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Political Post

The contributing authors to this Washington Post article explain how a successful business deal "closer" in America, President Donald Trump, faced a hard failure with the health care bill last week. I read that while many politicians in Washington, D.C. find the president charming and while some may enjoy perks like visiting the Oval Office, bowling in the White House, taking rides on Air Force one, and making visits to the president's Florida estate; they will give a yes vote if the policy they are looking for is not there, regardless of party lines.This article also gives thought to the question of whether or not President Trump was 100 percent confident in this bill himself. In the article, the bill reportedly would increase premium costs for millions and remove many working class citizens from their existing coverage, hurting the people who voted for Donald Trump, leaving us to believe that he wasn't totally supportive of the bill.  

I agree with the authors in that closing a deal in private business is different in the Capitol of the United States. It's no secret that President Trump expects to come out on top in negotiations. This epic failure might be the one to prove that the substance has to be there to get "yes" votes, regardless of political parties. Too many republicans could not support the bill for their own reasons including lawmakers from North Carolina , New Jersey , and Florida. I chose this article because one of the most important issues in America today is affordable health care coverage. The president can't move on to other important issues until he can until he can strike a deal on healthcare in the capital. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-closer-the-inside-story-of-how-trump-tried--and-failed--to-make-a-deal-on-health-care/2017/03/24/3e6353d6-0fdc-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?tid=a_inl-amp&utm_term=.c0f1b7373020

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Houston

Over the long weekend, I went to Houston, Texas with my sister and my friend. We left Baton Rouge early Friday morning so we could have a full day in Houston. On the way, we stopped in Lake Charles to get Yogurt Mountain because it had been a while since we've had it. When we got to Houston we went to eat lunch. The restaurant was decorated for St. Patricks Day and there was live music and great food. Everyone came by our table to pass out beads and other festive things.

After lunch we headed to the NRG stadium for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. There was a huge piece of land with crazy rides and tons of carnival food. We bought tickets and fast passes so we never had to wait in line. There were insane rides like Zero Gravity, Insanity, and G- Force. Most of the rides went crazy fast and upside down, and left you dizzy. After riding tons of rides, we went inside the stadium and got some food and sat down to watch the last few minutes of the rodeo. After the rodeo was over, one of my favorite bands, Fifth Harmony, went on stage to perform. We sang and danced, and after the concert, we went outside and did more rides until they closed at midnight. Early Saturday morning, we drove home. I had so much fun in Houston and I hope that I can go back next year.

Learning Reflection

I had trouble getting used to the ways of high school in the beginning of this school year. It took me and good while through the second quarter to get the hang of it. I tried my hardest, but in some classes, I just couldn't make an A. I had trouble adjusting to the work load and the hard assessments. Though the first semester was troubling for me, towards the end, I started stepping up my game. I noticed that taking notes on everything and studying far in advance for quizzes and tests would improve my grades in all classes. 

Once I returned from Christmas Break, I knew that I was ready to push through with my best efforts until the end of the school year. I started using the note taking and not cramming methods religiously, for every class and every test. This improved my grade average in all classes. I went from only making all B's and two A's in the first semester, to making all A's and one B in the third quarter. I am so glad that I found ways to improve my grade point average. I plan to continue working like this for the remainder of the school year, and the years to come. 

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New Orleans

The first weekend of Mardi Gras, I went to New Orleans with my friends and family. On Saturday, we all went to lunch in a hotel restaurant. My sister, Juliana, and her friend Eugenie went to the bathroom during lunch. While in the bathroom, the girls see a homeless lady bathing in the bathroom sink, and talking to herself. After they used the restroom, the girls quickly ran out of the bathroom because they were freaked out by the lady. As Juliana sat down at the table she realized she had left her phone in the bathroom. She went to retrieve it, but she could not find it. The guard tells my sister that he had asked the homeless lady if the phone was hers and the homeless lady took it and ran. The homeless lady turned the phone off so we couldn't track it, so we turned it on "lost mode" on an app. We all knew that we would never see that phone again, because the lady could be anywhere.

As we were walking around New Orleans later that day, we saw a homeless lady standing by a fence. My moms friend whispered jokingly "Hah I bet she had Ju's phone." Juliana looks and says "That's her." My mom approaches her and asks if she has the phone, the lady pulled it out of her pocket and hands it to my mom with no hesitation. My friends and I thought it was so cool that we actually found the lady and got Juliana's phone back.

Song analysis

I decided to do an analysis on the song Umbrella by Rihanna. Like most songs, Umbrella included rhymes as a poetic device, there are many rhymes throughout the song. There is a rhyme in every stanza. There is not a lot of internal rhyme throughout the song, most of the rhyme are end rhymes. End rhymes are where the words at the end of the line rhymes.

Another poetic device that Rihanna uses in Umbrella is repetition. In the chorus, Rihanna repeats the second syllable in "umbrella" multiple times. Singing, "under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh", she creates repetition. She also shows repetition towards the end of the song. She repeats every line twice, "It's pouring rain

It's pouring rain
Come into me
Come into me
It's pouring rain
It's pouring rain"

I feel that these two poetic devices are the most prominent in this song. 

Song name: Umbrella
Artists: Rihanna feat. JAY-Z
https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tspunzz2ix5hyx3x5dmnjpucmya?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0#