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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.

In my opinion, I feel very strongly that the short story, The Landlady is a horror story. Think about it, In the beginning, it is a dark and rainy day. That is how almost all scary stories are told. The author, Roald Dahl, used a lot of words like deadly or words that mean death in the beginning.
When Billy sees the Bed and Breakfast, he goes straight to it, it sticks out from all the other houses, with paint fading. The flowers next to the window are common in funerals. Billy peeks inside and sees a dog lying down next to the glowing fireplace. Then, he goes inside and meets the landlady, who allows him to rent a room. The landlady acts really kind, she offers to make the price of his room cheaper, plus, the Bed and Breakfast have very cheap rooms. Billy then realizes that the dog is stuffed. In fact, all the animals in the room are stuffed after dying.
After Billy goes into his room, he is asked to sign his name in a notebook in a drawer. Billy then sees that the last entries were from years ago. There were two entries, and that the news said that there were two missing people. The Landlady then tells him that the two people are still in their rooms. They were stuffed, just like the other animals. Later, when they are having tea, the Landlady keeps on shutting him down when he asks about it. Billy thinks that the tea he has tasted like bitter almonds, which actually contain a type of poison.
In the end, Billy probably died from the tea of just like the other two people, got stuffed. The message is deception, then Landlady, who acts very nice at the beginning is the one who kills Billy. These are my reasons why I think that the Landlady book is a horror story.

The short story, Landlady, is about the seventeen-year-old Billy Weaver, who thought the owner of a hotel was fairly nice, although she probably poisoned the previous guests. I believe this because why would hotel guests stay at the same hotel for two to three years? If they did, is it not odd, or in fact very peculiar for one to do so? Usually, one would stay at a hotel for a week or so, and then visit somewhere else. Well, since all of the landlady’s guests drank tea, I think she added poison to their cups and then put the bodies on the fourth floor.

In the story, the landlady apparently stuffed her dead pets to make them look realistic, which is quite odd. Typically, pet owners would burry their pets or do something else with their bodies to pay their respect. Due to the reason that the landlady stuffed her pets- and made them look tremendously real, Billy thought she was really nice and caring (pet owners tend to treat their pet as best as they can to make them feel comfortable and welcome).

I think this story was teaching people to be careful and do not look at how they treat you at first, but look at their true character to discover whether or not they are who they seem. For example, one may seem really helpful and help you carry your groceries when walking to your vehicle, but they may end up doing something bad to you.

Elon Musk. You may have heard of him. Some people think Elon Musk is crazy. Actually, his SpaceX company is very helpful for everyone, well, nearly everyone. What is it’s goal? They have lots of them, but today there is one goal that is very important and ambitious.

As you may have heard, SpaceX recently made history. This is just one of its achievements. Now, they are already working on another goal, called Provide good internet for everyone on Earth, even in the most remote of areas. Elon has a clear goal to get at least 1000 satellites into orbit, for good internet for all, with an approved aim of a whopping 12000!

SpaceX’s satellites are called Starlink internet satellites. Some of the new satellites have new technology called Visor_Sat. They will have a ‘visor’ that will dim the brightness of the equipment. It will act a bit like a sun visor on a car’s front windshield.

However, lots of star watchers and scientists have recently been protesting and disclaiming these satellites. They say that the satellites have been blocking their view of the stars.

-Justin

Billy Weaver, a 17 year old, was looking for a job at Bath. By the time he got to Bath from Boston, it was already dark. He asked the porter for a recommendation of where to stay. The porter told him to go to The Bell and Dragon. The Bell and Dragon was a pub, which he liked.

A house near it drew Billy’s attention. It had a wiener dog curled up near the fireplace, and a parrot. The house seemed so cozy and warm. The house was just like the rest, broken down, but once swanky. He knocked on the door, and immediately, a woman barged out and offered a price that was half of the amount he was even considering to give. He went in, and there, he gave the amount, and the woman gave him a entire floor. He realized that the parrot was dead along with the dachshund. The lady told him that the dachshund and parrot was stuffed.

He sat at the couch across from the lady. She beckoned him to sit next to her, and he obliged. She offered him tea, which he gladly accepted. The tea had an almond taste to it, which in a scientific standpoint must have had cyanide, because the story was already going so spookily.

After that drink, he went to bed, and died, obviously because of the cyanide (in case you don’t know, cyanide is a toxic chemical compound that will kill you if you drink too much). He “transferred all his money to the landlady, and disappeared. Only the landlady knew he died, and stuffed his body.

