Max's Blog

Honk Honk, Sam is in the 5 o’clock traffic jam, his emotions are running high, face is turning red and he needs to calm down, but it is hard to tame his beastly emotions when he has a grumpy old man behind him yelling his head off. Dealing with extreme emotions is an important and useful skill to possess while in stressful times. Whether dealing with grumpy people or just a bad day, it is important to deal with one’s emotion. By dealing with extreme emotions and not turn into a ball of flames, one can make their physical health better and their relationship stronger.

Dealing with extreme emotion can make one’s physical life healthier, or worst if not controlled, by reducing their risk for heart attack and slow their heart rate. For example, every year around 785,000 people in the United States will suffer from their first heart attack for stress. Around 470,000 people will suffer from a second or third heart attack. Which means that about 1/3 of people in the U.S. will experience a heart attack caused by stress. So that’s a big reason to keep your body and heart calm. In addition, dealing with extreme emotions can lower one’s heart rate, which can, by the way, prevent one from having a heart attack. By lowering one’s heart rate they allow their body to stay calm and controlled. Therefore, dealing with extreme emotions can make one’s life healthier and more safe.

Not only a person’s physical health, but also their relationship is affected by extreme emotions. For example, when working with a team in any sport, it is important to have a strong relationship with the other members of the team, but that is hard to do when Matt is fighting with Bob like a vicious animal. If one does not have a good relationship with his or her teammates because of anger, the team would fall apart. Furthermore, it is important to deal with your emotions when making friends. No one wants mean or jealous friends. Therefore, when dealing with one’s friends or teammate, it is important to stay calm and manage your emotions internally.

Rather than becoming a raging ball of fire and blowing a gasket,it is important to deal with extreme emotions so that one doesn’t harm themselves or their relationship.

Shaking, sweating, and paralyzed, Jim stands there staring at the huge beast on his African hunt that has suddenly turned into his worst nightmare. Whether hunting for beast or struggling to make it through the five o’clock traffic, fear can affect one’s behavior and life. Fear can be used as a weakness or a strength such as retreating when scared or conquering fear to achieve a goal.

Fear affects one life by making them weaker or seem weaker, when one chooses to hide or give up on tackling their fears. For example, when Tom was middle school he was picked on because he wasn’t very good at sports, so people made fun of him until he finally quit and he regrets that ever since. When one has a fear bad enough that it controls one’s life, it can make one make wrong and uneducated decisions. In addition, by not confronting one’s fear, they try to hide it or ignore the fact until it gets where they have no control over themselves. When one is faced by their fear, they can choose to hide it , which can bring mental health problems ,such as craziness or depression. Therefore, it is important to confront your fears before it gets bad.

Fear can also bring strength by making one more confident and a better person. For example, when someone conquered their fear, they feel more confident to make the day great and improves body image. Confidence can increase one’s mindset and how they seem to others while making them a better person. Furthermore, good behavior can bring the impression of a good person to be closer with and makes one happier too, which also improves your image. Therefore, when one is confronted with their fears it is better to conquer them and tackle the problems.

   In the end, Jim conquers his fear and “tames” the beast and now he has the pride and confidence to do it again.

As the clock runs down, Drew has to sprint the court so that him and his teammates would have a chance to win the state championship game. Whether a basketball player or just a simple student at White Oak high school, it is important to have a good background and discipline, if someone wants to be a good leader. To become a great leader or teammate, one must have a good mindset and good work ethics.

Having a good mindset allows one to be an encourager for his or her teammates or to adapt a never-give-up set of mind. For example, when Tom was going through a rough time, Jim choose to cheer him up and try to encourage him to keep going. Whether helping a friend though a hard time or working an everyday job, it is important for people to help others and make their life better and not worse. In addition, one must have a never-give-up attitude if they want to be a good leader or teammate, like when the White Oak basketball team was down by two in the fourth quarter. Jake Pullen and Slaton Teague pulled the team together to stay calm and win the game.    It is very important to have the right attitude and mental toughness to be a leader or just a good parent, living in a tough world. Therefore, if someone is wanting to have the name of team player or leader, they be an encourage and take over the moment with the right mindset.

Also, when wanting to be a good team player, they must have a good work ethics, by working 100% of your ability and working often. For example, when one is trying to achieve the status of being a good team leader, they need to feel the rule by, working the body, doing right ,and do whatever they’re trying to achieve with 101% of effort. That also can be helpful even if it just an everyday job. Furthermore, when someone is trying to become a team player, they also need to practice hard and often. Hard work and consistency can make you a more responsible person, which also you to also be a good team player and partner. Therefore, it is important to work as hard as one can and do it efficiently and often.

In the end, if one is trying to become a better player or partner, they must have a positive attitude, like Jim,and have a never-give-up mindset like Jake and Slaton.

You might think I’m just

a high school freshman

with brown hair

and green eyes

But I am more

way more than

your Average-Joe

A orange

yes a hard, sour

orange with small bumps

and tears

An orange stuck in

the garden with the

plain apples and pears

I have a soft inside

filled with liquid and other juices
But when I grow

from the Cutie form

to the mature orange form, I

will have my out shelling

and will finally

break away from

the grip of the tree branch

and I will roll

and roll

and roll down the hill

to the bottom or the end

and that’s where

my story will end

And now that boy with

the brown hair

and green eyes

will now be a finished

orange