One of my hobbies is marching band. I just started this school year and I already love it. I’ve met a ton of new people and made a whole lot of new friends: including seniors, juniors, freshmen and other sophomores. I have a love for performing with my band. Even though there are days when we are not on our game and we mess up, it’s still fun. We love to watch other bands march, but of course, we will always think that we are number one. 

 I like marching band because it promotes school pride – which I used to lack. I haven’t owned a blue and yellow shirt since I started middle school and now I own three and wear them proudly.

I do plan on continuing marching band in college – at Georgia Tech. when I watch GT football games and watch the marching band in the stands, I think to myself, “That’ll be me one day!”

Think about the athletes you saw at the Olympics. How do they take care of their health? What are some things you do or eat that they would not?

The athletes at the Olympics have different techniques to stay healthy and in shape. Most runners get massaged hourly to keep their muscles from getting tense. I also know that swimmers in particular sit in hot tubs while waiting. This is to keep warm and the hot tub has the same massaging effect.

Michael Phelps eats chicken nuggets from McDonald's (even though he endorses Subway) while Usain Bolt eats home cooked Jamaican meals and natural drinks (even though he endorses Gatorade). Yohan Blake eats 16 bananas in 24 hour periods. This is to replenish the thousands of calories burned during training, practice, and the main event: the Olympics.

I am quite lazy and on weekends prefer to watch television than to do something physical. I'd much rather be on the internet. I could eat ice cream and Papa John's pizza every day. I think that if athletes ate the way I wanted to, then our athletes would be 400 more pounds.