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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

About ME!

A little bit about me:
1. My middle name is Makea
2. I'm from Australia
3. English IV is my hardest class and I take 4 AP's including AP Physics

Class Riddle: Shoe


“Better than Socks”
By: Regan who Rocks!

While I sure am lonely, a many a nights
When you fill me daily, you’re my greatest delight

I get pretty tired from over use
But never complain except when I’m loose

And while I smell bad and sometimes I leak
I never use my tongue and thus never speak

I am tied and clicked
I am dragged and kicked
I sometimes light up
And sometimes shape-up

I’m always picked up and always thrown down
I’m walked uptown and downtown
And am big on a clown

You’ve taped me up
You’ve drawn on me too
I been eaten by pup’s
And now worn out by you

I can be big or small
I can be thick or thin
Used for baseball
And needed to win

I’ve been hung on power lines
And dressed to the nines

As a final clue
I make Hermes fly
I can be black, white, or blue
So… Who am I?

Answer: a Shoe
So do you know who?
That’s right I’m a shoe
And from my point of view
There’s nothing more true!

Common App College Essay

Give an Island Boy a Chance to Save the World…
or at least his Island

Rarotonga is one of thirteen small islands in the south-pacific, collectively known as the Cook Islands. It’s so small; you can’t even see it on most maps, and it’s not a place on Microsoft Office. It’s population is even less than your school. But I couldn’t care how small or insignificant it seems. I, Regan Makea Bloss, am proud of where I am from and the legacy I am apart of.
My Grandfather, Tui Pori Makea, was the King of Rarotonga and the ruler of the Cook Islands. He did everything in his power to ensure the welfare and prosperity of my islands; however now, my Cooks Islands are faced with a worldwide issue that is far beyond our control- Global Warming.
Global Warming over the past decade has had a serious impact on island nations. In Geoffrey Leans novel A Disappearing World he explains how Lohachara Island, home to ten thousand people off the coast of India, has been completely obliterated by rising tides. This seemingly apocalyptic event has solidified scientist’s predictions and it gets far worse. Not only have a number of other island nations, like Vanuatu, been forced to evacuate their populace as a precaution of rising seas, but Lohachara is not the only island to be completely destroyed; you can add Ghoramara, Kiribati and a number of other island nations you and I have never heard of to that list. Today, global warming refugees wander the Pacific without a home.
Some islands are victim to carbonic acid waters, which destroy coral reefs and all marine life, leaving only the name “dead zone” to signify no life. Not only does carbonic acid wipe out marine life, economies, and people who can’t get enough food, but it also kills a people’s livelihood and heritage, as many pacific nations center their culture around the ocean.   
The human cost of global warming, as tides continue to rise, will soon make seventy thousand people homeless. This sort of number was unthinkable five years ago, and not even thought of a decade ago.
Fortunately, having Rarotongan heritage has given me a completely different outlook on life. Just because something seems to be small, doesn’t mean it’s not important. I couldn’t imagine my home being destroyed, and I am sure you couldn’t either. And while it may seem unthinkable now, it might not be five years from now. Thus, I am motivated and determined, now more than ever, to proliferate the idea of global warming and its impacts through education. With a good education, and a life in politics after that, I will have the ability to affect change regarding Global Warming. I know my Grandfather would do everything in his power to stop human-stimulated global warming to save his country, which is exactly what I am going to do.  
I believe- thinking that you can’t change is wrong, but thinking that there is no need to change is tragic.

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