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CSAP is done…

March 19th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

CSAP has come to an end, well until next year I guess. Personally, I think CSAP is kind of fun, we have a nice easy to deal with schedule, no homework and shortened classes. However I think that the time we have to test should be changed, while doing the science CSAP, I saw that half the class was done with like forty minutes to go and I think that’s ridiculous, there’s no point in sitting in a desk longer than we actually do the test. Also, I don’t like the fact that we get our reports on how well we did like three months later, by then we have no recollection of any of the questions we answered. It would also be nice if they could release the answers to us so we could know what we did wrong. It’s not like they use the same test over and over again year after year. For the most part, I think the Discovery teachers prepared us well for the test. I had no difficulty with the Math, Reading, or Writing tests. The Science was kind of different, some of the things on there were not like the things we learned in Science(I’m not saying Mrs. Chenoweth is a bad teacher, but that we didn’t go over some things we should have). It was frustrating at times because we hadn’t gone in to depth about some subjects. Well CSAP is done and will continue next year. I hope I get a quadruple advance :)

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Recap Mavericks and Suns game

March 15th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

I watched the Mavs and Suns game. The Suns are my favorite team so it's always fun to watch them. While the Mavericks have been almost invincible this season with a 50-9 record. The Dallas Mavericks were the favorites in this game, they have one of the best home records and a incredible backcourt with Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, and Eric Dampier. Not to mention Devin Harris and Jason Terry, an amazing front court duo. However it is always a challenge to play against the ever so fast Suns team. With a high power offense, the Suns have the best lineup in the league including two time MVP Steve Nash, the amazing Amare Stoudamire, the Matrix Shawn Marion, and excellent shooters in Boris Diaw, Leandro Barbosa, Raja Bell, and James Jones. The Suns and Mavericks games have always been fun to watch but who knew that this game would go into Double OT. Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire erupted for a combined 73 points, 17 assists, and 18 rebounds… that's amazing. Both teams shot 55% from the field. Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, and the veteran Jerry Stackhouse combined for 90 points. Eric Dampier was a beast with 11 rebounds, all offensive. Josh Howard added 19 points and 9 rebounds. The Mavericks had to play deep into their bench with the loss of Devin Harris early along with Devin George who was injured the previous game. The Suns lineup also did extremely well, Raja had 11, Marion had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocked shots, Barbosa added 17 points off the bench, and James Jones put on a show with 9 points hitting 3 of 4 from 3 point range. Although the Suns played exceptionally well on the offensive end, they played horrible on defense allowing the Mavericks 27 offensive rebounds. The Suns got out rebounded 55 to 38. With less than 10 seconds left the Mavs were up 3 but Steve Nash pulls up for a 3 and misses then Shawn Marion gets the offensive board and passes to Nash who drains the 3 for 2.6 seconds left in regulation and ties the game. The Mavs fail to win the game and the game goes to overtime. The Suns dominate until there is about 30 seconds left, and then Jason Terry comes out and hits a huge 3 to tie the game once again. Barbosa can't hit the layup to win the game, so it goes to double OT. Amare Stoudamire continues to dominate down low, with 10 seconds left in the game, Dirk has a chance to tie the game but comes up short. The Suns take it in double OT. The Mavs only have a 3 game lead over the Suns for the 1st spot in the Western Conference. The game was won by the combined effort from Amare and Nash. This is a game to remember, I can't wait to see these two high powered offenses meet in the playoffs.

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Paper discussion

February 28th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

I also agree that paper is somewhat out of date, it is a destroyable source. For instance it can get wet and dirty, and can just sit in your locker for the whole year(I’ve had this experience), or even a dog can eat it. I’m not saying that any of the above are likely to happen but paper is easy to lose and hard to organize. It would be much easier to keep your documents on a computer and digitally turn them in. Looking at it from a nature point of view, we could save millions of trees, and make our world into more of an ideal world, green and good fragrances in the air. I’m okay with paper still being used but I think we should use less of it and really take advantage of the technology that is sitting in front of us. I bet 95% of the students in Cresthill have access to a computer in their house and only 20% actually use it for educational purposes. There are also good things about paper, for instance you can take it anywhere, and that is definitely and advantage. If you’re a scientist and keeping a journal, you would definitely prefer paper over a computer. There are definitely ups and downs to both sides, but looking at it from a educational point of view, I’d take the computer.

