Noah Baas
Mrs. McLaughlin
December 12, 2001
Senior English 8A
"Final Destiny : Where Does it Lie?"
Sit right back and I will tell you all that you need to know about my fine master, Sir Noah James Baas.  He is quite the character and that is why I have stuck by him so many years. This good fellow has a mother, Charlene Kay Curtis, and a father, Ronald Marvin Baas. His castle rests at 206 Central Avenue East, Clarion, Iowa 50525. He is a tad Polish, a smidge of Irish, and just enough German to make him interesting.
Now would be the perfect time to tell you all about Sir Noah's hobbies as well as Personal strengths and weaknesses. My master's hobbies include cruising in his chariot, spending time with his friends, listening to various mood-enhancing rhythms, making people laugh, and filling in the rest of the time with mind-challenging games. So it would be wise to guess his strengths are talking with people, anything dealing with music, and solving puzzles. His personal weaknesses would consist of anything related to strenuous work over a long period of time and talking in front of groups.
One of Sir Noah's many faithful minions is held farther above any other swordsman. He goes by the name of Sir Nicholas of Hoffmann. This master swordsman has helped Noah out in some of his most fierce of quarrels. The two most memorable quarrels would have to be Senior English and Mechanics de Engine. Sir Nick also traveled the land with Noah to let the people hear their voices. Something that also makes this lad unique is his chariot. I have heard him speak of it using the term of Camaro. You would be able to pick Sir Nick out of a crowd by his bulging muscles, great sense of humor, and superior intellect only surpassed by Sir Noah's.
Next on the list of Sir Noah's party hooligan's is Duke Jose of Mendez, a fearless and bold pirate. Now I can tell that this one has had an astounding affect on my master. For Duke Jose can perk Noah up when he is feeling down. Duke Jose and Sir Noah have so much in common you would swear they have been brothers all through their lives. But no, they only met up in the third grade. However, they are apprenticing at the same little shop. Jose shares common bonds such as the form of rhythms they both prefer. For it is Duke Jose who, for the most part, keeps him up to date on these materials.
The one who sits next to Sir Noah, as Head Knight would be Knight Dustin of Thayer. This Knight and my master have been playing together since they were just young ones. These two played on an object known as the Nintendo. Only the richest of kids owned them while Sir Noah and Knight Dustin were growing up. Also they would go to the giant closet attached to the castle to play with Dustin's many of toys. One of these things that my master will always remember would be this knight had a very faithful friend known as Tasha, his dog.  R.I.P.
We cannot leave out the court jester, who goes by the handle Alex Olson. This court jester is not just any jester. He serves a dual purpose other than making Sir Noah laugh. He also helps Sir Noah write rhythms of his own. The jester and my master have been friends since they were in middle school. Besides the jester outfit, you will know him from his height, hair, and he wears glasses to make him look undistinguished.
My master has had many of journeys in his life. One of them would be when his family traveled to the land of Minnesota. They have traveled there many of times to go shopping, but this is also where they went on vacation. To the Niagara Caves they went. I believe they were incredibly bored for they had to walk a mile underground just to look at a bunch of caverns. He also traveled to the land of Georgia because of his father driving a new chariot of sorts, the semi. This is what his father does for a living. 
Sir Noah has only had a few pets that he can remember at the present time. The most memorable was his Shih Tzu, Chi-Chi. His family owned a ferocious beast named Cujo. His most favorable would have to be his goldfish, Ralph. He got up every day and fed that fish. It hit him really hard when Ralph passed away. He could not understand why his fish was gone. Today he has gotton over it and moved on, but he keeps the memory in his mind and will not forget about him.
Sir Noah's beliefs do not consist of much. His mind is full of questions that not many people can answer. He does not fully believe in a higher being, but there are some things Master has just come to realize being true: Why are there dinosaur bones, yet the Bible does not mention them? This is just one of the many things plaguing his young mind, but I am sure some day his questions will be answered. 
I am not sure, but I will try to tell you some of my master's personal likes and dislikes. First, we will start with the list of likes. Sir Noah is into heavy metal, working on chariots, hanging out with his clique, making people laugh, and jell-o. For reasons unbeknownst to me these are the things that make him very happy. Next comes the list of dislikes. I am pretty sure that Sir Noah does not dislike anything other than authority and annoying maidens.
All of my master's family's traditions were shattered from the point on the timeline when his mother and father went their separate ways. This was a very difficult time in my master's life. Unlike other children, Sir Noah just had way too many things to deal with and almost snapped. If it had not been for his less than interesting lifestyle and many minions of friends, he would have lost it. This period tied his brothers and sisters together even more strongly than anything ever could have.
Surprisingly, I can remember all of his teachers from the days of old. In first grade a Madam Kreitlow taught him. The second grade was full of mind enhancement from Madam Sorenson. During third grade, Madam Cramer took him captive. In fourth grade, he was mastering classes taught by Madam Goldbuff. And finally, Madam McGonigle rounded out his elementary days of school with fifth grade. 
