So today and yesterday I did absolutely nothing because my parents did not want to go outside. Yesterday my dad had work and my mom only came at 11:00 in the morning so because of this I was stuck with only my phone, computer, and my sister. The both of us obviously couldn’t have gone outside and if I went outside my dad would kill me so the two of us just did our homework and watch youtube until my dad came. I went ahead and took a shower early in the morning so that I wouldn’t annoy my aunt in case she had to go ahead and take a shower as well.

For breakfast my father had left some eggs and bread but I didn’t want it because it was cold and I didn’t feel like microwaving it, also the cereal just looked way more appetizing. I have been having eggs and bread pretty much every weekend just because my dad says that I have cereal everyday when it is the weekdays. After breakfast I decided to just do my Math Homework that my dad gave me just because it’s not exactly the most hard.

I went ahead and completed about 4 khangoals because my teacher assigned 9 in total and afterwards just wrote all of the questions down and showed my work in my book. That way when my father saw them he would believe me, because unlike on the internet when you write something in a notebook there really isn’t any way to fake your writing if it’s on a notebook. And then I just went on youtube and listened to music while waiting for my father to come home and check my homework.

Then, I went ahead and showed him my work and he seemed genuinely happy. He let me and my sister stay on the electronics after eating and we stayed like that for about an hour before he told us to stop again. I just went ahead and learned some new dances while he was having fun watching TV and then I talked to my friends about school work on my phone before going to sleep.

Today I woke up really tired and I went downstairs to check to see how much battery my phone had, then I went back to sleep and rested for another 30 min before my dad walked out of his room and told me to come downstairs where he was heating up some spinach bread for breakfast. I didn’t really mind it but I barely ate any because I didn’t want to bloat. And that was pretty much my day yesterday and today. Afterwards, I just did my homework and went on my phone.

I guess I should talk about what happened, so I made it into a high school and I guess I am proud of myself, now of course I also hate it because I was planning on staying in this school and trying to make it into my dream high school next year but I guess it’s cool. My dad promised me that he didn’t care which high school as long as I made it into a good college but now as soon as I get accepted into a high school that he forced me to apply for he gets so happy and proud.

Yet he is insisting on me going to this high school instead of staying at my regular school. I’m just really mad I guess that this has happened, but of course I have no say in the decision because my dad doesnt care what I think. I’m still gonna apply for another high school which I think is better next year just because I want to. And I don’t care what anyone says, I am going to go to that high school because if I do make it I worked hard for it. Until then, I guess I’m going to be staying in Infinity institute for the year, the only problem is that this year there is a lot of different type of situations and a ton of my teachers are saying like Mr. Jeter and Ms. Turner that Infinity is a really hard school and that it is going to be really hard to go to.

I just don’t want to stay in the same school for another 4 years! I’ve already endured 4 years at Beloved and look how that turned out, it seem so long. And right now it’s 7:35 and my dad is expecting me to finish this writing, but obviously I am not because that means I only have like 10 minutes to enjoy my time and I worked hard today at soccer, I deserve to not have to do at least my reading.

I’m pretty sure I’ll finish fast enough that I will have enough time to get back home to sleep because I really wanna do scrimmages, the field is going to be for my whole soccer team and we won’t have to split 50 50 with the rugby team in a totally different school. So ye it was a pretty fun day, I was having lots of fun at soccer today because we did an actual game and I slide tackled Mr. Waldron like 5 times. Unfortunately, in the process I went ahead and bruised both of my knees and my knees are both bloody. Taking a shower will definitely not be a fun experience for me.

Mr. waldron is my coach and he was on the enemy team so it really was a fun experience for me and I hope that I can continue that experience in our later practices that we have on the next couple of games. I passed by him as my bus was heading into the school and I didn’t say hi because I thought that he was doing something important, but then when I walk by him he noticed me and was shocked but in a funny way.

Yesterday after my dad came back from work my sister and I showed him our work and then we decided that we were going to go outside and buy my the stuff that I needed. Of course I tried to rant to him about what my mom said but of course he didn’t care, he doesn’t understand how not being able to play on our first soccer practice makes me mad. I am actually very upset, because I am going to be sitting on the sidelines while everyone else watches. Now of course I being the student I am will try to look miserable in front of my coach and maybe he’ll feel bad for me and let me do practice with all the other kids but probably not. 

