Month: June 2020

How many satellites is a lot? Maybe 100, maybe more. Well, SpaceX is sending a whopping 60 satellites for a total of 482. Their main goal is to provide internet to everyone, everywhere. There is a almost non-existent chance of failure.

First, SpaceX is incredibly rich. They have a estimated networth of over 20 billion dollars. They have the best equipment and top-notch gear. They have to be very prepared as well, because they have already launched 400, and all those went remarkably well. Based on data, estimates, and reputation, we can safetly assume SpaceX is well prepared and the launch has a low failure chance because of it.

Next, you may think that satellites will block the view and ruin stargazing, but this is very untrue. The satellites will be pretty small. Also, they will be decently spear out. Another factor is that you are only going to see half, if not less of the total satellites. This is because Musk is giving global internet coverage, meaning some will be on the other side of the Earth out of your view. There are almost no downsides, meaning this launch will have a lot of support.

Lastly, there are so many benefits of internet globally available. For example, if someone gets lost in the woods, they can find their way via maps. Or, more impoverished areas with poorer people can still enjoy high speed quality internet. This relates back to the second reason. There are many benefits, therefore there will be much support.

In conclusion, the launch has a high success rate. This is because SpaceX is very good at preparing and already has a lot of experience launching satellites. Also, there is not much of a reason not to, as it will not affect much of the view of the sky. Lastly, there are many benefits, and there should be much support of the launch. This launch will succeed.

1. Work like hell – Working is one of the most important drivers for success. By working far longer than others, one can outrun their competitors because they are making more progress. For example, someone working 100 hours a week would finish twice the amount of a person working 50 hours a week. I think that this tip is obviously important because working is the literal cause of success.
2. Have a high pain threshold – This means to not be vulnerable to pain. Pain in this scenario is not physical pain but mental pain. One of Elon Musk’s friends said starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss. His saying basically means starting a company will be extremely challenging and devastating. Having a high pain threshold helps one persevere through tough times and help their company succeed. When I have big test in school, a high pain threshold helps me persevere.
3. Critical thinking – Critical thinking is to make logical thoughts based on evidence. Last week, I thought Father’s Day was on June 5, I am small brain, and my little sister insisted that it was on June 7, when its actually on June 21. Out family just went with the flow and listened to her, and in return, we celebrated Father’s day on the wrong day. This is just one of the many consequences which branch off from not critically thinking.
4. Add value to society – One’s company will only succeed if it changes society. The change does not have to be life-changing end of the world news. The change/benefit should be big enough to help people live better lives. If the company has little to no impact on the world, no one will want to but their products. All of the products that I want have their own special features.
5. Take risks – Taking risks is very important in becoming successful, but many people fear making this decision. This is mainly because taking risks induces a probability of failure, and nobody wants failure. When someone just graduated from high school, taking risks is not a problem, because Elon Musk says how earning enough money to have a home is not much of a grueling task. Taking risks can lead to failure, but it can also lead one down a path to success.
6. Have a great product/service – In order for people to buy a company’s products, they have to be convinced that it is the best. For this to occur, the product has to be both unique and significantly better. If the product is barely better, people will still continue to buy the other products. For example, Tesla cars run on electricity, which is way better than cars which run on gasoline because gasoline worsens global warming. I see advertisements for purple mattresses scattered all throughout the internet, and their new design makes it unique.
7. Attract great people – A company is formed by a group of people who share the same talents and beliefs. Together, they work together to bring the company forward. By attracting great people into one’s company, they will succeed more because greater people can provide better ideas and contributions.
8. Constantly seek criticism – Seeking criticism helps the company fix many flaws. Different people will have different perspectives on the company. Therefore, they will also have different criticism. Constantly seeking criticism from different people can help improve one’s company from all points of view.
9. Don’t follow the trend – Following the trend can lead one down a terrible path of failure. At first, seeing a separate company having astronomical progress can be attracting, but they might fail later on. *Cough* almost every video game *cough*. Also, following the trend will make the company less unique. If a company is not unique from the others, people will not care which company to go to, as they will all provide the same products.
10. Overcome critics – Criticism is very important in order to have a successful company, as previously stated, but some people never provide helpful criticism. There will always be a few people who just hate the company, and say that it’s terrible and how it will never succeed. If one takes this information seriously, it can cause serious emotional harm, which will obviously lower success. Overcoming insults can help one become invulnerable to bad critics.

Many people want to succeed in life. People believe success leads to happiness. But how do you succeed? Let us look in the example in Elon Musk, a multibillionaire who is the CEO of Space-X, Tesla, etc. . . Now many people want to be like him. But we need to realize the pain and hard work it takes. We need to realize that not everyone can succeed like Elon Musk.

Here is a guide that Elon Musk says is the path he himself has gone and did to be the place he is now. Elon Musk states that in order to succeed you need to have a high pain threshold and be able to take criticism. Having a high pain threshold means expecting and taking in pain. We need to be able to take criticism. We can see this in Elon Musk. His hero Neil Armstrong, the man who influenced to make the company Space-X, testified that it was not a good idea.

Here is a story that shows how much he was willing to work and go through to succeed. He and his brother, when they started their first company, they rented an office only. They slept and worked there. To the point even sleeping on the couch. This shows Elon Musks determination to succeed. In the end, as we see now, He truly has reached that level. From a successful company in Tesla to launch 60 satellites on the mission to make the Internet available to everyone! Now that is success!

