How to survive Disneyland

Imagine you see little kids dressed up in their disney costumes. Long lines every where for a ride that last only two minutes. Also a beautiful princess castle that lights up at night. Don't forget it's called the "Happiest place on Earth".

Eat out of the park!
First thing you should do is eat because their food doesn't taste that "magical"  and not to mention pricey. For exaple a slice of pizza and water bottle ten dollars. Anyways there's different fastfood places by there like Mcdonalds.

You don't have to dress for sucess.
Second wear the right clothes some girls act like their going to meet their dream men so they wear skirts and dresses. So a good thing to do is not wear skirts or dresses because you could get wet on some rides.

Roll with a group
Third you should bring a group friend to keep you company because sometimes there could be long lines.Sometimes it could be awkward if you only bring one friend. So I  suggest  bringing 10-15 friends to make things more magical.

 Extra money
Fourth most of the time people go once a year so bringing extra money would be smart. For things like mickey ears, jackets,lollipops,and more.

Pictures last longer
 Lastly take pictures because you might want to remember your times at Disneyland. It's also good to take pictures to show further generations.

Just follow my rules and you'll have the time of your life.

Photo by: Open threads

Group projects

I have no strong opinion group projects. They are helpful and hurtful in in great groups and horrible groups.

The worst group to be in is with your friends because they will probably talk all the time until the last minute and put all the stress on you. the good thing about being with your friends is that you get to talk while the smartest one in the group does all the work.

Group projects are good because they keep you social with other people besides your friends. they also are not swell because the people you most likely want to work with are people you never talked to ever.

Overall the group projects depends on the group's attitude and the effort. Group projects can be either.

Foreign Music.

Lately i've been listening to various Latin, Scandinavian, and Bluegrass types of music, and thought it'd be cool to share. These kinds of music consist of various fiddles, flutes, and variations of everything usable to make a grand symphony of Latin beats, hearty Scandinavian vocals, or methodic Bluegrass fiddle. To me, they're much better than today's repetitive and common found music, you know, the kind found on radios?

It seems Europe has a much more advanced cultural music system, and the fact that they're able to be so diverse with their musical tastes baffles me, it's as if conformism doesn't exist within music there! Not to mention the amount of past influence on their music, it's almost as if you're stepping into another time.

Perhaps the most mystical to me is the Latin music, it's absolutely the most dream-walking music i've ever heard, the foreign vocals make me want to memorize them, which I do believe I have, and the...you'll just have to hear it for yourself.

Warning: Slightly NSFW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKF3ps4nH2o&feature=related

The second type, and as said most hearty is the more 'viking' related music i've been listening to, this one consists of a hard guitar background and Norwegian-Dutch vocals telling the story of Vulgaris Magistralis, a historical Viking character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOLeLX0Q9U

And the third I was talking about, is a more Irish-feeling Bluegrass consisting of a talented fiddle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYGUL71cyK4

Whether you like them or not, you can notice the culture in each one of these songs, the past seems to directly effect everything now-a-days, just like the U.S being a completely diverse country, yet we cannot seem to solve the reason why we have the same common and repetitive, non-cultural music. Is it because we're so diverse? You would think that'd make us have diverse music.

P.S Hi.

Alone is The Way

I hate the library. I always get yelled at and I can never find my way around. And it seems like every time I have a group assignment at school, I end up having to work at the library for hours to finish the project in time. I think that group work is just a headache. In general, group work is bad, but there are some cases where group work is good. But overall, it’s BAD!

            Your ideas help you know what kind of person you are, and how can you express your artistry and your ideas when the person you are working with is a little crazy in the brain and has insane, bad ideas. When I first hear about an assignment, I picture what mine is going to look in my head. And even though the finishing piece isn’t exactly he same, it’s pretty close. But how can you get close that amazing image in your head if your partner is being GODZILLA and destroying your image? It is hard to mesh two things together, and that’s exactly what group work does. It makes you mesh two things together that aren’t meant to be combined.

            Aside from the badness of the final assignment, group work causes a lot of stress. Yes group work can relieve stress because you have someone to leave on when you are confused or need help, but it also can put stress on you because people slacking of and making it harder for you to do your job.

