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**Winning shouldn't matter**  **Garrett Hammond**

 **Many people think that winning is everything, but hey are** //__**wrong**__// **!!!!! what is the piont of cheating if you can have a fun and happy life? There isn't a point to cheating when it shouldn't matter if you win, it should just matter that you have fun.** **Next, if you are a good sort you will never be lonely. Here is some proof.** “**Bakugan,Brawl!” I shouted as I threw my Pyrus, red, Warias onto my field card.”Bakugan, Brawl!” my sister said as she threw her Ventus, green, Blade Tigreara onto my field card as well. battle insues! “Gate card open, Gate of Fire!” I yelled as I flipped my gate card over to reveal my holosector side. I won the battle. But I still need to win two more battles to win the game. “Bakugan,Brawl!”I said as I rolled my pyrus, red, Raveniod onto Peyton's field card.”Bakugan, Brawl!” Peyton said as she through her Griffon on to her field card. “Gate card, open!” Peyton said as she revealed her Field of Doom card. She was winning but I had an ace up my sleeve. “ Ability activate, blaze!”I shouted as I played my card. My plan worked to perfection and I won! “Will you keep it down?!” my mom asked. “Sorry.” I shouted. “NO FAIR!!!” Peyton shouted. “Don't get sassy with me!” mom said. “Gate card set.” we whispered sarcastically as we set our gate cards again(gate cards make the Bakugan open and are played at the begining of a battle with no gate cards in the field).I rolled Limullus mistakenly onto Peyton's gate card and she rolled her Laserman and got a higher boost and won. I knew she had to use her Laserman because I had wiped out her Griffon and Blade Tigrera so I rolled my Raveniod and won my very 1****st** **bakugan brawl ever. “Good game.” Peyton said.”You were hard to beat.” I told her as I cleaned up my Bakugan and suddenly...“BEDTIME GUYS!!!” Mom screamed at the top of her lungs.”I know,mom!” I said as I got ready to go to bed. (But that's a different story.)That was a great first Bakugan brawl!!! and now, because I ws a good sport about it, Peyton still plays bakugan with me.** **But, if you are a bad sport bad things will come. See for your self. When you ar a bad sport no one will want to be around you. When you are a bad sport you will be too afraid of losing that you will never play a sport. When you are a bad sport you will be scared of every thing. When you are a bad sport you will be homeless out of fear of being fired from your job or getting a bad job. Here is another story. Mom had done gymnastics and she had just finished doing the uneven parrallel bars and a girl told her something mean and mom showed her that the girl had gotten to her and the girl was so cought up with the fact that mom had been gotten that she fell on her back. It is true that it shouldn't matter that you win orlose just that you have fun, so isn'tt it also true that you should saccrifice a win every once in a while to have fun with a friend?**
 * First you need to learn that you can have memories of games you win or lose. For examplewhen my friend Peter lost a game of life but he loves that memory! Here is another story that proves this theory: “I win” renen said,”let's go play ping pong.” “o.k.” I said “I'll get the rackets and ball.” Renen said as he headed down the stairs. I chose the table closest to the low wall ( bad choise!!!) Renen came up with the ball and rackets and renen seved and we played until tme was up. I remember this still today. It will always be a part of me. As you can see, memories of losses and wins.**

Garrett Hammond 12.2.09 Hair-agraph

Not one person in our family has the same hair. Doug's hair is tight against his head, never letting go. Peyton's hair is always in her face as if to tell her to stay in one place. Trifany's Red-Brown hair is always loose and soft. Me, the oldest child, has hair that never stays the same. Linda's hair is like a fresh snow drift on her head. Jemma's is long and yellow like chicken noodle soup. Hayden's is long and strandy. Ruby's is a yellow swirl, floppy and loose. Denis' hair is black and stiff. Carlyn's hair is as dark as night. But Pat's is spun tighter than a Texas tornado. There are many more people in my family, but these are the ones I remember the most.