The protagonist of “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl is Billy Weavers, a seventeen-year-old boy who dreams of being a businessman. He finds himself in a new city, looking for a place to stay. He intends to go to a hotel called Bells and Dragons but finds a bed and breakfast that has a small dog, a parrot, and a fire in the living room. He decides to take a look here. The landlady that welcomes him seems extremely nice and allows him to stay for a small amount. Because Billy is so naive, he does not catch the little hints that the landlady is not the person she says she is. For example, she tells Billy that she chooses her visitors carefully, and her dog and parrot are actually stuffed. Later, after they have settled down and are drinking some tea, Billy realizes that the dog and parrot are stuffed, and he also notices that some names in a book that the landlady asks him to write his name in are of people who have gone missing. The tea also tastes bitter, a sign that there is most likely some sort of poison in it. The story ends on a cliff-hanger allowing the reader to decide what happens next. 

The two major lessons this story teaches are that we should not be so naive and trusting with others, and we should be more aware of our surroundings. If Billy had just taken the time to look carefully at the dog and the parrot, he could have realized that the, “pretty little dachshund … curled up asleep with its nose tucked into its belly” was actually not alive before going inside the bed and breakfast. Another time he did not pay attention close enough was when the landlady told him that she was “inclined to be just a teeny-weeny bit choosy and particular” about her visitors. Because Billy did not notice all these details until too late, his life most likely did not end well. If he had realized what was wrong with the dog, he could have just completely avoided this place completely. Later, after all the things the landlady says, Billy still believes that she is a kind woman. 

Elon Musk has made a project with SpaceX so that they can let everyone around the world have internet. He is trying to send thousands of satellites into space so everyone can have access to internet. He has worked on this and he hopes that he will be able to succeed. Many people say it might be bad since it might cover up the sky so we wouldn’t be able to see the stars during the night. SpaceX Has been trying to solve these issues. SpaceX has made something new and this item is a visor, it helps so the light from the sun won’t reflect as much light to the earth. I think that SpaceX will be able to finish the project successfully but they might not be able to complete it very soon. They might be able to complete this project in some years. I think this could be a very big moment in history allowing everybody to access internet no matter where you live. This can help many people who aren’t able to access internet. It can help so many people access what they once weren’t able to access. This might be a very monumental moment in history.

In the short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, there is foreshadowing.

The first sign of sign of something not being right is when Billy turns to leave and “a queer thing happened to him. … All at once his eye was caught and held in the most peculiar manner by the small notice that was there. BED AND BREAKFAST… Each word was like a large black eye staring at him through the glass, holding him, compelling him, forcing him to stay where he was and not to walk away from the house, and… he was actually moving… to the front door of the house.” Though Roald Dahl describes the boarding house as warm and inviting, the out-of-the-ordinary happening instantly makes the reader suspicious. Also, Billy chooses not to go in there, but then the “magic” makes him.

Secondly, the woman immediately opens the door, even though the story explicitly says that “Normally… you have at least a half-minute’s wait before the door opens.” This makes people wonder, Was she waiting for him? Did she expect someone? It further increases the reader’s suspicions about something bad going to happen.

The third use of foreshadowing is when she tells him that she is picky and loves it when she sees someone exactly right. “She paused with one had on the stair rail, turning her head and smiling down at him with pale lips. ‘Like you’ she added.” She acts rather creepily, and the words turning her head, smiling, and pale lips clues the reader in about something not being quite right, if they didn’t notice already.

These are some of the places where Roald Dahl put forshadowing in this short story, and how it makes the story a bit unsettling.

Elon Musk is one if the most interesting people on planet earth. From SpaceX to Paypal. The rules/tips that Elon gave us where very important in humankind, the rules of being successful in life. It is true that everyone want to be as successful as him when we all grown up. Some may but some may not. This is depends on the time and effort they put on the think they are trying to achieve.

         Critical thinking is a very important life skill to have and is also a rule from Elon Musk. You need to think out if the box to get good result and a good leading pathway in your career. Risk taking may lead to good and amazing endings but also may lead to Very sad and scary ending. People have to take risks in order to know what he or her future hold. Juts like what Elon Musk did you took quite a bit of risks in order to become very successful. 

         Seeking criticism is one thing that people have to think ahead of time. So if you say you wanted to start a new business than you don't just think of yourself and the future ahead of you. You are also ned to think of the people around you and the hated comments they have in there mouth or on there tips of there fingers. Most people all around the world are approaching the time where they get criticized by other people when they are trying to do something.

The thing I like most about Elon Musk is that if he runs into a wall he always somehow finds a way past it. People know Elon as a great person but in the video people didn’t realize that Elon Musk was looking up on some other people. In real life Elon has been a really rich person because of all his successful jobs. So it began when he was poor and now he is the 20th richest person in the world. If you work hard you can be rich I like that’s what Elon Musk is trying to tell us. So I think he created the video because he wanted the people who would follow his footsteps to watch it and become even more successful.

“The landlady” is a story where everything is fine and normal at the beginning and then little by little it shows and gives clues in the text about what might happen to Billy.

Like what we discussed at the beginning of the meeting we had, at first, the setting was cold and gloomy and it doesn’t make you less aware of what might happen next because usually, people think that the more serious the setting, the more serious or sad the story that takes place in it.

The short story, “Landlady,” is about a young adult who is looking of a place to stay during his journey. He was going to this hotel when this sign caught his eye. This little house allowed people to stay for very cheap. So he decided to spend his night in there.

The person running the house is a very kind, old lady in her 50-60. He puts his name into this chart and sees that two other people have been here. But then he noticed that they have not left yet. The lady says that they are in a different floor. They drink some tea by the fireplace, but something didn’t smell right about in it.

I think the theme of this story is to not make assumptions about strangers. I believe this because in the beginning the landlady seems very nice, but later you can see that she is a bit creepy. One example of this is when she said that the other people were on a different floor, but the lady claimed that she has been very lonely this whole time. Another example is that she stuffed her pets to make them seem alive. And the last reason I believe she is creepy is that I think she killed the other two people by poisoning them. I think that she poisoned the tea. And that is why it smelled weird.