IM BACK!!

So, I have decided that I havn't blogged for over a year! It's time to start it back up. I know I don't have very many followers; I hope to make this more intresting than just putting up my essays haha. So STAY TUNED!

Making a Difference!

I wrote this poem!! What do you think?

There are many ways to make a difference in someone’s life.
You could help out with your kids, husband or wife.
You could also help out in many places,
by putting a smile on people’s faces.
I can make a difference by doing things like
teaching a kid how to ride a bike.
By doing some work for a person in need,
which may be to plant or pull a weed.
Making a difference doesn’t include a reward.
You shouldn’t expect to get an award.
You do it out of kindness and love.
This should make you feel peace like a dove.
I can make a difference.

A stove so cool, it's a fridge!

Have you ever heard of a stove that is also a fridge? I have because in the Popular Science October 2007 magazine it tells about this new invention. Paul Riley (the project director) hopes to have the invention built in two years. He would sell it for 30 to 40 dollars. He says that it I just a research project now and that he hopes to be producing a million Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity (SCORE) in a year.

This is how it works. The fire heats the pressured air in one tube. The circulating water keeps the air cold in the other side of the tube. The sound made from the collisions drives a wire coil in and out on a magnet cylinder to create electricity. The water running over the coldest part of the tube makes it freeze so it can be used to keep food cold.

I think that SCORE is a great invention. I hope that Paul Riley carries on his invention and makes it known to the world. I would defiantly buy the product if it was available. It is a very useful item to have around. I would love to see one in real life.

The SCORE is a great invention because it is very efficient. It is efficient by producing a way to generate electricity. It is very useful to have around because it has three devices in one. It freezes, cooks, and refrigerates. It is also pretty cheap; it’s only 30 to 40 dollars. I hope that Paul Riley makes the device know to the world because I know people will really buy it.

So that is why I would buy the SCORE because it is efficient, it’s cheap and I know that I would use it. The SCORE is an amazing product that is a refrigerator, a freezer and is a stove at the same time. So the next time that you want to cook something that you have gotten out of your refrigerator or freezer, think of the SCORE.

End of School!

So, school is ending and summer is starting. I am totally excited. I have had a lot of fun doing Honors English. I also have learned a lot. Even though I am not the best at writing, I still feel that I have improved since the beginning of the year. I well keep in touch of all of my fellow classmates. I would be more excited for school to end if I knew which high school I was going to.

So, here is my situation. I am in the boundaries of Layton, but my mom got me a variance to go to Davis High School. So, I don't know which one I want to do. My closest friends are going to Layton High, but yet Davis in my mind is better. So, I don't really know which one I am going to. I hope to see all of my fellow Honors English classmates at either one of those schools. Here are some poems about school that I found off the Internet.


Great Expectations

It's time to say good-bye
Our year has come to an end.
I've made more cherished memories
and many more new friends.

I've watched your child learn and grow
and change from day to day.
I hope that all the things we've done
Have helped in some small way.

So it's with happy memories
I send them out the door,
With great hop and expectations
for what next year holds in store.

~unknown

Here is also another poem about the last day of school.

Hello, Summer! -- (A Last Day of School Poem)
by
Gregory K.


Goodbye classroom!
Goodbye Teach!
You can find me at the beach...
Or in the park or at the pool
Or any place that isn’t school.

Goodbye quizzes!
Bye, reports!
Hello days packed full of sports
And days when I’m just lazybones
While eating melty ice cream cones.

Goodbye homework --
Lunchroom, too.
There’s so, so much I wanna do.
I know the school year flew on past…
But please, please summer -- last and last.

So, I really like those poems. I understand that this is my second last blog that I will be writing for Honors English. I just wanted to say goodbye to all of my readers and thanks for all the great comments that you have given me on my blogs. I hope you have a great summer and keep in touch.

Compare Books

Scout and Salamanca are both alike and different in many ways. They are alike because they both learn the same life lesson. They are different because they both don’t learn that life principle in the same life situation. Here is an example why they are alike.

