Video Games

Does anyone else think its annoying when someone does nothing but play games? I mean I love playing video games too, dont get me wrong. I just can't stand it when thats all that someone does. They could be doing something with friends or they could even read a book once in a while. I think one reason that people play games all the time is because, believe it or not, it has been proven that video games produce the same chemical in the brain that some drugs do. Anyway dont stop playing games, just not all the time.

Censorship

I believe it is a bad idea to censor certain parts of movies and music. All this censoring is happening because they are deemed "inappropiate" but who has the right to say what is appropiate and what isn't? I think parents have the right to say something is inappropiate for their children, but that doesn't mean that the general public has the same ideals. What some say are inappropiate others believe are just fine. I think that censorhip should be gotten rid of. If a parent doesn't like the music thier children are listening to they don't have to let them listen to it. Same with movies. I get not letting kids watch horror movies or listening to heavy metal. But I believe that once that kid reaches a certain age they should be able to watch or listen to what they want, and not be legally restricted just because of thier age. For example, there are movies, even games, that a person cannot rent or buy because they are considerd too young to see some of the content within them. I think the public should choose for themselves what is too much and what isn't.

History of Halloween

Halloween was originally a festival that the Celts celebrated called Samhain. They celebrated their new year on November 1. They believed that on the night before the new year was when the border between the land of the living and of the dead blurred the most.
They celebrated Samhain on the night of October 31, our Halloween, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort during the long, dark winter. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's future. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

Top 10 Favorite Places to Eat

1. Best Buffet
2. Burger King
3. Kelly's
4. Hardees
5. Wendy's
6. Ihop
7. Chester Fried (County Market)
8. TGI Fridays
9. Ruby Tuesday
10. Arby's

ITBS Testing

I know what your thinking, that I'm just someone else complaining about testing. Well you're wrong I just wanted to talk to everyone about the reasons we do them. One reason the state tests us is that they use these results to help determine the extent to which individual students have the background and skills needed to deal successfully with the academic aspects of an instructional program. Another one is to find out the general developmental level of students so that materials and instructional procedures may be adapted to meet individual needs. These are only some of the reasons. See these tests are meant to help us. But I will admit that the results are misused sometimes. Sometimes the results are used to hold a student back a grade, aven though the tests dont count as a grade. They have also been used to dtermine whether a child even belongs in school yet. Again, as I said earlier, the tests are meant to help us, but have been misused. Just keep this in mind when you have these tests, instead of griping about them.