Okay, now I know everyone is doing their blogs on Miranda's but I'm still going to write mine about her blog. The blog of her's that I'm writing about is called Google In Your Brain. It's about a book called Feed that she was reading at the time. A feed is a sort of computer in your brain, I guess. I haven't read the book. Anyway, what Miranda actually thought about was whether or not the feed actually made you smarter. And I agree with her.
The feed can make you smarter. Just imagine not having to learn anything because you have the answer right at your finger tips, or in your brain, I should say. You wouldn't have to taake 20 minutes just to solve part a of a math problem. You would just know it instantly. But she also said that the feed is bad. She said that if some one asks you for your opinion then you couldn't give it to them, you could only give them some one else's opinion. But I have a question. Everyone has the feed right? Well then how could they have an opinion in the first place? You can't. And you can't search for an opinion because no one can have any, right? I don't know, thats just something to consider.
Another thing that Miranda did well was that she went into the book,and put a lot of thought into what she was writing. And that made it, as I said to her in a comment, very looong. I need to start expanding my blogs and making them a little bit more insightful. I have to do what I sometimes did last year, which was wander around in the text. I think Miranda did that very well.
Overall, Miranda did a great job. She managed to convince me to want to read the book, and that is even after I know what the cover looks like, and trust me it's bad. But I'm going to read this book one day, it seems pretty good.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
I had no new books to read this week so I picked up the book Loser by Jerry Spinelli. The "star" of this book is a clueless kid named Donald Zinkoff. He stands out in a crowd, but not for a good reason. He never really gets above an A in school and you can't read his handwriting. To everyone but him, he is just a friendless loser. Poor Zinkoff.
In this blog post I'm going to talk about being clueless, and whether it's good or bad. Donald is seriosly the most clueless kid in the world. He is completly un-aware of everyrthing. And in his case, it a very good thing, it keeps him happy. If he wasn't so clueless, then he would probably be very depressed all the time. He has no friends at all. In fact everyone hates him, especially when it comes to feild day. Plus, if anyone maakes fun of him, half the time it makes him proud. He just doesn't get it. If I was him and actually realized what was going on around me I would probably lock myself in my room and stay there for the rest of my life. The only time he isn't really clueless was when people were calling him a loser.
I also think that it's bad for him to be clueless. I mean, if he understood what they were saying about him he might try to stop it. If they say he is a super slow runner he might try to run faster. They could say he is a bad student. he might try to study harder. If he realized it then Zinkoff might try to prove everyone wrong. That would benefit him in the long run. He might also get what is wrong with this picture, his picture. If he knew and changed it, his life would be better, even if he doesn't realize it.
If I were Donald, I would probably wan't to be clueless, I wouldn't get hurt as much. What about you?
In this blog post I'm going to talk about being clueless, and whether it's good or bad. Donald is seriosly the most clueless kid in the world. He is completly un-aware of everyrthing. And in his case, it a very good thing, it keeps him happy. If he wasn't so clueless, then he would probably be very depressed all the time. He has no friends at all. In fact everyone hates him, especially when it comes to feild day. Plus, if anyone maakes fun of him, half the time it makes him proud. He just doesn't get it. If I was him and actually realized what was going on around me I would probably lock myself in my room and stay there for the rest of my life. The only time he isn't really clueless was when people were calling him a loser.
I also think that it's bad for him to be clueless. I mean, if he understood what they were saying about him he might try to stop it. If they say he is a super slow runner he might try to run faster. They could say he is a bad student. he might try to study harder. If he realized it then Zinkoff might try to prove everyone wrong. That would benefit him in the long run. He might also get what is wrong with this picture, his picture. If he knew and changed it, his life would be better, even if he doesn't realize it.
If I were Donald, I would probably wan't to be clueless, I wouldn't get hurt as much. What about you?
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A long rant about the Little House Series
I didn't really have anything to say about any book I've read in the past week, so I decided to take a look back at the Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. These books show the story of the author and show what it was like growing up in the mid to late 1800s. The author is the main character and she has 3 sisters, Carrie, Mary, and Grace.
All throughout the series I've noticed that evry single one has a very happy and very corny ending. It honestly is one of the most annoying things ever! For example, in The long Winter the ending goes "And as they sang, the fear and suffering of the long winter seemed to risew like a dark cloud and float away on the music. Spring had come. The sun was shining warm, the winds were soft, and the green grass growing." Every time I read that I want to die. If he was still alive today I would love to write her a letter saying those things. Not that she shouldn't make it a happy ending. She could do that if she wants, just not in the same way. I don't really know what I'd say but if I had to I would figure something out.
Another thing, I think that Laura exagerates a lot. I do to, but if there was big blizzard I wouldn't say, my brother was so very scared that he was shaking really hard. Ever heard of show not tell? Didn't think so. Some things that Laura exagerated actually enhanced the what she was trying to say. Like if she says something like, the wind howled really loudly all night long, then that would be okay because she wanted to enhance the point that the wind was loud. But if she says that every time it is windy then it get annoying. And she does say that when ever it's windy in the book!! I am getting so worked up about this now, it's un-believable! I'm basically yelling these things in my head.
Oh, lets see. What else is annoying...hmmm. Some of these people's names annoy me. Now, I know he didn't make up these names, but still. Tell me, who names their kid Cap. That is a form of a hat. Nobody wants to be named a type of hat. And Minnie too. Whenever I think of that name I think of a mouse. I wouldn't want to have the same name as a giant mouse (not that I don't like Minnie Mouse, because I do). I bet you I could keep going forever but I'm going to stop know. Do you think these books can be annoying?
All throughout the series I've noticed that evry single one has a very happy and very corny ending. It honestly is one of the most annoying things ever! For example, in The long Winter the ending goes "And as they sang, the fear and suffering of the long winter seemed to risew like a dark cloud and float away on the music. Spring had come. The sun was shining warm, the winds were soft, and the green grass growing." Every time I read that I want to die. If he was still alive today I would love to write her a letter saying those things. Not that she shouldn't make it a happy ending. She could do that if she wants, just not in the same way. I don't really know what I'd say but if I had to I would figure something out.
Another thing, I think that Laura exagerates a lot. I do to, but if there was big blizzard I wouldn't say, my brother was so very scared that he was shaking really hard. Ever heard of show not tell? Didn't think so. Some things that Laura exagerated actually enhanced the what she was trying to say. Like if she says something like, the wind howled really loudly all night long, then that would be okay because she wanted to enhance the point that the wind was loud. But if she says that every time it is windy then it get annoying. And she does say that when ever it's windy in the book!! I am getting so worked up about this now, it's un-believable! I'm basically yelling these things in my head.
Oh, lets see. What else is annoying...hmmm. Some of these people's names annoy me. Now, I know he didn't make up these names, but still. Tell me, who names their kid Cap. That is a form of a hat. Nobody wants to be named a type of hat. And Minnie too. Whenever I think of that name I think of a mouse. I wouldn't want to have the same name as a giant mouse (not that I don't like Minnie Mouse, because I do). I bet you I could keep going forever but I'm going to stop know. Do you think these books can be annoying?
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