Life of Pi reflection

There were quite few things that I learned from Lie of Pi. The first is what you have to do to be the "alpha male" when dealing with animals. Also what to eat when you run out of or run low on your supplies. And finally, you can survive with a tiger if you know how.

First of all, I didn't know that it took all that work in order to get an animal to obey. So here's what I got from this: A whistle can help you to get the animals attention. Also feeding it when you can, can put the animal under your control. Marking your territory helps keep the animal out of your area without you having to get aggressive or foolish I should say because come on if you try to get a tiger out of your territory your asking for kill.

I didn't know that drinking sea turtle blood could somewhat substitute fresh drinking water. And that turtle could be a delicacy out at sea. I use to think that I'd never eat a turtle but I guess if I'm lost at sea and I want to survive I'll have to get over it.

Now having know all this now, I know how I can go about surviving with a tiger. I'm not saying I won't be scared, but at least I know how to keep my distance. Ensuring that the tiger knows I am the alpha male and that without me it doesn't get food, it's a safe bet it may not attack. So now if it get lost at sea with a tiger, I know what I can do to survive.

Video contrasts

In my opinion, I think that the texting while driving video was more effective. Although it was a bit too dramatic, it was quite impacting. The video against texting while driving can actually make a bigger impact because it's mostly targeted at a bigger audience. The majority( if not all) of those who text while driving are teenagers, and in this country there are a lot. I'm not saying all teenagers who drive do this but for those that do( and the numbers are far greater for the ones that do than those that don't) can hopefully take something from the video and actually stop.

I feel the seat belt video gets its message across better. It is simple, short, and straight to the point. It also gives you an idea right away on what you have to lose or what you can leave behind, your family. Also, what kind of example would you be giving to your children if you yell at them to put their seat belt and you don't? I felt this question can also be taken from the video.

All-in-all, both videos have great messages. It just depends on how you look at it. Everyone knows that texting while driving is stupid and not wearing your seat belt can lead to severe injuries if not death. So use your common sense and don't text while driving and wear you seat belt because do you really what to leave your family this early in your life with sadness and sorrow?

Collaboration post.

Prompt: Write about five things you would do to entertain yourself if you did not see a soul for seven days.

Being alone for so long can get a bit boring, but if you were to make me be alone for that long, I would most certainly find some ways to entertain myself. Depending on the house you're in, you would have different things to choose from to do. If you were in your own house, you would be comfortable and know what your options are, but if you were to be in a house full of entertaining things like games systems or movies there would be a lot of things to explore.

So lets start with the entertaining house. I would make sure that if I were alone for seven days I would have all I wanted to keep me from getting bored. Number one on my list, gaming systems. I'm a gamer, so I play video games a lot. Number two, a movie room. Who doesn't like movie right? I'd make sure I have a big screen tv and a suround sound system for a better sounding movie. Number three, a bowling ally. I would have such a great time making a fool of myself since I don't know how to bowl. I can see it now, I'm getting ready to throw the ball, and BAM! I fall forward and face plant. Number four, an arcade room. I would have classic games to modern ones. I could go for hours playing Pac-Man and Dig-Dug. They are some of my favorite classic games. And finally number five, I would have a room with mechanical parts to build myself a robot. There are umlimited possilities, but the first thing I would do with it would be to have a light saber duel, although, I'm not sure how that would work out.

If I were alone for seven days in my own house, I would definitely find stuff for me to do or else, I would probably die of boredum. First of all, I would find a good book that I haven't gotten a chance to read yet and enjoy it. I would try to read it slowly because it would take more of my time up. Then, I would do some of the stuff that I've been procrastinating about, like hanging up some pictures, doing the laundry, and finishing up any homework that I've left undone. For the third thing, I would go find some of those puzzles that are hidden somewhere in my house and try putting them together. Those would probably take me quite some time because I suck at puzzles. Then, I would go and play some of my video games and watch some movies, because that would keep me occupied and get my mind off being so alone. The fifth and final thing I would do, would be cleaning the entire house top to botttom with music blaring in the background. That would take a LONG time and would most certainly keep me busy and since there would be music, I'd have some fun while doing it.

