Technology

Technology is found almost anywhere we go and is used in our everyday lives. Everybody uses kinds of technology everyday and everywhere. Almost everything even our essay and homework are done on the computer. Technology can do wonders to us. When were typing it corrects us, when we need answers it gives it to us. We barely need to do anything at all except type in a few words and it gives us everything we need. We won't learn anything when technology is all we use in our lives. None of us would have time to do important things if  all we do is try to catch up with the latest gossip online.

There are many shortcuts that you can use on a computer such as copy and pasting words into their own work to cut down on time, it is also known as plagiarism. People get a higher grade than they should because of the words of other people, (at least when they don't get caught doing it.)

The web can make peoples social and educational lives way smaller. We have a big world that people can go out and explore but the internet is preventing us from that. Expand your mind and your world by cutting back on your technology uses and live life, get the grades you deserve, and have fun.

Welcome Miss Caroll !!!

Welcome Ms. Caroll to our sixth grade class. I hope that you enjoy your stay here at Herbert Hoover. My name is Angel. I am usually the one talking in class. (sorry) I just love to communicate with people to see what their point of view is about certain things, and to hear interesting stories about their lives. Ever since I was a baby I have always been very curious about everything, so I might ask way too many questions. Anyway, I am also a very outgoing person. A while back, I took art, creative writing, tennis, piano, (but I quit that class,) swimming, soccer, and many, many more. So far middle school isn't as bad as I imagined it would be. I thought that maybe I would be stuck with homework up until 2 am, getting pushed and pulled in the hallway, and I even thought that no one from my James Monroe would remember me. I have no idea why I was thinking about the worst case scenario. None of these things has come true yet. Looks like I was worried for nothing at all.
The best part about being in an English class is that you can write whatever you want. There are mostly no wrong or right answers. Although it does bother me that most of the times Mrs.Patalano changes our essays or creative writing pieces. Once she's done with them, most of us can't even recognize the words that she didn't correct.
I am really horrible at typing really fast. So far, I'm up to 20 words per minute according to typing test. Even if I am bad at certain things, I am really great at entertaining people. I can carry any kind of conversation you might bring up. I am also very well adaptable.
A typical day in out classroom starts with a do now, then we go directly on to the daily lesson. Every Friday, we take a grammar quiz based on words of the day, structures of sentences and many other lessons.  Also, whenever we do an oral presentation Mrs.Patalano videos us and  lets us watch it if we have extra time on Fridays after the quiz. I really love it when she reads to us. It makes us all feel very childish (in a good way.) The feel of being childish in class make me feel like it's back to the first day of school when everyone took it easy on us. The thing that I personally hate the most is our monthly typing test. I don't like it because it's very hard to get a good grade. The way you type won't affect your life anyway. Another reason why I don't like it is because I usually get bad grades on that so I tend to practice every now and then to get better.
Finally our class is mildly anxious in the morning. Just the thought of the end of the school day can make us all get crazy. I'm sure that we are all looking forward to spending 2 months with you Ms.Caroll. Welcome and have a great time.

My Carrer Goals !

It's amazing how one decision can affect the rest of your life after college. The earlier in life that you decide your future, the more prepared you will be for the obstacles that will try to keep you from reaching your goal. Everybody says that I should be a lawyer or a speech therapist but, all i want is to be a nurse practitioner. I was going to become a plain registered nurse until, my mom kept talking about other positions that she thought I might be interested in. Since I have always been very good with taking care of people mostly family and toddlers, I was considering a career that would let me take care of people, and nurses have that opportunity. Nurse practitioners are just like doctors. They give prescriptions and medicines, they are almost like doctors except it doesn't take as long to study than actual doctors. I wish that one day I will achieve my goal so that I can help and give back to the world in a way that I would enjoy.

new years resolution

It’s a new year so, it should also be a new me. A resolution that I have for 2011 is to have more online communication with my family back in The Philippines. Three months ago my dad and I would video chat every other day but now we haven’t chatted in two months. The more I remember how close we were the more I miss talking to him. To spend more time communicating with him, I will send emails, pictures, and I will try to video chat with him as much as possible. I hope that one day, we will still be as close as we were before, even with a computer screen and an ocean between us.

Angel Calisay