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Hey all you peoples!

Here is a song with the tune and beat of the Twelve Days of Christmas that our class had to make up by ourselves…well…here it is…

On the first day of christmas my best friend gave to me a secret that I wouldn’t keep

On the second day of christmas Uzma gave to me two chocolate santas

On the third day of christmas You-Rong gave to me three mega phones

On the fourth day of Christmas my teacher gave to me four subject essays

On the fifth day of Christmas my family gave to me five cool ipods!

On the sixth day of Christmas Regina gave to me six dancing monkeys

On the seventh day of Christmas Kathy gave to me seven flutes a playing

On the eighth day of Christmas my dance friends gave to me eight pairs of dance shoes

On the ninth day of Christmas my rabbit gave to me nine baby bunnies

On the tenth day of Christmas a stranger gave to me ten mutated animals

On the eleventh day of Christmas a MD gave to me an unsure diagnosis

On the twelfth day of Christmas Santa gave to me many socks of coal

HAHA! Anyways…have a very Merry - almost - Christmas and a Happy - almost - New Year!!

Cheers to you all!

Hey all you people of the world!

I made a picture of a christmas scene using a program called ‘The Gimp’ in school. The Gimp has a lot of tools that you can use to make pictures of anything. It was a bit hard for me to use the Gimp becasue I don’t really know how to use all the tools, but I used the tools that I already know how to use. It took me some time to think up what to draw and all, but I thought an idea up over the weekend and drew it! Here is the finishing product!

Oh well,

MERRY (almost) CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY (almost) NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

See you!

Hello everyone,

Here are just some things about IQ’s and two online tests…

Have you heard of I.Q.? If you have, you probably know that it stands for Intelligence Quotient — it’s a simple measure that shows how well you are able to score on some intelligence test. It doesn’t exactly show what kind of intelligence you have or how intelligent you are. Intelligence is a complicated issue to talk about. We are all wired differently and we all have different kinds of things that we are good in. Some of you are good in writing, some good in math, while some are good in creating things, drawing, painting, and even acting and singing. Some of you are also good in feeling things — like perhaps understanding yourself or others.

You probably have a good sense of how intelligent you are — perhaps even telling others how high your I.Q. is. Together with understnading your intelligence, it is also healthy to understand yourself — your own feelings and emotions. By understanding yourself, you will be more able to understand others. There’s something called an E.Q. - Emotional Quotient. This is a scale of how well you know yourself — how well you are in tune with your own emotions. It can also provide insight on how well you can understand the feelings of other people.
Understanding emotions — your own and others — is quite important at your age because it is something that’s still developing within you. Perhaps you don’t know why you get mad at others so easily or why you blurt out curses when someone bugs you. Perhaps you don’t understand why your classmates get annoyed by your questions. Understanding your reactions to things and your own feelings could eventually make you more understand the feelings of others — and this understanding could be a key to better cooperation and peaceful friendships.

There’s an online “test” that has a few questions about emotions. Go ahead and try it out. It’s a shortened version of a longer test. Go try the short one first. Make sure you’re honest or the results will not be very true.

Click this link to go to the short test: http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/eiq_abridged_access.html

The following is a link to the longer test. Try it if you have time:

http://www.queendom.com/tests/access/emotional_iq.html

After taking the “EQ”, blog about your experience and results.

• What did you think of the questions?

I think they were ok questions which you had to think about and it really showed something about yourself.

• Do you think you answered truthfully?

Yes…because I took the time to look back on things and think abou what I should answer.

• Are the questions applicable to you at this age?

Some questions are ok but some are not…I mean, we don’t have jobs yet you know, how are we supposed to know about how to deal wiht a mean secretary?

• What other questions do you think should have been added?

I thinkall th quesitons were enough…

• What was your score? What does this score mean - according to the website?

My score was 98…on both quizzes…it was an average person score so I think I’m an ok perosn. The score means that I am an average person just 50/50 BUT I should also work on using my abilities more.

• What does this score mean according to you?

I think the score means I’m an ok person, and I can work on some thing…but I’m ok for now.

• After taking the EQ assessment, what do you think of it? What will you do now?

I think the EQ test showed me alt about myself and now I would try better to improve my emotional abilities.

So there you go…

See ya’ll! :) 

HEYO ALL!!

