What+Do+You+Think?

=4th 9 weeks=

=5/19/11=

====I think it is really sad. If I were there I probably would have been screaming. I can't believe it did that much damage. If I could I would go and help those poor people because all there stuff is gone and they don't have anything left. We should all go and help the families whose homes got hit hard by the storm, we should also raise money so they can get new cloths and everything they need. I don't know where they would live, but I think we should let them stay at someones house or stay in a hotel. We all need to pitch in and help the people who got devastated by this storm.====

=5/12/11=

====I think it is good that they shut the nuclear power-plants down. This is because if they didn't in a couple of years or so it could make its way all the way over to the U.S. It is also bad for the people who live in and near Japan, because their country could start to have radioactive waste in it too. If they don't shut them down they can blow up and it would spray more radioactivity around Japan. If we all contribute to help Japan shut down their Power- plant then we will be safe too.==== = = = = = = = = =4/21/11=

====I think Twitter is good. This is because it lets people in other countries communicate about what they want to tell everyone. This is something that lets people state there feeling about what is going on. For example: If something was happening in another country and your family member was there then you could go on Twitter and you could tweet with each other so you know they are okay. This is why it is good to have the Twitter, because it allows you to communicate if you can't reach them by phone. I hope they keep using Twitter because it is something you can use to reach someone.====

=3/31/11=

====I think that people should stop killing the jaguars. These are living things just like us. I would either put a law not allowing jaguars to be killed or put them in a zoo so they will be safe. Farmers have been killing them because they are eating their livestock. They are like 2 year olds, they don't no any better. You don't need to kill them because they do something bad. It is like your mom/dad killing you if you do something bad. It is not right to kill these precious animals. People also kill them because the jaguars are getting their food they want. People should just let them have the prey because you can find other things to eat and they can't. It's not like they can go to the grocery store and buy some food for their family. So if we stop killing the jaguars they won't be extinct.====

10/21/10
What Do You Think

I read about the Titanic and how they were going to reenact it. So the Titanic went out into the Atlantic Ocean and hit a huge iceberg and the boat sank so about 1,500 people died in that frigid water that day. I think it is nice for them to recreate it. It shows people what those people on the Titanic did before that horrid day. In that lonesome water people lost their lives on that horrific and scary day. Some people lost a family member in that sink of the ship. Those people will get to see what their ancestor's saw, but without the sinking of the ship. When one of my loved ones died I felt like my whole world was ended. My heart was broken I felt like there was nothing good left in the world. That last day with my grandma was the saddest. I didn't even get to see her take her last breath or hear her last words. I know how the people who had loved ones on that boat felt. They may not have even got to see that person before they died. I feel bad that lots of people died on that ship. it makes me think of those people and what might have happened if the Titanic didn't sink. After the cruises are over they should use the money to make a memorial for those people who died. Anyone who lost someone in the Titanic sinking can go see it and even people who didn't lose someone, but just to go see it.

10/25/10
I think that Google is a very good search engine. It helps you get more information on things you already know. If you pay attention it will help you, but if you don't pay attention you won't learn anything and you won't even know what the answer means. When we have acsess to the Internet we can get answers to things much faster then when we have to look it up in the encyclopedia. Google has made us smarter because when we write things down on paper we don't really remember it as well because we are just copying down what the teacher says. When you copy things down from a teacher you don't really listen because you may think it is boring. If you look it up on Google you get that information plus more. When I copy down notes I don't really remember it because I just have to write down what my teacher says to write down and I don't remember it as well. When I go onto the computer and look at the stuff I have to research I get it more because you can get the answer you want and it may be easier to understand. One time this year in Social Studies we had to go on the computer and look up an answer for Mr. Wilson. I went on Google and found it much quicker then if I looked in an atlas or another reference book. When I use Google I know that I will find the answer. It is like a friend that you always rely on and it is always there for you waiting to help you. That is why I use Google over any other search engine.

11/1/10
I think that year-round school's wouldn't be great because you would have to sit in a hot classroom all day. Even now the buses a humid imagine a bus in the middle of summer. Kids would be complaining about the heat in the classroom, so you would have to turn down the air conditioner so it's cool and that would cost money. Kids in school would probably complain all day and what teacher would want that. It says in the article that I read that you would go to school for 8-10 weeks then get 3-5 weeks off. That would ruin a lot of kids sleep schedule. They would be used to waking up early and then they could sleep in, but then a few weeks later they would have to wake up early again and that wouldn't be good especially if they are younger. If we had year-round school then you wouldn't be able to go on vacation and if you had a summer job or camp you wouldn't be able to do that. If that child had parents that worked they may not be able to get a babysitter and there parent would have to stay home and they wouldn't earn as much money. We would also have to pay more money for after school programs and for the buses. That would mean higher taxes and no one would like that. If we had to go to a year-round school we may not have Christmas Break, Spring Break, or Thanksgiving Break. Many people go away during that time so that wouldn't be very good to do. I think they should keep school the way it is and don't change th schedule because that would mess everything up.

