Ode of paper

My paper, he is so strong
You can write on him for so long
If you push down hard
he will stay as still as lard

He will not yell
and won't even tell
My paper is so strong
I wrote on him for so long

I wrote a story
It was very gory
I wrote everything where it belonged
But he still just laughed along

No matter how hard or long you write
He will never fight
If you leave him blank
he will make you walk the plank

His bed
Is some pencil lead
My paper is so long
and I've used him for so long

Paper, you're worth many euros
because you are a hero
He is so strong
and I've loved him for so long

Nature the Base Of Everything

Nature is the base of everything. We are nature and so are all the plants and animals. Even buildings have a base of nature because asphalt and concrete come from natural things with man made types of things. Every thing is made of nature from the sandy beaches of California with the cold rolling blue waves, to the icy mountains of mammoth mountain sky resort, to the unforgiving heat of the sun in Death Valley, finally to the unmatched cold of Antarctica where many forgotten animals live. There is one thing in common though, they are all real nature. Nature is my "restore point" and these are the things I remember best about all these places.

The Beach- The cool water enveloped me in the 100 degree weather. The cold water felt good on my burning body. I waded in slowly with my friends watching me at our Junior Lifeguards camp. I went in and waited for "the wave" that I could body surf. I dunked my head quickly in the water for it was the only part of my body exposed to the sun and it started getting hot. It cooled down in the salty water's of Port Hueneme beach. I surfaced     to hear someone of our Junior Lifeguard members screaming. I tried to catch it and I did, or so I thought. I looked down and realized that I was on top of the wave. I looked down to see the wave crashing down as if it were suicide bombing. I went down towards the shore and fell. I fell into a pot hole where water surrounded me. All my directions were wrong and I opened my eyes into the murky water. I felt the sting of the water in my eyes and also as I tried to inhale. I reached the bottom and pushed off the sand and shot out of the water just to be hit by another wave. I reached the shore because the wave carried me. I hopped onto the sand my eyes burning, my mouth salty, and my nose stinging. I reached the sand to hear my friends laughing but all I could do was fall on the burning sand. I landed and yelped in surprise. The sand was burning hot and I jumped up and sat under the shade of the canopy. My friends saw the whole thing and laughed and I laughed along  with them. Ironically this is one of the memories I distinctly remember.

 Newport Beach California, its beautiful, some of my best memories were made on the Californian Beaches

A sea Anemone at Leo Carrilo Beach Tide Pools the first Tide Pool I've been to

The Tide Pools- The creatures swim through the pools, small ones at that but still animals. We were on the rocks hopping from rocks to rock and every so often a wave would hit a rock and splash us. Creatures such as crabs, starfish, sea anemone, and sea urchin lurked under the rocks that we used as stepping stones. Mussels clung onto the rocks and anemone would try to eat our fingers if we stuck our finger into one of them. Urchins looked scary so none of dared to touch one of them. Every so often when the wave came in a small fish would appear in the tide pools. It was cool because we were able to see a anemone eat a small fish, It just swallowed it whole. We were also able to see a starfish move and eventually grab a mussel open it and then eat it. I found this really cool because its the natural cycle and this has really influenced me and started my career in my love for life sciences. I have always loved nature but I was able to see aquatic life and it has made me love nature even more. Therefore this is why I have added   the tide pools as one of my favorite places because it has given me a passion in life science and I hope I can be a life scientist when I grow up. 

Mammoth Mountain's Ski Slopes

Mammoth Mountain-  I have had many great experience in Mammoth but last years was the best because I was starting to get a hang of snowboarding. I was able to take jumps and sometimes carve. What also made this experience great was that it was thanksgiving and that we were with my dad's friends and we did many side activities. We got to go snowboarding a lot and I improved and had fun, but we also had a house right next to the slopes. Along with that we brought the XBOX so we were able to play video games with the older people and we all enjoyed ourselves while playing. Along with that we were able to go out and do things. We went around the town buying stuff with the money that one of the moms gave us($100 U.S.). First we ate sandwiches, at a famous store, then we drank coffee, after that we ate donuts, next we went to a snowboard shop and looked  at snowboards and goggles. After that we went to an art gallery because we thought they had an arcade. But instead there was a chocolate store where we bought some really expensive chocolates. It might be that this was my most current trip up to Mammoth, but I greatly enjoyed the trip because snowboarding and we also did many fun things there.

