Goodbye

8 Things

This is it. This is what you have all been fearing. This is probably my last post. A final hurrah. Before that though, allow my to give some wisdom. A piece of advice from a graduating eighth grader. These are the eight thing I think are the most important.

1. Organization

Organization is key. You never know when you may need an 

old paper and it helps to be organized

2. Failing is ok

The word fail just means first attempt at learning

3. Don't procrastinate

Trust me, if you have a paper due, don't get it done 

the night before. I know this from experience

4. Stress is an endless battle, don't lose

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. 

- William James

5. Study hall is a gift, use it.

It is always better to get stuff done at school and save the fun for home

5. Sports

You have many different opportunities to do sports, and you should take them.

You never know what you will like before you do it

6. Sleep

Come on, this one should be a no-brainer

7. Food

Make sure you eat enough, you're growing and need the energy

8. Pay attention

Most of the time, paying attention in class is the difference between a B and an A.

Well, I guess this is goodbye, but before I go, here is one last joke

A student recognizes Einstein in a train and asks: Excuse me, professor, but does New York stop by this train?

Intro Paragraph

Intro Paragraph

Hello, today I'm actually going to write about a topic that I want to write about. My intro paragraph for the essay I am going to write about determination.

Colin Powell once said, “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” This is never more true when faced with adversity. The one big thing that links all the greatest people of this world is the determination and hope for a better world. That is what drives and motivates them. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch has the will to do what is absolutely right. In the book, The Forever War, Mandela has the resilience to see the war to its bitter end. In Elie Wiesel's novel, Night, Elie himself is the victim of terrible actions, but he had the endurance to outlive his captors. As seen in Atticus, Mandela, and Elie’s stories, grim determination can help transform the world for the better.

Researchers in Fairbanks Alaska announced last week that they have discovered a superconductor which will operate at room temperature.

Innovations

The Big Innovations

So, what do you want me talk about today? Something deep? Something shallow? Oh, ok. What innovation do I think has changed the world the most. Well, this is a big one isn't it. Personally, I think the most important innovation was near instant communication. This allowed us as a species to share ideas and innovate across thousands of miles. This allowed us to stay in touch with our families even when we are halfway across the world. This augmented businesses and helped them have board meetings with members in China, France, and India to name a few. This wove an international, interconnective web of thinkers and innovators to change the world and help bring about the next big thing for this world.

What is the name of the first electricity detective?

Sherlock Ohms

Issues

Today's Issues

Well, what'll it be today? You want to hear about what I think are the three biggest issues today? Well then, let me tell you. The first one has to be farming monopolies. Why? They are too big. I am all for big businesses, but the farming monopolies are too big for their own good. Once you get that big, you have too much political influence and you start cutting corners to make more of a profit. The conditions that the animals are raised in and the chemicals sprayed on our plants are way to bad, and that needs to change. The next big issue is election reform. When it comes to the general election, each state has a set number of delegates, and when the state votes, the majority candidate is who that state's delegates should vote for, but there are 13 states where that isn't true. In those states, the delegates can vote for whoever they want. That isn't democracy. The way the election should work is whichever candidate gets the popular vote should win the election. The final issue is educational reform. The way our kids are being taught today is fundamentally wrong. One of my favorite quotes is by Albert Einstein, and he said, "Everybody is a genius, but if you tell a fish to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing it is dumb." Our schools are trying to teach us that everybody is the same, and our skill is measured by a standardized test. That's not true though. One person might be STEM oriented while another is more historically oriented. Our education system should be tailored to every child's need.

Transformations

Transformations

Is it the jokes at the end of my blog? Is that why you keep coming back? Should I stop? Keep going? I'm not even sure anymore. Here, allow me to bestow upon you the reward for most persistent individual. Now, let me discuss with you what I would like to transform in this world. I would like to transform millions of peoples lives. How are you going to do that, you may ask. Well I'm going to do it with sleep. Now I know that you may be thinking that you can't transform anything with sleep, let alone millions of peoples lives. Actually, you can. Roughly 60 million americans suffer from insomnia each year. I would like to create something that can regulate your sleep for you, without needing to take a pill every night. I don't want to save everybody's life, I just want to make a few peoples life worth living.

What is a cat made out of?