Anyways, we decided to go to the model’s that was in Journal Square since it’s much easier than driving to Newport Mall Model’s. When we got there there seemed to be a lot of choices to go through but we were only looking for two things. Most of the sweatpants aren’t even that cool looking and I don’t really like any of the fashion there. If I was going to go shopping I would go to maybe “H&M”, “Armani Exchange” or “Uniqlo” because those stores are bomb. 

Of course I would go to Nike and Adidas as well, I don’t care about Jordans because one they make my feet feel comfortable no matter how cool looking they are and I don’t play basketball because I have weak upper body strength and no technique. Of course I could get good if I just practice but honestly that wouldn’t really matter because Basketball season is already over. And I want to get faster and have more endurance, Basketball although it requires running and whatnot it’s mainly technique and skill cause the courts are small. 

I don’t even know how my mom is going to schedule an appointment tomorrow and get my sports physical done in one day, it’s probably going to just be somewhere in Wednesday or Thursday, longest is probably Friday. My coach said that he will kick me out of the team if I don’t have the medical paper turned in by then and I can understand why, it’s not a matter of being mean, it’s that if one of their players can’t turn in the right paperwork then it doesn’t matter how good they are they can’t play, so it basically makes them useless. 

And this year there were tons of people who applied into the Soccer teams so of course they can find a replacement for me. Anyways, we got long socks after countless efforts of me and my dad arguing. Well, no really arguing, it was more him yelling at me and me not saying anything because the store was quiet and I didn’t want to make too much noise and cause a scene. But he can’t help yelling because of his “high blood pressure”. We got short pants and he yelled at me again but in the end I got the ones that I was supposed to get my my coach’s regulations.

So I think I might actually enjoy becoming an outside defender just because of the fact that it seems to work well with the team, and I want to work on a role that no one else wants. I know that in the soccer team and for most soccer players a lot of them don’t want to become defender because it’s just too boring, there isn’t much u can do, and u can’t score. But I always enjoyed taking the ball away from people and I can still score with my head. My only problem is that I have glasses and I don’t want to break them. 

But goalie would be even worse to be honest, I am scared of of the fact that I might miss an easy chance to block the ball, but because of the fact that I am out of the field I can increase my speed, endurance, and further help my teammates while also helping myself. I won’t be able to play on Monday because I don’t have my medical paper finished. My mom doesn’t think that I can just go ahead and do the sports physical for actual cash but I can, trust me. My friend did his medical sports physical in a CVS in Jersey City Hoboken and he was telling me about it. 

I think Hoboken is actually in new York but u get the point. It’s still relatively close and instead of using insurance u can just apy with money, also it’s way more efficient and would let me do stuff on practice.  My mom also doesn’t think that I need to be their at the appointment even though the whole point of the sports physical is so that they can see if I am good enough to play. So me not being with the doctor or physician is literally so stupid. I am gonna ask my dad if he can take me outside so that I can get long socks for soccer so hopefully he will say yes, I don’t think I need new cleats even though they are a bit small, but whatever. 

With the long soccer socks the cleats will actually stick to my leg meanwhile if I just try to use my skin it won’t apply correctly and could get me seriously injured. She said she would have booked the appointment like a week ago but of course that’s not the case because “she’s doing stuff outside”. So according to her after the soccer practice that I do nothing in she is going to the doctor’s to try and fill out the paper and if they need me then she’ll call an uber to pick me up… 

I wouldn’t even go to Soccer Practice but my coach said if I don’t go to practice no matter if I can something or not he will give me less playing time on the field. That’s pretty much for today’s post, just wanted to share my struggles, and if my father doesn’t believe me about the cvs I am going to get mad because it is literally on the website.

For today’s post I am going to be talking about what happened yesterday because that day was sort of fun. Sooo… since it was raining my teacher couldn’t take us outside and because of this we just sat there and literally had a whole presentation about the stuff that we were going to be doing for soccer practice. But in all honesty, I think that we probably wouldn’t have gone outside anyway just because of the fact that we needed the meeting. So we could’ve just been sitting there the whole time. 

But who knows, maybe we would’ve done some running after the meeting because when it was finished there was still another 30 minutes. My teacher just let us do whatever we wanted, my one friend who actually made it into the soccer team wasn’t here because he was in London (the kid just came back today), and I didn’t have my phone so I just sat there with my stomach hurting and my hoodie on cause it was still cold and there was so much noise. My coach told me today that he’s thinking of putting me on outer defense because there are a lot of goalies and I personally am just really scared of the ball or scared of letting my teammates down by not being able to get the ball. 

