tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86124892664787730562024-03-12T18:49:28.872-07:00Letters from a PresidentJordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-87741920210894889472010-04-22T09:26:00.000-07:002010-05-06T10:36:59.016-07:00The Completely UnforeseenWalking to class almost every weekday cannot be counted as an experience in nature. I don't think driving with the windows down counts as an experience either. Sadly, I don't have a large pool of nature encounters to select from. I am a fan of controlled environments which could be a large factor in why my pool is so shallow. Nature scares me, and I try to avoid it whenever I can. It is scary forJordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-74229021052852078712010-04-22T09:25:00.001-07:002010-05-06T10:02:19.095-07:00Fighting for PieceAmerica has been fighting a war for hundreds of years. This war, no matter how many reinforcements, is never over. The casualty count is unknown, and the spread of this war has hit every inch of this great land. No, this is not the war on terror, the war on zombies, or even the war against fast food chains never using the first drive through window. This war is on hunger. There is no figurehead Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-3104694265737940462010-04-22T09:23:00.000-07:002010-05-06T10:35:53.717-07:00Let It SnowI remember being woken up by my dad around noon with a cup of hot chocolate in his hand and a smile on his face. This could only mean one thing: Snow day. The television was playing what the local news called the “Snowbird Report”. At a young age, the scrolling schools at the bottom of the screen helped me learn my alphabet. I always new that after “Frontier Local” my school would follow: “Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-81210070663525095962010-04-14T21:58:00.000-07:002010-05-06T10:34:00.260-07:00School's Out For NeverHopedale, Ohio is known for three things: Clark Gable's childhood home, the first woman to have a successful face transplant, and Hopedale Elementary. The most important of the trio is certainly the elementary. The school was built in the middle of the 19th century as a college, and the building has stood tall ever since. A levy to build a new school is presented to the voters in the community, Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-51185708778608094132010-03-11T10:32:00.000-08:002010-05-06T10:32:04.085-07:00Extended DefinitionAccording to Princeton's WordNet, 'Organic' is defined as: “of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; simple and healthful and close to nature; relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; a fertilizer that is Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-88267730713108524352010-03-11T10:03:00.000-08:002010-05-06T10:30:33.010-07:00A Tale of Two RegionsI am a product of a broken home. To most that statement alone would seem to have a negative connotation, but to me, it is nothing but positive. I lived in two separate houses for most of my adolescent life. I bounced back weekly to a new atmosphere and a new lifestyle. One week I would find myself in the suburb of the United States ninth most dangerous city, and the next I would be spending Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612489266478773056.post-21157893039699345362010-03-02T10:32:00.000-08:002010-03-02T11:13:33.135-08:00First PostTesting 1 2 3.Jordan Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465509718967803561noreply@blogger.com0