I’m Fearless

September 24, 2007 at 2:00 pm | In Homelearning | 1 Comment

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

If I wasn’t afraid of anything at all, not even spiders, I would probably execute the most dangerous things.  I would stay smart about it, but I would be to tear down my walls.

I don’t think anything would change all that much.  I would probably be able to kill spiders on my own but that’s about it.  My biggest fear is failure, but I know that if I wasn’t afraid of that, I would still be working my hardest in school.  My fear wouldn’t change anyway I’m driven with my studies.  I wouldn’t be afraid to hurt anyone’s feelings or fear hurting myself.  I would take down my walls and take more risks than I already do.  By taking down my walls I would make myself vulnerable to being hurt in more than just the physical way.

I probably wouldn’t mind dancing in public or dressing insanely.

I already dance in public.

Now I’m working on the clothing issue.

One Web Day

September 20, 2007 at 4:27 pm | In Homelearning, Personal | No Comments


The Web is worth celebrating.
OneWebDay is one day a year we all — everyone around the physical globe  — can celebrate the web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities.In honor of OneWebDay, I asked my parents and grandparents about what the Internet means to them.  I asked the same four questions to each of them, and here are their answers:

How did you spend your time prior to the creation of the Internet?

  • Person 1:  “I went outside a lot more than kids do today.  We spent more time with outside with the neighbors.”
  • Person 2:   “I’m a home-maker so I raised the kids, cleaned the house and went shopping.”
  • Person 3: “I read the newspaper and watched the news on television a lot more instead of just looking it up online.”

Were things harder to do compared to now?

  • Person 1:  ”It was harder to do research.  You had to go the the library and use more encyclopedias and books.  Now you can just google it.”
  • Person 2: “Nothing was really that much harder.  Not for me anyway.”
  • Person 3: “It was much harder to get accurate information for research.”

What things were easier to do?

  • Person 1:  “It was better to talk face to face with people or over the phone instead of IM or e-mail.”
  • Person 2: ”Well nowadays you have to worry a lot more about identity theft and things like that.”
  • Person 3: “Nothing was a great deal easier for me without the internet since I’m a business worker.”

How has it affected the way you live and work?

  • Person 1:  “Now we can communicate much easier.  And the web has improved business quality and production.”
  • Person 2: “It’s easier for me to pay bills at home and shop online.”
  • Person 3: “It helps business a tremendous amount and lets me get information extremely fast.  I’m also more involved with sports than ever.  I own a Fantasy Football Team and I’m checking scores daily.”

I would like to thank the people that let me interview them for this assignment. 

Happy OneWebDay!  (9/22/07)

The First Amendment

September 18, 2007 at 12:56 pm | In Homelearning | 2 Comments

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

I think that this is the most important Amendment because people of the free country (i.e..United States) should be able to say what they want, report what they want, protest against things that should be outlawed, and veto laws that serve no purpose or are unfair.  We the people have rights and these rights should remain intact as long as they are not abused.  The First Amendment is being challenged in court, but the Constitution was not created to preserve a pre-existing society, it was to create a new one.  People think that the meanings of these words will change over time, and they’re probably correct.  They Amendments will mature as the societies do.

The most important part of the First Amendment to me, it Freedom of Speech.  People should be able to say what they think freely and not be judged for what thay believe.

Where can you find information about First Amendment Issues?

A Special Thanks to the following sites for information:
Future of the First Amendment  (click)
The Bill Of Rights (click)

“With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility.”

September 17, 2007 at 4:24 pm | In Homelearning | 5 Comments

 If you could be any superhero, who would you be?  (made up or already created, i.e..Superman)

 If I could be any superhero in the entire world, well this is mad easy to answer!  I have been saying this for months, I want to be SPIDERMAN!  He’s my best friend.  Well, not really.  He’s my favorite superhero of all time.  I would love to have web-shooting powers!  I also wouldn’t mind being able to stop a train from crashing and beat a pro-wrestler.  In this case, I would be “Spiderwoman” but whatever, his outfit is cool.  I love how awesomely strong he is, and not just in the physical sense of the word.  He fought through his best friend, the woman he loves, and a “demon” taking over him. (<– if you haven’t seen the movies you wouldn’t get this).  Being strong is important, it’s almost a necessity for the outside world.  You need to be able to stand up for yourself and other people, too.  You need to be able to fight for good reasons and for things that no one else will fight for.  Standing up to enemies is easier than standing up to your friends. 

