Hi, I'm Shea Prewett and I will be a senior this year in McFarland High School.
I moved here from Topeka, Kansas in the summer before 6th grade. I used to hate writing as a kid, but the migration to computers for writing essays made things easier. Combine this with liberal amounts of time spent on message boards where things like proper sentence structure and grammar can make a world of a difference on how valid your opinion. This seems have made me into someone who can actually enjoy taking my thoughts and putting them into writing (if you can call it that) in a valid and comprehensible form. (and also a little bit of a Grammar Nazi) I still have a disposition against handwriting, however, and when I'm writing about something I don't care for I tend to lose interest and not exactly put out my best work, but overall English classes have been some of the most fun for me in High School.
For sports, I'm currently in Cross Country and Tennis. I'm far from the best at either, but Cross Country keeps me in great shape and Tennis is loads of fun.
When I'm not in school or sports, I spend a good chunk of my time, (read: most of it) playing video games and exploring the internet for anything that piques my interest, be it entertaining or enlightening. I believe that at the end of the day, everybody tends to gravitate towards what they enjoy the most, and what people enjoy the most is usually something they're good at (not sure whether people enjoy it because they're good, or whether they're good because the endorphins drive them to become more experienced at it, though), and for me, I'm probably better at manipulating a controller than just about anything else.
While I've never taken the time to make a blog before, I'm looking forward to the experience of writing and seeing how people react. So, here we go!
Hey Shea-- good to hear form you. I've been interested in video games from and sociological and educational point of view. There's a lot of research-- some of it being done at the UW-Madison-- about what video games can tell us about learning. Maybe we'll talk about this in class.
ReplyDeleteGood start here. Keep posting, and make sure to follow your classmates' blogs by going to my blog, checking out the comments, and becoming a follower.
Shea, I didn't know you were a hardcore gamer. What kind of video games do you play? I hope your summer is going well.
ReplyDeleteShea is the hardest core gamer I've ever seen... He's impressive (when Drew isn't beating him with haxorz)
ReplyDeleteI know who you are so I'm just plugging my blog... Sans Comic Sans See ya around teh interwebs
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Haha! You guys crack me up. I was going through here to figure out what I can comment on since I found myself to be a little behind schedule on everything because of my crazy summer! Once I saw that there were comments going around about gaming, I figured I had to comment on it, because it brought enjoyment to my AP Comp homework that I'm still working on! Gosh!
ReplyDeleteShea you are a hard core gammer that is for sure! And yes a grammar nazi if that's what you want to call it haha! I remember you always correcting me in advance grammar...but hey that is ok, because I sure could use the help sometimes! And if we ever bring snacks for Ap Comp, we will make sure they are home made, just for you buddy :)haha!!
ReplyDeleteDear god I just re-read this for the first time and realized what a run-on mess this is. Gah.
ReplyDeleteNow that I've fixed that, I should probably actually get to doing the AP Comp homework.....