Author: SophiaK

Having good behavior is always a good thing and never a bad thing. Not everyone has good behavior, that is why this essay is based on a TEDx video entitled. “How to motivate yourself to change behavior.”

When you were a kid going to school was not as fun as going to your friend’s house. But if someone wants to get better and start liking school. Then they will have to do more school work and communicate with the teachers and students. In order to do that she or he will have to motivate yourself to do it. Just by thinking in your head. “If I pay more attention in school and think it is a good place to be, then I might get a very good grade and go to a good college!” Even though it might not work. At least you knew you did better than you did before, and continue working harder to get better.

Even though school is a very important thing to keep in mind, having just regular behavior on how to treat others and your actions are also very important life skill to have. For example if you are a host of a party most likely he or she would welcome someone in kindly for example, “Hello! How was your day?” or “Welcome, welcome the party will start as soon as everyone is settled!”. The kind words someone ways always brighten the day up.

So this brings the essay to a close. Even if you are very responsible and caring. You’ll also have to be very generous and welcoming. Never forget that having good behavior is always a good thing.

Why Billy shouldn’t have entered Bed and Breakfast a Motel. Why? Because things happened to him that was shocking. Billy should not have entered, he got in some trouble and learned some shocking things. 

It all starts on a very cold night with ice blades on his cheeks. The first sentence kinda got my imagination about this into a dark and moody mood. I thought something was going to happen to Billy. And yet soon something did happen to Billy.

Usually, Motels are nice and cozy and nice. When Billy went into the Motel he brought him into some serious mess. Something no one wants to experience. The Landlady seemed nice in the beginning. Then after a while things started to change. She had this subsection of talking about people’s skin. Which to me, I thought was kinda weird. Even weirder she told him that two other people came and they are on exactly the fourth floor. But Billy never really saw anyone else. 

Like I said he never saw anyone else. The landlady talked about how she stuffed her stuffy. When I read that I got the shivers and I knew the people were up to no good. Just after that the LandLady gave Willy some tea and wanted to have a nice talk, and so they did. When Willy was sipping the tea he felt very ill. Soon he realized he had got poisoned by some drug. 

So in the story “The Landlady” the secrets of the Landlady were revealed. She wasn’t a good person. So as I said this is why I don’t think Billy should have not entered the Motel. Bed and Breakfast

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.

Everyone wants to change but something I want to change about myself is my screen time on any electronic device. Too much screen time may cause eye damage. Why I don’t want to have too much screen time because I might get glasses and we all know glasses are somewhat annoying and cost a lot of money.

The reason why I want to change the amount of screen time I get is that I don’t want to get my eyes damaged or wear glasses. Which are both something I don’t want to have. Another reason is that I don’t want to get addicted because I spend too much time on the screen. 

Glasses are to help them get better eyesight. One day I noticed my eyes feeling different and weird. I asked my mom and she said. Lots of words can out of her mouth. Most were about screen time. That day I had set a goal for myself, a big goal. That goal was to limit my screen time for 1 hour. When I thought about it I was like……….this is going to take me a while to succeed. 

Now I am sitting in a chair this very moment and still thinking how did I not succeed for just an extra 1 hour of screen time? I feel very bad that I didn’t succeed. Even though it was a tough challenge. After days I still try, but still nothing.

So something I want to change about myself is using up less screen time. The struggles I had and hope I am more responsible with my screen time.

COVID-19 has been very scary lately. People around the world are very scared of this outbreak. All thanks to doctors and nurses for their help. 

Coronaviruses were made by bats. Even though doctors and scientists are trying to find a cure for the Coronaviruses. They are also trying to find out more diseases from the bats. Surprisingly scientists found SIX more diseases in bats!!! What a lot of diseases in one animal.

A while ago SARS and MERS was also a huge breakout but not as bad as COVID-19. It was true that SARS and MERS were also made by bats. It is still super dangerous because testing for positive still is a very high chance. People need more lockdowns and less areas open.

Even though they found six more diseases, it doesn’t mean that they are no more. Finding diseases is no easy task. Preparing is very very important. They need to set up traps so that the bats get caught and after that is done they bring the bats back to their office and start getting the “saliva”. They do this because they know which bat has Coronavirus.

Diseases are no fun. We all need to fight till it is over. A quote from MLK ““If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”-MLK 

What I think about the TED Talk for our lesson today “The Art of Being yourself.” Caroline McHugh talked about how being yourself is very important in a lot of ways. Superiority, interiority and inferiority. Those are the ways you think about others and what they think about you. 

        Superiority, superiority means you think you are the most important person in the room. Which means you think you are the person in the center of attention. Which may lead to bad things. Not like it will or anything. A person who thinks they are superior than they most likely is someone who, like I said , wants a center of attention. But not just that. For example if you are a 5th grader that just passed a history test which was really hard. Most likely he or she that passed wants people to think they are very smart, like i said center of attention.

Interiority, interiority means you only think about yourself. As if your friend got hurt and you wouldn’t really care because you only think about yourself and what happens to yourself. When your friend gets hurt you don’t care but when you get hurt most likely you will feel very much in pain. Even though interiority is good like minding your own business. Sometimes it may lead to danger. When I thought about this for a moment. Interiority can harm and lots of more bad stuff. Such as when your friend got a broken wrist and may cause very very bad damage. A person you think has interiority won’t specifically care since they only think about what happens to them.

Inferiority, inferiority is when you think you are bad, and weak. Having an inferiority feeling isn’t always good. Sometimes you let yourself down when  you think in a way of inferiority because when you have a good attitude it always makes your day. Just like when there is always a day where you have the perfect hair and the perfect breath and clothes you are feeling the mood.  Having that mood always makes you feel better. After that attitude keeps going you won’t feel weak or think you are bad.

