George Washington Carver

Alejandro Queija

Well if you’re reading this right now the zombies have risen and good old me George Washington Carver, is going to tell you on how I influenced America before I eat your brains. Well I was born in Diamond, Missouri at 1864.Well everyone knows that I discovered peanut butter. That’s not the only thing I did you know I discovered hundreds of uses for them before mashing them up. Even though I was born a slave I never gave up my dream to go to college. I tried for a while to get accepted I finally got accepted to Highland College. After getting my masters I started teaching slaves how to farm and read. I also made a recipe for sweet potatoes after more and more Americans learned all his farming tips he got accepted to the Royal School for Arts in England. Theodore Roosevelt also mentioned me in of his speeches yeah I know im awesome. I even sold some of my famous peanuts to companies and even to the Republic of China. While I was famous I promoted peanuts and racial harmony. I won the Spignard metal for achievement When I was walking home one day, I took a bad fall down a flight of stairs; I was found unconscious by a maid who took me to a hospital. Before I go im going to tell you all the things I have I have my own monument, my own museum and im in the hall of fame for great Americans. But the thing is there’s a spot right next to me. You know whose it left for? It’s left for you.

Ken Griffey Jr. - By Jan Mattei

Hello, I am George Kenneth Griffey Jr. but everybody knows my by Ken Griffey Jr. I was born on November 12, 1969 in Donora, Pennsylvania. I've been surrounded by baseball since I am a little boy, because I grew up in Cincinnati where my dad played baseball for the Reds. I was always on the clubhouse during the games and learn a lot about baseball. In 1987 I graduated from Moeller High School in Cincinnati and drafted first overall by the Seattle Mariners. In 1988 I was playing Class A baseball for Seattle's farm team and by 1989 I  joined the Seattle Mariners where I  became the youngest player in the majors at age 19. The following season my dad joined the Mariners and we became the first father and son in history to play on the same Major League team at the same time.

I played for eleven seasons with Seattle (1989-1999) and established one of the best baseball records: 1,752 hits, 398 home runs, 1,152 RBIs, and 167 stolen bases. I led the American League in home runs four seasons (1994, 1997, 1998, and 1999), and voted the A.L. MVP in 1997, and maintained a .297 batting average. I also won 10 straight Gold Gloves and led the Mariners to their first two playoff appearances and scored the winning run in Seattle's five-game victory over the New York Yankees in the 1995 American League Division Series.

In 2000 I couldn't stand being away from my family anymore and asked the Mariners to trade me to Cincinnatti so I can be close to my family again, after a while they agreed and by 2004, I was once again one of the top power hitters in baseball and became the 20th player to hit 500 career homeruns. In July 2008 I was traded to the White Sox where I hit 18 homeruns. In 2009 I was traded back to the Mariners and by 2010 I decided to retire.

I am very involved in charity work I have The Ken Griffey, Jr. Family Foundation, that supports several causes, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and several children's hospitals across the United States of America.
I can Tell you that through hard work and dedication your dreams can come true.