Category: Fifth

I wonder…

What would happen if humans disappeared from the earth? Would it be good or bad? Will everything die or survive? Well, after nuclear power plant toxins are released, it will basically kill everything and then the survivors will have no food and die out. Eventually, the Earth will turn barren because the atoms of buildings will break apart and no atoms will not get decomposed.

Exit Polling

Exit polling was fun because we got to talk to people and learn who they voted for. We made a prediction based on who we voted for. Our predictions in the neiborhood were correct but not exact. We got the democrats correct, but we got almost everything correct for republicans. The one inacurate thing was that we only had numbers from one neiborhood and one neiborhood is not the whole state.

Where is Away?

Well, there is no such place as away.

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In the away picture, there is barely a thing.  There is only a rusty house, not a person, not a single one. You might ask, Why is there no away? The answer is that atoms break apart and will never be destroyed. Only a supernova can destroy an atom, not you. Atoms break apart and their remnants are everywhere. Away is a myth, just a myth. The Mythical land is a landfill right? The garbage will stay there and decompose. No, the garbage atoms will break apart and float into the air. Away is not a landfill. Away does not exist.

Making My Tomb Painting

The process of making my tomb painting was to make a rough draft, draw it on  bigger piece of paper, put sharpie on the lines you drew, then watercolor the picture. The easiest part for me was to watercolor the picture. The most challenging part for me was to use the watercolors. The watercolors usually went into places that I didn’t want them to go. The water, for example, blue went into black because the colors were to watery.

Cybersecurity, an Argument Between Apple and the FBI

When 2 terrorists came in to california and killed plenty of people, one of them was arrested by the FBI and they want apple to make a skeleton key for all iphones. Apple wants the security of their customers personal information, so they said no. Because if there is a skeleton key, what will stop terrorists from using it? What if it gets into the wrong hands?Even apple cannot hack their own iphones because of their secure servers. Apple also does not know the passcode for the phone. If I get the skeleton key, I could erase 1000000 iphones, and say give me 20$ for your Iphones if you want them. Other companies that make phones like google or samsung are siding with apple because if the FBI gets a skeleton key from apple, they might ask for a skeleton key from them too. I side with apple because i don’t want the FBI getting my personal information.

But another thing the FBI wants is for apple to break only into this terrorists iphone. This is something apple doesn’t want to do because it might be a precedent. A precedent is when some one does something, and then people think they will do it again. So then afterwards, the FBI says this person looks suspicious, apple break into his phone for me, the FBI will be expecting apple to do the same thing. Then a bunch of other people do the same and it will put apple under tough circumstances. Other companies are also siding with apple in this to.  I also think precedents are bad like this, so I side with apple.

Book Partner Reflection

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

My partner and I read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Our partnership was fun because we read the book together and discussed it well. This book is really sad and really hard on their family. The n word is used a lot.

Docent Talk Reflection

My topic was : Canopic Jars. My experience giving my docent talk at The Brooklyn Museum was a good experience . I felt good because everyone in the group was listening to me. We started at the part closest to the back and worked our way forward. My topic was the one farthest back and I got to go first.

Gun violence control

Gun Violence is when you use a gun to hurt somebody. Some people have justification to carry guns, like army men or police. Also, it would be okay if security guards like Boris had guns. It is justified because they need to protect themselves and others.  But I see no good reason for me or my family to use guns. If anyone but the people who I mentioned above had guns, a lot of things could go wrong. For example, people could sell it to a terrorist. Or they could lose the gun and little kids could find it, play with it, and by mistake kill themselves or others. Also, if you have a weapon you will most likely use it to solve problems with violence instead of words( that is what my mom said). additionally, statistics show that Americans commit suicide because of depression and easy access to guns.

I think we need to identify the people who have guns and only give certain people permission to carry guns. I think we need to make firearm laws like in countries such as Israel. I give Israel as an example because they have strict laws for firearms even though one would assume that because of the constant war and terror people would carry guns. The restrictions are that you need to be mentally healthy, be at a certain age, take a course, give a reason, be a resident for at least 3 consecutive years, and pass a criminal background check. I believe that if rules like this or stricter rules were in the U.S., I would feel better about people who carry guns. Maybe gun violence would decrease if that happened. So overall, I would argue that we need to make better laws about guns that make it harder to get a gun, and that guns will be in the hands of the right people.