Unfortunately, nothing that exciting happened today. But then again, it was a Monday... The first period was Social Studies and my teacher wanted to show us a video pertaining to the movie "Black Panther". This video talked about the "Symbolism" in "Black Panther". The first "symbol" was about how the country (Wakanda) was "hidden in plain sight". Apparently, the woman in the video said that represented how black people are overlooked in society. I didn't actually understand what she meant by that but still took notes. Then it talked about who was the villain in the movie. At first, it portrayed "Klaus" as the evil villain because he was trying to teal the vibranium for himself. However, once he died "Killmonger" and "Black Panther" were against each other to see who would become Wakanda's ruler.

Although, Killmonger lost he was probably one of the best villains ever created in a superhero movie. And honestly, both T'Challa (Black Panther) and "Killmonger" would have been "good" rulers. It's just that the T'Challa develops a leadership skill called "Compassion" that Killmonger doesn't have. Also, the Black Panther is just "nicer" in general. Anyway, once the video was done my Social Studies teacher started getting more in depth. I asked him whether it was fine that I just wanted to watch the movie for fun and he said there was nothing wrong with that. We're even going t watch the entire movie in class on May 15th since that's when it's released on "Netflix" and DVD. 

Science class was next and my teacher also had a video planned for us. I thought that was great but unlike the "Black Panther" one this is more "educational" (if you can even call it that). It was about "Gravity and the Force of Motion". The notes were good but one kid made the period really funny. He got into an argument with the teacher asking why we should have to write that the air resistance is part of the reason why a paper falls slower than a rock. The kid kept on saying it was "obvious" and to be honest I agreed. But my teacher said it's good to know the "scientific" reason. Then, he started making a full-on demonstration. DeJuan (name of the kid), grabbed a book and paper before letting them fall to the ground. Finally, he said it was "OBVIOUS" that the paper was going to fall slower.

Most of my classmates were dying of laughter while he did this (including me). During Lunch, I ate some "Ravioli". It tasted horrendous because the sauce was basically covering everything. I couldn't even call it "lunch" at that point, it was just some red sauce on a paper plate. Recess was at the "Field" and I was worried that we (7th grade) might not go because it was raining. Thankfully, it ended before anyone reached the outside. I talked to some of my friends about the Math PARCC that was happening next period and video games. It was a pretty good morning for me, however, the PARCC ruined it. I spent 80 minutes answering Math questions from the start of this year to the end of the workbook.

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There was this new movie that came out last weekend called, "Infinity War". It was about all of the Marvel superheroes facing "Thanos". He's like this huge interdimensional space lord that can do whatever he wants. So the heroes tried to destroy him but unfortunately, Thanos was too strong. In fact, he killed about 7 of the superheroes (this is probably due to the actual people playing the characters having to leave or get fired). And for some reason one of those characters was the "Black Panther". And it's sad because he was the main figure for black people to look up to. Little kids watched the "Black Panther" movie and thought he was amazing, then he gets killed almost 3 months later. I hope Marvel knows they made a horrible mistake doing this. 

After Jupiter told Morrigan she'd be safe he told her to jump off the building with him. That's why they were on the windowsill. Morrigan obviously refused but Jupiter told her to trust him. She knew that it was either trusting the mysterious man who wants to save her life or die on Eventide. So Morrigan and Jupiter jumped and miraculously made it safely on top of a strange machine. She respectfully asked Jupiter what they were on and he said, "The Arachnipod". Apparently, it's the only one of it's kind since most people have newer versions but it still does the job. They were able to climb onto the nearest clocktower due to the "Arachnipod's" sticky legs and jumped towards the sky. Morrigan closed her eyes and when she opened them they were surrounded by a weird mist.

A voice suddenly came and asked what business they had there. Jupiter told Morrigan not to worry and did all the talking. Apparently, that was the border control that separated the "Republic" (where Morrigan used to live" to the "Free State" (where Jupiter lived). the voice asked for Jupiter's paperwork but all he showed was a chocolate wrapper. Thankfully, the voice was a friend of Jupiter and didn't need any papers. Jupiter and Morrigan continued moving on top of his Arachnipod. Finally, Morrigan could see something in the distance. It was a sign that read, "Welcome to Nevermore!". And behind that was a massive city filled with all types of colors in the distance. Morrigan was surprised to see something so bright and funky.

Jupiter introduced her to a massive hotel called, "Deucalion". It was Jupiter's most prized possession and he also revealed that Morrigan was going to become his candidate. That's right, she was going to be the sole owner of the "Deucalion" and a member of the "Society". However, before all that, she needs to partake in 4 trials. The first 3 are randomly chosen while the 4th is called the "Show Trial". That is where all the participants who have made it show off their "Knacks" or abilities. Morrigan told Jupiter that she didn't have a knack but he said she did. Morrigan was confused and that her "curse" was the "knack" he was talking about". However, Jupiter assured her that wasn't it. He even promised that when she made it to the "Show Trial" he would take care of everything.

Anyway, while at the hotel Morrigan made some new friends. Chande, a famous singer in Nevermore and also a friend of Jupiter himself (she likes him). Then, there was Martha, she is a maid that cleans up the hotel and notifies Jupiter whenever he is needed. Jake is Jupiter's son and he later comes into the story. His knack is the same as Jupiter, they both can sense the emotions and secrets of other people. However, unlike Jupiter Jake hasn't gone through the intensive training required to handle those secrets. That's why he wears an eyepatch. His knack is automatically activated through his eyes so when one of his eyes are covered it lowers the pain of seeing so many things at once.

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This story I read was about "Fortnite" and I think it's really cool. There is a 13-year-old kid named, "Kyle Jackson" that plays Fortnite professionally. Well, technically he hasn't played a professional game yet but the kid has joined an actual team. They started playing for tournaments and Kyle is excited to hopefully win some "cash-prizes". His teammates which he met online and not in real life were surprised to find out he was 13 but still treated him just like everyone else. His parents supported his choice entirely and had no problem with it. Kyle's friends had been jealous of him because of what he has the opportunity to do but he felt no hate. Kyle also says that it's every kid's dream to play video games professionally but sometimes they just can't, that's why he was so happy to do so.

Today's post is going to be about a book called, "Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow". When I saw the name Nevermoor I thought it was something bad and evil, and of course, it was. My reason behind this is because in a poem made by "Edgar Allen Poe" called, "The Raven" there is a "raven" that constantly annoys the narrator by saying "Nevermore". Then, the protagonist calls the raven a foul beast created by Satan. Besides, in one of the games, I play there is a skin called, "Nevermore" that resembles a raven. The words "black" and "raven" usually mean something creepy, at least to me. Anyway, the author of this book is "Jessica Townsend" and she had been a copywriter for 8 years. Then, moved on to become a magazine writer, this is her first ever novel and I would say she did a pretty good job.

This book is about a girl named "Morrigan Crow" that lives in a place called, "Crow Manor". Her father is a man named, "Corvus Crow" and a high official for the government. Everyone in the town thinks of her as a curse because she was born on Eventide (a day when all cursed children die at the age 11). No one in the family likes her, the only person that shows a bit of affection is her grandmother. One day, Corvus needed to go to the Town Hall and be a part of the "Bid Day". This is a day when children from the state are chosen to be a part of certain companies or other professional workers. Because Morrigan Crow's birthday was next week she wanted to go to the town hall and witness the bids. Corvus denied it completely but one of his assistants said it would be good for the newspaper.

