shadow poem

I Became A Tourguide

If a man would have not been born to have the aggression of a fighter,
to cross hidden paths with a women with the spirit of a dove,
who would finally meet to be love at first sight,
I would have not been there to step into that kitchen that had been under a long construction process,
to see a man measuring cabinet dimensions,
who introduced himself and told me about, his daughter, who is my age, applying to be a tourguide and gave me the date to show up for the interview,
I said, "okay",
and if I would not have gone on that vacation,
which helped me redefine my dreams again where my dad and I were left flightless for over seven busy days of homework and training passing,
and if I would not have returned home to be engraved into a textbook like a frantic lunatic,
to settle my mind with the done grades and acceptance,
I would have never traveled everyday as enlightened as all my travels to meet people wise people and frustrating people,
to gain the confidence I can be sure about,
I would never have found what I was looking for in my faith,
to love God unflinchingly,
to read the signs that could slap me in the face,
to ponder about what God has in store for me,
I would have never wanted to be here resting in my healthy skin, in my nurturing home,
studying for school and excited to learn and thinking about all the possibilities my future has in store.

The Five Fortunes of Technology:

One of the lives

One of the lives
a shadow poem by ... wouldnt you like to know


If I had not suddenly decided
on a breezy spring day
to leave that house and all its contents
so to make something else of a life
not knowing exactly what I was doing
only where I was going
and if a little girl with no water had not asked of her neighbor
please may I shower she would have never
have met the kind woman with two children
who would later bring her in as her own
until that little girl's brother, also with two children
would bring her in as his own
and if my mother had not had a fear of flying and
instead drove to Alaska with only herself
and if my father had not met her and made me
only to leave not of will
and die twelve years later
for the same reason he left
or if my mother had not decided
her children needed more room to grow
so that she would move out to Big Lake after breaking her back
where she would live without the basic necessities
for many years afterward trying only to make us happy with room
but only making it hard
in turn driving her as crazy as us
and if I had not had the guts to take that risk
whether or not my guilt over whelmed me
but knowing that staying would be my demise
not for material reasons but for the sake of my own emotional well being
and if my brother had not had the same hurtful experiences
that would make him sympathize with us as well as rise above them
I would have never began working at Walmart during the summer
before attending a new school
and if I wasn't assigned as People Greeter
where I would struggle my first day trying to hand out carts
and a handsome young cart pusher that gave me an incredibly wrong first impression
hadn't been so eager to help
then I never would have given him a chance
nor would I have found that he was really as sincere as he seemed
and I would never have fallen in love

shadow poem yo!

"A Few Small Accidents"

If the young basketball star had not been hurt
before state and forced to stay homewith the budding lab student and so got
married because of a little accident who is my uncle
who went off on a scholarship to the frozen north
and if he had not inspired the second accident to follow
to the future she would not have met a man of the mountain
who would not have been there if he had not been running away from a home full of expectations and neglect
and if they had not woken up in the same bed one morning
and if he had not of been afraid to say three small words back to my mother
if he had not left for spring break to visit his family with no physical contact
he would not have returned to a woman full of expectations
and if he had not refrained from speaking to her for weeks after wards
she would not have told it like it was and
if he had would not marry her now she'd go find someone else
and if they had not been married they never would have ended up in a love for the ages
of which my father's parents did not approve of my polish mother
and if they had approved of her they would not have been forced to move to a small town
and if i had not been born in the small sheltered town in upper peninsula Michigan
where my mothers parents lived
my now old basketball star grandfather might not have ended my grandmother's career
and made her marry him and if he had not have divorced her after her year long battle with cancer
my mother and father would not have needed to escape back to the frozen north
and if my sister and I had not grown up exposed to less hostile things we would not have had greater opportunities and so inspired me to become an anthropologist
and lead me to never think about relationships or hurt
of which I gave my heart away too readily to an east boy who then left me broken and
if I had not turned to volleyball which became everything
I would not have been shocked when the volleyball team left me behind
I would not have turned away from the world who left me with nothing for so long
and if I had not have been so lost I would not have left Dylan behind
and if he had not have made being with him so unbearable
I never would have been forced to look for someone new who I might not have found
during Mr.Miller's AK studies class
where I might not have lost myself in new feelings
with someone who can fulfill my dreams and
wants to live stronger than my parents and grow like their love has.

Code of Ethics yo!

How should you act on the internet, in seven steps?
1.) You should respect yourself and all others; whether you like or dislike them.
2.) You should keep your privacy in mind as well as everyone else's.
3.) You should remember the internet is for everyone; anything you've done can be seen by others.
4.) You should think before you post anything.
5.) You should refrain from piracy in all forms.
6.) You should be who you are; if you can't be yourself online you should not be there.
7.) You should take responsibility for your actions and all consequences attached to them.

