Month: July 2020

Currently, in the United States, many Americans are not following the shelter in place order. This is because in the house alone you can adopt a lot of addictions like gaming and also feel super lonely because of the lack of interaction. It is also making the coronavirus worse, as people really want to interact, and when they do they can spread the coronavirus. So, how can prevent that?

First off, we can defeat loneliness by having daily zoom calls or just texting. Make sure that you can limit your texting times on social media or let someone else control it. If your friends are not on, you can go to public discord servers and make online friends.

Secondly, a lot of people are just addicted to porn and drugs during the coronavirus. What you can do to prevent this is to block all sites porn/drugs sites and not use stuff that is NSFW. Also, don’t go to reddit or 4chan, as those websites can make it worse.

Lastly, more and more people are playing games and new ones like valorant. Even when I gave away a $20 gift card my friend used to buy a steam game. What I usually do to prevent this is to not follow gaming, but to just play the games you already have. Also, use an ad-blocker to block ads of games that might pop up in ads.

Overall, people are hating quarantine and are growing bad addictions and that can be prevented. First, you can zoom call people to not be lonely. Also, you can prevent porn and drugs by blocking these sites off your internet and block it for others using your internet. Lastly, you can prevent an addiction to gaming by using an ad blocker and playing the games you already have.

(sorry about this bad 20 min work i was cubing)

Humans can survive without water for 3 days. Humans can survive without food for 30-40 days. In the article, “Forced Social Isolation Causes Neural Craving Similar to Hunger”, It seems to prove that human interaction is a need, necessary for survival, and lots of stories and movies seem to prove it, but is it really a NEED? And if human interaction is really necessary, then there will be a certain amount of time that humans can survive without it. Sure, the old prisoner in books in movies has gone insane, but Robinson Crusoe survived just fine for many years. Maybe it has something that varies person to person, and affects social people more than not social people, but is it really NEEDED to survive?

In the article, the effects on the brain for wanting food are similar for wanting social interactions, but that is a want, while food is a need. Maybe social interaction is also a need, but it just shows physically far slower than the need for water, or food, but maybe it is just a mental want, not a physical need. Anti social animals can survive just fine by themselves. Why can’t humans? Perhaps its because they are social animals, but just like animals, there are social humans, and non social humans. Humans Originated in many countries, and though they are all humans, maybe some humans just don’t need social interactions as much as others.

When someone volunteers to be socially isolated, the effect is different from being forced to be socially isolated, but what is a human ‘adapts’ to fit the need of no social interaction? Even though we can research all we want, maybe social interaction is a need, but it just takes a really long time, years and years and years, to show, and unlike how ALL humans can survive without water for 3 days, and Humans can survive without food for 30-40 days, it varies from person to person? There is currently no way of testing this, because it will take many years, perhaps, so currently, there is no way of confirming if human interaction is really a need or not.

Very few people find joy in isolation, as human beings are social animals. It is their nature to do so, since their lives depend on other humans the moment they were born. Having to be forced into social isolation can be very harmful to people, and can have a lot of negative side effects. In fact, long-term solitary isolation is considered as a form of torture in many countries all over the world. Social isolation is very dangerous for one to go through alone and without any form of communication.

Social isolation is very hazardous to ones health. There are many negative health effects from isolation, some examples include chronic health conditions, a weakened immune system, and depression and anxiety. Social isolation can also cause high levels of stress, and can even lead to mental health problems later in life. Since humans depend on others for survival, forced social isolation will deprive people of their social interactions with others, causing them to have poor mental health.

Right now, many people say social distancing is very important. That is true, social distancing is necessary to slow down the spread of COVID-19, but self isolation is still very harmful when one does not have someone to communicate with. During these tough situations, people are staying healthy by talking to others online. However, for people who are alone or have limited access to electronic devices, social isolation can be very tough and can cause negative effects on their mental health.

Social isolation is very damaging to one mental health, since there are many negative side effects of isolation. Right now during this pandemic, it is important to stay connected to one another. Being alone during these times will only be harmful to ones health.

Seventh grade could be a grade full of drama like how showed in the story. There are three points that I would want to talk about.

The first point is that I would compare to Victor by the way he acts. Instead of having a crush, I usually try to impress my friends. One incident that Victor did that was the most relatable, is answering the teacher’s question because he thinks he knows it when, in fact, he doesn’t. This usually occurred to me when I was younger to show off my skills, I wasn’t always correct but I never cared what people thought of me when I got it wrong.

Next, I think the teacher’s story during his teen years is very thoughtful for the author to write. This scene is what explains to me why he understood easily about what Victor was trying to do and knew exactly what he was doing. His story of impressing a girl he liked with borrowed cars is similar with how Victor stood up trying to answer the question asked by the teacher to impress Teresa.

Lastly, when Teresa asked Victor to help her study French, Victor was very stiff. He didn’t want to deal with looking in Teresa’s eyes while talking to her. Once Teresa asked him to help her out with French, he decided to put his effort in learning French for real by studying about the language. By doing this, it shows how affectionate he is towards the people he cares for.

There are four types of GEN’s. GEN Z, GEN X, GEN Y, and a baby Boomer. These three GENES are different age groups of people. It is also the different years they were born.

GEN Z is people who are born between 1995 and 2010, between 5-25 years old. Which means most of the students in elementary, middle, and high are in GEN Z. This area of age is mainly the “young area” where the young people are in. Even though it is still young it is not the youngest. They are still the ages of 1-4 years old. GEN Z is also full of fun.