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All Star Weekend

February 20th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

This year’s all start weekend was a lot better than last years, especially the dunk contest. Last year Nate Robinson beat Andre Iguodala in the slam dunk contest because he got 20+ tries, this year they put a two minute time limit and then the contestants got two attempts after the two minutes to complete the dunk. The contestants in the slam dunk contest this year were Gerald Green, Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson, and Tyrus Thomas. Nate Robinson and Gerald Green advanced to the second round. Nate took all of his two minutes to try and complete his dunk and failed miserably, he managed to complete it on his 2nd try after regulation, I give him props considering hes like shorter than me(I’m 5′9) , while Gerald green jumped over a table on his first try. It was pretty obvious that Gerald Green would kill Nate Robinson. This year’s playstation skills challenge was pretty lame, the contestents were LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, and Chris Paul. Lebron looked like he was falling asleep while he did it, I mean he has so many commercials and shoes that he doesn’t even have to try in the contest. Chris Paul did really poorly for some reason. Dwayne Wade ended up beating Kobe for a second consecutive title. This contest is really nothing without Steve Nash. Next year I hope to see D-wade and Steve Nash to make a fight for the title. The 3-point shoot out was probably the best part this year, I was disappointed to not see Ray Allen there, because he is the best 3-point shooter out there. Kapono was great, he tied the record in the 2nd round and killed Gilbert Arenas and Dirk Nowitzki. The players who win this contest are not necasarily the best shooters in the league, this contest is more of a luck factor, because if NBA players get hot, they can hit 50 3’s straight. The funniest part of this years weekend was the Dick Bavetta and Charles Barkley, Bavetta is like 67 years old and still a referee, and Charles Barkley, the half a ton hall of famer. It was hilarious to watch these two. I’ll look at this years later and laugh it off, this was the funniest thing ever. The all star game was just as cool as any year, the west completely smoked the east. There were some pretty sweet dunks too, I wish T-mac could have played more. Kobe was kind of a ball hog but hey its the all star game, its the time for players to be selfish right? I personally enjoyed watching it, not to mention the SI swimsuit edition show was right after :O *cough* It will be fun to see how well the teams do in the second half of the season.

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Most improved player in the NBA

February 13th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

The most improved player in the NBA in my opinion is either Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz or Nene on the nuggets. Nene is a beast this year, he can literally dunk over anybody and he is more energized than ever, I think he’s even more of a presence than AI or Carmelo in some games. Nene is probably one of my favorite players right now because he gives you 100 percent in every game. I do agree with a lot of the ESPN sports people that Carmelo and AI cannot win a title but I do think the Nuggets as a team have a huge chance, if guys like JR Smith, Nene, Camby, Kleiza, Najera, Blake, and hopefully even K-mart can step up, then the Nuggets are up there with the Suns and Mavericks. The Nuggets have probably the best team ever in the history of the team. As for Deron Williams, he has made the Jazz the team they are today, a lot of people say that Carlos Boozer is the reason the Jazz are good now, but that’s not true, it is because of Deron. He finds his teammates similar to the style of Steve Nash and John Stockton, maybe not as dominant. This guy has improved the performances of Mehmet Okur, Boozer, and Kirilenko. He is third in the league in assists, and has doubled in points per game since last year. I am almost positive that a team from the Western Conferece will win the title this year, there are like 6 contenders in the west: Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, Denver, Utah, and the Lakers. There are like one, maybe two in the east: Detroit and Washington. The NBA this year is similar to the NFL because the Western Conference is so much more dominant than the Eastern like the AFC is compared to the NFC. The NBA gets funner to watch every year because younger players are becoming better shooters over the years. If Wilt Chamberlain were to play today, he’d probably only be able to get 15 a game compared to his 50 a game in the 60’s.

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Who is going to the NBA finals?

