GooberGirl

Should...

2006-05-16T14:23:00.000-07:00

Should American citizans learn to speak a second language?

I think that they don't have to learn English if they don't want to. I also think they shouldn't be forced to do something hey don't want to do. But being able to speak multiple languages is a very helpful thing.

Art Festival

2006-05-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

Last Friday our class went to the Samoan Arts Festival at the FAA building near SPA. We danced in front of our parents and friends and made some money in the process. Our fellow schoolmates and teachers also danced.

We learned how to dance with the help of the preschool teacher, Ms. Leti. We fad dance practice every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, which was pretty hard at first because we also had to work with the middle school on the International Fair. On the last week before the Art Fest., we had to practise everyday, which got kind of boring, to tell you the truth.

The reason we had the Art Fest. was to have fun and to show people about the Samoan Culture. And maybe to make some money too.

My favorite part of the Art Fest. was going up and dancing , watching the other classes dance, and strangling Quinn because he called me an idiot.

Finish

Coral Reefs

2006-05-09T14:49:00.000-07:00

Here are three things I find interesting about coral reefs in American Samoa:

1. There are some 70 square kilometers of coral reefs in American Samoa.

2. Local reefs have been seriously overfished and there are very few large fish left in the water.

3. There have been increases in coral bleaching and mortality. Some areas have been heavily impacted by coral diseases, which are usually rare.

Secret of the Andes

2006-05-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

As you can see, I just got done answering some questions about chromosones and stuff.

I am now reading Secret of the Andes in my reading group. I'm like, 2 chapters behind Meredith and Teresa. At first it was pretty boring, then it started getting a little interesting.

Summary:

Cusi, a modern descendent of the ancient Incas, leaves his home in the Andes mountains to learn about his ancestors. Accompanied by his pet llama, Misti, Cusi discovers the truth about his people's history, and then must find a way to prove himself worthy of their noble legacy. Winner of the 1953 Newbery Medal.

Questions and Answers

2006-05-04T14:19:00.000-07:00

What is a karyotype? An image of all the chromosomes, matched into pairs and lined up from biggest to smallest, so you can make sure they are all there, and there are no extras.

What do scientists use karyotypes for? To see if a person has all the right chromosomes

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have? 23

Both males and females have two sex chromosomes. Using the letters X and Y, describe the sex chromosomes of

Males: XY

Females: XX

What do you think would happen if a person was born missing a chromosome or with too many chromosomes? That person would have some sort of disability.

Genetics

2006-05-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

I just finished working on this worksheet on genetics in the computer lab. Some weird stuff science is...

Very short post...

International Fair

2006-04-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

Tonight's the International Fair and I am so freaked out. Me and Ariele are bringing Filipino foods. She is bringing Pansit and I am bringing rice cake. Pansit is a type of Filipino noodle thing that has vegitables, and some meat in it. Rice cake has rice in it and this coconut thing on top. I know what both of them taste like, and they taste great.

Here's a picture of Pansit. I couldn't find one of rice cake, but whatever.

SATs and OLSATs

2006-04-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

I just finished taking my OLSAT (Otis-Lennon Student Ability Test) and it was pretty easy. I thought it was going to be a lot harder than the SAT but no. It was kinda like those brain ticklers on Tickle.com.

I think I did pretty well on my SAT. I was really long and got boring sometimes but I managed to get through. We had to do them on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and then our OLSAT today, which is Friday.

I'm ALMOST done with my Julie of the Wolves brochure, all I need to do is finish typing down my thoughts, and how it is related to my life.

Smell ya,

Aleah

Volcanoes

2006-04-11T14:17:00.000-07:00

Now we are studying about volcanoes and how islands were formed.

We are also looking up stuff about different countries for the International Fair. Each of us have to pick a country and we have to make a booth on the country. We are in groups so I'm relieved. Phew... There are 6 people in the Asia group, the group that I'm in. We have Dean, Dylan, Ariele, Lela, Teresa and I in the Asia group. We chose to have to have 3 people do Taiwan/China and 3 people do the Philippines. Dylan, Teresa, and Lela are doing Taiwan/China and Dean, Ariele, and I are doing the Philippines.