If I am the defender that means that I have to be careful of not getting my glasses hit by the ball and I still have to work on confidence because I need to try and get some headers (scoring a goal with my head). My coach gave everyone a paper and we had to give it to our parents so that they can sign it and hand it back in on Monday, this is so that the parents know that exactly is needed for the team and what u need to do in order to play Soccer. I’m kinda mad that because I don’t have my medical filled out I have to wait on the side of the field and not play like everyone else but it’s honestly whatever.

I’m kinda mad at the same time that I am defender because that’s not really the best position or I don’t think highly of it. I would prefer to go ahead and play midfielder and maybe left or right wing, but of course I’m just not fast enough and I’m not confident. Of course my teachers haven’t seen this side of me yet but because they  already have so many good competitors and people who wanna play the more popular roles I should just stay in my league. 

My teacher is expecting that in the team we can at least make it into the playoffs because that is really important to him. He wants to improve every single year and because of the fact that some of us are 8th graders we need to be leaders and look out for our 7th and 6th grader teammates, we can’t use the excuse that the other teams have 8th graders because we have 8th graders as well, I’m just quoting my teacher by the way.

Why is Fortnite dying you might ask? Fortnite is a extremely popular video game that was released to the public in 2017, but until then only the version of the save the world was out. The thing that really got the gaming world in a frenzy was the battle royale version, which pits 100 players at the very most against each other. And as the match draws longer so does the map and that creates a very tense setting where players will undoubtedly fight each other. The battle royale genre was not first introduced through Fortnite but a couple of other games before that, but it just so happens that the battle royale genre was definitely enhanced due to Fortnite’s rapid success. Unfortunately, as the days go on new challenges approach it that apprehend further success. 

The game has been going through a  stage where the player base is really dropping, whether it is because of how long the game has been out or some new competition is what we will find out. Some surprising facts about Fortnite tells the story of a world in which 98% of the human population has disappeared and those that remain are under constant threat from zombies, called “husks,” that descend upon the earth from overhead storms. It was nominated game of the year for 2018 because of how popular the game as become. 

And in the next couple of weeks Fortnite will reach the 8 billion dollar mark for their company which is going to be a huge stride for them. All of these facts are statistical as all you have to do is search them and you’ll find multiple articles talking about it. However, times have come and the game is definitely losing it’s thunder due to many reasons. The amount of ridiculous stuff that they add into the game makes it so that the game is indeed unfair and pointless. Fortnite added additions to the game that in no way we’re needed and seen as a way to hype players up for nothing. The planes are one example for this, they do offer a great deal of transportation and viability but to the other play in turn it is overpowered and unfair. 

If an airplane rams into you and shoots you twice you will indefinitely. But to the most beloved weapons of the game like drum guns they were completely vaulted and removed from the game entirely. Like when Fortnite removed double pumping the community was full of rage and thought that the drum gun was a great addition to the game and the way it sounded was extremely satisfying, but the developers thought it was “too” good and had it removed. Apex Legends is a new game that has taken the gaming community by storm.

It takes references from both Overwatch and Fortnite, along with one of their own titles, “Titanfall”. Whenever you win a game in Apex it says that u are a champion and this is derived from when in Fortnite it says Victory Royale. Fortnite game developers paid lots of money to Fortnite Twitch streamers so that they could stream their game. This in turn became the turning point for Apex where tons of people were starting to play the game, it seemed to get lots of attention and the community was loving it, they basically used Fortnite popularity to their advantage.

So yeah, I actually made the soccer team and believe me I am beyond surprised. I tried to ask the coach today how I got in but he said that when it's on his free time he would talk to me and a couple other kids who were wondering the same thing. One of my friends who didn't make it in wasn't exactly mad but he really wanted to know why he didn't make it and that he was disappointed. I felt super bad for him but he should've joined tryouts on the first day as well as the second day. 

Anyway, it seems as though we are going to need shin guards and long socks to play as well, I can understand long socks because you don't want to hurt yourself on the rough turf and in soccer sliding on the ground with your knees on the bottom happens quite a bit and u don't want to burn your knees. I have sweatpants that are literally so bad because when u slide they burn your knees. It's kind of dumb that the only practice we have this week is on Thursday and that's still another 2 days but honestly I would've been even more bummed out if we didn't have practice in the first place. 

