My Online Journal

What story or stories were you told as a child to explain why something was/is the way it was/is? For instance, what respone did you get for "Why is the sky blue?" or "Where do babies come from?" etc. Pick a story and write your journal entry about this.

I was told as a child many stories. One of them was that I Asked how does a car go and my mom told me that it goes by gasoline and without it it would be a car that does not run. It was a fairly simple question but my mom told me without the gas and a engine the car would not work so that was my answer from her to me about how a car runs.

Journal Entry #2

Pretend you are having a conversation with one of the Greek gods. Write a brief dialogue demonstrating what you would ask them and how they would answer you.

Me: Hi god phalos I wanted to ask you a question. God: What is that? Me: I know that Fred got the fire gift but I was curious if I can borrow it for a day. God: Ok Well I guess you can try it out. Me: thank you god for the pleasure to use fire. God: My pleasure. Have fun but by 12:00 midnight the gift will be gone and you will have your old gift which is to grow things.

Journal Entry #3

Why do you think things are the way they are? Who/what is responsible for our world? Explain!

I think things are the way they are because the people who do that task make it that way. They are the way they are for the sole purpose that people make it the way it is. People are responsible for our world because they do all the good and bad in it and cause most of the problems that we have today. (global- warming)

Journal Entry #4

Why are there unpleasant things in our world?

There are unpleasant things in our world because some people just like to be unpleasant And rude. Most people are bad but it is their choice whether if they want to be bad or good. you can never have good people all in the world as long as the human race is alive there will always be bad and good people.

Journal Entry #5

If you had the powers of a Greek god, which god would you like to be? Describe the powers and explain how you would use them.

I would like to be zeus because he has all the power of the universe and can destroy the earth and strip any god of his/her power. That would be cool because If a certain god kept bossing me around I would take his power away and If I wanted a day to be a certain kind of weather I can make it so with my powers.

Journal Entry #6

Here is your Miss America question: If you could change one thing in the world/universe, what would it be?

If I could change one thing in the universe it would be dogs without a home. I would change that because there are too many stray dogs in the world and they need to not be on the streets because they can die from disease and famine.

Journal Entry #7

Why do people need an explanation for the world around them? Why can't humans be content with just "being"? Explain your answer in regards to our need for science/religion to give us answers.

They need a explanation to do stuff in the world around them because everything in the world now is a privelige to do. They cant because people own things and you need to know how to use it. It is true because our race has changed from being a neanderthal to being a civilized and respectful race.

Journal Entry #8

List 10 things that you feel you know a lot about.

I know a lot about: 1) Basketball

2) computers

3) a certain online game

4) the internet

5)science

6)my friends and their lives

7)technology

8)fixing things

9) cars ( models)

10) places (that ive been to)

Journal Entry #9

Choose one of things from yesterday's entry that other people would agree with you about. In other words, your friends and family would certainly agree that you do know a lot about that area/subject. Then, write 10 sentences explaining what makes you an expert in this area/subject. Describe!

I would have to choose the internet because I know a lot in that field and can do a lot of things that has to do with the internet.I am a expert in this area because I can find almost everything that u give me to find and do some cool stuff in a webapge making. I know a lot about code for certain things and a lot of places to get certain things like tests for school and stuff. I can also get blueprints on certain things that I like to make or if I just want them. If I were to say help a person that dont know a lot about making a homepage I can help him/her with pics and anything else with that. The only thing that I dont like about people is when they ask me to help them but they are starting to tell me what to do.

Journal Entry #10

Choose an item from entry #8 that others MAY NOT know what an expert you are in that area. Describe what makes you knowledgeable. (If everyone would agree with everything on your list, simply choose another one to describe.

Some people know that I am not a good person skateboarding. I can t stay on it well and usually bust my a$$. I cant do tricks for nothing and really dont like to do it but when i am with my friends I do it but i dont stay on for long. I go on it but when I get off I will just go back on and do it.

Journal Entry #11

Remember: journal entries should take no longer than FIVE minutes of class time! Decribe your bedroom.