Scout and Salamanca are alike in that they both learn that they don’t really know a person unless they have lived how they have lived and been in their life situations. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout learns that lesson from Atticus when he says, “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” That is a good life lesson that I think that a lot of people should follow. It helps people understand situations that other people are facing. It will also help people to not judge. In Walk Two Moons, Salamanca learns the same type of lesson when her neighbor leaves a note saying, “Don’t judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.” They are both alike, but they also have some differences.

The differences in Scout and Salamanca are that they grasp the same life principle but just in different ways. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout learned the principle by having her dad tell her and by having a good example showing her the outcome of what happens when you do judge. In Walk Two Moons, Salamanca learns the principle by reading an anonymous note quoting the principle. She only realizes and actually follows the life principle when she finds out about her mother’s son.

In conclusion the books To Kill a Mocking Bird and Walk Two Moons are very different and are alike. They learn the same life principle, but they learn it in different ways. I really enjoyed both of those books and I was very interesting to me to learn what people really went through and still go through now days.

Heritage Museum!

On April 29, 2008 I went to the Heritage Museum. In case you don’t know what that is I will tell you. It is a museum about the heritage of the city of Layton. In that museum there are a lot of cool artifacts and interesting facts.

Some of the cool artifacts were, the doll collection from Dona Petro, an old Pot Bellied Stove a really old calculator, stuff from old beauty salons, pictures of old trains, a steamer trunk, a native American baby cradle, an bath tub, old sewing machine from 1876, mantle clock, an old radio set, and my favorite a human hair floral pattern!! It kind of creped me out a little, but it sure got my attention.

Well, some of the interesting facts that came along with these amazing artifacts were that the baby cradle was over 100 years old, the pot bellied stove was used in Victorian houses, they used the stemmer trunk to hold their closes in them when on trips, the mantle clock was over 100 years old, the old bath tub was made of copper from 1875 and was used for many years. Also more facts were that the radio crystal set was from 1920 and was made for a two man set.

When I came home from the museum I realized that I had learned a lot of amazing facts about Layton city. There are lots more to learn of things that I haven’t even mentioned. You should totally check it out yourself.

We Thought We Were Alone Part 3

While we were sitting on the couch we then heard the front door handle jiggling, like somebody was trying to open it. Then I got a call. It was my mom she said that she was outside the front door and that we needed to open it. MAILEE and I relaxed a little so we bravely went upstairs and opened the door. With her at the door was my little cousin who went with my dad. My mom had brought him back to the house, so he could sleep. MAILEE and I talked to my mom for a while and explained that my dad and grandpa had checked the house and everything seemed to be okay.

We went back down stairs once my mom had left. My aunt and uncle wouldn't be getting back for about one half of an hour. So, we just waited and listened. About forty five minutes went past when we head their voiced upstairs calling our names. We went upstairs and quickly asked JAKE if he had put his laptop in his room. Luckily, he had brought his laptop back to his room. That's when my aunt had told us to hurry outside. She had told the limo driver to bring us home!! MAILEE and I were both so excited!!!!! We have never been in a limo and had only thought that we were going to look in it like we had done earlier that day, but no we were actually riding in it.

Riding in a limo is about the most awesome est thing ever. The limo driver opened the door for us and we sat on one of the many seat in there. In front of us was a little rack full of fancy wine glasses. My aunt had come with us to give directions to the driver. Then she said that her and my uncle had saved some chocolate covered strawberries and some sparkling cider for us. That was the best treat ever, eating great food in a limo. We then told her our story that had happened while she was out. She just laughed and made a joke.

We finally got back to my house. We thanked the driver and my aunt and headed back inside to my house. The night was over. That was the best and the worst night of my life. If you guys ever get a chance go drive in a limo don't pass that opportunity up. It is so cool.

So that's my story. We never found out if someone was actually in the house or not. That doesn't really matter to me. I just liked the experience. So what about you? Do have you ever had a cool experience kind of like mine? If you do I would love to hear it. Leave a comment and thanks for reading.