10/23/09

Journal 26

"My Top 10 Favorite Books"

1. Twilight- I love this book. It the beginning of a wonderful story about the love between an immortal Vampire and a Human. I like the plot, the climax, and the struggles they go through in book.
2. New Moon- The second part to the Twilight book is also great. This continues one of the principle struggles they face through out the entire saga.
3. Eclipse- The third part to the Twilight books. I really like this part to the Twilight Saga. In this book they battle against evil Vampires, which causes the problem of this book even more intersting.
4. Breaking Dawn-The fourth and final part to the Twilight Saga books. In this bookl is were the happily ever after happens. This is the ending to all conflicts. And this is the ending to my favorite top four books.
5. Crank-This is a very interesting book. This book talks about struggles that many unfortunate teens go through. This book has a very controversial plot. But overall it is a great book.
6. Glass-This book is the second part to Crank. It is the continuation to the struggles and conflicts of a teenager, who never learns that you need to be responsible for your actions.
7. Impulse- This is a book that was also written by Ellen Hopkins the same author of Crank and Impulse. Impulse has total different stories. In Impulse there is the stories of three not so differnet stories linked together by one thing.....the desire do die. But two of them learn to love each other and live normal lives.....but one unfortunately doesn't overcome his problems and dies. These are really good books. And they have very different stories that make the book even more interesting.
8. November Blues- This book was also really good. It is about a teenager whos boyfriend dies two months before she discovers thst she is pregnant with his baby. This troubled teens faces the hardships of the death of a loved one, the struggle of being a teenage mom, and when she gives birth to a premature child. This is a very interesting story about differnt struggles.
9. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul I- These series of bookes are written by teens, for teens. They are about many different teenage struggles and ways to help you deal with them
10. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II- This is another chicken soup book. This one also talks about teenage struggles and how to deal with them, they also have phone numbers and websites that could help you if you have any problems similar to the ones featured in the book. That is why I like these books too.

10/22/09

Journal 25

What is the one thing in your life that you can't live without?

The one thing I cant live without is technology. I would die without technology. My cellphone for example. I woudn't be able to communicate with people. Without computers I wouldnt be able to do most of my homework assignments.....and I wouldn't be able to look for work and assignments when I'm absent. Also I can listen to music on the internet and do research for school and other stuff. These are some of many forms of technology I woulnd't be able to live without.

10/21/09

Journal 24

The article was about a study conducted to see the effects of technology on the brain. The article was mainly about a study made at UCLA, to "measure brain activity of older adults as they searched the Web." It said that they would put a person into an MRI and see what goes on in the brain while they used the internet. Also it commented about, how using the internet could help exercise the brain in a very helpfull way for older people.
Also research has been made and shows that as the brain gets older it function( how it works) and its structure also changes. Which basically means that as you get older your brain also changes. Using the internet and searching online makes you think.

10/19/09

Journal 22

Summarize and write your opinion.

The article was about a person's house who is really messy. It is full of trash, bottles, and wrappers. It starts out as a little pile then accumulates and becomes huge, to the point were you cant even walk around anymore. This person needed some seriouse help in order to be able walk around in his own house.

10/15/09

JournaL 21

It was a cold and rainy day and I had to walk home from school. I was soaked wet the time I made it home. I got home and there was nobody home, but oh well peace and quiet. When all of a sudden thunder cracks through the sky, and to my luck the lights go out. I was all alone and without any electricity, that wasn't such a fun picture. But the good thing is that I hear my dads car pull up into the drive way and there finally home. Thank god there home I don't know how I would have made it all alone in such a situation.

10/14/09

Journal 20

They decide to surf the web....literally. It was so cool....they new all the stuff they saw on the computer screen but they never imagined how the virtual world looked like. They saw how e-mails traveled from one server to another. They saw how how people download videos, photos, and etc. with just the click of a button.
All of a sudden they feel a gentle tap on their shoulder, they turn around to see there parents standing right behind them. It turns out that it had just all been a dream. They had fallen asleep while surfing the web.....but what a coincidence that they haapened to have the same dream. Maybe it was a dream......maybe it wasn't, but who knows. What Dan and Kim know is that it was really cool.

10/13/09

Journal 19

Do you like the rain? Why? Why not?

I like the rain. One reason why I like the rain is because I think its fun to be in the rain. I enjoy to be in the rain, I really cant really say why I like the rain because I cant explain it. Its one of those things that you know but cant rally explain. The one tinynreason why I might not like the rain is because I ahte it when you accidentaly walk in a puddle and your shoes get soaked wet.

