This Summer

This past week I mailed in my application to a program called MS². MS² is a math and science program in Andover, Massachusetts. This program provides educational benefits for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors for six weeks during the summer. I’m hoping that I get accepted into this program, because I want to improve in mathematics and science.

If I don’t get accepted I won’t be too mad, because I know that I tried my best getting into the program. If I don’t get accepted I will try to become a Junior Counselor again at my neighborhood's local park district. It was fun working with little kids and other Junior Counselor’s, but I want to try something else this summer. I know that I am not, and my parents won’t let me sit in the house the entire summer. Most likely I will apply to another educational program during the summer, like Colligate Scholars.

The home-schooled boy

A 13-year-old boy named Ryan Morgan might have gotten expelled from school after bring charged with gun-possession. Ryan heard a rumor about a gun being in the boys-restroom. Unfortunately, Ryan found the gun but didn’t turn it in right away. Ryan showed the gun to his friends then turned it in into the assistant principal. Luckily Ryan was only forced to be home-schooled and not expelled.

The boy who brought the gun to school was expelled. I know that Ryan didn’t turn in the gun
or get an adult immediately, but he probably wasn’t conscious of what he was doing. I know for a fact that when something amazing/dangerous comes along and you’re unprepared you don’t know what to do. He was probably excited and scared that he had a gun.

I glad that Ryan didn’t get expelled, but he made a bad decision by picking up the gun. I would have suspended the boy for carrying the gun. If I found a gun at his age I would have been scared. However, I know that I would not have touched the gun, because I would have never known what that gun was used for. The gun could have been used to kill someone.

Radio

The radio was talking to the boy

The radio measured four by six inches

The radio was talking to the boy

The numbers changed in a blink of an eye

The radio was talking to the boy

The boy loved the radio

The radio was talking to the boy

He went everywhere with the shining, black metallic radio

The radio was talking to the boy

One day another boy saw the radio and he didn’t like the radio

The radio was talking to the boy

The next day the radio was broken

The radio was talking to the boy, in his mind

Moon

Great thing to look at

Moving around and around

Dances around Earth

Wolf howls at it at nighttime

See it’s beauty at nighttime

Water

See water flowing

Water moving like traffic

Tasteless but helpful

Birds

Soaring up higher

Flapping their wings in the air

Beating eyes that stare

Trees

Limbs that are reaching

Reaching towards the heavens

Then they start falling

Night

Darkness is everywhere
Sleeping is everywhere
Darkness is everywhere
Like babies animals cry
Darkness is everywhere
People start shutting their eyes
Darkness is everywhere
Like eyes the moon shines

Thanksgiving fiasco

At 2:00 a.m. November 23, 2006 a man named Lance Johnson broke into his neighbor's house after hearing a noisy child. Then he broke into Tasha Cooks’ apartment and took Tasha hostage. At 1:00 a.m. on Friday, November 24, 2006 Johnson shot and killed Tasha Cooks, then he committed suicide. Johnson suffered from mental illness and was emotionally unstable. That is probably why he did what he did.

I would like to give my condolences to both families. This was an unfortunate accident. I think that Johnson should not have been in an apartment building all alone. People should have known that he had some mental problems. He should have been supervised by another person. If that was not possible then Mr. Johnson’ doctors should have put him in a place that could take care of him.

Apocalypto

An ancient civilization known as the Mayan civilization was in control of Meso America between 300-1600 AD. The Mayans were great architects who built elegant temples. They built temples to perform human sacrifices to offer to the Gods. In addition, the Mayans were great warriors. They dominated almost all of Meso-America until something mysteriously wiped out the entire civilization.

A new movie, Apocalypto, directed by Mel Gibson is about the Mayan civilization. The setting takes place around the downfall of the nation. During this time the Mayan king claims the key to prosperity is to start increasing the number of human sacrifices. A man named, Jaguar Paw is selected to be sacrificed, however Jaguar Paw has no intention of being captured. Jaguar Paw ends up trying to out run the Mayan warriors so that he won’t be sacrificed.

I am going to see this movie the weekend that it comes out. I love everything regarding the Mayans, Aztecs, or Incas. I would like to know more about the Mayans. Hopefully the story is somewhat relevant to what actually happened to the Mayans. After A.P. US History I would like to take A.P. World History so that I can learn more about the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas.