Blog #11

Free Writing

Christmas is coming upon us very fast so I am starting to think about what to make. I normally bake a lot of different types of cookies to give to family members. This year I'm going to not only bake cookies but some other pastries. First make the bowl the cookies are going to go in. Last year I just went out and bought Tupperware, it wasn't very creative so I thought i could try and make my own. I start off by preheating the oven too 350 degrees and heavily spraying a medium size bowl (you can use what ever size you need) with non-stick spray, then place a single layer of starlight mints in the bowl and put in the oven for 8-10 minutes. To get it out of the bowl slide a knife around the inside to loosen it up. I highly recommend doing this when it is still warm since you can mold it and it will not crack as easily. The first time I let it cool completely, but I did not put enough cooking spray so it shattered when I tried to get it out. So the next time It was still very warm and it popped right out.

Blog #10

"The process is as important as the product"(35)

   I think that this quote is very true. To become an adult you have to make mistakes and have time to mature. With out these experiences there is no feeling of achievement. Without the journey the product will seem meaningless. Like in the book KaBOOM! the communities did not keep up with the playgrounds that they did not create them selves. When they helped build and plan the creation of a play set they felt like it was their job to take care of it and make sure it did not fall into disarray .

 

Blog #8

Super Size Me

In this movie the main character ate nothing but McDonnal's for 30 days to see what the affect on a person's body. He ate there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day. After a while he started to get sick and was gaining a lot of weight. At the start of his unhealthy diet he actually started to loose weight but that was only because he was loosing his muscle weight, then he started to gain the weight back in the form of fat. He started to get the "McShakes" where in the mornings he would be shaking because of the food he was eating.

Blog #7

The Cove

In the movie The Cove animial activists travle to Japan because in a secluded cove therer are hundreds of dolphins being murdered because the "eat too much fish" when in actuallity humans are eating more than they are. Dolphins always seem to be smiling, but are they actually happy? In the wild they are free to swim where ever they want but when they are in captivity they are stuck in a very small tank with a lot of people screaming and yelling looking at them when they have very sensitive hearing...so are they really smiling all the time?

Blog #6

Gaming Can Make a Better World

In this video Jane is making the argument that people should actually spend more hours on online games like World of World craft. She says that when we are playing online we become the best forms of ourselves since we are no longer scared to help other or even die for someone else since you will not die. On these online games people will work togehter with complete strangers and become friends. I know that is true because when I am playing Halo and other online games I talk with people I have and will never meet but we work as a team to beat the level...or kill the zombies. She also says that we should play games that could solve real world problem so that we will have the same mentality that we wont die and we will reach out and help those in need.

Blog #5

Google and Other Search Engines Making Us Stupid?

In this article the author believes that the Internet is slowly taking away our critical thinking skills and making us dumber. I learned that when people Google things they are less likely to remember it later than if they looked up the information the old fashion way by taking out a book and really searching for it. I agree with the opinion presented in this reading because if people want to know anything they can instantly look answers up on their phones and say the first result whether it is right or wrong. Some people today will believe anything they see on the Internet, which is indeed stupid since anyone in the world can make a website, or edit Wikipedia.



Blog #9

Field Day

 

 My earliest memory of playing was when I was five, I was in kindergarten and it was my very first field day. We spent the entire school day outside playing different games, there were water balloon tosses, silly string fights, softball tosses, races, long jumps, tug of war, and my favorite was the rainbow parachute. All of the kids would grab a handle, lift it up and quickly bring it down all at once so it would be a huge bubble that we could all sit under. I can remember playing that game so vividly, as if it was just yesterday. My grade school has changed so much since I graduated. The field that we played the games in is now covered with a parking lot, a new school building, and a retention pond. Now the children play in the field behind the school building, and in the soccer field. Some of their classes have been canceled like art and music but they are working very hard to get them back.

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