On the day of the bids, Morrigan Crow took her seat next to Corvus and then heard the Mayor of "Crow Manor" call out the bids. After a while, Morrigan got bored because she thought it would be more interesting. However, her name was called and she got really nervous. Would Corvus allow her to get the latter containing the bid? Morrigan didn't wait to find out, she quickly walked to the Mayor and got her envelope. Then, her name was called three more times and the audience got furious. Not ever had someone gotten 4 bids on Bid Day! It was very bad and everyone got mad. They said stuff like 4 is out of proportion, especially for a cursed child. Morrigan walked to the waiting rooms for her patrons. They would be the ones to ask if she would join them. 

Soon enough, she met one of her patrons. They started talking but then Corvus barged into the room. He said that all the bids were fake and that he was going to be insulted. When Morrigan said that one of the patrons was with her she turned around, unfortunately, the man disappeared completely. Back at home, the clock tower started ringing and Eventide was coming earlier than usual. Morrigan got very scared but remained still. She had received a letter from another one of her patrons but knew it wouldn't matter because she'd be dead. However, that didn't stop her from signing it. Suddenly, a man named, "Jupiter" came and took her to the windowsill. He explained that she wasn't going to die tonight, not as long as he was with her. 

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For more the story you should read the book yourself, it's really great and I like it. I thought it'd be good if I left it at a cliffhanger. This story that I read is just for jokes os don't take it too seriously, however, it did happen. Kim Jong Un and the South Korean leader "Moon" were at the summit yesterday and had a fine peace treaty. Kim Jong Un invited Moon over to step at the Northern side of the summit while Moon did the same for him. Then, the two had a fine Lunch together with what is called, "Pyongyang Naengmyeon". Apparently, it's like this dish that wasn't that popular until the summit yesterday. That's when many Koreans started eating it because it felt fitting. Moon himself ordered some for Kim Jong Un and himself to devour. That is it for today's post.

Finally, the end of the week and I'm just ready to start playing my video game. Mostly because I got Honor Roll and just finished the big test I was worried about. Honestly, I don't know why I worried in the first place, it seemed way easier than I thought it was going to be. My lowest grade will probably be an 80, but to me, it seems more likely to be a 90. Anyway, let me start talking about my day. After dropping my sister at her bus stop I continued reading this book called, "Eventide: The Trials of Morrigan Crow". It's this book about a young cursed child that apparently gives everyone bad luck. Just making eye contact can break your hip. But of course, she doesn't do it intentionally. Unfortunately, Eventide is coming up and also the day that Morrigan Crow is supposed to die. 

Once I actually finish the book there will be a brief summary of it. At school the first period was Science and I asked my teacher whether or not we were going to finish the movie from yesterday. However, he said there were only 2 minutes and no possible information to come from it, of course, I disagreed but couldn't change his opinion whatsoever (disappointingly). So instead of finishing the movie, we watched a video about   Gravity. In my opinion, it was very informative and I liked the concept of a "funny" video while teaching you stuff that's supposed to be boring. My teacher paused parts of the video so that we could take notes and I even learned about "Issac Newton". I've already heard the name but forgot exactly what he was famous for.

Okay, so I actually made a mistake on which period I had, I actually had Science after Dinner which is nowhere near the first period. What actually happened was Technology. My friends and I played Bullet Force on the computer only because my teacher said we had no assignments. Other kids were watching youtube or playing the exact same game as us. During the first match, I won but afterward, Lawrencelie (buddy or pal) got the victory.  Soon enough, Technology was over and I had Dance class. My legs weren't ready for what was about to happen. The "choreographer" was putting us into groups and each leader would help us on the dance. Then group 1 and 3 would go on the left side of the room while group 2 and 4 went to the other direction. 

Each team would send two of its members to dance and it would be a competition. One side would have two of group 1 and 3's members while the other would have group 2 and 4's members. It was basically a "DANCE BATTLE". Because I went last the people on the other side were filled with people who also didn't want to go. In my opinion, I and this other girl completely destroyed them. My longtime friend "Nabeel" was on the other side and obviously wasn't trying. The reason why was because he didn't want to be picked to be the 5 people that are part of the actual dance for the school. I don't want to be on the stage performing in front of everyone else but it does feel too good to actually try and get some applause.

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Now it's time to talk about the post that I read. It was about the Playstation Four sales and how they've reached their peak. Now, of course, the Playstation Four has been out for quite some time now. About 5 years, because the console was introduced in 2013. Anyway, Sony has made over 1 Billion dollars in sales because of it. However, it seems as though the sales won't be going any higher. The PlayStation Five is probably coming out in 2020 and a lot of people already have either the PS4 or Xbox One. The highest amount of sales in a year were in 2016. That went above 20 million consoles, in 2015 the amount of sales were one million lower. That's pretty confusing because I would assume that people would want to buy a console when it's new. Anyway, that is it for today's post!

The first period was Science and I asked my teacher whether he was going to show the movie we watched 2 days ago. Thankfully, because he didn't want to move on to the next lesson yet and we finished our quiz the day before today was the perfect opportunity to watch it. This movie was about "Motion" but I was a bit confused. Although the movie did have motion references to it, it was mainly talking about Planets and their gravitational pull. It never even talked about "displacement" or "reference point". The movie even mentioned how the Earth and Moon were formed. In the end, it was talking about a man and his children in Alaska, how they survive in the winter due to the ice covering the ocean. Like that has nothing to do with "Motion or Physics!". 

Afterward, P.E wasn't that fun (I rarely ever say that). You see, for today's game my class was supposed to go outside but they were too noisy in the hallway. I wasn't with them because my teacher lets me use the bathroom but apparently, they were disturbing the "PARCC" testing for the 5th graders. This angered me a lot since because of them I couldn't enjoy to go outside t the field and play Soccer. Now some may argue that during Lunch I go to the field and can play it but during P.E it's an actual civilized game where we try our hardest. During Recess, there aren't even teams. just kids that try to kick the ball into the goal with no goalie. And whenever there is a goalie he or she always get's scared and runs away.

Anyway, the game that my class played instead was "Group Numbers" and "Something that I forgot the name of". Group numbers were just an exercise that involves the teacher calling out a number and then you join that certain amount of kids into a line. I've already talked about this so there is no need to go deeper. However, this other game I played was really fun. Basically, the teacher separates you into two teams and then gives each team 9 stepping blocks and a scooter. Each team needed to get to the other side of the gym first if one of your teammates or you touch the ground with any body part everyone needs to start over and you get one of your blocks taken away. The first round was a loss only because one girl was too scared to cross from one side of the gym to the other. 

Finally, P.E was over and I was disappointed. During the second round, I didn't even get to go because the period ended. I let all my teammates go first because it was the nice thing to do. However, now I regret it all. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about that now. For lunch, the school gave some pasta and meatballs. It may sound good but obviously tastes horrible. The only thing decent is the meatballs and even those don't resemble an actual ball of meat. It feels "processed" and bad for your Health. Thankfully, my mom gave me some money so I was able to get a bag of cookies instead. I'm pretty sure that the milk isn't good as well but the taste doesn't change at all, besides what else was I going to drink?

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This story that I read is about "Megyn Kelly". She was recently hired about 8 months ago by the morning show "Today" and seems to be doing okay. Apparently, the woman has a 69 million dollar contract with "NBC" and I'm surprised people make that much money. I mean, she obviously won't be needing a retirement plan anytime soon. Either way, the "Wall Street Journal" has criticized her work saying that she is bringing "Today" down with her. Now I'm pretty sure she was one of the newscasters that covered the "Florida School Shooting" and she seemed to be doing her job fine. For me, I have nothing against her. Megyn looks like a great person to be hired by NBC and the leader of NBC has said that himself. 