12/9/10
In the cyberbullying paragraph they talk about three main things: How the Victims React, How to prevent it, and how to stay safe when online. Why don't they put in how to stop it? How do you make sure your friends don't get cyberbullied? The main point in this story was teens and cyberbullying. I think that NO ONE should be cyberbullied. That makes that kid feel embarrassed, sad, hurt, angry, and threatened. You should not bully anyone in person or online. Some kids won't leave their house because someone mean enough to do that made them SUPER c onscious of themselves. I have never been cyberbullied, but I bet a lot of kids have. It is not nice to be bullied. If you were that person you probably wouldn't want that to happen to you so you shouldn't do it to other people. Kids should try and stop cyberbullying from happening by telling friends not to do it. If you ever do get bullied online tell an adult you trust and they should be able to help you.

12/9/10
In this article the three main points are: Eat healthier, try new foods, and don't eat all the junk food. Why do cafeterias put out junk food when they know it is not good for you? Why can't they do this in all states? the main point in this article is eat healthier. I think schools should cook healthier foods. There are some kids out there who buy their lunch everyday but it is not healthy for them. That is why schools should start to make kids healthy food to eat at school. If you do not make good food for the students to eat their parent may complain about their child being over weight from school lunch. Most of the food at schools is processed, fried, and loaded with salt and fat. These kids should not eat like this, they deserve better then junky stuff everyday. I buy my lunch at times and I think it is good, but I think they should put more salads and vegetables out for kids to eat. That is my opinion on school lunches.

=1/5/11=

====In schools they shouldn't allow bullies to do this to other kids. This is most reasons why kids commit suicide. If they hear or see a bully being mean, calling them names, or etc. they should give them a referral or worse panel them for doing that. If it is really severe they should send them to Juvenal Detention (jail). It is not right to call someone names or bully them just because you don't like them. The girl Phoebe was from Ireland and the group who was bullying here called themselves " Mean Girls." They should go to jail for a long time because they made a girl at the age of 15 commit suicide because of them. They should not be allowed at that school and whoever else bullied her should go to jail. That is wrong to make someone feel so bad about themselves that they kill themselves. She probably hung herself because she didn't want to go through the trouble anymore of them teasing her.====

=1/20/11=

====Yes I think immigrants are good for the economy because they will help in the jobs that we have. In the article is says that when the immigrant just like everyone else help give the government money. Since there are many more people in the country with the immigrants the government will get more money. This will help our economy and thing we need for the world. They use the money for state services and new state revenue. For example: If we had less people without the immigrants the we wouldn't have as much money for things we need. The immigrants came here to get jobs because they couldn't support their family. They might live in a poor part of the world where they might not have a lot of jobs and they might get payed a low salary. So they know that they will be able to find a better life in the U.S because they have better job opportunity's then there country might have so this is their only way to help feed and support their family so I think we should let the immigrants stay.====

=2/4/11=

====I think " Toddlers and Tiaras" is a horrible show for those little girls. Their moms make them dress up and even get their eyebrows waxed. The little girl who was getting her eyebrows waxed was 5 and her mother was going to far. If you want your child to be in a beauty pageant you shouldn't get their eyebrows waxed. I also read that a 2 year old was dressed up in an inappropriate Madonna costume. One episode I was watching a little girl who looked as if she was 6, got a spray tan just for the pageant. No little girl should have to go through all of this just to be in a pageant. If their mom's want them in the pageant this bad they would have thought their daughter was pretty enough and left them the way they were instead of doing all these crazy things. I would never put any of my kids in a pageant. Most of the time the kids don't even want to practice they just want to be a normal kid and not go to a pageant.====

=2/17/11=

====I think that we should stop killing the bees because if we don't we could lose most of our food. Bees pollinate most of the things we eat. Since people are using pesticides that kill bees we don't have as many bees because they are dying. As you can see people don't like bees, but they actually help us in making our food. When bees are in those bee hives bee farms take them and use their honey to make honey for us. The bee population is decreasing rapidly and we need to stop it. By not killing bees with pesticide or hitting them to kill them we may be able to get our honey. Not only do bees provide honey for us, but they also provide many other food for us such as our fruits and veggies. That is why I think we should stop killing the bees.====