Cover Sheet

Remmington Reinick

11049 WCRD 40

Platteville, C0 80651

April 19, 2011

Max Armstrong

1992 Stillwater Lane

Cronus, Arizona 30342

Dear Max,

I am applying for the farmhand position held on your farm in Arizona. I trust that my strong background in farming, livestock, and fixing equipment would pose me as a great candidate for your position. The school year will end for me in two months, at which I will need a summer job to help contribute to my college fund. This job matches many of my skills and attributes, which is why I believe I am the man for the job.

Throughout my high school life I have done ranch work for numerous local ranchers, as well as raising my own livestock, and working two summers at the Five Rivers Feedlots. I will graduate from Roosevelt High School in May 2011, with a 4.0 GPA my senior year, and a 3.5 overall GPA. Since I was eight years old I have raised and bred hogs, cattle, sheep, and goats. I am a hardworking individual who values academics, family, hospitality, and work.

While attending Roosevelt I have shown livestock through FFA and 4-H, learning the essentials of farming. Also competing in football, track, baseball, weight lifting, and shooting sports for years. Half of my college tuition is paid for, but working on your farm for a few months will contribute ever so greatly to everything else that is unpaid. This would generate enough money to cover the cost of living expenses and books alone.

It is my lifetime goal of graduating college and starting my own successful career. I am certain I can accomplish this goal, as is evident from all those years of intense competition. All my hard work and dedication has me convinced that I would be an excellent pick for your position. You can reach me on my cell at (970)-324-0591 and e-mail address remmington16@gmail.com. I appreciate you taking the time to review this letter.

                                    Sincerely,

Remmington Reinick

the world 100 years from now

In a well developed paragraph, discuss what you believe the world will be like 100 years from now. Will it be a good or bad place to live?

I believe that 100 years from now our Earth will be a dangerous place to live, and therefore a bad place to reside. I love our world greatly, but I honestly believe that advances in technology, terrorism, and overpopulation will contribute to the downfall of our world. Our technology will be superb, but we might use it to produce nuclear weapons. This would result in catastrophic death tolls, and causing dramatic weather changes to occur in that part of the globe. It doesn’t matter if we have a cure for cancer or AIDS, with rapid increases in population we will be killing hundreds of people daily just because of starvation. Overpopulation is another key component, as it can cause food and water shortages, and insufficient places to live. We will have literally run the planet out of resources, and massive starvation and droughts will take place again. Terrorism and war will also take place, due to the lack of resources from overpopulation, and the development of stronger nuclear devices. It will be a dark and dangerous world, a desert wasteland, full of bandits and thieves. Hence, I predict our world to be an unlivable place to live one century from now.

Technology

Write a short paragraph (5-7 sentences) on the following question: Explain the importance of technology, and what it has provided for you.

                When humanity views the world today we often take for granted the special things that technology offers us. Technology has allowed people to live longer, healthier, and less stressful lives. It has benefited me with easier work, and allowed me to research homework with a click of a button. It provides light with a switch of a button, clean healthy water with a turn of a nozzle, and a more effective way of traversing miles at a time while letting our cars do all the work. Cellular devices and phones are used for emergencies and our entertainment, providing people around the globe with a safer and less stressful environment. Technology has truly advanced us through the ages, and without it our world would definitely be darker.

Dedication

Remmington Reinick

Mrs. Boresen

Expository Writing, 4^th Period

Dedication

March 4^th

Dedication

            There is no nobler deed then committing oneself wholly and completely to a task, idea, or purpose. I often sacrifice my time, sweat, tears, and blood to put into what I call dedication. Many people know what dedication is, for they themselves have witnessed dedication coming forth, and worked hard for something they need. Dedication is not only a work, but also a thing which arises out of the many thousands of years of successful accomplishments. This can be anything from studying hard for a test, working out every day after school, or even going to church. All people should know of this, for all people have dedicated their valuable time to an individual object. Dedication is an extraordinary object, and it contributes to anything confounded with success.

