Sleep is one of the most important things a person does each day. It allows the body to rest and to replenish itself so that it is better able to serve its function of living. Yet, many people who don't have enough hours in the day to do everything have to cut out sleep before any other activity. This is especially true for teenagers, who are frantically trying to grasp onto the edge of their childhood, while at the same time reaching for adulthood. Many things that lead to teenage sleep loss; the effects of this loss are devastating.
Sleep is one of the things that most students can say they do not get enough of. It is a time for us to rest and for a few blissful hours hopefully forget about the stress and worries of school and life. Unfortunately, due to too much work or too much studying to do, often enough, we do not get the amount we need each night to be fully rested the next day. But we have learned to cope with the sleep deprivation by drinking coffee in the morning to wake us up.
School is one of the most important aspects of a young person's life, whether or not the teenager is willing to admit it. The teenager spends most of their time either in school or doing homework to further their education. The pressures of school are enormous. Stress is brought on with every project, experiment, and essay assigned to the student.They are forced to muddle through loads of work, continuously trying to catch up to where they must be, all in order to receive good grades. On many occasions, these students will be up late studying, typing, reading, basically doing everything but sleeping. Sleep is put off so that more schoolwork can be fit into the day.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Quickwrite: Writing Groups
There are some things I would like to get out of writing more collaboratively with peers is writer's block. I would like to get help from writer's block because sometimes I get stuck. Also I want to continue writing the what's the topic is about. I would like to talk through the ideas before writing an essay about it. It is just like brainstorming what you are going to write. I would like to work on some SAT prompts so we can get more information on how to write a good essay. If the subject that I really like, I would write about it and not get stuck. But if I don't like the subject, it's going to be hard for me to write and understand what it is about. When I get what the question is asking for, I will write as much as I can. But if I can't, then I will get stuck quickly.
There are some things I would be willing to contribute to a writing group are editing and proofread papers. Also I can help people read their rough drafts to see what's needed or what's needs work. I could comment on people's blog.
It's important for me to work with friends and the people who are working with the same. It depends because there are some topics that I prefer to work with my friends because we are closer. But the people who are working with the same topic, we can share information on what we wrote. We can have different ideas about it.
There are some rules I would like to see in a writing group is that keeping things in privacy. Also to make sure everyone is on track by working.
There are some things I would be willing to contribute to a writing group are editing and proofread papers. Also I can help people read their rough drafts to see what's needed or what's needs work. I could comment on people's blog.
It's important for me to work with friends and the people who are working with the same. It depends because there are some topics that I prefer to work with my friends because we are closer. But the people who are working with the same topic, we can share information on what we wrote. We can have different ideas about it.
There are some rules I would like to see in a writing group is that keeping things in privacy. Also to make sure everyone is on track by working.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Winter Break
During the winter break, it was good because I had a fun time with my family and relatives. I haven't seen my cousins for a long time that's why i had a fun time with them. On the first week, I was busy because everyday I had to go somewhere and it always has to be far. On the last week of winter break, it was boring but I still had fun. So I decided to hang out with my friends and walk around on Park Street.
On the first week, I went to the GGBC (Golden Gate Bridge Badminton) to play badminton because it's a practice with the team and also for fun. I went there with my sister because we wants to join the badminton team. We went there and played against some friends. And also played with others that are in the team. We played for like three hours and we got so tired of it because we were sore.
On Wednesday, I went to the Alameda library to do some math homework with my friend. My friend helped me on the math problems because on the day we go back to school, we have a math word problem test. We did the easy one then the hard one but we didn't go through the whole thing because we got distracted so we just went to Quickly to buy something to drink. It was almost lunch so we bought something to eat too.
On Thursday, I went to Red Cross because there was an event that day. Red Cross is a way to get community services and can learn new things by helping the senior people. I joined Red Cross for four years including this year because I enjoyed helping people. It was an event that day and also it was a holiday too. Whenever there's a holiday, we passed out handmade cards to the senior people. Also when we were finished with the events, we get to go home. I was busy that day because I had lots of thing to do. I have a relative dinner at my house so some of my relatives came. It was at night. There were lots of good food on the big table so we get to eat whatever we want. We all were bloated and also we talked for a while and it was fun. If there's no fun at all, it would be boring.
On Saturday, my family and my parent's friends went to a restaurant in Chinatown Oakland. We ate dim sum and when we were done. My family went to my cousin's house because they moved into a new house in Hayward. It was a nice and pretty house. We ate there and had a fun time. All the cousins were talking and it was the longest chat ever because my youngest cousin doesn't like talking. We talked for the whole day and didn't notice the time was 1:00 am. I swear that it was the longest time that we talked. My youngest cousin were saying that he really wanted to go home but he stayed here with us and talked to us. He never ever talks to us but only today.
On Sunday, My family went shopping at Great Mall. We bought some clothes and shoes but not that much thought. But anyways we still bought something. After a long walk, we ate dinner at home because it was very late. We walked like almost the whole day and we were all tired and sored.
The last week of winter break, I just stayed at home or hang out with friends. When I hang out with friends I either go to Quickly to eat and talk. When I stayed at home, I studied some vocabulary that are in the SAT book. Sometimes I read books or watch Hong Kong and Taiwanese dramas.
On the first week, I went to the GGBC (Golden Gate Bridge Badminton) to play badminton because it's a practice with the team and also for fun. I went there with my sister because we wants to join the badminton team. We went there and played against some friends. And also played with others that are in the team. We played for like three hours and we got so tired of it because we were sore.
On Wednesday, I went to the Alameda library to do some math homework with my friend. My friend helped me on the math problems because on the day we go back to school, we have a math word problem test. We did the easy one then the hard one but we didn't go through the whole thing because we got distracted so we just went to Quickly to buy something to drink. It was almost lunch so we bought something to eat too.
On Thursday, I went to Red Cross because there was an event that day. Red Cross is a way to get community services and can learn new things by helping the senior people. I joined Red Cross for four years including this year because I enjoyed helping people. It was an event that day and also it was a holiday too. Whenever there's a holiday, we passed out handmade cards to the senior people. Also when we were finished with the events, we get to go home. I was busy that day because I had lots of thing to do. I have a relative dinner at my house so some of my relatives came. It was at night. There were lots of good food on the big table so we get to eat whatever we want. We all were bloated and also we talked for a while and it was fun. If there's no fun at all, it would be boring.
On Saturday, my family and my parent's friends went to a restaurant in Chinatown Oakland. We ate dim sum and when we were done. My family went to my cousin's house because they moved into a new house in Hayward. It was a nice and pretty house. We ate there and had a fun time. All the cousins were talking and it was the longest chat ever because my youngest cousin doesn't like talking. We talked for the whole day and didn't notice the time was 1:00 am. I swear that it was the longest time that we talked. My youngest cousin were saying that he really wanted to go home but he stayed here with us and talked to us. He never ever talks to us but only today.
On Sunday, My family went shopping at Great Mall. We bought some clothes and shoes but not that much thought. But anyways we still bought something. After a long walk, we ate dinner at home because it was very late. We walked like almost the whole day and we were all tired and sored.
The last week of winter break, I just stayed at home or hang out with friends. When I hang out with friends I either go to Quickly to eat and talk. When I stayed at home, I studied some vocabulary that are in the SAT book. Sometimes I read books or watch Hong Kong and Taiwanese dramas.
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