Code of Ethics

Bulletted Ethics
* One shouldn't invade peoples privacy through the use of technology
* Everyone should abide by rules on websites
* One should not attempt to harm or discourage others through the use of technology
* Everyone should keep their personal information safe from "internet thugs"
* One should not do anything to a person online that they wouldn't do in person
*Everyone should use their technologies assist others when needed
* One should not claim information of the internet as their own (unless it truly is theirs)
*Everyone should report all people with false identities and people who have tried to scam them

Ethics Statements
Privacy- People should respect peoples privacy and keep their own personal information kept hidden from the public
Property- Everyone should not mess around with other people's belongings and keep their own safe from others.
Appropriate Use- Users of websites or services should follow all rules and regulations that there may be.

Ethics Sceneario
Privacy- When sitting at a restaurant you should not pull out your phone and talk about stuff people really don't want to hear about. Such as personal information with your doctor, plans for the week, or anything along those lines. This is very unethical because not only is it a disturbance to the others around you, but now they know a lot about you from eavesdropping and they know your week's plans.
Property- While writing an essay and you get stuck never go online and steal someone Else's essay that they worked hard on. This is taking credit away from the person who actually deserved it and its falsifying information. This is unethical because he is taking someone work away from them and they didn't work on it just for it to be stolen.
Appropriate Use- When actively using a service or website that requires personal information, it is not fine to lie about age or information that is required. This is unethical because people will believe someone you are not and you are creating a false identity.

Broad Ethic Statement
Individuals should act ethically according to how they would want others to.

shadow poem

Digital Comp, Shadow Poem

If my great uncle not been at bat in the field of the Little League World Series by a twelve-year-old boy whose mother

had a cottage up above the hill in Williamsport Pennsylvannia

to raise her eight sons and five daughters in the thirties

and see them all disperse across the United States

as she watched her husband grapple with gang green and if his doctor

whom eventually amputated the festering leg had not given a lethal dose to their grandmother

whom quilted and left a wealth of worldly possessions had not had a friend lawyer

and if my aunt hadn't squabbled with each greedy grandchild

as they hired their own representation across a busy intersection of drug deals

down the street from law firms where my cousin Sean bought

and if his sister had not gone to the church where my mother and her sister were baptized

where they learned a belief system from a man who murdered his wife

down the street in an alley and if that alley was not a playground with a see-saw

my uncle's buddy crafted with one normal looking eye and the other with a cat's pupil

from a bb gun bullet shot by a neighborhood friend who joined the Air Force

with no intentions of re-enlisting and if he had not stayed active duty

and moved to North Carolina where he spent time at the beach

so he could relax and if he had not stepped on my father buried

beneath the sand in Hawaiian trunks and showed him my family's photo album

I would not have found myself removed from rays of sunshine eight months

out of the year and if the bitterness of winter kept me

inside the depths of my heated house looking up at the eighties starburst ceiling

accompanied by the warmth of a glowing fireplace

I would not have seen the glimmers of the aurora borealis

or the sparkle or shadow of snow

in Alaska

One Of The Lives: Rewritten

If the person you could say I shadow and admire didn’t give into the two most important people in her life, pleading her to return to Alaska from her first semester of college in Arizona

So that she would restart her life in her hometown where her family, best friend, and boyfriend were all still waiting to be reunited with her

Unknowingly where she’d meet the man she knew she would marry at first glance, my dad

Who carried me in his arms from Providence Hospital as he also did with my sister two years later through that vague memory of a door I know as the Brookview house still standing in Anchorage

Where we eventually left so my mom could teach history at the high school she herself attended known to us as Chugiak

That was nearby our new home in Eagle Wood in our little town called Eagle River

Where I met my first true and life altering friends: Hali , Cassie , Lindsy , and Laura at the age of five where most of my life was written; the Babrof house

When I shared those worriless days of playing in sunshine, fights that seemed so important, and memories that I remember being my lessons and considered these girls my sisters

And attending Alpenglow Elementary with them where I met the people I share a classroom with today that I may or may not have a personal connection with, but wish I did

Or if my parents didn’t decide to take me to Joy Lutheran Pre School at the age of two where I would desperately show off for that one shy boy I thought would never notice me

Who eventually became my high school boyfriend of three years that will always remain in my heart as my first love that I compare everyone else to

That introduced me to one of my best friends on accident that 8^th grade year only to find out that she’d leave junior year from Eagle River High School

Where I am now a senior that has attended the first four opening years with her mother, know as the Principal to others

Who persuaded me to take risks and join groups like Student Government and sports teams as a freshman

When I found out the impossible the previous summer that my parents would be getting divorced

So I could spend my high school years meeting people like Sarah, Jackie, and Christian who help me through those hard and complicated days

And I could decide to escape that every day life with my dad and sister to go to Reno, Nevada and visit my favorite Grammy

Where I now am considering attending college and starting the next chapter or potential lifetime with new people that I have yet to meet but still return to see my other family I have grown up with and love dearly in Alaska

Then I can finally believe my mother’s advice, the advice that I think I knew all along in why everything happens for a reason

So that now I can decide what I really know for sure and know I can’t expect things to stay the same whether I want them to or not

That I can never prevent changes from happening.