I will talk about blogging and how I think about it…HONESTLY…

I like blogging and I think it’s a good way to express yourself. I think blogging is important to do for students like me so we can talk or type about anything we feel like. I would like to blog about anything. We can blog about anything as long as it isn’t mean to anyone else. We should blog about other people’s suggestions becasue they would probabbly want another second opinion about things adn they won’t be so lonely. I like our blogging activities because they make us think for ourselves and let us give our OWN opinions about a subject. I think we shold blog more about things that are happening around us and things about the world and maybe just random subjects. I think the LINUX lab computers are ok to handle. Sometimes they can make me abit frustrated becasue they can be a little slow - but it’s ok.

Well, there it is…See ya’ll!

HEY ALL YOU PEOPLES!

Here are honest answers for questions asked…

• Do you think your parents can / should trust you with things that you do in school, at home, and else where? Why do you think so? or Why not?

I honestly think parents should 3/4 trust you but 1/4 be a little not trustful because tehy should learn how to trust you anyways but at the same time not abandon all possibilities becasue they might never know what their kids are doing all the time…but I think parents should trust their kids more and more anyway.

• Do you think your teachers can / should trust you with things that you do in school (regular schoolwork), at home (assignmentss/projects), and else where? Why do you think so? or Why not?

YES! Because if they don’t how would they grade their school work fairly? If they don;t trust their students and their grades are ok but then they ’sky-rocket’ to the top, they might think that they were cheating. But sometimes they should also think about what their students do and make the right choice.

• What are your main complaints about school at this point in your life?

HOMEWORK…and maybe PROJECTS…homework and projects…what a nice combination. Homework - because sometimes you feel that you have to much and you have to finish ALL that work the next day and projects becasue you have a deadline and it might not be enough time. And you stress out like crazy because of it and you can’t stop thinking about it - that YOU REALLY NEED TO FINISH IT!!!!

• What are your main complaints about home at this point in your life?

Home is ok…the only thing is keeping things clean…so clean that you just want to screeeeaaaammm! Yeah, other than that everything’s ok…’home is a place where we run to where the family is there to give us love and share some fun too…and no one ever can erase the smile on one’s face, ’cause there’s no palce like home…’

• What can you promise yourself that can make you a better person / a better student?

Always be positive no matter what. Even when everyone else is down and about, just keep on being happy, cheer people up so they can be happy with you and always be thankful for what we have.

• Do you think your friends can / should trust you with things (objects, secrets, etc.) Why do you think so? or Why not?

Yes, because I’m a trustful person. Keeping thigs is also a responsibility…so I’m OK with those kind of things.

• Do you think you need a lot of privacy in school / at home? Why or why not?

I don’t think you should have a lot of privacy at home…I think people should be more open to others right now instead of keeping everything to themselves. If you keep everything to yourself you might not be able to talk to other people about anything and all your thoughts won’t be expressed in anyway. So I think people should be more open - so they won’t be isolated from everyone else, so they can express themselves and so that they will actually get to know their own personality - and others too.

Hey All You Peoples!

Here is an Ethical dilema from a play called Les Miserables - the longest running play - I think for 20 something years…

“Jean Valjean’s Conscience”

In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, the hero, Jean Valjean, is an ex-convict, living illegally under an assumed name and wanted for a robbery he committed many years ago. [Actually, no — he is only wanted for breaking parole.] Although he will be returned to the galleys — probably [in fact, actually] for life — if he is caught, he is a good man who does not deserve to be punished. He has established himself in a town, becoming mayor and a public benefactor. One day, Jean learns that another man, a vagabond, has been arrested for a minor crime and identified as Jean Valjean. Jean is first tempted to remain quiet, reasoning to himself that since he had nothing to do with the false identification of this hapless vagabond, he has no obligation to save him. Perhaps this man’s false identification, Jean reflects, is “an act of Providence meant to save me.” Upon reflection, however, Jean judges such reasoning “monstrous and hypocritical.” He now feels certain that it is his duty to reveal his identity, regardless of the disastrous personal consequences. His resolve is disturbed, however, as he reflects on the irreparable harm his return to the galleys will mean to so many people who depend upon him for their livelihood — especially troubling in the case of a helpless woman and her small child to whom he feels a special obligation. He now reproaches himself for being too selfish, for thinking only of his own conscience and not of others. The right thing to do, he now claims to himself, is to remain quiet, to continue making money and using it to help others. The vagabond, he comforts himself, is not a worthy person, anyway. Still unconvinced and tormented by the need to decide, Jean goes to the trial and confesses.

