Do you think that if we wore school uniforms that our grades might get higher? I think that. I have three reasons why school uniforms should be required. First, uniforms will help students not to be so distracted, second, uniforms can show people who you really are, and third, it would be less expensive.
Uniforms will help students not to be so distracted because if they wear the clothes of their choice, it will distract them and that will cause not enough learning to take place. If changed to school uniforms then students wouldn’t be unfocused and they would get their grades higher because more things would be taught and learned in school. Now don’t you think that would be just great? Teachers would think that it’s worth spending all those hours preparing, correcting and worrying about their students grades. Then if the teachers happy everyone’s happy.
Uniforms can show people who you really are. People will see you by your behavior and merits. Wearing what you want can change the way people look at you. But if you wore uniforms then people wouldn’t see what you look like from the clothes you’re wearing but by the way you behave. Kids and adults can judge people by what they are wearing. Don’t tell me you haven’t because I know you have, everybody has done it at least once in their lives. You might not even give them the time of day to talk to you so you can get to know them. Wearing uniforms would help them have the time to tell you more about them and maybe they are the friend you’ve been looking for.
If we had uniforms it would be less expensive. Our parents would pay less and less each month for clothing because you’d only have to buy clothes for the weekends. If parents paid less money on our clothing each month then they might have more money to get the fun things. And if you had more of the fun things around it would take your mind off of all the stressful things in life. Maybe you think that if you had the fun things in life then you’d not do your school work. Be responsible, put a time limit on those fun things, and after you turn your assignments in then spend all the time you want on those fun toys. Yes, uniforms might be a little pricey but after you look at the deal you’re making, it will all be worthwhile. You would get maybe three uniforms and wash them every so often. It would work out perfectly.
Now do you think that if we wore school uniforms that our grades might get higher? I do think that if we wore school uniforms that our grades will get higher because if there were uniforms it would help student not get so distracted in school, uniforms can show people who you really are, and if we had uniforms it would be less expensive. So, what are you still sitting here for? Go and get those uniforms so that students can learn more in school. That’s what it’s for!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Tutorial Quiz
Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to give her mom and step dad some freedom. Isabella prefers to be called Bella. She hates Forks, but loves her dad. Bella is enrolled in school and has an old Chevy truck. She’s part albino so her skin doesn’t stand out in Forks, where it either rains, is overcast, or damp most of the time.
Bella makes friends the first day she goes there which is a relief for her. The Cullen family stands out. They are very beautiful; they have pale-white skin, red lips, and dark circles under their eyes. They are ice cold and hard as a rock. Bella also notices that their eyes change from golden to black sometimes. Edward, is one of the Cullens, and Bella finds him the most attractive.
After Bella and Edward have an accident, they get very upset with each other. Edward said, "What if I'm not the good guy? What if I'm the bad guy?" Well, they can’t stay mad for very long, so they become friends. They fall madly in love with each other in no time at all. Bella wants to know the truth about the Cullen’s, so Edward gives in and tells her.
The Cullen’s are Vampires, and as they say, they are “vegetarian vampires". Edward can read every mind except Bella’s. It frustrates him, so he is constantly asking her what she’s thinking. There comes a time when they have to be split up for a little while so they can hunt down James, a tracker. A tracker is a vampire that hunts a specific person. He wants to kill Bella for revenge.
Bella goes to her home town of Phoenix, Arizona. James finds her there and tricks her into meeting him. Bella goes and meets him knowing she will never see Edward again, but Edward goes to find Bella.
James tortures Bella, waiting to kill her until she’s begging for it. Right before the venom in her vampire bite spreads, Edward saves her. Edward is Bella’s “Superman”. Bella doesn’t die. They end up going to prom. Bella’s upset by the thought of going to prom because she can’t dance and she thought they were dressing up for a different occasion.
Bella makes friends the first day she goes there which is a relief for her. The Cullen family stands out. They are very beautiful; they have pale-white skin, red lips, and dark circles under their eyes. They are ice cold and hard as a rock. Bella also notices that their eyes change from golden to black sometimes. Edward, is one of the Cullens, and Bella finds him the most attractive.
After Bella and Edward have an accident, they get very upset with each other. Edward said, "What if I'm not the good guy? What if I'm the bad guy?" Well, they can’t stay mad for very long, so they become friends. They fall madly in love with each other in no time at all. Bella wants to know the truth about the Cullen’s, so Edward gives in and tells her.
