How is it going? I have been very busy, so I have a lot to talk to you about. I just recently went to the State Competition for SkillsUSA. It was a very fun experience. Even though I didn’t win anything, I still had fun. The school didn’t come out without awards, though. We took a few of those home. We actually have one student who is going to Nationals. So it was a fun experience.

There was this rapper there on the last day who had us take off our shoes and put them in the air, and he sang this song called “New Sneakers” by Raekwon. Then he rapped the ABC’s, which was very cool. But he also did more than rap; he told us that we can be more than what we believe and how SkillsUSA can help us do that.

So I’m going to share something we learned at Skills, and if you say it every morning, it’s sure to start your day right. It goes: “Everybody needs a little enthusiasm, It’s part of life like protoplasm, Like bees to the hive, Its Great to be Alive, Everybody needs a Little Enthusiasm!”

Hello world and all who inhabit it. The time has come for many competitions to begin. I recently went to the SkillsUSA Regional Competition for prepared speech. That was a fun experience. For this competition I had all sorts of time to prepare a speech before the competition, then when I got there, we had to memorize our speeches and without any notes we had to give them. Once I found this out I was a little nervous because I thought I would’ve been able to take my notes up there with me. However, I found some ways to calm my nerves by reviewing the parts of my speech I was having trouble remembering and other things.
So we drew numbers, and I was the sixth one to go out of all the competitors. When my turn came around I went in front of two judges and gave them my speech, and did I mention it had to be between 5-7 minutes, but mine was a little over five *sighs in relief*.
Anyway afterwards we went to the awards ceremony, and I came in 2ND PLACE!!!  That means I get to go to the State Competition on the 23rd and 24th. That means I have to work harder on my speech in order for me to be able to go on to the other competitions like state and then the WORLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Mwhahahahaha. Well, that is all for now. TTYL

Helllooooo everyone!!! I’m here to give you another blog from the mind of Taylor. 2010 has started off great. In my CP English 12 class we just got done reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth. At first I thought this was going to be just another Shakespeare story that would put me asleep. It is about a man who kills a king to become king, but he ends up destroying himself in his own way. I will not ruin it for you if you have to or want to read it sometime. I was wrong it was actually a very good story.
In my physics class we have been building trebuchets/catapults for a competition.  As you can tell I have been very busy, but it is a fun busy.
In my lab we have been learning more about computers. Mikki (fellow blogger), my friend Jessica, and myself had to take apart a computer and put it back together, and that was fun. I have so much to tell you but so little time, so I guess I will say TTFN.

I’M BACK! Yes, it is I, Taylor, back to give you my blog. This is the new year, which means new goals for everyone. This year I’m going to come out blazing. You know why? It’s because it’s 2010, and I’m finally 18! Whooo * Bells and whistles*! However, that doesn’t mean I get to slack off. It really means I have to apply myself even more because now I’m considered a man, which means me slacking is not a very good idea. If I do that can mean me losing out on the many opportunities that are before me, and I do not want those to leave my sight. I believe this year will be a great year because I get to graduate . I hope this year can be better than last. So with that I say TTYL.

HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EVERYBODY! It seems like I haven’t blogged for you guys in forever. We have been real busy here at Hi-Point. I am president of my program, so we had a meeting today discussing what our lab is going to do for our community service project, and we have a lot of good ideas. During the meeting I received some GREAT news! Want to know what it is??? I AM THIS DECEMBER’S STUDENT OF THE MONTH. YAY! I am very happy that I got this honor!!
So I have been involved in a lot of school activities. Not only am I the president of my lab, but I am also the school president, too.

Hey my followers. This week has sure been a busy one. We have been preparing for Sophomore Career Days (which started today!). This is for all you sophomores to see what you would be doing in a lab here at OHP. My lab has a lot of things to show you on Thursday or Friday, depending on what day you come. We have a video game program that a student programmed. You may ask what is it and the answer is: I can’t tell you unless you come and see it, which you can also do during next week’s Taste of the Future Open House.
We also have a working robot arm that will pick up blocks and put them into different buckets, and this will be operated by Clay and Jessica. You also will get to see a cool networking show from Phil and Braden. Sadly, I will not be there to see you all enjoy this.  I will be at Skills USA’s fall leadership camp. So hopefully I come back as a better leader. I will get to see you people on November 19 at the Taste of the Future!

Hello everybody. It’s me again here to give you another blog. Anyway, coming to Hi-Point has really made me think about what I want to do with my future. In my lab we focus a lot on computers, programming, designing different electronic circuits. This has helped me to finally figure out what I want to do! I feel that college is not the choice for me right now. But I do believe I can start my own business. In what? Digital media is what that career is.  What this is pretty much is entertainment electronics. I hope to get into the movie aspect of this.  I have even started my company by making a few short vids. Hope I can get into the Sundance Film Festival sometime soon!  That is a competition where independent filmmakers come together to show their movies.

TTYL

Hey what’s up my followers?! Many people feel that you’ll lose your social life when you come to Hi-Point. They say you’ll never see your friends from your home school at all. Well, those people are totally wrong! Not only do you see these people, but you make new friends, too.

You have a lot of communication with your home school, too. I go to Bellefontaine (if you read my bio you would know that lol). Anyway, with the use of my handy dandy email I can stay in contact with all my home school activities. Jere Daniels is nice enough to send me the morning announcements from Bellefontaine every day. If that isn’t nice enough, at Hi-Point they will let us go to our home school to have pep rallies. My friends Bobby, Dylan and Clay have football practice everyday, and the school lets them leave a little early if they have an early practice or an activity they need to get to.

Hey, I’m back everybody. Here to talk to you again. The beginning of school has reminded me about a lot of things. I remember when I decided to come to Hi-Point. It wasn’t a tough decision on coming here. I knew I wanted to do something, but I didn’t know what I wanted my career to be. So I thought Hi-Point would help me to figure it out. I started looking at Culinary Arts at first, but when I thought about it, it wasn’t really the choice for me. Then I went to Animal Management, and again wasn’t really for me. Then I went to Electronics Engineering, which was a great choice for me.  I knew that it was because I was really interested in working on electronic things and figuring out how they worked. I knew, though, that I only had a basic knowledge of it.  And now with the help of Mr. Kouse I have improved my understanding of electronics, and now I’m looking for a career in digital media.

Hey guys and gals. I’m back again to bring you an amazing blog. These first few weeks have been going pretty great. I’ve been making a lot of new friends this year. You would think that would happen with so many students coming in this year. I have been able to see a lot of friends that I made last year, too, which has been AWESOME!

It’s been very different this being in my second year at Hi-Point. Now I have all my academics in the morning, and that’s a big change right now. I’ve begun working on my senior project this year.  Right now, I’m mostly in the planning stages.

Another change is that I have my lab in the afternoon. I like this so much because it seems like for the last two and a half hours I get to learn my trade and really focus on that. I hope to have some pictures and videos up this week., so I will TTYL!