Honors Symposium: The Things That Will Forever Remind Me of Those 40 Amazing People

The things that will FOREVER remind me of Honors Symposium and the amazing times I had there.
"Hey There Delilah", "The Music of the Night", "The Lion King", NERTS, bears and their offspring, potatoes…especially in fourths, your name is a complete sentence, God is a GOOD God, Exodus, nanotechnology, the fountain at Harding, bagels…millions and millions of bagels, crazy dancing, sunglasses, Alan Jackson, Sonic, the tabernacle (Passover…lamb…haroset), "Berries and Cream" AKA the little lad dance, port-a-potties (I will forever be grateful for those), eating honey on chicken…mmm, unicorns... I had the most amazing time EVER at Honors Symposium and I now have a stash of friends waiting for me once I get to Harding. I have just a year left of high school and then I'm off to college. It is going to be a great year, but a long one because I can't wait to get back. :)

Honors Symposium

My time at Honors Symposium is now halfway done. This group of people is so amazing. I'm looking forward to going here so much. I love the professors! They teach us so much! Tonight is the talent show, and I'm in it a couple of times. It'll be fun. Some of the classes are a little heavy, but I'm studying my notes every day. Like today, we studied nanotechnology and how it's going to be a huge part of our society. Kind of scary actually. Like humans will be part machine. Freaky. The counselors are really nice. They are not so much counselors because they're trying to teach us what actual college is going to be like. I love it here! :)

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Hannah Stewart
Honors Symposium
Session D
Dr. Shock

The Joy of Siblings

Imagine yourself, surrounded by your family, playing board games on Christmas Eve. Perched on the couch and reclined in various positions on the floor, your family shouts an assortment of answers. Laughter explodes from everyone as your little brother calls out something funny. Would this happen in the family of an only child? Some say you do not get enough attention in a big family, but obviously they have never been around my family. Considering all the rewards, I know I would much rather be in a family with many siblings than be an only child.
Because of your siblings, you have instant connections many places you go. Going to a camp all by yourself can be scary, but I can not tell you how many times I have gone to camp not knowing anybody, and someone knew my sisters or brothers. Automatically, I made a new friend. At first registering shock, their faces would transform into a look of delight. “Oh, you’re Tessa’s sister? I love Tessa! She is such a sweetheart! Come sit with us!” The association between you and your siblings can open many doors into a healthy social life.
Older siblings spend time mentoring you and showing you how to behave. My sisters always painted my nails, took me swimming, or even helped me with my schoolwork. Special times with my brother included him taking me to see the Ranger game, playing video games with me, or rolling me up in a blanket and calling me a Hannah burrito. I always felt special because my siblings were spending time with me and because of that, we became best friends.
Growing up, I spent my free time being creative with my siblings. For hours on end, my little brother and I would play “castle” with bricks and his collection of action figures. Together, we created all sorts of adventures. Taylor, my oldest sister, would write plays and dinner theaters that we would gleefully put on for our parents. Because they had no one to play with, my friends who were only children spent the majority of their free time glued to a television screen, depriving themselves of creative play. The best memories of my life involve my siblings and our escapades.
Siblings spice up your life. I would never trade the childhood I have had as the fifth out of six kids to be an only child. Siblings are the best friends that get to live in your house and I would not give that up for anything.

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Hannah Stewart
Honors Symposium
Session D
Dr. Shock

The Joy of Siblings

Imagine yourself, surrounded by your family, playing board games on Christmas Eve. Perched on the couch and reclined in various positions on the floor, your family shouts an assortment of answers. Laughter explodes from everyone as your little brother calls out something funny. Would this happen in the family of an only child? Some say you do not get enough attention in a big family, but obviously they have never been around my family. Considering all the rewards, I know I would much rather be in a family with many siblings than be an only child.
You have instant connections many places you go because of your siblings. Going to a camp all by yourself can be scary, but I can not tell you how many times I have gone to a camp or retreat not knowing anybody, but someone knew my sisters or brothers and I automatically made a new friend. At first registering shock, their faces would transform into a look of delight. “Oh, you’re Tessa’ sister? I love Tessa! She is such a sweetheart! Come sit with us!” Being associated with your brothers and sisters can be a window into your own social life.
Older siblings spend time mentoring you and showing you how to act. My sisters always painted my nails, took me swimming, or even helped me with my schoolwork. Special times with my brother included taking me to see the Rangers play, playing basketball with me, or rolling me up in a blanket and calling me a Hannah burrito. I always felt special because my siblings were spending time with me and because of that, we became best friends.
Growing up, I spent my free time being creative with my siblings. For hours on end, my little brother and I would play “castle” with bricks and his collection of action figures. Together, we created all sorts of adventures. Taylor, my oldest sister, would write plays and dinner theaters that we would gleefully put on for our parents. Because they had no one to play with, my friends who were only children spent the majority of their free time glued to a television screen, depriving themselves of creative play. The best memories of my life contain my siblings and our escapades.
Siblings spice up your life. I would never trade the childhood I have had as the fifth out of six kids to be an only child. Siblings are the best friends that get to live in your house and I would not give that up for anything.

