The Big Apple's Crossroads of the World

This year, we, secondary four students, had the chance to be part of the trip to New York and Washington. Everyone was feverish before leaving, and so was I. Thence, we were all ecstatic to leave Quebec on May fifth.

We had a long road to New York, but has we arrived to the Big Apple, all those long hours passed in a bus just deserted our minds. Hitherto, I hadn't visited New York City, and so entering the island of Manhattan have been a wonderful experience.

On the first day, we didn't visit New York so much. But on the second one, we had plenty of time to walk and contempt that huge city. Of course, we went to see Times Square, which was my subject for my oral presentation. It has been astonishing to see these entire lighted ads, even if it wasn't dark yet. Everything was colossal and bigger than any city I went to before.

The only thing that annoyed me in Times Square was the amount of people walking in the streets and just hanging in that wonderful place. In the other hand, it amplified the Crossroads of the World's hugeness effect.

To sum up the foregoing, I'd say this year's trip had been a memorable experience, especially New York City and, above all, Times Square. It has always been a dream for me to walk in New York City and see the heart of the American culture. It is now a dream come true.

Life within sports

Sports are more than leisure
They’re more than a way to grow healthy
Being the first to past the finish line
Has always been everyone’s duty

But winning is not the only way to be the winner
We often forget the legitimate essence
Of those sports being on earth for so long

Some of them are rude
Some others are knotty
And others, boring
But in the end, they’re all the same

They’re giving us the option to unwind
To free ourselves of our daily worries
And think nothing but
To shine as we never did

Sports are more than leisure
They’re more than a way to grow healthy
Neither are they just a competition
Or an elementary game

Sports are a way of living

Theater Project

At the beginning, the Theater Project kind of scared me. I’m not an actor and I’m a shy person, so I knew it would be a challenge for me. Fortunately, I had the chance to act in French, which is the language I had chosen. I’ve been given the play Cyrano, more specifically the scene that stars Cyrano and Christian for there first meeting.

The play Cyrano de Bergerac takes place in the 17th century. My character, Cyrano, is known for his big nose, but he is also a poet. He is an extravagant gentleman. More importantly, he is in love with Roxane, his cousin, but she fell in love with Christian. Christian is a way more attractive than Cyrano, but he is not as poetic as his rival, Cyrano. The two men will then decide to work together to win Roxane’s love. Cyrano will be the spirit, Christian, the beauty.

And that is what my scene is about. The two guys meet for the first time. Cyrano knows that Roxane loves Christian, but he doesn’t tell him. In that excerpt, they create an alliance to seduce the beautiful and sweet Roxane.

I was glad to play Cyrano, because he’s my opposite. I’m more introverted, but he is excessive. It was demanding to change my personality and be Cyrano, but I enjoyed it a lot. I also appreciated to work with Camille, because she worked hard, and she had already acted in a play before. Besides, I loved working with Mario for the staging of the play, because he had a bunch of creative ideas to offer.


However, I was upset not to play in the final representation. I knew I had a great actor as a competitor, Louis-Charles, but I had discovered a passion for the theater during this project. At the opening of the project, I only wanted to have a good mark, but more the evaluation approached, more I wanted Marie-Ève to choose me has Cyrano in this scene. Moreover, it was hard for me not to be part of the final representation, because a lot of the people chosen didn’t want to do it, and I, who wanted to, was not chosen.

But overall, this adventure had been benefic for me. I realized that I loved being on the stage, to sing of course, but also to act. Finally, I must say that I decided to choose Drama option next year, since the Theater Project was awesome for my person.

Who am I ?

First secondary 4th English class work !

Let's start with basics. My name is Michael, fifteen years old, and I was born in Quebec, Canada. I have two parents, named Normand and Lise, and also three siblings: one sister and two brothers.

Since my young age, I've been passionate by music, especially singing. It's probably because of my father that I got the musical sense. He has always been listening to a lot of music, and he also plays the guitar. My mother likes music too, she has been in a choir for four years, but now she's not playing any instruments. I play the saxophone as well, for five years now. But I still prefer singing.

Furthermore, I’ve got a passion for mostly all kinds of arts. I’d say literature is one of my favorite hobbies. I’m writing almost every day on any subject. I’m an official writer on a virtual series website, which is called “The Werewolf Studios”. Sometimes I wonder if I could write a novel, but it’s an arduous job.

I also enjoy drawing in my spare time, but most of the times I’m drawing on the computer, with a software called Adobe Photoshop. Actually, I’m hanging a lot on my computer, because it is my best-loved distraction. After all, I started learning HTML and computer graphics at the age of ten. I’m spending a lot of time in front of this screen, but I want to work in informatics someday so it’s a useful time!

In another vein, I appreciate to stick with my friends. Surprisingly, I met them all at the Juvénat, or most of them. I lost contact with my old friends, from primary school, except those who are coming to this school. I adore having great time with my family as well, particularly on dinner time.

Finally, I also like performing in sports. I’m practicing badminton, soccer, tennis and soon, athletics. As you can see, my favorite sports are racket sports, because it requires great reflexes. I enjoy Ping-Pong likewise, but I consider it more as a leisure than as a sport.

In conclusion, I could talk about myself along and along, but those are the most important things to know about who I am!