A New Power. LOF

I think that the quote from the book is really important. It looks like Ralph might have taken a little bit of Jacks authority. I don't exactly know how well that's going to work for the boys on the island. Ralph isn't as worried about being rescued as Jack. I don't think it's going to work well. But then again not alot of good things happened with Jack as leader too. I think that Jack feels a little out of place and maybe even embarresed because of this situation. Who know's what he'll do to earn his spot back as leader.

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The Pursuit.

There have been many things that I want to achieve in life. The most important thing to me though, would have to be going to college and making a life for myself and my daughter. That's number one. I'm so happy for the changes that have come up in my life and will work as hard as I can to make my daughter happy. Give her the things that she needs and wants. My dream career would be becoming a psychiatrist. I just want to help people. And if helping them understand their problems can help them live a happier life, then that's what I want to do. It's going to take alot of hard work. I think another job that would be interesting would be a Psycho-annalist. I don't know if I could handle that line of work...but it would be interesting. Both require years of schooling and dedication. Something that I think I could pull off. I don't think anyone really understands how much work it is to achieve a dream. But if you have the heart and passion to accomplish it, you will. Some things to accomplish my dreams would be, hard work, patience, and probably self forgiveness. They say you are your worst critic. Not to mention when I'm actually doing my job. Honesty, loyalty and friendliness are other characteristics that are important. People have to trust you, and if you break their trust, then you aren't helping them.

Alone time.

I think its important to have alone time. It's the time when you can clear your mind from everything that has been bringing you down or weighing down your thoughts. If your feeling down or sad I think being by yourself can help out alot. You could turn on some calming music. I think taking a nature walk by yourself can be soothing too. I think everyone should have at least an hour or more a week to spend just to themself. It isn't always the easiest thing to do, with work, school, kids and whatever els is going on...but I think it's important for your health to relax and not be stressed and being alone is a great way to do that.

Mold

Mold grows where there is moisture and where mold spores can cling to a moist surface. Dew forms outside when the temperature is at the "dew point". Moisture collects inside around places where water can come in. Sinks, windows, around appliances. Other then water damage a problem that can come about because of moisture is...mold.

Ides of March.

In the Roman calendar, the term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other 8 months. Now a days the term is most famous for the death of Julius Ceaser. Caesar summoned the Senate to meet in the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March. A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: "The Ides of March has come," and the seer said to him softly: "Yes, the Ides of March has come, but it has not passed."

Vandalism.

Throwing stones onto a railway line - painting graffiti on a public building - breaking a park bench - leaving litter in the countryside - breaking glass in a bus shelter - setting fire to a school - Putting dish soap into a fountain - damaging a phone box - breaking street lighting - damaging seats on buses - throwing eggs at cars and homes.


All of these are signs of vandalism. Our assignment is to put these in order of what we think is the most harmful, or the most dangerous. And honestly, I don't think there is an order. If you vandalise something, your not only endangering yourself, but everyone els that comes across it. If you damage a phone box on the side of the road, what if someone needs help? There is no way for them to contact people in an emergency. If you set a fire to a school, your endangering hundreds of people's lives. Something as simple and throwing garbage out of your car is hurting the environment and in turn that hurts you. If you kill a bird from throwing trash out your window, how do you know there isn't someone who looks forward to that bird sitting on their bird feeder every morning while drinking a cup of coffee? In turn, karma is something that shouldn't be tried or messed with.

Young People.

I think what attracts us all to "destruction" is the thrill of it. The rush of adrenaline. I like to get in trouble because there is always that chance that your not going to get caught. and that in it's self is a thrill of excitment. If your good at what you do and your good at getting out of things, trouble is a whole new world. You can do pretty much anything and still get away with it. But then again, sometimes the opposite is the thrill of it. If you get caught...that can be fun all in it's own too.

Children Taking Over!