The Artist Hills one of my favorite place in Death Valley

Artist Hills- Death Valley, luckily we were there in the winter. The desert was beautiful because of the long stretches of land and no mankind. It was the perfect temperature because it was winter and it was great because my whole family was there.  One of my favorite was the Artist Hills because of its mountains of sand. The  colorful mountains were tall enough to be climbed with some energy but not lots. We would climb up and slide down or run, and fall. It was all sand though so we were able to fall and "die". The sandy hills looked like they kept going on forever. Suddenly I felt a tap on my back and a your it as I was climbing up a hill. I looked back to see my brother laughing and I fell on my back and slid down. I stood up and ran after my brother and desperately tried to tag him. My other brothers were talking at the top of another hill and I sneaked up and tagged them. Soon enough a huge game of tag erupted. We ran until we were exhausted then climbed up a extra big hill of purple and climbed up a big rock and sat down and rested.
We ran back to our parents when they called us and we looked down at our shoes to see multi-colored shoes. Thanks artists.

The Salt Flats of Badwater Basin

Badwater Basin- Another location in Death Valley, our first stop.  As we were driving through the vast sandy plains of Death Valley, I saw a snowy plain. I grew excited because I saw a lot of white and expected snow. I looked up to see a sea level sign and realized we were well below sea level. We arrived and I was pumped because I thought it was snow, not salt. But when we arrived I jumped into the white to feel something hard and very dirty. I saw everyone walking in it and I figured out it was salt, not snow. We walked and saw some very big chunks of salt, but it was all stuck into the ground. We picked up the small bits that were loose and threw them as far as we could. We soon got bored and when to go to the bathroom where there was a huge line. I waited for waht seemed to be ages. The bathroom was so full because it was the one bathroom for a couple of hours. When I felt like I was about to explode I was able to go and I felt better. We then headed on to our apartment and our journey started.

The Crater that I hope is a Asteroid Dent

The Crater- One of our last destinations at Death Valley. A huge crater sat at the bottom like the Grand Canyon. I looked down and was amazed. There was a walkway down to the bottom, but it was much to long. We just looked down and I felt amazed. Many scientists believed it was an asteroid. I like to believe it was an asteroid because it would be cool to know that I've seen an asteroid before. It's weird to think that a huge asteroid went through Earth's atmosphere and smashed right there and that I've been there. The thought of an asteroid is awesome. Truthfully I have always wished to see a giant asteroid and its crater that it made. I find the asteroid much more fascinating than an UFO. So I hope and pray that this amazing crater was truly an asteroid's crater.

The Arctic, beautiful during its good days

Arctic- This habitat has always been my favorite habitat. Many think the arctic as a cold, isolated, and nonintersting. The arctic may be cold, but everywhere has its bad weather(except for California) and the arctic is no exception. It has its sunny days where its no cold but not warm. Where you can go outside and just look at all the animals at work. But like all other places it has its goods days. I would like to go to the arctic for two reason: one the animals, two the ice. I once went to an ice museum and I saw many unique pieces of art. But I don't want to see man made ice; I want to see what mother nature has been able to form. I want to ice arches and ice rocks. Also I would like to see the icebergs because I've heard they are very distinct. Also the animals. The animals such as arctic foxes, bunnies, seals, narwhals, and best of all the penguins and polar bears. For my whole life the penguins and polar bears have been my favorite animal. Penguins are so fun, they love  tobogganing and do other interesting things and they are so cute. Polar bears are also huge and are muscular. But they have there fun side when they play with each other. All the other animals are cool like seals that sleep with one eye open, foxes that dive into the snow, and narwhals the unicorn of the sea. Lastly I would like to point out that you could possibly live in an igloo which is very cool. Personally an ice cave sounds like a really good idea. I've been in one and it reduces coldness. Now wouldn't YOU want to go to the arctic.

