Maeser Bucks?

I would like to talk about Maeser bucks. Maeser buck, i think, are a waste of ink and paper. The rewards for having Maeser bucks are not very interesting or exciting in anyway. Having lunch with Mr. K? COME ON! And i think that the amount of Maeser bucks that you need for these rewards are absolutely crazy. Like 400 Maeser bucks to have a party? Ya, so far only two of my teachers have given out Maeser bucks and i don't think that the 10th graders will have enough Maeser bucks to even get that much by the end of the year. And whats with the Maeser bucks being only like 50 cents? Ya, the school can at least make it worth a full dollar thing right? I understand that the school wants the students to begin to wear the appropriate uniform and be driven to being rewarded but, come on school board, cant you think of something more cool than Maeser bucks, and what to with the maeser bucks?

Printing Press vs. Guns

My opinion on this subject is that the printing press is more influential than guns. With the printing press you can send a letter to thousands of cities for war or for just announcements. The printing press can bring people together to fight another group or people.

Coke and Pepsi products at school

One thing that i don't get is why doesn't Maeser sell like coke and pepsi products at school? I thought that the teachers wanted us to be awake during class not sleeping. Besides, I'm sure that the school would get loads more money from a vending machine with Coke or Pepsi in it because students really really like coke and pepsi. And if they do put in coke and pepsi i hope that they dont put the sissy diet coke and diet pepsi. 

Bringing Text books Home

Everyday  I bring home a ton load of text books from school. The books are so heavy that i might have to buy a new backpack because the books just might break it. I dont understand why teachers would want students to carry text books everywhere everyday. I think that the teachers at Maeser should have the students leave their books at the class room, and if there is homework from the text books, let them do that during class. I'm sure that doing this would help many of us students not losing our books to because it would be at class everyday.

Full dress on field trips?

At the beginning of the year i noticed in the Maeser handbook it says that when Maeser has any field trips it is required for the students to wear full dress uniform. I don't think that Maeser should do this and I am sure many other students agree with me. When i go on a field trip with my uniform i feel like i am out of place. Representing or not, it doesn't seem right that a school wants to make its students feel absolutely out of place.

Colored shoes at school

I don't understand why it is not aloud at Maeser to have bright colored shoes. i personally dont get distracted by shoes and why would anyone else? During class i wont be staring at someone's shoes, that would be creepy. I just dont understand why this is a rule. Why must we wear boring colors like all brown or all black, grey, or white. Why cant we inlighten our day with bright happy exciting colors like flaming red, and paradise green, and ocean blue? Please comment on this. 

Tables or individual desks in the Socratic room?

In the socratic seminar room, we do not have our own individual desks. instead, we three people assigned to a table; sometimes there is an extra individual so they have to sit on the end. The tables are cramped and you feel like you are either violating  someone's space or they are violating yours. I think that we should get our own individual desks because that will allow more personal room and space to work in the Socratic room.

More Sports at Maeser

I think that at maeser we should have a wider variety of sports. We should make a swimming team, a tackle football team, a tennis team, and a baseball team. These sports that i have listed i think are more important than the sports that we have now at the school. An example would be fencing. I know of no other school that does fencing. it seems really random to me that Maeser suddenly wants a fencing team when they could be fundraising for a tackle football team.  

Pyramid of Abstraction

I think that the Pyramid of Abstraction is a very good way how to write stories and essays. I like how it helps you develop ideas that are very unique, interesting, and "colorful". What is your opinion on the Pyramid of Abstraction?

Islam

We learned about the Muslim religions this past week and i had some unanswered questions. One: is it required for women to were a turban for sports?

Two: Do Muslims believe in a prophet today?

Please, if you have the answers comment them.

9/18/09

Today at socratic seminar, we learned how to do "doodle notes". i believe that doing "doodle notes" is more effective than doing normal everyday boring notes. "Doodle notes" burns an image into my head, and helps me remember what i had studied the night before more clearer than if i had done normal boring notes. Also i like the idea of letting us draw at home because its allot of fun.

故知日本

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The Olympic Games 2008: did china cheat?

The Beijing Olympics 2008 was one of the best games yet for most athletes who competed. USA swimmer Michael Phelps one eight gold medals at the games, which has never been done before. Jamaican runner Usain Bolt ran 9.69 seconds in the 100 meter dash, which absolutely crushed the old world record. Anyway, what i want to talk about is the girls Chinese gymnastics team. There have been reports that the girls on this team were not qualified to enter the Beijing Olympics because they were not of the right age, which is 16. On a website that had been published about one year ago, it said that one of the chinese girls was 14. When authorities checked her passport and birth certificate, it stated that she was 16. Weird huh. What do you think, do you think that the girls cheated or not?

Homework at Maeser

This year at Maeser i feel bombarded with loads of homework. my question is, why is homework necessary? I mean, dont we learn all that we need to during class? Homework, i think, is just something made to keep students occupied away from school. What do you think? 

Beowulf: fact or fiction?

The character Beowulf is a seemingly invisible man who defeats evil creatures. In his amazing battle with Grendel, Beowulf fights the demon without any armor or weaponry. In the end of the battle Beowulf wins by literally ripping Grendel's arm off, causing Grendel to retreat to his layer where him and his mom live. Another story would be when Beowulf goes into the layer where Grendel and his mother live to slay Grendel's mother for the murderous doings she had done to the danes. When Beowulf goes into the cave he finds Grendel's mother and fights her. When he kills her, he find Grendel and cuts off the head that he used to kill its mother.

My question is this, is Beowulf fact or fiction? I know of no man that is able to rip off some ones arm out, let alone a demons arm out. In my opinion, i think that Beowulf is a very fun read but a very unrealistic book.