fallacious; false, wrong
rigorous; severe, exact
parsimonious; penny-pinching
Friday, May 20, 2011
Readers Response 3 5/16-5/20
read whole thing of http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/01/earlyshow/living/parenting/main6825771.shtml
Ok, i admit I might be a little bit addicted to texting. My parents are constantly telling me to turn off the phone. I mean yeah I text a lot. Who doesn't? But I don't think I have a serious addiction. Like in the article they were saying it could lead to lack of sleep. I get that. Late night texting. I do it quite a bit actually. I fell sorry for the kid with the overprotective parents that turn the kids phone off at like nine. They also said it could make you eat less. Now that I don't get. I don't text so much that I don't eat. that's ridiculous. But they didn't mention not paying attention in school or car crashes. I think those are the two main problems with texting, I think. I would never text while driving, I'm not an idiot. Now, the whole texting in school thing... of course I do ti I don't know a single person that doesn't.
Ok, i admit I might be a little bit addicted to texting. My parents are constantly telling me to turn off the phone. I mean yeah I text a lot. Who doesn't? But I don't think I have a serious addiction. Like in the article they were saying it could lead to lack of sleep. I get that. Late night texting. I do it quite a bit actually. I fell sorry for the kid with the overprotective parents that turn the kids phone off at like nine. They also said it could make you eat less. Now that I don't get. I don't text so much that I don't eat. that's ridiculous. But they didn't mention not paying attention in school or car crashes. I think those are the two main problems with texting, I think. I would never text while driving, I'm not an idiot. Now, the whole texting in school thing... of course I do ti I don't know a single person that doesn't.
Readers Response 2 5/16-5/20
Round Rock Dolphins Practice Swim Meet, happened today, whole thing
Yup today was my first swim meet. Like, ever. I felt so out of place. With all these girls with their stay-at-home moms, and there auction luncheons and whatnot. not to mention they had been in swim for years, so they were kicking butt and taking names. This is my first year. And, frankly 2 weeks ago I had no clue how to do any of the strokes. So I wasn't exactly the most ready person in the world, if you know what I mean. I was nervous at first but assured myself I would do great. Yeah, that didn't work. I still came in last on everything. My time for freestyle was 44 seconds. For 50 yards. That might sound good to a non-swimmer but that's bad. And I can't really blame it on being a beginner because I know a beginner, just like me who got 17 seconds on a 25 meter freestyle. She beat me by an average of 5 seconds. in the swim world that is a lot. So I suck for now, and I'm not happy with my scores at all. Oh and the worst part was, I thought I would be a great breast-stroker. They said I was a natural. I came in last. It took me 53 freaking seconds. The girl before me got it in 33 seconds. I really don't feel good about myself right now, let's leave it a t that.
Yup today was my first swim meet. Like, ever. I felt so out of place. With all these girls with their stay-at-home moms, and there auction luncheons and whatnot. not to mention they had been in swim for years, so they were kicking butt and taking names. This is my first year. And, frankly 2 weeks ago I had no clue how to do any of the strokes. So I wasn't exactly the most ready person in the world, if you know what I mean. I was nervous at first but assured myself I would do great. Yeah, that didn't work. I still came in last on everything. My time for freestyle was 44 seconds. For 50 yards. That might sound good to a non-swimmer but that's bad. And I can't really blame it on being a beginner because I know a beginner, just like me who got 17 seconds on a 25 meter freestyle. She beat me by an average of 5 seconds. in the swim world that is a lot. So I suck for now, and I'm not happy with my scores at all. Oh and the worst part was, I thought I would be a great breast-stroker. They said I was a natural. I came in last. It took me 53 freaking seconds. The girl before me got it in 33 seconds. I really don't feel good about myself right now, let's leave it a t that.
Readers Response 1 5/16-5/20
read, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265284/Yetis-unicorns-flying-kittens-Inside-worlds-zaniest-zoo.html
I didn't know what to do my readers response on so I decided to find an interesting article on the web. I didn't have the slightest clue where to start so I typed "flying kittens" into the google search bar. What came was something with "yetis unicorns and flying kittens"in the name. I thought to myself, what could go wrong. I now realize many things went wrong. What I thought would be a cute "zany" article turned out to be a horrible nightmare. Filled with creepy taxidermy(the art of stuffing animals (how dare they call it art) ). There was a bizarre zoo (the creation of an eccentric scientist) and it was an auction house of some sort, in some warehouse and only crazy British people who use the term "blimey" go there. Strange. So yeah, they had a ton of creepy exotic animals but they also had a ton of other weird stuff. Like a boy with an elephant head. A monkey/bat/duck. And a grotesque kitten with wings. Somehow I thought flying kittens would be a lot cuter.