Today I just received my honor roll award and I'm super happy! My father said that after finishing this post I can play my game so this is going to be quick. However, that doesn't mean I won't put my "feelings" into it. For one thing, it was raining outside so I didn't want to get my hair wet. However, I couldn't find a jacket so the sweater was my next best option. None of my hair got wet but my face was bombarded with little droplets of water and it even kinda hurt. Once I got on the bus there were a few kids talking about the honor roll ceremony and asking whether or not they were in it. I don't talk to hose students because they almost always get in trouble so instead, the next best thing to do was read my "Guinness World Records Book: Gaming". And to think my father thought this book would be a waste of money.

The first period was Social Studies and my teacher began talking more about Wakanda and Benin. We mainly went into the story about how the warriors that protect the "Black Panther" in the movie were inspired. Apparently, in the 17 century, the African culture of Benin would recruit the most courageous women of their kind to become a warrior and fight on the front lines. I thought this was really cool that back then women used to fight and become stronger than the men. They went through many drills to become insensitive to any kind of pain or sympathy of those they killed. Basically, they weren't supposed to feel bad about murdering their enemies. I'm sure that the training for that probably involved killing captured prisoners and animals. 

That's the problem with everything, whenever something like fighting women comes up you think it's cool. But then it has a dark side to it that a lot of people think is scary and frightening. Anyway, now it's time to talk about the Honor Roll ceremony. When I walked with my class into the multi-purpose room I didn't expect to see my dad there. This was because he told me yesterday that he couldn't come because of work. However, he obviously went really early or just skipped work, I don't know either. When the Dean of Students started calling out names one by one to receive their awards I got really scared. It's not like I was afraid of not getting honor roll because otherwise, my dad wouldn't be here, but the fact of whether people who cheer for me or just not celebrate. 

Thankfully, when Ms. Daileon called my name I got up and heard about 3 girls just screamed at me. Then, a couple of my classmates (new and old) were congratulating me while I walked to receive the award. It felt so good to know that people were happy for me, I try to build a good reputation in my class but sometimes it's not easy because of my funny attitude. Before I even got up to get the paper I was thinking about which way should I take to make it to the other side and back. Eventually, I just followed the trail of students and which direction they were going through. While walking back accidentally kicked one of the students with my leg, but said sorry and he seemed happy with that response. After me, about 30 other kids got their awards and I clapped for all of them.

I'm not going to do Google News because there is still some more stuff after the ceremony. Once everything was done the teacher said that students who got honor roll were supposed to head towards the right hall and enter one of the 6th-grade classrooms. There, everyone was supposed to take a  group picture, I wasn't able to because a bunch of kids was crowding the locker but it was fine with me. Then, all the students that didn't get honor roll left to eat lunch, so I and my friend "Lawrencelie" got the privilege of eating from a buffet. I could tell there wasn't as much food as the last time (term 1) but still tasted good. Anyway, what I can say was that today is obviously the best day ever! 

Before I start talking about school I want to mention something very serious. My father almost passed away today (I'm pretty sure) and thought of it just freaks me out. I mean, he's my dad and if he dies when I'm still 13 it really makes me worry. He's already been through 1 or two heart attacks and today the man almost fell down just like when we were jogging to Lincoln Park. The one thing I can do now is hope that he gets better with the new medicine and starts keeping a better check on himself. Anyway. let's move on to the first period at school. It was Social Studies and I expected us to keep on talking about Wakanda and other stuff. Remember, Wakanda is a fictional place from the movie "Black Panther". It was really funny that people started searching up "Wakanda" on the hotel sites after seeing the movie.

I told my teacher all about the "present" events that occurred yesterday and the day before that. First, a shooter who killed about 4 people at a waffle house, the shooter was naked waist down and just killing people from all directions. Thankfully, a bystander was able to grab him and detain the murdered long enough for the police to arrive. Afterwards, another incident at a waffle house that could've been linked to racism. Two white police officers arrested a woman just because she was waiting for the manager of the store to come. Apparently, there was a waitress that disrespected her or something. Anyway, it's just mindboggling that the police wouldn't just ask her to silently leave the place. Instead, the bring her to the grounds where she's almost naked. 

And of course, you already know about the Toronto incident where the man apparently killed 9 people and injured 16. When I brought up that subject my teacher said the driver accidentally killed the civilians and wasn't paying attention. However, if you clearly look at the post it said that the man "deliberately" ran over the people. That's why when he got out of the car the killer started saying "Shoot Me!", because he knew he'd already get killed on death row. What surprised me the most was when it said this was one of the largest mass killings in America! I thought that the highest would probably be at least 400 to 500 but according to the story, 9 is close to the highest. 

Now it's to talk about P.E, I was really excited to get into P.E because my teacher said we'd play a new game. However, it was actually mat ball. And in case you haven't noticed, I hate Matball. It's basically kickball, but ... Wait a minute... Matball is just kickball! There are actually no differences! You kick the ball and then try to get a home run! I remember this one time when I was about 8 years old. There was this Tibetan girl named, "Tsering' that I would play with on the streets. At the time when I was 8, she was probably 14. The girl carried me over the park gate when it was closed and then the rest of her friends went. And let me tell you, that gate was about 15 feet high so I got really scared. 

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Once everyone was inside the park we played kickball, well I wanted to just play on my Nintendo but the girl said I should play with them. She was really nice and now working. I even saw her at Newport Mall with her boyfriend about 3 months ago. She still remembers me and I remember her too. So there was this post I read that talked about a man who was going to commit suicide. He was trying to jump over the bridge to kill himself but the police called a bunch of trucks to go below the bridge. That way they could break his fall whenever it jumped. Thankfully, the man came to his senses and actually relaxed. The post ended talking about if you have feelings to suicide you should called the "Suicide Prevention Association". And if anyone who's reading this has this problem feel free to call and get your problems sorted out. Anyway, that's it for today's post. 

For today’s post I am going to be talking about PARCC as well as the usual day. First period was supposed to be Science but our teacher wasn’t there. Apparently, he and his class were going to a field trip, unfortunately I don’t know where. SO instead, one of the other 7th grade teachers decided to sub in for him, she told us to continue finishing the worksheet and then read independently once done. I finished pretty fast and started reading my “The Three Musketeers” book. I haven’t brought it home yet because I still didn’t finish my other book (just completed reading it today). Soon enough, it was time to go to P.E!

I was happy that there wasn’t a substitute teacher because they were probably going to make us play basketball. We did our regular exercise and then the warmup game. It was where my teacher gives someone the ball and they have to pass it to someone else. Everyone who gets the ball has to do the same thing until 15 passes. My class has started getting really used to this game so we didn’t mess up. The first game we played was “Elimination Dodgeball”. I thought it was going to be where everyone has to hit the other team until they have no players. But, instead there were two teams and 3 bowling pins on each side. The goal was to hit the other team’s pins.

After P.E there was Lunch and my teacher went told everyone to get their sweaters. As soon as we headed outside of the building rain started coming. I think I have the same problem as my dad where whenever we start heading towards our destination the weather just completely flips around. Before, there weren’t any problems with the rain. And you want to know the funny thing about all this? My teacher didn’t even realize it was raining until after we were at the field. Then, all the kids had to head back, some were protesting that it was barely raining and I honestly agreed. Though I know that isn’t going to change me teacher’s mind. He already felt silly enough for not realizing it was raining, what would happen if he got in trouble for taking the kids out?

Once I got back inside the classroom with my friends we saw the dance kids practicing. Also, the desks were moved to either the left or right side of the room. So you weren’t able to actually sit where you normally did. The dance teacher seemed very frustrated that us kids were coming back into the room so she got a bit mad when everyone started talking. Like most kids, we got quiet and just watched the Dance performers do their thing. It was really cool, not going to lie! My friend Nabeel looked really devoted, he was grabbing his leg and flipping it everywhere (was supposed to). Then this girl named “Amy Ramirez” was balling it! She acted like an actual choreographer!

