Author: PaulW

Have you ever wanted some ice to go with your drink but don’t have it because they all melted? The same thing is currently happening with Greenland’s ice sheets. Greenland has lost over 200 gigatons of ice per year on average. This has also caused the surrounding oceans to rise 14 mm. So, what can this mean to humanity? What can happen? Will things get worse?

First off, it seems small, but 14mm of water over a huge area can mean harsher raining, more powerful hurricanes, and devastating tsunamis. Also, if this continues to get worse, worse flooding will happen. This will have a major effect on both the east coast of Canada and the United States. This also is destroying land that polar bears roam on, and making some types of fish to overpopulate.

Furthermore, the melting of ice sheets that are away from the main island actually have an impact on the ground ice further inside the mainland according to researchers. This is destructive to more of the ice. The melting of the outer ice sheets will also affect inner ice sheets, as they prevent the inner ones from flowing out.

Lastly, this will get way worse if we do not protect the Earth from global warming. We can all prevent a lot of this by being more eco-friendly and not use as much greenhouse gases. Try to reuse bags and not waste paper. Also, we can plant more trees, so that we can have more oxygen.

To conclude, we need to protect ice sheets or else bad things will happen. Worse hurricanes, tsunamis, and flooding will all happen. Also, if more ice sheets melt, it will create a domino effect for even more ice to melt. So, we will have to try to prevent this by taking more measures.

In the short story Ms. Awful, there are two different teachers, Ms. Wilson and Ms. Orville. Ms. Wilson is the students’ original teacher that left for a week. Ms. Orville is the substitute teacher for her. They have different teaching styles, with Ms. Wilson being the fun, relaxing teacher, and Ms. Orville being the very strict teacher. Personally I am also a teacher, and I try to be strict while having fun. So, what is the best method of teaching, and what are their impacts?

First, we have the teaching style of making it fun. Making the class fun has some helpful benefits that could also be a little bad. If the class is fun, the lessons would be more engaging but time-consuming. Making it engaging makes students focus more and guarantees that they will get better scores on tests. But, being time-consuming, kids might miss out on activities like recess. On the bad side, teachers that allow toys like squishes, fidget toys, and slime can make students not pay attention as much. So, I would not go with that for the long term.

Furthermore, being both strict and fun is another nice method not used by a lot of teachers because it is hard to maintain for a long period of time. It would have the same benefits as being engaging to the students, but it would require the teacher to be on the lookout for students that are not paying attention. This is super hard as if you are managing a class of 24 kids you have a pretty hard time multitasking all these things. I personally tried this on a group of 9 between the ages of 8 – 14 years old. It was hard multitasking, and I ended up having to extend the class a little longer. I would try to use it half of the time, but not always.

Lastly, being very strict like Ms. Orville would feel like school is horrible, but if you pay attention, it would be super rewarding. I had a teacher in 4th grade barking out “why the heck did you get a 6/10 on your spelling test” or “you should be in second grade with this work”. Honestly, I took a lot from that class because I was focusing, and was on top of the class. It felt great because the teacher was applauding me while shaming other people so I liked it as a student. I feel that this would make kids very disciplined for the time that they have this teacher, but it will wear off after they get a different teacher. I would not recommend it unless if your class is very behind or is not focusing and use it temporarily.

To sum it up, I like all of these methods but I would prefer to use one or another depending on what situation it is. I would prefer being in the middle so the class will be enjoyable and disciplined.

One of the worst things in the universe is radiation. It can cause cancer, and can easily kill people. They were used in atomic bombs to kill tons of people. Also, if humans want to colonize on Mars, they will have to protect themselves from radiation.

The first idea is to create a transparent shield generator around Mars that can deflect radiation and have a tiny opening for spaceships to come in. This shield can also deflect lasers and other weapons, and will only let sunlight pass.

The second idea is to make suits for everybody that will deflect radiation, but it would look trash and be super heavy. This is something already in use in science labs. But, mass production would be hard because some of its materials are rare.

The last idea is to live underground of mars, so that it would be hard for radiation to pass through the land. Electricity would be hard to make underground, so people can put solar panels on the land. Also, planting would be easier underground, as it is super windy on Mars. They will require some lighting as well.

