Cars and Fuel

Actual Car: I have Ford Explorer 2009, and it uses 41
0.1154 liters of fuel per year. It is actually a lot, but I need to come to school so it's necessary.



Dream Car: My dream car is the Aston Martin Vanquish, it uses 472.8082 liters per year, so it would be worse for the environment, but it is still my dream car.

Efficient Car #1 (Mini Cooper S 2011): The Mini Cooper uses 84.8965 liters of fuel per year. It's the most efficient car of all four I've listed and it is actually a cool car. I might buy a Mini Cooper when I turn sixteen, I'm seriously thinking about it.

Efficient Car #2 (Toyota Camry Hybrid 2010): The Toyota Hybrid uses 90.1209 liters per year which is actually really great. It wastes a lot more less fuel than my previous cars.

Google Earth Tours

I'm going to talk about the Google Earth projects that the class just did. Some did really well and some did horrible. Adriana's project was good, she had the necessary places and good timing when moving from one place to another. It would be better if it had a little more effects though. Marifer's was really bad. She just moved around the place and did not zoom in into anything, it lasted 25 seconds. Plus, she only had two places, I have nothing positive to say about this one. Courtney's just zoomed into her house and stayed focused on that place for like a whole minute and then ended. I can give her a positive on the good start, but the rest of it is boring and bad. My tour had smooth and good, timed movement in my opinion, the zooms where also smooth. I had five stops, which were more than necessary, so that's another positive attribute. The only thing I would change would be inserting voice explanation. I actually tried to do this, and I even tried with a mic, but I just didn't understand how it worked. It was a very exciting project and I hope we use Google Earth again someday.

JOY

J
In first period, we didn't have a teacher so we just were like listening to our iPods and chatting with each other and it was quite relaxing. I feel more comfortable starting the day now because I feel more calm. I don't really know why Mr. Whitten didn't come, but he didn't show up to class. Miss Schalla substituted him yesterday I guess she was busy with another class or something else because no one ever came. We just did our own stuff for 45 minutes and waited for the bell to ring, then we moved on to this class. Moving on to a different subject, I ate an apple this morning, which is good because I never have breakfast. It actually works, I don't feel like I'm about to sleep. I hope this will be a good day to learn at school.

O
I would like to travel the world alone. I would also like to go with my family another time, but I would love to go by myself at least once. Enjoy a good dinner in front of the Eiffel Tower and just relax with the view. Drinking a German ice cream by the pool and watching the sunset at a nice cafe. Even taking a walk down the roads of Rome would be amazing. It's those little things in life that make it so great, you don't need to do big stuff to enjoy yourself. I would really love to do that someday, maybe I will when I work and live on my own. I feel like it's something you got to do before you leave this world.

Y
A part of me that makes me very special is my charisma. I don't ever treat people badly or at least I try my best not to. I do not judge people by their looks or by how much money they have. I judge people according to their personality, if they treat me well, I treat them well. I'm actually friends with everyone, I don't really know people with whom I don't talk or don't get along well with them. I like all types of sports too and I'm open minded, ready to learn and experience new stuff. I'm also good when talking to people, I don't really feel awkward with silence or anything, I just feel that talking is talking, and it doesn't have to be weird. If you get to know me I'm sure we'll get along, and remember, treat people the way you wish to be treated!

Typing Graphs and Discussion

I have improved a lot over the course of the year in typing. I was already kind of fast when I started, but my scores totally went up significantly. The best thing is that they grew, even if we now had a much harder test. I think it's important to write faster, I may need it in college or even when I work. You can do your works faster than everyone else, and you cut off homework time. I think that typing should be included in all grades of high school. Students need that skill, it's not just something new to learn, it's something that will help them work and study. I was really happy with my improvement, I wish to do better over time, maybe get 65 or 70 in net speed by the end of next year, I'm my own limit breaker!

MAP Testing Graphs

This is my reading graph, it is a good graph when representing my scores. It shows slight changes over time, half and half that show progress or descent of my scores. It's easy to read, or better said, to identify the changing of the graph over different points, I think this graph is nice.

This is my math graph, this was one of my best graphs since it only shows one descending point, the rest of them showing progress. we can see a significant growth on the beginning bars, and then on the last four, maintaining kind of a steady pace. This graph was great, it shows my best scores

Finally, we can see my language graph. This is actually very similar to my math graph, we can see a big progress on the beginning points, one descending point, and a steady pace on the last four, the last two being the same, just like in the math graph. I think this is even better because I think you can see it more clearly, it's easier to identify the slopes. This was my personal favorite graph.

The two best graphs were the math and language ones, since they represent the same descending and ascending points in my tests, not the same scores, but the same progress. It has to sum up to only one, and I have chosen my language graph as the graph that most clearly represents my MAP scores. Yes, it may be the same as my math one, or very similar, but the language one is easier to identify. The points are put clearly in their place, and you can see without difficulty where the points are placed, or better said, more accurately. I'm very satisfied with my scores, I hope next year they will be even better, thank you!

Oil Spill

I think that the oil spill was an accident, the company wouldn't do that on purpose. There are many things that we can consider to know what caused the oil spill. I personally think that because of the high tide, a big and strong wave hit one of the main towers. Then it broke down and caused the breaking down of the main system. The oil began to come out, and since it holds tons of oil, it became something massive. The oil spill is bigger than Vallarta, and bigger than small countries. We have to be aware of the consequences this is causing to our environment and to the wildlife that lives in that environment. It's something that will take a long time to fix.

Despite the severeness of the situation, we can repair the damage that as I write, is flowing through the ocean. It will take time of course, because of the size, but it won't be impossible. First we need to make sure everyone knows about this, and make everyone aware that this is damaging everybody. Then the company has to listen to us, listen to the people and hope that they will do as we hope. They can get help so they can fully clean the water contaminated by the oil. We could rescue animals that still had a chance to live, and keep them in a safe place until the oil spill is controlled. It will take some time and lots of patience, but together we can make it happen.

MAP Testing Week

Take a moment and revisit that post. Have your feelings changed? Take a moment and reflect on another testing week. How did it feel? What would you change about the process? Were you happy with your scores?

Going back in time and thinking about my previous MAP testing scores, I think that I did improve over the year. I totally got better at math and reading, I was always good at language, but those two subjects definitely got better this time. It felt good to be testing again, my mind felt refreshed and I did learn some new stuff. Those tests are actually kind of easy, you just have to read the question well, they don't show any impossible stuff, it's just different stuff from what we see in a daily basis here at school. I actually felt refreshed from doing those MAP tests. What I would change about the process of the MAP testing week is that some kids engage with the performance of other kid's tests. Some people change the answers of others and click enter just to enjoy themselves, and that's just wrong. Despite all of these things, I was really pleased with my scores and I hope it will be better next time. Thank you for your time and I hope you learned something while reading this text!