Future Job

            In my opinion twelve year olds are to young to choose their future jobs. As you get older you change your decisions  on what you would like to be when you grow up. Such as when I was five years old I wanted to be an artist, but now i would like to be a Pediatrician. My chooses on what I would like to be have changed numerous times, since I was five years old. So if you chose want you want your profession to be at a young age you just might end up deciding this is not what you want to actually be.

           There are many ways how twelve year old in our society tracked into their future careers. One way is by what celebrities are or do. To many kids celebrities are their role models due to their amount of fame and publicity. Such as becoming a football player, a singer, a baseball player, an actor, a author etc. Also some role models of kids are their parents, or family members, in my case my mother is my role model. Kids look up to their parents or family member because of all the things they do for them. My even because of how successful they have become on behalf of their job or profession.

          If I had to choose my profession right now I would like to be a pediatrician for so many reasons. First of all my mother was a social worker for children and now owns a daycare/preschool. She has been always dedicated  to helping young children and I have always look up to her for that. Now I want to do the same thing when I grow up. I also love how cute small children are! Everyone wants to be something different when they grow up, but when the time comes to choose your profession you might not choose want you want to be right now.

A Perfect World

           Imagine living in a perfect world seems inpossilbe huh? But what would it be like. Everyone has their own "definition" of a perfect world here's mine...

          In my perfect world there would be a lot of different aspects compared to our world but some aspects would be the same. In this perfect world there would be world peace and there would be no war anymore. Everyone would be treated eqaully and there would be no racism. Also in this perfect world there would be no crime and if so that person would be banned from this world because that will mean they are imperfect. There would be no pollution in this world because the people do not want to harm their perfect world. In each country they will have a democracy.

          One day in this perfect world would be amazing. Everyone would be nice to you and treat you fairly no matter what race, gender, or religion. In this world the money would be back up by copper a cheap findable reasorce. In this perfect world everyone would want to live in it.

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.

    

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.

Maximum Ride: Short Summary

Maximum is a mutant teenager, living with six other mutant friends Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel or called the flock, they are 98% human and 2% avian. They live in a house once owned by Jeb Batchelder before he disappeared. Jeb was like a parent to them, he stole them from The School, a place were the flock was experimented on. One day a bunch of Erasers, they work for The School, break into their house, beat them up, and kidnap Angel the youngest member of the flock. They think the Erasers took her to The School. Max decides herself, Fang, and Nudge will go and find Angel while the others will stay just incase she finds her way home.

The three of them, Max, Fang, and Nudge get separated when Max helps a girl named Ella and is forced to stay with her and her mom due to a injure. Eventually they all find each other including Iggy and Gasman because Erasers invaded their house. Then they end up getting kidnaped by Erasers and taken to The School where they find Angel, and Jeb surprisingly. They all break out of The School and hide in a forest. Angel tells them about a institute in New York that has all there records of their birth, and parents. The Flock fly to New York. Where Max hears a voice in her head that some what helps them find the institute. When they do the print out all their information, but on their way out Max accidently kills Ari the son of Jeb and an Eraser. Jeb is heartbroken and tells her she killed her own brother, Max does pays attention to what he says. At the end The Flock finds all their information about them except Max. She tries to be happy for them and decides to find everyone’s parents.

 

 

Persuasive Letter

Dear Mom,
     You’re the only mom I will every have and I love you. As your only child and only daughter there are a lot of things you do for me and I don’t always take the time to say thank-you but I'm doing it now. Sometimes it may seem like I don’t appreciate you, but those are probably the times I actually appreciate you the most, like when you discipline me. I’m always appreciating you, you helped me through the good and the bad. Even though you did so many great things for me with nothing in return but a simply thank you, there is this one last thing, I really want to get a hair cut.

     I know you have some objections which is, why I would like to address them. Some of them I do agree with, like you don’t want a stranger cutting my hair, but don’t forget that my Aunt Maria is an excellent beautician and she could cut my hair. Most likely it would not cost a lot, maybe even none at all. I know it might end up looking ugly or not the way I expected it to be, but it’s okay I could just keep it in a ponytail or a bun no one would know the difference. I probably would just be happy I got it cut. Also another idea is that my Aunt Maria can cut two inches at a time then so we can picture what my hair will look like. You say it looks nice the way it is, I know it does there’s nothing wrong with my hair. However doing certain things such as putting my hair in a ponytail, or straightening it can be challenging with long but also thick hair. Most of all it’s my hair and don’t you want me to be comfortable on how my hair looks?
     I hope this letter cleared up all of your concerns on this topic, and even make you start to question your decision. Thank you for taking the time for reading this letter.