My bed room is a grayish color with maroon blinds and two beds. Me and my brother share it and we have a T.V. and a nintendo 64 hooked up to it and a playstation next to it so when I want to play it i just hook it up to my T.V. . I got a dresser and a stereo system where I play my music when I get u in the morning and when i go to bed or when I get home. My computer is also in my room.

Journal Entry #12

Describe the classroom

The classroom has a lot of computers. There is a board in the center of the room that has a projector on it that projects the lesson that the teacher is explaining. There is a board on the far side of the room that has any aims for that day and has any new code that we are supposed to write in our essays. It also has a bullitain board that has sample homepages that people did that are good , but some to me are not great. there are two wooden dorrs one with a sophisticated lock on it and has eight windows that open up to the schools courtyard.

Journal Entry #13

Describe the odors you encounter the minute you walk into your home.

When I walk into my home I smell grass... The grass in front of my house is cut 3 times a week so the smell of fresh cut grass goes into my windows and in my house.Also if my mom is cooking I will smell that or if my dog just had a bath i will smell wet dog (lol). Most of the time when the windows arent opened I dont smell nothing because I cant pick up anything in my house. Since my mom goes home today I will probably smell like cleaning fluids because my mom likes to clean the house on this day.

journal entry #14

Describe the sounds of the cafeteria during lunch.

I dont have many sounds at my lunch period because there arent many people there. I hear sounds like whistles from the deans and kids shouting and laughing and talking about what the latest buzz is in the world. I hear the kids getting up for lunch and going to eat... then when everyone has their lunch the talking is even more intense than before.

Journal Entry #15

Pick an animal you have touched. Describe what it feels like.

A animal that I feel is my dog... He got black hair and brown colors on his paws and chest. He like it when he is pet because he wags his little cropped tail. It feels like running your hands through silky hair. He also likes when you scratch his ear. He wags his tail and runs around if u stop then tries to jump on you so you keep doing it.

Journal Entry #16

Describe your favorite person. Don't tell us why you like this person. Describe what the person looks, smells, and sounds like, and through this, we should be able to tell what you think about the person through your description.

My favorite person is my friend frank. He has a blonde-brown hair with blue eyes and is real tall. He also wears skateboarding clothes and likes to skateboard. I cant really tell you what he smells like because he has no smell. He sounds like a mature person. He has no sounds that are weird to me. He sounds just like a kid that wants to have fun.

Journal Entry #17

Describe your least favorite person. Don't tell us why you dislike this person. Describe what the person looks, smells, and sounds like, and through this, we should be able to tell what you think about the person through your description.

My least favorite person is a person who has a little attitude... He has brown hrair and brown eyes. He is fat and thinks that he knows all that there is to know but when he is challenged to what he knows he knows nothing and feels like a stupid person. He likes to play basketball and football. He thinks that he can beat anyone in the sport but I look at it like this... If I can beat him then anyone can beat him. He is cool but because of his attitude he is the person I hate the most to hang with.

Journal Entry #18

Describe the happiest moment of your life, paying attention to describing the objects, sights, and sounds around you.

The happiest moment of my life was when I went to florida. I had gone to disney world which looked like a big fantasy land. It had monorails and a lot of people. The place was cool because it had gardens all over the place and animal figures. I was in a hotel that was shaped like a guitar. It had music instruments all ovber the place and a arcade to play in. They had new games I never saw before and i liked that because when my other friends get to play the game i will already know how to play it so i will be able to beat them.

Journal Entry #19

Describe the saddest moment of your life, paying attention to describing the objects, sights, and sounds around you.

The saddest moment of my life was when I couldnt play in a baseball game. I was sad because I couldnt play because i was sick earlier that day and the coach didnt let me play. I had to sit on the side and watch my team lose to a 5-2 score at the end. I hope that i dont have to go and do that agin because i love to play and doin that really hurts my self estem.

Journal Entry #20

Describe a time you saw something bad happen to another person and exaplain how it made you feel. Why?