“With great power, comes great responsibility.”  — Spiderman (first movie) Blog Style: Meme
Previous Blog Style: List

Now post your answer to my question in the comments <3

Have You Forgotten?

September 11, 2007 at 8:08 pm | In Personal | 1 Comment

So today is 9/11.  It’s been 6 years since the tragedy occurred and today we are reflecting on it.I remember that I was in second grade when it happened.  We were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance when they announced the crash.  A little while later, they announced another one.  I remember there being an announcement giving us the general idea of there being a plane crash.  There was an assembly explaining what was going on.  When I got home that day, my parents told me that the Twin Towers and Pentagon had been crashed into by airplanes.  I didn’t want to watch the news, I didn’t want to know about it.  I don’t think I really understood what had happened until years later, when I could comprehend the fact that there really were terrorists and that people really didn’t like the United States.  All  my parents told me was that the United States had been attacked and was now under a threat.  What my parents had failed to tell me that day was that my uncle had been working at the Twin Towers only an hour before the first plane had crashed, luckily, he had left and was safe with his family.My thoughts today are similar to what they were six years ago.1500 innocent people lost their lives in one day.

That devastating fact creates enough emotion for a lifetime.

30 Random Facts About Nothing

September 8, 2007 at 8:38 am | In Homelearning | 4 Comments

  1. You consume 1/10 of a calorie every time you lick a stamp.
  2. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery provides you with.
  3. A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.
  4. No word rhymes with month, purple, orange or silver.
  5. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
  6. The longest one-syllable word is “screeched.”
  7. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
  8. The word ‘rhythm’ has no vowels.
  9. All polar bears are left-handed.
  10. Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.
  11. An ant can lift 50 times its own weight & can pull 30 times its own weight.
  12. Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food.
  13. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
  14. It’s impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
  15. The human brain is about 85% water.
  16. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.
  17. Human thighbones are as strong as concrete.
  18. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
  19. You blink about 25,000 times a day.
  20. When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop, even your heart.
  21. Flies are deaf.
  22. Slugs have 4 noses.
  23. Starfish have no brains.
  24. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
  25. There are no clocks in any Las Vegas casinos.
  26. There are 336 dimples on a golf ball.
  27. Giraffes & rats can go without water longer than a camel can.
  28. Saturn is the only planet that could float on water.
  29. The 21st century started in 2001, not 2000.
  30. On AOL, women outnumber men.

This was an example of List Blogging, one of the twenty-five ways to blog.

More random facts can be found here.  Thank you to this site for their information.

Make A Wish

September 6, 2007 at 1:47 pm | In Homelearning | 6 Comments

If you had one wish for any other person other than yourself, what would it be?  This question is probably almost impossible for me to answer.  I know so many people that deserve something special to be given (or in this case wished) for them.  I could go on and on listing reasons upon reasons for each person, but that would probably take up this entire page, which would be frowned upon. =]  Any-who, I think my wish would go to my little brother.  He was born deaf, so my wish would obviously be for him to be able to hear like the rest of us, and live a normal, happy life being able to hear.  He has what’s called a Cochlear Implant, I don’t know the details of it but all I know is that it included a six hour surgery and he can hear pretty well when it’s on.  I don’t think he really understands it fully, but he will some day.  So..yeah.  That’s about it. This was probably really cheesy.  Comment your answers to the question or just comment on mine.

Powered by WordPress with Pool theme design by Borja Fernandez. Hosted by edublogs - online education tools and community.
Entries and comments feeds. Valid XHTML and CSS. ^Top^