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Thursday, January 31, 2013

CNN Student News. 1-31-13



Topics included in today's news...

U.S. Secretary of State (John Kerry)

Gun Violence

Severe Weather storm stretched a 1000 miles from Illinois to Alabama

Accident where a grill explodes

How to avoid that kind of accident 

State of the Youth Address Speech

Word of the Day. 1-31-13


Word of the Day.

dire- causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Word of the Day. 1-29-13

Word of the Day.

desist- to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop. 

Monday, January 28, 2013

5 random facts you don't need to know...

Babies are born without kneecaps.

You forget 90% of dreams within 10 minutes of waking up.

Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.

A ducks quack doesn't echo and nobody knows why.

Giraffes are unable to cough. 

except them.

Source: imgfave.com via Taylor on Pinterest

Word of the Day. 1-28-13

Word of the Day.

deplore- to express a strong disapproval of something.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Revolution: Impact @ The Summit.


Are you one of the people that always wants the next thing in your life? You can't wait to go to high school? You can't wait to get to college? Next. Next. Next. 

If you are, then this video is for you. This is the service from my Youth Group last night at the Summit Church. It was a great message about trying to live in the now. Try and figure about what you need to do now. What does God want you to do now? Why are you where you are now? Figure out what your now is, what you can do for the lord now. 

Imagine how revolutionary it would be if everyone started living in the now and stopped wishing for the next. So many amazing things would happen. Don't hold back and wish for the next, find out what God wants you to do in your life now. Be the start of a revolution.

Word of the Day. 1-17-12

Word of the Day.

deceptive- apt of tending to deceive. 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Word of the Day. 1-16-13

Word of the day.

crusade- a passionate struggle or battle against someone or something. 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

CNN Student News. 1-15-13


Topics Included in Todays news-

Malian Government fighting against rebels
Some travel restrictions are being lifted in Cuba
Great Lakes hit record low levels
Presidential Inauguration 
College Students do Neuroscience activities for less than $100
Worlds biggest snowball fight

Word of the Day. 1-15-13

Word of the Day.

conscientious- controlled by or done according to conscience; scrupulous.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Emily Bronte.




Emily Jane Bronte, daughter of Patrick Bronte, a clergyman, and Maria Branwell, the daughter of a merchant, was born on July 30, 1818. Emily was born in a small village called Haworth located in Yorkshire.

When Emily was three her mother died of cancer and Emily's aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, came and lived with them to take care of the children. In 1824 Mr. Bronte sent four of his daughters; Elizabeth, Maria, Charlotte, and Emily to boarding school. Most of the time when they were at their school they were cold and undernourished. When Maria and Elizabeth contracted tuberculosis and died, Mr. Bronte became very worried and brought Charlotte and Emily home. As they grew up the Bronte's always had an amazing imagination. Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell would use wooden toys and make up stories that happened in imaginary kingdoms.

During the 1830's the children left home to study or work. Though, most of their attempts were unsuccessful. Emily was very depressed all the time. It was not until the mid-1840's, when she returned back to Haworth, did Emily become relatively happy. After they had all returned Emily, Charlotte, and Anne, whom all had been interested in writing for most of their life, decided to write and publish a collection of poems. They published their book under the names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, to conceal the fact that they were actually women. Although, when it was finally published the book only sold 2 copies.

After this they resorted to writing fiction. Charlotte wrote the novel Jane Eyre, an immediate success, and Emily wrote her book Wuthering Heights, which came out to very negative reviews. People called the book “misshapen”, “grotesque”, and “shocking”. Even Charlotte said that it was very strange.

Later, as we all know, the book became more popular, but not before Emily died of tuberculosis on December 14, 1848, but now Emily Bronte is remembered just as much as her popular and classic book.  

Clement Clark Moore.


What if you wrote a poem for your children and they LOVED it? That would be really cool and very touching! But, what if that poem somehow got published into the newspaper and everyone, for generations on, LOVED it? Now that would be awesome!

That is what it was like for Clement Clark Moore. He wrote the poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas”. You know it, “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Yep, he was just reading it to his kids on Christmas Eve and the next thing he knew it was published everywhere and everyone knew it.

Clement was born in New York City and was the only child of Reverend Benjamin Moore and Charity Clarke Moore. He was homeschool by his father until he went to Columbia College. When he graduated College in 1823 he became a professor or oriental and greek literature until he retired in 1850. While he was still teaching he married 19 year old Catharine Elizabeth Taylor and together they had nine children.