Now it’s time to talk about PARCC! Mr. Correa my class use the bathroom before taking it. There was this other woman who I don’t even know the same of but she seemed pretty nice. The test wasn’t even that hard to be honest! I liked the way the whole room was so quiet (hard to get sometimes). Finally, the test was finished and the teacher let us use the bathroom again if we wanted to. Hamzah (probably smartest kid in the school), got his first detention this year! It was because he was saying the teacher didn’t needed to be so harsh on his directions, I think he was joking around at first but then started getting a bit sassy. In the end he got detention and it wasn’t funny at all…. (I wanted to laugh but the mood was too depressing).

 Today was the last day of the ELA PARCC and also the so-called "End of the World" because of Planet Niburu. You see, remember when I talked about those people that thought the Earth will come to its end because of another planet? Well, today was the day the planet "Nibiru" was supposedly supposed to come and cause an extinction of us humans. I guess it's not happening because the birds are chirping and the sun is still up. Anyway, let me start talking about my day. Once I got to my bus stop there were a couple of other kids already there. I saw a school bus titled "Beloved Community Charter School" but for some reason, it didn't come towards us. Then, I realized that Beloved is sharing their buses with another school called, "Empowerment". 

Then, one of the parents said they got an email saying that our bus was going to be 1 hour late. I definitely did not want to wait for an hour so instead, I walked back to my house. Before I turned the corner one of the parents said that she would call "LYFT" and they could drop us at the school. Although I wanted to go I remembered my father's words "never go in a stranger's car". So with my most polite voice, I said my parents wouldn't let me and continued on my path to the house. Thankfully, my mother was still at the house and she told me that she would call her taxi friend to pick me up and drop me off at the school. So, for about 15 minutes I silently waited until there was a knock on the door. 

With all my strength, I ran outside before the taxi driver drove away and got in the car. The thing that scared me the most was that I might've possibly not locked the door. However, when I came into the house the first thing I asked my father as if the front door was locked when he came in. And you don't know how happy I was when he said "Yes". Then again, I didn't even worry about anything once I got inside the school. For the first period, it was Social Studies and the teacher said we were going to start learning about "Benin" and "Wakanda". I had no problem with that especially because I knew that this was based on the movie "Black Panther". See, "Wakanda" isn't a real place. Sure it seems like it is but sadly it's not.

Afterwards, the next period was Science and I expected to hear some points. However, either the teacher was in a bad mood or my class really was just awful (not me though). And apparently, I just checked my "ClassDojo" and the points were reset! That makes no sense because how are they going to decide who gets to go on the trip! It really bugs me that the teachers would make a silly mistake like this. I'm pretty sure that I'm probably going to go because I had 11 points. Now that doesn't seem like a lot but every day I at least got around 2 to 3. This is mainly from my ELA teacher, but then my Math one gave me an extra 4 if you add them all up (please tell me I get to go on the trip!). 

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In Toronto, Canada there was a deliberate attack to about 25 civilians. Sixteen of them were injured and 9 were killed. It really was one of the biggest mass killings in America. It just seems like nowadays there is always going to be killings. First, it's the bombings, then the school shootings, after that "truck" killing, and just today I found out a man killed 4 people ate a WAFFLE HOUSE! America may not be the safest place to live in, but then again it never was. The man killed the 9 people before he hit his truck against a tree. The killer walked out and pointed a gun at the police officer. He was telling the officer to shoot him in the head but instead the savior detained him. I thought it was weird the killer didn't just shoot the police officer.

For this post, I'm going to write about what I did yesterday, and then talk about a new book. After waking up, my sister and I saw that my dad wasn't home. The two of us were confused until I realized he probably went to work yesterday so he didn't have to go today. I also knew that he probably left at 11:00 A.M and would be coming back home at around 9. And just like I thought, at 8:48 A.M my dad entered the house and surprised me. It really scared me to hear his voice for two reasons. One was that I had an electronic I wasn't supposed to have. It was something that even I thought was broken, but one day I checked my drawer while trying to find a belt and saw a cable. Then, when I inspected the cable I saw it had the "Sony" or "PlayStation" logo on it! The other reason was that I didn't hear him open the door or walk towards the living room.

Afterward, I walked towards the playroom and grabbed the new book I told me to read, "Holes". When I saw the book it reminded me of a movie that was named the same thing. And according to what I researched there is, in fact, a movie based on this book, it's just that the one that I'm reading has a more modern looking title. It was 12:00 A.M and I finally finished both the reading and typing. With my sister, the two of us walked upstairs to our father and told him we finished. Since I refused to disturb him too much I walked back downstairs and into the prayer room. From there I got my two controllers, charger, and "HDMI" cable. The "HDMI" cable is the one you need to make either your video games or TV shows pop up on the screen. 

Although I had a pretty fun time playing on the "PlayStation Four" it can't always last. You see, my father turned off my game and said to go outside to the park. He didn't say which park to go to so when my sister and I got outside it was pretty funny. Let me tell you what I did, my sister wanted to go to the small park but I said I wanted to go to Lincoln. She got mad at me but followed knowing she'd get in big trouble if she didn't. The two of us were at the stop sign and about to cross the street when I ran towards the small park (that's where I actually wanted to go). By that point, she realized what I was doing and started laughing. At the park, we did exercises (squats and jumping jacks) and a challenge to see who could flip the most bottles and land it. 

We each got one point, I got the point for most bottle flips in 5 turns and she got her point for farthest distance to land a water bottle flip. Now we were tied and decided the challenge should be who gets the most consecutive or repeated streaks in a row. How many water bottles could we flip on by one without failing? My highest was 7 and hers was 2. Technically, I let her get one on the first try so it didn't count, but of course, I never told her because she'd be a sore loser. Now, with the remainder of his paragraph, I want to talk about the new book I've been reading. Next weekend I'll summarize it but for today it's all about the author and background information. The person who made this book is called, "Louis Sachar". When I first heard the name it sounded like a girl, however, it's apparently a male. In case you forgot about what I said before this book was created into a movie in 2003 and many people watched it. I fairly enjoyed the book but have very distinct memories of the movie. Anyway, I'm sure it was great. Louis Sachar has so far one the "Newbery Medal" and "National Book Award".  About 7 different kids were sent to "Camp Green Lake" and in this book, two of them were able to be released by the protagonist's attorney. I'll give you more information next time.

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The story I read was about Donald Trump and George H W. Bush's wife. His wife "Ms. Bush" or "Barbara Bush" just died one or two weeks ago. There were two photos that really caught my attention. The first one that I saw was "George H W.", "President Obama", "Michelle Obama", "Hilary Clinton", "Melanie Trump", and two other people. I figured that if Donald Trump himself saw his wife and Hillary Clinton together he wouldn't be happy. It's just common knowledge. I mean, the two of them did go against each other in the election. I feel bad for the third guy who lost the presidential election almost immedtiately, he's so irrelevant that even I don't know his name. Well, anyway the second picture was "President Obama" making Donald Trump's wife laugh. Now this is bad for Donald Trump and possibly Michelle Obama because in the picture she didn't seem happy. That is it for today's story!

It's still 10:00 A.M so I haven't really done anything that "special". That's why for today's post I'll be summarizing, "Memory Maze", by "Gordan Korman". Gordan Korman has also made books such as "Restart" and I really enjoyed reading it. Some background information about the book, the protagonist is "Jackson Opus" and his family has moved along with him to a small town in the middle of nowhere. They have moved from "New York City" to escape Dr. Mako! A man who was using Jackson Opus's hypnotic powers to dramatically change a presidential election. Jackson's family had to delete all their files or at least try to get rid of as much as they could using the hypnotic powers. Both the mom and dad don't have these abilities, unlike their son Jackson and a man named, "Alex" who has decided to help them protect the boy.

