Is Money Really Everything?

                    Money is something no one can live without. We have all used it before and it is why we have the things we do today. Imagine how far a little piece of paper or metal has gotten in thousands of years. Dollar, pound, rupee, euro, these are all different types of money used in different countries.We use dollars, England uses pounds, India uses rupees, and most of Europe uses euros. They all hold one purpose, and that is to buy our necessities.

                    What if money was never used? That the person who discovered it never came up with it. Everything would be for free and for no values. People wouldn't have to worry about being rich or poor because we would all be in the same class. Each thing would have the same value as the next.
                    Which world would you rather live in. One with money or one without? A world in which everything has a different value or a world in which everything would have the same value?                           

Great and Poor Teachers

                    Today in English we watched four videos. One of them was about what great and poor teachers do differently. Great teachers enhance your learning and make you want to think every morning, 'What am I going to learn today?'. Poor teachers just write on the board and just tell you to write the notes down, therefore thinking that the notes will explain everything and the teacher doesn't have to explain anything. We all have teachers like I said in both of these examples.  

                     Great teachers explain everything to you until it's in your head and you understand it. They'll do anything they can to make sure that you know what goes on during lessons. It's their job to teach. They take it as a gift, not a sorrow. They want you to be the best you can.

                      Poor teachers are the opposite. They don't care what goes in your brain, they are just their to do their jobs. That is to write down notes on the board, let you copy it, and get paid. It might even seem that they are the reason that some students get poor grades.

                      Now you see the difference between these teachers. We have them both. Whether we like them or not. All of them has their own way of teahing.

                     

Chores, Chores, Chores

                    Chores, the dreaded word that most kids aren't very fond of. We all have to do them. There's no doubt about it. Here's my question though. Why do most kids prefer not to do them? Is it because it takes to much time? To kids, they feel like they have much better things to do than help around the house all day. Not for me. I for one, love to do my chores.
                    Chores are fun to me. I don't know why kids are complaining about it , when all you have to do is, do it. Washing the dishes, cleaning the room, making my bed, helping with dinner, vacuuming the floor, I love to do them all. It takes up my time when I'm bored or have nothing to do. Helping my parents feels good. It takes work off their shoulders after a hard day.
                     Parents feel relieved when their kids help them. Doing one simple deed can make their day easier. Don't you love seeing the smile on their face, after you're done and you can't help but smiling too? It's a simple task, and you can learn to love it. After all, you will be mastering these chores when you're older, and you have no choice but to do them. This is just our training.
                      So learn to do them and soon love them. This is just the beginning before we get to do harder tasks. It's not even a chore when we are used to doing it. It becomes a part of our daily routine. Not just something our parents ask us to do. Chores, chores, chores, do them, love them, be good at them.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

                   Percy Jackson and the Olympians are my favorite series. It consists of five books about a boy, Percy Jackson, and his life as a demigod. The books mix with fiction and Greek mythology. Percy is the son of Poseidon, the sea god and one of the three main gods(Zeus and Hades) are the other two. All demigods or half-bloods have to go to Camp Half-Blood every summer to be safe and train to fight monsters. There, they realize that Percy is the one of the Great Prophecy and when he turns sixteen he has to make a decision that either saves the world or ends it. Now I am going to give a brief summary of all five books so you know more about them.

The Lightning Thief:

Percy finds out he is the son of Poseidon and goes to Camp Half-Blood for the first time. He goes on his first quest with his new friends, Grover a satyr and Annabeth a daughter of Athena, to find Zeus's master lightning bolt. After fighting many monsters the team finds the lightning bolt and returns it to Zeus on Olympus(sixhundreth floor of the Empire State Building) and Percy finally gets to meet his father.

Sea of Monsters:

Percy has a new cabin mate in the Poseidon cabin, his half brother Tyson who is a cyclops. Thalia's tree(a daughter of Zeus was turned into a tree and protects the camp's borders)is dying and the only way to save it is to retrieve the golden fleece. Another quest is given and Percy, Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Clarisse(daughter of Ares) go to accomplish it. They get the golden fleece and the magic was so strong that Thalia came back alive herself.

The Titan's Curse:

The three friends are on a mission to get Bianca and Nico di Angelo to Camp Half-Blood. Then Annabeth and Artemis go missing. Percy, Thalia, Zoe(a hunter of Artemis), Bianca, and Grover go find the monster Artemis went searching for. They find the monster Bianca and Zoe get killed(Bianca because of a monster, Zoe was killed by her father, a Titan). Annabeth is found and Zoe becomes a new constellation.

Battle of the Labyrinth:

During a camp battle Annabeth and Percy find an entrance to the Labyrinth. Luke could use this maze to get past camp borders and destroy it. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson try to find Ariadne's string and Daedalus(creator of the Labyrinth) before Luke, they don't. At the end they find that Kronos is taking over Lukes body and in a matter of months will be able to destroy Olympus.The Last Olympian:

As Percy's sixteenth birthday is coming up, the camp is getting ready to find Kronos's army. The gods are busy fighting Typhon, an enormus monster. They fight many monsters during the war and defeat Kronos with Luke also getting killed. With all of their accomplishments they get great prizes, and Olympus is saved.

                  Now you know why I love the series so much. It is filled with action, suspense, and interesting facts about Greek gods. I recommend for many of you to read this series and I know you'll love it as much as I do. Books are a treasure, don't ignore it.