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“Hey Susie, would you be open to be the first person to test time travel!” said scientist Gina.

“I would love to, but why me?” asked Susie.

“Well, you are a generally healthy person and you most likely won’t develop any pernicuous illnesses,” answered Gina.

Gina brought Susie to a small room off to the side of the labratory that they were in. Susie approached a large oval shaped room that she guessed was the time machine. Susie stood in front of the huge machine for a little before entering it. Gina coxed her into the onimous machine so they could test it as fast as they could. Susie turned around to face Gina and saw that there were tons of test tubes and wires strewed about all over Gina’s desk. Gina cleared her throat and moved over so that Susie couldn’t see the mess.

“Now Susie,” said Gina as she got things together for Susie’s trip,” I am going to transport you about thirty seconds into the future, if something happens you must devise a plan to get back to this time. If you have any problems just dial back to-”

Gina got cut off in the middle of her sentence because she clicked a wrong button. Gina sent Susie to a random time in history. Susie landed in the middle of a large sunflower field. Susie didn’t really realize the severity of the situation until she remembed that she was never given instructions on what to do if something goes haywire. Susie started to panic and hyperventalate because she didn’t know how to get back. She was looking in and out of the teleporter to find some sort of instruction. She was probably looking for about an hour until a man showed up to ask what was going on.

“Hello, ma’am, are you having some issues with this here doohickey,” said the man with a southern accent.

“Yeah, I can’t get this machine to work! Do you think you could help me out and figure out what the problem is?” asked Susie.

The man just looked over and said, “Well looks like your missing a hooseywhatsit on your thingamibob!”

“Do you have the part?” questioned Susie.

“Yeah, for sure, I’ll be right back,” replied the man.

Susie had no idea were she was or what was going on. She wanted to get home so bad and go back to normal life. As she was thinking to herself the man came back withthe part. He told Susie to just connect it to the wires in the machine. Susie wasn’t a very valient person; she was too afraid to put her hand next to live wires. The man waited a little bit, but then just took the part and hooked it up for her. He seemed more apt to doing activities by himself anyways.

“There ya be,” said the man with excitement.

“Great thanks!” said Susie as she typed in random numbers and hoped that she would end up back into the lab. She waved goodbye and pressed the big red button that said go. The man watched her disappear and just shrugged his sholders and went on his way. Somehow Susie ended up back at the lab after all that. Gina screamed with joy and ran up to Susie to hug her. Then Gina just ran to her desk and picked up a bunch of papers.

She walked over to Susie and said, “Will you sign these papers saying that you won’t sue me!”

Susie just shrugged her sholders and signed it so that she could get out of there. Thank goodness Susie got out of wherever she was alive.

The book that I read for my independent book is called The Escape Room by Megan Goldin. The book is about a group of very privileged and wealthy people named Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam. They get an invite to participate in an escape room as a “Team Building Exercise.” Once they get into the elevator it stops, and all of the buttons and lights turn off. As they are trapped in the dark, they must put aside their petty differences and attempt to get out of the room alive by trying to solve riddles. This book was full of twists and turns that I never saw coming. The book first starts off to a slow and kind of boring start. It is mostly about a girl named Sara Hall who(at that point) didn’t really have anything to do with the overall story. It felt very disconnected and confusing like I was reading two seperate books. The chapters were set up with every other chapter being about Sara Hall and then the Elevator. Sara Hall was in first person, while the Elevator chapters were in third person. I found that kind of interesting to read through because you get two parts of a story by a person directly in the story and by a narrator explaining what is happening. There was some inappropriate language and comments in the book which I didn’t really like, but it wasn’t that much that made me not like it. As I said before, the beginning of the book was very boring, but the end was so full of crazy twists that I didn’t want to put the book down! At one point of reading it I audibly gasped(which I never do when reading books). I am very surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I strongly recommend this book for a person who really enjoys mysteries or thriller books.

       For my book project I will be writing a diary from the main character. I plan on choosing the character Sara Hall since there really isn’t one main character of the story.

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Blue light is constantly aroud you. It can come off of computers, cell phones, televisions, and so much more. Blue light is light that is emitted from natural and artificial places. Blue light isn’t the only kind of light on earth. Light can come off as yellow, orange, green, and violet. Yes, screens give off a lot of blue light, but the sun is the main way that we encounter blue light. Blue light can actually be helpful sometimes. For some people it can be helpful to highten your mood.  It can also help to make you more alert and can assist with your memmory and cognitive functions. Even though there are so many positives to blue light, there is still some negatives. The overuse of blue light can change a ersons cercadium rhythm (sleep schedule). Many scientists have done tests to see if being on screens for too long or being too close to screens can cause long term eye damage. So far there is still no concrete evidence of this though. Blue light still not be as harmful as some people think but it still can cause some short term eye issues. Digital Eye Strain (DES) can cause sore or dry eyes, headaches, and blurry vision. To prevent DES from occuring try to take breaks for at least 20 minutes; this way you will give your eyes a break from the light. You can also make sure that you dont get to close to the screen: stay an armlength distance away from the screen. Lastly, you can buy some blu light glasses. These glasses help to deflect blue light and help you to be able to go to bed on time.

