Napoleon Theme Park?

How might a history-themed park help people learn and/or appreciate history?
           Charles Napoleon, a descendent of Napoleon, leads the Napoleon theme park project. He is the leading authority, and Charles claims that building a Napoleon theme park would help people learn and appreciate history. Nowadays kids don't like to read boring textbooks or listen to the teacher lecture for hours. Having the Napoleon theme park would help kids learn and acknowledge history in a more entertaining and amusing way. They have fun but at the same time they can still gather knowledge from the theme park. From the beginning to the end of the theme park, there are different rides depending on the events Napoleon has been through; all in chronological order. Having bits of information here and there would most likely be beneficial for students. This new and intriguing theme park would probably attract not only kids, but in addition, adults too.

Courage

Is courage something you have to be born with, or can you develop it?

          People aren't neccassarily born with courage. Courage is something people have to build up and develop for themselves. There are several different types of courage, and each person develops a different kind of courage in them. Some people can be very brave and do things other people don't dare to do, such as Bungee Jumping; this is an example of physical courage. Maybe someone would speak up for what they think is right and defy what's wrong; that is moral courage.

          Courage is sometimes not easily developed, but it is something I'm sure that everyone has. Developing courage could take little or lots of time. To develop courage, you must have confidence. Confidence is almost essential. Sometimes courage comes from helping someone the means a whole lot to you, or doing what's right. Courage can develop from many things, from love and hatred to beliefs and opinions. All of this has a meaning but it all depends on you. You have to first believe that you can do it and you can have courage. Being courageous doesn't neccessarily mean that you have to jump into a burning house to save someone or dive into the ocean to help a drowning person. You can have courage just by speaking up in class or disagreeing with what your friend says.

          Everyone has to develop courage for themselves. Courage is not something to be born with. Some people might develop courage faster then others but everyone does have and can develop courage. It doesn't matter what kind of courage you develop, whether it's social, emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, or moral courage, courage is something you develop everyday.

Community Service + Advisement Trip?

On Friday January 27, the eighth grade team went on their advisement trip to Pattaya. I was part of it too! We split into three groups, which went to three different places. The daycare center, the blind school, and the children's village. I was part of the group that went to the blind school. Honestly, I was so disappointed at first when I heard that we were going to go do community service during our advisement trip. I had thought that advisement trips were for fun and doing fun activities, and not going to some blind school to do community service; but I was wrong.
Meeting the blind children was a new experience for me. I was so surprised at their enthusiasm and how tactful they were. They was also very smart; they could get around campus fine on their own, play Thai instruments, and speak English! They live their daily lives almost as if they weren't handicapped. To tell you the truth, I wasn't expecting that. I felt happy when I got to interact with them but at the same time I was shy and somewhat scared. I got to learn some of their names through an activity we did and some of the children learned mine. Even though some of their activities were quite embarrassing to do, I still greatly enjoyed them. There was this one activity that our team participated in, it was kind of like a sport for blind people. I didn't play it but some of my friends did. There were two goals and two teams. Each team consists of three people. Everyone playing must be blindfolded and the two teams must sit down/ kneel down in front of their goal. Then the game begins and everyone must remain silent, for this game using hearing. The coach/ referee throws the ball to either side of the court. The teams must listen for the ball and try to catch it before ti goes into the goal. If caught, then they must through it to the other side where the other team is. It was a very fun game to watch. Especially watching our member play since they weren't really good at it.
In conclusion, I had a so much fun at the blind school besides the fact that I was really offended by something this one person said (I'm not going to say any names). They said something so rude and right in front of the blind children. If I were the blind children I would have been so offended and so sad. That angered me very much but there wasn't really anything I could do about it. Overall this was a very fun trip and I wish we would do some community service once again!

Quad Blogs!~

I'm really excited about the Quad Blogs and meeting different people from around world. I look forward to seeing your blogs! (:

Flooding Disaster in Thailand

During Mid October, a crisis broke out in Thailand. It had started to flood in our country causing a lot of damage. Many homes were destroyed and many people died from the flood. I too, am also affected by the flood. On November 1st was when the water reached my house. The water just kept increasing and now it's about waist height. Due to flooding I had to evacuate to a condo in Sukhumvit. The flooding caused a lot of damage to my home, and because of this I can't go back home even if all the water is gone. I have to wait for repairs which would probably cost thousands of baht. Another thing I can't stop worrying about are my pets. They are still at my home but luckily, my gardener insisted on staying to take care of them and the house, which was very generous of her. The flooding is really scary and it causes me and my family, and I'm sure a lot of other people, a tremendous amount of stress. I hope that the water will decrease soon and that everyone else is safe! C:

~Identity

I think that identity is a very important thing in middle school because it's when we start to change. People start to act different so that they can fit in making them not their true self. I think that if people act like that it'll make them feel even more uncomfortable then not fitting in. If you try to change your appearance and change your identity so that you're someone else just to fit in, people will like you because your someone else, not yourself and would you still be happy? Identity is who you really are, it's not your appearance, it's what you were ever since you were born.

"Who are You" Video Link :D

An english project for Ms. Torie's language arts class (:
This project was kind of hard to make and it took a long time but I still enjoyed doing it.
The music is made to sound jumpy because it represents me and my identity.
I hope you enjoy it :D

Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqqIz1JRl_0&feature=colike