Can Music Help You Work?

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  Scientists had proven that music can help you study because it relaxes your mind and you would start to concentrate better in what you are doing. Even though we all like our own music, the best songs that can help you study is classic music like Mozart effects because this types of music make you relax. But it really doesn’t matter what music you listen the thing that matters is that you are concentrated in your work. For some people music can”t be the best thing to listen to  because they will probably go off track on what they are doing and lose their concentration. If you concentrate with music the best thing to do is wear headphones so you can actually get to hear the music but in another side people do not like using headphones because they can not listen to their own thoughts. The only thing that will be hard to do with music is reading because its hard to concentrate when you read and hear music. I knew a person that was in a test and she was listening to a song and at the end she ended up putting the lyrics as the answer.

                                               -Marcia

The Piano Guys

How many of you enjoy listening to music on YouTube while you're doing homework or just surfing the web? Do you like country, pop, rap, or classical? Well one day I was just looking all over YouTube for any kind of music like any one of us would do, and I came across an incredible channel called, The Piano Guys. If you have not heard of them, then I HIGHLY suggest checking them out! This channel is run by two incredible artists, Jon who can play the piano like there's no tomorrow, and Steve who is one of the best cello players I have ever heard! They make great videos and covers to famous songs, and they also compose their own! Check them out, you won't regret it! 

Below is one of their videos they've made! Enjoy!

By Lindsey Duncan

Why Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 is the best

I usually spend my time sleeping, playing sports, and most importantly playing video games; I play the Xbox 360, if you haven't heard of it, it is a console that plays games if you put a CD (That of course contains special Xbox 360 games). I have a lot of games i can play, but the only game i seem to like a lot or play a lot is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. I am choosing to write about Call of Duty because It is the best modified/ or created game ever made. Despite my like for games, the best Xbox 360  game is COD:MW3 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3). As you can see in the game title it is called a MODERN warfare. What makes this game awesome is how modern the gameplay is, how  modern the guns are, and most importantly; how modern the GAME is in general. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the number 1 best selling game of 2011. There is a new Call of Duty coming out,  COD: Black Ops 2. This game might actually surpass the popularity and sold copies of Call of Duty: MW3, but if it does, i will still love and play Call of Duty: MW3.  Thanks for reading my blog post, I hope I convinced any gamer that COD: MW3 is better than any other videogame.

By: Fares Mubarak

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

I love playing video games. I really enjoy and have a good time playing a game called Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 on my PlayStation 3. This game is a very modern fast-paced game. It is a first person game and it has 1080p graphics. I am a serious gamer because i play this game in a 52 inch tv with a pro gamer headset. Fares and i usually play against each other and we also make competitions. This game is violent and based on war. Modern Warfare 3 is based on what would happen if there were to be a WW3. Call Of Duty also makes games for other consoles like the Xbox,Wii, and PC. Call Of Duty has made 8 games so far. They are about to release a new one the 13th of November 2012. Call Of Duty has sold millions or even billions of copies to fans all over the world. The game is rather expensive standing at Q800 in guatemala. One thing that I love about this game is that you never get bored of it. It is always fun to play. Overall I think Call Of Duty is a very fun, interesting, fast-paced game.

By: Nicholas Mainsbridge

The Paralympics

For those of you who don't know, the paralympics are held right after the olympics. In these competitions, people who are disabled mentally and physically are able to compete. This way, they feel like they are involved in something important. You can see people who are in wheel chairs playing basketball or ping pong, or even people without legs riding horses! The one that impressed me the most was people without either legs or one arm swimming! There are even blind people doing sports!!
I think that watching these people without half of the body parts we do doing all of this. While we are complaining about being tired, or that we don't want to go to our sport class because of a small equipment thing that we don't have, they don't let this things stop them.

What do you think about this people competing? Would you conceder it a good idea? 

If you had any type of disability like these people, would you let it stop you? Why or why not? 

By: Pablo 

Studying at Night?

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Has it ever happened to you that it is 10:00 in the night and you still have a pile of homework to get done? Well you probably asked yourself should I stay up as late as I need to to finish up the work or should I wake up early to get it done. Well although it’s up to you, scientists have proven that studying at night is your best choice.

Well according to studies it is better to study at night because if you wake up early in the morning to finish up work, you have less blood sugar in your body at that time. This means you would have a harder time trying to think and concentrate and will probably want to fall back asleep. While studying at night will help you retain information better,due to when you study during the morning, you are then distracted by other things making it  harder to retain information. And when you study at night you will not have any other distraction other than your dreams. Although this may not work for everyone, it is proven to work for the majority.

-Laura

Why do I like Photography?

By: Hanna Lee

I started liking photography since I was on google looking for wallpapers. Suddenly I found this picture of flowers and I really liked it! I started practicing photography, after one year had passed my friends told me that I am good at photography so I kept on doing photography since I was 11 years-old. When I come back from school I tell my friends to be like the models and I am the photographer. When I grow up I want to be a photographer but not a paparazzi. I love taking pictures of nature and people. Photography is my hobby of all time. I use a Canon Rebel T3 for photography, my camera is like one of the most important thing ever! My favorite photographer is Kitty Gallanaugh, I learn photography by looking at her pictures. She’s like the best photographer ever! My mom says that I am too wild for photography but you know photography is my hobby. I will always love photography!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Kitty Gallanaugh! 

CC Image Courtesy of Kitty Gallannaugh on Flickr

This is one of my photographies! Hope you enjoy it!