Apparently there is going to be this meeting at the start before the practice on Thursday where he introduces some rules to us and we do some stuff but honesty I just want it to be over. I need to ask my father to buy me shinguards and long socks for practice because that is what I need for Soccer and if possible completely black shorts because that's something else that is mandatory. Well, it's not mandatory but I'd probably rather wear my own shorts that my dad bought for me than the ones that the school is going to give, and who knows if I got the wrong number size on my short pants. 

For my shirt I put large because that is usually what my shirt size is but for the shorts I don't know. Of course the shorts should be able to stretch so maybe if it isn't my size I could still fit inside of it but in the end it's whatever. Hey papa, if your reading this right now tomorrow can we go to the Model Sporting Goods store in Journal Square so I can buy the stuff I need for soccer. 

I also really need for my mom to make an appointment for me so I can get my physical done and play soccer because without the proper papers I won't even be able to play the games and that's the whole point. But every time I mention it she just yells at me and says she'll take care of it, which she said 2 days ago but still hasn't even called the doctor's office. 

The reasons that we TIbetans are refugees is because we were exiled out of Tibet or China took over our country and were murdering our people one by one. We were basically colonized and at this point we were told that we could no longer live there, or the people who were in the area were forced to move out of their homes, and some Tibetans sought refuge in other countries while some just decided to move villages or become nomads. And that’s one of the reasons why my parents decided to live in America.

Now of course my mom lived in India but before that her ancestors must’ve been from Tibet and then they moved into India for refuge. My dad can barely even go to Tibet and in order to do that he has to go through tons and tons of paperwork that just piles on top of each other, physically and virtually speaking. We lost our country to China back in 1959. This is argued to the be point where China defeated Tibet once and for all because they made it so that the TIbetan government was illegal which means no Tibetans would be able to coordinate a plan to take back Tibet from China.

Sure we’ve tried many and countless attempts to defeat China but they were just little uprisings that were easily squashed by China’s great surface. Tibetans are now rallying in the streets of America, China, TIbet, and many more countries to prove that they deserve their country back and to use non-violent approaches to face the Chinese government. There was a parade that happened in New York maybe like 2 weeks ago where a couple of people were speaking about “Free Tibet” and then they did like this march where a  couple of “really” passionate men started yelling stuff in front of everyone at New York and it just so happens that he was marching right next to me as I was watching K-pop and trying to ignore all the sounds.

Although China invaded TIbet in the 1950s we have shown fierce resolve and our culture still lives on as we create more families in America and other countries. We are still populating and China will not get rid of the Tibetans. It was a really rough time for all Tibetans and China should know that we deserve our country back, our culture is based off of TIbetan Buddhism and there are different types of Buddhism.

The leader of Tibet right now, at least spiritually is the 14th Dalai Lama and his name is, “Lhamo Thondup” and he has lived for quite a bit. He is a very important person and has been invited to speak to countless important people in the world who may help him and his countries non-violent approach to regaining their country.

This research is about how Fortnite is Dying, I know, it’s sad right? Unfortunately, the game that has dominated the gaming series for about 2 years close is now starting to lower its player base, but that is mainly because of both its one faults and only because of the other competitions that have occured in the gaming community. The problem that the gaming community has with Fortnite is just that they are making too many mistakes and some people just feel like the game was never good in the first place but that’s probably because they don’t like the genre of battle royale. 

But let’s start from the very beginning. So Fortnite was just released in July 25, 2017 but it still wasn’t popular, but as the days went on Epic Games had announced their battle royale version of the game and it was off the charts, the whole community was just starting to play and the community was crazy. This was the first came since “Player Unknown Battlegrounds to really set the stage”. As months went by the only thing that happened was Fortnite growing in massive amounts and new additions came into the came game that people adored. But then…. The first really bad move that Epic Games made, they removed the ability to double pump or shoot both shotguns back and forth. 

This may have game more skilled players a better chance at toppling their enemies but it made the people who were already bad at the game in the first place to stop playing. Still, the game had their first new event and the season 5 battle pass had just started. This rocket ship event that took place was the first thing to ever happen as a live event in the game and everyone thought of how cool it was. This was probably when Fortnite reached its highest concurrent players. Some folks couldn’t even get into the game at that time, but afterwards they started to run out of ideas. Either that or the ideas that they came up weren’t that good. The airplanes, vehicles that offer great transportation and do lots of damage, or should I say too much damage. 

