Derek Wheeler
12-3-07
Blog 12
If I had to prefer dogs or cats, I would choose dogs. Dogs are easier to teach tricks to than cats. Cats also never want attention so you rarely ever see them. But my favorite house pet would be a bearded dragon. Bearded dragons are lizards that have a scaly “beard” that turns black if they feel threatened. They can also change the shade of their backs to being dark when they are stressed and light when they are calm. They are like a chameleon except they don’t change their color to match their surroundings. When bearded dragons are young, they also “wave” when they are stressed out. And when they are older they turn their “beard” black and nod their head up and down. And from my personal experience, I found that they can jump very high. I had to put a lid on their tank to stop them from jumping so high. And the walls of the cage was about two feet high.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Derek Wheeler
12-2-07
Blog 11
I use to believe in luck but I didn’t carry around little trinket because I wouldn’t want it to get lost. I did have something like a trinket though at one time. While I was looking around our house on time, I found five four-leaf clovers. But then I was wondering how to preserve them so I laminated them into one card so I called it a clover card. But all the rumors about making a wish at the time 11:11 that happens twice a day or wishing on a shooting star is all a myth. For example there have been at least ten times that I made a wish at 11:11 one the same wish and it never came true. The same thing happened with a shooting star. There was a night that I was with my cousin and a few of his friends. We all saw about twenty shooting stars and I made the same wish on all of them which by the way was the same wish as the ones I made on 11:11 and they never came true. So I personally don’t believe in luck.
12-2-07
Blog 11
I use to believe in luck but I didn’t carry around little trinket because I wouldn’t want it to get lost. I did have something like a trinket though at one time. While I was looking around our house on time, I found five four-leaf clovers. But then I was wondering how to preserve them so I laminated them into one card so I called it a clover card. But all the rumors about making a wish at the time 11:11 that happens twice a day or wishing on a shooting star is all a myth. For example there have been at least ten times that I made a wish at 11:11 one the same wish and it never came true. The same thing happened with a shooting star. There was a night that I was with my cousin and a few of his friends. We all saw about twenty shooting stars and I made the same wish on all of them which by the way was the same wish as the ones I made on 11:11 and they never came true. So I personally don’t believe in luck.
Derek Wheeler
11-2-07
Blog 10
It was just this summer that I got pretty scared from listening to ghost stories. I was around a campfire that my cousin made at his house. The campfire had benches around it that my cousin also made so people could sit around it and relax without having to bring out folding chairs.
Anyway, my cousin, a few of his friends that rent houses next to his for the summer and I were around the campfire telling stories. Eventually Trevor, my cousin, said that one time while he was camping, he went to see around the camp and felt a very weird presence around him. Then one of his friends, Josh said that one time he felt the same thing around some land at his house. I have never felt anything like Josh and Trevor described and I am not looking forward to it.
Then the more everyone talked about ghosts, the more uncomfortable everyone felt. Eventually, everyone decided to go home, and Trevor and I went inside his tree house to sleep for the night.
11-2-07
Blog 10
It was just this summer that I got pretty scared from listening to ghost stories. I was around a campfire that my cousin made at his house. The campfire had benches around it that my cousin also made so people could sit around it and relax without having to bring out folding chairs.
Anyway, my cousin, a few of his friends that rent houses next to his for the summer and I were around the campfire telling stories. Eventually Trevor, my cousin, said that one time while he was camping, he went to see around the camp and felt a very weird presence around him. Then one of his friends, Josh said that one time he felt the same thing around some land at his house. I have never felt anything like Josh and Trevor described and I am not looking forward to it.
Then the more everyone talked about ghosts, the more uncomfortable everyone felt. Eventually, everyone decided to go home, and Trevor and I went inside his tree house to sleep for the night.
Derek Wheeler
12-2-07
Blog 9
If I was stranded on an island I would probably make my friend a crash test dummy because a crash test dummy is probably the closest thing to a real person and it’s easy to know where I put it, unlike a natural object that would blend in. I would name my “imaginary” friend, Bob because it’s simple and easy to remember. His personalities would be very reasonable for the situation which is of course being stranded. He likes to fish a lot but never cooks the fish because he is scared of fire. He is also pretty much the gatherer. He collects firewood, and some other foods besides fish.
I would always make sure that he stays at “camp” so I would never loose him and because it’s just one less thing to carry. My favorite day spent on the island with my friend was great. We caught about ten fish that day and built a great add-on to our lean-two.
12-2-07
Blog 9
If I was stranded on an island I would probably make my friend a crash test dummy because a crash test dummy is probably the closest thing to a real person and it’s easy to know where I put it, unlike a natural object that would blend in. I would name my “imaginary” friend, Bob because it’s simple and easy to remember. His personalities would be very reasonable for the situation which is of course being stranded. He likes to fish a lot but never cooks the fish because he is scared of fire. He is also pretty much the gatherer. He collects firewood, and some other foods besides fish.
I would always make sure that he stays at “camp” so I would never loose him and because it’s just one less thing to carry. My favorite day spent on the island with my friend was great. We caught about ten fish that day and built a great add-on to our lean-two.
Derek Wheeler
11-2-07
Blog 8
I don’t see the point about the new Illinois law about the moment the moment of silence. I’ve been told that it’s for students who want to make a wish for something to happen that day. Just for fun, I wished for something the first day the law was passed, and it made things worse. Also, the time students have to make a wish is very short. Friday, someone timed the moment of silence the class had to make a wish and it was only six seconds long.
I think that a law should be passed for teachers to give out only one paper worth of homework per night if there is homework that night. Because unlike the moment of silence, reduction of homework would actually help with something. For example it would give more time for students for sports and for teachers because they wouldn’t have to grade papers.
11-2-07
Blog 8
I don’t see the point about the new Illinois law about the moment the moment of silence. I’ve been told that it’s for students who want to make a wish for something to happen that day. Just for fun, I wished for something the first day the law was passed, and it made things worse. Also, the time students have to make a wish is very short. Friday, someone timed the moment of silence the class had to make a wish and it was only six seconds long.
I think that a law should be passed for teachers to give out only one paper worth of homework per night if there is homework that night. Because unlike the moment of silence, reduction of homework would actually help with something. For example it would give more time for students for sports and for teachers because they wouldn’t have to grade papers.
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