Cough this is the same thing as best and worst memory cough. But anywho!
My best experiences (since there are plenty that even out on the same level with eachother) would all mainly be in the library, reading or something. Yep, my best experience at Computech was reading.
Actually, the best part of my life is spent 60% reading and writing. I just like doing so.
My worst, and this also counts as my best, too, was yesterday. In P.E. we were playing basketball, and I forgot what happened, but the ball was thrown at it, and I caught it wrongly, so it hit my finger, and now the joint is dislocated, the ligament is sprained, and the whole thing is just badly bruised. But it's okay. When the ball hit my finger I actually just screamed out a bad word really loudly, and clutched it for a while, before finishing the game and another one. Then it started really hurting, and I had to go get ice. It was purple and swollen for the rest of the day. Now it's black and purple and bruised and in a splint.
Fun.
I think this is the longest CORE Concentration blog post since ever. For me, I mean.
Well, it's the last one of seventh grade, so I've got to make it count, right? I guess I know that subconsciously, and am giving it more effort.
Adios, Seventh Grade.
O.
I suppose I'm supposed to know about it.
I suppose I'm supposed to be able to pretty much recite the Age of Exploration.
To be honest, I know nothing about the subject, much less the Columbian Exchange.
I'd probably fail any test you give me.
But let's give it a shot!
Positive and negative effects about it.
Well, the Columbian Exchange was the route to America, right? Where they exchanged gold, silk, diseases, people.
*awkward laugh*
*blinks*
*exhales*
The Columbian Exchange can be told as a sort of New Age, from Christopher Columbus' journey. Columbus, looking for India, had no idea the Earth was flat. So he sailed the ocean blue, in 1492, until he came across a lump. This lump had lots of bump, the bumps of the Earth, containing villages hosting hearth. They welcomed him, they welcomed, him, oh yes they did that, too. But Columbus, that mighty man he wanted the land, he wanted them to shoo.
Okay, I haven't any idea what I'm doing. I'll fix this later.
Hmph. I didn't really like them at all. I would say I liked the Sting Ray one the best, but in reality, I only liked putting my hands in the water, not the actual station. We had to graph, and I abhor graphing. I liked the Flamingo station, though, because the math was easy, though Reyna had to help me use a calculator. The Science part was also easy, though I kept rejecting the Zookeeper when she asked me if I wanted help and/or information about the Flamingo and it's physical features. I was just like, "No, I can figure it out."
The Zoo stations weren't all that fun, and mostly everything was just plain math-related. If not, it was science related, with a question like, "How does the elephant's skin protect it from the Sun? Calculate the heat in degrees Celcius to determine the amount the animal can withstand."
What's the fun in that? I didn't like the Zoo trip much, it was very crowded and disorganized. But hey, I enjoyed being away from campus for a bit, and not at home or the office, so. At least the eighth graders got a 7th grade-free campus for the most part of the day.
Both were strong civilizations. Both were really cool. Both sacrificed people. (And is there like a movie where it shows how, 'cause I'd like to see a human sacrifice in detail.) Both came to an end.
How so?, you ask. (I know you don't, but just pretend, okay, and stop ruining my moments.) Both the Inca and the Aztec were Spanish-infested. The Inca was conquered by his not-majesty-just-his-truly, ______ (I forgot his name, sorry. I'm only human.) He came to the Inca, who were truly curious about him, his horses, and his men, and he was welcomed warmly into the Inca. But this Spanish leader wasn't up for any games, like the Aztec's Hernan Cortes. He was straight to the point, and in simple matters, the Inca went splat in just a few days. So I guess the Inca and the Aztec fell in similar ways because of the Spanish. But the Aztecs were more decieved, like, "Hey, Moctezuma, how are you. I'll pretend to be nice and then kill you." The Inca fall was like, "Hey. Die."
Hmn, I have a lot of good memories here. But I don't really know what is meant by 'best'. Is best implying favorite, or best. Because my favorite memory is most definitely not my best.
I guess my best memory here at Computech is Battle of the Books. Although we didn't win, we were still really excited, and I just remember feeling so hyped, but I was still really nervous because I hadn't read one of the books.
c o u g h.
I don't remember anything that happened, really. I actually don't remember a lot of things. Life just isn't worth my brain capacity.
Yet.
Ugh. I'm so t i r e d. Not as much as yesterday, but still tired. My head hurts. I'm hungry.
I complain alot.
I guess another good memory of mine is when I got report cards, and my C in Algebra had risen back to a B.
Those were good times, back then.
Things are different.
Things were always different.
The Mayans were a great civilization.
Almost as good as the Aztecs.
Ha. Snort.
