Typing Master Improvement Graphs

These two graphs show how much I've improved since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year, I typed around small 30s and as the time passed on I learned to write faster, around 40-50 words per minute. I could really use a little more improvement because typing faster is something we all should master. Typing faster helps us to write our homework or our Facebook comment way faster. I think next year we should concentrate more in other projects like Macromedia Flash instead of wasting a lot of time doing Typing Master and Excel Sheets to show how much we have improved. Still, working with Typing Master is something that has and still could help us more.

Map Scores Graphs

This graph DOES show the difference from time because it has different points from different seasons. It shows the increase and decrease from time on time of your scores and how you have improved. As you score higher, the line increases. As you score lower, your line decreases.

This Language Graph shows the difference from time because each bar shows each score of the Map test. With each bar you can see how you improved during your tests and also how you may have decreased. It is a good graph to show scores over time because as time passes on a new bar passes on.

The Mathematics Map Score is a pretty good graph to show improvement as time passes on. With each test you did, a new cone would appear. The score you get on your test will be how tall the cone will be. The taller, the higher your score is. It is a good graph to show scores over time because you can see how much you have improved during time and how you have done before.

Oil Spill

In April the Twentieth, a catastrophic event happened. An oil drill from the BP Company by the Guld of Mexico suffered an explision, which caused 5 thousand barrels of oil to spill PER DAY. this oil spill is affecting thousands of organisms, both in the water and on the land. Hundreds of animals have been dying because of all the toxins they have to support every day. Imagine having to wake up one day and all your habitat is full of toxins you can´t take anymore. Many animals have to take this everyday, and most of all because of this oil spill. All of this oil has spread over 1800 squared miles and is going for more. This spill has been reaching the biggest oil spill in history. And people may ask themselves who is the responsible for all of this disaster, well the responsible ones for this immense disaster is the BP (British Petroleum) Company. This company is obligated to pay a fee of 7.5 million dollars. Still, that amount of money won´t affect much this company because we humans still keep on using petroleum as our only fuel.

There are thousands of habitats and species being affected, and this is just another inustice in the world. They are obviously not responisble for this disaster and it is something really unfair because they had nothing to do with it. Now, they have to suffer consequnces that they never asked for. The BP Company has thought of several ideas, yet they haven´t acted much. An example would be when they thought of blocking the leak, but still before even doing it they thought that idea would eventually fail. Many people ask themselves what BP will do, and they still have no answer. BP has said they will pay a 7.5 million fee, as said before. Still, BP Company has been demanded by many states close to the Gulf of Mexico, including Louisiana. Because of the size of the oil spill, which is larger than many countries and cities, including Puerto Vallarta, it will take a massive amount of time to clean all of the oil. This spill has already affected the Earth because petroleum is something that living organisms cannot tolerate. Sadly, this leak is still releasing oil as all of us keep on writing and thinking, thinking what will happen next. It may take months, maybe even a year or moe than a year, to stop this leak and clean the ocean. As that time passes on, animal species may even become extinct. This act has been a great one in the human race history, and maybe when it is over with the leaders of many countries will think before acting. For example, the BP Company had stopped the maintenance and as the water pressure got higher, the more chances of the tubes were to break. There have been more thoughts about petroleum, though. For instance, the use of solar energy or gas that comes from cane. Maybe this event will help us in the future, but for a better tomorrow we have to act today.

Bird Image

Links to pages that helped me write this post:

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/04/26/oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/louisiana-oil-spill-2010_n_558287.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html

Oil Spill

Map Tests

Well, during the last week and the beginning of this week we have been doing our Map Testing. I am actually proud of my math scores, only my math. I over passed my goal by 7 points! I was supposed to score over 260 and I scored 267 *w*. What motivated me the most to score higher in these tests wasn't the free spirit day. Actually, I don't think that motivated anyone but the teachers. I think something that would have motivated even more a whole class would be that the class that overpassed their scores the most would get a pizza party or something fun.. Still there's nothing fun about school except your friends, is there? Doing the Map Tests is something kind of weird. In primary they made it sound as the biggest deal ever, that you had to eat your breakfast super healthy so you had more energy. Well, non of that is really true. These tests are just so you can see how leveled you are in some classes, and if you are more advanced than others. These tests can tell your future teachers if you are actually able to enter a certain class or not. When I say that doing the Map Tests is weird I mean that it's something that you don't normally do and is kind of a pain. Still, doing these tests help you to see if you are doing good in some classes or not. The Map webpage is the NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association). There you can see the goals of doing these tests.

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