If u literally hit someone with the front propeller of the plane it instantly killed them, and u know how fast those things were? It was ridiculous, the airplanes were too overpower, when came the c4, and the fireworks, and the clingers. All bad additions to the came since explosives should not be that common, but know two out of 3 of them are still in the game. Now, on to the haters or people that don’t like the game. Lots people who have played Call of Duty and Overwatch will not enjoy Fortnite because it takes both aiming and a whole new aspect into one, also you only get one life so that definitely may make people hate the game. However, they are thinking of adding respawn pads into the game soon which will definitely make people who love Apex play Fortnite more.

Apex, is a definitely huge competitor and people are always questioning whether or not Apex is the reason why Fortnite is dying. And with the release of the new updates and new battle pass Fortnite definitely has come back like the fast and furious. Apex still can barely rack up 300,000 views on Twitch which Fortnite destroys every time the game makes a new major update of event. This some of the research that I have learned throughout my journey to explain why Fortnite is indeed dying.

"This is one of my latest essays for my ELA teacher had I had to write for homework and I wanted to share it with you guys since I worked hard on it", it's a summary of all my research. 

Right now, I am just really bored cause my dad took both me and my sister’s phone, and we didn’t have Lunch or Breakfast, I’m trying to starve myself anyway so I’m okay with the food situation but I don’t know about my sister. For the past week I’ve only been eating breakfast and Dinner and it seems to really help. I don’t seem to eat much anymore and I’ve already lost like 3 pounds. Right now I weigh 126 pounds but originally I was like 132 pounds, on the internet it says that the average weight for kids who are 14 years old is about 110 to 125 so I need to go ahead and eat even less.

Right now my stomach is hurting because all I had was some yogurt and curry and rice which I gave the rest to my sister so she could have food, but by next week it shouldn’t be feeling this much pain in my stomach because my body should be used to it.  I’m trying to stop eating food like pizza because that is just way too much fat but the occasional yogurt for me is fine. I don’t want to eat anymore ice cream anymore because i don’t feel like it, and if I ever go to McDonalds I’m going to eat one fish sandwich and a small drink. Because that seems like a pretty decent size.

The only thing that I can’t be certain about is when I go to a movie theater. Because when watching a movie drinking soda is like almost mandatory, I feel incomplete if I don’t have anything to eat there. So maybe just a hot dog and small drink. Also, some really exciting news! I made it into the Soccer Team and I’m really proud of myself. I wish I could say the same for a couple of my friends but a ton of them didn’t make it into the team. I’m actually surprised that I made it into the team in the first place.

I am definitely not one of the faster runners but I have decent technique so maybe that’s what separated me from the rest of them. This one girl named, “Jaylynn” is like one of my best friends and she is like so fast, I got so confused when she told me she didn’t make it into the team. She beat everyone in terms of running so I was very confused. But then she told me she was like really bad at shooting and many other things so I felt bad.

This is another reason, why I am starving myself, because of soccer because I want to be faster than my friends. I remember when I could do like 136 in the pacer test when I was in 6th grade but in 7th I got like 115, and in 8th grade I got 60, which may seem really bad, but that was just because they changed they lessened the running distance since our gym is really small and it made running that much harder. Anyways, this has been my post for today enjoy.

Today I just finished the last of my EOT's for term two and to be honest I did pretty good on Social Studies. My social Studies grade the last time that I saw it was a 76 so this 100 on my EOT should definitely bring it up, I can't be failing social Studies like that. Not when my old Social Studies teacher is literally telling me that it's like one of the more easier classes and that he was disappointed in me. Okay, that's not true. It was a science teacher, and although he didn't say he was disappointed he said that although those subjects were definitely the more easy ones. 

I already know that I am not going to get Honor roll and my Math grade s probably going to be a 60 again, but I don't like Math in the first place and my parents all know that I struggle in that category. I think that my ELA grade will be around an 84 or above because I don't know how good I did on my English EOT exam. The writing portion was definitely not my best work because it was just so annoying with all the different formats we had to do. Plus, the fire drill made me rally scare and terrified so I submitted my test early. 

My Social Studies teacher has been saying lately that if you don't get a 100 on the EOT then your basically a failure because they had been given two to three weeks studying for the exam. When I first heard this I felt like I was definitely screwed but last minute before the test my friend let me look at the study guide where all the answers to the questions we were supposed to study were and I memorized all of the answer choices. 

