Lab 6

1. If I were to drive to the ASU football game that is furthest away from Boone, how many miles would I drive one way? 655.96 miles will be a one way trip. I went to the football website on ASU to find out where their games would be played this year and found the furthest game is in Ann Harbor, Michigan. I then went to map quest to search how long it would take to drive from Boone, NC to Ann Harbor, Michigan. In the end I had to do two searches.
2. How many registered home schools are in Watauga County? As of the 2005-2006 school year on record there were 240 registered home schools in Watauga County. I searched different state school websites on Google, and they gave me the Division of Non-Public Education Division website. On this web-site they have a home school section which shows the break-down in each country of home schools they have registered.
3. How many grants and how much ($$) current grant funding does the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian have from the National Science Foundation (nsf.gov)? Appalachian State University has three active grants from this foundation; all three of the grants amount to $745,433.00. I went to the National Science Foundation Website (nsf.gov) and searched their active awards database. I only used this website doing a single search.
4. How many days does it take for a honeybee colony to produce a queen bee? It takes 16 days when you include the egg hatching and then the larvae process going into the cocoon then the actual queen adult bee coming out. I went the Wikipedia website (wikipedia.org) and researched queen bees and it had a chart break down on thaw website of the whole process and then I just added those numbers up.
5. What is the current temperature in your home town? It is currently 74 degrees back home. I went to weather.com, which is the weather channel website, I typed in my hometown “Winston-Salem, NC” and then it gave me the results. I only had to use a single page to find this answer.

A Message to Garcia

After reading this famous writing, I must say that I was a little confused on what was going on. After reading the ending a few times I think I have grasp what the author of this writing is really trying to say. I believe this poem deals with work habbits of others and being able to do work to the best of someone's ability. I also believe this writing really questions how far an employee wil go to find answers in doing a simple task despite their stubborn wills, ways, and attitudes. I could be completely wrong about what this writing is about but basically I think it is about a person's work skills and what they can and will be able to offer in the workfield.

Lab 4 Assignment

Cheerleading

All-Star cheerleading has played an important part of my life. It is a sport made up of dance, gymnastics, and cheerleading skills. A lot of my people interaction and sport skills have been learned from this sport.

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I LOVE ALL-STAR CHEERLEADING!!

I consider myself to be very good at this activity. I started engaging in this activity when I was eleven years old. Before then, I had previous elite gymnastics experience for about five years. I saw the all-star competitions on television and that is when I realized I would be pretty good at the sport. My mom called around to find me team to join and then we went to an open practice. I remember being vary nervous because the team practicing they were a few years older than me. Turns out I was one of the best ones; well that is what their coach told me. That year our squad was unstoppable, we won every competition excluding two and even one a national title. Our gym started out with two squads and the following year we stormed the nation with 7 squads.

Things just kept looking and getting better for our program. Things continues to go better for the gym, we became nationally known and we featured numerous times in AMERICAN CHEERLEADER MAGAZINE! I was able to meet new people, and even start competing individually for regional and national titles. I did pretty well for my division. I have the seventh and eighth graders across the state and nation a run for their money. As many trophies and banners I won, I always remembered to stay humble. There was some times where I did not always place first. It was something that I had to learn, there will always be someone better than you in the end or hold the same level of skill.

The only downside of this sport was that it was very expensive. With all the monthly fees, competitions, travel, uniforms, outside instruction, and camps, my parents paid well over $3,000 each year I competed. I would highly recommend this sport to any individual who has the drive to become a better person and who wants to get active in a GREAT sport.

In the future I believe I will end up coaching at program wherever I end up going to graduate school at, that is really my heart’s desire. In the end the best thing I have received from this life’s activity is the friendship. I met a great friend I actually competed against when I was eleven years old, at the age of twenty-one, ten years later we are still best friends till this day. Not many activities give you that opportunity to meet special people like the ones I have met.

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS SPORT???

1. Look in the phone book and call gyms to see if this program is offered


2. When you find a gym you are interested in see what type of programs they offer according to you’re skill whether it be novice, intermediate, advance, or elite


3. Its great to be with friends, but be sure to choose a program that is right for you, and program that you will benefit from


4. BE PREPARED… If you have not been doing any physical activity its time to start before practices, which are usually high intense. You will want to be in shape so you will get a lot out of practices


5. HAVE FUN

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LINKS

Cheerleading.net

Cheerleading Companies

CCA Cheer GYM

Cheer Athletics

MY CHEER GYM