We're done to our last 4 days (5 days including today, but it is 7th period so I will not count today). Tomorrow is the Wild Waters field trip. About 180 days of school have passed. 180 days of torcher have passed. Now we have 4 days left. It's been an entire school year, but it fells like it has only been a month. I remember the 1st day of school. I was a transfer student from Central Unified School District. I did not now anyone in the school except for one kid. This was the worst experience I have had all year. Out of 800 kids, I knew only 1. That is crazy. I remember that some kids were high-fiving one another on the first day of school. This is very true for the Manchester Gate students. Many of them knew one another very well, and they didn't have to worry about anyone else. I was worried if I would end up at the bottom of society at school like it was at my old school. All of the jerks were the cool kids. All the smart kids were at the bottom of society just like slaves were.
My web leader told me that kids who are in more clubs and sports were better known around campus. I did many academic clubs, and we did very well in all of them. I didn't join the clubs for friends, I joined clubs because they were fun. I found kids with similar interests and I made friends. This was the best experience of 7th Grade!
The Columbian Exchange is trade between the New World and Old World. The benefit of the Columbian Exchange is that there was a larger variety of food, and they were able to try new foods. The Columbian Exchange also began communication between the New World and the Old World.
A bad thing about the Columbian Exchange would be the fact that diseases were spread between the New World and the Old World. Diseases in the New World were spread to the Old World, and diseases from the Old World were spread to the New World. This was a bad affect of the Columbian Exchange.
We went to the Fresno Chaffe Zoo on Tuesday. A lot of kids were saying that the zoo trip was boring, and they didn't learn anything. I personally loved the zoo trip. I loved all the animals. There were animals that were found all over the world. I thought that the tiger station was really cool, but there was only one tiger, and it was just sitting down. I wish it was more active. There weren't very many tortoises at each exhibit. There were only 1-2 tortoises of each kind. There was only one Radiated Tortoise at the zoo, and only one red-footed tortoise. There were 2 African Spurred Tortoises. 2 Giant Tortoises at the zoo. Also, I really liked the rainforest, it was hot in there, but the different types of animals were amazing. The Bird Show was magnificent. As one of the birds was flying overhead, this bird decided to poop, and landed on a girl in my core class.
I liked the Asian Elephants the most from all of the exhibits at the zoo. These Elephants were moving around and there were 2 of them. They were both massive! I saw one of them splattering sand over itself to protect it self from the sun's heat. The Asian Elephants seemed pretty solitary. None of the 2 elephants came close to one another. It was as if they were some sort of rivals. You may ask why the Asian Elephant exhibit was my favorite. It is my favorite exhibit because I had only seen 1 elephant before the 2 elephants at the zoo in my life. The first elephant I ever saw was wondering the streets of India with its master sitting on top. At first I was very scared, but afterwards I was very fascinated. This is why the Asian Elephant exhibit was my favorite exhibit at the zoo.
The decline of the Inca Empire was caused by many things which are similar to the Aztecs. First of all, the Spanish conquistadors came. Both the Inca and the Aztec emperors thought that they were gods. They then let them into the empire. Both of the emperors were captured. Both Hernan Cortes and Pizzaro brought disease which killed thousands of people Both Hernan and Pizzaro did not have many men, but they had advanced weaponary such as guns and cannons, along with steel armor. They also had horses for transportation. The geography of both Cazco and Tenochtitlan was isolated. These are some similarities between the decline of the Aztec and Inca empire.
One of my favorite moments was most likely when we found out we where going to place for battle bots. Ever since we were working on robots for tournament of technology, we though that the line follower was going to win, and the battle bot was going to lose. We were far from right, in fact it is the other way around. The line follower wasn't even close to winning. It was somewhere around last. On the other hand, the battle bot got third. When we were building our battle bot, we all made precautions against one-another's battle bots. We all had similar battle bots except for one. This one had a lifting mechanism. This one did not do very well. When it tried to lift a robot, it would tilt forward, and it would give the other team the advantage of pushing the opposing team out of the ring.
First thing we did when we got to the actual robotics tournament was go and look at everyone's robot and we would make a guess on how they would place. For the most part, we our guesses where right. Corbin, Prabhmeet, and I all realized that we were going to place for battle bots, and we did. the tricky part is that everyone is going to copy and improve our idea. We can either build off of our design or we can make a totally new design from scratch. I guess we will find out next year!
