Week 4A - The Briggsy Awards

Most interesting part of class: When the entire class gets involved in a conversation that seems completely random but everyone is really getting into it.

Most boring/useless part of class: To me the most boring part of class is when we have to read out of our text book. I can never keep my eyes open when trying to read it during class.

Hardest I laughed during class: I don't really remember when I laughed the hardest, but I do remember laughing pretty hard about Brig's story about pulling a prank on a kid that kept falling asleep in class.

Thing that I learned that will be most useful in the real world: Pretty much all of Brig's life advice was pretty great.

Best thing about Brigs as a teacher: He actually knows whats he is talking about and doesn't have to read out of a book as he teaches which keeps it much more interesting so I'm not falling asleep.

Things Brigs could do to make this class better for future classes: Theres really nothing I can think of that would make Brig's class any better.

Week 3A - If I Were A...

  If I were a superhero, I would be Superman. I would be Superman just so that I would be able to fly. Plus his big S symbol thing could also stand for Shelby. Also who would turn down being super strong? That'd just be crazy.
  If I were a type of music, I would be a mix of country, and christian rap because I love both of these kinds of music.
  If I were a car, I would be a shelby mustang. Obviously I would be this because it has my name but I also think its a pretty cool car.

Week 2A - Dumb Laws

These are some of the stupidest laws I have ever heard of:

·       Tylertown, Mississippi- It is unlawful to shave in the center of Main Street.

·       Idaho- Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds. You may not fish on a camel’s back. Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.

·       Eagle, Idaho- Dirt may not be swept from one’s house into the street.

·       Alamosa, Colorado- To own a dog over three months of age, one must obtain a license.

·       Boulder, Colorado- It is legal to challenge a police officer, but only until he or she asks you to stop. It is illegal to permit ones llama to graze on city property.

Week 1A - Celebrity Crushes

      I honestly don't know very many celebrities’ names let alone what they look like. I might remember some of their faces from movies but that is about as close as it gets. I don't watch TV enough to know a bunch of celebrities so I don't really have any celebrity crushes. I really don’t care much about celebrities, their just people just like everyone else.

Week 7 - Literary Death Match

 In the first match between Patrick Henry and Christopher Columbus I think that Christopher Columbus would win. I don't know much about Patrick Henry but I don't think he was very violent. But Columbus was violent. He pretty much caused the disappearence of an entire race of Indians. Im not really sure about the match between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Neither of them were very violent or anything. But if I had to choose, I would choose Frederick Douglass because he use to be a slave so hes more use to brutal stuff. On the other side of the roster for the match between Edgar Allan Poe and Henry David Thoreau I'd have to day that Poe would win because he could think of all kinds of ways to kill people. He had a very sick mind in my opinion. Thoreau was pretty peaceful so I don't think that he would even have a chance. Between Montressor and Emily Grierson I think that Emily would win because she would be more secrative about it, while Montressor would be dropping all kinds of hints. And I think that Emily would catch on and kill him first. Between Christopher Columbus and Frederick Douglass I think that Christopher Columbus would win because he has a history of violence. Between Poe and Emily I think that Poe would defiently win because he is much more sick minded than her. I just don't think that she would be able to sneak anything on him because he seems to know all the ways to kill people. Now, for the final death match. Between Christopher Columbus and Edgar Allan Poe I think that Poe would win. He just overall wins for me because he has the craziest mind and makes people die all the time in his stories. So hes pretty much numb to death and wouldn't mind killing people.

Week 6 - What A Fright

   My scariest experience would probably be when I got caught up in a rope when I got bucked off of a horse. I was out riding by myself and the horse I was riding I hadn't rode in awhile. He was acting stupid and being an airhead so I was working him pretty hard. When I cued him to move his hind end around I leaned forward a little bit too much so when he started to buck I went forward over my saddle. When I went over my saddle my right leg got caught in the third rein we have on our bridles. This freaked the horse out of course and he tried to spin away from me which just swung me by my leg completely around and somehow the strap hooking the rein to the bridle broke. My leg came out of the rope and I landed about fifteen feet from where the horse started bucking. It scared the crap out of me because I had never gotten caught up in a rope before. But I had to get back on and work the horse through it. It still scares me thinking about what would have happened if the strap wouldn't have broken.

Week 5 - Living In The Past

        If I could go back to any time period I wanted, I would go back to the days of covered wagons and the "wild west". I think it would be cool to use animals for all of your traveling. I would like to see how the country has changed since then. People taking the law into their own hands. It would probably be a lot better than the stupid government we have going right now. I would also like to see what Atlanta looked like or if it was even here back then. If I was to go back I would probably have to do without a lot of things that I take for granted now. Like this computer, cars, nice buildings like schools and big business like McDonalds. I don't think that it would be that hard for me. I would enjoy it.