Month: April 2023

Hi my name is Camdyn, for my 20% project I am working on being comfortable in my left hand when I play lacrosse. During this week I faced some struggles as well as successes. This week my goal was to practice in my left so I can feel more comfortable every time I play with it. I was at a lacrosse tournament all weekend so I definitely got my practice in. My accomplishments were I scored a goal with my left hand which made me very proud. I also went into my left hand a lot when I was getting played defense on. One of my biggest struggles this week was keeping the ball in my stick when I cradle. I found it difficult to keep it in my stick when I am getting pressured by the other opponent. I can solve this by practicing in my backyard and doing drills I find online. I can feel myself already getting better and I will proceed to practice in my left next week. I’ll see you next week!

If I could invite three people to dinner with me they would be Taylor Swift, my grandfather and One Direction. I would want to invite Taylor Swift because I feel like it would be a super fun dinner and she would interact well with the other people. I would love to ask her questions about how she came up with her songs and the inspiration. I would love to invite my grandpa because he passed away a couple years ago and he was and still is a very important person in my life and he always will be. I would want to catch up with him and just tell him everything that’s been going on lately and just fill him in. One Direction is a band of boys and they write amazing songs. They would be extremely fun to invite to dinner. I feel like they would bring so much joy and humor to everyone at the table and just get a laugh out of everyone. I would also love to ask them how they came up with their songs and the story behind all of them.

While working on my 20% project this week I faced some struggles as well as successes. During my class time on Friday I watched a lot of videos and worked on my hand-eye coordination with my left hand by having my friend throw the lacrosse ball at me and I catch it. While being at home I also worked on it! I have a lacrosse rebounder in my backyard that is a key part that I’ve used in the project that has helped me a lot already. In my backyard I worked on throwing the ball with my stick in my left hand. I threw the ball at the rebounder fifty times in my left. I recorded how many times I made a complete catch with my left and will be creating a chart for the presentation of my progress. I talked to my coach (my mentor) and he suggested that I do everything in my left. For example brushing my teeth, brushing my hair, and eating. He said this will naturally help build my left hand and with reaching my goal. The successes I had this week were being able to watch multiple videos on how I could improve in my left and make it stronger. A struggle I had was I had a hard time finding how I could improve during class. This will be different next week and I will have a strong plan on what I want to achieve during class work time. I left off at throwing the ball fifty times against the rebounder so next week I will carry on and progressively get up to one hundred throws.

If I could have my dream job it would be amazing! My Dream job would probably be to be a lacrosse coach. It would be so fun to show younger girls what I’ve learned and to teach them. I would love inspiring them to love the same sport that I do. I would probably do It while I’m in college or after because I wouldn’t be able to do it in high school because I am still pretty young and still becoming better myself. I want to inspire younger girls to play lacrosse and by teaching them in a fun way it can help them grow to like it and wanna do it for the rest of their schooling career. When I first started I went to a summer camp thing with my friend to check it out because our moms wanted us to try a new sport other than soccer. We went and I had so much fun at it even though my friend didn’t. I told her to go back to one more camp and give it a second chance so she did and loved it and now we are still playing in middle school. Thank you for reading my blog see you next Wednesday!

The book I read this month was The Rule Of One by Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders. This book is about this family that has twin even though they live in a one child only policy state. The twins Ava and Mira have to survive without being caught or else they are killed. They risk their lives so many times and don’t get caught. But one night that all changes. Ava, the first born was supposed to attend dinner with the governor and his son but after an exhausting day she just couldn’t so she had Mira. Everyone must had a microchip in their rist or else they don’t exist in the government’s system and that wouldn’t be good. The governors son touched Mira rist and that’s when it all went downhill.

I loved everything about this book. I love books with lots of action and this one definitely succeeded my expectations.

I would have to say my favorite character is Ava. Ava is very mature and she is a very smart person. While her and Mira were on their journey to find safety she was very mature and always had a backup plan. Ava was a victim in a very dangerous situation and she was very stern and very mature about it. A quote to represent her maturity is “ An explosion erupts from our house, the blast shaking the ground. The basement is been destroyed.” This is a very good quote to resemble how mature and grown-up Ava is acting when she literally hears her house being destroyed yet it doesn’t seem to faze her.

My favorite line from the quote is “I barely catch his whispering, “They all think I’m weak.” I throw back at him. “You thought I was too.” I raise my weapon and move for him. Halton whips around to find me six….five….four feet from where he stands. His face lights up, astonished.” This quote it telling when Halton(the governors son) sees Ava’s other twin for the first time. They never reveals themselves to anyone outside their family but those twin with do anything it takes to save each other. It’s my favorite because it shows how Mira is totally working it as she one up’s Halton when he said everyone thinks he’s weak she comes out of nowhere and buds in and says “you thought I was too.” I just love that line. Overall this book was an amazing book and I 10/10 definitely recommend.