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Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Perfect School...


In the perfect school I think that it would all be done from home. All the teachers would do is send the assignments via email, or something like that, with directions on what he or she would like us to do. The assignments would all be able to be worked on with adobe acrobat pro (a program that allows you to type into somebody else's document and leave comments)and when we finished all we would have to do is send it back. Along with this concept there would have to be no required amount of "desk hours" and kids would not have to go into school unless they wanted to.

Another thing that I think would be better is that we, the students, would be allowed to chose the partners that we would like to work with to complete an assigned project. Also teachers wouldn't be responsible for making sure that all the students they teach complete the assignments, or are involved in the assignments, that the teacher hands out. The reason I think this is that I believe that it is the students responsibility to try to get all that he or she can get out of school and should be responsible for involving themselves.

The last thing that I think should be different is that we, the students, should not have to stay in class after we finish the assignments/work for that day. Most days I finish my work in class before the class is over and so I have to just sit there and twiddle my thumbs while I wait for the bell to ring. During this time I could be working on assignments given by teachers that require technology and/or the assistance of others that are not in the same class as me. Also this would give students more time to talk to each other and would stop us from talking so much in class.

Monday, May 6, 2013

I Believe that Positive Choices and Attitudes Make Things Better...

When growing up my mom always told me to make the right choice so that I would be happy. I understood how not doing a bad thing would help, but I didn't understand how not doing some thing good could be bad. For example:
If you are walking down the hall and someone bumps into you, causing you to drop all the stuff in your binder. You could chose to get mad or just think that it was a accident and go on with your day.
The part I didn't understand was how choosing to be mad was not good for you as long as you didn't do anything bad.

The answer to this came to me when I herd a story about an old lady who had cancer, and only three hairs left on her head. When she looked in the mirror she said, "Looks like a braid would be nice today". So she braided her three hairs and had a great day. A couple weeks later, she looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs left. "Well", she said, "looks like a center part would be the best for today". So she parted her two hairs and had a great day. A couple weeks later she looked in the mirror and saw that she had only one hair left. "I guess a pony-tail would be nice today." She said. So she put her one hair into a pony-tail and had a great day. A couple weeks later she looked in the mirror and saw that she had no hair left. "Well", she said, "at least I won't have to spend time on my hair!" So she did nothing to her hair and had a great day.

This part in particular cut me like a knife. Even though she had everything to complain about she chose to be happy and upbeat, and thus she had a great day.

Another story that I really like is about a guy that was happy all the time. One day someone he worked with asked him how he was so happy. He replied saying, "When I wake up in the mourning I ask myself, do I want to have a good day or a bad day. And most of the time I choose to have a good day." A while later, when he was opening up his shop, a guy ran up and shot him. After a little while someone found him and called the doctors. When they were about to operate on him, to get the bullet out of his head, they told him that he probably wouldn't live. He then told then to operate on him as if he would live, and sure enough, he lived. Some time after the surgery, the doctors told him that he should have died in the time that he was on the ground alone and asked him how he survived. He answered by saying, "As I was laying there I asked myself if I chose to live or if I chose to die. I chose to live and so I did".

Thursday, May 2, 2013

If I Could Cure One Disease...

If I could cure one disease it would be Progeria. Progeria is a disease that causes the victim to show signs of aging at an early age. Most people who are diagnosed with this disease die in their late teens or early twenty's. Some of the symptoms and early signs of this are:
(apparent at childbirth)

  • failure to thrive/ weight faltering
  • a localized scleroderma-like skin condition
(apparent around 18-24 months)
  • limited growth
  • full-body alopecia (loss of hair)
  • a distinctive appearance (a small face with a shallow recessed jaw, and a pinched nose)
(later)
  •  wrinkled skin
  • atherosclerosis
  • kidney failure
  • loss of eyesight
  • hair loss
  • cardiovascular problems
  • Scleroderma (a hardening and tightening of the skin on trunk and extremities of the body) is prevalent
As of now this disease has no cure, a research foundation (called the Progeria Research Foundation) is trying to find a cure. To find out how you can help check out their website at: http://www.progeriaresearch.org/get_involved.html
(info and pics found at www.widipedia.com)

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Other Big Bad Blogs...

One of my favorite blogs to look at and check out is Matt's blog. It is full of random and funny pictures that always make me laugh. Another good blog is Nate's blog. It has a lot of things that are dumb, but always manage to put a smile on your face. One of my friends, and fellow member of the background making group is Clark. (to bad he doesn't post them)  :(    His posts are both interesting and flabbergasting at the same time. Another blog that I feel doesn't get enough credit is Elena's blog. It has very funny things that I can relate to.  Another blog that has a funny, yet logical, view is Jared's blog. Here is one of my favorite pictures:

Girls... Complicated Creatures


Monday, April 29, 2013

Monday, April 15, 2013




Over Christmas my sister had a talk with the cat.




This is a picture of its fierce hunting tactics





For Christmas we gave him a great present.

The Dance

I think that we should do the glow in the dark theme. This theme best suites our class because it will give us a  cool and creative way to chill out with our friends and be totally "rad" at the same time. It would also be fun to glow.I think that at the photo both we should have something like this:
(brought to you by http://cliffordtheviking.blogspot.com)

If we did this then we could have a picture with glow-in-the-dark fun and the natural beauty of nature.If we chose this theme I would be happy, upbeat, and enthusiastic. This would help the dance be awesome.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

 Today my web browser crashed.
 So I called the computer guy.
 He was so cute that I couldn't bear to be apart from him... so I adopted him.

Supperman's Trials


See we are all like superman in one way or another.

The Future Generation (or the present generation)


One small jump for lemmings. One large lesson to be learned.