Internet and Kids

Internet. If I didn't have the internet I would bored as can be. Internet is the connection to the world. But has internet now lose some of his purpose and now there are more cons than pros. You can say Internet is a good thing for society but there are lots of bad things about it too. I personally think that the internet is the fall to my grades. If there was no internet I would be so much smarter. However, internet is a tool.

I think that these past few years where I have been expose to the computer and internet more frequently my grades were dropping. When I was little I used to use to the internet for researching purposes and now I mainly go on to check social networking sites. I think that the use of internet back then and now has changed.

Little kids are affected by this too. When they go online and check websites or play games, they are exposed to violent content. Sites such as Youtube may contain curse words and violent acts. These things influence the children making the kids seem like its okay to say those things. I have noticed that some kids are getting more and more stuck up. They have lack of manners and they are cursing a lot more than when we were their ages.

For an example I have a friend who is around 8 or so and he already knows all of the curse words and he says them whenever he feels like it. I didn't even know ANY of the curse words until I got to middle school. He has a lot of internet influence too. He watches things on Youtube and acts some of it out because he thinks it is "cool". So I was at his house and he was doing something really bad that he thought was "cool" and I said that it wasn't cool. In the blink of an eye he stopped doing this. Its mostly the internet fault that he gets bad influence from and most of it are from teens who are actually really bad. So he is following what everyone else is doing. Internet is practically brainwashing kids. Well not internet itself but the content it contains.

While I am sort of on the subject of kids. I want to add in the fact that most middle schoolers are making bad decisions because of friends. I think that if one kid thinks that a certain thing is "cool" other people will join. Another example is one of my friends. Please note that this friend is the older brother to the one 8 year old one which I was talking about moments ago. My friend is 13 and in middle school. He is about to attend Alameda High so he came to me for advice about taking which class. He is a rather smart student and always getting good grades. He asked he if u could take all these easy classes. I was confused because I know he could have done better and his response was "Oh, my friend said these classes are easy up on the top." So apparently all of his friends are taking the same classes just so they can be together. The chances are of getting the same class with them is really really slim. So just you wait Mr.Sutherland. You might have a lot of cocky students in your class.

Another thing that I thought was REALLY weird was freshmens talking to seniors as if they were equal. I mean like they are equal but some freshmens think they are really good. So of the kids don't have as much respect for older people anymore. It is something I can't really explain.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night - Time Part One

Dear Lit-Circle Member which is only Linde,

"the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" is one of strangest books I have ever read. The story tells about a little boy named Christopher John Francis Boone. He discovers one day that someone killed his neighbor's dog. He is a rather clever and observant. I thought that story had a interesting plot to it because it was more of a detective based story line. What I thought was weird about this book was the fact that the chapters are all prime numbers. I don't yet if it has anything to do with the story line but I think it is some what important because Christopher memorized all the prime numbers.

Christopher's personality is very strange because he is the innocent type where we usually always follows directions if not he would bend the rules a bit to his liking. Christopher is trying to find the murder of his neighbor's dog and this might also tie in with the fact that his mom died. Christopher is also going around asking people and his current suspect is Mr.Shears. Mr.Shears is his suspect because he was married to Mrs.Shears at one point and to make her made he might have killed Wellington, her dog. For some reason Christopher's dad seems to be always mad when Christopher tries to uncover the secret. I think that there is a relationship between him and Mrs.Shears and possibly Mr.Shear because he used to be married to her.

Something I really didn't like about this book was how it was formatted. Every other chapter it goes back into the story line but if it is not on the story line it talks about Christopher's personality and his Mom. I think that there will be a part where the author, Mark Haddon, will tie the two stories together.
So what do you think about the two stories? Do you think they will come together?

Manga and Anime

Manga is a type of book read from right to left. It was originally created from the Japanese. It is usually for young readers that want to read a long series. Manga in Japan is equivalent to Comics is America except for the fact that manga is much more popular. I have been reading manga since I was a child. Some of my favorite manga series is Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. All these mangas have been up and updated for 3 years already! I have been caught up with it and they release new chapters every Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Naruto is a story about ninjas and how there are different countries. They also do different types of techniques and stuff like that. One Piece is about pirates and how they want to acquire treasures and become the strongest pirate ever. Bleach is a story about Death Gods and how they save Earth from Hallows.

Manga is also a very good source of money making because it not only made into a book. It is also created into and anime. Anime is also very popular in Japan. Many of the popular mangas gets turned into anime. Anime is sort of like cartoons but it has a Japanese art style in it.

Mangas and Anime has been very appeal towards other countries too. For an example Pokemon was originated from Japan. Look how popular that show got. In fact it is still going and it made so much money from cards, movies, TV, and games. Pokemon was actually called Pocket Monsters. Anyways, shows like that makes Hundreds if not millions of dollars. Although many people still don't know about it ans still call it comic or cartoon it has impact my life a lot and had much influence towards me.

Deciding A Fate Momoir Project

A time where I had to choose in what I believed in was when I went to Church. When I was little I went to Church every Saturday and Sunday. This made me very Christian. However, what really changed and disturbed my mind was the fact that my parents weren’t Christian. I didn’t know why but my parents were Buddhist and they want their sons to be Christians. If you really think about it, it is very strange. When I was in Church we would pray before we eat but when I am having dinner with my family I didn’t. Going to Church was great but in my mind I couldn’t decide whether I was a Buddhist or a Christian. This all happened when I was a child, about five years ago. I went to Church until I was around eight.

Now in those three years going to Church impacted me a lot. I know definitely that I was a Christian at that time. But the reason for me quitting Church was because I had moved to Alameda. Going to Church on Sundays and Saturday was nearly impossible. So I quit for about 4 years or so until I got to 7^th grade. I started going again because it wasn’t really Church but it was. It was a youth group. I went on Friday nights. I saw the same people there when I was little. Not going to Church really changes you. The way I thought was completely different from others. Their personalities were much calmer and I really that. So then I went to the youth group for about a year, everyday on Friday nights. Occasionally there were parties and all those good stuff.

