Michael Oher Bio.

                            Michael Oher

   

                                 Birth/Family/School Life

     Michael Oher was born on May 28th, 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee. Throughout Michaels life, he didn’t really have anyone to lean on.. Considering he was one of twelve children. Michaels father left his family before he was even born so he didn’t exactly have a father figure that he could look up to.. Later in life, Michael got adopted by the Tuohy family right when his football career was about to take flight. School life was difficult for Michael. Because of his situation before being adopted, education wasn’t necessarily an option for him. Big Tony took the responsibility of making sure Michael got the proper education.. Big Tony and Michael drove East to look for a good school that michael could attend. Their journey stopped at a school in Mississippi. There, at Mississippi State, Michael had everything he’d hoped for; an education and football.

                                                                                    Interests and Hobbies

    Michael Oher is most famous for playing football. Growing up, Michael had a hard day-to-day life, so he always thought of football as a sport where he could let off some steam. Whether its for the physical passion or the mental relief, Michael’s main interest is football but surprisingly, he finds himself as a basketball player. He claimed that he saw himself move on the basketball court rather than on the field. Because of his size, he determined that football was the sport for him. One passion outside of ports that Michael has is cars. Because he has become so wealthy, he is able to buy pretty much any car he wants. But usually, he just buys plastic remote-control versions of the cars he likes.

                                               Anecdotes

    When it came to Big Tony, he was Michaels caregiver. When Michael moved in with Big Tony, Big Tony realized that Michael was going down the wrong path. Michael wasn’t doing well in school and was getting in trouble on the streets. It all started going downhill after Big Tony’s mom, Betty Boo, died. Betty Boo wanted Steve and Michael to get a proper christian education so thats when Big Tiny and the guys traveled North and ended up in Michigan.

    When Michael started attending school, he discovered something great; he was actually smart. After he started getting into the groove of balancing school and football, he proudly got adopted into the Tuohy family. Michael ended up graduated in the same class as his adoptive sister. He became extremely close to Leigh Ann Tuohy because she was on person who believed in him the whole time, throughout his whole journey..

                                                                                                                   Career

    Michael Oher has made football a rewarding career from the first time the recruiters saw a fuzzy video of Michael playing football, to the moment he did not say one word to Lemming during the interview for playing or the military team.. It didn’t matter if people didn’t have faith in him or didn’t think he would succeed, because he believed in himself which is how he won the 2013 super Bowl.

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    Michael Oher is most famous for having a movie based on him called “The Blind Side.” After the making of that movie, publicity went wild and started paying more attention to him through his football career. After he graduated from Michigan state., Michael went on and moved up in his football career by getting drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. After many victories and few losses, the Ravens won the 2013 Super Bowl. He celebrated with his adoptive family after the super Bowl and fulfilled many Ravens fans dreams.

Roller Hockey

Roller Hockey

    Most students at West Hills did not know that there was a roller hockey team.Some sports obviously received more attention than others, but roller hockey seemed to be even farther below the radar, and even the players could admit that. Although, while interviewing a student  Ryan Vanoni, he mentioned that hockey isn’t very popular anyways on the West Coast than on the East Coast.

When did you start playing hockey?

“I started playing hockey a while ago. I’ve been playing for most of my life though.”

What inspired you to start playing hockey?

“ I just thought it was a cool sport as I was younger and just pursued it throughout the years.”

Why do you think hockey isn’t recognized a lot?

“ I don’t think hockey gets recognized a lot because it’s not as big of a sport as football or baseball.”

What makes hockey different from other sports?

“ I just love hockey and it’s unique in it’s own way.

  Although the sport was not as well known as others, the team did not let that get in their way when they hit the derby. The team was not constantly recognized for their victories, but they kept their heads up. Even through the losses and kicks to the penalty box, the hockey team at West Hills stuck together and was victorious almost every game. The team realized that with or without publicity, going out and playing hockey was all that mattered.

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Coraline Review(:

     Have you ever wondered what it's like to live a different life where everyone acted the opposite of their true personalities? In the movie Coraline , written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Henry Selick, a young girl named Coraline, the voice of Dakota Fanning, and her parents move to an unusual place called The Pink Palace. At first it seems as if it's dull and filled with careless people, but Coraline soon discovers that her eyes deceive her.


     The film Starts out with Coraline searching for a secret well. She stumbles upon a "stalker" named Wybie, the voice of Robert Bailey Jr. Coraline becomes very annoyed of him quickly. Coraline ends up exploring her house and finds a peculiar  looking door covered up by wallpaper. Shes curious and bugs her mom to open the door. Unexpectedly, the door led to a brick wall. In the middle of the night, little mice appear  in her room and lead Coraline to the mysterious door.To Coraline's surprise, the door led to another dimension. There in the other world was her "other mother", played by Teri Hatcher, and her "other father", with the voice of John Hodgman. They seem to have the opposite personalities of what Coraline's "real parents". For example, the "other mother" cooks and buys Coraline presents and "other father" creates a garden and write songs about Coraline and they both have buttons for eyes. Coraline soon finds out that just because they have different personalities, doesn't mean that her real parents don't care.

Coraline and Wybie looking down the well.

     The creation of this film is very complicated. Neil Gaiman , the writer, and Henry Selick, director, collaborated on this movie to make it the best that it could be. It took one man's book and another man's imagination to finalize this stop-motion animation. With twenty-four pictures per second, it took about one week to create seven seconds of the movie. It was a long yet rewarding process.
     Although the writer and directors worked diligently on this movie, they couldn't have one it without the actors, costume designers, and set creators
     Actors worked on bringing the characters to life and meaning to the movie. The costume designers used their steady hands to create small enough costumes to fit clay made characters the size of their palms. The set directors design scenes in the movie and also work with moving the dolls according to the way the actors speak.
     Overall, Coraline is an exuberating film that i would watch over and over again. The plot is great but the overall meaning is touching. The only thing i suggest for this movie is to sit down and enjoy it.

The X Factor Review!!!

L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Simon Cowell, Brittney Spears

The X Factor stage

    Originating from the United Kingdom, this is only the second season of The X Factor. This competitive reality game show reveals compelling stories of people who think they have a shot at winning five million dollars and a contract with Syco/Sony Music Productions. The returning judges are the obvious Simon Cowell along with L.A. Reid while the new judges are Demi Lovato and Brittney Spears. Although Simon is known for his brutal honesty, it seems as if he and Brittney traded places. Her criticism towards the contestants and her constantly saying "no" was harsh but at least she didn't lie. Simon seems to be more understanding this season with his comments,"Best contestant on this show." or "My favorite conetestant so far in this competition." Demi and L.A. Reid had true connections with the contestants and I feel that that makes a successful television show and really draws in the viewers. For example, Jillian Jensen was a contestant on the show who was bullied throughout her childhood. "When you sang, You broke my heart." Demi claimed. Demi was also bullied throughout her life but she made a statement, "look, we're on stage and the bullies are sitting on their couch, watching us on tv." I thought this was very powerful and very courageous of Demi to say.The X Factor is and overall great show. It expresses true emotions not only from the contestants but from the judges too. All in all,I would rate this show five out of five stars because of its success around the world and the opportunity it gives people to pursue their dreams.

First Post!!!!!!

This is my first post for Writing For The World!!!!!! period 2 (: