Wednesday, July 29, 2009
What is racism?
Definition for 'racism': a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. In our world today, a person is usually defined by the color of their skin. The thing I would like to understand is why. Did
we choose what race we wanted to be? Did
any of us decide that we wanted to be black, Asian, or African American? No, of course not! So why define others by looking at the color of their skin? It's not right. It never was. A person's personality, effort, and true feelings are the things that should really be taken account for! I just don't get it. What has our planet turned into?
11:20 AM
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Haven't posted in a while... but here I am now!
Haven't done much lately... I went to a birthday party yesterday. That's pretty much it. BCA Camp is over. And now, I have to get working on middle school summer assignments and stuff. The only thing I'm excited about is for my cousin to come on August 1st. She's staying for three weeks, until August 22nd! I'm SUPER-DUPER happy because whenever she visits NJ for a little while, she and I always have lots of fun together. Can't wait!
Today, I don't really have any big plans. In fact, I think I'm just going to do some math, relax, go online, watch a little T.V., things like that... yah. Today's not very significant. So BYE BYE! ;)
10:59 AM
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Well, the first session of BCA Camp is now officially over. !!! Next week, I'm starting the SECOND session. I'll be taking Fiction Writing in the morning (same teacher as my other writing class) and Honors Geometry in the afternoon. I'm so EXCITED.
6:16 PM
Monday, July 6, 2009
I've got to make this spiffy because I have to go practice piano very soon, so HERE WE GO. ;)
In Forensics, we made footprints. Wait, no. We actually made SHOE prints. Not FOOT prints. It was pretty cool. I think our group's prints were the best. Lunch was basically the usual. Writing? Let's see, did anything interesting happen.... eh, not really. :D After the camp day was over, I went over to Lucia's house and we watched "He's Just Not That Into You." It was an... interesting movie, but I liked the ending. SO SWEET. I also ate dinner at her house. Not much else to report today... BYE.
7:16 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Today was the third day of BCA Academy After Hours Summer Camp. In the morning, the class I take is called Forensic Science. So far, it's been pretty cool. We've done quite a few things so far, like fingerprint-related stuff, blood spatter, and today, we did handwriting analysis. Interesting, huh? Then, we have lunch fron 12 - 12:30. Considering that our normal lunch period is usually only 10-15 minutes, I am
very happy about that. In the afternoon, I have Writing for Literature. This was
not a class that I wanted to take, but it actually isn't TOO TOO bad. I actually kind of like it... except for some of the people IN the class. Some people can be REALLY annoying, you know? -SIGH- The teacher, Mr. Weems, seems like a cool teacher. Apparently, he teachers Fiction Writing too, so in the next session, I'll be seeing him in the mornings! :) When I came home from camp today, I had an appointment to the... orthopedics? Yeah, I think that's what it's called. Anyway, I had a scoliosis check-up. Turns out I have a little curve in my spine, just like my brother, but I didn't need to take an x-ray. Boy, was I happy about that! And I don't have to worry about scoliosis! YAY!! :D I was really happy about that. Hm, let's see.... that's basically it!
9:10 PM