My Favorite Fall Activity

There area many different activities I enjoy when I have spare time in the fall. One of my favorite fall activities is playing basketball. Basketball is also one of my favorite things to do year round. I guess you would consider basketball a winter sport, but it starts in the fall and is my favorite activity for both seasons. I started playing basketball in 1st grade and just kept on playing until this year in 7th grade. The main objective of basketball is to shoot the basketball into the hoop. You must dribble the ball up and down, and if you don’t it is called traveling. There are also many other rules that you must obey to play. There can be 5 people from each team on the court at a time. There are different positions for those players. The positions are called point guard, power forward, shooting guard, and center. When I play I normally play the position of center or power forward. Basketball is my favorite fall activity because it requires precise actions by each team member to score and play defense. I also like it because I get to spend time with my friends and family. But the main reason I enjoy basketball is because I am good at it. I enjoy playing competitive basketball between schools instead of playing in the driveway with my friends. I like competitive more because there are rules and nobody can cheat. I also like it because there is a coach telling us what to do instead of all of the kids arguing over what to do. When I play basketball I feel very determined to do my best. When I do not do my best I  feel discouraged, then I think about how I can play better the next time. Basketball is by far my favorite activity to do in the fall. It is also one of my favorite year round activities. 321 words

Sameness and differences

The topic “Sameness and Differences” is a very interesting topic. There are many different opinions about what is good about it and what is bad about it. A few good things about sameness and a few bad things about difference are there is no bullying, racial or religious discrimination, starvation, war, sadness, anger, and hate in that world. You are also not pressured to do things better then other people, because you all have to do everything the same and in order. The good things about difference and the bad things about sameness is that there are no choices for people to make. In the real world if you wanted to be an astronaut, you could train and only focus on becoming an astronaut, and get to be one when you finally after all of your hard work. But in this dull boring world in the Giver, there is no color, love, or feelings. There are no beautiful sunsets, or snow-topped mountains for people to enjoy, or warm sunny beaches for people to relax on. There is also no love for when you are sad and injured, or no anger or frustration when something goes horribly wrong. That is why I think sameness would be a bad choice for the world to make.

         For the utopian society in the Giver to be perfect there are some changes that could be made. One thing they should give back to the people is color on objects other than humans. That will make thinks beautiful again but keep racial discrimination under control. They should let people be a family with whom they want to be, but only allow them to have two children, which will keep the population near a set number. For choosing a job they should let the smartest person in each class choose their job, 2^nd smartest, 3^rd smartest, and so on. That will inspire children to work hard in school and give some people the job they want. A combination of grades and test scores should determine who is the smartest in the class. There are many other changes to be made that would make the society in the Giver perfect. 364 words.