Shadow Poem

If it wasnt for my

grandparents coming to

the U.S. and having a

daughter that got a

waitress job at a

restraunt an hour

away from the next

town were my Dad

went to lunch during

work and then them

moving to Alaska were

they had me any my

Dad's job keeping us

here for 17 years

because of his job

then I wouldn't be in

Alaska writing this.

Shadow Poem

If it wasnt for my

grandparents coming to

the U.S. and having a

daughter that got a

waitress job at a

restraunt an hour

away from the next

town were my Dad

went to lunch during

work and then them

moving to Alaska were

they had me any my

Dad's job keeping us

here for 17 years

because of his job

then I wouldn't be in

Alaska writing this.

Code of Ethics

A Collection of Computer Ethics

Appropriateness:
~I will not post obscene comments, picture, or any electronic document liable of causing harm
~I will be polite in on-line discussions (i.e. blogs, bulletins, chat rooms)
~I will avoid viewing cyber content not suitable for me
~I will only visit safe websites with valid and pertinent information
~I will be courteous when using computers in a public setting

Privacy:
~I will set my social networking site to private
~I will respect every individual's electronic documents, files, posts, ect.
~I will be considerate when being denied to a "private" profile, website, blog, etc.
~I will not interfere with another person's work online unless given permission
~I will have integrity when posting anonymous comments

Property:

~I will not steal material off of the Internet
~I will give credit every time I take an item off of the Internet
~I will abide by the copyright laws
~I will be courteous when using computers not my own
~I will not use another person's software to avoid buying it myself

Top Ten Rules For Technology Use

1. Do not forward private messages to others without the permission of the original sender.

2. Do not abuse others' technological devices! Treat it like you would if it were yours.

3. Do not steal the original work of others (music, documents, art, etc.).

4. Do not claim stolen work from others to be your own! That's plaigarism!

5. Do not use other's property as if you were that person!

6. Do not act like you are a figure of authority on a subject if you aren't! People could get hurt!

7. Do not give out too much information to others on the internet!

8. Do not allow your profile to be set as "public" on social networking sites.

9. Do not post things that you will come to regret later! Once posted, they can't be erased!

10. Do not say negative things about people or try to manipulate them. They can and will find out!

All Purpose Essentially Useful Completly Comprehensive Code of Ethics:

1. Always think before you act

2. Always pay for goods used and services rendered (I like the wording here: compact, concise, yet thorough.

3. Always make sure that you ask others for permission when involving them in an activity (is sharing information really an activity?)(e.g.,putting their name on the internet).

4. Always make sure you give credit where credit is due

5. Always use adequate spyware/virus protection

6. Always ask yourself if what you are doing is something you would want reciprocated

(Hint: If you are looking over your shoulder while doing it, its probably not morally sound). :)

7. Always find out what the rules are before you accidently break them.

Code of Ethics

Code Of Ethics:

1) I will not harm others in my use of technology.

2) I will give proper credit where it is deserved

3) I will honor copywrites and property rights in general.

4) I will respect the privacy and the confidetiality of others.

5) I will not pretend to bear false witness or browse other's computer files.

6) I will never fall in love over the internet. :)

7) I will utilize the internet for healthy and possitive life activies.

8) I will use technology to my advantage in the work world.

9) I will not utilize the internet for corrupt purposes.

10) I will not publish or post any governmentaly discriminative statements or pictures.

My codes to live by…

*I will treat the internet as an alternate world, where other people actually are, and where people actually interact.

*I will not use e-mail/my space to personally attack someone, if I have a problem I’ll confront them directly.

*I will uphold all terms of service given to me when using public sites.

*I will not use any form of technology to black mail someone, I find it ethically wrong, whether it’s pictures or text messages.

*I will not steal other people’s work that is posted online, a.k.a. plagiarism.

*I will try to contribute to the internet and technology in any way that I can.

*I will use my time on the internet wisely and not do other homework during computer lab time.

*I won’t degrade myself online in any way, for fear of future consequences and self-respect.

*I will try to get others to keep the same ideas as mine in mind.

*I will view technology as productive not destructive.

Elise Nicole, Nicole Elizabeth

If they had not filled out those forms and
choose their destiny and opened their hearts after meeting that day
and if they had not chosen him out of the crowd
and introduced him to his passion
and taught him everything that he needed to know
or if she had not had a birth defect to her spine that limited her days and
theft them broken hearted and lonely and if he had not
made all the mistakes for me and broke the law and
broke the trust and gave me an example of
exactly what I did not want to become.
I would not find myself waking up ever morning striving
to be perfect and error free in every way possible and
I would not find myself in that wide open room
filled with hundreds of screaming people
showing them my heart, my love, my passion and
I would not find myself living for two people,
for two dreams, for two hearts.
I would not be living for two lives.

Seven Splendid Standards

Technology shall not be used to find personal information without a persons consent.

Technology shall be used for the benefit of a person in an appropriate manner.

Technology shall be used to improve learning experiences.

