new years

I am anti newyears resolution because i think that many people set new years goals and most of the time they do not complete/fulill them. Also because new years goals just add on extra stress, withou new years goals you have one less thing to think about. Also i dont believ in them because of the fact that people should be making goals a throughout the year and not just in the beggining of the year.

Google 20% project

The materials that I plan on needing are my skateboard, video camera and the Internet. I plan on using my skateboard and the video to make a skate video . I plan on using the Internet for research. A couple of obstacles I plan in facing is making the skate video . This takes a long time and it is very hard to get good video clips. A couple of people that I would like to interview are maybe some pro or ameture skateboarder. Maybe tom asta or Chris cole from reign skate shop. What I would like to learn from this is the physics . How much force is put into the pop of an Ollie, or the rotation of the kick flip. I would also like to learn about the physics of surfing, for example why does the fin keep the surfboard from falling over. Also I would like to learn the origanum from both of these things. I believe that they're somewhat intertwined. http://animoto.com/play/XDLfKNbsmF10SDTSQ9cEJw

Chris Langen

I believe that Chris Langan is very successful. I believe this for many reasons. First of all my definition if success is to be happy with yourself, and to me Chris Langan seems to be very happy with his life. In the show Chris Langan has a wife and he is winning lots of money. That to me would be very successful , and to top it all of he is the smartest man in the world. Also in the book it tells you how he just couldn't get through college. He was kicked out of multiple colleges and he didn't give up until he SUCCEEDED to me Chis Langan is a very successful man.

First post ( kinda )

My Name is Michael Cottrell and i am in 9th grade. I like to do many things including : going to the beach , skateboarding, playing baseball, playing basketball, surfing, hanging out with my friends, going to the movies, going to the mall, playing video games, and watching football. A couple of things that i don't like to do are : run, go on airplanes, waking up, going to school, having bad grades, getting in trouble, doing homework, roller coasters, getting sick , and getting hurt. The highlight of my summer was going to the beach and learning how to surf. The unit that i am looking forward to the mos is the 20% project.

Myths and truths

There are many myths and truths about being gifted. One myth is that gifted children don't need help they will do fine on there own. I believe that this is one of the biggest myths of all. The truth is that Sometimes gifted children are so far ahead that they are bored with there work and will simply not want to do it because it seems pointless to them. This is where the teachers are needed to come in and help. The teachers need to challenge them and help them become even smarter rather than keeping them at the same level of knowledge that they came in to the year knowing. Another myth is that all children are gifted. This is a myth beCause although all children are good at something gifted children excel in multiple areas. The truth is that giftedchildren are experts in certain subjects compared to there fellow classmates. Often the gifted children come into the school year knowing part of the curriculum. For example this year in the geometry program here at my school I came into this year thinking I would be challenged but after the first two quizzes I realized that I a,ready knew much of the stuff we are working on. But in being gifted there are some downs. First of all one down part about being gifted Is that people expect so much out of you. For example my parents keep pushing me and pushing to do better and sometimes I feel like I am doing the best that I can. Also another down part is that just because your gifted some of the Students and even the teachers see you different and sometimes you just we to be like everyone else. Sorry I forgot to post it.

Accumulative advantage

I am on Wangs side. I am on his side because I believe that you should put your kids into kindergarten when they are supposed to. I,like Wang believe that the accumulative advantage isn't that great. It most likely would wear off before you go into first grade. Also if you hold a kindergarten kid back an extra year he will already know most of the material and he/she will become uninterested and not want to participate in class.He/sheWill be at the same place as the rest of his/her peers at the end of the year. because the teachers will teach the same curriculum to the whole class regardless of where the child is.

Last blog of the school year

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My favorite part of ROGATE class was the 20% project. I liked this the best becuase we got to chose whatever we wanted to learn about and learn a whole lot about it. It gives us lots of freedom and independence. My favorite project was again the 20% project because it gave us idependence and freedom. Blogs can be more effective because you can comment on blogpost and give people more ideas on the subject they wrote about. Yes i am taking this class next year. what i will miss most about middle school is my friends that are going to different schools. I dont have many questions about the highschool at all. My plans for the summer are togo to the beach and hang out with my friends.