__BAKUGAN, BRAWL!__ By Garrett Hammond

“Bakugan,Brawl!” I shouted as I threw my Pyrus, red, Warias onto my field card.”Bakugan, Brawl!” my sister said as she threw her Ventus, green, Blade Tigreara onto my field card as well. battle insues! “Gate card open, Gate of Fire!” I yelled as I flipped my gate card over to reveal my holosector side. I won the battle. But I still need to win two more battles to win the game. “Bakugan,Brawl!”I said as I rolled my pyrus, red, Raveniod onto Peyton's field card.”Bakugan, Brawl!” Peyton said as she through her Griffon on to her field card. “Gate card, open!” Peyton said as she revealed her Field of Doom card. She was winning but I had an ace up my sleeve. “ Ability activate, blaze!”I shouted as I played my card. My plan worked to perfection and I won! “Will you keep it down?!” my mom asked. “Sorry.” I shouted. “NO FAIR!!!” Peyton shouted. “Don't get sassy with me!” mom said. “Gate card set.” we whispered sarcastically as we set our gate cards again(gate cards make the Bakugan open and are played at the begining of a battle with no gate cards in the field).I rolled Limullus mistakenly onto Peyton's gate card and she rolled her Laserman and got a higher boost and won. I knew she had to use her Laserman because I had wiped out her Griffon and Blade Tigrera so I rolled my Raveniod and won my very 1st bakugan brawl ever. “Good game.” Peyton said.”You were hard to beat.” I told her as I cleaned up my Bakugan and suddenly...“BEDTIME GUYS!!!” Mom screamed at the top of her lungs.”I know,mom!” I said as I got ready to go to bed. (But that's a different story.)That was a great first Bakugan brawl!!!

Top ten by Garrett Hammond

I own four bionicle I have gotten through 6 years of school I get mostly A's in school I own LEGO star wars Imperial Star Destroyer I have lived ten years I have found the true meaning of life I have a big loving family I have annoyed sister thousands of times I am going to middle school I have conquered elementary school


 * SYMPTOM CHECKLIST**

A wide variety of symptoms can occur after "brain injury." The nature of the symptoms depends, in large part, on where the brain has been injured. Below find a list of possible physical and cognitive symptoms which can arise from damage to specific areas of the brain:


 * Frontal Lobe: Forehead**
 * Loss of simple movement of various body parts (Paralysis).
 * Inability to plan a sequence of complex movements needed to complete multi-stepped tasks, such as making coffee (Sequencing).
 * Loss of spontaneity in interacting with others.
 * Loss of flexibility in thinking.
 * Persistence of a single thought (Perseveration).
 * Inability to focus on task (Attending).
 * Mood changes (Emotionally Labile).
 * Changes in social behavior.
 * Changes in personality.
 * Difficulty with problem solving.
 * Inability to express language (Broca's Aphasia).


 * Parietal Lobe: near the back and top of the head**
 * Inability to attend to more than one object at a time.
 * Inability to name an object (Anomia).
 * Inability to locate the words for writing (Agraphia).
 * Problems with reading (Alexia).
 * Difficulty with drawing objects.
 * Difficulty in distinguishing left from right.
 * Difficulty with doing mathematics (Dyscalculia).
 * Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space (Apraxia) that leads to difficulties in self-care.
 * Inability to focus visual attention.
 * Difficulties with eye and hand coordination.


 * Occipital Lobes: most posterior, at the back of the head**
 * Defects in vision (Visual Field Cuts).
 * Difficulty with locating objects in environment.
 * Difficulty with identifying colors (Color Agnosia).
 * Production of hallucinations.
 * Visual illusions - inaccurately seeing objects.
 * Word blindness - inability to recognize words.
 * Difficulty in recognizing drawn objects.
 * Inability to recognize the movement of object (Movement Agnosia).
 * Difficulties with reading and writing.


 * Temporal Lobes: side of head above ears**
 * Difficulty in recognizing faces (Prosopagnosia).
 * Difficulty in understanding spoken words (Wernicke's Aphasia).
 * Disturbance with selective attention to what we see and hear.
 * Difficulty with identification of, and verbalization about objects.
 * Short term memory loss.
 * Interference with long term memory.
 * Increased and decreased interest in sexual behavior.
 * Inability to catagorize objects (Categorization).
 * Right lobe damage can cause persistent talking.
 * Increased aggressive behavior.


 * Brain Stem: deep within the brain**
 * Decreased vital capacity in breathing, important for speech.
 * Swallowing food and water (Dysphagia).
 * Difficulty with organization/perception of the environment.
 * Problems with balance and movement.
 * Dizziness and nausea (Vertigo).
 * Sleeping difficulties (Insomnia, sleep apnea).


 * Cerebellum: base of the skull**
 * Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements.
 * Loss of ability to walk.
 * Inability to reach out and grab objects.
 * Tremors.
 * Dizziness (Vertigo).
 * Slurred Speech (Scanning Speech).
 * Inability to make rapid movements.