                                                           Love You Always,
                                                                            Christina Cartisano

My Pet Peve

 Exploding Soda Cans

Why is it more and more often I’m finding that every time I buy then open a can of soda it explodes?
             

               Every once in a while your friend or family member will shake your soda can and when you open it the can explodes. But now people are actually shaking cans of soda in the store. I don’t understand how people find this funny. When the person opens the can of soda you aren’t even there to see them open it. And I bet if that were to happen to them it wouldn’t  be so funny anymore. Maybe soda cans are not reliable to open and drink now and days.
             One spring afternoon my dad and I walk to the corner store known as 7-11. It was one of those super hot summer days, so we thought it be a great idea to buy a soda to cool our self down especially since the central air conditioning was not working right . It probably wasn’t the best idea because soda actually dehydrates you but we weren’t thinking about that at the time. As we walked in, we eventually went our separate ways, I looked around, while he bought a lottery ticket. Once I was near the drinks aisle I waited there for him. As I was standing there I noticed two teenage boys shaking a bunch of soda cans. When my father walked over beside me I pointed to them.
                    He said “Don’t point, you do not want to start trouble”.
              I nodded and didn’t say a word and we ended up buying ice tea, Also before we left I stuck my tongue at them( I was about 5 years old at the time) when my dad wasn’t looking. Well at least we didn’t do home empty handed.

The Mess
                Now lets say you bought a soda, and as you opened it , the can exploded. There goes already half the soda ,and your wallet and you didn’t even take a sip of it yet. When it explodes it gets everywhere, on the ceiling, the walls, the counter top,the floor, oh! and don’t forget your hands. You have to hurry up and clean the mess before it gets too sticky, which everyone knows it’s a hassle.

A Solution?
                Maybe if soda companies made the cans bigger and kept the same amount of soda in it, not all of it would rush to the top. But I doubt them actually doing that. Companies like Coke or Pepsi's don’t care what happens after they buy the can, and they do not want to spend money making it easier for you. You could have bought a can of soda not drink it and throw it at a person’s head, as long as you BOUGHT the soda they don’t really mind.

Stop Buying It
              The best way not to deal with “The Mess” do not buy soda, and you just might make yourself a little more healthier than the day before!

Was Christ Really Born On December 25?

The baby is Jesus

I'm a Catholic, and a lot of people think Jesus was born on December, 25. Actually no one knows exactly when his birthday was, because no one documented. In this time birthdays weren't important . The only thing people know is what season he was born in because the bible states, it was harvest time so he was born in the fall. So then who decided to celebrate his birthday. When the Romans began believing in Christianity they decided his birthday would be close to the Winter solstice,  which was very important to them, so they pick December 25. Now you know the real story on Christmas!

Labels, Dosing Directions on Kids Meds Called Confusing

     A new study by American Medical Association, has shown that labels and instructions on over-the-counter medicine for kids is confusing which makes it hard for parents to give their chidern the right dose. More than half of adults make mictakes giving kids medicine. 

    Researchers checked 200 over-the-counter medications. About 1/4 of the medications did not have a mearsuring device. However the ones that did had a 99% of some kind of mismatch with the dosing directions on the bottle, and with the dose markings on the measuring device. For example the dosing directions state teaspoons, but the measuring device it doses only in millimeters.

    " It's very confusing and it makes it hard for parent to correctly dose the medicine for their childern," says study author Dr. H. Shonna Yin, " We think this is really an issue of patients safety and needs to be urgently addressed."

     In the meantime if you are confused about dosing call your docter.     