I didn't know what to do my readers response on so I decided to find an interesting article on the web. I didn't have the slightest clue where to start so I typed "flying kittens" into the google search bar. What came was something with "yetis unicorns and flying kittens"in the name. I thought to myself, what could go wrong. I now realize many things went wrong. What I thought would be a cute "zany" article turned out to be a horrible nightmare. Filled with creepy taxidermy(the art of stuffing animals (how dare they call it art) ). There was a bizarre zoo (the creation of an eccentric scientist) and it was an auction house of some sort, in some warehouse and only crazy British people who use the term "blimey" go there. Strange. So yeah, they had a ton of creepy exotic animals but they also had a ton of other weird stuff. Like a boy with an elephant head. A monkey/bat/duck. And a grotesque kitten with wings. Somehow I thought flying kittens would be a lot cuter.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Vocabulary wwek of 5/9
I am on a serious time crunch because stupid blogger keeps going offline so I think today I'll become Snra. Amber
Do you wanna learn Spanish? Of course you do!
Pasar tiempo con mis amigos en el centro commercial- Hang out with friends at the mall(what Amber does in winter break)
Me familia y yo vamos al playa -- me and my family go to the beach (spring break)
Yo nado I swim
Do you wanna learn Spanish? Of course you do!
Pasar tiempo con mis amigos en el centro commercial- Hang out with friends at the mall(what Amber does in winter break)
Me familia y yo vamos al playa -- me and my family go to the beach (spring break)
Yo nado I swim
Readers Response 3 5/9-5/13
The Encyclopedia of awesome animals, whole book
I guess now is when you can tell that I have no time to read. I got this in the first grade and have read it a million times. Now I could tell you all about the basic anatomy of a shark or a tiger but I think I will spare you. And plus its actually a pretty long book. I remember in second grade someone tried to read all of the encyclopedias. We didn't get along to great. And why? Because he was a recluse. Anyone who has time to read an encyclopedia is either
a) a weirdo with no life
b) someone who wants to annoy me or
c) all of the above
I guess now is when you can tell that I have no time to read. I got this in the first grade and have read it a million times. Now I could tell you all about the basic anatomy of a shark or a tiger but I think I will spare you. And plus its actually a pretty long book. I remember in second grade someone tried to read all of the encyclopedias. We didn't get along to great. And why? Because he was a recluse. Anyone who has time to read an encyclopedia is either
a) a weirdo with no life
b) someone who wants to annoy me or
c) all of the above
Readers Response 2 5/9-5/13
Teen Angst? Nahhh..., first 20 pages
This isn't a book I would normally read. Just saying. I don't have angst issues. It was Language Arts and I had nothing to read. I wander to the book shelf hoping to pick out the perfect book for me. But the shelf was rather crowded and I had to lean over a classmate that will remain unnamed. He/She is a claustrophobic one and they told to move it because I was invading their space. So I was forced to pick a random book. That I didn't like very much. I think it was meant to be funny but it didn't work out to well. And the author put a tone of pointless footnotes that were really annoying. So this book is not a recommended one.
This isn't a book I would normally read. Just saying. I don't have angst issues. It was Language Arts and I had nothing to read. I wander to the book shelf hoping to pick out the perfect book for me. But the shelf was rather crowded and I had to lean over a classmate that will remain unnamed. He/She is a claustrophobic one and they told to move it because I was invading their space. So I was forced to pick a random book. That I didn't like very much. I think it was meant to be funny but it didn't work out to well. And the author put a tone of pointless footnotes that were really annoying. So this book is not a recommended one.
Readers Response 1 5/9-5/13
Graceling, read whole book
*Spoiler (kinda)
This book was amazingly good. And I know Rachel, Annie, Grace,and Paula all think the same. But for some stupid reason Arvind thought the book was boring and cliched. How the heck did he come up with that response? It's a thrilling adventure, an active drama, a heart-racing romance, it made me laugh, it made me angry and/or frustrated and it made me cry my freakin' eyes out. How is that boring? And cliche? Are you kidding me? Graceling is one of the most original books I've read in a while. Sure it has a prince and a royal chick fall in love
but its not the cliched kind of romance. At all. This is definately on my top 10. Maybe. The book was good but I hated the ending. It left me feeling empty... not cliffhanger empty but.... empty still.
*Spoiler (kinda)
This book was amazingly good. And I know Rachel, Annie, Grace,and Paula all think the same. But for some stupid reason Arvind thought the book was boring and cliched. How the heck did he come up with that response? It's a thrilling adventure, an active drama, a heart-racing romance, it made me laugh, it made me angry and/or frustrated and it made me cry my freakin' eyes out. How is that boring? And cliche? Are you kidding me? Graceling is one of the most original books I've read in a while. Sure it has a prince and a royal chick fall in love
but its not the cliched kind of romance. At all. This is definately on my top 10. Maybe. The book was good but I hated the ending. It left me feeling empty... not cliffhanger empty but.... empty still.
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