the fun began.
We began by doing a tag team jiu-jitsu match, which is a form of grappling mixed with wrestling for those who don’t know what jiu-jitsu is.

Foot to Face: Taste of a Pinkie Toe

Chance Brown

Ms. S. Aiken

English 1101-01

August 27, 2008

Foot to Face: Taste of a Pinkie Toe

The day was a Saturday, just an ordinary day, the time was about one o’clock in the afternoon. Work had just ended, all of the students and parents had left, the boss had left and had given us permission to stay and work on material if we wanted. With this newly allotted freedom to be left alone unsupervised at the martial arts studio a group of about four had agreed to stay and work on material, or at least that is what we had said but did not plan on doing.

Day 01

Dear .......,

This weekend was simple and easy I did alot of training on Saturday because I am getting ready to compete in Panama City Florida for a National Tournament. We trained for three hours then I went out to eat with my parents at Red Lobster. Afterwards I went to a friends house and played the Wii for a couple of hours until our friend could come and go bowling with us at midnight. We went at midnight because you get three hours for a set price, its cheaper that way. I didn't make it home until about 4:30 in the morning. Then I had to get up four hours later to go to church. Then I had to get up this morning to go train again for another hour so I am pretty tired right now, but this is pretty interesting I think I am going to have some fun with this.