Will+Rosa

William Rosa 12/9/12 As I entered the Physical Rehabilitation center, the scheduled patient was eager to start his session. “So, are you ready for your check-up?” I had asked my patient. “As ready as ever,” He responded so ecstatically, he answered as soon as the words came out of my mouth. “The sooner I have feeling in my arm again, the better!” “So how long has your arm been numb?” I asked, hoping to record data from his response. “Since hurricane Mike.” He replied. “Wow, 8 days ago.” I marveled. “Yeah, no other doctor has power besides you” He remarked. “Hmm… that’s terrible. Now come with me.” I had ordered. There was silence once we went to the MRI room to see the severity of his arm. Once I instructed him to lay down for his screening, I had found out he has nothing to worry about. “Well, there’s nothing to worry about! With the proper medications, you should regain feeling in about 2 to 4 weeks.” I had confirmed his results. “Great! Just in time because I have to go to work on the 15th.” He stated. “So, how’s your family?” I asked, walking to the computer, to mark his prescription. “We’re good, still without power and wondering when it will come back.” He moped. “Yeah, me and my family too. I’m lucky the office had power, because I need the money now.” I explained.

“Now that you mention money,” He commented, “The amount of money we’re spending is insane! We’ve been eating out every day because all the food in our fridge spoiled.” “Us too! Tonight I’m having a sandwich because my wife was smart enough to put cold-cuts in a cooler with ice.” I said, trying not to seem sad. “And we just brought a mini oven that runs on butane, so we can make soup and reheat leftovers” He remarked. “Oh, we have one of those too! It saved us from wasting $40 of food from Friday’s,” (The restaurant). I replied. “Oh! Look at the time! We got to get you going before you miss the bus!” Once I helped him outside, he had boarded the bus. “Thanks!” He yelled over the bus’ engine. “No problem!” I yelled in the same tone. “Just doing my job! Just before the bus left he asked, “Wait, what’s this say?” he asked, referring to my sloppy doctor’s handwriting that filled out his prescription form. “Don’t worry! Ask any pharmacist! They understand doctor!” I joked, just as the bus doors sealed shut. Thus ends my average day ( In about 20 years)

William Rosa English Pd.5&6 10/3/12

 Myself vs. the mythical Pisces

When many people learn I am a Pisces, they always wonder if I possess any of the trademark Pisces traits. And they later figure out that I do, for there are many Pisces traits I possess. For example, many people say I am pleasant and compassionate. This happens to be a classic Pisces trait, as well as many others.

Being selfless also happens to be a trait I have from the classic Pisces. For example, with these given traits, you can always count on a classic Pisces to be there for you. While not everything can be assisted by others, when it can be, a Pisces should always be on your list. And it will never be too much trouble for a Pisces. For example, on the night before the most important project of the year for science, my team had decided to totally switch around the presentation at the last minute. While I could have left them by themselves, I stayed up until eleven at night to help them. I even had to make an account for a social networking site to finish it. And with my help they got an A, just like my part of the project.

While a Pisces “should” be intuitive and unworldly, I only can relate to one of those listed, which is intuitive. I am not unworldly because I am not “ having little awareness of the realities of life, in particular, not motivated by material or practical considerations ”  which is the textbook definition for unworldly. I am actually quite the opposite of unworldly. For example, in fifth grade, I was in band class, when all of a sudden, there was a fire drill when my band teacher was out of the room. But while others would panic, I with instrument in hand calmly guided my friend to another class, and we latched on to their line. (With permission of course!) While many times I have demonstrated I am not unworldly, I have displayed acts of intuition. Intuition means “instinctive knowledge or belief.” I have many anecdotes from this special Pisces trait, but this specific one is perhaps my most popular amongst my family and me. On a normal afternoon after school, in my mother’s car, getting ready to take off for home, my mother and I started to listen to the radio. And as always, at 3:15, the radio station has a jackpot of $500 to win by guessing between 3 certain numbers. To my surprise, I guessed the right number. And the next day, I guessed the right number again. For the next seven days, I developed a pattern and each day I had never been incorrect. And still to this day, I have remained 100 percent correct for every number, on every day at 3:15.

Another trait I possess is being idealistic. While that may sound nifty, it can let you down in many ways. Imagine if you were promised a new iphone for example. When you are told that by your parents, you will most likely count down the days until you get your hands on the brand new iphone, but you find out they were talking about the first iphone. Imagine how disappointed you would be! That is called being idealistic—also being called as a wishful thinker. There have been countless times I have seen something interesting coming out, only to have it cost a small fortune. That is me being idealistic, as usual.

Many might wonder what makes a Pisces, or any zodiac sign what they really are as their sign. But what they don’t realize is that being born on specific dates doesn’t decide who you are or what your traits as a person are. Only you can do that, and only you have your differences that make you who you are.