Ben+Z

3-2-10

Estoy bien también, gracias por preguntar. Soy también feliz que yendo a El Rancho para almorzar. Debe estar emocionando. Yo no puedo esperar para comer el alimento allí. Mi alimento mexicano predilecto es chimchangas o burritos. ¡Los dos prueban asombrar! Aparte de comida mexicano, mi otro comida favorita tendría que ser comida italiano. mis favoritos son los espaguetis o la lasañas. ¡Mi postre favorito es probablemente bizcochos de chocolate y nueces. yo no pienso que nada prueba mejor que bizcochos de chocolate y nueces suaves y húmedos! Ben

3-2-10

Hola Ben! ¿Còmo estás? Soy muy bien. No quierro hacer esta tarea. haha! El jueves irémos a El Rancho. Este es bueno. Yo quierro la comida mexicana. Será muy delicioso. Me gustaría comer tacos y burritos. Adios, Parker

11/10/09

Hola, Iñaki

Es muy agradable escribir a tú otra vez. Esto el fin de semana pasado, tuve un partido de fútbol de americano. Desgraciadamente, perdimos el partido 34-16. Pero no obstante, mi equipo y yo jugamos muy fuerte y jugamos hasta el fin. El domingo, yo dormí tarde. cuando yo me desperté, miré televisión con mi hermana. Entonces, fui pescando con mis amigos. Cogí algunos peces grandes. Después de todo que cené en la casa de mis abuelos. ¡Comimos los espaguetis, mi favorito! eso es todo para ahora, ¡hasta luego!

Ben Z.

11/17/09

Hello, Iñaki

It is very nice to be writing to you again. In just a little bit over a week it will be Thanksgiving. Now Thanksgiving is a holiday we celebrate in America in order to give thanks for what we have. It first originated from the Native Americans who first inhabit this area. The Native Americans then passed it on to the pilgrims, ever since the tradition is followed throughout most of American homes. Traditionally, we eat turkey at Thanksgiving. Turkey is a native bird to North America and closely resembles the taste of chicken (at least i think it does.) Also a side dish called "stuffing"" is normally served as a side dished. It is a concoction of bread, eggs, onions, and seasoning. Along with tradition many families also celebrate mini traditions within their own households. For example, since my family is Italian, my grandmother also makes spaghetti with the Thanksgiving feast. Well, i hope you enjoyed this brief history lesson! Good bye!

Ben Z.

11/24/09

Hello, Iñaki

It is a pleasure to be writing to you again, my teacher tells me you will be responding back to me soon. Fortunately, we have a short week of school this week. We only have to go to school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, since Thursday is Thanksgiving. Since it is Thanksgiving we get Thursday off from school and the rest of the time until next Monday. I always enjoy long weekends because school can be very boring. But the unfortunate part about long weekends is that when you do eventually return to school it seems to be terrible.

Right now i am in the sport of wrestling. It is a very fun sport to do because you can rely totally on yourself and no one else. The only thing that is kind of bad about wrestling is that you have to watch how much you weigh. So sometimes it is limited on what and how much you can eat. But it is all worth because when i go out onto the wrestling mat and succeed there is no feeling like it! I understand you play soccer, so it would be nice to know if you played any other sports also. Sports along with school are basically my whole life so without them i have no idea how else i would be spending my time. So i am interested to know what other things do you do for fun?

Like i mentioned previously, Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday. So i thought i would explain what i do for the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, normally on holidays i like to sleep in since sleep is very valuable to me. Once i wake up i usually take a shower and get ready. Usually on holidays you try to look very handsome and presentable to your family. So after i get dressed, my family and i go to my grandparents (my mom's parents) There we talk with each other until it is time to eat. When it is time to eat i normally eat as much as possible because the food is so delicious, especially my grandmas cookie. Once we eat we normally wait awhile until dessert is served. My favorite Thanksgiving dessert is pumpkin pie. It is very tasty, and i am pretty sure i could eat it all day! Well i think i have to go try some dessert! Talk to you later.

Ben Z.

12/1/09

Hola Iñaki, es muy agradable estar escribiendo a tú. Comprendo que experimentamos algunos problemas a comunicar uno al otro. Pero espero ahora que podamos comunicar mejor. Yo también tengo algunas preguntas preguntarle. ¿Qué pasa? Sé que juegas al fútbol. ¿Cómo hiciste?

Now, i am going to switch to English because i know that you wanted to be written to in English. But, my teacher told us we were to write one paragraph in spanish. If you would like to write one paragraph in English and the rest in Spanish then that would be fine. Recently, we just had the holiday of Thanksgiving. So i ate lots of good food and ate untill i could eat no more. Since it was a holiday we had a longer weekend. Which is nice but it is really hard to go back to school after you have not been to school in awhile.