When an individual or group of people achieve a goal or task which has meaning, the work dedication comes to mind. The work dedication is a noun, and the work dedicated is an adjective. While the work dedicate is a verb, and the word dedicatedly is an adverb. According to the Merriam-Webster definition I found online, dedication is, “devotion to a cause, ideal, or purpose.” My definition of the word would be a wholehearted faithfulness to a cause, person, or idea. Other words related to dedication include consecration, inscription, and zealous. Dedication can be applied to many different forms, and may be seen in places you would least expect it. Hence, dedication is a powerful force to be reckoned with, and takes place in strong individuals.

            Whenever I think of a word that directly applies to me, I think of the word dedication. I have direct experience with dedication after twelve years of school, ten years of showing and raising livestock, six years of track, and four years of football. Even though I have worked with people at the feedlots who were the exact opposite of me, who hated dedicating their time and effort for something they truly did not believe in. Dedication for me combined a number of arduous sprint workouts, strenuous work, and torturous mental toughness. That includes grueling heat, blistering cold, rain or shine, excruciating pain, anguish, misfortune, agony, and times of sorrow and despair. And there were many instances where I was injured, and had to sit in the whirlpool for hours at a time. Mason is my brother, and he absolutely hates working hard for things in life, or even preoccupying his time with anything strenuous or laborious. Dedication includes maintaining a high tolerance level, which is why I had no problem getting up at two o’clock in the morning to watch one of my many sows give birth to ten or more pigs. Exhibiting hogs at shows 12 hours away is also a form of dedication, since nobody wants to sit in a truck for that amount of time. Baby pigs in particular need great amounts of work, including shots, castration, eyeteeth clipped, ears notched, tails docked, and hoofs trimmed. Track and livestock are huge parts of my life, and I have devoted much of my time to them. Therefore, I consider dedication to be a direct influence on my own personal lifestyle.

            As dedication does not only take part in my own lifestyle, it is also a major contributor in the history of the world. A prime example of this may be Abraham Lincoln’s fight to free slaves and in doing so cost him his life. His dedication led to the emancipation of millions of slaves, and brought America together again. Another perfect example of dedication is the American colonists, who gave everything to lead a more tranquil lifestyle. The pilgrims starved and froze to death, were killed by Native Americans, and were thousands of miles away from England’s support. Later on in the Revolutionary War, even as America was greatly outnumbered, we still ended up defeating the British. Iwo Jima is another example, as the Japanese knew they were outnumbered by 60,000 troops. Only 1,000 Japanese soldiers survived the battle, but this just shows the devotion to their country. Through struggles, hardships, war, death and destruction, dedication has been seen and completed throughout the sands of time.

            Dedication is something that has been discussed, seen, and performed in my life and the generations before me. It is something I use in my own personal life, with track, livestock, and school. If you have ever loved something immensely then you probably applied dedication to that which you love. And if you feel compassion towards something then you should most definitely dedicate some more time to it. Dedication is an immeasurable amount of compassion that you can put into an event, individual, or object that you feel strongly. Therefore, always keep doing what you love the most, and make sure to put in the time and work for it as well.

           

Bibliography

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dedicated

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dedication

Gaddes & Grosset. Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus. New Lanark, Scotland: David Dale House, 2002.

Barnhart, Clarence. The World Book Dictionary. Chicago, Illinois: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1973.

Dedication

Remmington Reinick

Mrs. Boresen

Expositroy Writing, 4^th Period

Dedication

March 4^th

Dedication

            There is no nobler deed then committing yourself wholly and completely to a task, idea, or purpose. We often sacrifice our time, sweat, tears, and blood to put into what I call dedication. Many people know what dedication is, for they themselves have often stuck through the bad times, and worked hard for something they need. Dedication is not only a work, but also a thing which arises out of the many thousands of years of successful accomplishments. This can be anything from studying hard for a test, working out every day after school, or even going to church. All people should know of this, for all people have dedicated their valuable time to an individual object. Dedication is a truly important work, and applies to anything that has to do with success.

When an individual or group of people achieve a goal or task which has meaning, the work dedication comes to mind. The work dedication is a noun, and the work dedicated is an adjective. While the work dedicate is a verb, and the word dedicatedly is an adverb. According to the Merriam-Webster definition I found online, dedication is, “devotion to a cause, ideal, or purpose.” My definition of the word would be a wholehearted faithfulness to a cause, person, or idea. Other words related to dedication include consecration, inscription, and zealous. Dedication can be applied to many different forms, and may be seen in places you would least expect it. Hence, dedication is a powerful force to be reckoned with, and takes place in strong individuals.