In conclusion nature has many beauties that are out there that you can see. I was only allowed to point out 7, but there are millions out there. Figure out what mother nature has created and you will respect nature. You will learn that everything is nature and that it is power. Nature has it's beauties everywhere and I hope I have ignited something in you that will make you want to look at the creations of nature. I hope your interest is sparked and that you look at nature in a different way and realize and figure out why you should respect it and love it. Thank You.

Persuasion, NO HOMEWORK!

    Dear World,
    Homework is the bane of kids. Sometimes kids like school, but homework, never. Kids complain about homework, and as a kid I hate it too., I don't like homework for three reason, more stress, it makes it hard to do extra activities, and finally it sometimes keeps you up all night.

    First of all more stress, school is stressful enough, you spend a quarter of you day working, and when you get home you have a lot of stress from you teachers and friends. The schoolwork is enough. You spend 5 hours of your day doing work and learning from the teachers lessons. You have to pay close attention so you can pass your next test. You also get a lot of stress from your friends because of jokes and comments you take seriously. You go through all the school stress and you feel free when you get home. But you get home and you realize you have homework that you have to do. You get home after many hours of work, then you think you can have fun for the rest of the day then you take out your binder and the homework is in there. You moan and complain but you are forced to do it adding to your stress tower. Stress is not good for young kids, and homework leads to stress.Stress is very unhealthy for growing teens and statistics show that 29% of 13-year-old students report spending 2 hours or more on homework daily in the U.S. Isn't that a bit much? More homework means more stress. Stress is not good for kids health, so if a=b and b=c then a=c.   So therefore homework is not good for a kids health.

      Moving on it makes kids miss extracurricular activities and prevents them to have fun with their friends.Statistics even show that kids who participated in an extra curricular activity have less stress.   More than once, kids find themselves missing their activities, such as tennis, because homework is preventing them from leaving the house because as their parents always say, academics come first. Also because academics are coming first the kids aren't able to fool around with their friends. Sometimes you have reports or essays due on Monday so you are unable to play with your friends that weekend. Also during the week, as I already pointed out, you miss out on your activities. The outcome of this could be depression and confusion. Depression because you might miss out on the activity you wait for every week. This could put a change in attitude and maybe even affect them during that week greatly effecting them. Next is confusion. If the kid really wants to do there activity they will rearrange their whole schedule confusing them because they don't know when their activities are. Therefore homework could also cause confusion and depression.

  Lastly homework's keeps you up all night because it's too hard. One of the answers to that is that teachers often have children covering material at home by themselves that they do not discuss during school time at all.  When you stay up all night it could effect the next days work and also reduces you growth. Sleeping is important for a growing kid. By affecting the next days work it could create a domino effect. It would give him/her a bad attitude towards school and maybe he would pass this attitude to his friends effecting not only him but also his friends. This could lead to bad grades in the future and could greatly hurt society Therefore homework can damage kids and society.

     In conclusion homework is bad for kids because it increases stress which is unhealthy because it leads to less sleep which hurts kids growth. Next is that kids miss out on their extracurricular activities which are proven to help kids. Therefore missing those activities could harm them because they don't get to relieve stress and because it could make them depressed. Lastly is that homework is too hard which forces kids to stay up late at night. Which could harm both their attitude and his friends attitude and it would also affect his/her growth. I have given three solid reason for why kids shouldn't have homework. I hope you consider what I have said, and you support me, thank you.

-Paul Moon

The Valley of Ghosts

 Eddie tiptoed behind the cracked door that had had its good days centuries ago. He opened a crack more and saw real darkness devour him. It was night time, a chilly night with a heavy breeze that whispered in Eddie's ears. He had just enter The Valley of Ghosts, the place no one came out alive. It was September 18, 1998 and the FBI were secretly looking for someone to enter the Valley. Eddie had not believed the stories until tonight when he had opened the wrecked door. When it creaked open he involuntarily shivered. Eddie was an above average school boy who excelled in school but had a problem with ADD and was left out of games because of his ADD and sometimes he was to smart. He loved horror books like Goosebumps by R.L. Stine.  He hated homework and always wanted to play games. He had thought that this was a great opportunity until he had opened the door and lights flickered on. A huge gust of wind blew through the the destroyed windows, and he had smelled oranges and he heard a chuckle. He then fell into darkness.