I hope that children never take over the world. I would be so afraid to even leave my house. It would be total and utter chaos. No laws that made sense, no anything. The only good thing about it is we might never have war. But then again, the way kids act, who knows. Everything would be messy and dirty. Talk about unhealthy living. We wouldn't have a government because us kids have no idea what goes on or what happens in the government. Every store would be a candy store, pizza shop and toy store. Adults would probably be used as slaves, which is a little scary to think about as well. The kids would treat the adults like they were the children, making them do chores and what not. I'm not exactly sure about the crime rate. If only kids ruled the world there probably wouldn't be any jobs, so I don'tknow if everything would be free...or if crime would go up. Drugs probably wouldn't be that big of a deal because there wouldn't be that big of a musical influence. I just really hope kids never take over the world.

Dr. Dolittle?

If animals could talk, I would want to talk to any animal I could lay my hands on. I would totally talk to my kitty Finnigan. I think I have a pretty good idea what my puppy Sunny would say. She's not that hard to read. But my cat Finnigan, even though he's easy to read too, there are times when I really do wonder what he would say. I think it would be pretty cool to talk to wild cats too. Tigers. I would love to talk to a tiger. I'm not exactly sure what I would say, or what I would ask but I still think it would be cool. I'm not exactly sure why, but I think it would be pretty cool to talk to an elephant too. Or a crocodile. I think it would just be way awesome in general. Any animal I could talk to, I would talk to.

Way Out.

What would life be like if we lived in outer space? I think we would have giant glass bubble houses. There would be oxygen in the bubble obviously. But it would also have a perfectly green lawn with nice flowers and big trees. We would all have huge houses and wouldn't have to pay for them!! Woohoo. We could have giant air tubes that suck you up and carry you to your job. No hover crafts, that would take up too much space. We would dress in all black like on the movie "MIB". The food we would eat would be like the food you see on "Star Trek." If you were in your house and you asked for it, it would appear. I'm not sure of the detail on that...but that wouldn't be my job. I wouldn't wanna work with space food. It's a little scary to think about. We could have pets like normal, but assuming there are aliens, we could also have little squid like things running around our yards as well. And the signs on our picket fences would read, "Beware of weird looking alien pet...they bite." The houses would be broken up into little neighborhoods where people would pretend they got along...and then gossip later. Alot like "Desperate Housewives" now that I think about it. Maybe their aliens too...hmmm. But if I were to live in outer space, this is how I would want it to be.

Bacteria.

Summary: Bacteria are unicellular organisms. There are two main types of bacteria in the Monera kingdom. There are 3 types of shapes and 3 types of structure. There is 3 way of movement and 3 ways they reproduce.

The two major groups of bacteria are:
Archea Bacteria and Eubacteria.

There are 3 types of shapes:
Coccus:Round
Bacillus: Rod-Shape
Spirillum: Spiral shape

The three structures are:
Diplo: In pairs
Staphylo: Grape like bunches
Strepto: Long strands.

The way they move is also broken down into three parts.
Flagella. Whip like tails
Spirochete. Corkscrews
Taxis. Multiple flagella.

There are three different way that bacteria reproduce.
Binary Fission. asexual reproduction. Bacteria splits into two equal parts.
Cojugation. The bacteria mates through a mating tube.
Endospores. Hardend spores that are protected from the environment.

The Reason.

The best advice that I have ever been given would probably have to be, “Everything Happens For A Reason.” I believe in some way or another everything really does happen for a reason. The reason might be unclear at the time or we may never know what the reason is, but there is something that has to come from every situation. Good or bad, complicated or simple. It could be something as simple as tying your shoes. If you don't tie your shoes, you'll trip. The reason? Maybe its a lesson to remember to tie your shoes. I guess this advice could go along pretty well with the concept of karma too. What goes around comes around. And in turn there will be a reason for that too.

Passage.

Rights of passage that I've gone through to me are cute. Like, potty trianing, going from the bottle to the sippy cup. From the sippy cup to glasses and mugs. When I got my ears peirced I felt like a big kid. I felt like I could handle responsibility now. And then a couple years later when I got my ears peirced the second time I felt even better. Or when you first take your training wheels off of your bike. The passage I am looking forward to most now is turning 18. I can get my peircings on my own, without parental consent. I will be able to vote!