To sum it up, there are other options than gene editing to colonize Mars. One idea is to make a transparent shield that protects us. Another idea is to make everybody wear a radiation-proof vest. Lastly, we can live underground.

In the end of the short story The Lady, or the Tiger?, the youth has to open one of two doors, which can have a hungry tiger or a damsel. This youth was in love with the King’s daughter, and the King’s daughter is watching. The king’s daughter tells him to go to the right hand side, but the author never reveals which door he took. So, did he take the one with the tiger, or the one with a damsel that he has to marry on the spot. I will be giving reasons for both sides.

First, she might have told him to go to the door with the damsel, so that he could live. The youth’s life was worth more than chuckles from the king. She also only had a split second to think, so she might of been nervous and just did not want to regret him being dead.

In contrary, the daughter might of killed him because she actually loved him but it would be a pain for her to see him married to another woman, who is also a person she hates. Also, her father is barbaric, and she might have the same gut feeling as her dad. She also might of hated him which makes it likely.

To sum it up, there are many different possible answers to this question, but one is not sure of it. There is a lot of different mindsets that the daughter could’ve had in that moment at that time. We will never know what the answer might be.

When people test vaccines and other science stuff, they use mice to test on. Recently, researchers at Allen Institude for Brain Science also created a 3D map of the average mice’s brain. This will be useful for study the brain for humans as well. The mice’s brain is very similar to a human’s. Lets see some more ways that they can help researchers.

The first way that mice can help researchers in vaccine testing. Currently, researchers are trying to find a vaccine to prevent coronavirus. Because the vaccine needs proof that it would work, researchers can test the vaccine on mice first before going into human testing trials.

The second way that mice can help researchers is CRISPR. CRISPR is gene editing so before a human gets gene editing therapy, scientist can test it on mice to see if it will work and nothing gets done wrong. Also, they can experiment on them so that they can do trial and error testing.

Lastly, they used mice brains to make a 3D map of their brain. This can help researchers understand Alzheimer’s better and help them find a cure. Alzheimer’s is a leading cause of death, so if we can find a cure using rats, that would help the economy.

In conclusion, rats will be useful for studying and would help researchers find vaccines. Also, it will help CRISPR development. Lastly, it will help find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

Elon Musk is one of the richest people in the world. His motivation speech is widely used throughout the video-sharing platform youtube. In one of his appearances on TV, he said to work 100 hours a week just to be ahead of your rival. Also, you probably don’t know this, but I have my own business working just an hour a day. (and some emails) I’m usually pretty lazy, just using discord and playing Minecraft when my mom allows me to. I’m usually in the mindset of being satisfied with getting $50 an hour every day, but I usually don’t work more than one hour, which is like 1/8 the typical work time. So, if I work like “hell”, how would that benefit me?

First off, this would benefit my earnings. I don’t care about getting too much, but I do enjoy earning and hosting giveaways. But say if I worked for two hours a day. I would be earning $100, which is a ton considering that a worker who earns minimum wage would earn that much. So if I work as “hell” 100 hours a week I would be working for 20 hours making $1000 every day. So, the earnings would be immense.

Also, if I work like hell, this will probably shake off my laziness that I have. This would be good so I can focus on earning more. Also, I will lose my habit of laying on my bed. So, if I work like hell, I will be able to lose some of my bad habits.

Lastly, this would be a little bad to me because I will not have enough sleep. Also, I will not have game time or social interaction. I will also have a bad throat talking for over twenty hours straight.

To sum it up, to work like Hell would help you in the short term, but not in the long run. This would help because you can earn more. Also you can shake off some bad habits. But, it will make you sleep deprived, have no free time, and hurt your throat talking for so long.

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)

If you don’t know me, my name is Paul and I am a speedcuber. As a speedcuber, I own a lot of speedcubes, over 50 of them. I keep on buying newer models and never put myself on a limit. Every single time I buy one, I make an excuse like “oh this one has this new magnet system” or “this one is super light”. With this excuse, I have bought well over $700 dollars of speedcubes. So, I want to come up with three ways to prevent this. First, I’ll try to restrict myself and only buy new puzzles. Second, I won’t check the speed cube website every day. Lastly, I will not watch youtube or Instagram as much as most people tell you to buy this cube or another one.