So in today’s essay i talked about the three ways of being yourself. Superiority, Interiority and Inferiority. All are very different in many different unique ways. So like i said. All of those three ways is how you think of someone and how someone thinks about you.

When I first read this short story I thought it was pretty interesting and fun. The short story is called “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson. When I thought about the name I was determined that the story would be about someone winning or participating in a lottery. When I finished it I was shocked to see what I found out.

This all starts in a little village with kids and parents. There are some of the kids by themselves and putting pebbles in their pockets. When more people sell them. They thought that doing that was the right thing. Then i thought to myself why would they even put pebbles in their pockets? Why? I kept reading and at the end I found out.

The whole reason why it is called “The Lottery” is because there is a tradition for winning the “Lottery”, but winning it didn’t really do anything because she got in some trouble. I never really thought is her dying but that is the whole part of the tradition

If you still remember, in the second paragraph when I was talking about how kids were putting pebbles in their pockets? Well this tradition is very weird because they used the rocks she had and started throwing them on Ms.Hutchinson soon after it is still a tradition so many people in that village die which is very scary. O-o

So in this short story “The Lottery” my thoughts are it was a very interesting story but it had some “Drama” to it. Which I like so there is a little “Plot Twist”. So this essay was based on my thoughts in the short story “The Lottery”.

MLK was one of the most memeral people on the planet. He made use of friendship and being able to even be together. If it was not for him then i would not be writing this right now. MLK gave a speech or his dreams now this one saying “I have a dream” was made from MLK. In this writing I will be writing about why dreams and especially his were super important.

MLK made many dreams from being able for “blacks” and “whites” to go to the same school, the same bus and even the same restaurant. All and every single one of his words in that speech were very important. Neither did she want those dreams to come true. He fighted for them. For us, everyone that was there with him listening to every word. The dreams aren’t just any birthday dreams. They are life changing to lots and people everywhere. From Florida to India. Very far places. 

Why are dreams so important? Well these dreams are things or wishes you really want. For example your dream pet is a dog. Dreaming for a dog is not a very big dream. MLK dreamed for many life saving dreams and life changing dreams. From being able to wish a birthday wish to changing lives

Now people all around the world are super thankful for what MLK has done. MLK was a hero to everyone. So when i say dreams are important. I mean they really are. MLK soon became super popular and everyone knew him.

So I suggest everyone around the world do one act of kindness and caring. This explains that MLK was a very nice and caring person. Saved lots of people from danger and also kept in mind the one quote “I have a dream”

Reading and writing in life is a very good life skill to have. In this TED TALK Jacqueline Woodson talked on how reading led her into writing. After all of her hard work, she has made amazing books and amazing poems. This inspired me to become a better writer and reader.

When Jacqueline Woodson was little she was born to read she would read a lot every day very slowly. Her siblings were different readers from them though. Jacqueline Woodson would read by dragging her finger across the page. But her siblings would read much faster than her. Her reading would always take up most of her time in the day.

Soon after a while Jacqueline Woodson would ready so much she would get shall i say “addicted” to reading. If the fire alarm was on she wouldn’t know because  she was so into the book. If someone was mowing the lawn she would also not get distracted. Soon later she got much better and faster at reading books, but not just books, she also read bibles.

After years and years she had thought about writing about her feelings in the book. She had always thought about this yard as my yard and the angry monster can not come into it. Later when she thought deeply about it she started to write about it and soon started to write amazing books. When she started writing she was also thinking about how thankful she was to be able to have a pencil or pen in her hand. This is because her mom and dad and grandparents weren’t able to get education they weren’t able to learn. 

So when you get an opportunity then use the opportunity to do the best of what you have in yourself. Jacqueline Woodson was a really good Author. She made plenty of books and got a nobel prize. So when she really got to think deeply in her reading, she eventually got to become a very amazing and inspiring author. 

            This short story to me was very interesting and has a lot of what it’s like in a book. The journey all begins when Eckels wanted to get a job and work for the TIME SAFARI, INC. TIME SAFARI, INC. is a really cool place because Eckels got to travel back in time and got to meet animals they did not just meet animals though…. They did a lot more.

As we all know that Eckels and Travis and 2 other hunters. Travel back in time and explore wildlife. Then I thought for a moment why would they travel back in time and look for animals and wildlife? This question will get answered in a moment. Alright back to the animals. When they were walking they spotted a dinosaur they were wanting to kill with guns. Well I know that sounds harsh but these people didn’t like animals. There were multiple dinosaurs but they had to find the one with a blob of red paint on it. So then they wouldn’t get the wrong one.

When they found the right dinosaur they immediately started to get scared soon after a while waiting there Eckels got really scared and accidentally broke a rule they were not supposed to do. The rule was to always stay in the middle of the track “road”. Eckels ran away near the bushes and hid. While he was “hiding” the other hunters were quietly approaching the dinosaur when the dinosaur saw them and the leader said “FIRE!!!!” and the guns went  POW BANG and soon the dinosaur fell down and was very injured with rips and holes.

         When they traveled back to their original time someone found a butterfly under Eckels shoe and started to act a bit scary and then the problem came he got out his gun and was aiming for Eckels. They both were really surprised and so darkness filled Eckels eyes…….. He was now gone.

This story was very cool and interesting. Some thoughts I have are that Eckels was a very innocent person and was somewhat very scared for a lot of events. But there are some very different things that i noticed. One is why would the man kill Eckels for having a dead butterfly under his shoe? That one part was just very confusing. Well anyways that was all of my thoughts in the short story we ready “A Sound of Thunder”.