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2/23/2015

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos! 

Over the weekend it was my friend jenny's birthday so we all went to a party and celebrated with her. But before we went to the party we went to dinner and at dinner one of my friends named Jackson spilled water all over the one of the girls and then when he tried to help her clean it up he ended up knocking over another one of the water pitchers just soaking the whole table. It was a funny story and I didn't mind that much, I mean it's just water and it will dry so I didn't get too upset. But one of my friends Allie was wearing a white blouse and she was very mad because now it was sticking to her skin which upset her a lot. All the guys thought it was pretty funny until she started yelling and getting very upset and Allie isn't really someone you mess with on things. The night ended fine though as if the fight had never even started. 

2/20/2015

The perfect curriculum would classes like personal finance ones that actually tell us what we need to know in the world. The perfect classes would be ones that tell us how to pay taxes, write checks, pay bills and how to exactly buy a house and a car. The perfect classes would be ones showing us how to fill out job applications and what jobs would be better suited for us. Classes right now teach us how to find the area of a triangle and who was the 18th president and what some guy did 1000 years ago that doesn't really matter to us. Yes, history is important, but no we don't need to learn about it over a 100 times. Instead we need to be learning about what is going to make us successful individuals when we become adults and then parents. I don't care if I understand what exactly Shakespeare was saying when he wrote a poem so long ago because I definitely can't bring that up at a job interview. Unless that is specifically what someone wants to study and if it was then they would go more into that in college. Classes would be completely different now if we actually were taught valuable life skills. We could cut out the crap that nobody cares about also would promote better learning. Kids now a days learn something and basically just cram memorize it and then forget it. I was in AP Euro sophomore year and while I could tell you some things I for sure couldn't tell you most  of what I learned because it was memorized and then forgotten just like most math skills.

2/19/2015

Copy and past these over to your blog and tell me a little about yourself. If you have a picture or two that might represent one of your answers make sure to include it.

My favorite food: Mexican Food
Foods I'd like to avoid: ALL SEAFOOD
My favorite things to learn: History
My favorite color: Blue
My best friends are: Jenny, Leah, Rina, Sydney
My favorite games to play: Tennis
My favorite books: Catcher in the Rye
My favorite movies or TV shows: Friends and the Notebook
My favorite holiday: Christmas
Things I do well: Tennis
Things I need to practice more: Math
My favorite place to go: Italy
My favorite family activities: Tennis, cards, vacationing
My favorite thing to do outside: Tennis
My favorite chore: taking care of my dog
My least favorite chore: taking my dog out early in the morning
What I want to be when I grow up: lawyer
A place I want to visit: Australia
My favorite part of the year: summer
My favorite part of each day: 2:50- because school ends

2/17/2015

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective? 

This cartoon is illustrating how America is lagging behind in education because we aren't paying enough attention to our studies. It's showing that China is excelling in Math and that India is going far with Science. But America is too busy paying attention to our electronic and that advancements in technology. It also shows China and India to be well polished and seem to look studious and professional. But the USA kid looks to be like the rebel and much more childish than the others shown. The American kid is wear a baseball cap and looks like the typical cool kid in the neighborhood thing. My perspective is that American kids have more focus on electronics and sports than they do to their studies but American kids also have more down time and know how to have fun and at least relax sometimes. The other kids look well educated and polished and look like they devote a lot of time to their studies but they also probably aren't as happy and get as much free time. A teacher would view this probably as how can American Kids catch up to the rest of the world and what can we do to improve our study skills to match the output by other nations. They would look at study patterns and what is successful and what is not. 

2/10/2015

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work? I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

This quote to me is saying that if you are focusing in on the thing that you need to complete it wont take nearly as long and you wont have to do that much. I could apply this to my school work by really focusing when I sit down to do my homework, especially when it comes to AP Lit I usually have a hard time focusing and takes me hours to complete poems and writing assignments. It's definitely the quote of quality or quantity but I don't think that would work for most kids. Not everyone will try their hardest at an activity that they know isn't very long. I would of course like it if my teachers were to assign less work because personally I would get way more out that. I would buckle down and focus because I would know the end was in sight. The problem with some homework assignments is that the end of the road seems way to far and we think we are going to need help reaching it. Less work would also relieve stress off of kids. It seems like some teachers are in a competition to see who can give their students the most work with the littlest amount of time to complete that designated activity. Not all students learn the same though so there is no right answer. Students react and behave differently under almost all circumstances.

2/9/2015

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share. 

Over the weekend I played tennis a lot, because I have to get ready for my next tournament which is going to be an important national and I have to do well at it so that I can get an automatic into a bigger tournament. Then after that I went to the plaza with some friends ad we ate at PF changs which was fun. After that we went shopping for a bit but I didn't buy anything because I have no money and need a better job. After The plaza I went and hung out with my friends jenny, jackson, and sam. And that was fun we just hung and and watched a movie. 

2/6/2015

Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.) 

I have learned that Obesity is a bigger issue than I had previously thought. Obesity is very common in almost 40% percent of adults today. It also is starting to affect our youth. What I didn't know before was that the government can play a more active role than it is right now. The government has the power to limit the advertisements that the top fatty food companies are selling to people. But on the other hand Americans do not exercise and we can't blame the government for everything we do need to get up and get moving. One thing is for sure that obesity is a disease and it is on a serious collision path affecting the youth of America. 

2/5/2015

You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

I had to play a tennis tournament over the sweetheart weekend so I wasn't able to attend the dance. I would have rather went to sweetheart but wouldn't have been able to anyways because the person I am dating doesn't live in town, but he is coming for prom so it's all good. The tournament was okay I played alright. It was a tough tournament a lot of good people were playing it it so it was a rough weekend but it ended up alright. Other than that I came home on Sunday and sat around because I was so sore from it. 

2/2/2015

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"? EXPLAIN. 

Email is the electronic version of a letter. Email allows people to communicate easily and effectively over the web. I used email to contact college coaches and to express my interest in the school, I also used email to reach out to my teachers when I have been absent or when I need to make up a test. People could use email in a fun way like we used to as kids or people use emails as professional means to contact their bosses. Advertisers use email to send promotional things and to make you aware of upcoming deals that may be approaching. I know that emails should usually start out with with a hello and their name and then they should end with a sincerely or a thank you and then your name.