The short story (Landlady) is about a teenager (Bill) who is London. He wants to stay in lodging this night. When he finds a hotel called Bed and Breakfast, which he thinks is not a bad place to go to (because the owner has pets; he turns out to be wrong; they’re just stuffed animals). The landlady was nice, but a little bit too kind; that’s suspicious. Something that’s also suspicious is the fact that there are only 2 other people here, and that they have been here for years (that’s what the landlady claims).

The theme of this story is that you shouldn’t be too gullible. The reason is that anything may happen no matter what. Even ‘normal’ people are suspicious: this is because the one who is harming others is probably trying to be as normal as possible.

Bill is a cautious person, but he is not cautious enough. Even if the lady has a pet, that doesn’t mean that she is nice and caring. what if the pet is forced to stay there and look like that? Maybe there is a force controlling the pet, or what if it’s a stuffed animal (as in the story)? Bill should still be on his guard. Instead, he is off guard and unaware that anything may happen. Also, he accepts a lot of things, like the tea and the eggs (for breakfast, although he probably never gets it).

I found the Marco Polo video very interesting. It shows me how bewildered the people were back then to this news of foreign lands. I enjoyed the video very much, and learned a lot.

In the video, he started with how Marco Polo had his works spread, by talking to a man named Rustichello, a writer, while in prison. They agreed to write down his stories, and they had them published after they were released from prison. The stories gained a lot of fame, and there were tons of skeptics.

He then talks about how Marco Polo was raised in a family of merchants, which meant a lot of travel. His uncle and father would travel the world, collecting precious goods and selling them back home, providing lots of money for their family. When Marco Polo was 17, his father and uncle took him to China. Here, they were treated as royal guests. They could observer the complexity and how advanced China was. The video also showed me some gorgeous watches that I will be checking out.

When they arrived home after 24 years, Polo collaborated with Rustichello to publish his experiences. The book was a instant bestseller, and many people were shocked by what it told. Many even believed it was made up, by how wild the book was to them.

This video showed me how that important things may not always be heeded, and that big ideas may take a very long time to be accepted by people. Not only Marco Polo experienced this, but other figures in history, like Copernicus. This video not only was entertaining, but also taught me a lesson.

Marco Polo was a merchant and traveler in Europe. His main achievement is writing the book about his adventures and also traveling to China and Exploring what China was like back then.

Marco Polo was from the family of merchants and travelers so they usually traveled around. One time Marco Polo’s father traveled to China and told Marco about all the wonderful things in China. Marco Polo was really awed and wanted to go see for himself how wonderful China was. He decided when he grew up he would go and visit China.

When he first went to china, the the king/emperor welcomed him and was really fascinated by him since he knew how to speak 4 languages and also because his culture: Christianity. After a bunch of time spent there, he was sent to Europe back again, but the next time he comes back he brings 10 priests, so the Emperor could study Christianity and increase the knowledge of his people.

So now, Marco Polo came back to Europe and he’s ready to travel back to China WITH only two priests he managed to convince. He met a lot of hardships when crossing the deserts to go to China. There were sand dunes that “lured” people in, but Marco Polo evaded that. There were bandits to rob you, but Marco evaded that using the “golden passport”. If somebody were to rob somebody with a golden passport, they would be against the WHOLE army of China. However even though Marco evaded them successfully, the priests hated traveling like this and they had to drop the priests off back at Europe.

When Marco Polo returned to China, he was greeted as a royal guest and was really popular. Many people wanted to have a good relationship with him and he was treated to the best food, the best wealth and the best things in China. After a couple years in China, he decided he wanted to go back to tell his people of the amazing wealth and power of China, also because the recent Emperor is close to dying and who knows how well the next Emperor will treat him. Even though the Emperor was reluctant, he agreed but he wanted Marco to accompany the princess to another place for a arrangement/peace treaty. The trip was really dangerous and in the end, only Marco’s family survived and the princess.

So now that Marco is returning home, what will happen when he gets to Europe? Well things did not look good for him since he was going to be sent to jail. At jail, he and his “roommate” shared stories, but Marco’s story about China intrigued him. Together they made a book about Marco’s adventure to China and once they were out of jail, they sold the book and the it turned out to be a over-night bestseller.

Marco influenced many people and also made plenty of enemies. Lots of people thought he was not saying the truth because one, they simply didn’t believe it, or two, they didn’t like the idea of another empire being significantly greater than them.

Overall Marco’s adventure told us lots of information about history, especially China, and even though we don’t know too much about Marco himself, we will always remember the adventures the he went through and the great feats that he did. His last words were “I have not told half of what I saw”.