What is your favorite childhood game?

My favorite childhood game is monopoly. Not the new, electronic, stupid version where it takes away the whole fun and point of the game. I have been playing monopoly since I was for. It articulated my math skills as a child and helped me add quicker and deal with large numbers before some of the other children in my class. Another thing I love about monopoly is that there is no special way to win. Everything depends on chance and new strategies are formed each day. Also, everyone who I play this game with gets really into it, and you can't help but feeling upset when your obdurate sister puts hotels on the most expensive properties knowing that you are coming around the board and have no money. This game has always been a fun activity for my family and we are always brought closer together each time we play it.

What is your favorite disney movie?

My favorite disney movies was Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 (Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, At World's End). I have nothing but laudatory comments to say about these three amazing films. First off, Johnny Depp is my favorite actor. When I was in third grade I actually did a biography on him. I also am a huge fan of the other actors (Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom) and thought the movies were very well cast. When I saw the first movie I was ebullient with joy, and it was love at first sight. I like the fact that these movies represent a part of "dark" disney that can be enjoyed by older viewers. Now there are just stupid movies like Prom. The tale of pirates, sword-fighting action, and of course the sweet love story kept me watching the movies for years, and yes, I do own all of the DVDs. Now, some people might question why I didn't include the 4th movie amongst the others as my favorites. This is because the 4th movie was just okay. Sure it had some funny lines and once again I enjoyed Johnny Depp (Jack Sparrow) and Geoffrey Rush's (Captain Barbossa) performance, but I wanted the old characters that weren't there to come back. I wanted more connections to the old story line. Anyway Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 was the best movies disney ever made and I recommend that everyone should see it.

If you won the lottery, what would you do?

Well if I won the lottery, I certainly wouldn't balk at the offer. The first thing I would do with the money is put a portion of it into my savings account and my little sister's. Then I would give another portion to my parents to do as they please with it. The next thing I would do is become a benefactor for the American Cancer Society. There have been many deaths and illnesses in my family due to cancer and I would want to make sure no one else would have to experience anything terrible because of caner. The last thing I would do is probably buy a car. Just a simple U.S. made car, nothing terribly expensive. I would not want to show off my winnings because I have seen many news reports of past lottery winners, where their lives end up miserable because they flaunted everything they received. These didactic news reports show me that if I ever won the lottery I would have to be wise with my money and not blow the opportunity I would have been given if I won the lottery.

Do you like studying vocabulary? Is it important to study vocabulary?

I'm ok with studying vocabulary. Do I like it? Not really. It is very important to study vocabulary at a young age rather than an older age. When you are young, your mind absorbs things a lot better than it does as you grow older. You don't have a lot of knowledge, and more vocabulary is required to express how you feel. When your mind is developed it is easier to pick up vocabulary as you read books and find new words you haven't heard of. I feel like it is also more effective learning vocabulary that way. In my opinion, I can remember a vocabulary word better if I pick it up in a book and look it up on my own time, rather than learn a lesson in school on a bunch of words that I have to take a test on. Honestly, I forget all the vocabulary words right after I take the test anyway. So learning about them in school at my age is very ineffective for me, even thought it is an important topic to learn. Sure, I will do well on the test, but after I will never think about the words ever again.