Jordan+M

Reflective Portfolio Jordan M

Jared Football

violent

Multi Genre Zero Draft Pieces. LOve of the Game hardwork,sweat,pressure,drive,dirt,heart,exhilirating,success,champion,intensity,focus

Different events/situations

My twin brother Jared's football career.

Recipe for an athlete: 3/4 cup courage 7/8 stick of passion 3 heaping cups of desire an oven to start the FIRE a pinch of humbleness and pride and a FULL measure of heart

WHere does it begin? A little backyard football is where it begins. Turns into a dream. Rocket football is where the practive and work is formed. Then the passion is there in middleschool. Dig deep for courage, and drive not to quit during freswhman and jv. The glory and the pride comes with it in the end starting varsity QB. The intensity and determination to push through pain. Retiring and humbling experience being the BSU manager.

picture of Jared throwing


 * The Boys of Fall Lyrics**

When I feel that chill, smell that fresh cut grass/ I'm back in my helmet, cleats and shoulder pads/ Standing in the huddle listening to the call/ Fans going crazy for the boys of fall/ They didn't let just anybody in that club/ Took every ounce of heart and sweat and blood/ To get to wear those game day jerseys down the hall/ Kings of the school man, we're the boys of fall/

(Chorus:) Well it's turn and face the Stars and Stripes/ It's fighting back them butterflies/ It's call it in the air, alright yes sir we want the ball/ And it's knocking heads and talking trash/ It's slinging mud and dirt and grass/ It's I got your number, I got your back when your back's against the wall/ You mess with one man you got us all/ The boys of fall/

In little towns like mine that's all they got/ Newspaper clippings fill the coffee shops/ The old men will always think they know it all/ Young girls will dream about the boys of fall/

(Chorus:) Well it's turn and face the Stars and Stripes/ It's fighting back them butterflies/ It's call it in the air, alright yes sir we want the ball/ And it's knocking heads and talking trash/ It's slinging mud and dirt and grass/ It's I got your number, I got your back when your back's against the wall/ You mess with one man you got us all/ The boys of fall/

(Chorus:) Well it's turn and face the Stars and Stripes/ It's fighting back them butterflies/ It's call it in the air, alright yes sir we want the ball/ And it's knocking heads and talking trash/ It's slinging mud and dirt and grass/ It's I got your number, I got your back when your back's against the wall/ You mess with one man you got us all/ The boys of fall/

We're the boys of fall

We're the boys of fall

=The one thing that began day one and has never ended... the LOVE for the game.= Hi my name is Jordan Melander, and I am currently a 19 year old freshman at Ball State. I was born and raised in Mishawaka, Indiana and just graduated from Penn High School. I am not definite on what i want to be, but the core classes I am taking are on track for Exercise Science. I only have one sibling, which is my twin brother who also is attending Ball State. We have been inseperable our entire life so im definitely happy he is here! I'm a girl who loves sports and being active, but also loves to go shopping or having a fun girl's night. I played softball for about 14 years, half of those years on a travel team going all over the place! I love the color orange, Juicy perfume, Chicago Cubs,Wings Ect.,laying out, and drawing or painting. I always am having a great time usually with a smile on my face!

Jordan is not exceptionally great at writing in her opinion. She dislikes writing for school papers and other homework but enjoys writing by herself during her freetime. When she doesnt want to tell people her feelings, she finds it easier to write them on paper privately. In her opinion, letters are much more formal and meaningful than texting or E-mailing. She wrote her best friend a letter because she did not get to tell her friend goodbye the way she preferred; writing her friend a letter was a more personal way of addressing her friend than a simple phone conversation. Jordan enjoys facebooking and texting greatly; she refers to herself as a "text-a-holic." -Amanda Hickman

Penn is going to lose the football game tonight (9/10/2010) -anonymous

Writing Process of Memoir: What a relief to now how have completed my first paper in college, and have it turned in! A long process of brainstorming, writing, and editing took place over the past few weeks. Writing about a moment in the past and being able to show its significance to present day was hard for me to think of what to write about. At the beginning just jotting down some sketches of ideas didn't help me very much at all. I couldn't think of anything that seemed interesting or that effected my life, so i pondered the ideas of WHO has effected my life. It was easy to think of the story of how i received my grandpa's army id bracelet and how much it meant and still means to me today. Writing a zero draft was definitely the most enjoyable part of the process where none of my thouhgts were wrong or criticized and I could get lots of my ideas out of my brain and onto paper. Writing the first rough draft is where i struggled with my paper the most. Having to put all of my jumbled thouhgts into an actual structured paper took me alot of time. Once I got my paper flowing it turned out to not be so bad. It was very helpful that we turned our drafts in for feedback though, because i was not sure what to do with my introduction. Ideas from my group definitely helped me think of how to change my intro into something that fit the story better. Following the feedback, i added more ideas and had one of my friends read over it again to make sure the paper flowed. I edited the paper, and handed it in with a great feeling of accomplishment!

Statement of Purpose for Open Letter: To: Indiana Governor MItch Daniels About: Student Financia Aid Purpose: To get wheels and ideas turning to get more financial aid Audience: Students, Student's Parents Accomplish: To get the Governor to respond in a letter that he is starting a task force researching ways to get more money for financial aid funds.

Research Paper:

Violent Video games in relationship to violent behavior

April 20th 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 17 students and a teacher in the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton Colorado. These young men were reported to be addicted to a violent video game called Doom. This is just one of a long list of cases cited to be related to violent video games. Video games may not be the primary reason for such violent behavior but researchers such as Craig A. Anderson believe they coupled with personality disorders are a dangerous combination. Video games began around the 1970s with some games such as Atari. This game was played on the family television. Other games followed in later years such as Pac man and some car racing games. The games then came to war games and more violent shooting games more recently. Studies have been done by Dr Craig A. Anderson to find out if there is such a relationship between violent behaviors and violent video game playing. he was called to testify about his findings by the US government. He has done many studies but stated that there is a need for more empirical evidence to draw a better conclusion. Interestingly A study by the US government in 1999 brought the US Surgeon General David Satcher to state that there was definitely an association between media violence and aggressive behavior. My thoughts agree with a statement found while doing this research. If a person who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes a day does not have cancer he is increasing his risk factor daily. Likewise some one who continuously watches violence daily must be increasing their risks to become involved in or more prone to violent behavior.

Dear Jordan,

Your paper about your brothers football carrer brings back so many memories of my own career. I love the fact that we both wrote about football and that way we can better help eah other with our papers. The genres you chose were perfect for the way your paper is described about high school football. the "One love" part was very descriptive. The Kenny Chesney song "The Boys of Fall" describes the life of a high school football player perfectly and it also describes the feeling that people like myself and your brother get when their high school football careers come to a close. it tells a story about how those who play the game always appreciate the time that they got to play it. Overall your paper is very descriptive and also very well written.

Kyle