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During my break I had a very eventful weekend. My parents went to the University of Alabama to visit my brother. Here is some information on the college. I had my best friend Crystal stay with me the whole weekend. It was her birthday and we did a lot of memorable things such as a Hoboken dinner and a party with all of our friends. We went to Maxwell Brenner for dessert. We decided to go to the one at the Garden State Mall instead of the city. I got a fondue and my friend got a strawberry crepe. Here is a video of the dessert I chose. This was an awesome day.

During the break I also went to a cheer leading camp. I learned a lot of new skills and tactics to tumble. The camp was in Pennsylvania and I went with all my closest team mates. I was really proud of myself. We advanced as individuals which will help us as a whole. The camp was pretty long but I had fun.  The football game at the field on Saturday was also very fun. Although we lost, it was a great game. I had a fun weekend.

Tech Article 10/23

Keys, cash, passports: Six everyday objects that are about disappear

Check it out here

• Karim Rashid says the future will include digital tattoos, LCD bodysuits, and electromagnetic furniture'
• How to replace the now with the future:

1. Keys and money- fingerprints
2. Bottled water- Bobble Bottled water, helps recycling
3.  Passports and eyeglasses- voice chips and digital chips
4. Parking meters- lease everything
5. Buttons and Pockets- one piece jumpsuits
6. Furniture- electromagnetic furniture

Tech Article 10/15

Etsy, Look Out.. Here Comes Amazon Handmade! Check it out here.

• Amazon Handmade has a strong resemblance to etsy.
• Etsy took a hit and went down 14% in stock
• Ebay went down as well with a 6% hit in stock
• Amazon Handmade sells from 60 countries
• Sells 80,000 products
• 30% are personalized

Tech 10-9

‘But Dials’ Straining 911 Emergency Systems

Check out the article here.

• Google did a survey that a large percentage of 911 calls in San Francisco were accidental
• 30% were butt dials
• Places a strain on the people who have to call the people back
• The people often do not answer afterwards
• Survey shows it has taken about fourteen minutes to frantically get a response while not knowing if it was accidental or not
• They consider this the "pain part" of their day
• This increased the risk of actual 911 callers

Tech Article 10/2

Why Your Cat Needs An Ipad

Find the reference here:Cat Article 

By: Samantha Cinelli & Joshua Paez

• The company Friskies began developing digital cat games since 2011

• These include Jitterbug, Cat Fishing, and Pull n' Play

• Can be downloaded off Itunes, and have approximately 200,000 downloads per week

• It temps cats to chase targets on the screen

• The cats will play these games and their curiosity and imagination will grow

• Games have more than 2.7 million downloads

• Youtube shows videos of the cats playing with their Ipad

• Cat fishing is a good app, with fish running across the screen

• Jitterbug has bad reviews

• Other companies now want to start games like this for dogs

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One teacher that I have this year is Ms. Green. She teaches English IV, and so far I really like her. In the beginning of the school year I thought she did not like me. The first day I got my phone taken away, and then was reprimanded for having Starbucks on my desk. After class I was given my phone back and she said she understood because it was the first day. I know Ms. Green likes me because the only day she preached to the class that I was "perfect." I love cute, old people and she is really cute. Her website is on the high school website, http://www.wood-ridgeschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 shown here.


I have expected to learn about grammar and some SAT things, but we actually have been doing a lot of poetry and literary terms. I figured we would stop with literary terms because we have done them since 6th grade, but that was not the case. This is a video of some of the terms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps5hT9AsK8I. I was also expecting to not get a lot of work, but so far we have done a lot. I thought it would be American English, but it is British English. The text is sometimes hard to understand because it was during the Saxon Anglo time period, but sometimes it can be interesting and easy. Here is a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc2MQh_GwkQ video of a figure of literature that Ms. Green has told us about.


The grading policy is a lot more strict than I expected. Last year, Ms. Hunter graded harsh, so I was prepared, but not expecting it. For example, for a simple writing do-now almost everyone got an 85. I was very surprised, and I hope I maintain a good grade in her class. We have not talked about projects or class trips yet, but im assuming that talk will come. Defiantly a slim chance of class trips, but projects will most likely be a big part. So far I really like Ms. Green's English IV class.
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