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Jackson Opus was walking back from school when he saw his house. It brought back memories of his old home in New York City, that place was luxurious and he even had his own personal waiter. This was all because of Dr. Mako. However, once he found out that the man himself was actually using him Jackson and his family moved away to a cramped apartment. Inside of the house, Jackson went upstairs to his room and talked with "Alex". The old man had left the Sandman's guild which he had been the leader of in New York to help Jackson gain a better understanding of his Mesmeric powers. These powers date back to the times of the Egyptians. There are two generations holding these powers. The Sparks and the Opuses, to some coincidence Jackson's mom is a Spark and his dad is an Opus. So Jackson's hypnotic powers are increased by two. 

Anyway, as the days go past the CIA are trying to find the source of the election crisis. They've been hearing reports of a strange voice telling them to vote for one of the elected candidates of the United States of America. At first, they thought it was just weird and put it on an unimportant case. However, one of their members has made the case take a turn. Why would a case like this be called, "Unimportant" if millions of people are saying that they've heard that sound before? Now the CIA has taken a new approach and have found Jackson Opus. Jackson decides that he needs to face Dr. Mako but meets an old man named, "Eisenhower". He says that he knows about Jackson's identity as a hypnotist and wants the kid to hypnotize him into a deep sleep.

Apparently, this will slow the effects of his old age and give the man more time until his private researchers can discover a cure for a longer life. Jackson agrees but only because he can get $500,000 from Mr. Eisenhower and hopefully help his parents get back on the right track. As the story goes on this plan turns itself around for the worse and Jackson starts to get more "controlled" by Dr. Mako. He starts hearing the word Liam and think's it's his long-lost brother that his parents abandoned. In the end, Jackson faces Dr. Mako and realizes it was his plan this whole time. There wasn't any "lost brother" called Liam and Mr. Eisenhower himself had died. Thankfully, the CIA came and rescued Jackson from Mako. Jackson feels bad he wasn't able to help Mr. Eisenhower knowing the old man just wanted to live a little longer. 

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There is this University in Ohio called, "Ohio University" (should have just said that), and they have actually implemented an Esports degree. This is basically gaming, and you know what? "Fortnite" is actually in it. That means you can get a degree for playing video games at a professional level. Esports means they will be competing in tournaments as well. I guess in College you really can be whatever you want to. Well, as long as you pick the right college. I know my father certainly wouldn't be happy if I chose that degree, but maybe if I do two things at once then he won't have a problem... By the way, this was in a post I read. Implementing "Fortnite" into an Esports degree when the game doesn't even have any official tournaments proves that it really is getting popular, until next time!

Today was my second day of PARCC and I really hated it. There's nothing fun about having to either work and just sit quietly for 2 hours. I'd rather have ELA! The only class that I'd do PARCC instead would be Spanish. This is because I don't have any knowledge whatsoever in Spanish. I don't get how my grade hasn't been below an 80 yet for the class. And actually, because of today's PARCC, our daily Spanish period was canceled. Anyway, for the first period, my class was supposed to go to the new computer lab. However, the 5th graders were having their PARCC there. That was why we headed to the old one. And unfortunately, this old woman (old teacher) named, "Ms. Wasik" is still there. To be honest, she's never actually got me in trouble but to other kids, she's pretty mean. 

One time this kids didn't know whether to go to "Google Chrome" or "Internet Explorer". She gave him an F for the day, let's just say that kid wasn't so happy with her. There were about 4 kids behind me that were playing "Bullet Force" and Ms. Wasik kept on looking at them. I was afraid for them, especially when she got up from her chair. However, instead of heading towards them she just walked out the room and towards the staff bathroom. One of them started yelling "Faze better hire me" because he was doing really well in the game ("Faze" is the name of a gaming team that specializes in 360 sniping). And in case you haven't realized, that's pretty hard to do. I've only done that once and my friend was standing still for me. Once Technology was over I reluctantly walked to Dance. 

For Dance Ms. Marti (teacher) was telling us to practice doing our regular moves from before. It felt pretty weird at first because of my sweater, but eventually, I got it. Info: today was perfect attendance but I didn't know so I couldn't dress down. However, my teacher knew I was never late for class and let me wear my sweater. After everyone had 5 minutes to practice what we learned from last class Ms. Marti said we should do the audience. It's basically where she gives you a number from one out of five and does that to everyone. Then everyone sits down, whoever was number 1 has to get up and walk to the front of the room. They start performing the Dance learned for that day, and one their done the next group comes up. It finishes all the way up to 5.

A lot of kids objected but Ms. Marti wouldn't have it. And of course, my number was 1... I still tried my best and brought up a good effort. But the best kids were also the most athletic. Noah and Jacob, I'm good friends with Noah because we play video games together but Jacob usually ignores me. That's why whenever he actually does want to talk about video games (he just started playing with me and my group so he wants to feel included) I ignore him as well. The thing I hate about him is that he has an accent. Now, it's not like I'm saying "Philippines" are bad, but the way he talks whenever I hear him is just so, "muffled". I can just barely hear it, however, I know that my voice isn't the loudest either so we're even.

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The story that I read today was about "Fortnite", it talks about the replay system. Now I thought this was extremely cool while watching some of my clips from the past. This is a great tool for YouTubers who plan on making montages or for people that just want to review their battling techniques. Now of course since I'm a very small youtuber and this game is really popular I hope that making a montage will attract more viewers. I just have one problem with this, if someone like me who's channel is very small try and make a video of a really unpopular game then, of course, people won't watch it. But even if they make it on a game like "Fortnite" there will probably so many other videos just like yours that people won't care. Either way, I'll try.

During the first period, I was kind of bored, the Social Studies teacher was getting a bit late and most of the kids were just talking. Thankfully, after a few more minutes of horrendous conversations, the man walked into the room and did his usual thing, "Dilly Dilly! Long Live Uganda (crosses his arms against his chest). I like the way he enters the class but don't do it because it seems a bit silly. For the period I reminded him of the feedback he was supposed to give, finally, he brought his notebook! Unfortunately, a bunch of kids asked questions and he didn't get through it all in time. Of course, my name is the second to last on his list. Something funny that happened during Social Studies class was when my teacher was talking about how the textbooks are limited. Then, Jeremiah yelled my name because of how I said we should use the textbooks more. 

After Social Studies was supposed to be Community Circle, I wanted it to be Community Circle in hopes that they would announce who got honor roll or not. However, that wasn't the case. Because it was canceled my homeroom teacher wanted to work on some ELA. We continued on our poetry from yesterday and I was able to complete all 5 paragraphs. You see, yesterday we looked at a poem by Robert Frost. I forgot the name but know that it was pretty hard t understand, well it wasn't the actual poem but the questions that my teacher made us answer. He said stuff like, "Why was the narrator so anxious to know who owned the woods?". First of all, I don't think you're allowed to "own" woods. Unless it's like the state government or something related to that.

Anyway, when I answered all the questions my teacher put up another poem. This one was made by some author whose name was too long for me to memorize. However, the name of the poem was, "The Ocean". Let me summarize it, basically, it started talking about how the Ocean waves were calm beneath the sea but "furious" on the surface. A bunch of people who died the in the Ocean was remembered to either be "Young, Fair, or Beautiful". Their spirits were carried off into the sea and into the dark caves of the deep. Together, every spirit has a meeting and talk about how sad they are about dying. Others just live with it and don't argue about anything. In the end, it says that the Ocean is calm and guilty of the deaths it is responsible for.