It had nothing to do with me knowing what the question actually said or asked. Instead it was more like, "1. is c,d,f and 2, is a". I literally memorized either the letter of the answer choices or a specific word for the correct answer. I got a 100 because my friend got my paper after the test was over and graded it for me since we were supposed to grade the papers in the first place. 

Science was kind of a struggle because the multiple choice was hard but the drawing dot diagrams and ionic bonds were no problem and if I get like an 80 or 70 it will only bring my grade down by like 10 to 5 points, and right now I have a 100 in Science soo yeah. After the tests my teacher told us to go to ELA class and the teacher who was substituting for my regular English teacher let us watch a movie and play games on our computer since it was the end of the day (half day) and we just finished all of the EOT's. 

For today's post I am going to be talking about my day like usual. For first period I had an EOT and it was writing, my teacher said that everyone had to write a 3 paragraph essay and submit it by the end of the period. And although we were only supposed to have 2 periods to do this most of the kids got an extra 40 minutes because the teachers noticed that most kids just couldn't finish their tests in time. 

And it just so happens that for today's test I ton of kids got pissed, to be honest I don't blame them because this was really unfair. So basically, when there were only like 15 minutes left of the period and kids were getting ready to finish their essays the fire alarm came on and everyone had to go outside. Because of this, a ton of kids who weren't finished or almost done got their essay completely erased because their computer just shut off randomly after not being used. So when they came back a ton of kids came into the classroom and got mad or cried even. 

The ELA teachers said that it wasn't fair and that if it was up to her everyone would just be able to get a 100 since they worked so hard and shouldn't have to redo it all over again. But unfortunately, it wasn't up to her, it was up to the principal of the school. And while we were at the fire drill a ton of kids were just talking and not in their uniform, while the principal was looking and no one likes her so that was why we all got scared for our lives and that the woman might actually give those whose computers shut off no chance to redo their grade. 

And that would honestly just suck because everyone deserves to be able to do something about that. You shouldn't just go to a fire drill and probably not even do anything there except stand quietly and then get told that you cannot even redo your test, especially since that test was the end of term final and it really means a lot to you. It would mean. a lot to me as well and I would just hate for that to happen to me.

 Thankfully, I finished my test like 30 minutes after we started so I was good, and I had to take a retake for the test we had yesterday because the teacher posted it for everyone. Today was Volleyball tryouts and to be honest I feel like maybe I should've joined but then it wouldn't been just too much for me. I don't really like volleyball because my hands are weak but I guess it would give me a better chance to get into both teams. 

Today was the second and final day of Soccer Tryouts and to be honest I think I did decent. Now obviously, compared to some players I wasn't the best but that's not the point. The 6th and 7th graders were okay because if they didn't make it they could always re apply for the next year and do even better. Meanwhile, 8th graders won't really have that chance unless you sign up during High School. My legs were sore the whole day because on Monday (first day of Soccer Tryouts), that was the first time in a long time that I actually moved my body a lot. 

For the past 2 weeks I had been practicing my dance and that doesn't require a lot of energy, also because we were only doing like 3 practices in one day. Meanwhile, the coach wasn't going to let anyone get a break and it was just hard work on and on. The first thing we did was for everyone to wear their cleats and get their water before heading outside. my coach said that we were going to be doing 3 laps and you should definitely be able to get 3 laps in under 6 minutes otherwise that just wasn't good enough. 

Because obviously, running matters in soccer. You need to be fast especially with the ball. Now, afterwards we were split into 3 different teams and it wasn't exactly the most fun. The first time it was 6 different groups and every team had to have at least 2 girls in them so it was hard. But eventually it worked, we were just doing bits and pieces of the field but it was really fun. And finally, it was time for the real thing. We were all told to get our colors and separate ourselves into 3 different teams. Each team had both groups that were originally facing each other, and now the game was going to be from the whole field. 

My teacher was going to see how exactly we reacted in a situation like this. Now of course, I was put in mid field so I had to stay in that area but it was okay to move out at times.  got very little action with the ball and even almost brought it out but then a kid stole it from me and took off to their own goal because they were going to pass it to their teammates. I was able to kick the ball to my teammate at the very end and he kicked it into the goal. 

