Saturday, March 26, 2011

Special Blog Post

For school we had to respond to a video clip from the movie The Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith in it.
       In this video a father (Will Smith) is playing basketball with his son. His son is doing a good job but the father was never a really good player so he tells his son that he shouldn't seek a future with basketball be cause HE was below average so his son shouldn't waste time playing too much basketball. Afterwards his son gets discouraged so the father tells him don't let anybody tell you- you can't do something, always go after your dream and keep it alive. What this boys father said afterwards was really inspirational, if you ever had a dream don't let people tell you that you have no chance of pursuing that dream. Always go after it and maybe someday that dream will come true.
       I think this video relates to school today because many kids crush other peoples dreams without even realizing it, maybe even teachers might do that too. To stop this make sure you think before you say something that might crush someones dreams in life, even if you are just joking arounfd it can still affect that person forever. Especially teachers, many students look up to you as a role model so if you don't think they can do it, then they will believe it's true.
    

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Maximum Ride: About the Author

I have just read a book not to long ago called Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment. It is a really good book and I would recommended it to people who love books that have a lot of action. Well is is a short biography  about the author.
In 1985 James Patterson retired and completely devoted his time to writing instead. In the past 33 years he has wrote 71 novels, including the Maximum Ride series. He was picked by teens across America as the Children’s Choice Book Awards Author of the Year in 2010. He is the internationally best selling author of the Maximum Ride novels, and also including his other novels such as the Witch & Wizard series, Med Head, and many more. James Patterson books has sold more 250 million copies worldwide. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.