Clement died on July 10, 1863 and although “A Visit from St. Nicholas” was the only memorable poem that he wrote, he himself is remembered and a very important part in the tradition of Christmas.  

CNN Student News. 1-14-13


Topics included in Todays News:

Protests in Northern Ireland
Memorial Service for the lives lost on the wrecked ship in Ireland 1 year ago
Smog levels in Beijing hit record levels
National Hockey League Season Finally Starts on January 19
The Flu
Malia Obama

Word of the Day. 1-14-13

Word of the Day.

connoisseur- a person who, through study and interest, has a fine appreciation for something. 

it passes anyway...

Friday, January 11, 2013

Word of the Day. 1-11-13

Word of the Day.

commemorate- to remember something and by doing so to honor it.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

CNN Student News. 1-9-13

Word of the Day. 1-9-13

Word of the Day.

citadel- a fortified structure designed to provide protection during battle.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Word of the Day. 1-8-13

Word of the Day.

capacious- capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.

Monday, January 7, 2013

CNN Student News. 1-12-13

Word of the Day. 1-7-13

Word of the Day:

bonanza- a sudden opportunity to make money; a sudden increase in tourism in a small town could be a bonanza to the locals. 

Friday, January 4, 2013

CNN Student News. 1-4-13

5 random facts you don't need to know....

Chickens can see daylight 45 minutes before humans can.

If you leave Tokyo by plan a 7:00 am you will arrive in Honolulu at approximately 4:30 the previous day.

There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 way to play the first ten opening moves of chess.

When a tiger roars it can be heard from 2 miles away.

U.S. Scientist Calculated that Santa would have to visit 822 homes a second to deliver all presents on Christmas Eve.

where i need to be.

Word of the Day. 1-4-13

Word of the Day.

banter- an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Word of the Day. 12-18-12

Word of the Day.

ardent- to be passionate about something.

Monday, December 17, 2012

CNN Student News. 12-17-12


Topics included in today's news- 

The Connecticut Shooting.

5 random facts you don't need to know...

More Monopoly money is printed in a year than real money is printed in the entire world.

You will eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.

Every second Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate.

A person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper in a day.

The average person laughs 13 times a day.

the inside.

Word of the Day. 12-17-12

Word of the Day.

apprehend- to capture or arrest of you can also apprehend a concept by grasping or understanding it.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Word of the Day. 12-12-12

Word of the day.

aloof- at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart

CNN Student News. 12-12-12


Topics included in todays news- 

Protests in Michigan about work laws

Nelson Mandela in hospital

It's 12-12-12!

12 newsmakers from the last 12 months

NHL Games Canceled until December 30th

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

CNN Student News. 12-11-12


Topics included in todays news-

100's of people missing after a typhoon in the Philippines 

Civil War in Syria

President Obama asks for 60 million for Sandy recovery

A family who's life was turned upside down after Hurricane Sandy

New Satellite made for night time pictures

Word of the Day. 12-11-12

Word of the Day.

accord- to be in agreement or harmony; agree.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Word of the day. 12-10-12

Word of the Day.

abet- to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing

Friday, December 7, 2012

Word of the Day. 12-7-12

Word of the Day.

abominable- repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome
very unpleasant: disagreeable
very bad, poor, or inferior

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

20 seconds...

-we bought a zoo.

5 random facts you don't need to know...

Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.

One car out of every 230 was stolen last year.

Every day 20 banks are robbed, the average amount of money taken is $2,500.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch T.V. for 3 hours.

Word of the Day. 12-4-12

Word of the day.

obliged- to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service

Monday, December 3, 2012

Word of the Day. 12-3-12

Word of the Day.

deviate- turn aside. as from a route, course, etc.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Word of the Day. 11-30-12

Word of the Day.

canonize- to glorify and honor

Word of the Day. 11-29-12

Word of the day

epithet- any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual attributed quality.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

My Short Story.


A day in the Life of Damien DonkeyKong the Glowing Vampire

The only time that Damien DonkeyKong, yes DonkeyKong, could go anywhere was on days that it was raining or gloomy. Otherwise, he had to go out at night and there wasn't much open in the middle of the night. Not being able to go out in the day, unless it was rainy, was one of the many parts of being a vampire that he didn't like. Although one thing that he did like was how it made him look. His skin was much lighter than before, which made his hair look darker and his eyes more blue. He guessed that technically he could go out in the day, but most people would probably get a little freaked out when he started glowing like a lightsaber from Star Wars. Luckily he lived in London and it was pretty much raining all the time.