Anyway, one the Community Circle period was over my teacher told everyone to get their sweaters and head outside. Only about 7 kids couldn't go because they got detention. Their names were "Kelcher, Nitish, Jaden, Elisha, Regine, Daphne, and I forgot the last one". Elisha only got detention because she was talking to her friends while in transition. I feel bad but also don't because when you have a teacher like Mr. Correa the first thing to do is always be cautious. You never know when he'll come behind you and say "See me tomorrow!" (that means detention). I want to skip to Science because we did something really fun. It was a 40-yard dash and I got 6.91 seconds. I would feel happy but know a few other people did beat my score by maybe half a second.

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Did you know that in Fortnite they added more than one comet? Well, I did! Today was the day Tilted Towers was supposed to be destroyed but obviously, it isn't. It's not like it's a bad area but "destroying" it will probably give people an even better motive to go there. That way they can explore the new map and get the same loot than before. Just imagine, 99 people in the game and 98 of them head to Tilted Towers. I would be the only one who didn't go there and get the loot! And you may think I'm crazy but I've seen stuff like this happen. One game there were about 50 people who went to the area and one "pro" player got about 40 kills! It was tremendous! I wish something like that happened to me so I could record it! 

Once I got to my class my teacher saw my hair and said "Fresh Cut". I should have been happy about this but laughed instead, and to no surprise, he did too (not in a mean way). In addition, my pants were super wet! The rain was pouring down and the last bus came at around 8:56 A.M which is after the first period! The first two "students" that saw my hair said it looks good and I said thank you. However, as the day went by most kids said I shouldn't have ever cut it in the first place. That's why I decided to start using more conditioner because that is a key factor was growing hair, as well as drinking water. Unfortunately, although exercise is apparently a factor in growing hair factor my body just isn't ready for that, more like I just don't feel like it. 

Let's begin, the first period was Social Studies and I was hoping my teacher would finish giving the feedback for everyone (including me). However, he didn't bring his notebook that has all the notes so we just continued on with the lesson. Also, this just really bugs me. My teacher said that he wasn't going to say he liked or didn't like Donald Trump. Then, he calls Donald Trump a "Bum". Now don't get me wrong, he had a good reason to. Donald Trump said on his campaign trail that he would "Bomb the SHIT out of them", "them" means Syria. To be honest, though, he has a pretty good point. Apparently, Donald Trump said that he wants to take the oil from Syria because they have a large amount and I think that really wrong. Besides, America has about 25,000 more oil reserves than Syria! Why need more?

After Social Studies was Science and I got ready to receive my textbook. However, there weren't enough textbooks for everyone. That's why I got a chair and sat next to my friend, "Lhawrencelie". We were playing a bit but got the lesson for the most part. I was able to finish my outline and start writing the first question of the lesson review. I'll admit I should have answered at least 3 of those questions before the period ended but "Lhawrencelie" was being very distracting by making jokes. I was worried that my teacher might give me detention for wearing my belt but thankfully he didn't notice. The reason I didn't wear my belt was that I forgot. When I got outside of my house the door was already locked so there was no point in trying.

For Lunch, there were mini chicken nuggets (about ten of them) and I for one thought they tasted really great. A bunch of my friends thought the same thing and we happily ate. Although I knew these "chicken nuggets" were actually really unhealthy I tried to think the other way. For the rest of this paragraph, I want to skip to grammar because that was really funny. My friend "Noah" presented his grammar project to the class and I really enjoyed it. He talked about a "PlayStation Four" and how it was the best thing ever. He put it on his Youtube channel but didn't post it because it would've have been weird for his subscribers to see his grammar advertisement. The thing is, he actually has about 424 subscribers so people really watch his content.

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As you know today there was a lot of rain and this story that I read showed countless videos of people seeing rain in the Subway Stations. I shouldn't be surprised because there are many cracks in the ceiling of the underground station where rain can go through, but it's still pretty bad and cool at the same time. There was this one Twitter video that showed rain coming down on the stairs and there was a lot! However, this one guy in a jacket, gloves, and boots just walks up the stairs like a savage. I really think this was pretty cool seeing so much rain and then some random person act like their is nothing. Anyway, that is it for today's post!

For today's post, I am going to be talking about my Saturday and Sunday (today). Yesterday, I started my day by waking up and hearing my sister and dad laughing. As usual, I was bored and joined them, together we watched some videos on Facebook. Well, to be honest, my sister was being really annoying and not letting me put my elbow on the pillow. She was blocking me with her body and I wasn't able to get a clear view of the screen. Besides that, she wasn't even watching the video herself! Just purposely trying to make me mad, in the morning! Anyway, at around 7:50 A.M my dad told me I should get a haircut because of the back of my head. I agreed with him but was planning on going next weekend. However, it's not like I was going to say no to him, I just didn't want to get yelled at. 

For breakfast, my dad served cut meat with white rice, and pieces of boiled eggs. I didn't like the egg part but fairly enjoyed the meat with rice. Especially due to the milk I drank alongside. Once breakfast was over the three of us started doing our homework, or at least me and my sister. As you should already know my father doesn't have any actual "work" beside his job at Whole Foods and taking care of the two of us. So, for the most part, he just talked to his family in "Tibet" on WeChat and Facebook. Because I needed to finish my Grammer project my dad said I could start it before reading. The project is basically that I have to come up with an advertisement, two sections: the description and the "speech" or what you actually say in a commercial. 

If you read my post continuously and are faithful to the blog then you should have read the post on the Grammer ad. I plan on showing it to my class through the projector. Then,  maybe try and get a few more followers. Homework was finished pretty soon after and my father let me play on the Playstation Four. Ever since my mother got me "Destiny 2" I started repeaditly playing it (it obviously isn't the only game I play). This is mainly because it's the sequel to 'Destiny" (the first one). Like I already said, if you've been reading my posts since about a year ago you know my love for "Destiny" (game). So when the next version came out I had to ask my mom if she would buy it for me. 

The only reason she got it was because Christmas was around the corner (that was my Christmas gift).  Now let me move on to the most important part of the day. Four hours of gaming later and my dad told me to turn it off. He was going to take me to the barbershop. I was fine with what the barber was doing so far but my father wasn't. He didn't get that I wanted the barber to trim the sides. That way it wouldn't be a problem for me while styling my hair. Sooner than later the barber finished and my dad inspected it. Let's just say he wasn't happy. Apparently, I would be in trouble at school when I clearly had the same haircut last time but anyway that's not the point. The barber continued to cut it until I looked like a turtle. Even he seemed to mad at my father (I felt bad because he was just listening to what I said). Either way, I said sorry to my father and we worked things out. 

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This story I read on Google News was called, "Two black men arrested while waiting at Starbucks". Just to let you know this wasn't on the "For you" or 'Suggested" page. Apparently, two "black" men entered a Starbucks to use the bathroom. Then, they were waiting or their friend. However, the store manager of that "Starbucks" saw them and asked the two men to leave. They explained that a friend was coming and that was the place they decided to meet up. However, the store manager wouldn't tolerate anything and told them to leave.  I guess they didn't because the manager called the cops and the two were arrested for no reason. It just seems so wrong that people with no bad intentions are arrested because they "look" like they will. What do you think about this situation?

Have nothing to do? Ever wanted superpowers? Well, now you can! With my latest creation, "The Superflavored Gum"! It can grant you powers from all different types of categories. From, time travel to invulnerability! How does that sound! And sometimes the gum can give you a personality change (side effects)! You can be arrogant, annoying, loud, and lonely. However, you could also be happy, confident, helpful, and compassionate!  Also, a special flavor based off of the Youtuber "RiceGum". And you bet that's what we're going to call it.  Anyway, call the number down below to order some new gum! First 100 people who call recieve a box filled with bags of "RiceGum".

