One Wish … Cure For Cancer December 17, 2009

Cure for cancer is something that is really big now days. With Terry Fox program trying to raise money for a cure and there is many more little programs to raise money for it.
About a hundred years ago cancer was a rare disease to get, now 1 out of 4 people will get cancer. There are many different kinds of cancer like lung cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer and still many more different type of cancer. Lung cancer is shown that most people die from it. Lots of people get lung cancer because of smoking, now days lots of people smoke at any age and is starting to be a more important issue because it can cause cancer.
World’s top scientists claimed that when consumed, the components of certain raw fruit seeds make it just about impossible to develop cancer and will kill existing cancer in most cases. Like apricot seeds work the best, if you eat 7 apricot seeds a day you will you have less of a chance of getting cancer .
With the number of people who we have in the world which is about 6 and 1/2 billion people (6 500 000 000) and then 1 out of 4 people will get cancer that is about 1 500 000 000 people will get cancer.
A cure for cancer will have an effect on everyone’s lives it will save many people’s lives and many peoples family members. If we don’t we will lose many people in the world all from the same disease. Anyone of any age can get it, some babies that are just born can get it. People from the age 0 to any age can get it
I would wish for a cure for cancer because cancer effects everyone in the world. Weather  it is them self that have cancer or a family member that have cancer. Cancer now is more of a popular disease and will probably increase as time goes by just like it has the past 100 years. But if we had a cure for cancer than it will save many people’s lives.

The Outsiders 9-12 December 3, 2009

The end of the book was very surprising in some places other I knew was going to happen. Like Johnny died, he was really struggling to try and live. I wouldn’t really want to live like what he was going to live like if he was going to be OK and out of the hospital, not saying that I would want to die instead of struggling because he could still see sights that he never got to see yet. I kind of think that he wanted to die because he would have to live in a wheelchair for the rest of his life with his parents, his parents may have smarted up a little bit to trying to help him but if he was having a hard time he wouldn’t be able to run away to far.

The things that I didn’t think we’re going to happen was Dally dyeing, if he was going to die I thought he was going to die because of him getting hurt in the fire not because he robbed a store than got shot by the police. I think Dally should have not token that chance of getting caught by the cops just because he was mad and sad about Johnny. Dally was a guy that wasn’t scared of anything, and then took a big bad chance.

Ponyboy was also having a hard time at the end too. He was a little sick at the rumble than was a sleep for a couple of days. I am really glad that Darry and Soda made sure that he was all good and wanted to keep an eye on him 24/7 to make sure he is OK. I think it is nice that the three of them always are looking out for each other no matter how hard it is to do. The three of them really want to be together forever. They don’t want to be split up and them having to live in their own home. It is kind of scary that he slept for a couple of days than woke up and couldn’t remember what happened. He forgets a couple a things that happened, but he remembered some things.

The Outsiders Ch. 5-8 November 26, 2009

In the Outsiders right now lots of things have changed in it. Lots of things are turned around. In the Outsiders there are two sides of the town and there are enemies the two sides, which is causing alot of problems.

In real life there is always rumbles were people fight and there is always people getting killed because they got beat up or something. It is really bad though that it is happening in all parts of the world. In the Outsiders Johnny and Ponyboy ran away because they were mad at their family. There is lots of teenagers that do that. They go and run to there friends or try and get out of the city sometimes so that they aren’t seen by people. But normally when you run away you will come back sometime. Than when you are gone away from home you always run into trouble weather that is you can’t figure how to live alone or you are hurt and in the hospital because you didn’t know what was right or wrong. Same thing happened to Johnny and Ponyboy. They ran away from home than the place that they were sleeping at caught on fire and they went inside it to save people and now Johnny is in the hospital and so is their friend.

When Johnny, Ponyboy and Dally went into the church with the fire to go and get those kids out of the building that showed that those 3 characters are brave for going into a building with a fire in it. They are also hero’s for going to get the kids in the building. Not only did we learn more about the characters but I think that they learned that they are heroes and they are braver than they thought they were.

The Outsiders Response Journal Ch. 1-4 November 17, 2009

The Outsiders so far has been really interesting and things that happen in the book are happening right now all around the world. There is always people running away from home and people getting beat up because they are poor and the other people are rich and think poor people are losers. I don’t think that is right to beat up people just because they have less money than you.

The Characters in this book are a little odd but living in a small town you don’t really know what happens in the real world. Ponnyboy and Johnny are pretty much the main characters. They both have a hard times at home and have just about the same problems and they are about the same age too. Ponnyboy has a hard time at home because his parents are dead and Johnny’s parents just don’t love him and abuse him whenever he gets in trouble. Johnny and Ponnyboy are 2 guys that are apart of the greasers and are always getting jumped by the socs. By the sound of things, I think Johnny is really hurting inside because he doesn’t really have anyone to love and anyone always looking after him. Johnny’s kind of is jealous that Ponnyboy has someone that is looking out for him and tells him positive things about him not just the bad things that happen, but he also haves someone that is always yelling at him too . Now that they have ran away it may make them both have time to think of ways to make them have a better life at home and go back.

All the characters in this book are more like gangsters. They are always doing bad things against the law and not to many times they are doing good things that they are allowed to do. I don’t really know how the parents of the gangs are handling them, either they don’t care or they are trying really hard to control their child but just don’t have that much power.