I saw my friend being jumped by people. I didnt want to interfere because I didnt want to be beat up like him. I felt guilty because I know that i could have helped him but didnt and he had a broken nose and a brusied eye by the time the fight was over. I didnt like what happened and really felt guilty for some time. I think that it could have been averted but... its over now so... thats it.

Journal Entry #21

What do you do when something bad happens? (i.e., do you tell someone? do you write it down? do you keep it to yourself?)

If somone does something bad . It matters what they did for me to react. If it was bad enough that the people need someones help i will go and get it... but if they tell me to keep it secret i will do their wishes and not tell anyone. I will try to help them in anyway they want to be helped but it is their decision what i do to help them. they may want me to jst leave and if that is what they want i will do it ... but like i said if it is real serious then i will do what i can to help them get out of there.

Journal Entry #22

What do you do when something good or important happens? (i.e., do you tell someone? do you write it down? do you keep it to yourself?)

When something good happens i am happy... i am happy because it is uasually a good thing that happens to me. It is cool.. I usually tell my friends that i am going to that place and tell them what is in stoe for me. I wouldnt write it down because i would know what i am doing and when i am going.I look foward to going to the place and hope that i can then go and have a fun time and when i am done going i go to my friends and tell them the spectacular time i had.

Journal Entry #23

What is inspiration to you?

Inspiration to me is when someone makes something i like real good like a movie or a video game. I like that becausew it shows me that they did their hardest and tried their best to please all the kids that buy or see what they make these days. A movie that i think was inspiring or is is the movie that is going to come soon... it is tomb raider. It is going to be a hot movie and i am lookin foward to seeing it. A game i look foward to playing is mario party 2 because it looks like a hot game.

Journal Entry #24

Describe how you felt your first day of high school.

I felt like I knew a lot of people because a lot of kids from my JHS went to edision. I saw a lot of new ones ( people) and had a great time getting to know them. Now that i have made a good friends ship with them i am sure that me and them will have a very good friendship through high school and beyond. I like hs and hope that i can get through the brunt of it!

Journal Entry #25

What is your fondest memory of your freshman year?

My fondest memory of freshman year is that I got to get into a computer class that has internet. I also had a great teacher to teach me HTML which i didnt really know till i got in this class. Now that i am done with it so i am now willing to go and learn more about HTML this way i can make a site about whatever i feel i want to make it about. I am thinking of coming up with a site name and building off of that and thinking of calling it REX-X or even S.I.A.C.

Journal Entry #26

What is your worst memory of your freshman year?

My worst memory in freshman year was that i had gotten in trouble with a dean. He had seen me in the hall about the 3rd day of school and was taken to the deans office. He asked me why I was in the halls and I told him that i couldnt find my class. He showed me where my class was and told me if he ever caught me in the halls again he would give mne detention. I was kinda scared because i didnt know the deans in the school and they sounded pretty strict... but i know them now.

Journal Entry #27

Journal Entry #28

If you could do things differently, what would you change about things you did or did not do your freshman year?

What i would change is that I didnt have to be late and have to have a test after school at the same time. I had to serve detention and then go and take my test. I didnt get out of school till 3:30 and didnt get home till 4:00. I got mad because the teacher could have let me come another day knowing that i had detention but didnt and it cost me a lot of time that I spend after school at home. I got mad but saw it as a thing where if i hadent stayed then i would have failed that subject.

Journal Entry #29

Was high school what you expected it to be? explain.

No it waa not because i expected it to be more technological. I thought it would have more computers and other stuff. A lot of stuff in the school is the same as any other school like the lunch and the security ( with the exception of scanning). Also the outside looks like a broken down place and dosent look like a HS to be proud for. To say it in short this HS is not what i expected but all in all I like it with the exceptions of what is here now.

Journal Entry #30

The grand finale... Would you do your freshman year over again if you could? Explain why or why not.

If i could do something over again in freshman year I would do the computer class. I would do this class because i like computers and like to do this class because it is 8th period and it is a time for me to relax. I like to do it because i am aking my own webpage and will soon want to know HTML so i can then go and make it better than before. On the side i am learning javascript which will soon enable me to put password protection on my pages and also do some cool stuff.