He had a lot today do today so he got out of bed, got dressed in his normal clothes, jeans, a black t-shirt, and boots, then he walked into the living room. Then he started to separate and the next thing he knew there were four more of him standing in the living room looking at him. Being able to to make four more of yourself and be in five places at one time was cool, he had to admit that, but it was very tiring and it was a pain to make sure people didn't notice it. Although most of the time he didn't have to worry about humans noticing it because they weren't very smart, at all. But he still had to be careful. He was still staring at the other four of himself. Although seeing so many of himself was one thing that he would never get used to. He doesn't know why it happens, but he hasn't met anyone else that can do it. Although, it's not really a very good conversation starter, “Excuse me sir can I ask you a question? Can you clone yourself like I can? If so how many of yourself can you make? I can make four!”

He didn't have to tell them what they had to do, because they already knew. They were him. They still had the same brain, thoughts, and memories. One of the downs of cloning himself was that when they separated he didn't know what the other hims were doing or thinking. He had to wait until they were all back and he became one person again to know how the whole day played out.

Today wasn't different than any other day, he'll stay home and do all the things that needed to be done around the house. One of him will go to work; he works in the basement of a warehouse, that manufactured toothpaste, by himself. All he did all day was unpack toothpaste, Nasty stuff, that toothpaste. He asked to work by himself in the basement that way no one would see him. Then if someone did see him when he was supposed to be working, then there wouldn't be a misunderstanding. One of him would see his friends of family. He spent more time with his friends, because they were vampires too, so there was nothing he had to hide. Although his family was a little harder to be around, if he spent too much time with him they would know that he was different. Plus they lived all the way in Wales, a four hour drive, but he hated not being able to see them when he wanted. He loved his mother, father, and his sister, but he was pretty sure that they thought he hated him, considering he left when he was sixteen, That's when he changed, and started “traveling”. That was his excuse, telling them that he was going all around the world. He even told him that he went to 42 Wallaby Way Sydney and they believed him, but in reality he did the same thing every day. One of him did the more enjoyable things at his second house like reading and playing the piano, and the last one of him fed. He didn't drink human blood, only animal blood. It was the only thing that could make him feel like less of a monster. He made sure to feed every day. He had never lost control around a human before and he didn't plan too.

He still remembers the change, before then he hated blood, the thought of it made him sick, but afterwards that's all he wanted. He was walking home in the middle of the night, although now he can't even remember where he had been coming from, He was just walking and then out of nowhere someone bit him and he was in agonizing pain. He realized what he was when he woke up, felt his fangs, and the horrible burning I his throat. He didn't go home after that. He bought an apartment in London, then called his family and told them that he was going to travel. He didn't even build up the courage to go see him until four years later.

Damien suddenly  realized that he was still standing in the living room and everyone else had left, probably about five minutes ago. He did this a lot, just stood or sat somewhere and thought about random things. You didn't really have to worry about wasting time when you lived forever. Realizing that he had nothing better to do, Damien walked into the Kitchen and started cleaning.  

CNN Student News. 11-27-12


Topics included in todays news- 

Lots of Work to do on the recovery of hurricane Sandy

Auto Racing 17 year old Tristin Nunez brings awareness about texting and driving

Jack Taylor beats the college basketball record for most shots in one game

Santa Clause Festival

Monday, November 26, 2012

Word of the Day. 11-26-12.

Word of the Day.

deign- to think fit or in accordance to ones dignity.

just look for it.

5 random facts you don't need to know...

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.

The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Word of the Day. 11-20-12

Word of the Day.

deviate- turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.

Monday, November 19, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-19-12


Topics included in Todays News- 

Increased fighting between Israelis and Palestinians
Myanmar shifts toward a democratic government 
Presidents visits Asia
Flu and Cold Quiz
Hostess Closing Down
The Twinkie

Word of the Day. 11-19-12

Word of the Day.

eccentric- deviating from the recognized or customary practice; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd.