Technology shall only be used in the right place and at the appropriate time.

Technology shall be used in a safe way for yourself and the surrounding environment.

Technology shall only be used for it's intended purpose.

Techonology shall only be used legally.

The Life of Mine

The Life of Mine

If there had not been the new class welcoming party at the dental school

in Indianapolis that Michael Mark and Tena Tyner decided to go to

then my parents would have never met

and if the lady working at the hospital that I was born at

wanted a son instead of a daughter then she may have stole me instead
when she decided to fake a pregnancy and run away with someone elses child

and if the economy in 1980 wasn’t so terrible

then my father wouldn’t have chosen the more unique career path

and entered the Public Health Service

which took him all around the country to meet great friends

in many different states that we still get

to go visit every couple years

and if my grandparents on both sides of my family didn’t decide

to retire to the sunny beaches of the hot state of Florida

then I wouldn’t make those annual trips

were the great times and laughs go down in my memory for ever

and if my family didn’t end up in the wild state of Alaska

then my older brother Justin and I might have never

discovered the exhilarating sport of snowboarding

which we do every weekend of the winter season

at our favorite local ski resort Alyeska

and if I didn’t make it through the accident in the

fast and freezing waters of the famous Kenai River this summer

then I wouldn’t be here writing this poem

in this warm comfortable room in a place

that I like to call home

My Shadow Poem

Here's my shadow poem.

If that man named after his father had not join the army

and served his country and after the war

went on to teach and have a family

if his son -named after his father-

had not been given the gift of baseball

and not seen the like of Italy or the Netherlands

had the young girl not become best friends

with the girl down the street and if

she had not attended her wedding

and if she had not met the son named after his father

and held a wedding of there own

If life did not require food, shelter, or other necessities

and the newlyweds hadn't decided to join the military

as did his father

their family might never have seen Florida or Virgina

Germany and Colorado

and Oklahoma when the son's son started to play the guitar

nor would they have seen the likes of Alaska where the son's son

is writing these words and if it weren't for these events

I might not be here

named, after my father

The Little List of Big Ethics Ideals

1. I will obey all copy write laws when using technology
2. I will respect the privacy of other people when using technology
3. I will not use technology for illegal activity
4. I will not exploit images of myself or others through the use of technology
5. I will not reveal other's personal information without their permission through the use of technology
6. I will use my best judgement in regards to safety when using technology

One of the Lives

If my ancestors hadn't made the choice
to leave their home, lives, and traditions in Wales
for a new, uncertain life in the New World of America,
then the generations throughout the years
wouldn't have led to the little town of Enoch, Utah
where my great grandpa Hulet who
at the tender age of 11 fell in love at first site with my great grandma
and boarded in a house across the street from her
and if they hadn't married, then my grandma wouldn't have
learned how to sing so that she could go to Salt Lake
to sing in the Tabernacle and if my grandpa didn't go to war
and experienced it's many perils and if he didn't know how to drive
he would not have come home and traveled to Salt Lake
and began to fall in love with my grandma
and if my father hadn't gone to live in Mesquite with his friend
or chosen to go to SUU in Cedar where he met my mother
and if my mother hadn't dated crazy bald guys in her life
she wouldn't know that my father was the one
I would not have found myself sitting here
writing a poem of how I grew into me today
with nerves and excitement penetrating every particle
as I fill out a college application
nor have seen my life change from a dependent, carefree child
into an independent young adult believing what I do
I would not have seen what the world has to offer
in a land so different from my own but equally as adventurous.

Code of Ethics Applying to Technology

Code of Ethics Applying to Technology

1. I will respect others' privacy and protect my own.

2. I will use programs as intended and not use other forms of the software that is free and illegal.

3. I will respect others' property by not claiming their work as my own.

4. I will keep the information that I put on the internet true and appropriate for other viewers.

5. I will not use technology to inflict pain of any kind to other people.

6. I will use technology at appropriate times and not disrupt others.

Code Of Ethics

Warning!
Use technology with caution; simple access to communication devices may lead to regretted decisions.

1. Stay off other people's devices; only use another person's music player, cell phone, or computer, etc. if they have given you permission to. (property)

2. Only claim what is rightfully yours, for example, the ideas of others and downloaded music. (property)
3. Always respect one's identity presented in their profile; never hack or sneak on to another's account as themselves in order to change information about them. (privacy)
4. When allowed to use one's gadget/machine, keep their conversations private, unless the participants bring you in on the topic. (privacy)
5. Only talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving when you have to; use the phone when in emergency, but never for socializing while driving. (appropriate use)

6. Always put in-person contact as first priority, verses communication over cyberspace or satellite. (appropriate use)

The Not In Order ABCs of Ethics

The Not In Order ABC's Of Ethics

* I will not exploit unauthorized pictures of others through any technology means.

* I will not use inappropriate language.

* I will respect the copy right laws that apply to technology and other areas of publication.

* I will not use social networking sites to maliciously attack others.

* I will respect the requests of my friends when asked to un-tag certain photos.

