Author: EricN

Trying to impress others by doing something you can’t is a hard thing. In “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, Victor, the protagonist of the story, did things he couldn’t do to try to impress Teresa, his crush. Victor did things like saying his crush’s name in English class, speaking French when he doesn’t really know how.

First, in English class Victor did something very embarrassing. Mr. Lucas, the English teacher, asked the class what is a noun; the class answered a place, person, or thing. Then Mr. Lucas asked Victor an example of a noun. Victor automatically and immediately said Teresa, which was the name of his crush. Victor was very embarrassed of himself, and was ashamed of blurting out his crush’s name.

Another example was when in French class. Victor didn’t know French that well, he learned Spanish and got pretty good at it but he was not so good at French. In French, the teacher, Mr. Bueller, said hello to the class and asked anyone if they knew or how to speak French. Victor just guessed a sentence and tried to show off when he didn’t even know how to speak the language. Victor instantly regretted what he did and was strongly embarrassed. 

Doing something that you can’t do is dangerous, it will get you ashamed and embarrassed of yourself. But sometimes you can overcome that obstacle and even guess. Victor did something he could not do and succeeded. 

Diseases, hunger, death; these are all things the humans fear. The coronavirus is one of the most devastating disasters that we faced this century. This disease killed hundreds of thousands of people, and ruined many people’s lives. There are beliefs that this disease was leaked from an inventory lab, but the majority says that they came from bats.

First of all, bats are really dangerous animals to spread contagious disease. For example, bats have a really strong immune system that can help them withstand the coronaviruses or other viruses. Bats also are mammals that can fly, which make them transport very easily to spread the coronavirus. Furthermore, bats have a really high chance of containing coronavirus, scientists tested that there are about 1.6 million kinds of diseases that are still unknown to humans. 

Another problem for the scientists is should they go upstream and be an alarmist, or should they just wait and see what happens then make a move? Now, some people think that we shouldn’t be that worried of the coronavirus. But scientist Valitutto said:“You go out and you do these presentations associated with your work and in some respects it seems a little bit inflated, where you’re an alarmist and you’re trying to say, ‘The sky is falling, the sky is falling, you’ve got to protect yourself, it’s only a matter of time.’” 

Overall, the covid 19 or the coronavirus is a catastrophe to the human kind, and we should all care about what is happening to us next. A lot of scientists, researchers, and zoologists are still trying to solve the covid 19 problem, but this is a tough time and we should bear it through together.

Sleep is one of the most essential thing you need in your life. Without sleep your mind will not be able to focus or function correctly, and you'll be in a bad mood. An average person should get 8 hours of sleep each day, but it varies on your age. 

It was said that a person can only survive 7 days without sleep. So basically, that means sleep's more important that food or water! Now to go in some of the consquences if you don't have enough sleep. First, for instance, you'll will not be able to focus very well during daytime. You won't be able to focus because your brain doesn't have the energy to function and work correctly. When you feel sleepy, that's because your brain need to rest after a day of working and thinking; when you don't get enough sleep, your brain will still carry that sleepyness to the next day. Another thing that will affect you if you don't sleep well is that you'll be in a bad mood and you'll be very easy to anger because people don't feel good when they're exhausted. What I mean by that is that, when someone said something that's kind of teasing you for example; on a normal day, you'll laugh when pretend that it's not that big of a deal, but when you're exhausted, you can't think really well and that will affect your day.

Overall, sleeping is really important, and you should treat it correctly and seriously in you life. Deprivation of sleep will allow your brain to not work and focus really well as well as being in a bad mood. The "balm of hurt minds" really matters in you life.