                  

For more information go to :http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/30/confusing-labels-dosing-devices-on-kids-meds-called-a-safety-issue/

The Last Book in The Universe

                                                 The Last Book of The Universe
 In English class we just finished a book called The Last Book of The Universe. Here's a summary about  the book. A kid named Spaz who was once in foster care is apart of a gang ran by Billy Bizmo, a latch boss. One day when Spaz went to go rip off(to steal) a gummy (an elderly person) but the gummy, which is Ryter, was expecting him. So Spaz took his things except for his books. Eventually he went back to Ryter's home to take his books, they end up talking and Spaz gets distracted. While Spaz was in his Crypt's a runner was waiting there for him to tell Spaz a message. The message was his foster sister, Bean, was she is very sick and she wants to see you. So him and Ryter team up to go to Bean's latch since Billy won't help them. Ryter and Spaz go though the Pipe to reach Bean's latch, half way through they notice Little Face, the that lead Spaz to Ryter's home, was following them. On there way, they meet a proov girl named Lanaya who was about to be eaten but Ryter saved her. Lanaya decided to help them, she drives them to the latch Bean lives in but sadly The latch queen, a very cruel queen with many harsh nicknames, stops them. What going to happen next? Are they going to reach Bean and save her or are they going to be cut red before they get a chance? If you really want to find out but The Last Book in The Universe and read it!
    I would recommend this to any one who likes fantasy or fiction because many of the things that go on during the book are things that will never ever happen but are interesting to read about, it's more of a use of imagination. My opinion on the book is it's a very interesting book. As you read more and more you never want to let go, you just want to keep reading until you can't read anymore. Sometimes it's hard for me to connect to the book because I'm an only child, but I would do anything to save a family member. Overall I had a great time reading this book, and hopefully you too!

Partriots Pen Essay

Does Patriotism Still Matter?
This is a question many people ask, but does it truly still concern people. To me patriotism still matters. Without it our country wouldn’t be the same it is today.
        The definition of patriotism is devoted love and support, and defense of one’s country. When you think about patriotism, you probably think of the people who serve in the army, but that’s not the only way to show love or support for your country. It doesn’t even have to be that huge, something as small as saying I’m proud to be an American. Before you can show patriotism, you need to know the difference between right and wrong. For example nine-eleven those people were not showing patriotism, all they were showing was hate, which leads to nothing but pain.
One huge part of patriotism is defending your country, like the men and women who serve in one of the branches of the armed forces (army, air force, and the marines). Most of them have family and friends at home but they still fight why? They don’t know us, but they care about our country so much they are willing to do anything to defend it. They’re showing their devoted love for this nation every time they wake up and fight for freedom from other countries and citizens rights. I know to them patriotism still matters. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be out their fighting, risking their own lives for people like me and you.
To really answer this question, you need to think about our country without patriotism. First of all we probably wouldn’t have as many rights as we do now. The congress would be passing laws that the people wouldn’t be comfortable with because of the circumstances. But worst of all our freedom would be gone. Some other country would rule us and change our ways. Depending on the country, they may take away the right to choose your religion. My religion is very important to me I would be heart struck if I knew I could not practice what I believe in. Some countries don’t treat women with the same respect like men get. Now and day’s women are as hard working, and tough as men. That’s not America and I hope it never is.
Now, what do you think, does patriotism still matter? Before you answer this question think about what our   country is without it.

  

Mile Stone- Event

                              Party time

      My mom and dad always took me to my grandmother’s house on Christmas. I loved visiting her especially since I don’t do it often. My whole family would be there, so I got to see practically see all my aunts, uncles, cousins etc. But as she got older she decided to move to Florida. That year the party was going to be at my house.

     I woke up extremely early on Christmas to open my gifts from "Santa".

By that time my grandmother was already at my house preparing a large meal for the family. The smell of aroma coming from the kitchen was to die for. My grandmother loved to cook and I loved to help her. Usually when I use to visit her she was finish preparing a meal. I spent some time helping her, but then I had to get ready. I took a quick shower, I was 6 years of age so my mom put my hair in a pony tail, and I put on this pretty dress, but of course it was itchy. After I was finished get ready, my mom started to.

    It took a very long time for the first person to show up, which was my aunt and my cousins who are living in Connecticut, surprising because most of my family lives in New Jersey. Eventually everyone did show up. We all had a really good time, eating my grandmothers food, the adults having conversations, my cousins and I playing with my toys. Actually I wouldn’t mind reliving that day.

