Boring

This is the first time since 6th grade I have not done a spring sport, and it feels really werid! Most of the time I have no idea what to do after school; most of the time I try to workout to stay in shape.  Not doing track was the correct desicion I think.  I have more time to do homework and I can weightlift.  On the otherhand I kind of miss the team aspect of track and pole vaulting.

Cheater

I have cheated before and so has my friends, Not really on anything major, maybe a minor school assignment or a friendly game. If I saw one of my friends cheating on something like either of these I would never tell on them, Its not a big enough deal for anyone to care; plus they are my friends.  Although, if I saw my friends cheating on something major I would confront them and advise/convince them otherwise, but i still would not tell on them.

Testing

Testing is a very both sided subject. Some people thrive for tests while others seem to do badly on them. nobody really knows the reasons why; some kids are very smart yet do not care about tests or just plain feel uncomfortable about them and therefore, do bad. I have just spent the last three days testing and I HATED it. I feel like I have a well rounded education but some sections of the test makes me feel like I have never been to school. I do not think there will ever be a precise way to determine the smarts of a student.

Presidents

My Favorite President of all time is definitely Lincoln, without a doubt! Probably the thing I like most about him would be that we were both born on the same day. I can also add the fact that he was one of the best presidents of all time. He came up from nothing and became the most important man in America. He abolished slavery and led us through the Civil War. Without him, things would be a lot different today. He is on the 5 Dollar Bill and also on the Nickel. He also is on Mount Rushmore and has had many movies made about him!

INSECT

If I could be an insect I would choose to be a cockroach, this is because they can live a long time and are a lot smarter than other bugs! Another reason to tack on is because they have good camoflauge with a nutural color and can eat pretty much anything, they are some chill bugs!  And perhaps the most important reason of all is they can survive a nuculear attack!

Final Exam

In Exploring Technology we have visited a lot of different types of technology including, blogging, podcasting, RSS, Wikis, Bloglines, and Google Drive. of all of these specific types of technology my favorite one to use had to be Google Drive.  I could definitely use this after high school. It allows multiple google account owners to edit a certain document at one time. (as long as they have been invited by the creator.) it would be a great tool to use in college with a partner on a certain assignment if we are across campus or don't want to meet up to exchange flash drives. Another way i could use this technology is to make documents from anywhere in the world and be able to be on live feed with someone else to help me, if i am in a job making things on the computer for many people I'm going to need co workers help on the document,Google drive is perfect for that. And the last reason I would use it is just to have fun! I could start a document with a friend and just tell each other what we've been up to and they can see it whenever and wherever! All in all it is a awesome piece of technology that i think is highly underused/underrated. On the other hand, a piece of this technology that i would not use (of the six mentioned in the beginning) would be blogging. Blogging has been totally washed out by other social networking sites like facebook, if i were to create a business the first thing i would do is make a facebook page and invite people. i don't think a lot of people go out of their way to look at blogs, i could have a thousand views on facebook in a few weeks if i tried. I have had a blog this whole semester and i don't think i have broken 120 views. As for the aspect of personal use i would also go with a different social network like facebook or twitter.

Extended Winter Break

This Winter Break has ben especally fun probably my favorite thing about it was we got an extra week off of school due to the weather.  Over the break I hung out with friends and did all the holiday stuff like Christmas Partys and New Years Parties.  Other than that I went to wrestling pratice and meets or just enjoyed relaxing and watching movies. For the first time in a while i did not do much outside because it was way to cold for me, hopefully next year we get an extra week off to.