How many hours a day are you on technology?

Why do you think schools have computers even though tey give off a lot of blue light?

Why do you think scientist haven’t looked more into how blue light affects us?

 

https://portal.achieve3000.com/kb/lesson/?lid=19811&step=11&c=1&sc=37&oid=120&ot=5&asn=1

For my independent book project, I chose the book The Escape Room. I chose this book because I like mystery type stories. Stories like the one I’m reading always keep more entertained, and I can never put down the book. My book is about a group of colleagues who get brought up to a mystery escape room. They all need to get over their differences, and try to get out of the escape room alive. I haven’t read enough for anything to heat up yet, but it is getting there. There is some inappropriate language in it, but not enough to really bother me at all. The book is set up in a very weird way. It switches from the main plot to a random person (who I think they will meet up with in the future). It kind of gets confusing because it is constantly switching times from past to present. Although it is a little confusing, it is a very interesting book. I still think I will definitely enjoy reading this book, and I am very excited to see what happens next!

Image from: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-escape-room-megan-goldin/1129285310

A new study from the CDC has shown that the spread of COVID in schools seems to be very low! The study was performed in Wisconsin in the grades K-12, and it lasted about 13 weeks. While the study was being conducted, teachers noted that 92% of students wore their masks and social distanced. Additionally, teachers and students quarintined after they had been exposed. During the 13 weeks of the study, only 7 covid cases had been confirmed out of the 4,876 students in the school. Although this study has taken place, many teachers unions still refuse to go back to in-person learning unless they get the COVID vaccine. Even though schools may have less COVID cases, this isn’t the same for sports. A different CDC study showed that some sports can be high risk for possible COVID. This study was with two high school wrestling teams in Florida. Including all of the coaches, wrestlers, and referees present, there were 130 people at the event. A total of 38 of them had contracted COVID by the end of the event. The CDC believes that high contact sports where mask wearing and social distancing are not possible should be put off if there is high levels of COVID in their area.

Do you think schools should stay in school or go online?

Why do you think COVID in schools spread slower?

Should school sports be postponed until COVID has slowed down/completely ended?

 

https://www.newsmax.com/us/cdc-schools-reopen-in-person/2021/01/26/id/1007316/

https://ktul.com/news/local/oklahoma-schools-reopening-plan-recommends-wearing-masks

Effective-

Effective is an adjective

Writing things down is an effective studying method

Procrastinating is an effective way to do well on tests

Effective immediately means to start something right away

Prioritize-

A synonym to prioritize is schedule

Prioritize is a verb

People who prioritize are normally more organized

If you prioritize, you do the important things last

Habit-

Habit is a noun

A habit is when you do something one time

A synonym to habit is routine

A habit of yours could be brushing your teeth every morning

Synergy-

Synergy is an adjective

Synergy is about working together in groups

A synonym to snergy is cooperation

If you synergize with others, you listen to their opinion or ideas

Mutual-

A synonym to mutual is unshared

Mutual is an adjective

An example of a mutual relationship is a bee and a flower

If you and a friend have the same interest, then you have a mutual interest

Initiate-

Initiate means to begin

Initiate is a verb

If you want to initiate a conversation, be the one to speak first

A synonym to initiate is complete

 

 

Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature’s law is wrong it
learned to walk without having feet
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared. Continue reading ““The Rose That Grew From Concrete”” →

♥My first best friend was my brother. Since he is no longer living he has taught me that I am a very strong individual and can get through the obstacles in my life. He is a very sweet kind person and loved to play Mario. He also had strawberry colored hair if you see it in the sun like mine. He had the brightest smile you would ever see. He taught me a lot. My mom thinks he is the reason why I started talking so early because I would hear him talking. Or just because I love to talk. He also loved sports. He would play them all the time. He played basketball for Upward. That is who my first best friend is.♥

A thing I would like to do that I ahve never done before is…………. BECOME A MILLIONARE! CHA-CHING! I want to be a millionare because…..

• I can live a life where I have no worries
• I can pay my bills off in good time
• I can help my family with things like injuries and other things
• Plus I would love to live in a mansion

And what do you want to do that you have never done before?

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