I like Native Americans, their way of living and stuff were interesting. I'd like to kill a buffalo with obsidian.
Cough.
Throat Clear.
The Mayans just ran off of our history record-just like that. Like run>run>run>run>run>run>stop|
There are so many theories on the decline of the Maya. Some say they just realized what they were doing was boring. Some people say they were waged in so much war they destroyed themselves. Some people say the Europeans killed them all. Others say they ran into the Aztecs.
I like to believe they destroyed themselves. We haven't much evidence on that, but we have the biggest evidence ever. They were humans. Humans don't get along with other humans. They fight. They have so much emotion.
That's why I think the Maya just disappeared.
If you can't hang, there's the door.
Morning (3rd Sunrise)
Father says it's wrong for us to be here. He says evil things lurk about. I say it's wonderful. Well, it was.
Mother came quickly to visit me during my bath before she starts the clan's food along with my other Mothers. She said that Father's leaving today, with a few of my uncles, and it was time for me to make a choice.
I do realize she wants me to say here, in this land, where the grass is covered with slightly frozen dew, and the buffalo run among other animals, free. She wants to teach me the ways of the ancestor, to dance, to make beautiful pieces of jewelry.
But I do not want to.
I want to run with my Father, and my brothers, and my cousins, my uncles. I want to hunt down large animals under the blue sky.
But mother, it's not what she wants.
It's all about mother, isn't it?
Honestly (hey! That's one of Hot Chelle Rae's songs!), I'm not much of a reader.
-snort-
I don't really know how many, or the titles of the books I've read this year, much less my favorite. And, does it mean this year as in 2013, or this year as in the 2012-2013 school year?
To make it easier, I'll say the year 2013.
Be more specific next time, CORE blog prompt writer.
I'd definitley have to say my favorite book this year was How to Save a Life. I think the author was Sarah Zarr or something.
Anywho, it's my favorite because it was deep. There was Jill, the girl with piercings and dyed hair, who lost her father and was losing her mother, along with adopting a sister. I really liked Jill. The entire story seemed to revolve around pregnant Mandy and her baby, but I liked Jill. I think, in a way, Jill was the storyline, not Mandy.
This post, for being about books, is a shame.
Mmm...I like that name.
It sounds mysterious.
The Scientific Revolution!
I think I'm flirting with a period in history....oh.....
The Scientific Revolution was an entire change of beliefs for some people during the Renaissance. It was the time of the printing press, Aristotle and Ptolemy's rejections, Da Vinci, and most importantly, the man I'm in love and obsessed with: Galileo.
Don't judge. I love Galileo.
What was so important about the Scientific Revolution, you say? Well, let's see. The Sun and everything else revolves around the Earth. The Earth is the center of the universe, the center of the heavens, oh, the perfect heavens.
And that's only a bit of it.
Back in the Middle Ages, people believed in the ancient Greek and Latin philosophers, Ptolemy and Aristotle. But that was about to change. Many German, French, and English scholars made expiriments for themselves, thought for themselves, and found out the truth.
Like Galileo.
<3
Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran Religion (which is actually pretty nice, I attended one of their masses when I went to CTY Camp), created a document with his 95 theses on the Catholic Church and nailed them to the church's door. So I have 5 theses of my own, regarding school. (Warning: Some may be unreasonable, but I am an unreasonable person, so deal with it)
Theses 1: Each Student must have to read one book a week.
This is one of mine that students would find unreasonable, but, quite frankly, do you guys even KNOW HOW TO READ? I go up to someone and ask for a good book, and my answer is, "Reading? Ew, who reads?" Uhm, I DO!
Theses 2: I'd actually like it if we had 9 periods. Make the school day end at 3pm or 3:30pm. That way, classes are quick, but it challenges students to focus, otherwise, they'd get behind due to how quick the teacher moves on.
Theses 3: We should have more lunchtime bonuses. Okay, I know we're only in middle school/junior high, but I like Jamba Juice. It's cool. But, if we had more things like that selling, especially, cool things during the summer, it's really nice. The business gets money, and we get some money.
Theses 4: Rules should be stricter. For example, we're a high standard school, right? Or, supposed to be. So, if you have a C, you need some help. C- or below equals lunchtime detention. Also, if someone is in trouble, don't say "You're going to get Homework Lab", teachers. Just actually give it to him/her. We're what? Twelve? (I just joined that category!) Thirteen? Fourteen? We don't need warnings anymore.
Theses 5: Motivation. Ahem. This is where technology comes in. I suppose it's easy, but using it too much makes me lazy. I won't do my Cornell notes unless I get to type them. We need motivation to actually do WORK.
(Last one didn't make sense)
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