Obviously this was written by two different people so please bare with us if this sounds odd.

The end.

Written by Danny and Jessica

I wrote the second paragraph and Jessica wrote the third.

Teaching tips

Where to begin..... Oh I know.

Tip 1) Make things more interesting. Having to do the same type of work gets real boring real fast. We're kids and teenagers we want excitement not the same blah blah blah everyday. Trust me, doing the same routine gets you nothing but an argument with a student because they refuse to do the assignment.

Tip 2) Having more projects. Projects lead to research which leads to successful understanding of the topic. They give us the opportunity to make the assignment our own instead of what the teacher has planned. Many assignments can have projects, it's just that teachers probably never thought to include one.

Tip 3) Small breaks between assignments. Considering how some assignments drag on, they sometimes can bring relief when they are done, and jumping right into the next, that's to much. Give us a class period to relax from such a big assignment. I don't think that's such a big deal is it?

Tip 4) Working in groups is a good way to go. Working together in groups can encourage students to want to learn more because they see that it can be fun, especially at an early age. Also, this is a good way to get your students to learn to get along.

Tip 5) Getting one on one time with the teacher. This helps you help the student with their weaknesses and to understand why they aren't doing as good as they're capable of. Also it's a good way to earn the respect and vise-versa of the student instead of just assuming respect is there just because your the teacher and they're the student.

Well those are my tips for teachers hope help.

Valentine Limericks

There once was a girl named Sam

who enjoyed eating lots of ham

So, on this special day

her boyfriend did say,

"Here, have some ham, ma'am."

The women was smitten

With the man who gave her a kitten

But she had a grudge

And she wouldn't budge

Because she was bit through her mitten.

On Valentine's day

people think to say,

we'll be together,

together forever,

And soon enough, we'll get away.

Here's a little story

That ended in glory

The couple met an oracle,

Who told them of this miracle ,

They would have a daughter named Dory.

Together forever,

Forever together,

The deal was done,

The battle they won,

Separation? Never.

Texting while driving.

Do I text while driving? No and the reason is simple, I don't drive yet, but even If I did, it's common sense not to do the two together because if you do your just asking for an accident. Fortunately I've never been in a car with someone who texts while driving. Usually if I'm with someone who's driving and receives a text message they may ask me to read it to them and respond to it for them( in this situation it's usually my parents) or if it's a friend they may ask me to read and respond or they'll just wait until we fully stop. As for talking on your cell phone, get a bluetooth device they're really inexpensive now, so people can't complain about the price. Now if you're resistant to getting one, then just wait until you can stop somewhere or until you get where you need to go.

There are a few things that could be done to stop or at least minimize the amount of people who text whole driving, but it could go either way ( it could encourage safety or push people to do it more to prove a point). Showing education videos on the dangers of texting while driving could be a key component in reducing those amount of people who do. Also showing those videos to younger kids could get them in a mind set of " I won't ever try that, that's crazy" because frankly, little kids are easy to scare so that may be a good way to stop the next generation from following in our footsteps.

The video we saw today had some impact on me. It might've had more of an impact if I drove or if I rode with people who text while driving, but never the less I felt something. I can't believe poeple don't use common sense when put in this kind of situation. It would hurt to show the video on tv it could actually make a difference it my opinion. Maybe if my sister saw seom educational videos, she might rethink her desire for a cell phone.

Philosophy

Here is my quote, "Do or do not, there is no try".

Yoda.

The quote above pretty much says how I feel about life. There are many people who always say "I'll Try to get that done" or "I'll try to make it tonight". I'm not one of those, I either get it done or I don't do it. The more you "try" you usually end up procrastinating about it, and you could eventually not get the task done. Like it's illustrated in the picture above, you go for it no matter how big the task is or how hard it may be.

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Prepositional Phrase part 2