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Junk Food And I (Day 4)
Diet Day 1: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/an-unhealthy-healthy/
Diet Day 2: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/my-food-pyramid/
Diet Day 3: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/balanced-meal-day-3/
‘Balanced Meal’ (Day 3)
Diet Day 1: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/an-unhealthy-healthy/
Diet Day 2: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/my-food-pyramid/
My Food Pyramid (Day 2)
Diet day 1: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/an-unhealthy-healthy/
Diet Day 3: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/balanced-meal-day-3/
An Unhealthy Healthy (Day 1)
Diet Day 2: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/my-food-pyramid/
Diet Day 3: https://confessionsofme321.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/balanced-meal-day-3/
A Look At The Daily Routine Of A Billionaire
What do you think a billionaire does? They have so much money, they can do things that most of us can only dream of. For me, my wallet is like an onion, opening it makes me cry. However, this isn’t about me or you and our money. This blog is about what Bill Gates a billionaire, does, on a daily routine.
Bill Gates usually skips breakfast, as his wife, Melinda states. However, when he does eat breakfast, he likes to eat chocolate cereal Cocoa Puffs. Going back a few previous years, Bill Gates was known to work out on the treadmill, in the morning while he watched DVDs from the Teaching Company’s ‘Great Courses series.’
Bill Gates also loves to play tennis and likes to read The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist. The billionaire’s schedules are usually broken up into 5-minute intervals and every moment is planned carefully. He likes to write notes to keep on top of his jam-packed routine.
When it comes to lunch, Bill Gates favourite is cheese burger. Bill Gates also loves reading and likes to read in his large library. While Bill Gates is not working, he loves to spend time with his three children and go to tour locations such as electric plants and missile launch facilities, with his son, for learning purposes.
To end a long and exhausting day, we usually imagine billionaires watching a firework display while sitting on some expensive piece of furniture. However, this is not the case with Bill Gates. He unwinds his day by… doing chores. Bill Gates says that he washes the dishes every night and says, “Other people volunteer but I like the way I do it.”
So, that’s the routine of a billionaire. It’s definitely not what I expected but I guess, it just shows that at the end of the day we’re all humans no matter how much money we have or how financially stable we all are.
Our Lives- Simplified
I meant it as a rhetorical question- not a challenge.
Just remember, if you were able to believe in the tooth fairy for 8 years, you can believe in yourself for at least 20 minutes. If “Plan A” didn’t work, remember, the alphabet has 25 more letters, for you to try. Be like a postage stamp, stick to a thing, till you get there. Remember, the impossible is possible- cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles. It’s okay if you don’t just make the same mistake twice, but make it five or six times because you’re just making sure- and that’s okay.
Animal Farm- Displaying The Brutal Truth
Animal Farm was written by George Orwell, who has also written the book ‘1984’. Animal farm uses animals as a symbol of the political world and the brutal themes of human dominance and power. The book is set in Manor farm which is initially ruled by humans, until the animals drive them out. The book then, continues on, to tell the story of the animals’ journey as they learn to manage a farm with no humans and the struggles included.
As disappointing as it is to say, the book, even though written in the 90s, still reflects our world today. Napoleon, the dominating pig, symbolises the power-driven politicians of today. Squealer, a persuasive pig, symbolises the brainwashing media of today. The sheep represent the blind followers of these, nothing but power-driven politicians. Boxer, the horse represents the nationalists. As you can see, Animal Farm shows us the brutal truth of our world, cleverly, represented with animals.
The only reason the animals believe Napoleon’s lies is because they do not know that, what he is doing is against their laws and also, thanks to the help of Squealer, the animals are now fully convinced that everything Napoleon is doing is right. Relating to current situations, the same media manipulation happens- a lot. It doesn’t take much effort, for media and the internet to persuade people with their rumours and lies- just like Squealer does to the other animals, to convince them that everything Napoleon does, is not going against their laws.
However, nowadays, there are way too many ‘sheep’, that are willingly manipulated by the media. The ones who actually know what’s going on, are drowned in the noise of all the bleating of the sheep and their voices and opinions, never heard.
