What is it? #5

Last week's what is it was pollen.

 What is this? It's easy to guess!

Cool New Things

There are two cool things that my teacher has introduced to me. One of them is called Wordle. I think it is pretty interesting because you can put a lot of words together and the wordle program will put them into a word collage. Here is an example that I made:

Click here to try it for yourself.

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The second thing that my teacher introduced to me is Ta-da Lists. What I like about this site is that it allows you to make checklists. You can also share your checklists with people.

Click here to view my checklist as an example.

If you would like to create one, click here.

Texting While Driving

It’s a bad habit to text and drive. Have you ever thought of the consequences of texting and driving at the same time? You can have a crash and in some states they will give you a ticket if they catch you texting while driving. If you didn't have to take your eyes off the road to text while you’re driving, then texting and driving wouldn't be a bad thing. The truth is, you have to take your eyes off the road and doing that can get you killed someday. Just looking at something on the side of the road or even a sign can get you killed. So, what do you think texting can do? Talking on the phone can distract you and make you think about something else other than driving. Anything to do with a cell phone is a bad thing to use in your car. If you wanted to be really safe, you could just shut it off and put it in your pocket for when you get an important phone call. Most people just think they can handle texting and driving at the same time, but usually those are the people that we read about in the newspaper for having a wreck. I try to keep mine in my pocket when I drive. What do you do with your cell phone while driving? Let me know if you text and drive because I would hate to read about you in the newspaper.

Animal of the Week #4: Frogs!

Many people are scared to pick up a frog or even go near it. The truth is most frogs are completely harmless. They can't hurt you because they have no teeth. The only scary thing they might do is jump on your head, which would be very funny! Frogs are a part of the zoological class called Amphibian. Some may ask, what is the difference between a frog and a toad? The way you can tell the difference between the two is that frogs tend to lay eggs in clusters, and they have two bulging eyes. Toads have warty and dry skin, and they lay eggs in long chains.

You can find frogs mostly anywhere except Antarctica and every environment except the ocean. Mainly is all depends on what type of frog you are looking for. Most of the time, you will find frogs in any civilized area except poisonous frogs (you won't find them anywhere people are.)

Frogs can live 4 to 15 years, now that’s crazy stuff. Frogs mainly feed on flies, worms, and snails. Doesn't that sound yummy? Frogs can't chew on their food so they have to shallow it whole! What if we had to swallow our food whole? I honestly don't think I could swallow a whole hamburger without chewing. Frogs are very interesting creatures they can jump anywhere they want. We can't do that, but frogs can and that’s what I find so cool about them.

What do you think about frogs?


Sources: http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/weird.html

Halloween Time!

Halloween is drawing near! How many of you still go trick-or-treating? I've actually heard of parents telling kids that they are too old to trick-or-treat. At the moment, I could care less that I'm sixteen years old. I'm going to trick-or-treat until I'm 18. It is a really fun experience for me that I like to share with my friends and family. I usually take my nieces or nephews with me whenever I go. Some of you might do that too. If you don't go trick-or-treating anymore, tell me about the costumes your wore. What did you dress up as? I find that some of the costumes that people wear are very creative. When I was a little girl, I always went as a witch except for three times. In those three times that I wasn't a witch, I was a murderer, an emperess, and a cheerleader. This year, I think I'm dressing up as a princess with my best friend. Our boyfriends are going to be princes. My boyfriend and I were going to go as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan. My best friend and her boyfriend, which is my boyfriend's brother, were originally going as a football player and cheerleader. Yes, I know that those aren't really the greatest costumes in the world but they are simple. I like simplicity. Are there any other things that you do on Halloween? If you would, comment this and tell me all about it. I'm actually pretty interested in knowing about it. Just so you know, I celebrate Halloween as a fun thing. I don't celebrate it as the devil's holiday. Remember to comment this and tell me all about your Halloween experiences!

Quote of the Week #4

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. 

- Unknown Author -

What does this quote mean exactly? It is basically saying that your negativity and disbelief can really hold you back sometimes. Here are a few examples to help clarify this :

1. A girl wanting to become a singer and saying, " I'm not that good. I could never become a singer."

2. A boy painting the most magnificent picture and refusing to enter it into a show because he is afraid no one will like it. He doesn't believe that he is an artist.

3. People that don't think that they are good people. They just say that they aren't that of a person.

Don't hold yourself back. Believe that you can do the impossible and never give up. Give things all that you have! Just go for it! What do you have to lose?

Columbine High School massacre

On the Hitler's birthday, April 20, 1999, two students decided to take the life of 13 others and their own lives in Columbine High school in Columbine, Colorado. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were two seniors that were bullied all throughout high school. Students that were killed: Rachel Scott - 17, Richard Castaldo - 17, Daniel Rohrbough - 15, Lance Kirklin - 16, Michael Johnson - 15, Mark Taylor - 16, Anne-Marie Hochhatler - 17, Brian Anderson - 16, Patti Neilson - 35, Stephaine Munson - 16, and Dave Sander - 47 (the only teacher killed in the shooting.)

"I won't be labeled as average." - Rachel Joy Scott.

Rachel Scott was the first one killed in the Columbine shooting, she was having lunch with her friends when they came out and put 2 bullets through her shoulder. Rachel wanted to make an impact of the world that she was living in. I know this many sound weird and crazy, but Rachel knew she was going to die young. She use to say to her friends and family "I am going to die young, I just know it." She wrote an essay 2 weeks before she died the title was "My Ethics, Codes of Life," this essay was written about compassion and kindness to people can make a huge impact of the world.

They found this picture on the back of her dresser months and months after her death.

Its Rachel's hands saying "These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people's hearts."

A true, but crazy story is a couple months after Rachel's death this man from Ohio called Rachel's dad and told him that he had a dream about girls eyes with tears in them falling to the ground. The tears made something grow from the ground as if a new life was beginning. The man asked the dad if this meant anything to him, the dad said no. Rachel's dad took down his name and number if something did come up. About a week later he went to go pick up Rachel's backpack from the police office after investigations. He flipped to the last thing that Rachel wrote and it was eyes. Two girl’s eyes with 13 clear drops, falling to the grounded and beginning a new life of a flower.

This is crazy right? I think that the massacre of Columbine was a lifetime event. Rachel's funeral was aired live on national TV, over a million people tuned in and watches her funeral. Those 13 students and one teacher that had their life taken that day were completely innocent. I hope we can I learn from Rachel's movement, I know I sure am. What do you think?