Iron, Lithium, and Neon

(FeLiNe)

Courage

Courage

Someone new? Again? Wow, I never thought that I would get this popular. Next thing you know, I'm going to be winning some sort of award for this. Is there an award for blogs? Anyway, I'm going to tell you about one of the most courageous people I know. My dad. He had the raw courage that it takes to start his own business, and take it to success. It takes guts to risk everything to start from scratch with a brand new idea, and take it public. People who have the courage to that have the courage to do almost anything, especially if they put their mind to it. He has done it once and I believe he can do it again.

 

RAFT

RAFT Civil War

You know, the first time you came here, it was cool, the second time, it was ok, the third was kind of boring, and now I question why you keep on coming back? Do you find this entertaining? Anyways, what do you want to know today? Oh. Write a letter as if I were a black union soldier during the Civil War? Oddly specific but ok. 

Dear Mother, 

I write to you the day after the Battle of Gettysburg. It was brutal. I wish this war would end and we could be free. Why don't the whites see that we are humans too? Anyway, this battle was really bad. It was brother against brother for three sleepless nights, always waking at the slightest sound thinking that this was the time that the confederates would attack. We lost nearly 17,500 soldiers, but we took out nearly three times as many! We defended our home mom, and that's what counts. As of now, I am crouched in the dirt as we travel back to our base camp. I am writing by candlelight about half a mile away as not to disturb the sleeping soldiers. Goodnight.

Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news.
Patient: Well, might as well give me the bad news first.
Doctor: The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24 hours to live.
Patient: 24 HOURS! That's terrible!! WHAT could be WORSE? What's the very bad news?
Doctor: I've been trying to reach you since yesterday.

Justice

What Affects Justice?

Hello again, I wasn't expecting you to come back. Most people don't. Anyway, what do you want to know about today? What two factors aid justice? Well, I think that one of the largest factors that aid justice is compliance. In an investigation, compliance gets the case solved ten times quicker. When it comes to justice, compliance is one of the best policies. Another thing that aids justice is responsibility. If you do something wrong, you need to man up and take responsibility for your actions, and accept the consequences. The things that impede justice however, are denial and blame. If you deny ever doing something that you know you did, that severely impedes justice, but if you place the blame on someone else, that switches the justice system on someone else, when you are the deserving one.

A patient is sitting with a doctor and he asks, "How much time do I have left?" The doctor says, "Five" The patient says, "Five what?" The doctor says, "Four"

Being a Witness

Being a Witness

Oh, you're new. I didn't think you would be here. Welcome to my humble abode. Today I'm going to be discussing what it means to be a witness. Being a witness is almost never good. It means you are a bystander to something that you can stop. In a way, being a witness to a crime that you could've stopped makes you a part of the crime yourself. Next let me talk about my trip to the museum of tolerance. Do I feel transformed by my visit? No, I don't. Instead I feel like I was added on to, not changed. I am never changed by my experiences, they add to me.

Yaaaaaay blogging stuff

Time Capsule

Oh. It's you. I need to know, what makes you want to keep coming back to this blog? Is it the layout? The theme? The writing? Also, how long do you have to spend on the internet to find this? Do you just go to a random blog and click next until you find something that catches your eye? Anyway, I suppose you want to know what I would put in my time capsule. To symbolize my family and childhood, I would put the recipe for tabouli, a Lebanese salad that was and is my favorite dish. Lebanese food was a big part of my childhood.

To symbolize my heritage and roots, I would most likely put a small Lebanese flag. Even though I am technically an American and was born in America, at heart I am Lebanese. All of my ancestors are from Lebanon and I am the first person in my family to ever be born in the U.S.

I don't like to think toward the future and worry. I much prefer to live in the moment and enjoy it. I like to be in the present, not the past or future, because if you spend too long looking to the past or future, you may get lost in it. It is for that reason that I would put a clock.

For the legacy that I would like to leave behind, I'm not really sure what I would want to leave behind. I just want the future generations of my family to look back and see that I was the first of my family to born here and that it would be a new start for my family.

Motifs

 Motifs in my life

Ok, I need you to be completely, utterly honest with me. How and why did you get this link? You get the link, ok, but then you click it and actually start reading? Really? Well fine, I guess you want to know if there have been any motifs in my life? Well there have, but the most prominent one is probably problem solving. Time and time again I have hit an obstacle in life and have had to jump it, go around it, dig under it, you get the idea. It's essentially the same in the book Glory Field, but instead of a lot of little obstacles, they have to overcome one big obstacle in life. This most likely happens in your life too, and problem solving is one of the best skills to have. Ever since I can remember, I have had to overcome problems in my life, but there is always a way to solve them. You too, can learn to solve problems.

Trains....