10/12/09

Journal 18

If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why? For how long?
Who would you take with you?

If I could visit anywhere in the world I would go to Germany. I would go there because by what I have seen on tv and on the internet it looks really cool. I would got there first and then I would visit anyother places that I would also like to visit. I would go there and be there for about a week or two. I would stay that long so that I could visit all the grat sights there are to see and enjoy my stay there instead of just staying for a couple of days and not get to see many things.

10/9/09

Journal 17

My most significant accomplishment to date is.......

I would have to say that the most significant accomplishment to date would have to be that I culminated form Middle School. I was able to culminate from middle school and participate in the culminating ceremony. I had the grades required to participate in the ceremony, because there were many students who didn't have good enough grades to participate. That is the most significant accomplishment to date.

10/8/09

Journal 16

My talents are.......

A talent that I have is creativity. I have a very creative mind, which is why I like making arts and crafts whenever I have the time to. Since I was little I liked making stuff. Making school projects when I was little was very fun for me becuase I always had very good ideas for what to write on them, how to decorate them, and what I would decorate it with. Also in 3rd and 4th grade I won a class price for having the best project. that is one of my many talents.

10/7/09

Journal 15

You roll through your favorite fast-food drive-thru, order you’re usual and wait for the cashier to repeat it back to you. Only, he doesn't repeat it. Instead, through the speaker, you hear a very unsettling conversation. Describe this scene and what happens next.

I think its weird that they didn’t repeat my order but oh well, instead I start hearing a conversation between two employees of the fast food restaurant. I hear something very nasty. Apparently there was a rat in the restaurant and they weren’t telling the customers about it. Their plan was to keep it a secret and maybe nobody would find out, what they didn’t know was that they hadn’t turned the speaker off yet, and me and the customer waiting behind me had hear the whole conversation. The thing is that they realized that the speaker was on, too late. And me and the rest off their drive thru customers had already left.

10/6/09

Journal 14

Summarize the article. What are your thoughts about this article? Do you know of anybody that has regretted posting information online.

The article was about how people can post pictures or videos online, and how once they have been posted, anyone can see or have access to those photos/videos at any time. It was also about how you need to be careful what you do online. Be aware of the consequences that you could have in case you decide to do anything inappropriate online. Also if anybody that you don’t know tries to get personal information from you, for example phone number, address, etc; never give it away to any strangers. And the main last part of the article said that if anything is happening to you or a friend, to report it immediately because it is something very serious. I think that everything in this article is both true and helpful for anybody who is going through a situation like this. I personally don’t know anyone who has been through something like this. Articles like these help inform people of the harms and dangers that come with using the internet. And to be aware that things like these could happen to anyone including you. So you always have to be careful to what you do, post, or say online.

10/5/09

Journal 13

Do you care who got the Olympics in 2016. Why or why not?

I personally don’t care who won. In my opinion I don’t really care about who gets the Olympics for the 2016. I’m not really interested in the Olympics and what goes on in them. I do know that Rio de Janeiro won the honor to have Olympics held there. I also know that Chicago got the least votes to be the one to have the Olympic Games, and due to that many people are disappointed. But overall I’m not interested in what goes on about the Olympic Games.

10/2/09

Journal 12

Write your opinion on the article. Do you think it was fair? Why or why not?

In my opinion I think that this lady shouldn’t have sent the emails like that in the first place. I think that it is common sense for a person to feel threatened with an email in bold letters, caps, and red font color. This lady should have known better than to send an email like that in the first place. But overall I think that this wasn’t fair. It wasn’t fair because they could have warned her in the first place of what she was doing wrong. By telling her what she was doing wrong it could have prevented her from getting fired in the first place. Even though it was wrong for her to send the emails like that, I personally don’t think it was fair.

10/1/09

Journal 11

How will you use email in your life. What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks?

One of the simplest ways I will use email is to communicate. For example a way of communication could be for a job, a group discussion, or just to talk to someone else. The benefits of having email is that no matter were in the world your at you could always use email as a form of communication. One drawback on emails is that you have to be careful what you write. You don’t know who could be out there just waiting to see whose emails they can hack into and get information from. That is why you should never send personal information through emails. Personal information includes your name or another persons name, address, phone numbers, and etc. There are many benefits and drawbacks to emails so be careful what you do and don’t send. Weather it’s to someone you know or someone your getting to know be careful with what you might send through emails.