I think Jean Valjean did the right thing…go to court while that other person runs away and tells Javert he is 2-4-6-0-1 (the slave/prison number he was given). Jean Valjean is a good man and that’s why he did the right thing. He was innocent and didn’t have to go into parole - even though he did steal a loaf of bread, but his sister’s child was dying!! He deserved to be free…it’s that Javert’s problem, he just wants to go on and arrest everyone that he thinks has done a wrong…he’s so gullible to believe that pimp who harassed Fauntine. Anyways…back to the suject…JEAN VALJEAN did the right thing and is a good person.

LET’S GO LES MISERABLES!!! WOHOO!!! OH YEAH!!

 

Hey all!

Here’s another ethical dilemma for ya’ll to look at…

Here’s an ethical dilemma from http://www.goodcharacter.com.  Read it through and answer the questions at the bottom through your blog.  Be honest and natural in your answers.  Please answer in full, complete sentences.

Sam knew something was weird the second he got to class on Tuesday morning. He saw kids whispering and pointing at him. Some were looking at him funny. He sat down next to his best friend and picked up the graded report the teacher, Mr. Crosby, had graded over the weekend. Sam looked at the ” A-“ and forgot about the rest of the class for a minute. He had worked hard at that report and was thrilled it had paid off. He looked up and saw a bunch of kids staring at him. While the teacher cleaned up the white board, Sam whispered to Dylan, “ What’s going on?” Dylan, looked down and said quietly, “Conner told everyone you copied your report from the internet.” “ But, that’s a lie!” Sam said. “I never cheat and everyone knows it.” He was hurt and angry. He couldn’t focus the rest of the morning in class.

At recess he went up to Conner and asked him if he had really told everyone he had cheated. “ It’s no big deal,” Conner scoffed. “ I only told a few people. Lighten up. It was just a joke.” Sam turned and walked away. He wanted to yell at Conner, or hit him, or something. He just wanted to make Conner feel as bad as Conner had made him feel.

For the next two days, Sam avoided Conner but Sam and Dylan made up as many lies as they could think of about Conner to get back at him. They told kids that he was jealous of anyone who did well in school because he almost failed fourth grade last year. They told the girl Conner liked that he still wet his bed sometimes. But it wasn’t helping. Sam was still just as mad at Conner. In fact, all he thought about now was Conner and what he had done.

On Friday, Mr. Crosby had all three boys stay to talk with him during recess. He told them they had until the end of recess to work out whatever it was that was going on between them. If they had not all forgiven each other by the end of recess, they had to go to the principal’s office. Then Mr. Crosby left the classroom.

The three boys stared angrily at each other waiting for someone to say something. Sam didn’t know what to say. All he knew was that he was tired of being mad and hurt. What could he do to make it stop? And what did Mr. Crosby mean by all forgive each other?

I think all three guys have to apologize to each other because this all started with a little joke and it got out of hand and grew bigger and bigger. They should apologize to each other because they should be old enough to know that what they said about each other isn’t right and that they should stop. I think the most guilty of doing wrong is Connor because he’s the one who started the whole thing and he shouldn’t joke about other people and their school work anyway. I think if Sam forgives Connor, that will make thier friendship stronger so that they can just fogive and foget that whole thing. I have never been in a positon like this, but if I was, I would ask the person who supposedly is Connor why they did that and tell them it was wrong but still forgive them. Hm….I don’t think I really have to forgive anyone right now (hopefully) becasue they did something bad to me - and if someone did make fun of me I would forgive them anyways. When I forgive someone for doing something mean to me I feel much better, but sometimes if they did something REALLY bad and I still forgave them I might feel a little regret for not making them learn thier lesson first.

Oh well, hope these things don’t happen to anyone who reads this… O.o

SEE YA’LL!

HEY ALL YOU PEOPLES!!

Here is an ethical dilemma…I’m also going to answer some questions too.

Here’s an ethical dilemma from http://www.goodcharacter.com.  Read it through and answer the questions at the bottom through your blog.  Be honest and natural in your answers.  Please answer in full, complete sentences.