Chloe burst into the house and her backpack skidded across the floor and in her hand waved a flyer proudly flying like a flag. She was a blonde hyper girl with ADD and not many brains who was 14 years old and had almost no friends. She did not notice this because she was so busy with her horror comic books. She lived one days time away from The Valley of Ghosts and she dreamed of living at the mythological haunted mansion that was there. But soon was she to figure out that her future was inside the mansion. She had learned that another 14 year old had died there 2 years ago, and that you had to be 14 or under to enter the Valley. The FBI had started to publicly announce that they were looking for a person to enter the Valley because other countries had learned about the book in the mansion that would let any country hack into any electronic device.
"Mom, I have a flyer for you" shouted Chloe"Go away, I don't want a Bingo flyer." said Margret, Chloe's mom who worked as a blue printer and had given up on her daughter years ago.
"It's from the FBI and it allows me to go to the Valley of Ghosts" Chloe responded.
"I don't care, just go. Don't you know that im working on rebuilding the Twin Towers! You know 9/11 was only 3 weeks ago." said Margret half-listening, "but get a snack" Margret said to sound like a good mom.
But Chloe was already grabbing some crackers and in a couple seconds was out the door running all the way back to Times Square, New York.
She arrived just as the FBI were calling out for volunteers. She had heard of the program when she had come to Times Square after school to get a bag of chips. When she arrived she the only one in line and she guided to a metal door and was told to wait outside of it. She waited for what seemed to be ages when the door finally banged open and she was forced into a seat where a blinding light hit her eyes and she closed her eyes. The lamp shut off and the master light turned on and figures swam in front of her. She saw many men who were quiet for a second then exploded in random conversation. Chloe only lasted a few seconds before she here ADD kicked in and she thought what a stupid group, they aren't even coordinated and they are calling themselves the FBI.She stood up to leave, when a policeman sat her back down and a random policeman yelled, "Hoorah she's ADD." Suddenly she was buried in hugs. She was so happy that she didn't notice she was moving towards the garage and she never felt the prick in her neck, and soon she was asleep. She was placed into the car and it drove off towards The Valley with the black cloak of darkness covering it up.

I woke up in the middle of the night to hear a car leaving. I, with a sleepy feeling, didn't realize what happened. I rolled around and suddenly saw the black hills and suddenly a looming building all weathered and ruined. I felt a stinging pain on my neck and pulled out a dart. I then realized what had happened. The whole thing suddenly came to me. The FBI had tranquilized me then drove me to The Valley of Ghosts. After I realized what had happened I spazzed out and stretched because I realized I was cramped up in a car for a whole day. I stood up slowly and looked up at the dilapidated mansion. I walked in without opening the door because it was already open. I walked in and I smelled oranges and also heard snickering in the background. The lights suddenly turned on and I was surprised, but unfortunately not for long because i felt deaths hand next to my face. I woke up cold and in a bed I had never seen before. I stood up and the lights turned on. I looked out the window to see many rows of empty beds and also many ghouls outside floating in the air "guarding" the town. I waved to one just to get a icy stare in response. I saw a huge gate, that looked like the gates to Hell. The boy next to me sat up with a drowsy look in his eyes. I looked at him and he looked at me, interested. I looked at him and he responded with a quick "Eddie." I nodded in understanding and he read my mind."Your name is Chloe, yes I know, but you will never get the book it is guarded by many creatures that we don't know how to deal with. Also we have to deal with the Lich KIng." Eddie explained
"I heard that touching the book would kill all the monsters, so if we ran to the book and didn't kill anyone of them they would all die and the Lich King is a mythological monster." I responded
"Okay, I have been here for long enough, 2 years, and my life has been useless. So I will take a risk, We will go tonight to the gates of the Great Library. Make sure you pray tonight." and with this we parted.