The fall of the Maya civilization was caused by a series of events. I think that it started off with war among cities. This caused the soil to become insufficient to grow crops sufficiently. Also, war caused trade routes to change, and there were few safe trade routes. Less trade routes, and less crops caused starvation. This caused the Maya civilization to fall, and the people who did not die from hunger moved out of the Maya cities to different locations. This is not the case for all Maya cities. Some Maya cities were not very close to a water source which made life very difficult during the drought. Scientists believe that there was a drought for about 150 years in Mesoamerica. Therefore, the cities that weren't very close to water died from dehydration (lack of water). Some cities such as Palanque fought a lot with other cities. This may have caused there demise.
The Mayans may have believed that there wasn't going to be a meteor strike in the cities for all we know. They did have a very complicated calendar, and a priest may have misinterpreted the calendar and said that the world was going to end or there was going to be a forest fire. We don't know for sure, but archaeologists are working on figuring this puzzle out.
I think I would stay where I am if I am a hunter-gather, and I have found a good place to live. I know 100% that this place is a good place to live, but I am not sure how and what type of plants there will be one month from now. There may be places with lots of good land, and abundant food. I would stay, and I would not go on. What happens if it is a dry desert. Then I would be screwed, and it would take me forever to find my way back. I would not be one to take such a risk that may make my life much more easier than it is right now, or possibly the chance that I will be as dry as the Sahara Desert and I will die. If I am in a good area and there is abundant food, why would we continue to travel? It makes no sense.
It's like I have a nice 2 story house, and I gamble my house. I may end up with a mansion, or I may end up with a trash can to live in. I would never take such a risk. It would be one of the worst mistakes in my life. If the odds aren't in my favor; I won't travel, but if I am dying in a desert, then I will travel. It's one of 3 things: I die here doing nothing, I die traveling, or I do not die, and I make my way out of the desert. Why would I not try if there is a chance of survival. I stay firm in my decision to stay where I am, and I decide not to move on.
My favorite book this year would be Crispin: Cross of Lead. This book was very educational in the life of a Medieval child. In most books, the suspense is like a set of stairs, it stops, it starts, it stops, it starts, and etc. Crispin was totally different. It was a like an elevator that never stopped. I found the story very interesting, and I started reading ahead. The story began with the death of Crispin's mother. Crispin was the son of Lord Furnival, but he did not know this. John Aycliffe declared Crispin a wolf's head meaning that he is no longer human, and that he could be killed by anyone. Crispin ran away, and he was sworn to be Bear's apprentice. Bear taught Crispin many crucial skills which helped Crispin survive. Crispin showed Bear his cross.
The cross said that Crispin was son of Lord Furnival, but Crispin did not learn about this until the very end of the book. Bear treated Crispin like his son and Bear did not want to lose his new son. If Bear told Crispin that he was the son of Lord Furnival, then Crispin may have left Bear to go live his new life in luxury.
The Scientific Revolution is one of the most important times in the history of mankind. This is when we all of sudden learn about science and we make discoveries. This led to a better understanding of the world. We made many scientific discoveries during the Scientific Revolution. A few would be learning that the Sun was at the center of the universe, and not the Earth. Galileo and Copernicus discovered this. They went against what Aristotle, the Greek thinker, said.
A man during the 1600s said that the Earth was not at the universe, and he was burned at the stake. Therefore, Galileo was very careful about what he wrote and said. Since he was friends with the Pope, he was not burned at the stake, instead; he was put under house arrest for 10 years. During this time, Galileo still made discoveries, and he wrote his last book. His book was smuggled to Poland where it was later published.
My first thesis is that on genius day that we should also be allowed to wear sweats and other pants. Not everyone likes to wear jeans. My second thesis is that the code should be more strictly enforced. I wore a shirt with a stripe on my collar, and I was dress coded. Someone from the staff walked up to me and said that I was wearing a stripe on my collar, and that is not allowed. Kids wear logos on there shirts at there chests and on their arms, and they are not dress-coded, and I do not think that this is fair. Also, some kids wear black jeans to school, and the dress code states no jeans or pants that appear to be denim may be worn, and they actually wear jeans to school without getting in trouble. My third thesis is that we should get more time to work on stuff in our computer classes. To finish the work, I need to do about 1/4 of the work at home to get it finished on time. Another thing is that we have two assignments at one time.
My fourth thesis is that teachers need to make better judgements. In one of my classes we needed to be silent because that was the activity, and some kid kicked my laptop several time. I said what are you doing, and I lost points. The teacher was standing right in front of the kid when this happened and I was the one who got in trouble for talking. I do not find this fair. My fifth and last thesis is that some teachers multi-task. Some teachers teach several different classes, and they sometimes don't care about the class that is going on and talk about one of there other classes. When this particular teacher does this, we lose class time to do our work.
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