Freshman Year

Freshman year has been life changing, I think. When I came into Moline High School, I thought that I would get lost everywhere I tried going, every body would be rude and the food would be disgusting. But really, it's so easy to find my way around the school. Classes were right by each other for the most part, thanks to Freshman Academy. The food was great, also. Since I mentioned food, Moline did accomplish the first food fight.. Even though the staff wasn't to pleased. High school dances were the same as middle school dances, just with more people. My grades were definitely hard to keep up with this year. I just got caught up in everything else, which happened to a lot of people. I have experienced what high school is like and I will make all the changes necessary to accomplish what I want to in life.

Animal Farm Ch. 1

In chapter one in the book Animal Farm, they go through a stage where they want to rebel against the farmer because they think they are being mistreated. They think they are being mistreated because the farmer supposedly takes everything from them; for example, the cows think they are getting their milk taken from them, and the chickens think their eggs are getting taken from them. So, the question is have you ever wanted to rebel against someone or something because you were being treated unfairly? I think everybody has experienced this. One time at one of my softball tournaments, I didn't get to play for three games. So, finally I went up to my coach and asked him why I wasn't getting playing time. I wanted to just tell him I quit, but then I thought to myself; why would I put all this way just for not getting to play in one tournament? My coach's response to why I didn't get playing time was because every other tournament I get to play every single game and he thought I needed a break. Sometimes when you think you're getting treated unfairly, don't go straight to a conclusion, take little steps and find out the real reason why you're getting treated differently then before. This relates to Animal Farm because they are all just going straight to conclusions and don't get why the farmer is "taking" things from them.

What is Power?

Power can mean a lot of different things, to different people. The questions are how do you gain or maintain power in your life? Who holds the power in your life? What makes you powerful? Power can be bad or good, depending on what you're talking about. In my life I think I hold the most power because, I don't like listening to what others have to say about if I am making a good or bad decision. If I am going to do something, I'll most likely stick to it. You maintain power by doing the same thing over and over again. For example, If you have an addiction to something, like spending money. That will hold power over you because you will go shopping all the time and soon run out of money if you aren't rich. Power can be lost by losing respect for something or someone, or maybe even a bad experience with that someone or something. As you can see, power has a lot of different effects on people, and anything could hold power in your life. Who or what holds the power in your life?

10 species

The cane toad first was in a group of control pests, but it soon became it's own species group. The cane toad is native to Central America. They were brought to Australia to control the cane beetle population, even though they have no evidence of these frogs killing a single bee. Many animals tried to eat the toads, but of course they have a secret poison to kill off there predators. They steal pet food from bowls left outside peoples houses. These toads, are small, but yet can protect themselves.

Eating Disorders

It is estimated that seven million American girls have an eating disorder. One in 200 women have suffered from anorexia and two-three in 100 women have suffered from bulimia. While some people think girls suffer from eating disorders because they have low self-esteem, and their friends are doing it, the major cause of eating disorders is society.

Most people say that girls have eating disorders because they have low self-esteem and because their friends are doing it. Having low self-esteem can happen because of a lot of things. Every day, girls are being pressured about their weight and if they are "fat" or not. That's all you hear people talking about. A lot of girls will get made fun of at school for being over-weight or even being a little bit larger than everybody else. You always hear everyone talking about eat disorders, but if you're going to make of fun of someone how is that supposed to help? Exactly. Since your friends might be doing it, you will want to fit in and do it too. They also might be peer pressuring you. Not everyone can handle peer pressure and will give in very easily.

I on the other hand; believe the major reason of girls suffering from eating disorders is the impact of society. A lot of times celebrities have seen as skinny and always going on diets. Or even you have to be petite to become famous. Yes, there's a few that are not exactly petite but very few. Famous people are often role models of young girls and you can always hear little girls saying, "I want to be just like her." Now, when they grow up and they aren't exactly like that person, they are going to try everything to be like that role model. Also, in movies there is always a "popular" girl and always a "nerdy" girl. Which one is perfect, and which is one has a bunch of problems? The girl that is perfect is physically fit and just perfect. The one that might be a "nerd" is not so perfect. As a young girl you would probably rather be the perfect girl. If I were always watching movies with that kind of situation, I would want to be just like the girl everybody likes. Last, toys or dolls set a example for young girls. Barbie, for example is a role model for a large amount of girls. Dolls are definitely made to perfection. When you are young you're always around toys and dolls, which would make you think this is how everybody should be. Well, when they grow up it will be hard to accept the fact that nobody can be perfect. Society has a huge impact on young girls, everywhere.

As you can see, having an eating disorder can be because of a lot of reasons. Having a low self-esteem and because their friends are doing it are just minor reasons. Society has a big impact on young girls and can affect them in various different ways, including having an eating disorder.

Why is deforestation important to prevent?

Deforestation is important to prevent because we all need trees. Trees do help us with many different things in our lives. They give off oxygen for us. Trees are places for a lot of animals to live. Tropical rain forests give homes to 50%-90% of all organisms. Trees provide things as little as spices that we cook with to things as important as medicine we need to help the sick. Everybody already knows if we don't have any trees, we won't have paper, and now a days who doesn't use paper? Everybody uses it. If you didn't already know, trees trap carbon dioxide and other particles to help with pollution. That fact goes along with my last post about Global Warming. Also, trees are what cool and regulate the earths climate. Last, trees help prevent landslides and erosion. It helps with making the most fertile soil. So, you can say without trees we would have a lot of difficulties.

What actually is Global Warming?

There are a lot of different definitions of Global Warming. Everybody thinks of it differently, too. Some people may think it's just a theory, while others think of it as a proven set of facts. Global Warming is actually the temperature rising of the Earth. Even though over the last 100 years the Earths temperature has only risen one degree Celsius, to scientists this is a lot! Natural disasters like, storms, floods, and raging forest fires help this temperature rise. Global warming is not a good thing at all. Even though one degree is not actually rising a lot, but to the Earth, one degree has made the Earth warmer then it’s been in over a thousand years. But in the last eight years, those years have been recorded some of the hottest. Most discussion of Global Warming came up when people were talking about Ozone layer of the earth. So what actually is Global Warming? Global warming is the imbalance of nature. If would like to further study in to what Global warming really is, go here.