It was actually pretty cool and I was happy that I got the assist on that. I hope my coach saw me do that because other than that I didn't do much. One of my friends got really pissed because this one kid 360'd him, and when I say 360'd I mean the kid used his foot and turned his whole body in a 360 making it so my friend couldn't get the ball without scoring a foul. It was really cool but I felt bad because my friend got embarrassed. Anyway, I had realized that my dad was watching the whole time, or maybe he couldn't even recognize me because of the shirts. And I went to get my stuff and walked to the car so we drove home. 

I guess for today's post I should be talking about my Soccer Tryouts and stuff because I don't fee like showing another one of my essays just yet, maybe tomorrow. Actually, if I have to do my writing I am going to be talking about whether or not I made it onto the Soccer Team on Thursday. But for now I want to talk about the tryouts yesterday. So as soon as class was over and it was time to go to dismissal or your bus rooms I walked downstairs with all of my belongings and just happened to run tiny my Gym teacher who was actually in charge of all this. 

He said that we were going to be doing drills and stuff but first everyone needed to meet up in the gym so that we could register. And it just so turns out that by the time I had reached the gym there were already a couple of kids there. But still only like 1/3 of everyone was there, I didn't see a single girl yet. Then, as soon as my Gym teacher came all of the girls came in. I remember hearing like a group of 4 girls say that they didn't want to enter because it was only boys. 

My teacher registered everyone and wanted us all to know who had already registered online. I had already done it online but some kids didn't and those kids were told to write their name on a piece of paper. I guess there really was no point in signing online but if I didn't sign online then I wouldn't have brought my cleats. Only a couple of kids wore cleats and the rest wore sneakers cause they were fine with that. My cleats felt a little small but I was able to get used to them, it wasn't much of a struggle to be honest. Then, everyone got their waters and stuff so that they could head out.

 I need to remember to bring water next time because I was honestly really thirsty. It didn't really make me feel comfortable. The first thing that we did was complete 2 laps around the field, I'm not exactly the fastest person so I didn't do that well in the running department, there are a couple of kids that really finessed me in that run. 

Afterwards, we were read across the field and we're told to do different versions of suicides. I thought that they were honestly really awkward but you know that's just me. After the suicides (running about 20 yards and going back), my teacher made drills where everyone would be dribbling, and it would test endurance, speed, and ball handling which were 3 key things in determining whether or not you would make it onto the team. 

Health Project

Did you know that 1/3 of all teenagers are sleep deprived? According to the National Sleep Foundation, you need at least 9 hours, and most of you aren’t even clocking in at 7. Why is that? Fear of Missing Out is one reason, but so is the desire to study hard and do better in school. But guess what? Those extra hours you spend awake studying aren’t really doing much for you, as you’re much less likely to remember what you studied.

Rinchen: Turquoise

Lhawrencelie: Light Purple

Abdul: Orange

Marcus: Green

Well, according to a website called drugfree.org, when not getting enough sleep, it will cause:

• Poor memory and concentration leads to poor retention and performance at school.
• Response time is impaired and car accidents are more likely.
• Hormones triggering poor food choices and metabolic changes cause weight gain.
• Irritability contributes to family and/or social conflict and can lead to more serious mental health issues like depression and anxiety.

Poor memory loss is mostly caused by stress and sleep because kids go home with a lot of homework. For example, if you have 2 essays for ELA, 3 pages of math, and read 20 pages and do the questions in a book for social studies, of course that is going to keep you up at night because you have so much homework. According to a website called chidmine.org, they say “My 16-year-old daughter is finally entering the homestretch of sophomore year, and she has been chronically sleep deprived since September. The reasons are multiple but when you add together 45 minutes of homework per class per night, plus a few extra-curricular activities, plus the downtime spent everyday watching a John Green video on YouTube or chatting with friends, and a normal amount of procrastination, it adds up to between 5 and 7 hours of sleep on an average school night. Throw in a term paper or heavy exam week and the average can easily drop to 3 or 4.

But, Marcus, isn’t that really okay because the teachers are experts at their subjects so shouldn’t they be doing this stuff for our own good?

Sure, if you want to have the cold or the flu very consistently. Or if you also want to have the lack of learning from all the other students in your class. But sure, teachers are the experts!

Touche.

Usually I would agree with you Abdul, but Marcus does have a point because even though the teachers are experts, all these diseases can have effect on you.

Normally, I would agree with you Lhawrencelie, but Abdul does have a point because the teachers are doing this for our own good.