Claire's

 If you never heard of Claire's it is actually one of my favorite stores. I usually go to Claire's on weekends so i don't have to worry about homework. Claire's sells a wide variety of items which are mostly accessories. They also provide free ear piercing as long as you buy a Claire's starter kit, it includes special ear piercing earrings, and an ear care solution. Some accessories they sell are make-up, jewelry, scarfs or gloves, purses, hair supplies, etc. However Claire's also sells other items such as school supplies, Cd's, key chains, posters, etc. Claire's has  so much to offer maybe next time you should stop by and check it out.
      
There website is  http://www.claires.com/                 

Prank Call

       
  The weather was ideal for a sleep over. It was warm with a cool breeze. Actually, it was a quite normal spring day. The birds flying back from the south, trees being pulled side to side like they were playing tug-of-war, big white puffy, cottony clouds, the ones that have different shapes that are meant to be picked out. A few seconds later I flung into the passenger seat, of my father’s old Ford Expedition. As I walked in the aroma always would delight me, I never knew the name of that car air freshener but I liked it anyway. My dad, the slowest person ever, put the key in and turn it as if he was going in slow motion. The car slowly started up then he stepped on the gas and we were on our way. If I knew what was going to happen that night I would have stayed home.
       My friends, Sweta and Kayla, and I were just sitting on the floor with nothing better to do except lay down on our backs. Well, we did come up with a hilarious idea. I aimed my eye at my cell phone and snatched it. I searched through my contacts, which are filled with friends and family members. Then I spotted the perfect person to prank call. I asked " Should I call her?", to my friends.
They replied " Well yeah!"
     I thought my phone was set to hide my number but apparently thinking just is not enough. So I pressed the green button , the phone started to ring. My friends became two laughing hyenas, giggling uncontrollably. I had to take extreme action so I yelled at them to shut up! Everything went silent, like a person in a awkward situation, someone answered the phone and it definitely wasn’t my friend. It was her mom, who is really nice! I started to get nervous I did not know what to say.
           So I just blurted out “ May I speak to your daughter?”
          She replied, “ Who is it?”
         “ Her friend “Lisa” from school”
        “ Okay wait on minute”
 My friend finally reached the phone, I prank called her saying, (in a weird voice), I’m her friend “Lisa” and l know her , etc. All of a sudden I felt this tug, it was my friend, Kayla, she wanted to say something. But I just pulled back too , and of course we accidentally hung up on her. She was suppose to be reassured it was just a prank call. We just stared at my cell phone. Then it started to ring I looked at my phone, she called us back. We were so surprised, it almost knocked our socks off.  Kayla answered and put it on speaker, my friend’s mom started to yell at us saying it was wrong to prank call her, and she could have called the police. I cherished that woman for not telling my parents.We apologized and promised it wouldn’t happen again. I totally learned a lesson be careful who you prank call and make sure your cell phone is set to hide your number.

               
                            

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Mliestone- Place

                            Home Sweet Home     
    There's a town called Edison in the state of New Jersey. You can also find one in California but I moved to the one in New Jersey. Edison is a small town that not many people heard about, actually if you were to look at it in a map it looks like a donut because another town lies in the middle of it. Anyway Edison is a great town to live in.     I use to live in Roselle before I moved to Edison, we lived in a small one bed room house. My parents wanted to move to a bigger house for more space. I was about five years old when I saw my house for the first time. My heart was pounding as the crack on the window blew air in my face, we were headed to the "new house."
    My parents and I opened this weird green door to go inside. To my surprise the first floor was quite dull, white walls, simply colored carpet and tile. The second floor was just like the first. Then we walked up to the third floor, the first room we saw was the bathroom. When I walked on in giggles burst out of my mouth, everything was blue, of all color these people chose blue. Next I we went in my sone to be bed room. It was amazing , the walls were lavender with a pretty carpet. It was different from the rest of the house I just loved it!
      As days went by, we got our furniture, from the moving company. My room was perfect, so I invited some friends over, from kindergarten. We were just playing then I tripped the heel of my shoe hit the wall. I was fine but the wall wasn’t so lucky, there was a mark on it. It took the shape of a C, shocking right? I never told my parents about this so I wouldn’t get in trouble. Now if I were to ever move again I would have something left behind. It was a beige eye blinking house with bright luscious green grass, and colorful flowers. Of course there had to be a green ugly fence that would whistle every time you try to open it. The backyard was huge compared to the one I had, better yet it had an old deck.

