All I can say about this story is WOW! I had no idea being bit by a certain type of tick can cause you to be allergic to meat! It’s very creepy if you think about it, well for me or people like me anyways.
I do a lot of outdoor activities so it’s not uncommon to find a tick on me. There's been several times i’ve been out in the woods with my cousin scavenging around and come home with a tick or two.
After this story I’m going to be more aware and cautious towards ticks.
I did a little research on the difference between ticks. They are very hard to tell apart. Besides most people aren’t going to stop and say hmmm I wonder if this is one of them ticks that makes you allergic to meat, your gonna get that little devil off you quick, fast, and in a hurry!
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/ticks.htm june 2009. Comparison of ticks.
I took the liberty to go and get a picturing comparing the two. As you can see they are very much alike! The only difference is that tick B has a white dot on it’s back. But like I said you're not always going to stop and look for a small spot on a tick your gonna try to just get rid of it!
In my own personal opinion more people should be taught about this type of ticks! I went home and asked people I knew who did a lot of outdoor activities and they all said they’ve never heard of it.
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/maps/lone_star_tick.html August 2nd 2011
In the picture above you can see that the yellow is that area where the lone star tick is at. If all these areas have this tick why don’t people know about it?
In algebra we’ve been learning about different ways to move around shapes and what it’s called. I’ve really enjoyed learning this section.
The way Ms. Terry teaches makes it easier for me to understand, she actually breaks down everything for us! My favorite thing about her is that she doesn’t force everybody to talk. She encourages everybody to talk but she isn’t like if you don’t talk i’m gonna be mad and blah blah blah. I really look forward to the rest of the semester in her class!
We’ve recently learned about tessellations. It’s when you use one shape over and over to make a design.
Ms. Terry gave us a small project to turn in thursday. The project is to make our own tessellation. We cut out a shape and we are suppose to trace it onto a piece of construction paper. The more colorful and pretty you make it.
I’m actually pretty excited about doing the tessellations! I think it’s going to be cool to see how it comes out.
I really hope I can keep a good grade in geometry! I plan on working really hard all semester! I really struggle with math stuff so lets see how this semester goes!
I think the geometry class is going to be even better when we move into the other building. I like how the seats are in the class but it’s hard to get up and move around. It gives it a more of a college feel.
I get really sleepy when I go to geometry. I don’t know why but it happens everytime. As soon as I walk into her class boom I’m tired!
I think her class goes by pretty quickly! It especially that first 35 minutes before lunch. It feels like we’re in there for only a couple minutes.
In class I read page five of the Brown Dog. I had to read some of the lines twice to understand what it was saying. It wasn’t becausumbled and was kind of jumpy. But it was very descriptive and was able to give ye the words were hard to understand, just the way it was wrote. I thought it seemed very jou a vivid of what was happening.
I thought the story was really depressing from the part I read. I love animals and reading stories about animals being abused puts me in that depressed feeling.
If you have never experienced around an “angry” drunk you can’t really understand what the child and wife was feeling. I know the child and wife was probably horrified and was too scared to step in and help the dog. They knew if they tried to help the dog he would more than likely take out his anger on them .
I honestly feel really bad for the dog. Dog’s can’t tell if somebody is drunk. Animals only see that you’re acting different. As a house pet the dog was probably thinking they are here to care of me and to love me. So, when the man started throwing stuff at the dog he didn’t realize the dad was being mean till after being kicked at. It took time for the dog to fully register the fact the man was out to hurt him not play!
Just by reading the one page I was able to figure out what the whole story was about. I wouldn’t need to read the rest because I already knew how it ended.
I thought it seemed like an ok story just very depressing. I wouldn’t recommend it to just anyone. I would tell older people to read the story. I think it’s more high school level and up.
In class I read page five of the Brown Dog. I had to read some of the lines twice to understand what it was saying. It was kind of jumpy and seemed jumbled. But it was very descriptive and was able to give ye the words were hard to understand, just the way it was wrote. I thought it seemed very you a vivid of what was happening.
I thought the story was really depressing from the part I read. I love animals and reading stories about animals being abused puts me in that depressed feeling.
If you have never experienced around an “angry” drunk you can’t really understand what the child and wife was feeling. I know the child and wife was probably horrified and was too scared to step in and help the dog. They knew if they tried to help the dog he would more than likely take out his anger on them .