* I will not use other people's accounts without their permission.

* I will not send personal or intimate information about myself or others via text messages or internet.

Code of Ethics

My list of computer professional and ethical conduct

1. I will use a computer and respect both mine and other peoples privacy

2. I will not trespass on other peoples files/computer without their knowledge and approval

3. I will adhere and respect all terms that I have agreed to concerning computer use

4. I will use the computer/Internet for appropriate means under any specific situations that I am under

5. I will not use the computer to disrespect/hurt anyone or body

6. I will not use the computer for any illegal purposes

7. I will maintain a professional attitude while using a computer

8. I will respect those around me and do my best not to offend them

9. I will do everything that is in my power to listen to my mother concerning computer works

7 Ethics of the Tech World

1. I pledge to never put too much personal information together in one spot on social networking sites, blogs, or other related websites.

2.I pledge to respect the rules of phone use in public areas everywhere.

3. I pledge to never take reports, songs, pictures, or whatever it may be online that aren't rightfully mine and use them as my own.

4. I pledge to post only things online that wouldn't be uncomfortable to view with my family.

5. I pledge to never try to hack into or guess the password on a computer in which I shouldn't be on.

6. I pledge to only use technology in the way it was intended to be used regarding a specific task.

7. I pledge to never use computers or phones with the intent to bully and harass others.

Shadow Poem

If running wild through the forest as a child was dream
If life did not come together because two people met, one a student the other a student teacher
If Both of my parents were not bind-ed together by a common goal not just love but a Love and passion for the environment.
If like the environment life too must adapt
And If life didn't adapt I would not have been sitting in a church
A church so high and full of not bliss but morn
Morn for the loss of life and a future
If life it self would not have been lost would I my parents have adapted accordingly?
If my parents were not so over protective would I be here today?
Then if today I wasn't alive for today what might tomorrow lose?

One of The lives shadow Poem

If my grandmother had not seen her family

slaughtered by the Russians at the end of the world

War 2, and If she had not emigrated from east germany

and met my grandfather, a chain-smoking military

computer technician, and if my mother had not majored

in nutrition, but didn't like it and chose respiratory therapy

and moved with her friend to Alaska for anventure and

If my dad hadn't been born to a Catholic family of 8 children

and pounded spikes on the railroad for 2 years

and then enlisted in the air force, where he wanted to be an

Arial Reconnisance Photographer but was randomly selected to be

a medic, which he decided he liked after all

and later went to college in Florida, but didn't like the heat

and moved to Alaska because he liked to ski.......

He wouldn't have met my mom who worked the same job

at the same hospital and she wouldn't have made him

that sandwich that he fell in love with her for

and he wouldn't have asked her out and I wouldn't have been born

in a snowstorm and I wouldn't have wanted to learn how to write and

I wouldn't have taken Mr. Lang's AP class and exceeded my expectations

and I wouldn't have come back for more with Digital Comp.

If...

If my father had not been born and raised in a small town on the outskirts of Syracuse New York
and later drafted into the Vietnam War where he was promoted to captain
and later chose to be honorably discharged from the military
and return to civilian life, and then moved to West Virginia to continue his forestry job where he bought a house in the mountains that did not have plumbing
which made him need to find a place to shower that led him to start playing volleyball at the YMCA
where he met the man who later became my uncle
who asked him to go on a date with his friend and her sister
who later became my mother
and decided to continue dating and eventually moved with him to a forestry nursery in Michigan
where they lived for a while and later decided to accept a promotion that led to a job in the Washington D.C. office and a pay increase
which in return encouraged them to start a family that started with my oldest brother Paul and then a year later Ernest
both of whom inspired my parents to have a final and best son who happened to be me
which prompted them to leave the city and raise a family in the final frontier
then I would not be living in Alaska
where I was able to gain a love for the outdoors
and all of its activities with my family such as hiking and camping and snowboarding and bow and rifle hunting and fly fishing in Alaska's great wilderness
as well as beginning my formal education in the school district
and becoming a senior in Eagle River High School where I look to the future in hopes of success and happiness
and plan on attending a college in either Bellingham Washington or Bozeman Montana
and hopefully major in environmental sciences or design
and continue to live a great life.

Poem

Poem

If Florida was not such a tropical and pleasant place
or so far away from cold winters and rainy summers
then I would not jokingly be angry at my Dad for moving away from there before he came to Alaska
but I would have never had the memories of times
when all that mattered was how sunny it was
and how much time I got to play after homework
like when the neighborhood kids and I would lie
about finishing our work just get those few more moments of sunshine in before school the next day
or growing up and realizing that school does matter and how countless times I would try and fail at juggling work and social status in middle school
or all the times I tried to get away with anything I could once high school began
or when I playing on a losing baseball tram didn’t matter as long as we got outside and had fun
and how many times my sister and I would try to keep each other out of trouble but always found ourselves trying getting each other out of trouble
like when she tried to help me sneak out and we ended up getting caught and raked the entire next day
and I would not have a love for the cold winters and rainy summers that I grew attached to over the years

