Opinion Writing

1. I could use a controversial topic or a random hardship
2. Details draw the reader in
3. Not too many facts or numbers, Make connections, Contain personal perspective but not too much "I"

Opinion Essay:

Dangers Of Coins

Student of the Month Story

Who- Sara Venegas
What- Won student of the month
When- March 2020
Where- Bowie High School
Why-
How-

    Student of the month has been awarded to Sara Venegas, freshmen, who will have this title all of March 2020 at Bowie High School.
    This student is in the bowie band and has helped out the community and has been awarded student of the month for 5 months in a row.
    "I feel like I'm the queen of the school because I get all the attention and everybody helps me, and I deserve it when no one else does," student of the month Sara Venegas said.
    As the Principle of Bowie, Mark Robinson has awarded the Student of the Month to Venegas because of her GPA is a 4.99 and her charitable acts around the school, including fixing all security cameras, stopping all usage of illegal drugs, and with a program that helps failing students raise there grade.
    "I love how she just goes around and makes my job a million times easier," Mark Robinson said, "She is the best student I have ever had the honor of being a principle of. I couldn't ask for a better student."
    President Obama has also motivated Venegas to try her best in school so that someday, she can make a difference. He has checked in with her once a week since she gave him the idea to become president and has set up a college fund for her as well.
    "I see so much in her and how she has unlimited potential that she could easily use to maybe someday save this planet," said President Obama, "She doesn't just deserve to be Student of the Month, she deserves to be Student of the Century."
    Stanford has already accepted Venegas to join as a professor teaching in philosophy and she will be immediately put on as a board member.
    "She is one of the smartest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet," Stanford board member and Co-Founder Felix J. Baker said, "I know she will bring up some genius ideas to help improve this school. Sara Venegas is the type of person where if you tell her to do something, not only will she do it, she will do it better than you could have ever imagined. She has already written a number of essays that change the way we look at, well, every subject we teach. Every essay is a new brilliant idea, for a new subject. If she's not the next Einstein, I don't know who is."
    Venegas is also in Bowie's 1st band sitting at the 1st chair for bass clarinet. She has already performed a numerous amount of solos and has been asked to be part of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and play more solos once joined.
    "Honestly, I'm not surprised that they wanted me to join their orchestra," Venegas said, "I am the best clarinet player to have ever played on any band. I think I do deserve all of this because I am good. I think overall, I'm just super honored that I would get  all of these accomplishments so soon in my life."

My First Interview

Student of the Month

1.  Questions
1.  How did you become student of the month?
2.  What made you want to be student of the month?
3.  What is your opinion about becoming student of the month?
4.  How will you try and stay student of the month? If not, Why?
5.  What makes you stand out?
6.  Why do you deserve this title?
7.  How do you feel about becoming student of the month?
8.  Why were you awarded this title?
9.  Why didn't someone else win student of the month?
10. Why do you like being student of the month?
11.  What did you do to become student of the month?
12.  How does your family feel about this accomplishment?
13.  What will you do to become student of the month again?
14.  Why do you dislike being student of the month?
15.  How do those around you feel about this accomplishment?
16.  What changed after becoming student of the month?
17.  Why is being student of the month different?
18. How do you think appearance had a role in becoming student of the month?
19.  What is different about being student of the month?
20.  Why is being student of the month an accomplishment?
21.  What is your biggest accomplishment?
2.  Answers
1. Basically ahving good grades and being a good student also just being a good person to everybody
2. The first time they mentioned it, it triggered that i should focus on the school and it will also just help me with my schoolwork
3. Honestly I dont have an opinion about it, kyou become student of the month, its just a title, and you only get attention for a day
4. If i was tudent of the month i would just try and be myself if not, things go wrong, you just have to deal with it
5. Just my self and how i act, as in how i treat others, how i become friends with everybody, how i just do my thing without getting judged for it
6. honestly, I dont. I dont know why I should deserve or not because there are other people who deserve the title
7. Honestly, i dont feel any different, its just a title
8. well, band students basically voted me for it because im there drum major and everybody likes me in band. if youre a leader of a section people cote for you because youre a good role model
9. Its just luck. 
10. A lot of people look up to you since you got called for it and you cant do stupid stuff. dont do drugs kids
11. help oyt the community, i helped out teachers, i helped out students, basically everybody no matter how much i hate them
12. theyre ok with it. theyre just proud i got it, nothing special. Its just a title, you gotta roll along with it
13. what i just did, the first time but better. improving on school work
14. you get so much attention for it. im not the type of person who likes a lot of attention
15. they dont care. my friend group doesnt care. They only see me as my personal self and know ill be myself even with a title
16. a lot of people asked questions and looked up to me. a title is just a name that people look up to. im a genius
17. you feel part of yourself changes. its just some, like how you dress changes but not your personality. If you dress a certain way people will act different about it. its like judging a book by its cover.
18. It doesnt but once you become student of the month you have to dress what you think is more apropriate for having that title
19. i cant exactly hang out with my friends because i always get pulled to a "friend group" to give advice
20. it gives you a good feeling that you helped out a lot of people and you wanna keep doing it. its like a personal checkpoint in your life
21. i dont remember, but i know being student of the month isnt. there's so much in your life from day one to now that is bigger than student of the month title
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Interview Preparation

School Uniform

1.  People
1.  Ralphus Gunderson- AISD board member
2.  Mark Robinson- Principle
3.  William Kelitan- Student
2.  Questions
1.  Why do you think the policy was made?
2.  What is your opinion about the policy?
3.  Why should uniforms be implemented?
4.  What else could be implemented instead?
5.  How will the policy affect students?
6.  What will students do if they aren't in favor?
7.  Why will the policy affect students?
8.  Why is clothing important to students?
9.  How will the policy restrict the students expression?
10.  What can be done to change the policy?
11.  What will be done to change the policy?
12.  How will students unite to change the policy?
13.  Why would students react negatively?
14.  Why would students react positively?
15.  What else will the policy change, other than clothing?
16.  Why did AISD pass the policy?
17.  What can the school do to not follow the policy?
18.  How can schools not listen to AISD rules?
19.  Why will AISD not give schools a say?
20.  Why will AISD not give students a say?