Friday, November 16, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-16-12


Topics included in Todays news- 

Hearings in Capital Hill
Attack on US Consulate in Benghazi Libya
The largest Criminal Fine in US history
Fiscal Cliff
New leader in China
13 deaths have been reported to the FDA
Accidental Overdoses
The Star Spangled Banner Controversy 

Word of the Day. 11-16-12

Word of the Day. 

eccentric- deviating from the recognized or customary practice; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-14-12


Topics included in todays news-

Civil war in Syria
Natural disaster in Venice Italy
U.S. Presidential Cabinet
Car of the Year: Tesla
Homecoming

Word of the Day. 11-14-12


Word of the Day.

canonize- to glorify and honor.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-13-12


Topics included in todays news-

Sandy's Damage
How people are recovering from it
U.S oil boom
Drilling for oil in the Arctic
U.S. Navy punish 7 of its Navy SEALs
The festival of Diwali (Hinduism)
A program that aims to educate teenagers on gun violence

The Summit Church.


Week 1: "We Are Blessed" from The Summit Church on Vimeo.

This is a video from our church service from Sunday and the message of this video is about Gratitude. With thanksgiving right around the corner gratitude is a good thing to learn a little about. This video talks about what gratitude is and why we need it. The reason we need gratitude is because it completes the circle. Whats the circle? Well you'll have to watch the video to find out! :)

Impact.


Over/Under #1 (11/07/12) from Impact Student Ministry on Vimeo.


This a video of my youth group service last Wednesday. I go to The Summit Church and on Wednesdays we have a youth group service called Impact for grades 6-12. Last week the message was about being above the Influence of God. Being above the influence of God basically means that you are doing things that God wouldn't want you to do such as lying, cheating, being mean or rude to people, doing drugs, etc. This is a very good service and is a good message to teenagers and adults.

Word of the Day. 11-13-12

Word of the Day.

disbosom- to reveal; confess

the choice is yours.






Source: etsy.com via Taylor on Pinterest

5 random facts you don't need to know....


The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the 
Lincoln Memorial.


In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

Friday, November 9, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-9-12


Topics included in todays news-

  • Economic Record in Greece
  • Protests in Greece
  • Guatemala Earthquake
  • Japan still suffering with leftover debris from Tsunami
  • Veterans Day
  • 21 uses false documents to attend high school and be on the football team
  • Peewee Football Player
  • Monster Truck Teen

Word of the Day. 11-9-12

Word of the Day.

beatitude- supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

The Election.




I am so very done with the election. I do not want to here another word about it. It has been on tv, the radio, and all over Facebook for months. All I here is "Obama does this" and "Romney does that". Be quiet.

 What bothers me a lot too is all of my friends that are only 13 and 14 are completely devastated or absolutely joyous that Obama won. People are either saying that it is so awesome that he won or they're saying that America is in big trouble and they can't believe that he won. Honestly it doesn't matter what they think because they can't even vote yet.

Although what bothers me the most is that people will get so fed up and Mad at each other over it. Just because someone wants to vote for a different person than you does not make them stupid, they have their own opinion. People shouldn't start to hate each other because of it. Obama is not worth losing your friends and fighting with your family. He will be gone in 4 years, period. 

CNN Student News. 11-8-12


Topics included in todays news:


  • People of the World watch the election
  • Election and Social Networking (Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram)
  • Challenges Ahead
  • U.S. Debt
  • Tuesday's "Firsts"
  • Leadership Change in China
  • What's a Nor'Easter?
  • Ping Pong Robot

Word of the day. 11-8-12

Word of the Day

climacteric- a critical period.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Word of the Day. 11-7-12

Word of the day.

glean- to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

CNN Student News. 11-6-12


Topics included in todays news:


  • Election Day
  • How the day and the math could turn out
  • Electoral College 
  • Referendums in the U.S.
  • Look back on previous Elections

Word of the Day. 11-6-12



franchise- 1. the right to vote
                  2. a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a                          government    

Monday, November 5, 2012

Characteristics that Make a Good Parent.


It takes a lot to be a parent. It takes a lot of time, sacrifice, and you need to have a lot of good characteristics. 

I think that the most important characteristic to have when you are a parent is to be very loving. You should always show your kids that you love them and that you would do anything for them. I think that kids learn from what they see, so if they grow up in a loving environment then they will grow up to be loving people. Also you should really make sure your kids know that you love them. You might know it, but if you never say "I love you" or if you don't give them hugs and those sorts of things, then they might know that you love them, but they won't really feel  loved. Also I think that kids just like to hear a parent say "I love you", just like a parent likes to hear their kid say "I love you".