Life's Intricacies

If the brown haired eleven year old girl

had not laid eyes upon "Specky" a dapper

young boy of thirteen with a face full of freckles

who would--on his way to his job as a soda jerk at the local pharmacy-- pass her house and smile

causing her to blush and refer to him as her boyfriend

though she had not once spoken to the boy

which her sister so boldly pointed out every chance she could find

and if this sister had not convinced their mother

to let this girl go to the city dance with this boy

who grew so fond of this girl that he was unable

to study for his midterm at UC Berkley at the age of sixteen

and if they had not grown to love each other enough
to have four kids

one of whom is my mother

who found a dapper young boy

while attending UC Berkley of which

she became very fond of

and if this boy

who would become my father

had not proposed to my mother in a San Fransisco Denny's

two weeks after their first date

and if my mother had never agreed to marry my father

and move to Alaska with him for an

adventure and a job offer of a lifetime

I would not have found myself

lying here on the floor of my parent's bedroom

contemplating how this very poem may stand between

me and my acceptance to

UC Berkley where my parents

and their parents before them attended

and I would have never been writing this poem

so fatigued with sleep

that even the soft squeaking of the pencil lead

against my white notebook serves as a means

of lulling me to sleep

One of the Lives

One of the Lives

If my grandfather Dale Hensley was not drafted into the military

And happened to be stationed in Clovis New Mexico

Where his daughter Kathy, my mom, was a wildcat at Clovis High school

That happened to be where a long hair, braces wearing boy, my dad, also went

And if they hadn't fallen in love and gotten married in college

And my mom hadn't quit college to start a family

While my dad finished his degree and joined the air force

Which moved the family to Alaska

If my grandma didn't take my mom to church

Where she learned to forgive not seven but seventy-seven times

My mother wouldn't have been able to forgive my father for things he did

And raise me in what seemed like a perfect family

And to me and my brother was until the day those two Clovis High school Alumni

Sat us down and proceeded to tell us that they were getting a divorce

And if our dear friends the Brimberrys had not moved to Texas

I would not have leaned upon what I consider my best friends today

And if this separation had not occurred

And if everything was back to the way it was

I would not build walls around myself and not let people in

And guard myself from everyone and anyone I meet

And if the Brimberrys had not moved to Texas

I would not be considering Baylor University for the next four years of my life

I would not be as strong of a person that I consider myself to be

And I would take more things for granted

And I would not be sitting in my mother's house today, just my mother's house

Nor thinking about how I will see my dad tonight at my game

And how sometimes I wish things would have turned out differently

And re-thinking as I sit here, I would not be who I am if my grandfather was not drafted

Kelsey Huerta

p. 4

Max Poem

Know Thyself

If my grandpa wasn’t such a jerk to my mom

She wouldn’t have left her hometown of New York

She wouldn’t have hitchhiked to Alaska

She wouldn’t have worked in a cannery in Kodiak

If my dad didn’t have the love for adventure and outdoors

If he hadn’t of left college to fish in Alaska

He wouldn’t have drove to Alaska

He wouldn’t have worked in a cannery in Kodiak

If my parents weren’t hard working people

They wouldn’t have met at the cannery

If they hadn’t of fallen in love

They wouldn’t have married

If my mom wouldn’t have put up with my dad’s dangerous commercial fishing

If my dad didn’t stay with my mom when she went to different colleges

They wouldn’t have had me

I wouldn’t be around to grace people with my stunning beauty.

Ethics Codes

Jesse DeLong’s Ten Commandments of Technology Usage!

1.) Thou shalt not lie about technology malfunctions to avoid confrontation or conflict.

2.) Thou shalt not use technology in ways that benefit you at the cost of another persons work.

3.) Thou shalt not steal music or videos from the Internet.

4.) Thou shalt not pose to be someone you are not.

5.) Thou shalt keep phone ring tones quiet and at a variety.

6.) Thou shalt not look at the digital property of another person without permission.

7.) Thou shalt not disregard the feelings of another person if digitally communicating about him/her.

8.) Thou shalt not disregard others when digitally communicating in a public place.

9.) Thou shalt not view any unjust material for personal euphoria.

10.) Thou shalt not spend excessive periods of time engaging in games or leisure and concentrate on work an priorities.

Code of Ethics: The Top Ten Technology Tenets

The Top 10 Technology Tenets

• Thou shall not use technology to invade others privacy in any way or form.

• Thou shall not access other's personal information and property at any time with out consent of the individual.
  

• Thou shall use the available resources to promote society and help others.

• Thou shall diligently protect their own personal information as well as others at all times.

• Thou shall report any violations to ones privacy, property, or any inappropriate use, that could harm or disrupt others.

• Thou must act with professional responsibility with the rest of the online community.

• Thou must honor others thought's and property.

• Thou must respect all copyrights and license agreements while online or using software.

• Thou must be honest and never knowingly create or forward any misleading, offensive, or false information.

• Thou must respect this code of ethics and abide by it.