School This Week October 30, 2009

In school this week was a full week so it was a little tough but it went by pretty fast. Mr. Fisher was gone for 2 days because he was sick, so we had to have a sub for 2 days. Our internet was down for a day when we had a sub so we were a little lost because we were doing a lot on our Google docs. We had to do a writing assessment and and we are doing this 100 mark project on Ancient Egypt.

For the Egypt project we have to do a Essay and the Grade 8’s need 800-900 words and the Grade 7’s have to have 600-700 words. Than after that we have to make something that shows are topic that we are doing on Ancient Egypt. I did Making the Pyramids. There was a lot of information that I did now when was searching on the internet. Lots of people liked to do the pyramids because they are so amazing others did Pharaohs and gods, things like that.
Than for the writing assessment we had to do this story about our community, school and home. It is for people to read in 200 years that live in our same community. Than it needed to be around 600 words so a page or so. So we had to do a lot of writing this week. Lots of people aren’t even close of getting done both things and others are long done both. So we are quite spread out in our work.

Now that it is Halloween weekend no is going to want to do homework because they will want t eat all of their candy. The weird thing of living here is that we have our Halloween Today(Friday, October 30th) because of school so that you can dress up at lunch come in your costume in the afternoon than have a little Halloween party. Than you go out and go trick-a-treating right after school. So one Saturday it is going to be like a normal Saturday like every weekend.

Well that is about all that is happening this week in school.

School In October October 6, 2009

This week in school the people who are always talking and can’t get their work done fast without getting out of their desk made Mr. Fisher make those rule happens. I think it is a good idea to make them try and work hard because people that don’t care if they fail they must not understand that it is just extra year in school. And even to just getting a little job working a Mc. Donald’s you need to have your grade 12 diploma. With less talking in the class room I can concentrate on getting good marks and getting no homework. I know there are a couple of people mad but maybe they will try and work hard so things will go back to normal.

Also this month our school doesn’t have very many school days. This week on Wednesday (Oct.7) we get out early at 2:20. Than next week it will be Thanks Giving so we have a long weekend and get Monday off. Than Thursday and Friday (Oct. 15-16) we have all day off.  The Week after that we go to school on Thursday (Oct. 22) till 11:45, than again on Friday (Oct. 23) all day. Than we go back to normal the week after that. It is going to be a big change to go to school for 5 days straight. But on Friday (Oct.30) we will have our Halloween party in the afternoon. Then we will go trick-a-treating because here we aren’t going to have it on a Saturday we will have it on Friday.

Week 3 September 25, 2009

This week went by so fast I can’t believe it is already Friday. Today we have picture day. Where my cousins live they have picture day at the starting of the year and than again at the end of the year to show how much they changed in a year.

This week we had a normal schedule, and everything is rolling good. But for home EC, we haven’t started cooking yet and we won’t be starting till we have assistant helping in the class because we have to have, half of the class doing work and the other half cooking. Everyone wants to have the assistant in soon, and so do I. I love cooking in Home EC, it is way more fun than doing book work.

On Wednesday we already had a sub in our class, well that was because Mr. Fisher had to go and be the principal for the day because our real one was gone out that day. Than on Wednesday night it was Open House, that is were all the parents come and see their kids class room.

Well that is all about that happened this week and hopefully next week we get to cook in Home Ec and that we don’t have a lot of homework.

First 8 Days September 21, 2009

Theses first 8 days in school went by pretty slow. So I have a feeling that the entire year is going to be like that, but I hope it doesn’t go by slow. This year we found out that we were going to be blogging with people from Thailand, last year we got to blog with people from L.A that was pretty fun too.

Last week all we pretty much did was get ready for normal going days and things that we had to do every year at the beginning of a year.

Now this week was pretty busy with the artist in the school. The guy that came in is from Winnipeg and he is teaching us how to hip-hop dance he is just teaching grades 7-12. When we are done practicing, we have to present them to the entire school. I am not very comfortable doing thing in front of people so I am really scared.

Also this week we have to do more school work that are for marks. So this week we got all started and ready to go for the year. Hopefully this year will go by fast like it did last year.

Me Again September 17, 2009

Hi my name is Jamie and this is my second year of blogging. This probably is my last year of blogging unless you have to blog when you go to high school or unless I fail, which I hope I don’t. I still live in Snow Lake and I have lived in Snow Lake for my entire life. There is nothing different here except it has got way smaller. I only have 1 litter sister than me and she is 2 years younger than me and she will be blogging next year. It is going to be fun talking to people on the opposite part of the world. I have never been over on the other side of the world yet but I think that it would be pretty cool to go. People from Thailand sound pretty interesting and can’t wait for the year to really start up with regular days!

The Past and Up Coming Weeks May 20, 2009

The Weather in Snow Lake is very cold. It is snowing every weekand then melting, in MAY. I really do hope that the weather is going to get hot and we are going to have a very hot summer because our winter wasn’t a very nice winter either. The hottest day we had this month was about +24 but that was only for the afternoon that we were in school for. But ut was still really nice because we weren’t used of that really hot weather. At nights it can sometimes get to about -15. We have a big lake that is in Snow Lake and you can see a lot of water at some places but at others all you can see is ice but the ice isn’t white it is a grey kind of colour, which means that there is water right underneath it.

School is so close of being done, only 4 more full weeks till exams. My goal for this year is to make sure that I get exempted for at least 2 exams. I really do hope that these weeks go really fast. After exam week the week after is just 2 more days of school, for cleaning everything out and getting everything home and then the next day will be our awards.