I honestly feel really bad for the dog. Dog’s can’t tell if somebody is drunk. Animals only see that you’re acting different. As a house pet the dog was probably thinking they are here to care of me and to love me. So, when the man started throwing stuff at the dog he didn’t realize the dad was being mean till after being kicked at. It took time for the dog to fully register the fact the man was out to hurt him not play!
Just by reading the one page I was able to figure out what the whole story was about. I wouldn’t need to read the rest because I already knew how it ended.
I thought it seemed like an ok story just very depressing. I wouldn’t recommend it to just anyone. I would tell older people to read the story. I think it’s more high school level and up.
My random blog is going to be about emancipation. I’m very interested in this topic. I think it’s very good we have this possibility in America.
I think age sixteen is a good age to be able to try to be emancipated. I personally believe that if you’re old enough to be counted and tried as an adult you should be able to move out on your own. A lot of teens no days are ready to move out at sixteen but a lot isn’t.
To be emancipated it is required to have a copy of your birth certificate, name and last address of your parent or guardian, address and how long you lived in that residence, reason for why you want to be emancipated, your plan for meeting the needs and living expenses which also might include where you work, your wages, and verification by your employer.
Yes, their is more technical things to this process but these are the main things you will need.
I personally believe if you can prove you have shelter,food, clothes, able to stay in school or have a job you should be able to be emancipated.
What I don’t understand is the fact we are considered as adults and treated as a adults but we can’t move out freely at age sixteen.
I know lots of teens at age 16 that are taking care of themselves. Yes, the parents do some small things but mostly the responsibility of taking care of yourself is left up to you. Now if you can purchase most of the things you need you should be aloud to move out!
I’ve been reading the book Hole in my Life. This book is an autobiography about the author Jack going to jail. In the book he begins talking about his life as a teenager. He describes how he went to different high schools.
His junior year his family moved to Puerto Rico. He had to quit school because his family couldn’t afford a english speaking school. Jack began working at a hotel wiring electricity. He had to learn very quickly how to wire the rooms. He was given one of the hotel rooms to live in. During the evenings he would leave the hotel to go down the street to his parents apartment for dinner and to have his clothes washed. While staying alone in the hotel he gained many freedoms. Lots of the other workers befriended jack and soon began teaching him how to gamble and even let him drink some.
After awhile Jacks family decided it would be best to send him back to the states to live with a family so he could finish high school. He began high school as a senior. Jack was living with the Bacon family. The family welcomed him into their home because he would bring in some extra cash. Jack began coming home very late, he would be extremely intoxicated. After a night of vomiting all over the house the Bacon family kicked him out. As a last resort Jack found an old motel to live in where he befriended the owner.
Jack enjoyed reading and writing and it helped him get through bad times. Through the book he uses stories from his books to relate to whatever he is doing.
Towards the middle of the story jack moves to an island near the Virgin islands to live with his family. Jack was very excited to move to the island to make extra cash to save up to go to college. When he moved to the islands he was surprised to find out that he wouldn’t be making any cash and there was racial tension everywhere.
Jack began working with his father making crates, they were paid in room and board. While working he meets a man named Rik. Rik has lots of hash “weed” that he needs to send to New York. Rik has jack build him a crate with a secret compartment to hide the hash.
Rik asks Jack to take a journey with him and another man and this is where I’ve stopped reading so far.
So far i’ve really enjoyed my public speaking class. So far the work has been easy and fun. I hope when Mr.Paul comes the class won’t change much.
The best part of the class is being able to sit where you want. I really like that I can sit and chat with my friends. By being able to talk with my friends while working it makes the class go by faster for me.
I think Mrs.Elliott is so funny! She is always saying little random things that makes us laugh. I’m glad she isn’t one of those uptight teachers. She is very laid back and easygoing. The best thing about her is that she doesn’t sit and yell at us over every little thing.
I’m very excited to present our project today for her class! The project is to take five items that describe you and put them in a bag. We also had to write a short speech to go along with the bag. I chose pictures of fire training because I wanna be a firefighter, sinkers because I love to fish, shotgun shell cause I love to hunt, my camouflage key cause my favorite color is camo, and my cell because my world revolves around my phone.
I think I did pretty decent on the project thanks to Donny. Donny asked a question that allowed me to explain my project a little more in depth. He asked how do you hand fish. I went into detail about sticking your hand into a whole in a lake while wiggling around your fingers and waiting for a fish. Once the fish latches on you shove your hand down its throat and grab its gills to pull it out. I also explain how it hurts your hands when the catfish bites you, it can even make you bleed. Some people also wears gloves to protect their hands.