One of The Lives (Shadow Poem)

Corey Goynes

September 11, 2008

Period 4

Digital Composition

One of the Lives

(Shadow Poem)

If he had not been raised in Louisiana

And if he had not left home the day he graduated

Then he would not have found a job in Texas cutting horses

And if he had not gotten the job on that particular farm

He wouldn’t have met her

And if she hadn’t been a babysitter

If she hadn’t been watching the child of the owner of that farm

She wouldn’t have met them

And if he hadn’t asked her out on a date

Or she wouldn’t have taught him the gospel

They wouldn’t have gotten married

And if they wouldn’t have gotten married

Then I wouldn’t have been conceived in a city where Blue Bell ice cream is made

Nor would I have learned to love the heat from the sun

And if he wouldn’t have joined the Air Force

Only to get out after four years in order to co-manage a Little Caesar’s Pizza store

Which led to little success and not enough money to support a family

Furthermore leading him to rejoin the Air Force after a year because of its benefits

Then I would not have seen most of the 50 United States and Japan

Nor would I have made countless numbers of friends whom I played with for hours

And I wouldn’t be where I am today in Alaska

But if they hadn’t decided to move out to Eagle River

Because the houses were cheaper and the school looked better

And if she hadn’t made me look and look forever until I found a good job

And he hadn’t paid for a car which I needed to use in order to get to that job

Then I wouldn’t enjoy a paycheck every two weeks.

And if I didn’t have that paycheck

I wouldn’t be able to drive to Dimond every weekend too see her

The one that I care about the most

And if I wouldn’t have gone to summer camp last summer

I would have never met that special girl

I wouldn’t enjoy talking for countless hours about nothing

Laughing countless times for no good reason

Saying “I Love You” countless times because I mean it

Nor would I enjoy my life as much as I do now!

Code of Ethics

• I will cite my references that I get online.
• I will avoid getting onto a computer that someone is already logged onto.
• I will log out of an others persons account if I do get onto an already logged on computer.
• I will use the appropriate measures to make sure my password is protected.
• I will not re post a bulletin that may contain harmful information to a person or group of people.
• I will not try to guess other's passwords
  
• I will give credit to those that earned the credit.
• I will not give into computer per pressure.
• I will not trash an other's page.
• I will not promote offencive images online or on my computer.
• I will not get frustrated at the computer for not working like it should.

Pledge to Technology

I pledge to respect the privacy of others.

I pledge to give credit where credit is due.

I pledge to use technology the way it was intended.

I pledge to respect other's property.

I pledge not to use fake versions of software that is illegal and not paid for.

I pledge not to interfere or tamper with other people's work.

I pledge to be honest and trust worthy with my work.

I pledge to honor these rules.

If She Hadn't

If the green-eyed girl hadn't met the boy with curly blonde hair and dimples, she never would have sent an email that changed her life in a million different ways.

If she hadn't sent that email, she wouldnt have built a friendship with the boy with dimples. If she hadn't built that friendship, she wouldnt have been told about a youth group that would show her what life was really about.

If she hadn't been curious about the youth group, she never would have shown up one cold Sunday evening to be met with warm faces onces inside the church doors.

If she hadn't shown up, she wouldnt have witnessed the fire and desire for more radiating off the youth.

If she hadn't witnessed the pure loning for more in the voices raised during praise and worship, she never would have realized how complacent and weak her own desire for the Lord was.

If she hadn't realized her emptiness, she never would have attentded Bible study and learned about Daniel and his strength to stand up for his faith, even if he faced death.

If she hadn't learned about Daniel she wouldn'd have learned to trust God in all things.

If she hadn't learned to trust God, she never would have made him the number one love of her life, discarding all others.

If she hadn't made God her love, he would have shut the door on her budding relationship with the curly haired boy in order to bring her back to Him.

If she hadn't trusted God to give her all she needs in his time, she wouldn't have the best friends who support her and build her up.

If she hadn't continued to seek God, in everything she never would have been put on her knees in overwhelming conviction, tear streaming down her face, with a desire to worship and follow Christ with every fiber of her being.

If she hadn't been given the desire and passion to use all she had for Christ, she wouldn't have joined the praise team.

If she hadn't joined the praise team, she wouldn't have encountered the joy of being in the presence of God.

If the green-eyed girl hadn't sent the email she wouldn't have learned to meet with God.

If she hadn't learned to meet with God, she would be nothing.

Eight Essential Ethics

Eight Essential Ethics

I will respect others property & not harm it in any way
I will be honest in what I post on the Internet
I will avoid putting information on the Internet that can be harmful to myself of others
I will give credit where credit is due
I will use legal music downloading programs
I will avoid others private work
I will respect others privacy & not forward private information
I will use programs the way they are designed

4 steps to becoming a better person

4 Steps to becoming a better person

• I will Never give out any online personal information that I do not have the right to.

• I will always keep my personal stuff online set to private and let only people I know and trust view it.

• I will always follow the terms and code of conduct on an online program.

