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I do not know what to do with my life anymore, i suddenly felt unmotivated and I've spent the whole day laying down and not doing anything.Honors Academic DecathlonAcademic Decathlon is a nationally recognized program in which students are given a different theme for which learn the art, economics, literature, mathematics, music, science, and social science for that theme. Students are also responsible for creating a prepared speech, impromptu speech, and a resume for their interview process. The program allows students the opportunity to deeply learn one topic every year and improve their test taking, speaking, and interview skills which will help them throughout their young adult life. Academic Decathlon meets every Tuesday and Thursday in Room 128. Any additional questions or inquiries can be made to Ms. Gossler directly via email (heather.gossler@husd.org)17/18 Individual Accomplishments:Brandon Rae - Gold Medal Scholastic for Mathematics and Bronze Medals Scholastic for Economics and Music at RegionalsTeam Accomplishment: Qualified for State Competition16/17 - Individual Accomplishments:Trey Leveque - Gold Medal for Overall Top Interview Score in the State at State Competition - Highest score out of over 300 competitorsBrandon Rae - Bronze Medal Scholastic for Literature at RegionalsTeam Accoplishment: Qualified for State Competition15/16 - Individual Accomplishments:Allison Thatcher - Silver Medal Scholastic for Interivew at RegionalsIan Lee - Silver Medal Varsity for Speech at Regionals
Toan Do - Bronze Medal Honors for Speech at Regionals
Team Accomplishments: Qualified for State Competition
14/15 - Individual Accomplishments:Alisha Prickett - Gold Medal Varsity for Essay at RegionalsTeam Accomplishments: Rookie of the Year Region 4 & Qualified for State Competition
What is Academic Decathlon?
Academic Decathlon is a class that competes at the local, state, and national level. Each year a topic is chosen for students to study. The subject for the 2018-2019 school year is The 1960's.
What does a team look like?
The team is comprised of 9 competition members. The club/class consists of more students who will help the competitors in learning the information as well as give feedback on interviews and speeches. Anyone who signs up for the club/class is eligible to compete. Scrimmage scores and other information is taken into account when creating a team.
Who is eligible?
Any student is eligible if they are taking a full schedule (4 or more classes). The 9 competitors are broken down into 3 groups based on GPA:
• Honors: 3.750-4.000
• Scholastic: 3.00-3.749
• Varsity: 0.00-2.999
How do students join?
Students join by speaking with Ms. Gossler, attend club meetings every Tuesday and Thursday after school, and register for the class next year during registration which takes place in January and February.
Why should students join Academic Decathlon?
Competitors have the opportunity to win individual awards and scholarships towards their college careers. Academic Decathlon is also a great resume builder for applications and provides real world experience in an interview situation. Students are also exposed to a wider range of topics and information than is often experienced in a regular high school class.
What subjects will students learn?
Students focus on one topic but learn 7 different subjects relating to that one topic. Those 7 different subjects are:
• Art
• Economics
• Literature
• Mathematics
• Music
• Science
• Social Studies
What does competition look like?
Competition is comprised of four different scored events focused on the topic. Those four events are:
• Essay
Written prior to the competition in a 50 minutes based on a given prompt
• SpeechPrepared Speech
4 minute speech on any topic of the students choice
Impromptu Speech
2 minute speech on a topic chosen at random during the competition
• Academic TestsStudents will take 7 tests based off various areas of study
Students can also win medals for top scores on each individual test
• SuperQuiz Relay (not officially scored)Each level of competitors as a group answers 10-12 questions
How do teams advance?
Teams compete in scrimmages to get an idea of how competition works and to set their official 9-person competition roster. Then teams compete in regional competitions where the top teams (depending on size and score) move onto state competition. The top 2 teams (depending on size and score) move onto national competition.
When are competitions?
Competition dates change every year but all competitions are held over two days, Friday's and Saturday's. Here are the typical dates of competitions.
• All Team Scrimmage at Hamilton: November 16 and 17
• 12-Person Team Scrimmage at Williams Field: January 18 and 19
• Regionals at TBD: February 1 and 2
• State at TBD: March 8 and 9
• Nationals: end of April
Where are competitions?
Different levels of competitions are held at different locations:
• Regional competitions are held at high schools in the area
• State competitions are held at a more central location around the valley
• National competitions are held in different states every year: 2019: Bloomington, Minnesota - April 25-27, 2019If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile and / or following me on social media, you’ve probably already heard me express my sadness over the fact that blogging has changed a lot over the years. I fell in love with reading blogs before I fell in love with writing them, and my interest was based on a genuine desire to follow along with the lives of my favorite bloggers. Real, interesting humans, because I cared more about their words than the way they looked. When I started my own blog, it was much more personal, but over the years it shifted into more of an informational website with a little bit of personal life here and there.
That happened for a few reasons. It was partly a conscious shift, and partly unconscious. I think a lot of bloggers felt it when the world started to “speed up” and Internet users became greedy for instant information, with less of an interest in other people’s lives. It seemed like people didn’t really care to read personal updates anymore, and all content takes a lot of time, so that’s the type that most of us cut.
The other piece of it, though, was self-protection. Sometimes it gets exhausting when you’re sharing a lot of your personal life, people read things out of order, things get misconstrued – all of that. The last few years have been a whirlwind for me. When I started my blog in college, it was somehow easier for me to write every single day and fit time in for everything. I also didn’t sleep, so I’m sure that was a factor… As I started working full-time, traveling a lot more, starting more businesses, expanding my brand, prioritizing my sanity, and so on, time became harder to find. I could barely keep my head on straight enough to update my closest friends on what was going on, or even keep up myself, so updating the rest of the world got put on the back burner. This was easy enough to do working under the assumption that, well, no one wanted to read that stuff anyways. Right?
Instagram blew up in a new way when Instagram stories arrived on the scene, and suddenly it became easier than ever before to share intimate details of your daily life with all of your followers, all in 10 second clips. It’s much faster to film a 10 second clip than to write an entire blog post, and people were actually watching stories. Instagram became the place for personal content, but then it became the place for “informational content” as well when people started to see how big the audience was on the platform. People were getting too lazy to go to an actual website – why would they when they could just scroll through a feed and pick up bits and pieces of a wider variety of content? More content, less details, less decisions. Instagram made it easy to keep up with hundreds of people at once instead of just a few favorite websites you had to take the time to read. We got caught up in convenience.
But it was also a very accessible way to create an immediate, interactive community. People could watch stories, comment on your photo, interact with each other, and so on.
Over time, though, Instagram lost its magic. Don’t get me wrong – I do still love IG for many reasons, but a lot of content creators have lost their motivation. I’m on Instagram for the community and connection. I crave a deeper connection with you. It’s not just about putting out information and saying goodbye. At first, IG provided that connection. But with the algorithm change and the over