February 6th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

I’m going to have to go with either Miami, Cleveland, or Washington from the East, and Dallas, Pheonix, or Houston from the West. I think the most interesting combination of teams would be Pheonix and Washington, two high scoring fast break teams. One thing to point out is that some of the worst teams in the NBA from last year have jumped up towards the top like Toronto and Orlando, the spurs and detroit years are over in my opinion, it’s time for a new group of winners. The spurs are getting old as Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli, and Tony Parker start decapitating(not really). The Pistons have lost Ben Wallace to the Bulls and many people say that Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups are the best players on that team but I think Ben Wallace was. He was the defense of that team, they will have to work into a new type of playing style if they are looking towards another championship. It will be fun to see how it all plays out in the end.

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How do I prove to my parents that I learned something in Language Arts?

February 6th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

It could be interpereted that I did not learn anything in Language Arts this quarter but that is not true. Being in Mr. Wilkoff’s class means a different learning style that many of us probably have never experience before prior to middle school. We spend half of our time in Language Arts on computers, whether it’s blogging about ourselves or even writing book reviews. All 4 of the discovery language arts classes work together to make each other’s writing better, we grow as a group. Although our style of learning is sometimes distracting, I think our learning styles is just as good or better as any advanced language arts class.

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NBA MVP

January 31st, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

Who is the MVP of the first half of the NBA this year? Well I’ve basically narrowed it down to 2 players, Steve Nash, who has been MVP the last two years and Gilbert Arenas, who I have lost count of how many game winning shots he’s had this year. Both of these players have been amazing. Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns are 36-9 and are tied for 1st in the west and Arenas and the Wizards are 26-17 and lead the east. One could argue that these players have stars that play around them like Steve Nash has Amare Stoudamire, Boris Diaw, and Shawn Marion. While Arenas has Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler, the best trio in the NBA. These two players unique playing styles have exceled this year, and there are no more deserving players than these two.

Other candidates include Carlos Boozer, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwayne Wade, Yao Ming, and Koby Bryant. In my opinion I do see Steve Nash going for number three.

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2003 NBA draft

January 23rd, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

There was a post earlier today about this subject, but I wanted to go into it as well. Many people think that Carmelo, Dwade, and Lebron are the best players in that draft but I disagree, personally I like Chris Bosh on the Toronto Raptors. He is having an amazing year and is highly underrated. Averaging 21 ppg and 11 rebounds, he’s also forcing .5 steals a game and 1.3 blocks a game. Another aspect that most people don’t see is that Chris Bosh turns the ball over a lot less than the other three players. Carmelo, Lebron, and Dwade are great but I like Chris Bosh and personally I think he helps his team the most. Carmelo has AI and Camby, Dwade has Shaq, Lebron has Igualskas, but who does Bosh really have, he is the reason the Raptors are in the race for their division. Although the Raptors aren’t a finals contending team, I do see them making the playoffs and possibly making it to the 2nd round of the playoffs.  Here is a comparison of the 4 players including Points, rebounds, assists, field goal percentage, steals, blocks, turnovers, and their team’s record.

Chris Bosh- 21.6ppg, 11.1rpg, 2.apg, .488 fg, .5spg, 1.3bpg, 2.97 TO, Teams Record 20-22

Carmelo Anthony- 31.5ppg, 5.6rpg, 4.2apg, .498 fg, 1.4spg, .04bpg, 3.78 TO, Teams Record 21-17

Dwayne Wade- 28.2ppg, 4.8rpg, 7.9apg, .481fg, 2.0spg, 1.2bpg, 4.03 TO, Teams Record 19-22

Lebron James-  26.ppg, 6.7rpg, 6.1apg, .476fg, 1.6spg, 0.7bpg, 3.56 TO Teams Record 24-17

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What have the nuggets come to?

January 12th, 2007 by c4d1ll4c

The Nuggets traded Earl Boykins and Julius Hodge for Steve Blake of the Bucks… this Blake guy averages like 6 points a game, and you trade Earl Boykins who’s having a career high 15 points a game, supposively Boykins won’t get any playing time with AI and JR on the court, and will Steve Blake? No, this is a stupid move, you trade one of the fastest and most talented guys in the league for a mere 6 ppg guy. Especially with the dynamic speed Earl Boykins and Allen Iverson put on the court, this is probably the most controversial move of the year. All I can say is that the Nuggets just lost a great guard and gained an average one.

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