During the week i will have wrestling practice every day after school. I like wrestling but it does take a lot of time. Nevertheless, i have my first wrestling meet this Friday, so i am very excited for that. I believe i should do pretty well, since i have been practicing hard and very good at wrestling to begin with. My weight class for wrestling is 150 lbs. Which is about one of the middle weight classes. Also the weather is beginning to change here. It is becoming a lot colder since the winter season is fast approaching. Which means snow is soon to be falling. Does it snow where you live?well i hope to be hearing from you soon! ¡Hable con tú luego!

Ben Z.

12/10/09

hola otra vez, yo sé que he side difiícil comunicar pero espero que esas cosas sean corregidas. He estado muy occupado con la escuela y los deportes. Pero yo todavía encunetro tiempo conseguir todo hecho. El tiempo comienza a cambiar y llegar a ser muy frio. Sé que estás en la interuppción de la escuela. ¿Que tal?

During this time of year my school starts a service project for our community. It is called the "Reachout" program. This program is suppose to help the poor people in our community. What our school does is that each class you are suppose to bring in some type of canned or packaged food. Now what they do with this food is they collect all the food from all the classes and make packages filled with different types of food for the families. This is such a nice thing to do because of the struggling economy it really does go towards a good cause. There are many people that could use this help in our community

Also, for my spanish class we are doing another type of service project. In order to recognize all of our military troops over in the Middle East, we made them "care" packages. Basically we filled cardboard packages with gifts that we thought they may want or need. For example we game them such necessities like toothpaste, hair shampoo, and deodorant. We also gave them items like playing cards, CD's, and DVD's. It really is a great way to honor our military for keeping us safe and free. I really enjoy doing good deeds because i realize how blessed i am and thankful for what i do have.

Ben Z

12/15/09

Hola Iñaki

Yo sè que ha habido algunos problemas que comunican uno al otro. Optimistamente, podemos conseguir esos problemas fijos. Porque tengo admitir, escribiendo a me, no es muy divertido. Comprendo que tienes nada hacer con ese problema. Espero poder comunicar con tù diariamente. Yo tambièn comprendo que tuviste tiempo libre de escuela. ¿Comò fue eso?

Soon my school will be having exams. If you don't know what an exam is, i will explain. Basically, what an exam is a big test that covers all off what you learned that semester. We have two semesters over the school year. So the first exam we take ,which is the beginning of January, covers the material that we have learned for the first semester. Then before school ends in June, we have another exam over second semester material. The material on the test is basically all the stuff or things the teacher finds to be important. If the teacher finds it to be important knowledge, they will put it on the exam, hopefully so we can remember it.

I know a lot of people that hate taking these exams. For the most part it is stressfull, because you are trying to remember material that maybe was covered two or three months ago, along with the fact most people have at least five or more exams to take. Ranging from Spanish to Calculus. Despite most peoples dispair, i really have no problem taking the exams. I suppose you are in school so you should probably do something. I have to admit my favorite classes are the ones were you just take tests and there is no homework required. I suppose it has to do with the fact that i am a pretty good test taker. There was a little bit about our exams, i was wondering thought, do you have anything similar to what we call "exams"? Hope to hear from you soon! Good bye!

1/5/10

Hola Iñaki,

Es agradable estar escribiendo a tú otra vez. Sé que no podemos comunicar uno al otro bastante todavía. Pero, espero pronto que pondremos hacer pronto. Mientras, Navidad fue justo sobre.Optimistamente, recibiste muchos presentes. Tristemente, desde que yo consigo más viejo. Mis presentes son generalmente justo dinero y tarjetas de regalos. Lo bueno es consigo para salir y gastar ese dinero en cualquier quiero.

Recently, we just celebrated the new year. For us in America, it is an exciting and fun-filled time for all. Normally, someone has a party at their house or a hotel room. Friends get together in order to have a good time, in recognition of the past year and year to come. It's traditionally in America (if you are of age), to have champagne on New Years Eve. Right before the clock strikes twelve o'clock, everyone normally sits around the T.V. to watch the ball begin to drop in New York City. Where a big party is taking place throughout the cities' streets. As custom, as soon as the ball has dropped and its twelve o'clock, each boy is to find a girl to give a good luck kiss for the new year.

The sad apart about remembering all this stuff is that christmas vacation is over for us. We normally get about two weeks off right before christmas. Sadly, that has ended and we are back in school again. I really don't mind school that much. I have no problem waking up in the morning and attending class along with the test that are included. The only issue that i really have with school is homework. I really despise it, i just feel that school should be kept in school, when i am out of school i should have time to myself and others. not schoolwork! But anyways, i hope you had a good christmas and a blessed New Year!

1/19/10

Hola Iñaki,

Ha sido un rato desde entonces he escrito a tú. Ultimamente mi vida ha estado muy aburriendo. Yo terminé tomar los exámenes la semana pasada. En la mayor parte ellos fueron bien. Mi educación es algo que tomo muy gravemente. Junto con la escuela yo todavía tomo parte en un deporte. Ese deporte estaría lucha, cuál yo también hago muy bien. Disfruto de la lucha, porque la única persona tienes que depender de es yo mismo. he estado trabajando duramente cada día y los resultados muestran en la estera de la lucha. El tiempo es todavía frío fuera, pero yo no puedo esperar hasta que el tiempo comience a conseguir caliente.