Straight From COPS

The craziest thing happened to me yesterday. We were at work campa nd we knocked on the door looking for "Grant Jackson", the person's house we were supposed to paint. He answers the door. "Are you Grant Jackson?" Brock, our group leader asks. "Yes" "Okay, we're here to paint your house." What?" He didn't know we were coming! He let us do it anyway and was even out there scraping wiht us. So, it starts raining. We have to get in the van(insurance issues or whatever) and he's still outside scraping. Soon, he joins us, chilling in our van. When it stops raining, we go back outside to scrape. He leaves to do some 'errands'. By and by we notice this strange odor of garlic tacos...So we're sitting there, scraoping, you know, just chilling, and we hear sirens wailing coming closer and closer and a car comes into view being chased by two police cars with sirens and lights blasting! I should now mention we aren't in the best neighborhood. The car screeches to a halt in front of the house we are scraping and "Grant" jumps out of his car! Our jaws drop as the policemen follow suit, except they pull out their guns and yell(and I mean YELL) "GET ON THE GROUND AND PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM! YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL BECAUSE YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!!" Some 6th grade girls in our group start crying and we're all pretty much freaked out but still like "This is freaking awesome!" So "Grant" gets in the police car while the cops search his car. Brock calls Gary, the head of the work camp and also our youth minister and ask him what we should do. Gary told me later he was picturing like 30 cops with guns pointed and helicopters circling. So we left. Here's the theory we came up with riding in the van to another house to work on. Why did "Grant Jackson" so he calls himself not know we were coming. Maybe HE WASN"T THE REAL GRANT JACKSON!!! Just maybe, he had the real Grant in the basement stuffed with garlic tacos to cover up the smell of his METH LAB! HA! But, that's not what really happened. Oh no. So picture this, Grant is driving to get his inspection sticker replaced because it's expired. A friend had borrowed it and just gave it back. When he gets to the inspection place, he relizes he left his insurance card in his other car, at home. So he turns around and heads to his house. On the way there he changes lanes without using his blinker. The cops behind him flashes his lights to let him know that he saw and to be more careful next time. Grant freaks out(he thinks he's being pulled over) and speeds up a little. After all, he doesn't have his insurance car with him. The cop gets suspicious, radios for help and starts chasing Grant, sirens blaring. Grant still drives...straight to his house. By now, another cop is with this cop and you know the rest. He was pardoned and he apologized to the cops and the cops apologize to him and Grant apologizes to us. Ha. Crazy day in the life of Hannah. Random note...when I got home there were two vultures eating a snake in front of my house when I got home. Weird day.

Top Ten Reasons To Be A Pirate

1. there of course is the booty...

2. Cool Costumes

3. Jack Sparrow

4. the ocean...I Love the ocean

5. swashbuckling

6. your life is always interesting

7. you're never really dead when you die(ha)

8. the rum...(hehe)

9. pirates always break out in song

10. fun jewelry

if we were a movie...

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press Play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the Next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.
7. Don't skip songs.

(1) Opening credits: End Credits-Pride and Prejudice...interesting
(2) Waking up: Pretend You're Alive-Lovedrug
(3) First day at school: fish to fry-the ditty bops
(4) Fight song: don't stop me now-queen
(5) Breaking up: How Great Thou Art-Chris Rice(umm...no)
(6) Happiness: I Feel Fine-The Beatles(yep...good)
(7) Life's okay: Seriously-Grits
(8) Mental breakdown: Come Together-The Beatles
(9) Driving: Penelope - How to Save a Life-The Fray
(10) Flashback: Everytime We Touch-Cascada
(11) Getting back together: I Will Follow You Into the Dark-Death Cab for Cutie...yep
(12) Marriage Song: Hang me up to dry-cold war kids...hmmm
(13) Birth of a child: I Know that You'll Stay-Building the State..hmmm
(14) Final battle: all I ask of you-phantom of the opera..well
(15) Death scene: sunny days-grits...haha
(16) Funeral song: we will rock you-queen...HAHAHA
(17) End credits: Like a River Glorious-Mary Alice and Major

To Anne Shirley...Only My Favorite Character Ever

Anne Shirley: My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. That's a sentence I read once and I say it over to comfort myself in these times that try the soul.

Anne Shirley: Mrs. Hammond told me that God made my hair red on purpose and I've never cared for Him since.

[Anne has just fallen from a roof]
Diana Barry: Just say one word and tell me if you're killed!
Anne Shirley: No... but I think I've been rendered unconscious

[Anne, after she's forbidden to see Diana]Anne Shirley: Farewell, my beloved friend. Henceforth, we must be strangers living side by side... but my heart will be ever faithful to thee.

Anne Shirley: Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.

Anne Shirley: I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.

Anne Shirley: Ruby Gillis says when she grows up, she wants to have a line of beaus on a string and make them crazy for her. I'd rather have ONE in his rightful mind.

[Marilla, reading a letter from Anne away at college]
Marilla Cuthbert: As Rachel Lynde used to say, the sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in Geometry or not. I think I'd rather it didn't go on if I failed.

[after Matthew's funeral, Marilla finds Anne crying in her room]
Anne Shirley: Tears don't hurt like the ache does.

Diana Barry: I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.
Anne Shirley: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens
.[gestures to the setting sun]
Anne Shirley: Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds. Diana Barry: I don't know about that

.[Gilbert finds Anne clinging to the post under a bridge]
Gilbert Blythe: Anne Shirley. What in heck are you doing here?
Anne Shirley: [trying to be dignified] Fishing. For lake trout.

Gilbert Blythe: Psst! Carrots! Carrots!

Anne Shirley: Wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet-black tresses?
Diana Barry: But I don't have any black dresses.
Anne Shirley: Your hair.
Diana Barry: All right.

Anne Shirley: Oh, Marilla, you look so elegant!
Marilla Cuthbert: You don't make important visits in kitchen clothes.

Anne Shirley: Would you please call me Cordelia?

Anne Shirley: Plain, old, unromantic Anne Shirley.

Anne Shirley: How would you like to have nasty things said about you? How would you like to hear that you're fat, ugly, and a sour old gossip!

Anne Shirley: Gilbert Blythe would stand on his head if I asked him to.