D.C.

Soon we will be off to DC on a trip to tour the memorials and sights. I am very excited because I don't have to do schoolwork (unless we have some worksheets we have to do🙄). This is my first time stopping in DC although I have driven through it before. I am so excited to get up at 5:30 and sit on a bus with a whole bunch of other middle schoolers that probably got around 6 hours of sleep.  I think that most of the memorials will be nice to see in person, because it gives a deeper perspective of when you just seem them in person.

rise against hunger thoughts

I think that it's very cool that rise against hunger is actually taking a stand against hunger and not just complaining about it.  I also think that it is quite interesting that they take volunteers to pack and such. It was quite fun doing work with my friends and packing meals. I think that it is a worthy cause. I hope that rise against hunger continues to do what they are doing

wow what great benefits

Lately, my grade has been combining different subjects. I find this to be (most of the time) unecessary and with no benefits for the most part.  Although there are exceptions, such as using mathematics in science, most of the time the subjects should stick to themselves because that's what the teacher specializes in and if you are graded for a different subject than the one you're in, than the grade doesn't properly reflect how good or bad you are in that subject.  Things that may be related should be mentioned, but you shouldn't spend a science unit on a history subject unless you're only looking at the science of it. And if you are having a joint project, than the project should be graded separately, not as a single grade that they share.  Say I write a paper for any subject, the punctuation and spelling should affect your english grade while your research and point prove the other subject. Some may say that being graded on punctuation will prepare you for what they do in college, but that's what my english class is for.

PARACHUTE

This is sketched out design of our parachute:

This is a picture of the finished product:

Basically, the design of the parachute was just attaching three garbage bags to the passenger (a dinosaur named frances john) through fishing line. We dropped the air resistance module (ARM) from a balcony and continued to watch frances drop to the ground. He didn't die because I cleverly covered him in tape padding. Although we probably could have done better, I am proud of our baby and the way she performed.

Hey man, what's the Neal?

Neil Gorsuch was Mr. President Trump's Supreme court nominee. After researching into Gorsuch's views and beliefs, I find that he is a strong textualist, which I think is an amazing thing, because the constitution is what made this country great, why not look back to it? He also disbelieves in euphemism, which I can get behind, because if no one insults anyone or uses any "not so good words" then everyone'll be a pansy. I think that if you don't agree with Trump's pick, then you should find something good about him. There's always something good for someone about someone.

mars introduction

“It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say it’s more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States.” says Brad Sherman, a United States representative. I agree that  while an intriguing idea, the costs associated with the colonization of Mars far outweigh the benefits for our species as a whole.

Best Invention

My father thought that either penicillin or lightbulbs were the most important inventions contributing to our modern society. He thought that lightbulbs were quite important because they increased our efficiency after or before exponentially and let us have longer days.  Penicillin gave us the ability to overcome what now seems like minimal diseases and eventually eradicate multiple of them. Overall, both of these things were revolutionary developments that increased our population and working time. These type of developments are the ones that truly let us progress as a whole.