Next came middle school along with block scheduling (a.k.a. the Devil). He had a lot of different teachers in middle school as well as high school. The middle school was mainly comprised of Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Ulven, an Mrs. Askelson. These were just a few of the teachers in middle school.
Some of the most memorable classes in high school were his fine selection of art classes. He also had a good range of math classes, which are useful in Alchemy. His favorite class though was Mechanics de Engine, where he learned how to make his chariot faster. The harshest teacher by far was Sir Britton. Sir Britton challenged his mind more than anyone else ever could have. He was always thinking of new ways to push Sir Noah to the brink of his potential.
Next on the agenda, I will tell you about the various activities he preformed to keep himself out of trouble. All the way from first grade to eighth grade my master engaged in a new sport of sorts called baseball. He was rather good at it, surprisingly. He was one heck of a force to be reckoned with. He also learned right around this time that he was really good at using his voice through singing. He had made various treks around the land, known as Iowa, to let the good people hear his voice. He loves to sing because it comes naturally and easily to him. One more thing he found he was good at was basketball. His team had a lot of victories with Sir Noah on its side. I know what you are wondering. The answer is obviously "yes," because Noah is a great and valiant warrior from the days of chivalry.
I think we will have to spend some time talking about the one true love of Sir Noah. Some might believe it to be the many wonderful contraptions he owns, such as a thing known as Playstation, or even his many servants and friends; but those are all incorrect. Others may have fire-breathing dragons or nice excaliburs. This is different for Sir Noah, for he owns a one-of-a-kind Phoenix, or Firebird. For it is victorious amongst all others. He can ride it all over the village for hours upon hours. There are two other things very dear to him other than the before-mentioned. Those would be sketching and his rhythms that he calls music.
My master has helped out the village in various different ways. The village activities included Meals on Wheels and other various activities. His awards an honors consist mostly of various choirs and small ensemble awards. This is a very extensive collection full of ones (the top honors), a few twos, and a couple of threes. All of these came with various memories and I am positively sure that Sir Noah remembers where all these honors came from. 
He has gained experience through many different things. Probably most importantly though, was his years of apprenticing. His apprenticing job to date consists much of what a grocery store job would be. I believe the job is at Super Foods. I can tell he has learned very valuable skills with his trade. Some of them would be the power of teamwork, working with the community and people, and how to keep a cool head when the pressure gets insurmountable. He had learned some of these skills from his first apprenticeship. It was a sort of resturant business. I think it was called Pizza Ranch. He does not mind working, as long as he has some gold in his pocket to spend.
At the beginning of this story I told you this lad was a peculiar one. Now I will explain the reasons behind his madness. Out of all of the intelligences we knights have found, I will tell you what areas Sir Noah is good at and at what he is not good. First, we will go through his strengths. They are as follows : Musical, Spatial, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Mathematical/Logical. Musical means he can create communicate, and understand meanings made out of sound. In other words he learns best through rhythm, melody, singing, and listening to music. Spatial means it is possible for him to perceive visual or spatial information to recreate images from his memory. Intrapersonal and interpersonal mean he works well with or without people, in groups or by himself. Mathematical/Logical means he can figure out complex problems. He relies on this one the most for he uses it in the King's game, Chess. Following is a list of his Weaknesses: Linguistic, Bodily/Kinesthetic, and Natural. Linguistic refers to his ability to communicate and make sense of the world through language. Bodily/Kinesthetic includes his ability to use the body to create products or solve problems. This means he isn't into interviews, sports, dancing, and other sorts of devilish body games. The last thing is sort of controversial. For Sir Noah enjoys being in the woods or surrounded by nature, but he would not give his left hand to save a cockroach.
It's time to talk about my master's future plans. I am thinking that Sir Noah will be traveling to the land of Washington to take up some more educational experiences at Digipen. He would like to go there to broaden his horizons in the area of his computer programming skills. He would love to do his for it would bring Sir Noah so much pleasure, and it would put a great deal of golden doubloons in his pockets. This would also relocate him in the area of Redmond, Washington. I think it is also in his plans to get married, settle down, and start a family. I do not believe this troubling his mind right now though. I believe he is more worried about graduating high school and college before he gets too far ahead of himself.
Before I go into closing, it might be best if I write an excerpt from my master's writings. It was written as follows:

... If not for my friends, family, and music I do not know if I would enjoy this world as much as I have. If you are reading this it is probably a good chance that you have significantly impacted my life. I have grown quite fond of everyone in my, for lack of a better term, clique. I will never forget any of you. Every time you look in that yearbook and see my almost-bald head or even my long, crazy hair, remember that wherever I am, I am thinking about all the bad and the good. I would never trade my memories for all the gold in the world. Every paper we colored in first grade, all the way up to when we throw our cap at graduation, I can look back and die a happy man. "Thank you" to all and I hope you guys had the time of your lives as well! ...

Well, in closing I am proud to say I am grateful for having been Sir Noah's watcher for so many odd years. They have been very entertaining, mind-boggling, and for the most part, very educational. I hope to see some of you in future tablatures that I will have the honor of writing. Until next time...Ciao!