These pictures, show how the pigs, in Animal Farm, changed the animals’ laws around from allowing only four legs to be used and banning the use of walking on two legs, until, the pigs themselves started walking on two legs and calling it to be ‘better.’
George Orwell served as a soldier in World War II, and you can see his attitude towards war, in his book. Right after the animals have won their first battle, they grieve over the loss of their friends while the pigs (politicians), celebrate over their victory against the humans. As you can see, this idea places emphasis on how most politicians only care about the results rather than the process. To most of them, the victory is more important than the thousands of lives lost or being destroyed or targeted. In Animal Farm, you can sense the author’s hatred as he twists his words words to make something as horrific as war sound like a glorious and special achievement.
To conclude, I cannot emphasise, more on how great an idea and theme this book portrays. So, if you haven’t already read Animal Farm, I highly recommend it. It is such a creatively written and interesting book that illustrates a dark and horrible matter in the most original way, possible. I would rate Animal Farm a 4.5 out of 5. Remember, there can never be too many books, maybe just not enough bookshelves.
Happiness Is Homemade-Packed Lunch?
There are two problems most of us, find ourselves in- lunch and packing. In the mornings, we usually, have no time to make our own lunch so, we usually buy our food at the canteen. Packing things is also hard. I’ve had experiences of the troubles of packing when travelling. I always think of how I can never find anything to wear but still end up packing three suitcases of clothes just for a 3 day trip. As you can see, lunch and packing aren’t my strongest points. However, it gets even harder when you try joining them together- packing lunch. Have we got the time? What is the point? Why can’t I just buy at the school canteen? Well, then keep on reading to discover why you should be packing your own lunch for school.
- Saving Money: Even though, we might not have had the time in the morning to pack our own lunch and so we needed to buy at the canteen, we know that the bill adds up, and at end of the month, it looks like we ate hundreds of dollars. Just spending a minimal amount of $7 a week, can lead to around a whopping $70 a term, just by spending on the-not-so-tasty canteen food and other store-bought lunches.
- Healthier Choice: Haven’t we all tried going on diets, at least once? I did, for two weeks, but all I lost was 14 days. Eating canteen food or store-bought lunches is not going to help with your health, either. When you pack your own lunch, you know exactly what is inside your lunch and you can also control the quality of the ingredients. Most of the time, prepared foods that we buy at stores or food that we buy at the canteen contain preservatives, salt, sugar, and fatty ingredients, which are not good for our health.
- Using Up Leftovers: Most of us, usually have leftovers from dinner. What is a better way to use these leftovers than packing them for your lunch, the next day and making another great meal out of them? It’s pretty much already done for you, all you have to do is throw it in a container and and take it with you, to school. Not only is it nutritious but it is a delicious option, unless the dinner was a bad one. Moreover, you’re also saving money and food by using your dinner leftovers.
- Variety: Life is all about using the whole box of crayons. This means, that trying different varieties of lunches, will spice up your life and provide you with much more interesting and delicious options for eating. Lunch ideas are all over the internet, so, it isn’t too hard to search up the interesting things you can do with a plain piece of bread or how to make vegetables tastier.
10 Types Of Teachers
If you had only one more hour to live, where would you spend that time in? I would, spend that time in maths class…it seems to never end. We spend around 13 years or 678 weeks or 4,745 days or 11,3880 hours of our lifetime at school. A big part of our school life are teachers. Teachers plant the seeds of knowledge in our brains, sometimes get called ‘mum’, have to eat lunch in 2 minutes while walking around and supervising kids and have to try to avoid stapling McDonald applications on failed tests. In summary, they go through a lot.
So, teachers are an important part of school. However, have you ever noticed that each one is unique and each have their own ways of teaching? Here are 10 types of teachers you might meet at school:
- Time Keeper: Now, the title for this type of teacher is pretty ironic. These are the teachers that lecture us, about not wasting time…for the entire class period.
- University Professor: This is the type of teacher that either has taught as a university professor or wants to teach as one but is currently stuck with primary or high schoolers. They tend to use big words and explain more about the topic than our brains can process.
- Monotone: When students try even their best to listen to this teacher, they’ll either end up dozing or doing something not related to the subject. It doesn’t matter what this teacher is talking about, it could be about how the school’s on fire- the students will not be able to concentrate as this teacher’s voice is monotonous and robotic.