            When I think of a word that directly applies to me, I think of the word dedication. I have direct experience with dedication after twelve years of school, ten years of showing and raising livestock, six years of track, and four years of football. Dedication for me was running five miles every single day in track, whether I liked it or not. That includes grueling heat, blistering cold, rain or shine, pain and times of sorrow. And there were many instances where I was injured, and had to sit in the whirlpool for hours at a time. Dedication includes maintaining a high tolerancy level, which is why I had no problem getting up at two o’clock in the morning to watch one of my many sows give birth to ten or more pigs. Exhibiting hogs at shows 12 hours away is also a form of dedication, because nobody wants to sit in a truck for that amount of time. Baby pigs especially need great amounts of work, including shots, casteration, eyeteeth clipped, ears notched, tails docked, and hoofs trimmed. Track and livestock are huge parts of my life, and I have devoted much of my time to them. Therefore, I consider dedication to be a direct influence on my won personal lifestyle.

            As dedication does not only take part in my own lifestyle, it is also a major contributor in the history of the world. A prime example of this may be Abraham Lincoln’s fight to free slaves, and in doing so cost him his life. His dedicationpaid off in the end by freeing millions of slaves, and brought America together again. Another perfect example of dedication is the American colonists, who gave everything to lead a peaceful lifestyle. The pilgrims starved and froze to death,were killed by Native Americans, and were thousands of miles away from England’s support. Later on in the Revolutionary War, even as America was greatly outnumbered, we still ended up defeating the British. Iwo Jima is another example, as the Japanese knew they were outnumered by 60,000 troops. Only 1,000 Japanese soldiers survived the battle, but this just shows the devotion to their country. Through struggles, hardships, war, death and destruction, dedication has been seen and completed throughout the sands of time.

            Dedication is something that has been discussed, seen, and performed in my life and the generations before me. It is something I use in my own personal life, with track, livestock, and school. If you have ever loved something immensley then you probably applied dedication to that which you love. And if you feel compassion towards something then you should most definitely dedicate some more time to it. Dedication is an unmeasurable amount of compassion that you can put into an event, individual, or object that you feel strongly. Therefore, always keep doing what you love the most, and make sure to put in the time and work for it as well.

           

Bibliography

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dedicated

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dedication

Gaddes & Grosset. Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus. New Lanark, Scotland: David Dale House, 2002.

Barnhart, Clarence. The World Book Dictionary. Chicago, Illinois: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1973.

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https://sites.google.com/site/remmington16reinick/home

Letter of Recommendation #3

11049 WCRD 40
Platteville, CO 80651
(970)-324-0591
February 10, 2011

Mr. Nolan Eastin
P.E. and Conditioning Instructor, Head Football Coach
Roosevelt High School
616 North Second Street
Johnstown, CO 80534

Dear Mr. Eastin,

As we always have nice conversations in class, I probably forgot to mention to you that I am applying to a few alternative colleges this month, and for some scholarships in the area of education and track and field. I would appreciate it fully if you would write a letter of recommendation for me to submit with the applications to these universities and scholarships. After four years of classes with you, and two years of football, you know my qualities as a person, my strive for success, and potential to become a teacher and compete in track and field at the college level.

As my instructor for P.E. 1 and 2, Lifetime Sports, and football, you are familiar with my work ethic, determination to win, and passion to excel. I believe you have a good sense of the attributes needed to progress at the college level. I am asking for your recommendation because these scholarships are important for me to pay for college, and I should have a few colleges in reserve in case plans ever fall through. I aided in my mother's Kindergarten class for a semester and it convinced me that I want to influence others as all my instructors have influenced me.

Please mail me the letter, or e-mail it to me at remmington16@gmail.com . I truly appreciate your help, and thank you for taking time out of your personal life to write this letter. If you have any questions or concerns please call me at the above cell phone number.

Yours sincerely,


Remmington Reinick

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