Google Earth Tours

Since last week we have been working with Google Earth, and today we saw other people's tours. The first tour I saw was Jorge's and it was pretty awesome. Something I liked a lot was that he visited famous places like the Taj Majal and the Colleseum. What I didn't like was that many places were still pretty pixelized so you could not distinguish much, other than that it was cool. The next tour I saw was Ximena's, which wasn't that good because she wasn't able to open her original file. What I was able to see was all pixelized so I didn't get to enjoy her real tour. The last tour I saw was Debora's, and it was amazing because she really put effort into it and the places she visited were really beautiful, like for a REAL vacation I would love to go to. What I didn't like is that she stayed in one place too long so it took time, but it was still amazing. My tour was also cool from my point of view because I visited cool places like the Eiffel Tour and the Roman Colleseum, and also places I miss like Mexico City. What I just realized is that the pixelized parts is because of the slow internet connection we have at school. Something I would change is the places I would go to, to be able to visit different places.

Joy

What I have just done is remodel my Blogger Profile. As you can see, it is now more colorful and nice. It has this psychedelic background that really matches my likes. For example, you can see that they are like techno/eletronic lights, which are just awesome. Another thing I also like about my new Blog is that its got this invisible text box so you can still see the background while reading. Still, as time will go by we will have to post more and more posts (no really, post posts :P). Let's just say we will have to let this be handled by time. Remodeling this blog was pretty easy because I just deleted what I didn't need like the fish tank. Even though it was cool, it was just a waste of space and something not useful. For example, in life you will also have to deal to similar things. Not get rid of your fish but of the non important people or items in your life. Something I also just did was eat a chocolate chip cookie.

Something I would just love to do for me is to get a life. Not in the way that I don't have one and I'm emo, no. I just want to grow up and get rid of all my current problems. Still, for that I have to wait some couple years. So, for the meanwhile I will have to make it happen and never give up on life. Even though we all have to go through emotional changes, we have to learn that giving up something is giving up on someone. The future is not that far away from today, and every day is a new day. Lately I've been thinking of what I would like to be when I growed up. When I was small I thought of things like chef, but the only thing I used to cook right was cereal and sandwiches. Later on I wanted to be an architect because if my abilities in math, but architecture is not all about math either. So now, some of my options are surgeon, marine biologist, or architect. Those are three very good options for my life, since I love animals, cereal, I'm good in math, and new experiences are always good. I would also like to learn many other things about everything, which sounds pretty complicated but yeah.

Something that makes me special is my psychological ability. My mom doesn't appreciate it much but it doesn't matter. I help many friends in difficult situations they go through. That is a good aspect of mine because whenever YOU need help I might help you. Something I don't like about that is that all my good advices I give are not useful with me. I have gone almost most problems my "clients" have had and I still haven't managed to get over them. Still, I live an acceptable life and even though I might whine about it, I'm happy I even have a life. Not the same life I was talking about in the last parragraph because in the other one I meant getting a life that will make me a better citizen in the future and in this paragraph I mean as having a soul that allows me to move and think. Lalalala have you ever heard of the song: "Cities of the Future - Infected Mushroom"? If not do it, if yes, AMAZING!

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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