I woke up in the middle of the night with a hand over my mouth. Naturally I bit down and I saw Eddie's face twist in pain. He let go of mouth and put a finger over his mouth. I mouthed an apology and we sprinted to the Gates. But the ghouls had beat us there and we could here monsters getting ready for battle. We went through the gates and it closed behind us. We walked down a stone pathway that floated on lava. We both looked cautiously into  lava. We were both already sweating by the time we reached the end of the pathway. It felt like all the moisture was being sucked out of my body. When we reached the end two swords and paddle lay on the ground. We picked up the swords and a blue light illuminated the stone tablet. Eddie dropped the sword and picked up the paddle, the tablet broke off from the walkway and we took one push. A fireball flew at us and exploded in front of us. It's shards scattered but some got on my cheeks. The embers scalded my cheeks and dead charred skin dangled from my cheeks. It burned but the heat affected me more. Halfway through I stopped talking because my throat was raspy. Eddie had learned his lesson and blocked fireballs with the paddle. Sometimes a fireball would get to us, but a smell of oranges would come and block the fireball. Right before we reached the end Eddie feel down in exhaustion. But the ground shook and a huge fire lizard appeared out of the lava. Lava poured off it and it stood more than 5 times our height.Spikes and lava stuck to its back suggesting  to not jump on the lizard. It's tail was swung at us and I naturally started to move my feet because of ADD and I sliced at the tail and it melted through it like it was butter. Blue blood splattered all over us and it started to sting exceptionally. I screamed in pain but a claw was swiped at me and I naturally swung and it hit a claw. The vibration traveled up both his arm and mine. I fell to the ground clutching my arm as it shook. The lizard roared in pain and spit fire all over us. The fire singed my clothes and it burned through my skin. I felt it dig into my skin then extinguish. I heard Eddie also scream. I rolled on the tablet and the lizard prepared to strike. I closed my eyes and braced for death. My eyes were kept shut but I heard a sword rip through the flesh of the lizard. I tried getting up as much as possible but I could only lift my head. I felt the blue blood splatter all over my body and again I yelled in pain. But nothing came out, my throat was to dry. I saw Eddie limping and swinging at the other arm and it came off. I heard the beast scream but saw none of it. My eyes were closed and I fainted for the pain was to much. The last thing I heard was a loud splash and I was confident that Eddie had defeated the lizard.
I woke up to feel my whole body burning and aching. Eddie had dropped me in a puddle of ice water and I drank up. I coughed for it tasted horrid, like my own blood. I spit it out and realized it would be my only source of water. I drunk my share and refreshed myself by cooling down all my burns. I then realized that Eddie was in a worse condition than me. But I couldn't see and I was starting to get really cold. We were in the land of the giant ice trolls. I then saw the looming pillars of ice and realized that Eddie had been fighting for me. I picked up my sword and walked into the ice giants territory. I saw Eddie staring up at many gigantic figures. I gasped and ran to defend Eddie who looked just as tired as me. The giants licked their lips and charged. I dragged Eddie as he fell on his knees on defeat. I ran and sliced at the giants legs.  They bellowed and screamed at me but they constantly ran into each other as they tried to grab me.  Most of them were crippled when I ran across the valley but few were able to chase me. I ran and ran but they gained. One troll reached at me but I tripped and tumbled down a mountain. I landed on a plateau and I saw beautiful scenery. I saw the trees and sun, but suddenly a metal house that seemed so out of place. I saw and realized it  was the book's house and jumped down the plateau just as the trolls came down. Me and Eddie both tumbled down and he woke up. We looked at each other and nodded. We touched the metal door and opened it. We walked in and

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During the first week of GLPS, our class watched a movie, The Princess Bride, a romantic adventure story. It is a old movie from the 1987 that is very entertaining. It shows humor and things that ordinary men wouldn't have, such as having six fingers. The movie was directed by Rob Reiner and he did a good job.
  
  Now for the summary, Princess Buttercup was a farm girl when Prince Humperdink wanted to marry her. Se didn't want to have love another time because last time her boyfriend, her true love had "died" to dread pirate Roberts. So when she was proclaimed princess, she ran away, just to be captured by Vizzini's gang, the gang who wanted  to capture her to start a war with the other country. Vizzini went to the cliffs of insanity, where the were followed by a ship, or Westley, the farm boy Buttercup had loved as a kid. After Vizzini's gang climbed the mountain the man in black, Westley, scaled the whole cliff. So Vizzini told one of his gang members, Inigo a skilled swordsman who was looking for the man with six fingers because he had killed his father. When Westley reached the top, there was an intense dual, but Westley was a little bit better and beat Inigo and kept him alive. Next he arrived at an area with many boulders. A boulder was hurled at him and he was wrestled Fezzik the Giant. Westley wins by choking Fezzik, or the actor Andre the Giant. He follows Vizzini, the last of the gang, and it dueled in a battle of wits. So Westley poisoned both drinks because he had built an immunity to the poison. After he wins he frees Buttercup and he makes fun of her. She gets mad and pushed him down a hill. Then Humperdink finds Buttercup and Westley figures out he had been getting followed. Buttercup then realizes its Westley and follows him down the hill and they go into the fire swamp.