The Cullen’s are Vampires, and as they say, they are “vegetarian vampires". Edward can read every mind except Bella’s. It frustrates him, so he is constantly asking her what she’s thinking. There comes a time when they have to be split up for a little while so they can hunt down James, a tracker. A tracker is a vampire that hunts a specific person. He wants to kill Bella for revenge.
Bella goes to her home town of Phoenix, Arizona. James finds her there and tricks her into meeting him. Bella goes and meets him knowing she will never see Edward again, but Edward goes to find Bella.
James tortures Bella, waiting to kill her until she’s begging for it. Right before the venom in her vampire bite spreads, Edward saves her. Edward is Bella’s “Superman”. Bella doesn’t die. They end up going to prom. Bella’s upset by the thought of going to prom because she can’t dance and she thought they were dressing up for a different occasion.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Train Tracks
When you first got your braces, do you remember that uncomfortable feeling of metal in your mouth and how akward it was closing your mouth? The first time I got braces, I was in second grade. I had them for about eleven months before the orthodontist let me pick out my glow in the dark, hot pink retainer. I was so excited to finally get them off, little did I know that in only five short years I would be getting them on again for my "second round".
The orthodontist said that I would have these braces for two years. Inside I was screaming because of the memories of being called brace face, train tracks and metal mouth, but on the outside I faked a smile showing those mini metal squares that were glued to my teeth. Everytime my tongue slid over them it felt wierd. I didn't like the new feeling in my mouth. Constantly I was feeling them and wishing that the odd sensation and pain would go away.
It's been twenty months since I've gotten them on and my day has finally come! On Thursday, March sixth at exactly nine-thirty I will be sitting down in an overused, too squishy, squeaks when you move, chair. I remember the feeling of my mouth cramping up when I had to leave it open when I got those suckers on, but hopefully I won't get cramped up this time.
Everyone says that when you get your braces off that your teeth feel huge and slimey. I wish I could remember what it was like but I can't, so I'm going to have to wait and see. I'm bursting with joy because I cannot wait until I get them off. I've waited long enough, yeah I know that it hasn't even been two years yet, but I've had them once before so my time is up!
I'll write next week telling you about my experience...I'm stoked to be getting them off! I'm almost bouncing off walls! (I wish I could really do that! It would be so cool!) :)
The orthodontist said that I would have these braces for two years. Inside I was screaming because of the memories of being called brace face, train tracks and metal mouth, but on the outside I faked a smile showing those mini metal squares that were glued to my teeth. Everytime my tongue slid over them it felt wierd. I didn't like the new feeling in my mouth. Constantly I was feeling them and wishing that the odd sensation and pain would go away.
It's been twenty months since I've gotten them on and my day has finally come! On Thursday, March sixth at exactly nine-thirty I will be sitting down in an overused, too squishy, squeaks when you move, chair. I remember the feeling of my mouth cramping up when I had to leave it open when I got those suckers on, but hopefully I won't get cramped up this time.
Everyone says that when you get your braces off that your teeth feel huge and slimey. I wish I could remember what it was like but I can't, so I'm going to have to wait and see. I'm bursting with joy because I cannot wait until I get them off. I've waited long enough, yeah I know that it hasn't even been two years yet, but I've had them once before so my time is up!
I'll write next week telling you about my experience...I'm stoked to be getting them off! I'm almost bouncing off walls! (I wish I could really do that! It would be so cool!) :)
Great Expectations By: Charles Dickens
In Honors English for term three I had to read a Charles Dickens novel. I chose to read Great Expectations. Let me tell you, that book was not the easiest thing to read. I struggled for quite awhile while I was reading it. I am so glad that I’m done with it. So now, here is my review!
Pip is a young orphaned boy living with his sister and her husband. Pip is loving and impractical. One day when he is in the cemetery, he finds an escaped convict who makes him a thief. He meets Estella and falls in love with her but to his dismay, she does not share the same feelings. After going to school and becoming a gentleman, maybe she will give him another chance. The main theme is love, loyalty and consciences being more important than wealth and class. Charles Dickens shows this theme by Pip learning his lesson.
On page five hundred and sixteen is reads, “‘Of late, very often. There was along hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. But, since my duty has not been incompatible with the admission of that remembrance, I have given it a place in my heart.’
‘You have always held your place in my heart,’ I answered.
And we were silent again, until she spoke.
‘I little thought,’ said Estella, ‘that I should take leave of you in taking leave of this spot. I am very glad to do so.’
‘Glad to part again, Estella? To me, parting is a painful thing. To me, the remembrance of our last parting has been ever mournful and painful.’