Protists.

Protist are organisms that live in the water or soil. If their parasitic, they can even live in human body or an animal. They are classified into three categories. Animal-like. Plant-like. And Fungi-like. The Animal-like category is a section that actually hunts down other protists to feed. The Plant-like protist's are autotrophs. Meaning they feed from the energy of the sun. The Fungi-like protist's are decomposers. They feed on other dead protists or plant like material.
There are three different ways that protists move. Flagella, a whip like tail. Celia, little hairs surrounding the protist, and Pseudopod, which means "one foot." They use their whole bodies to move along.

Imperialism.

I don’t believe that the US is imperialistic. We may be based in other countries, but I do not believe that we have the intrest to take the country over and make it our own. The US maybe the wealthiest country but we are also in recession. We aren’t in other countries to take their money, or to take over their country to have their wealth. We are there to establish trade. We are also in other countries to help. If there was a situation of another world war, I would rather have countries on our side that we've helped then go in it alone. I do not believe that at this time we are imperialistic, but I could see if the country got put into the wrong hands it becoming that way very easily.

When I die.

When I die I want to be remembered as someone who smiled and laughed even if it killed me. I want to be remembered for the good things that I've done, not things that set me back. Before I die I hope to accomplish alot of things. I hope to go to college even if it's a community college. I hope to give my baby girl a good life, and leave her with memories that are happy, not sad or wrong. I would like to travel. It doesn't have to be far, but I would like to see more of the world. At my funeral or memorial I would hope that people wouldn't be crying and sad. I would want people to at least remember things that were good. Not be sad that I'm gone, but be happy with the memories and fun that we all shared.

Censorship of the arts.

I agree with censorship laws. But like with anything it has it's flaws as well. I do not think that you have the right to speak free if you are talking about drugs, sex or abuse. If you are going to write a song about how much you hate a certain race and how you want to kill them all, would you want your children to hear that? Everytime you turn on the tv there's ads about sex. But if there was no censoring what do you think you would see when you turned your tv on? I would be a little afraid. I wouldn't want my kids to see a world where anything goes. There's already songs and movies about rape and murder, it doesn't need to get any worse then it already is. People that say that the censor laws are too strict arn't looking at the big picture. People get angry because they want to watch their favorite movie on tv and they cut half the movie out. That's only half of what the censorship is trying to do. If it really bothers you that bad then maybe you shouldn't watch tv, or listen to your radio. Or know that maybe they censor things for your own good.

Parental Consent.

Abortion without parental consent is dangerous. Anything can go wrong after or during an abortion. So without a parent knowing, what would happen if their child was injured or at the maximum died? You need consent to do millions of things under the age of 18. Why make something that is a surgery anything different? If your under age you need permission to get tattoo's, piercing, and school field trips. But you don't need one to have a medical procedure done. That makes no sense. I don't really think it involves that the parents know what their child is doing. It's that they know that their child is safe. That if something does go wrong, you at least know why. I also think that it's important for the parent's to be involved so that the young girl can have someone to talk to. Someone to help her through the emotional side of things. Having an abortion isn't what people make it out to be. You may be taking away from the hurt of raising a child so young, but what about the emotions that run with that? The percentage of teenage sex might go down, the chance of finding out about sexual abuse such as rape might go up. I think that parental consent should most defiantly be a law.

Special Brownies?

The subject to legalize marijuana is a little silly to me. I don't agree with it at all. It's illegal for a reason. If you are driving or working with machinery after you've been smoking...you could hurt yourself and others very seriously. Marijuana is also known as a gateway drug. It can lead to experimenting with other drugs, drugs that are alot worse or alot more harmful. I do agree that if it is given medically that it is ok. Even then the drug is abused though. And if it becomes legal, what would happen to the crime rate? People have been known to become violent or steal so that they can get the money they need to buy the marijuana.