Recent update
- Final School Post (But I will keep on posting)!
- Basketball Nightmare
- Geography Fair
- New Science Project
- School Trip to Manuel Antonio
- Down hilling at Whistler
- Lake Tahoe
- Feelings
- How to Survive Spanish Class and Not Fail
- Grumpiness over Spanish Class
Lake Tahoe
April 24th, 2008 by hammond
Lake Tahoe, pretty cool huh? I was in California and in Nevada at the same time. I went to Lake Tahoe last winter vacation and it isn’t the first time I have gone either. Obviously I went to go snowboarding like usual. I have been snowboarding since a long time ago so I am pretty good at it. I can go on double black diamond trails and love to go to trick parks where there are pipes, and rails. I haven’t done a rail but I have gone off jumps and can pop some tricks. My favorite trick to impress people going on ski lifts and having to wait the stressful boring time all the way up the mountain is the 360 tail grab. Even though it might seem complicated it is really not, I got it on a couple of tries. So anyways, I was hitting the park all the time with a nice 140 board and some nice Flow bindings. It was really cold and there was a huge snow storm which cause more than 15 feet of snow to fall. But, my foot was hurting so much I could barely resist since I did not tie my boots tight enough. My foot was bending when I would turn and would hurt a lot when I would have to “skate” with my board on a flat to get to another lift. This was because the mountain (I was at Heavenly) was more than 10,000 feet in elevation, so if you would want to get to the top, you would have to take multiple ski lifts. So, I had an awesome time enjoying my snowboarding practice and looking and laying down on the nice, fluffy, white, powdery, fresh, snow that had just fallen and popping tricks of ramps to impress people by seeing a kid like me doing big tricks. I had the time of my life and I recommend you to go to Heavenly too!
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Feelings
April 17th, 2008 by hammond
Some days I fell very weird, don’t you? Well what causes this to happen are our feelings. Yes we all have these and we all have different reactions to them. Today I felt like throwing up and had a huge headache. Well I came to a conclusion that the thing that was affecting me was my feelings. I came to this conclusion since I was worried and was dehydrated and was using my head way too much. This was because I had a lot of stuff to do in very little time. So I became worried and got a huge headache by thinking about what I should do about it.
I also found out that you have feeling s all the time and these are what make you have bad days, good days, lazy days, exhausted days etc.. So I tried to control this but it is impossible because they are automatic reactions to stuff that happens to you during the day. For example, if you get burned or you get a fast harmful pain to your heart you are probably going to say ouch! Yes this is an automatic reaction. So if you get insulted at school, I am guessing your automatic reaction will be having a bad day and feeling very angry and sad.
So since you can’t control them, I tried to not feel the reactions to it but found out that its like controlling your life thoughts and body. This is physically impossible. Finally, I learned that without feelings there is no point in life. If you don’t feel loved and don’t feel happy, why have a life, I don’t think you would want to live like this. As you can see, even though you’re having a bad day, don’t give up on yourself. These are your automatic feeling s which can’t be controlled and are going to happen once in a while. Odds are, after you get through your bad feelings, you’ll probably feel really relieved and happier than ever.
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How to Survive Spanish Class and Not Fail
April 10th, 2008 by hammond
The time is just ticking away meanwhile you are looking at the clock going slower than ever seen before. Your hands are sweaty from the hard sunlight penetrating through the windows meanwhile no fans can be turned on. You don’t understand anything that is going on. This is Spanish class in my school. The most hectic class (like I had explained in my last post), where one gets humiliated by the teacher on purpose in front of the whole class and where quizzes and pop quizzes are given to you at any moment and the average of students fail since it is impossible to understand what they are teaching you. Yes, I am one of many students who fail the quizzes once in a while and half to get my parents to sign them so I won’t get points taken off of my grade.
I am not sure if my teacher does this on purpose just to get us and our parents angry or if she doesn’t do it on purpose and this is all just a “big coincidence”. I highly doubt this because I (as well as many other students) have gone through this torture and have to give my best effort in class even though everyone barely passes. For example, other people as well as I, can study for hours and barely pass with a D-. So, I am here to help you survive this class.
First of all, since most of the time the class isn’t based on Spanish since our teacher brings up random stuff to talk about, only listen to what has to do with Spanish since if you listen the random stuff that doesn’t have to do with the class (even though we talk about this almost 90% of our class time) it confuses you very badly. Second of all, ask a lot of questions until you get the material you are studying clear. After that, don’t really study since you know that you’ll probably get a worse grade after you study than if you don’t or you just guess everything. I mean, you might want to go over stuff to know what the quiz or test is going to be on. Next, get easy grades high like easy quizzes, homework grades and other easy stuff up so you won’t fail. Finally, meanwhile you are doing an assessment, try to remember the stuff that you listened to in class and give it your best shot. I hope this will help you lots like it helps me pass the class with almost an 80!
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Grumpiness over Spanish Class
April 3rd, 2008 by hammond
Yesterday at school was pretty harsh and hectic. This is usually on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I realized that it was hectic these days because of one certain class, yes Spanish class. First of all, I found this out because I analyzed all of my ideas. I came up with the days that I would wake up grumpy and not that happy as usual (this was Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). So I knew something in the ordinary was not right or just bugged me out. I knew that it was about school since it was only on the days I had school on. So, I made a list of all of my classes that day (Math, Literature, and Spanish). After finding this out I went even deeper into thought and I actually sat in class and did different tests.
Test 1- What classes was I most productive in and felt the shortest since I was doing something productive in and not realizing the time left or time it was taking? (Answer – Literature and Math)
Test 2- What class felt the longest for me? (Answer – Spanish)
Test 3- What class did I hate most? (Answer – Spanish)
In Spanish class most of the people never really understand what’s going on since it’s so complicated and our teacher is always grumpy and has TEACHER PETS! Yes, most people (including me) are not such a big Teacher Pet fan. So, since no one is doing anything productive and watching time just tick by so slowly in Spanish class, I realized that my grumpiness problem was because of knowing that I had Spanish class that day. But, I am still a little grumpy at night every other day that’s not Friday after school or Saturday knowing that I have Spanish the next day. It’s like Sundays, just knowing you have school tomorrow but I have double the pain on Sundays, I have school and Spanish the next day! So, I am finally getting over my grumpiness but I always have my up’s and down’s if you know what I mean.
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Yo Whud up!
April 3rd, 2008 by hammond
Sup guys, at first I didn’t think blogging was going to be as fun as now! I can write almsot anything I want and express my thoughts and feelings. Please read and comment on my posts!
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