‘But you said to me,’ returned Estella, very earnestly, ‘“God bless you, God forgive you!” And if you could say that to me then, you will not hesitate to say that to me now—now, when suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. Be as considerate and good to me as you were, and tell me we are friends.’
‘We are friends,’ said I, rising and bending over her, as she rose from the bench.
‘And will continue friends apart,’ said Estella.
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.”
In that passage it is describing Estella and Pip reuniting and telling each other that after everything that they’ve been through that they could still be each other’s friends. This is significant to the theme I presented earlier because it is showing his love for Estella and that though they both made mistakes they never forgot about them. Estella tells Pip that she made room for him in her heart and that she never could forget what had happened between them.
In the scene they are sitting on a bench in the old garden. They’re talking of what they feel and what they want. Pip loves Estella and is very loyal to her. He tells her that she’s always had a place in his heart. Wouldn’t you love to have someone say that to you? Pip knows that what his conscience told him was more correct than what others would tell him about wealth and class. Now Estella knows that too. Pip has learned his lesson and is still open to her. They will always be friends.
The voice in this passage is calm and sweet. They both are expressing their feelings about the past and the present. If you really think about it, Pip is very romantic. I quote, “You have always held your place in my heart.” This is my favorite line of the whole entire book. Can you see why? Charles Dickens italicized the word, my. What he’s meaning to say is that he’s always loved her and nothing is going to change that. Pip went through a lot to learn his lesson, but in the end. He definitely thought it was worth it.
So, all in all, it was a hard-to-understand but sort-of-romantic-in-a-weird-way-book. Charles Dickens has a different style of writing, but it’s unique. We shouldn’t push his books aside. Instead, pick one up and start to read it. It might be difficult but once you are finished with it, it might be better than you thought it would be. That’s what happened to me while reading Great Expectations!
Pip is a young orphaned boy living with his sister and her husband. Pip is loving and impractical. One day when he is in the cemetery, he finds an escaped convict who makes him a thief. He meets Estella and falls in love with her but to his dismay, she does not share the same feelings. After going to school and becoming a gentleman, maybe she will give him another chance. The main theme is love, loyalty and consciences being more important than wealth and class. Charles Dickens shows this theme by Pip learning his lesson.
On page five hundred and sixteen is reads, “‘Of late, very often. There was along hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. But, since my duty has not been incompatible with the admission of that remembrance, I have given it a place in my heart.’
‘You have always held your place in my heart,’ I answered.
And we were silent again, until she spoke.
‘I little thought,’ said Estella, ‘that I should take leave of you in taking leave of this spot. I am very glad to do so.’
‘Glad to part again, Estella? To me, parting is a painful thing. To me, the remembrance of our last parting has been ever mournful and painful.’
‘But you said to me,’ returned Estella, very earnestly, ‘“God bless you, God forgive you!” And if you could say that to me then, you will not hesitate to say that to me now—now, when suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. Be as considerate and good to me as you were, and tell me we are friends.’
‘We are friends,’ said I, rising and bending over her, as she rose from the bench.
‘And will continue friends apart,’ said Estella.
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.”
In that passage it is describing Estella and Pip reuniting and telling each other that after everything that they’ve been through that they could still be each other’s friends. This is significant to the theme I presented earlier because it is showing his love for Estella and that though they both made mistakes they never forgot about them. Estella tells Pip that she made room for him in her heart and that she never could forget what had happened between them.
In the scene they are sitting on a bench in the old garden. They’re talking of what they feel and what they want. Pip loves Estella and is very loyal to her. He tells her that she’s always had a place in his heart. Wouldn’t you love to have someone say that to you? Pip knows that what his conscience told him was more correct than what others would tell him about wealth and class. Now Estella knows that too. Pip has learned his lesson and is still open to her. They will always be friends.
The voice in this passage is calm and sweet. They both are expressing their feelings about the past and the present. If you really think about it, Pip is very romantic. I quote, “You have always held your place in my heart.” This is my favorite line of the whole entire book. Can you see why? Charles Dickens italicized the word, my. What he’s meaning to say is that he’s always loved her and nothing is going to change that. Pip went through a lot to learn his lesson, but in the end. He definitely thought it was worth it.
So, all in all, it was a hard-to-understand but sort-of-romantic-in-a-weird-way-book. Charles Dickens has a different style of writing, but it’s unique. We shouldn’t push his books aside. Instead, pick one up and start to read it. It might be difficult but once you are finished with it, it might be better than you thought it would be. That’s what happened to me while reading Great Expectations!
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