    The fire swamp was a place with fire geysers, quick sand, and rodents of unusual size. Buttercup gets singed by a geyser, falls in quick sand, but Westley saves her both times. But when a rodent jumps onto Westley, he almost gets beat until a geyser burned the rodent. When they leave the swamp, Humperdink is there and he promises to Buttercup that Westley will be healed then returned to his ship. But Westley is actually thrown into the dungeon of despair where Count Rugen's machine was. It was a machine that to years away from the user. But Humperdink got mad because Buttercup only wants Westley and almost kills Westley by stealing 50 years. When the thief's Forest in cleared Fezzik found Inigo and they go and save Westley. After they save Westley Miracle Max saves Westley's life. They set  Fezzik on fire and invade the castle. They save Buttercup and Rugen dies to Inigo's sword. Buttercup marries and all is happy.

 I really like this movie cause its funny in a weird way. It also had good acting and parts where they seem stupid. It's great cause they make the romance easy going. The actors do a great job filling their roles, such as Andre the Giant, who played Fezzik. I find it ironic that the movie is a book inside a movie making it feel like you can't freak out because it is a book.

   I have learned three lessons: One is that bad leadership is the doom for many, that true love never ends, and that determination can turn bad things around, and with enough determination you can beat the most unlikely of foes. Overall it's a great movie and i greatly enjoyed it.
 

  

         In class today I will be writing about three goals for the 30 day I'm here at GLPS.  Goals are achievements that you want to finish. Matt Cutts was a computer scientists and didn't like his life, so he thought of doing the 30 days of goals challenge. He said it greatly boosted self confidence. Instead of self confidence, I would like to learn something out of this experience. Fortunately my goals are things that will help me learn.

        First, I want to listen to other peoples problems, and listen to them, or give them the power. I would like to do this because I am one of those people who talks and doesn't listen very often. I would like to change that so the other person gets that chance to speak, and when I listen I will be able to learn more about the person, bringing together a better friendship.Also if I listen more often I would be able to learn more from the teacher and also people wouldn't have to repeat things to me as often as it is right now. But to achieve this goal I would have to be more aware of my surroundings, and once I figured out my surroundings I would have to figure out what is happening and what to do. If I do all this then I would learn how to listen very well.

         Next I would like to finish four books. To finish four books I need to go to the library and borrow books. Then I will read during free time and study time. I will learn about good models, good life lessons, and also it will help pass time and get rid of school pressure.

         Lastly I would like to get zero EOP's during the whole camp. It will be hard for me to get one because I can't speak very good Korean or Spanish. But I will still speak in Korean at times of desperation, if I can. Therefore my chance of getting an EOP is slim but it is still possible for me to get one so I will be careful. Not getting an EOP will keep the chances of me getting a yellow card very slim.I hope I'm able to get an English reward and I pray that my time in the united states paid off!

          I hope to follow these goals to become a better person and i think i will learn a lot if i follow these goals. I hope i achieve every single goal and i get a boost in confidence!

My Name is Paul and there are many unique things about me, but there are 3 that i thought of first: Hotsauce, the number 4 , and brown.What could they possibly mean?
  Hotsauce is the first thing...? Well hotsauce is my least favorite food. But its weird because a lot of my electronic gaming usernames are hotsauceparty!

 Next is #4. My favorite number? It is but that's not all. On the 4th of July its the U.S's independence day. Also its my dog's, Lily ,day we saved her from the shelter.
 Next is brown, not my favorite color, but instead its the college my brother goes to. This brother is my one of my role models and i want to go to Brown University just like him!