After those two years, I quit again when I got into High School. I stopped going because of all the school work. It really makes me wonder if I am still a Christian and what would have happened if I had stayed in Church my whole life. It also makes me wonder why I went to Church in the first place. My parents aren’t Christians. I really think that if I had stayed I would have become much different from what I am now. I probably would not have sworn all the time. I would have become less violent. On top of that I would know what belief I really am. Lately I have been stuck between in Christianity and Buddhism. They all mean the same thing. Like respect and honoring people. I really think I am Christian but I haven’t absorbed enough to be a full Christian.

I only believe in Christianity so far until the point where I start contradicting myself. What is real religion? Things like theory and evolution just makes me stand in the middle. I can’t decide on anything. For an example, I have an Asian family and my parents believe in praying the sky and all the gods. In fact when they pray to their god so do I. Chinese New Year is coming up and a lot of ritual should be preformed. I don’t know the real meaning but I still do it. This is same for all religion. You do some type of ritual whether it is praying or giving blessing. You can always ask why? Why must we do a certain thing? Why must we follow what other people are doing?

Another thing that really bothers me is when people say they are a full type of a religion when deep down inside they might not know anything about it. I know for sure that I am not Christian and Buddhist. So what am I? I think that people like me should actually think twice and reconsider what you believe in and what you don’t. Also reconsider what you use to believe in and what you don’t. Reconsider what you are force to believe in. And most importantly reconsider what you really are.

My Four Weekend

My weekend kicked off with a movie at my friend's house. There was about seven people and we had a crazy time. That was the only thing I did that day. I also had a lot of homework to do. Chinese New Year was on Sunday. My family and I went out for tea. My dad said we have to drink tea and eat dim sum on the first day of Chinese New Year. I also get lots of Red Envelopes.

Chinese New Years also comes with lots of cleaning. So I had to clean every spot in the house. Chinese New Years is practically the equivalent of Spring Cleaning. So cleaning every inch of the house was really tiring. Chinese New Year also has lots of other traditions such as giving praise to religion and all the Gods. I don't know why I do it but my parent said it's for luck.

Praying is something I really don't really get. We have to pray at certain days of certain times and use specify things to pray with. In the of praying we also have to burn stuff for the dead. I really don't see why we have to but I was just told to do these things since I was little and so were my parents. My parents also believe in Fong-Sway. Which is Wind-Water. It is basically super sedition. All of that includes things like not washing you hair on Chinese New Years because it will wash away your luck. And sweeping the floor because of sweeping away your luck. There are more than hundreds of things and I have basically follow all those "rules".

Ready Set Go

Track season just started this Monday. I can't wait until I start running. I couldn't run on Monday because I didn't turn in all my forms. I got all my forms done and all I need to do it turn it all in. There's also a new policy where we have to pay a lot more for track this year. There are also new track uniforms so I am really looking forward to it. One thing that has been really disturbing me is the freshmens. All the freshmens this year seem to act very differently. What I think is that they are really full of them selves. Some of the freshmens don't really know what respect is and they all brag about how they are so good.

For an example, there is this one freshmen in my French class that said that he is faster than me. When in reality I'm actually faster. The thing is he won't stop bragging about how good he when he isn't. It sort of annoys me. Another REALLY annoying thing is when people say that they can do track. This is a very big one. Practically everyone said that they can do track and track is easy. People that are in basketball, football, and more says that its easy. It is as if we are looked down upon. People think that track is a easy sport. It really annoys me because not everyone can run track. Well everyone can because the coach doesn't cut.

Not everyone is talented in running and people just say that track is a weak sport. So anyways. Track season is about to start and I really hope all the freshmens that don't care about track and think that it is a easy sport would leave. Because that generally happens every year. When the season starts and we are two weeks into it all of the people that think that way will quit. Only the people that want to work hard will stay for the real challenge.

My Day February 4, 2010

Today was really tiring. I really dislike math. Where’s that dislike button? Anyways stuff are just getting harder and harder. I mean the class is great and all but I think it's a bit to hard. I’m going to do my best and just try to pass the class and go into regular Calculus. God knows what grade I will get. Anyways. Our P.E. wasn’t suppose to go bowling today because our teacher wasn’t there but then we went anyways because of the substitute. It was actually really boring and I didn’t feel like bowling today.

I finally got my physical done. All that is left is turning it in. I went to track today. There are only five or so Freshmens there. I can’t wait until track season starts. So juiced cause France and Andrew are joining. But it is going to also suck with out Alvin and Laura. Not to mention all the Seniors from last year. I only saw one Freshmen that was some what fast. I think he is faster than me actually. It's nice to have fast people on the team. Now if only we had a better field. Today I saw this guy doing track conditioning and I swear to God his hair looked exactly like Inoue Joe. Inoue Joe is a famous Japanese singer. I’m not lying. Oh yeah this one Freshmen kinda mad me mad because she stopped doing the drills and stuff just to talk to other people. Sigh.

Anyways after track. Me, France, Ricky, Shuan, Alvin, Andrew, Johnson, and Ian played some basketball. I got really sore afterward. Oh and Raymond joined in a while later. So that’s pretty much it.

I need to start focusing like crazy. My grades are dropping so much…At least that’s what I think. Do you ever get that feeling where you are failing? But in reality you have like a "B" or something. When you think about it, it isn’t that bad. Anyways I know for sure I’m not getting math. I should study more. Like without the computer on or something. Tomorrow I’m going to "TRY" and not go on. Fighting!