Are you challenging us!

I think so?

There are some facts here that are about sleep deprivation and a project that me and 3 other kids did for Health Class. We didn't get to present it and honestly that was fine by me because it was pretty cringe. I hope u can learn from this and tell me about what you thought about it!

Theme Song for To Kill a Mockingbird

A wise man once said, your personality determines the choices you make in life. This famous quote came to mind almost immediately, which in turn invited similar ideas resonated with me throughout. Jem, Scout, and Atticus all have different personalities that will determine the events that they will go through in the future as well as their character traits. Which brings me to my point, personality determines the choices that you make in the further. Equally as important, the theme song that best supports Atticus’s character trait of dependable is “....”, by “....”.In short, Harper Lee expounds the trait by providing details of Atticus being dependable throughout the text.

It is evident that Harper Lee uses Atticus as a character of trust and kindness, being the father of Scout and Jem it is his duty to teach them life lessons so that they can become better-mind/outstanding people as they grow up.  Further more, the theme song that would symbolize Scout being curious is, “The Curious George Theme Song”. As can be seen, Harper Lee makes Scout into a very friendly character yet someone who will continue to ask questions and be a bit annoying. 

Scout is the daughter of Atticus and very adventurous, she is seen as the protagonist in the story. As we can tell, Lee’s depiction of her makes it easy for Scout to be the main on around and always curious for she doesn’t know much about the world as of right now, “Scout, you aren’t old enough to understand some things yet” and ““If you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”. 

In other words, Atticus is trying to tell Scout that she is still young and doesn’t know enough to really make good and rational decisions, meanwhile the other citation is relating to Scout asking another question to Atticus about Tom Robinson saying why defend the man if you shouldn’t be defending him. As an illustration, in the Curious George theme song, it says “A big adventure or a brand new friend” shows how Scout made a brand new friend (Dill) and together with Jem as well they started on what continued to become a stray of continuous events. This demonstrates curiosity in Scout based off of the evidence and citations. 

Therefore, it is evident that Lee uses Scout as a symbol of adventure for knowledge. There are striking similarities between Jem and Scout according to what I have read in the text. They are alike because the duo have been faced with racism and have great respect for their father, Atticus. However, they’re biggest similarity is how they are intruiged with the Radleys, “He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.” (Dill sort of turned their interest into a reality). 

I only have a couple of this essays left but I want to share one of them to you guys every single day. Now, to kill a mockingbird is a very controversial book and so talking about it seems appropriate. My teacher told us to pick a theme song to the book that seemed to fit in and I picked Curious George because the main characters is extremely curious. Tell me what u think about it, I'll post the rest tomorrow.

To commence, I believe that the German Soldiers shouldn’t be prosecuted for what they have done to the Jews and others. To summarize, in the movie that I was watching in class that contained graphic images of Jews being killed and other Nazi officials against the U.S army troops. The narrator of the movie was saying that the U.S officials were taking Nazi soldiers and bosses to the labor camps and showing them what had happened, “There was a specific Nazi Labor boss that saw the atrocities that he had caused along with the rest of his comrades and killed himself the next day”. 

For instance, honestly if you saw a bunch of dead bodies and knew you were the reason why wouldn’t you want to suicide, unless of course you think that what you did was right but then that would just be wrong. In the War Crimes encyclopedia it suggests that the those who were convicted were most likely put in jail for their actions although almost 40 percent were able to escape. It clearly states in the encyclopedia, “Many detractors have criticized German proceedings, particularly those held in the 1960s and 1970s, for doling out acquittals or light sentences to aging defendants or defendants who claimed superior orders”. 

This means that they were forced by others to do what they did and weren’t doing it out of their own will. It all means that the soldiers should not be persecuted because it isn’t fair that they should be persecuted for something they did during war. They connect because both relate to the Holocaust and support the following statement, “they shouldn’t be persecuted”.

To conclude, this is why soldiers should not be prosecuted for something that happened during a war where they are forced to do from a higher power. This is probably some of the last essays from my research papers that I am going to be posting on this blog because I didn't do that many papers over the course of the days from the beginning to the end of the year so obviously that is another reason why I cannot stop. 

This was one oft he first essays that I did for my Research paper that I handed into my teacher and it bumped me all the way to a 97 so I'm all for it, of course this was one of the only paragraphs where I didn't do the correct form and so I messed up but my teacher didn't seem to mind since it was our first one.