Primarily, I want to not buy the cubes I already have. I would try to buy hard puzzles like the examinx (https://www.thecubicle.com/products/shengshou-examinx) and other puzzles. This will help me because I usually buy 3x3s and 4×4, so I want to expand the variety.

Furthermore, I’ll try to not to check the cube store every day. I usually check it and I want to buy all the new releases so if I don’t, then I won’t buy all that new stuff. I also know from experience that most of them aren’t even that good.

Lastly, I will not use Instagram as much and try to not watch cube unboxings. Usually, I watch them and buy these cubes because they say it is the best but when I use them they are not as good as expected. Also these people are sponsored so they have to say that they are good.

In conclusion, I will try not to buy as much speedcubes and restrict myself by doing three things. First, I will try to not buy cubes I already have. Also, I will try to not got to the cube store’s website everyday. Lastly, I will not use Youtube or Instagram as much.

The Coronavirus SARS-CoV2 is already devastating us for more than five months and is still spreading at a rapid speed. When the virus was first spread, researchers on the news said it was because of some person who ate a bat and got the virus. Also, The Smithsonian has researchers in Myanmar collected samples from bats and they found six new coronaviruses. Bats are known for having a very good immune system so that they can carry the virus without showing any bad symptoms. But that leads to the question, “why does the next pandemic have a big chance to be another coronavirus?”

I personally think that another coronavirus has a higher chance of being the cause of the next pandemic because of three reasons. The first one is that coronaviruses spread way easier than other viruses. People will not show symptoms and spread it. Also, because there are bats in Texas, China, Myanmar, and other extremely populated places, it will be super easy for the virus to grow.

Second of all in the study conducted by the Smithsonian, they only used samples from around 700 bats which 48 of them had a coronavirus. So, if we rounded 48 to 50 and make a fraction of how much has a coronavirus, the fraction would be 1/14. So if every one in fourteen bats has a coronavirus, it could be likely that if a person does not properly cook a bat if they are ever going to eat it, it will be a big chance that there will be coronavirus.

Lastly, Coronavirus stay longer in a person so that person can infect more people in a longer time period. For example, some people are in hospitals from March who are still on ventilators in the ICU. Furthermore they can be infected after they have died of the virus.

Overall, a coronavirus will probably cause the next pandemic because of three reasons. First, it spreads from bats easier. Also, if people don’t properly treat bats then they get infected. Lastly, a coronavirus stays longer in humans so this is why I believe that the next pandemic will be of a coronavirus.

COVID-19 has devastated the earth in the past six months and has caused a ton of deaths. But, not all people with COVID have died because of COVID, but a combination of previous underlying diseases or body issues. Because of this, we are not certain among the actual death toll caused by COVID-19. There is also the possibility that the deaths but I will get to that in a short moment. Furthermore, countries like India and Brazil, two of the top three countries in COVID deaths and cases do not have as much testing. So, can the deaths be as much as 33% more? OR can it be 16% less? Let’s find out.

First off, COVID has a death toll of an estimated 542,000. Also, the CDC made a report in 2017 that 100 million adult Americans have diabetes or prediabetes. That means around 1/4 Americans have diabetes. so, if we multiply 133,000 (amount of COVID deaths in the US) with 125%, we get 166,250. This means that there could well be an additional 33,000 deaths. But in other countries, not as much people have diabetes because Americans eat a lot of junk food.

Also, the deaths might be overcounted because they might think that a person died of COVID, but they actually died from a stroke from cholesterol build-up. This might happen because COVID helps some underlying conditions to worsen. Therefore, there is a high chance that a person died of a different cause.

Lastly, Covid deaths can be under counted because of countries not having big technological advances like India and Brazil. India has over 1.4 billion people and it ranks third on coronavirus deaths. Also, a lot of people there are livng in farms and far away from big cities and hospitals so to them it is unclear what the cause of death is. Also, the poverty there does not allow big testing sites all over India so if a village catches it, they might not even know.

To sum it up, Coronavirus deaths to me seem undercounted given the two facts I gave. There is also a small chance that Coronavirus deaths have been overcounted.