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Cinnamon: Cinnamon flavored gum will give you the power to become invisible. That's right, Invisible! Imagine the things you could do with being invisible, stay up all night and play on your phone! Other things like making sure your teacher doesn't pick you for the next school project! People won't even know that you're there! The side effects are kidney failure and sudden bruises all over your body.

Strawberry: Strawberry flavored gum will give you the power of superhuman endurance! You'll be able to run for as long as you want and never get tired. Always mad that you can't play any more of your video games because you're tired? Wanna beat your friends on the next marathon? Well, now you can! And all it takes is one gum to make it all happen. The side effects of eating this your body slowly decomposing into only flesh and bones.

Blueberry: Blueberry flavored gum will give you the power to breathe underwater! Ever wanted to swim in the ocean and see all the fish but never had your scuba diving gear? Well, with Cinnamon flavored gum you can just walk into the water with no worries! The side effects are growing gills on your body and probably not making any friends because of those weird looking gills. 

Apple: Apple flavored gum will give you the power of time travel! Time is everywhere! Ever wanted to go back and see the past or look into the future? Well, there's nothing stopping you now! The side effects are seeing yourself and probably causing a major world disaster. Warning: don't ever go too far into the future or past, otherwise the whole world will be changed for the best or for the worst (mainly the worse).

Banana: Banana flavored gum will grant you the power of invulnerability. Nothing can you hurt you, and I mean "nothing". It's not just physical but spiritual and mental as well. Ever felt depressed and lonely, well with invulnerability that won't be a problem! Ever had someone bully you? Well, now you can bully them! The possibilities and are endless! Side effects include death or a sudden obsession for more bananas.

 Rice: Rice flavored gum will give you the power of being noticeable! Have no friends? Want to be popular? Well with one taste of this "Ricegum" you can have all the attention you've ever wanted! Side effects include people most likely always staring at you, teacher's always picking you to answer the questions, never having a single moment to yourself. This flavor of gum was sponsored by he Youtube sensation "Ricegum"!

Once I got to my class I saw a bunch of people wearing blue and red for the dress down. You see, today was a blue and red dress down for free but I only wore blue. Thankfully, my teacher didn't mind and never even said anything about my sweater! Anyway, when my friend Lhawrencelie came from his bus I started laughing because he had only red on. It was pretty cool but weird at the same time, so when he saw me I started laughing (not in an insulting way, more like a friendly joke). Since I already had Coco Puffs for breakfast at my house I didn't feel like eating some more. For the first period, my class headed towards Technology and we continued making our "Photoshopped" hamburger. I remember that time in my life where I said I wanted to become a YouTuber but if I can't even make a simple hamburger it's going to take a long time.

Sure, I technically did make one that was similar to everyone else's but that was because of the bun (the only part I did correctly). For my hamburger, the goal was to make it look expired (mine). Let me explain what I did, for the burger (meat) I made it look grayer than it should be and added no signs of it being grilled. It just looked like raw meat to me. Afterwards, my cheese was the main priority. I know from most movies and Health classes that cheese that's green or burnt isn't good for your body. That's why I made the cheese look moldy by making it green instead of yellow. When Lhawrencelie saw this he decided to help and added some holes to make it look "older". Nabeel (another great friend) started laughing especially when Mr. Solarzano walked by, thankfully he didn't seem to have anything against it.

Unfortunately, the next period I had was Dance (Mr. Correa, if your reading this please don't tell ms. Marti). Look, it's not like I have anything against dance class in general. I think it's a great way to replace "Drama" and I'm sure a lot of kids enjoy it. However, I'm not one of those kids. Moving to my heart's content isn't exactly my style, I only "move" my body like in Dance whenever I need to (or for Gym). The dance that Ms. Marti (Dance teacher) made for us was really cool but I don't really enjoy it. And actually, I don't even think that dance was her idea. Let me explain when I was talking to my friend "Leander" about our Dance class he started yelling and saying that two of the girls in his class created it. That meant Ms. Marti must've copied their idea and turned it into a dance, EXPOSED!

After Dance was Lunch and I told Lhawrencelie I didn't want my lunch card (he is the lunch card holder). Every Friday they give this disgusting square shaped pizza that's probably just microwaved and given to us kids, or at least that's what I thought. Because when I went inside of the Lunchroom just to get milk their was the other pizza! You see, every Friday they give two pizzas. The bad one that I was talking about or the vegetarian one that has cheese and two slices. Now that is really good! So when I saw they were putting the vegetarian lunch for everyone I ran to Lhawrencelie and begged him to get my card. If anyone was going to get that cheese pizza first, it was going to be me! And triumphantly, it was!


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So the Fortnite servers were apparently down for almost 24 hours! I know that doesn't seem like a lot to you but over 20 Million people play this game at a time! In case you haven't noticed, that's a lot! Thankfully, the people behind the game have decided to put a free item inside of the shop. It's a backpack which you can only usually get with the skins. I'm pretty sure that this item was going to be a new item that would've cost money but the game developers must have run out of ideas on what to give back to the players on their behalf. It still looks pretty cool but doesn't fit the name, I mean, "Back Bling"? It has no sparkles on it whatsoever! Okay, so apparently I made a mistake, the actual name is called, "Rust Bucket" which fits it very well if I do say so myself. Anyway, until next time and peace out!

Walking into my school classroom made me feel refreshed and "happy" for some reason. I grabbed a hot breakfast from the back of the room and headed towards my desk. Afterwards, I quickly walked to my locker and put my sweater inside knowing that if I didn't my homeroom teacher would tell me to himself. It just doesn't feel too good when your teacher tells you to do something you should have already known. After putting the sweater inside of the classroom I started eating the breakfast which was "Strawberry Mini-Pancakes". However, it was too hot and I just drank the cold orange juice instead. Usually, I go to the bathroom to either do my hair or actually "use" it properly but today I didn't have to do either of those things. So, awkwardly sitting at my desk for the next 10 minutes felt a bit uncomfortable. 

Then, at around 8:40 A.M my teacher asked this "Rinchen, do you think it's awkward that because I subscribed to your blog I read what you wrote yesterday?". Then suddenly, there was this girl named, "Amaya" that just walked up, eavesdropped the conversation, and said yes. She has this thing with my teacher where they sometimes do and don't like each other.  To me, it's just pretty annoying, especially the way she laughs. That is beyond weird! Anyway, because she said yes I just got flustered and said the same thing even though I don't actually feel that way. Thankfully, I cleared that up with my teacher and we went back to our separate ways, where I awkwardly sit at my desk while he talks to other kids just joking around and making morning announcements. 

The first period was Science (finally not Social Studies, not that it's a bad class) and I paid attention to what Mr Long (teacher) said, for the most part... We completed part of the outline so it still was a pretty productive period. Afterward, Mr. Long stated that my class was going out for P.E and needed to grab our sweaters. I was extremely eager to go and wear my sweater because of Mr. Correa very rarely lets me (only when he doesn't notice). At the field, my teacher gave us a warmup game called, "Kangaroos and Crocs" (I didn't misspell "Crocs"). Basically, the teacher picks a partner for you and the both of you each get either Kangaroo or Croc. Then, everyone goes in a line and get's ready for the teacher to call either "Kangaroo or Croc". Whoever she calls has to run while the other one has to chase them.