Mile Stone- Interest

                               A Junie B. Jones Favorite

      I loved reading Junie B. Jones books almost as much as my first cell phone. It all started when my first grade teacher, Mrs. Burns read Junie B. Jones books to the class, I just loved the way she would refer to things. I liked those books so much I decided to go to my school’s library and take some Junie B. Jones books. Many days after school I would spend hours just reading those books. Well, until my parents yelled at me "start your homework!".

    Constantly I would beg her to buy Junie B. Jones. One day she came home with a ton of books in her hand, I was so exhilarated I would finally have l own Junie B. Jones books. That day I went outside and lied down in my patio furniture, I could feel the breeze run through my hair, so strong I had to hold a tight grip on my book. I got so comfortable to point where you never want to get back up. I spent hours out there, while my mom peered out the window every few minutes. I liked going outside to read, I liked the sounds that I heard, I liked the thing that I saw, I liked the things that I could smell (well most of the time). It was one of those few places that took my mind off things, especially since I was reading at the same time. Eventuality, my eyes started to burn from all the reading I grabbed my things and went back inside. Even though I don’t read those books as often as I use to, if I find time I still like to read them.

MileStone- Person

My Grandfather Victor
     

     My grandfather Victor was the youngest out of all his siblings. Every once in a while my mind would go in a blaze then why was he the first to drift away in the sunlight, he was so healthy. He would never do anything that would sabotage his health, like smoking. My grandfather did everything a grandfather did even though I was his step-granddaughter. You could tell he still loved me no matter what. Sadly, he didn’t get a chance to see me or my cousins grow up. He had a heart-attack and didn’t make it.

     When I was about six years old, he would read me bible stories since he was a Christian. One of my most cherished bible stories was David and Goliath. Could you imagine David, a little shepherd boy with a sling shot and a pebble would challenge a giant soldier like Goliath? Not even other grown men would dare to challenge Goliath. With just a blow to the head Goliath sank to the ground. It would amaze me how much courage he had. I remember I would sit on his lap and beg him to read it again he would chuckle and read it again. The thing I want my grandfather to know is , not a day that goes by that I don’t miss him.

Mile Stone- Object

 First Cell Phone



(picture of my first cell phone)



When I was in second grade, my father bought me my first cell phone. It was just a simple flip open, plain a pre paid cell phone, but it didn’t matter I loved it anyway. In class I was the only person who had a cell phone so this made me feel mature for my age.At first all I knew is that I could call friends and family who lived in different towns or states. As days went by I learned more and more about it, like I could play games, use it as a calculator. I kept learning more until there was nothing left to know. It was like one day I knew nothing and the next day I knew everything. I especially knew that I would never let anything happen to it. This little cell phone really taught me how to respect and be responsible towards the thing I own. It also made me want to that to my parents so I tried to be more independent. I started to do things for myself (unless I really needed my parents). It was like I could never believe that one small, simple, pre paid cell phone could change someone, but somehow it did.

Special Blog Post: American Flag

The American flag represents who we are and what we stand for. The first national American flag was sewed by Betsy Ross.  Then in July 14, 1777 the continental congress adopted it as the national flag. There are 13 stripes to represent the first 13 colonies ,and 51 stars to represent the 51 states. White stands for purity ,and innocence,  while blue stands for vigilance, perseverance ,and justice. Last, but not least red stands for hardness , valor and courage. Every American should respect our flag.

A Full House Favorite

One of my favorite t.v shows is Full House, I stared watching this show when I was about 7 years old. Full House is funny, cute and each show always has a good moral. Another thing I like about this show is my favorite character which of course is Michelle. She was the youngest out of three sisters, Stephanie, and DJ. When the show first started she was only a baby so she was so adorable and sometimes had this funny look in face, like what is going on? She was fair skinned, blond hair, with blue eyes so bright it could blind someone. As she got older ( when she learned how to talk) she use to say " You got it dude!", I used to giggle every time she said that phrase. Who's your favorite character and why?