            People take group work for granted. They think of it as a way to get out of doing all the work on their own assignment, but they leave you with all the work. Group work can be good though. It can give you some extra help, and give you someone to count on, but it can also leave you the person who is being walked all over, the person that gets stuck doing all the work. Don’t be that person. Just say no to group work.

Be Independent.

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Ahh, group work. Several individuals coming together to create a common goal of success. Wrong! Teachers think it's the best invention next to the ruler, but in truth, it's the worst next to silence. Honestly, group work is the worst idea ever. I really don't like it at all. It just let's it be okay for people to copy off the smarter, more educated kids. Plus, group work is just another way for teachers to take a break and not have to teach you for a good 30 minutes or so.

At first, when a teacher announces group work, it could go wrong in two ways. The first way is when you don't get to pick your own group and it's assigned already. Usually, people you don't fraternize with or don't mingle with will be your partners. That's never fun. A second way it could go wrong is if you do get to pick your own group, but you get absolutely nothing done because your group won't participate, resulting in a last minute finish. That's never good. Group work is just a sad excuse for class and if I got to choose, I'd just work by myself.

There is always at least one person who actually tries and does work in groups, and that person is usually me. I don't know if there is someone else in a group I've ever worked with who went, "Wow, I'm the only one working in this group!", because it's probably inaccurate. Lately, ever since I've been placed in advanced classes, I've discovered that a lot of these kids in my classes actually do their work and not rely on me. In 6th grade, where you aren't in a class based on grades, but where you're all jumbled up, we had group reading circles. Worst idea ever. We get to choose what book we read, so usually you and your friends try to get the same book. In reading circles, we read a few chapter of a book daily and wrote what we read about. Everyone read (or said they did), but nobody wanted to write the sentences! They'd just sit back and make someone else do it, and everyday it was usually me and this other person.

Looking back, I realize I now hate that book we read in our little book clubs all because of that little experience I had reading it. I don't usually loathe a book, but that one was an exception, and I don't even remember the title. Group work is a torture device inflicted on children. I really hope that the future generation doesn't have to have group work because overall, I think solo work doesn't give kids a chance to cheat, thus making them smarter. Also, I think if they don't have to rely on team member's end of the project, they can learn skills to become more independent.

Waste of my Time

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Group projects in my opinion are a waste of time. Studies say that when people work in groups they get more agitated. So they mess around and procrastinate, and most likely they don't do the best to their potential. The idea of group projects is to combine the strengths of few and make an amazing project. But if people in the group mess around and never accomplish anything, then what is the point of having group projects. It is just a waste of time; I would rather work by myself.

The thing that makes me tick is when your group plans to work on the project. Planning for a day to work on it is stressful and can lead to fighting. Some people might pick one day and the other person might pick another day. If you work alone you could work on the project any day you want, instead of wasting time in a group.

Another thing is when you work with your friends. When friends work they get more excited, because group projects are different from the everyday independent studies. No offense to my friends but when we work together we end up laughing at something (like at a certain book). When we keep laughing and having fun we end up procrastinating and waiting for the last day to do the project. It is better to work by yourself, at least then you will get more work done.

Another thing that bugs me is how a group of intelligent people work together and end up working at a much slower pace. I believe the source of this is fighting among minds. Less intelligent people do not care that much about the project, so they just go with the first idea. Smarter people actually care about their grade so they debate on which is the better idea. It would be more efficient for the more intellectual people to work alone. 

As you can see working in group projects can lead to fighting among friends, working at slower paces, and planning issues. It would be better off to work by yourself, it is much more sufficient.

Don't lower the drinking age.

 The age to drink is 21 if we lower it more deaths and higher death rates will occur in our country. Many times people commit suicide because they don't like them selfs.Alcohol makes you fat, especially since there still teens if the drinking age is lowered they would hate themselves more and they would kill them selfs.

 If it is lowered the 18 year old people who just learned how to drive start to drink. If new divers are drunk driving there is going to be deaths by car crash. I am not saying that the more experienced drivers wont get in a crash if there drunk but the new drivers are more likely to.

People say there gonna do it anyway so lower it. Well if we lower it the younger audiences at 16 will do the same thing that the 18 year old are doing so that plan fails.

The drinking age is a law and people trying to change it and I don't see why. the age to drink is fine by me but that is just me a Junior High student who has been "brainwashed" about a lot of things so take it from this person Here and then you'll see.