Landsdowne High!

What motivated you to apply to this academy program?               

     Well, my love for forensic science did. I applied to this program because I knew that it would help me reach my life goals.  I know that knowing about your body and how it works is a good advance in the field of forensic science. I also really enjoy health science. I like to learn about how the body works and then applying that knowledge to real life situations.

What experiences have you had in this area of concentration?

  I have no true experience of this area of concentration, but my mom is a nurse whom I may go to whenever I may need help.

What do you want to do after graduating from high school/ college?

   After high school I am going to go to a good college where forensic science courses are provided. I may not know what college that is, but I know what I am looking for in a college that would be suited as good for me.

  After college I am going to find a job working with forensic science. I want to have a job working in the lab or at crime scene, whether it’s working with the FBI or a local Police Department. As long as I am doing the thing I love most.

 What are your strengths in school?

   My strengths in school are definitely science, writing (English), reading, and world cultures. I am best at English class because I like to write. Whenever we have a project to work on, I always choose to make it in Essay form.

Identify the skills and aptitudes you possess that will help improve our school and this academy.

     I am a quick and eager learner. I am eager to go to high school, especially Lansdowne, so I am sure to have a good influence on your school.

What three words do you think best describe you? Provide an example that illustrates your response.

  Three words that describe me best are energetic, social, and helpful. For example I am a very happy and joyful person, I like to socialize a lot and I am a friendly. I am always the first person to try to talk to the new girl/boy. Whenever my aunt has a party, I always like to help get everything set up, just because I enjoy helping. I’m always helping my friends with their homework or classwork.

 

Which sports or activities do you participate in? What do you find most satisfying about your participation? Describe what you have done to benefit your community.

 

   I do not participate in sports by choice. I am not an outdoors person. I rather stay inside and cozy up with a book or watch some TV. I can say that an activity I participate in is Band and Wind Ensemble. I find actually playing my instrument (flute) satisfying. I like learning how to play harder and more advance pieces. For example one of the pieces we are learning to play now is red balloon. This piece is very difficult because it has no flats, so we continuously play naturals through the piece, unless a sharp symbol appears. I also cannot truly say I have done anything to help my community, but that is one of the reasons I am so eager to go to high school. I want to volunteer at charities and nursing homes. So, that way I can be helpful, earn student service learning hours, and further enhance my knowledge of health and bodily functions in order to be more successful in life!

 

If you could spend a day with any person who ever lived, who would it be?  What would you discuss?

 

   This question has never crossed my mind before, but I did some thinking, and if I could spend one day with a person who ever live it would be Dr. Edmond Locard. Dr. Edmond Locard is a primary resource in the study of forensic science. He is considered the “father” or “pioneer” of science. He joined forces with the French police department and was the first to ever set up a forensics lab. He only asked for two quiet rooms, two assistances, and thus in those two rooms, forensic science came alive! For the next 40 years he created many scientific terms and techniques that are still used to this day! If  could have the pleasure of having a discussion with him, I would ask if he knew that he was on the brink of discovering useful information in the barley known world of forensic science or was it by accident! I would ask him how he understood how to crack so many crimes. I would also ask him if he knew what he was doing after his discoveries were made or did he get better as time went by.

 

  

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                        

Author's Note

JUST WANTED TO SHARE A PIECE OF MY LIFE

Reviews

[Patrick Henry]

Ridgeology...... Love this kind of information. I played, too, in Drum Corps, band, IN a band etc.... I wrote, played, and marched for many compositions. You are going to be a smart cookie taking on these various interests of yours, "Xena"!! xoxox -Mark

[Xena the soon to be 9th grader]

Awe...thank you so much..thats really appreciated! Also thanks for subscribing..I believe I subscribed to you too!

[Patrick Henry]

If you did, then wouldn't that make ME the lucky one?! hhhmmmm... : ) Your writing in this piece, had me looking up things in my old past like report cards, girls I fell for "not sure why, except that the way you write was the way THEY talked", found a new word.... shame on you!!...lol, I read this about 3 times, too... I grew up reading dictionaries. memorizing every Poe poem, studying maps and being asked to draw them from memory, and always interested in how the body works, head toe, and BACK to the head again. Dictionaries and mystery novels.... I really like you a lot and this was super fun, Xena. : ) xoxox -Your Mark

[Xena the soon to be 9th grader]

I like learning things about the body from head to toe too! I find it fascinating how the body has so many functions and programs. I wonder how one can just run through life with out taking the time to know whats going on inside them or at least know how thier body works. That basiclly taking advantage of what you have... and when it's gone thats when you'll see but itll be way to late. I like your view on the world it's very simular to mine!

[Patrick Henry]

We are a perfect machine and our best critic if given the smarts to study it, objectively. One does not know the potential of such things if the heart does not allow passage by way of poem, apprenticeship, and/or the will that creates and assists the design in making it all happen, furthering our knowledge over such a beautifully complex program as the one you talk about. You are fascinating to me in regards to a heart that is absorbed and understood through your resolute stand on the beauty that interests you, "Xena"!!! I Love YOUR view.... school me! lol xoxox -Your Mark

[Xena the soon to be 9th grader]

I could listen to you talk all day..you have a sense of poetry in your everyday language so that when you do write poetry its beautifully existed. i really enjoy talking to you and reading your poems! And I would love to teach ya Anytime...!

[Patrick Henry]

Game on!!!! Don't tease... just teach! lol I would Love to listen to YOU all day. This is such a good site for starting a group and picking the minds that would suit such a group with an honest membership to further inspiration and that of what dreams may come. I think your name will come to find MINE, one that is a friend to you, and that is most awesome! xoxo -Mark

[Xena the soon to be 9th grader]

Game on to you too...! And we should start a group. That would definetly further my inpiration as i mainly get it from everyday things that i here and see!