I believe that parents should be VERY encouraging to their kids. It is really important to show your kids encouragement and show that you believe in them, even if what your kids want to be is the exact opposite of what you want them to be. You should always try and remember that what they want matters and try to be encouraging of it.  If kids don't think that people, especially people as important to them as their parents, believe in them then they will have trouble believing in themselves. Not only does encouragement help them believe in their self, but when people believe in you and you believe in yourself it makes want ever you are trying to do or what you are trying to reach so much easier! I believe that part of being encouraging is trust, not the kind of trust such as trusting your kids to go out with their friends and trust they won't do anything wrong, although that's important to do too. But you have to know how to trust that your kids know what they want.

A very important characteristic of being a parent is being a good listener. Kids will most likely be more open with their parents if they know that they will listen to them if they want to tell them something. Plus, when kids are more open with their parents that creates a better relationship. I also think that you should listen to your kids no matter what they want to talk about. Meaning if they are talking about something that happened at school or if they are talking about something important and heartfelt. 

I really do believe that it takes a lot to be a parent, but i think it would make it easier and better if you are loving, encouraging, trusting, and you are always a good listener. 

Fallacies!

A fallacy is an error in in logic- a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking.

Here are some fallacies.....

Red Herring: A red herring introduces an irrelevant point to an argument. Someone may think (or may want us to think) it proves his side but it really doesn't.

Son: Why can't I go see The Day of the Spatulas with my friends?
Dad: Isn't there some other kind of move you could go see instead?

Special Pleading: When someone uses a double standard or argues for an unjustified exception, he is committing the fallacy of special pleading.

"I know I need to control my anger. But Officer, this time my wife was nagging me so much, the only thing I could do was lock her in the closet."

Ad Hominem: An ad hominem attack is attacking an opponent's character or his motives for believing something instead of disproving his argument.

Jenny: My uncle says that all murders should be put to death because then nobody would want to murder anybody anymore.
Sylvia: Wasn't your uncle in jail once? I don't think we can trust the opinion of someone who was once a criminal.

Genetic Fallacy: The genetic fallacy is condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.

Bert: Mr. Gritchus, why do you always wear suspenders and never a belt?
Mr: Gritchus: Because belts were developed in the military centuries ago and were used by soldiers. Since the Military is evil, and belts came from the military, therefore I can't wear a belt.

Tu Quoque: Tu quoque is dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because he himself is inconsistent in that very thing.

Fred: I wouldn't smoke cigarettes if I were you. It is a bad habit, and it will bring you all kinds of problems.
Jake: Don't tell me not to smoke. You do it, too.

Faulty Appeal to Authority: A faulty appeal to authority is an appeal to someone who has no special knowledge in the area being discussed.

"If Paul Newman thinks organic foods are more nutritious then chemical-saturated foods, shouldn't you, too?"

Appeal to the People: When we claim that our viewpoint is correct because many other people agree with it, we are committing the appeal to the people fallacy.

"The new book, The Fallacy detective, must be the best logic book around. It has been on the best-seller list for months."

CNN Student News. 11-5-12


Topics included in todays news...


  • Final campaign push.
  • Sandy: A week later.
  • Daylight Savings time.

think for yourself.


Shel Silverstein

Source: google.com via Taylor on Pinterest

5 facts you don't need to know....


The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.

Scientists have identified and described about 1.4 million species of an estimated ten to 100 million on earth.

Word of the Day. 11-5-12

Word of the Day.

deign- to think it or in accordance with ones dignity

Friday, November 2, 2012

Rich.




Do you think that you're rich? No? Well listen to this... 1 billion people in the world live of off $1 dollar a day. That means you spend a whole weeks worth of money on ONE Starbucks coffee. Every two seconds someone dies of starvation. You have a pantry full of food whenever you want it. There are people that drink water so nasty that you wouldn't feed it to your dog. The minute you saw it you would dump it out and fill the bowl up from your sink, that has an endless amount of water supply. Now do you feel rich? I do.

After hearing those thing I don't know how you feel, but I feel very blessed and RICH. I also feel like I, and everyone else, take to much for granted. When we look into our fridge full of food and complain that there is nothing to eat, we are taking what we have for granted. When we are at our house, that has phones, computers, and TV's, and we complain that we have nothing to do, we are taking that for granted.