9/30/09

Journal 10

Write your opinion about the article.

The article was about a dumb burglar who left evidence at his victim’s house through the website facebook. I think that this was really dumb. If I would have been the one doing that I don’t think I would have even had the nerve to look at facebook on my way out from a robbery. I think he does deserve all the jail time he is getting

9/29/09

Journal 9

If you could wake up today with a special ability, what would you want it to be? Why? How would you use it? Would you tell anyone?

If I could wake up today with a special ability, I would chose to have the ability to read minds. I would want this ability because I have always wanted to see what goes on in people’s minds. Even though that might sound a little weird, that has always been a curiosity I have had. The way I would use it would be simple, just to see what goes on in people’s minds. That is all I would do. I don’t think I would be like the super heroes in movies that use their special abilities for the good of society, no. And if I were to tell anyone I would tell only my very close friends. The ones that I would be able to trust not to go tell everyone they know.

9/25/09

Journal 8

What would be a perfect bell schedule for school? What times and days would school be held? Why?

I think the schedule we currently have is good. One thing I would change would be the time we enter school to like 7:30, just to be able to get like at least ten more minutes of sleep. I think that being at school five days a week is just perfect. The more time you spend in school activities the less time you are at risk of getting into gangs or doing things you are not supposed to be doing. Also getting used to a schedule at school will also help you for your future; for instance a job, so you will get used to waking up early and ready for work. But overall I think that the schedule we have rite know is actually good.

9/24/09

Journal 7

What has been the most difficult thing in school so far?

The most difficult thing in school so far has been getting used to the schedule of 4 classes of an hour and a half each. I was used to the 6 class schedule of 50minute classes. Another thing that ahs been hard so far has been my first Algebra 2 quiz. I didn’t do so well on this quiz which shows that I really need to get studying before I start getting bad grade.

9/23/09

Journal 6

Do you think the education your receiving is worth anything? Would you pay for these classes? How much?

I think that the education I am currently receiving is worth something. It is worth much do to the fact that without an education you can’t get a job that is among your interests or that pays much. I think that I would pay for these classes; the problem would be if I would to be able to afford them. I would be willing to pay forty dollars for each class. Many people think that school is not that important but truly it is and many people don’t appreciate the fact that they could get a free education.

9/22/09

Journal 5

If you could change one thing in school what would it be?

What I would change would be to get to school early and on time. I have been getting to school after the bell rings and it doesn’t give me much time to get to class. And that has been happening for the past three days of school. I need not to let that turn into a habit. If I let that turn into a habit then I am going to start getting detention and in that case I would be spending more time in detention than in class.

9/18/09

Journal 4

In your opinion does technology help or complicate my life?

One way it helps me is in school. With technology like computers, school is way easier. It’s easier in the way that it helps you with many things like research or typing papers. Another example to how it helps is with communication. Without things like cell phones or computers there wouldn’t be instant communication. We would have to write letters in order to communicate. It also complicates the life of people who don’t have these types of technology. Now a day’s many things, if not all, are being done through a computer. School work, job assignments, and many other things. Another way it complicates life is because know many people are stuck to their cell phones, ipods, and computers and they don’t do many outside activities. Those are the ways that technology both helps and complicates my life.

9/18/09

Journal 3

Coming to this class today, I said to my self...

I said to myself, I am so tired. Tired and sore because of p.e. Then I asked myself, what are we going to do today in class. We have been watching videos, so maybe we will do something different today. Maybe we will use the computers today. Hopefully we do because I want to use a computer and do something different today. My house computer doesn't work so maybe we will use school computers. Finally Friday.! Just have to get through today and then go home and have a relaxing weekend at home.

9/14/09

Journal 2

What i want to know about computers.

I know about microsoft excel but I would like to learn more becaus eits been a long timesince I've used it . I also really want to learn how to type faster because im a little slow. I want to learn as many things as possible about computers, their functions , andthe different programs that there are to use.

914/09

Journal 1

What I know about computers and what are my experinces.

I know the basic things like microsoft word and microsoft presentaion 2003. I know how touse a computer and most of its functions. I had a computer class for 6th and 7th grade. they taught me about Microsoft, my documents, my computer, and about how to use the inter-net. I have worked many times with microsoft presentations and movie maker. I have also used google documents to make presentations and documents, i ahve also used google sites to obviously make a site.

10/7/09

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