freaking out about finals...

FINALS!
why we do we need to take these exams at the end of each semester?
these finals are adding stress onto a highschool student life right before the big holidays..people are planning vacations and some people are actually leaving before finals adding more stress about the holidays and testing. its pointless to learn about 10-15 units in a semester already take chapter tests on them and then needing to test again on them monthes later with alittle review and cramming 150 questions into such a short time period. it wouldnt be so stressful if you only had to take one or two finals but most people take seven finals..seven big tests in three days only a couple days before christmas is crazy! not only do people freak them selfsout but if you fail a final and passed the chapter tests its saying something..we cant  take 7 huge tests before a exciting holiday and it also hurts your GPA and lowers you grades! rarely does it help grades or GPA's! i  think we should take finals after break and/or limit the tests question down to 50 or 60 questions.

Bl@ck Frid@y CR@AZ3!

"Days to Black Friday are decreasing and the storm is starting to brew. People are putting in efforts in research, taking down points, making lists and collecting supplies for camping, whereas a lot of them are also taking days off from work. This is all because of Black Friday coming soon to a retailer near you."(Black Friday nearing; shoppers and retailors prepare "article"). Black Friday is the one and only busiest shopping day of the year, a kickoff to the Christmas shopping season begins the day after thanksgiving. Stores open early and people are there ready to go to get the best sales out there. Statistics say Nearly 152 million people in America are preparing for this day. but why is such a crazy day? its the only time to get huge sales, sounds great right? well no the lines are wrapped around stores and lines to check out take forever, items are gone within minutes and people start fights.. yet people still go only because the sales.  some people say do black friday shopping online, but then the expierence is gone..and the sales are better in stores..so why not get up early and shop? im in, great deals, intresting people...sounds good to me!

RoBo BaBy!

In the class parenting and family relations we are assigned a week to take care of a robot baby also known as “real care baby” or “think it over baby”. The baby does everything a real baby does it has to be burped, rocked, fed, and changing the diaper. This past week starting on Thursday November 10 I received the robot baby. I keep the baby till Monday November 14 till 8^th period. I named the baby Olivia and the baby really takes it out of you. The purpose of the baby is to show you what a real baby would do and how much it would change your life and how hard it really is. The baby cries at all hours. On Thursday night the baby cried 13 times at night and kept me up every hour and a half and on Friday night the baby only cried twice and I got to sleep all night. On Saturday night the baby cried 18 times at night and I barely got sleep. The baby really gives a look into the future an makes you not want kids for a long time. The baby really takes a lot out of you and a lot of people give you many weird looks when out in public. The baby is good learning activity.

Jersey Shore:D

“You are what you watch” (Melisa Dahl) does watching a reality show like Jersey Shore make you dumber?  It's called media priming -- the idea that the things we watch or listen to or read influence our emotions and our behavior. Think you're too smart to be influenced by the media you consume? Anything we see -- a person on the street, an ad on TV, a character in a movie has some influence on our next thoughts, emotions or actions, simply because it's on the top of your mind. So my question is does watching Jersey Shore make you dumber? The answer is yes it can make you feel dumber because what you just watched is on the top of your mind and a study has been done about “Some of the 81 volunteers were instructed to read a longer version of the "soccer hooligan" story, while others read a shorter version -- and the control group read a rather boring story in which Meier does nothing stupid. Then researchers gave the volunteers a multiple choice general knowledge test, including questions like, "What is the capital of Libya?" and "What kind of speed is expressed by the letter 'c' in physics?" and "Who painted La Guernica? To be fair, these are tough questions to answer sans-Internet regardless of whether you've just watched something vapid like "Toddlers and Tiaras." But, as the researchers write, "participants who read a narrative about a stupidly acting soccer hooligan performed worse in the knowledge test than participants who read a narrative about a character with no reference to his intellectual abilities”(bodyodd.msnbc.com). The answer according to this is yes because if you replace the soccer story with the jersey shore cast you would perform worse on the test.

jershore cast 2011! making you dumber?

What age should trick or treating stop?

Trick or treating: the cry by children at Halloween when they call at housetop stop trick or treating? Indicating that they want a present or money or else they will play a trick on the householder. Trick or treating is for children to go around the neighborhood getting candy or treats from others during the month of October near Halloween. The question is what is the appropriate age to stop trick or treating? According to pollwizard.com the graph indicates the trick or treating shouldn’t have an age limit

Top of Form At what age should you stop trick or treating?			Vote Bottom of Form
8		2
9		2
10		2
11		12
12		23
13		58
14		12
15		17
16		9
17		4
18		25
19		1
20		1
21		3
Never...		153

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This graph indicates most people should never stop trick or treating and in my opinion and the second highest vote on this poll is at age 13. I think it’s weird when a teenager comes to your door asking for candy. That person probably thinks “wow these kids are desperate for candy” when realistically you can buy your own candy from the store for about 3 dollars. And if I look around I see more kids over the age of 13 trick or treating. It’s understandable when they have younger siblings but most of these teenagers are in groups of 5 or 6 trick or treating…I think they need to stop. It’s meant for little kids to go around for candy …not teenagers.

ADDICTED to facebook...:D

I believe people are addicted to Facebook. I believe i am one of those people. I’m a person with very little time to do stuff and i purposely make time to go on Facebook almost every other day, if not every day. You’re probably thinking what’s there to do on Facebook every day?

my answer is i don’t really know, i don’t go on the apps on Facebook because i personally don’t like those games.so what do i do? I creep on people haha its fun and something new every day! But seriously that makes it addicting? According to some bloggers on yahoo answers people say Facebook is addictive because you can speak to a distant friend. Instant messaging service, meet new people, etc... But then meeting new people could it be dangerous? Yes it can be dangerous if you meet someone then meet up with them in person and they become a stalker or someone very different then you thinks. I only add people on Facebook that i know personally or people that i have mutual friends with. But i think Facebook is a good website to have por que...i can talk to mi amigos from different areas and different states. But i do think i over use Facebook.  As i believe others are to because 2/3 of the world is on Facebook....

Is the world going to end in 2012?



mayan calander



How did all he prophecies start from 2012?  According to most websites the Mayan calendar was where it all started the Mayan village is in Mexico and the calendar ended on December 21 2012 making the world end. But that’s not the only prophecy out there. Saying the sun is going to blow up the oceans will dry out and etc. but according to http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html there is an article where NASA answers some specific questions and saying how the world is not going to end.

Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.



Answer (A): Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.



According to http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/  there is an article that talks about past doomsday and how 2012 is just in the list of them, and how if the world lasted for this long already with all the other doomsdays that have failed we will be fine on December 21 2012. 2012 is just a more known doomsday than any other so there is more talk and more prophecies about it but people are just talking the talk and most scientists believe nothing will happen on this day.