It was pretty fun but the main highlight of P.E was when Ms. Anderson gave us "Free Time". At first, I wanted to play "Dodgeball" but it would have been pretty boring if only me, Lhawrencelie, and Sean were participating. That's why we just continued passing the ball towards each other and I thought it was a great exercise. I even saw Ms. Anderson take a video of me, Sean, and Lhawrencelie kicking the ball. For all I know she might just post that on "Facebook" or "Instagram" (don't know her age, probably 30's to 20's). During Lunch, I and Lhawrencelie went to the field (they didn't forget our lunch cards, lunch ladies) and were walking when he saw "Chloe Laygo". Lhawrencelie knows I like her and told me but I ignored his continuos bugging. When I find out who he likes it's going to be a totally different story. We sat down and then ate our lunch before playing Soccer, that was my highlights of the day.

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This story that I found is very serious. Mr. Correa if your reading this I recommend you talk about this as school just to tell the kids to be careful or maybe make a question on it somehow (you don't have to). Basically, there is this disease called, "E.Coli" that is spreading across 7 states so far. When I saw the title I really hoped it wasn't New Jersey but guess what? It is... Apparently, Jersey City is one of the 7 states that have had an E. Coli outbreak. The reason this scares me is that one, it rhymes with "Ebola" and two, "It can lead to Kidney Failure". I'm pretty sure that can result in death or a transplant, which costs money and can affect someone very deeply. This just really frightens me and I hope it does you as well. Tell me whether or not you agree about if this disease frightens you and why?

For the first period, I had another Social Studies class. It was basically the same as yesterday, except no one was as "great" or "not nervous" as Ahmad. Once the debate was over everyone admitted they were nervous and scared that so many people were staring at them. Before class was over my teacher sad that next class he would give feedback to everyone who participated (basically everyone). I'm not too excited about him giving me feedback. This is due to the fact that I just read off my paper and almost started sweating. I also didn't feel like I got my point across, besides that, I barely looked at the audience. It felt pretty horrible is what I have to say. Anyway, soon enough Social Studies was over and it was time for "Community Circle". However, the principal canceled it for some reason.

That was why my homeroom teacher (Mr. Correa) decided to switch the desks into alphabet order. I know it seems like a good idea but after 2 tries this seems like a bit overkill. And even after this try the bad kids still happen to be close to each other, or at least at the point where they can talk to one another. It seems like nothing is going to work in order for them to change. It's not like I have a problem with my seat but obviously, something has to change. Finally, the desk changes happened and my teacher asked everyone to clean their lockers so their book bag and lunch can fit inside. A lot of kids have been saying that their stuff isn't fitting and it's mainly due to disorganization. Thankfully, my stuff is okay so I just worked on my Math project with "Lawrencelie".

He's my best friend and helps me with other stuff like Math homework (today I was able to finish my Math "Try It" problems because of him). Lunch came by pretty fast and I started getting my lunch card. Then I realized something, the lunch ladies didn't give it back to me! Ever since yesterday me and Lhawrencelie didn't get our cards from the people working in the cafeteria. That's why we had to go into the office and ask for a temporary paper one. However, when I looked inside the basket they weren't there. When we got outside I had to ask the lunch attendants if they knew where our cards were. Unfortunately for us, they didn't. Let's just say the office lady was not happy when she saw us again. She didn't even put our numbers on the card, just told us to write what we thought resembled the original. 

During Health, we had a substitute which really boggled my mind. Our Health teacher is also the captain of the "Volleyball" team which I knew because he told the players in my class that their game was canceled. And that announcement was just 2 periods ago! So to find out that he was gone really makes me wonder. Why did he leave so suddenly? Maybe he had some important emergency, if that is the case then I completely understand. The good thing about this is that the substitute was "Mr. Morales". I really like him because he's a really nice teacher and hasn't had to yell at us once. The smile on his face is almost always there and he has lots of stories to tell. Sure some other substitutes I like but they have had to yell at least once or twice. 

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So, Drake, the Rapper is a very popular person and many people watch his music videos. Ever since he did a collab with "Ninja" (the biggest Twitch streamer in the world) there has been a lot of excitement. Many people love both the streamer and the rapper. During Ninja's live stream he played with Drake and the two of them have had lot's of fun together. One person suggested in the comments that "Fortnite" should do a "Hotline Bling Emote". In case you don't know "Hotline Bling" is Drake's most second popular song and I saw the whole dance during his song. It's pretty cool and if Fortnite actual makes an emote out of this Drake said he'll make a song on the game. I know it sounds really cool and all, you know. One of the world's best rappers making a song on the most popular game in the world, but in reality I can't imagine some sick lines on a game that's cartoonish. I guess we'll have to wait and see for ourselves.

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My father told me my writing has been "Like a Baby" so instead of starting with my morning I'm heading straight to the first period of school. Social Studies wasn't like yesterday where my teacher forgot getting the paper. Everyone, who was supposed to go today "Group 1" set up their desks in a way that made it so there were three sides. Then, once that was done the debate started on whether teachers should be armed into the classroom. It was a bit cringy but funny at the same time. Also, just something else that happened. When I walked into the class the desks were in rows. My teacher said he had no problem where we sat as long as he approved of it. A lot of kids sat close to their friends (I was one of those people), thankfully my bus was one of the first to arrive.

Anyway, back to the Social Studies class. I was really hoping that my group would win because then we'd have more points than everyone else. However, compared to group 3 we did really bad. And they only had 3 people, while mine and the other team at 4! The reason I say this is because one of the kids in my group didn't even go up. I guess that was mainly due to her broken leg so she couldn't put on her crutches and talk at the same time (wouldn't be able to read her notes). Another kid in my group called, "Sean" talked so low! Even lower than me! Like, he legit stood there for about 15 seconds not knowing what to say. At that point, Mr. Gilyard (my teacher) told him he could sit down. However, that third group had one kid that really stood up and never seemed to be nervous.

Okay, that's a lie. He did act nervous but never had to recollect his thoughts is what I meant. The man literally said, "What would you think if your sibling was one of the kids who died the Parkland shooting! Huh! It's not fun at all, this is a very serious matter and when I heard about the Parkland Shooting I almost cried wondering the same thing. If my 5-year-old sister was at that school! This is why I think that teachers should be armed!". He said a lot more stuff but I don't want this whole paragraph to just be about him, sorry Ahmad. Once Social Studies was over my class headed over to Gym and I had a lot of fun. We played a game called, "Kangaroos vs Crocodiles". Sure I didn't do the best but it was really fun.

Basically, my teacher separated everyone into partners. The teacher was going down the row and I happened to be talking with my friends at the other side. So when it was time to choose who would go with who I said I was fast. Ms. Anderson (Gym teacher) made me pair up with a friend named, "Noah Page". Now I know you might be thinking, oh Rinchen must be fast because he said so. Well, you know what? You're SO WRONG! I'm fast, but not compared to Noah! He's probably in the top five most athletic people int eh class and I'm probably a 15. We run at close speeds (he's faster) but when it comes to endurance he's got me beat by a mile. The first two times we did it no one tagged the other person. But on the third try, I wasn't paying attention and he just slapped my back (not hard). I got a bit mad at myself but then decided it was just a game.

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Today's story is going to be about Russia and America, and Syria. So apparently there has been some type of chemical disease in Syria and it's killing many people. There was this video that had "graphic content" and showed Russian doctors and nurses trying to help the Syrian children get better. They put some type of weird smoke inside of their mouths which I don't think looks like it's healthy (it probably is but doesn't seem so to me). Anyway, the vidoe said that the United States wants to help the Syrian children but the Russians won't let them. I'm pretty sure it's because they're enemies. So maybe they cna just become friends again? That's probably not going to happen, one U.S official said that "Russia will hold the deaths of many Syrian Children". And I agree completely.