I found this cool site that lets you see volcano eruptions... sorta... Click HERE.

Gotta blast!

Finished

2006-04-08T19:50:00.000-07:00

I have now finished reading Julie of the Wolves. I thought it was a pretty good book, with a weird ending that is. I liked the book because it was full of adventure and friendship. I think in my next post I will write a book report on it, because that's one of the reasons Mr. Hatcher made us all start these blogs.

When my group (more like "Quinn's Group", since he's group leader) is finished reading Julie of the Wolves we have to make a brochure with three pages. The first page will have some of the names the characters in the book and a short description of them, the second will include a summary of the book, and the third will includ your personal thoughts on the book.

Teresa and Kim are already done with their brochure on Pippi in the South Sea. So I think I will go take a look at it on Moday, since today is Saturday, ya know.

Smell ya

Jello the Wolf...

2006-04-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

I'm still working on my cell PowerPoint project ad think I need about 4 or 5 more slides.

Hmmm.... Quinn just left me a comment. It was really short. Why do I always get the really short boring ones? Ah well, I'll just leave it.

I'm now on page 125 in Julie of the Wolves and Jello (that cute wolf down there) was killed by Amaroq because he left the pack and became an outcast, so then, Amaroq tore him to shreds.

Let me show you:

Before...

AAANNNDDD....

After...

Mmmm... Looks yummy huh? Nah, just joking... yuck.

It's almost recess and I think I'm going wrap up this post.

Smell ya

Stuff

2006-04-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Right now we are doing some stuff about cells and genetics. I am looking at some information about cells and am making a PowerPoint about cells. I also have to do a report on the Ukulele.

Our class is in the computer lab right now and we are looking up information about cells, ukuleles, and posting and commenting on each others blogs.

I have read up to page 90 in Julie of the Wolves. Now, the book is talking about Miyax when she was younger. The wolves have left Miyax and then she remembers when her mom dies and the feeling of lonelyness. Armand and I were ahead of the group before 'cause we reading 30 pages when we were only supposed to read 15. Now, I think all of us are on the same page.

Adios

Dancing

2006-04-01T18:18:00.000-08:00

Well, on Friday the preschool teacher, Ms. Leti was teaching the girls how to dance so that we will be able to put on a good show at the art festival in April. Ms. Leti's brother -I don't know his name- was teaching the boys how to dance. None of that weird ballroom dancing, though. Phew... All though, Quinn is envious of those ballroom dancers... wonder why...

Oh well, I still need to read 15 more pages in Julie of the wolves then I'll be on page 90.

Smell ya later

Today

2006-03-30T13:16:00.000-08:00

Last night I read up to page 30 in my book Julie of the Wolves. Miyax gets accepted into the wolf pack and stuff, and I don't really remember what happened. It's pretty interesting, though. She tries to act like a wolf and she does pretty well at it.

Last night before bed I tried to do a math lesson, but then I got too sleepy... Hmm... I finally found out what Miyax's full name is... thanks to the internet. It's Julie Edwards Miyax Kapugen, weird...

I can't believe I'm a couple of lessons behind in math...

-GooberGirl

Julie of the Wolves

2006-03-28T13:59:00.000-08:00

Right now I am reading a book called "Julie of the Wolves". I have only read 14 and a 1/2 pages so I don't know much about it yet. The only thing I know about it is that it's about a girl, named Julie, who ran away from her husband (and she's only THIRTEEN! Only thirteen and already married...)

It is by one of my favorite authors, Jean Craighead George. She also wrote 'My Side of the Mountain', 'On the Far Side of the Mountain' and 'Frightful's Mountain'.

Not much to say so...

Julie of the Wolves

First Post

2006-03-28T13:38:00.000-08:00

Hello,

My name is Aleah, you might know me as "goofygoober101". I am the owner of the blog called "I Don't Wanna Grow Up". Right now I am at school doing another blog. Everyone in the class is doing a blog for a project.

We have an assignment to read a book and post all sorts of different stuff about that book. Like, what happened? or what do you like about it? and all sorts of stuff like that.

*sigh* I hate first posts...

-goobergirl