If you have food in your stomach, no saying you have to have a steak, some corn, and cake in there, but if you have food in your stomach and clothes on you back then you are rich. As people we take stuff for granted and we really shouldn't. We are blessed in many ways. So the next time that you see something that you really want and you just have to have it, remember that you don't because you already have stuff, and you are rich.

I believe that I am rich, even though I only have a whopping sixteen dollars in my bank account, and I believe that you are too.  

CNN Student News. 11-2-12



Topics included in today's news.....


  • Effects hurricane Sandy has on people individually.
  • Jobs.
  • Where the candidates stand on foreign policy.
  • Election ads and how they've changed.
  • Michelangelo's painting at the Sistine Chapel turns 500.

Word of the Day. 11-2-12


Word of the Day.

drivel- childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

My Favorite Subject.




My mom asked me to start putting a journal entry, or at least one piece of writing, on my blog everyday. So that's what this is for. I couldn't really think of anything to write so I looked up some writing topics and since this is for school, I'm going to write about my favorite subject.

Well, really I don't have a favorite subject because like most people school isn't really my favorite thing to do.

I really like reading so if all you had to do for language arts was read, then that would be my favorite subject. Unfortunately you have to do a lot more than that.... I like science sometimes, such as when you do experiments, but you can't do those for everything. Also, a lot of science has to do with the human body and that really grosses me out, especially stuff about blood. I definitely CAN NOT be a doctor when I grow up. History is pretty much a drag and the only thing that I ever got interested in, that I can remember, is World War II. Plus, I still wonder why we have to learn about Ancient Civilizations and Medieval times and that kind of stuff. I understand that it teaches us the past and how far we've come, but why do we have to know that? Anyway, that leaves math. For the most part math isn't that bad because I actually understand it and it's the subject that I'm best at. So I guess math is my favorite subject!

Word of the Day.11-1-12

Word of the Day.

vocation- a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Murder King Tut.


King Tut was the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt from 1333 B.C. To 1324 B.C. He was the son of Akenhaten, son of Amenhotep IV, and Kiya. Tut's mother died when he was born and Akenhaten died in 1335 when he was six. Therefore, he was raised mostly by Nefertiti, Akenhaten's wife. When Tut was eight Nefertiti died and Tut married his half sister Ankhesenpaaten. Tut and Ankhesenpaaten had two children but they were both born dead.

There are still conspiracies on how the boy king died. Some believe he was murdered and others believe that he died from an infection caused by a broken leg.

The reason that many people believe that he died from an infection from a broken leg is because Tut was in a chariot crash right before he died and he did have a broken leg.

The theory of the murder of King Tut goes like this, Tut was in a chariot crash and while he was weak, Aye, the scribe who wanted to be Pharaoh for a long time, made a soldier, named Sefu,  kill Tut. He did this by suffocating him. Afterwards, Aye killed Sefu so he couldn't tell anyone what he had done. He then forced Akhesenpaaten to marry him. Right after their wedding he killed her and threw her in the Nile river. A few years after Aye became pharaoh, General Horemheb, a man who cooperated with Aye for years, killed him and became pharaoh. When Horemheb was Pharaoh he was the first to excel Egypt back to it's height since the rule of Amenhotep. 

Word of the Day. 10-30-12

Word of the day.

incontrovertible- not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable 

The subject was incontrovertible. 

Monday, October 29, 2012

Word of the day. 10-29-12

Word of the Day.

anguish-  excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain

She had a lot of anguish over her father's death.

be yourself.

5 facts you don't need to know...

Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States!

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that’s the weight of about 6 elephants!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Word of the Day 10-25-12

Word of the Day

Subordinate- placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank

The soldiers are subordinate to the General.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

inspiration.

If you don't GO AFTER what you want you'll never have it. 

If you don't ASK the answer is always no.

If you don't STEP FORWARD you will always be in the same place.

5 facts you don't need to know..


If you yelled for over 8 and a half years, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute.

85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S!

Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.

Right now, this very second, 70% of the people driving on U.S. highways are speeding.

Word of the Day 10-24-12

Word of the Day!

Incessant: continuing without interruptions; ceaseless; unending: an incessant sound.

There was an incessant rain for days.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

fearless.

The phrase "do not be afraid" is written in the bible 365 times. That is a daily reminder from God to live everyday being fearless. 

Statistics!










And we are scared of sharks because........









 

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