- Compares With Their Childhood: This is the type of teacher where excuses are useless. They’ll compare every complaint with how they didn’t have the technology we have these days but still did their work on time.
- Spoon Feeders: This is the teacher that micromanages every thing you do. They’ll tell you what colour of pens to use, what books to use, what font and size you should use in your essays and so on.
- Over-Timer: This is the teacher that has no heed of when the bell rings and when class time has finished. They’re probably the ones who say on a Friday, “What do you mean tomorrow’s Saturday? It was only Monday a few hours ago!” See, this type of teacher has no clue about the time passing around them.
- The Lying One: This is the teacher that says common phrases that teachers usually say. However, this teacher is lying about these common phrases because she has a different interpretation of them in her mind. Here are some examples:
| Lie (What They Say) | Truth (What They Are Actually Thinking) |
| This knowledge will help you in the future! | You’ll only need this knowledge if you become a teacher. |
| I’m looking forward to be reading your wonderful essays! | I expect you’ll at least spell the title correctly… |
| You really impressed me with your last assignment! | You didn’t fail as much as I expected you to. |
| That is not funny at all! | That’s hilarious! I’m going to remember that and say it to my other class. |
- Shopaholic: This is the teacher that might give you some work to do, to keep you busy, while they go on their laptop or phone and start to do some online shopping. Sometimes, it might not just be online shopping. Sometimes, you might see this type of teacher going out on their breaks and buying food and snacks at the nearby supermarket, to share with the other staff members.
- Leaves Marks On Boards: This type of teacher might drive some people crazy with their white-board rubbing skills. This teacher tends to leave those tiny little marks, that some of us just can’t handle because it gives us anxiety just seeing them dotted around the otherwise sparkling, clean board.
- Promise Breaker: This is the teacher that makes students hope for something they sure can’t give. They might, for example, say they’re going to exclusively only take their class to an adventure park. This teacher will remind the students throughout the year that only if they do their homework and assignments on time, will they take them. After about a year of good work, the students are joyous and ask their teacher when they’re going to go. This teacher will probably say that she tried her hardest, though she didn’t, and that the principle just didn’t approve.
It’s Called ‘ORIGINALITY’
Do you think your idea to use someone else’s idea is a great idea? Is your excuse at school, for not doing homework- “I had no one to copy it from?” Would you prefer to win by cheating or lose with honour?
Copying another person’s homework may help you or benefit you now, in the present. However, in the future during exams and tests you will find yourself saying in multiple choice questions, “Well, I haven’t picked a B for like 4 questions so I’ll just go with that.” Which is not what you’re supposed to be doing. So, read on, to know why you should be original when doing homework.
You’re Not Learning: When you’re copying another person’s homework your skipping the step of actually learning the skill the homework is teaching you. That is like eating a flavoured donut but skipping the actual flavoured icing part and just eating the donut. You’re not getting the full taste of the donut. Likewise, you’re not learning the full potential that is provided in homework. Just remember, this package of potentials, skills and learning can only be accessed if the homework is done originally by you.
It Becomes A Habit: Are you a good person that has a bad habit? We work hard to gain good habits but bad habits, we can fall into. Copying other people’s homework is one of them. Copying other’s homework is so easy than actually going through the hardship of actually doing the homework, that you start to rely on other people to let you copy their homework. Habits are hard to let go. So, start now, so you can let go of the habit as it’ll be much easier to than doing it later when it’ll be harder to let go.
Getting Into Trouble: If your teacher does catch you copying another person’s homework, you’ll get into trouble. Not only that, if the teacher reads both of your answers and sees that they are the same, they might get the student you copied from into trouble instead of the actual culprit, which is you. Which, you don’t want to happen, because they may become your enemy but might not delete the screenshots of you!
Now that you’ve read this and hopefully learnt a few things, try ‘originality’ when it comes to homework. Remember you want to get the full deal and the whole packet of knowledge. Remember you don’t want it to become a bad habit. Also, remember it might get you or other people in trouble and create friendship problems. So, next time don’t call copying someone else’s homework as ‘teamwork’ or copying ten people’s homework as ‘research’ because they’re not. They’re just ‘copies’.
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