In reference to hoping the weather changes, i have decided that when i have my own house it will be somewhere warm. It is not that i don't enjoy cold weather, i just rather be somewhere warm. There is just so much more things you can do when the weather is warm. Also, lately i have been thinking about school and it just hit me that i am a little over a year away from graduating high school. I don't know whether to be scared or excited. I mean i am very excited for the new opportunities that college life will bring to me, but on the other note anything new and strange can be scary and vulnerable. I guess for now i have to stay content to where i am at now in my life, but i guess it's never to soon to think about your future. Well i hope to hear from you soon.

1/26/10

Hola Iñaki,

Está agradable estar escribiendo a tú otra vez. Últimamente, he sido haciendo nada nuevo. Obviamente escuela todavía pasa. Mis clases son dura en la mayor parte, que ser dicho yo todavía mantengo un 4.0 gpa o todos A's. Como dije antes de que tomo mis grados muy gravemente. Lo única que deseo que cambiaría, sería mis hábitos de estudian. Aunque recibo grados buenos, yo sólo paso un tiempo pequeño estudiando para pruebas o exámenes.Yo me doy que necesito cambiar mis hábitos de estudian para el futuro.

On another note i have a wrestling tournament this weekend. It is located in Lima,Ohio, which is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes away from where i live. I actually am really excited about this weekend. First of all it is a two-day tournament, so that means we get to stay over night at an hotel, so that is always fun. Secondly, i feel that i really have improved my technique much in wrestling. I don't think i have felt anymore confident going into a tournament than this one. All i have to do is go out on the mat and wrestle as hard as i can and hope good things will happen. Other than school and wrestling there is nothing else that seems to be going on in my life. Well i hope to hear from you soon. ¡Hasta luego!

2/2/10

Hola Iaki,

Una vez más yo escribo a tú. No mucho ha estado pasando en mi vida últimamente. Como mencioné antes, tuve un torneo de la lucha último el fin de semana. En conjunto yo hice muy bien y estoy orgulloso de yo mismo. Ultimamente he advertido el tiempo. Como tú sabes que estamos en la temporada de invierno en este momento. Cuál medios que la temperatura tiene frío fuera. Yo realmente no disfruto de tiempo frío. Yo mucho hace calor más bien fuera de que el frío. Hay tanto más en hacer cuando el tiempo tiene calor y usted puede hacer cualquier exterior. He decidido que viviré en alguna parte tibio cuando tengo mi propia casa.

Well to change things up a bit, i would like to talk about what makes me learn the best. In school i really like when we get to do hands on type of things. I really feel thats when i learn the most is when i actually do it with my own hands. I think for anyone reallly that if you do it with your own hands you are going to remember it alot better than just reading or hearing about it. For example, in my spanish class we are making a breakfast meal for the class. I really enjoy doing this because we have to make a meal that is popular in a Spanish speaking country. This is the kind of hands on stuff i enjoy, because not only do you get to do something fun but you get to learn first hand about someone elses culture. I don't know about you, but that is how i like to learn. I would enjoy if you told me how you like to learn best. Hope to hear from yo soon! ¡Adios!

2/9/10

Hola Iñaki,​

Una vez más yo escribo a tù. No mucho ha estado pasando en mi vida últimamente. Esto el sábado pasado que fui supone tomar una prueba llamó el ACT. Es una prueba que todos estudiantes de instituto toman normalmente.Es una manera que colegios comparan usted contra otros estudiantes de instituto para ver donde usted está en como un estudiante. Por suerte, que misma mañana nosotros tuvimos una tormenta de la nieve, así que fue cancelado. Recientemente, acabamos de tener otra tormenta de la nieve, así que tuvimos el día libre de la escuela. Aunque todo este tiempo y nieve fríos nos permitan que no vamos a la escuela, yo todavía deseo que estuvo tibio fuera.

In recent news there has been a lot of drama at my school. Because we just go word from the Bishop of our Diocese that are name is going to change. What that means is the are going to change the name of my high school which is Saint Joseph Central Catholic. The new is that they are going to change that name to Bishop Hoffman High School. Since Bishop Hoffman was from our city and was once the Bishop of our own Diocese. Even though i have no objections to Bishop Hoffman as a person, i feel that this is really terrible for our school and community. I feel that if you change the name of our school, you are changing a part of its history and tradition. I don't know about you, but how would you feel if your school name was to change? I hope you would be as upset as i am, and see the need for keeping tradition and legacy. If not i wish for you to explain why, and what would be your reasons for thinking that way. Until then hope you have a happy valentines day! Good bye!