I will never harass or bully others in any way online.

When Forces Collide

When Forces Collide

If my grandmother Lorraine, and her cousin June,
had not decided to write letters
to those poor, orphan boys of Boys Town, many from the country hills
of Pennsylvania, and had they not been randomly delivered
in a certain way, later leading the girls to trade writing partners,
so that Lorraine would write Bill, and had Bill not visited Lorraine
before he was sent off to war, where he would be shot,
and battered, and torn, and had he not come back, to her,
where she would be so loyally waiting, for him,
and had my father not had a terrible heartbreak,
leaving him with no seemingly better option
than to get away from what was left behind,
and had he not chosen Alaska, the land where which my mother moved to,
and had she not been the 9th child of her parents,
and had her parents not met during the war, in the prestigious pentagon building,
and had my mother not wanted to get away from this,
where she would join her sister by moving to Alaska,
and had she not been the adventurous type, to join a club such as
mountaineering, where she would meet someone so closed off, almost too far gone,
and had she not had the courage to take on the challenge,
and break down my father’s protective wall of himself, and had he not come to terms with himself,
and recognize love as love again,
comforted by a bold and brave woman
I would not have found myself laying on a wide open field, with my eyes open towards the
blue sky above me, complete with wispy clouds of comfort, changing their shape so slowly
yet I couldn’t keep track, I would not have ran to get here, for the comfort of my well-being,
and for the betterment of my temperament, on trails that wound around so smoothly,
keeping the engagement of all my senses, and giving me room to breathe,
and delve into the thoughts of those that I call my own, reaching around
without actually reaching, thinking hard without actually straining, and learning,
and though I knew I was learning, I would not have had the courage to admit so,
I would not have then closed my eyes, and reflected on all the things that I thought I knew,
and then believing that I knew who I was and where I was going as the sun’s rays continually
shone down upon me

7 Pledges

7 Pledges

I shall not use technology to rob or steal.

I shall not use technology, to incorrectly identify myself.

I shall not use stolen programs or software.

I shall not use technology to physically or mentally hurt someone or someone’s property.

I shall not use technology to cheat.

I shall not use technology to violate others’ privacy.

I shall obey this pledge or I shall suffer consequences.

Code of Ethics

The Ten Commandments of Technology Ethics

1. Thou shalt not share, record, copy, transmit, delete, or in any way alter information that is not of personal belonging and then claim it as so.
2. Thou shalt not try to hack into anything with a password. Passwords are there for a reason, and they should not be broken into.
3. Thou shalt not create false identities, either by blocking their caller ID, creating a fake online profile, or any form of promoting something that you are not.
4. Thou shalt not use hidden capabilities, such as three-way calling, or reading chat or text discussions that were not directly intended for them to see or hear.
5. Thou shalt not use the internet or any other form of technology to gather information on another person for negative puposes.
6. Thou shalt not rudely ignore someone via cell phone and later blame it on bad connection or reception.
7. Thou shalt not talk obnoxiously loud in public places.
8. Thou shalt not try to multi-task with technology in any form while trying to perform a task or carry on a conversation.
9. Thou shalt not abuse picture taking capabilities by taking embarrassing and unappreciated photos of others.
10. Thou shalt not use technology as a cheating device under any circumstances, i.e; using a cell phone on a math test where calculators are not permitted.

Shadow Poem

A Piece of the Puzzle

If my mother had not been born

by my grandmother whose life was filled with chaos

from the nine children she gave birth to

and been raised by multiple families throughout her childhood

until the one day at seventeen years of age

when she moved to Alaska in desperate need

to get away from her drug corrupted “family”

and if my father had not chosen to attend

his coworker’s promotion party in 1989

where he was introduced to my mother

who was there to support her sister’s husband

and if my dad hadn’t gathered up the courage to ask her out

so that they later married in a small church in Anchorage

and if my grandfather had not encouraged my dad

to enlist at the age of eighteen

later carting us all far and beyond family

always making new friends and adapting

I would not have broken my arm in an intense

game of Capture the Flag after tripping over the sidewalk

and then I would never have quit playing softball

after being out for the season

I would not have been influenced by my middle school buddies

to partake in the world of cross-country skiing

and discover the endless possibilities of the outdoors

I would not have accomplished that national championship

and then later learn that it’s not always easy just because

you achieved it once by a landfall

I would never have met my best friend

and shared so many of life’s simple pleasures

I would not have seen the sadness of death

and puzzle why everybody was saddened to know

about a life so gloriously lived

nor would I have been able to cry

thinking about my life adventure and

being scared about not knowing where it will take me

Code of Ethics

My "Wills" Regarding Technology Ethics

I will make all efforts to protect my personal information.

I will use technology as a convenience, but not allow it to become a crutch.
I will abide by the law of the copyright.

I will own up to my virtual actions and thoughts.

I will respect other’s anonymity.

I will not access or attempt to access information that does not belong to me.

I will recognize that online actions have potential consequences.

I will use appropriate behavior when partaking in technological activities.

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