August Book Blog

     This month I read "Ruby Red' by Kerstin Gier. A science fiction series. The Montrose family was very strange and the women in that family have a certain gift, time- travel. Charlotte, Gwenyth's cousin, was thought to be the one that had this gene, but when Gwen starts to time- travel everything in her normal life is gone. I loved this book it had the action,mystery, and science fiction that I love. With this book I put myself in Gwen's position. That is what I love about fiction books. With fiction books it gives me  more of an imagination and I can picture the scene or character that the author is describing. I wish that was all that we had to read, sci-fi, mystery, and action. I don't really like books that are slow and don't get to the action in at least the second page. Those are boring to me. I definitely  would recommend this book to people with my same opinion.

What is a Hero?

       A hero is a person that does an act that impacts another persons life in a positive way. Three qualities that a hero should have are courage,kindness, and faith. You would have to have the courage to stand up to the bully in your school. You would also have kindness, so that you can have the idea and to build up the courage to stand up for someone. Last but not least, you have to have faith in yourself so that you don't back out just because you are scared.

       Heroism does include strength, but not all of the time. Sometimes when you are standing up to a bully strength won't matter, because then you become the bully. A smart mind will also help. If you talk to the bully then maybe you can get them to stop. Or you can help them get over what is causing them to feel like they should bully other people.

     No, you don't need an extraordinary reason to be a hero. It could be as simple as standing up for someone when no one is. Everyone could be a hero if they just put their mind into it. Say that the small kid in your class is being bullied by a "jock" then you could say to the bully that they need to stop and if they don't you can get an adult to help.

      They are heroes,but they are also right to not call themselves heroes. It is good not to accept being called a hero, because sometimes it will go into peoples minds.Then they don't realize that they are just like everybody else. That leads to them thinking that they are better than everyone else and can start to bully others or start to push them down.

Attitude Matters

1. "BE WILLING TO TRY BEFORE YOU CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING" (swimswam.com). At school, there are many obstacles that stand in your way when doing work.sometimes you think that you will fail and get an f. You get a mind set of I can't do this and that blocks your ability to think straight. I do this quite a bit. This quote can help remind me that I have to try and not just automatically give up when it gets hard.

2. "MOTIVATION COMES FROM ACTING – NOT FROM THINKING ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD" [swimsam.com]. sometimes  in math class I will try to think about the equation without working it out.That always makes it Harder for me.  This quote helps me to start working and then think because if there is an error in your math, then you see can see the error.

3. "HOW WE THINK FEEDS INTO HOW WE FEEL" [swimswam.com]. If you think that you are tired then you feel tired. If you think that you  are dumb then you feel dumb. That keeps you from doing your work productively. This quote makes you think about changing that mindset of I can't do that.

 

Trophies- Have We Gone Too Far?

       The lesson that the football camp is trying to teach by giving the children participation trophies is that if they participate then they will learn to get better and they will work harder to get more trophies.James Harrison is trying to teach his children how and why they need to earn their trophies. He did this by sending their trophies back. In my opinion, James Harrison's lesson was more important."...believing that everything in life should be earned..." If you don't earn a trophy and you get one anyway then you get the idea that everything is that easy. If you get that mindset then you will have a harder time doing sports or work. Also it won't push you to try harder than your best. You need to earn the trophy before you get it.

My Hislish Goals

My Hislish Goals

1. One skill that I want to improve  on is the different subjects like proper nouns, adverbs, and adjectives.
2. I want to read the Lord of the Rings series.
3. In this class I want to strive for and A or an A+.