Awareness Test!

This video is really interesting and it really testes your awareness. It also ends with a good message that you should take into account, even when you grow older. Watch it and tell me if you were able to see or guess what they asked you to do? What did you think about this video? Had you seen it before?

By: Carlota Carrillo

Wasted Time

Time...It can take forever, yet fell like nothing. Most people get told at least once in their life to stop wasting time. What is wasting time? Are we wasting time, or using it wisely? What's the difference? People think that wasting time could be a sport, a game, work, or even just regular-day hobbies. It all depends on what you think is useful or not. Anything that is a waste of time to you, could also be one of your favorite things to do. For example, I think that reading fictional books wastes my time, even though I love to read them. Some things that I

thing are a useful way to spend my time, could also be wasted time for others, for example I know many people who think that camping is a waste of time, but personally I think that it's a great way to spend your time, because you get to learn survival, and you get to hike in different landscapes.

What do you think is waste of time and why?

By: Sariah Sadler 9th

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Tigers!!

CC Image Courtesy of Keith Roper on Flickr

I think tigers are a fascinating specie. They are really pretty and wild. I did not know about tigers that much so I decided to investigate. This are some of the most interesting facts that i found about tigers.

Facts

1. A tiger's stripes are like fingerprints - no two are alike. In fact the stripes' pattern is often used to identify individual tigers in the wild.

2. Tigers are highly ferocious and unlike the laid back male lion, it's never wise to turn your back to a tiger even in captivity. Even seasoned zoo keepers report tigers assume a stalking position and prepare to strike when they turn their back to them in the cage.

3. A tigers canines ( Sharp Teeth) can reach up to four inches long.

4. They can be eleven feet in length and they can weight up to 660 pounds.

5. The name ´Tiger´ is taken from the Greek word Tigris, a derivative of the Persian word for arrow, referring to the animals great speed.

Now that you have read this interesting facts, what do you think about tigers? Has your view about them changed?

Sources: http://EzineArticles.com/869626 , http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/animals/news-50-fun-facts-about-tigers?image=3

By: Carlota Carrillo

Want to look relaxed and confident?

This video is interesting because it shows how a person can trick others using body language. Sometimes this comes in handy because on the outside you are able to have a different image than how you are feeling on the inside. This can help when you feel really nervous or when you are trying to look confident on a presentation. In my opinion once you make yourself look confident and relaxed, you will eventually start feeling that way. Well, here are your questions! Have you ever been so nervous that you don’t even know what to do? Well here are some tips so that you can look relaxed and confident. You can use this when you have to give a presentation or act in front of people. But now tell me, have you ever felt so nervous that you do not know what to do? What do you think of this video? Is it helpful or not?

By: Carlota Carrillo

5 Easy Steps For Making Marshmallow Taffy

By: Amir Mubarak

I'm sure everyone in school is working or already worked on this exercise. The aim of this is to see if we are able to communicate effectively - not verbally - but through writing. So after you take my step-by-step guide I would appreciate it if you could tell me below if you were able to make marshmallow taffy successfully and what you think my instructions are missing. Are they concise, thorough, etc?

*We all know a marshmallow is shaped like a cylinder, and we know that a cylinder is formed by a rectangle sandwiched by two spherical surfaces.

1) Place one of your thumbs on the bottom spherical surface and one of your index fingers on the top spherical surface.

2) Then, place the other thumb and index finger on different ends, each 180 degrees apart from each other on the rectangular part of the marshmallow.

3) Now, with these four fingers, begin to smash and sandwich the marshmallow until it becomes like chewed gum.

4) Now hold the deformed marshmallow and use one hand to stretch a part of the marshmallow away from the hand that is currently holding the other half.

5) Finally, let your hands switch roles. The hand that was grabbing will now stretch, and the hand that was stretching will now grab. Repeat steps four and five until the marshmallow becomes sticky and smooth-looking, and you've got marshmallow taffy!

Has anybody been accused of something they didn't do!!!!!!????

By. Sebastian Kong

It wasn’t me!

Have you ever been accused of something that you didn’t do but can’t help it because the person accusing you is your mom or dad and you can’t tell her she’s wrong. This always happens to me and I hate it because you can’t do anything about. Its either you did it or you did it. Maybe sometimes you get a, “if you didn’t do it then who did?” And if you can’t answer for any apparent reason guess what? It’s your fault and one way or another its still you. Well I’m here to tell you that when this happens that you’re pretty much screwed and you just have to deal with it. I know its better said than done and yet again I have been threw it. Luckily this hasn’t happened to me in a while. I’m going to tell you a time when this happened to me. We go to the U.S. every summer. To Houston Texas to be exact. Three years ago in my house my bother broke a vase. A very expensive one that my mom bought in China I think. I was watching tv sitting on the couch when Ignacio asked if he could play. I said yes but after I finish with this game. So to pass the time he went outside to grab my soccer ball. He brought it inside and started bouncing it. I told him to stop because we are not allowed to bounce in the house. All he said was, “Okay.” He dropped the ball and kicked it, but unintentionally kicked it hard. Doing that he broke the vase. When my mom got home she thought I was playing soccer in the house with nacho and got in trouble. Well at least I wasn’t the only one to get in trouble.

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO ANYBODY??

Can you do THIS? I recently found this video of a group of guys that do normal, everyday tasks, but with a twist. A twist I would like to call completely original and creative, since they have spent countless hours creating this unusual and bizarre compilation of movements that captivate me and will probably amuse you reader as well.

These guys have definitely TOO MUCH time on their hands. How many times do you think they had to try each action until they finally got the result? I would say that that these guys probably practiced for weeks! I wanna hear what you think. And what your opinion is about the final product. This pointless video, which at the same time is a very amusing one, showcases probably a new type of art form, or hobby perhaps. Enjoy!

By: Lars