Maya knew she was busted as soon as she saw the school’s Assistant Principal walking toward her. She was at her friend’s school dance and they had gone to a “pre-party” beforehand. Maya wasn’t a big partier but she had shared a couple of drinks with some of her friends and now was about to be busted. The Assistant Principal approached her and said that she looked like she was unsteady on her feet. Maya tried the think fast and replied that she had played in a soccer game that day and was sore. The Assistant Principal then asked for her name and what school she went to, and commented that she smelled alcohol on Maya’s breath. Maya told her what school she was from and that she had not been drinking. The Assistant Principal began to explain that she would have to call Maya’s school the next day with her suspicions but was interrupted by a group of students. As she turned to answer them, Maya slipped out the door of the school.

Maya was panicked. She was pretty sure the Assistant Principal would have no trouble finding out her name. Her friend came out to find her and told her to stay calm. Her friend explained that the Assistant Principal probably wouldn’t even call and that she couldn’t be busted because she didn’t break any rule on her own school campus. This might have calmed another seventeen year old down but not Maya. Both teachers and peers respected her at her school for her academics and her integrity.  She volunteered every weekend in her neighborhood Head Start program and was captain of the varsity soccer team. She felt like she would let so many people down if they found out what she had done. She already felt like she had let herself down. She had so far to fall. Why did she have to risk it all in such a stupid way?

Maya couldn’t believe this was happening. She felt like she was watching herself. She would do anything to take back those drinks now, but thinking like that was wasting time. If her parents found out, she could kiss her social life good bye. If her teachers found out, they would all look at her differently. Her friend’s advice was to do nothing and hope that Maya’s school wouldn’t get a call from the Assistant Principal. If she did, then she could either deny it, or come clean. But, there was no sense in turning herself in at this point. That seemed like a big gamble to Maya. Still panicked, Maya tried examining her choices and playing them out. For example, if she were to go talk to the Assistant Principal at her own school before she received the phone call, that action would be consistent with the character and integrity she showed her school community. That might lessen the consequences or, at least, alleviate the fear and guilt that was freaking her out. On the other hand, she had broken no school rules on her own campus or school sponsored event. Would she be creating drama where there might never be drama?  Maya was confused and overwhelmed. She needed to come up with an action plan before school tomorrow.

If I was Maya’s friend, I would tell her to not freak out and turn herself in because it will make the concequences less if they do find out and it would probably make her feel better. If I was Maya’s parent, I would tell her that I was not angry at her but just tell her to turn herself in becasue it’s the right thing to do. If Maya turned herself in, it would be better for her and everyone else, it would say that she is an honest girl and really admit that she actually is sorry for it. If Maya didn’t turn herself in, she would have bad concequences! People will also look differently at her becasue she is a good person but now she was drinking. I don’t know or have heard about anyone in this kind of situation before, but I think if someone was in this kind of dilemma, they would be panicking right now but they should know what is the right thing to do in this kind of situation. It’s like if you had to tell a lie to save your butt or tell the truth and let it stay in the past. I think Maya is kinda overacting because of this little thing. Yes, she will get in trouble but it’s not like they are going to hang you for drinking. You’re just going to get in alot of trouble…Maya shuld just stay calm and realize that she will have to deal with the concequences herself becasue she got herself into this - she’s going to get herself out.

OH WELL…SEE YA’LL NEXT TIME!

PS…don’t drink and drive for goodness sake!!!!

HELLO ALL!

Today I’m on level 11 typing and I started of super fast but later went slow becasue for some strange reason, my arm began to hurt. After typing, I went to the gimp. I Tried to make an IPod and I tried to fill it in with comolr but for another strange reason, it won’t let me fill the ipodwith color - and now it looks ugly. Oh well, here is how it looks like…

HEY ALL!

Today was a normal day…as normal as ever. I just went on typing and got to level 11 I was slow becasue it was a new level and it had way longer words. After that, I went to the Gimp and I tried the calligraphy pen and wrote things with it but didn’t save them. The I experimanted with other things, I tried to make a sunset but I thought it was ugly so I didn’t save it either. Then, when I was about to start something else, we had to blog.

So it’s a very normal day…normal as ever, or maybe I’m just tired…hm…

Oh well, SEE YA’LL! ~