         GEN X is people who were born between 1965 to 1979 if the people were alive now they would be in the range of 41-55 years old. Which means it is about the past half of their lives. GEN X is full of internet and work. 

Next, there is GEN Y. People who are in GEN Y are born around 1980 and 1994 which means they are around 25-29 years old. GEN Y people are about ¼ in their lives. Which isn’t a good or bad thing. GEN Y is full of school and college.

The last one is the Baby Boomer. A Baby Boomer is a person who is a boomer from the ages of 43-62. Which means you may be called an elderly. Honestly, I think researchers should work on their genes because for me I think it is very cool and fascinating and should be taught more often.

After all the smart phones are invented, people spent more time on their phones. As more people go on the web, everything is updating, and till now, the news we see on the websites could had just happened 10 minutes. Though there are pros and cons about the web. Something bad is that a bad news might cause panic. And something good is that people could receive positive thoughts not only from the people they know, but also the people on the web.

Using the web too much might cause a great panic if there are bad news. Now days, most children get to use the web, and many of them use them for daily bases. There are many bad news that are happening each day, and sometimes the news aren’t even true. When younger children see the horrifying news, they don’t have the knowledge to determine weather or not it is true. Many of them might get scared about the news, which could cause a huge panic among them. This is not a very good situation because it might cause problems in their mental health if someone does not help them. Many other situations might happen on the web, like cyberbullying and seeing inappropriate things.

Though not only bad things comes with the web, there are also many good things too. Some people can’t make friends at school or at work, but on the web they could make friends because they don’t know who you are (Many people are afraid about how others think of them in real life and thinks that on the web the person on the other side wont know him/her). Also today people are in quarantine so they can’t talk with their friends (in person), but they could social on the internet. And now many people needs to get cheered up by people, and on the internet, many people post positive things.

Using the internet comes with pros and cons, and they are causing troubles and helping people. Troubles are like panics when seeing bad news. The internet is also helping people, which is cheering people up by posting good things. Though the troubles sometimes could be serious, but having a positive heart could solve most of the problems.

Have you ever lied and paid a terrible consequence? Well in today’s short story “Seventh Grade”, we follow a boy named Victor, who wants to impress someone, and as a result, lies. Too often, in our modern-day society, we fall under the pressure to succeed, or the want to do something and lie. But that has happened for way too long.

During seventh grade, Victor has a crush on a girl called, Teresa, and wants her to like him. When they are in French class, the teacher asks if any of them already know French, and, because he wants to impress Teresa, lies, saying he does know French. But the truth is, he does not. Nothing really bad happened to Victor because of that lie, but it could escalate to other things in different situations.

Today we looked at how in Victor’s situation, and how a lie did not cause any backlash for him. But in our society, a lie about not doing something bad, etc can cause serious consequences. We need to fix our society and make it rid of lies. But we may not be able to cleanse our entire community, but we can do our part, so remember, the next time your mom asks you if you did your homework, tell the truth.

Samuel Ma

I think that this story is a very good one. It can be relatable when you are trying to impress a girl you like. I think the theme fo the story is that don’t always be overconfident at something you don’t know how to do. If you do you could be embarrassing yourself.

This story is about a seventh-grader that is in love with this other girl named Teresa. He knows that Teresa is going to learn french so he decides to take it too. He meets with his friend and he had seen many men modeling. they were all scowling so he decided to try it.

When he was in french class, he wanted to impress Teresa so when the teacher asked who knew french, he raised his hand. When the teacher said some french he started to blush. he said some weird things. The teacher knew he didn’t know french, but the rest of the class didn’t. When class ended Teresa told him that she didn’t know he could speak french and that could he teach her some.

I think he is now in a big issue. He’s got to learn some french to teach Teresa and fast or else he might lose her. If you want, go read the short story. I hope you will like it.

The short story, “Seventh Grade” is about a boy named Victor who is trying to get Teresa, a girl he likes, to like him. He tries all sorts of desperate and hilarious methods he makes up or picks up from friends to try to be noticeable. I find this story can teach you a lot while being entertaining.

The story starts with Victor talking to his friend Micheal, who tells him that making a scowl will attract girls. Victor is skeptical at first, but after he tries it, he sees a girl looking at him, most likely not in the way that he thinks, but in confusion. He takes this as proof that his friend was right. This shows that you shouldn’t take extremely slight signs as proof or else you will just make a fool of yourself.

Near the middle of the book, Victor is in French class and tries to impress Teresa by knowing French already. When he realizes that he actually does have to speak French in front of the whole class, he panics and stutters out some random nonsense. This teaches the reader that you should always think before acting in a comedic way.

The best way to teach lessons is with a story, because it sticks in your head better, and”Seventh Grade” does a great job at doing this. It also reminds us that there are times where it is inevitable to panic, like during Victor’s French class, and we must be prepared

I am a part of generation z people in gen z are born from 1996 to 2015. I think there are lots of pros and cons of being a part of gen z. There are a lot of things that I love and hate about being a part of gen z.

One pro of being a part of gen z is that I am able to access so many things on the internet so that I can learn. I am able to know a lot more info than people might have known a long time ago. Another pro about being a part of gen z is that I can connect with friends that are thousands of miles away. Many people weren’t able to do that when they were young.

One con is that I see a lot of sad things on the internet. I might see something like people are dying or a picture of a serial killer. A lot of things seen on the internet might be bad or really scary. I think that lots of things are very disturbing.

Some things about gen z is good some are bad. I hope that I don’t see so many bad things on the internet. A lot of things might be disturbing, but some may be good. I don’t know what I might see.