After a fun, happy time at Read Across America I realized the most important lesson in life, is that having a kid is a waste of time and money. There are many reasons why kids could take most of your life and money away from you, although kids are fun to be around with, if they get sick its the opposite. A good parent know that this time they are either going to spend all their time and money in the doctors office. Kids are fun and all but there are more reasons to not have kids.
Money in today's world is important since prices on everything has been growing lately. Its hard to take care of one self in today's economy, now imagine taking care of yourself, your partner and your child. This leads often to parents each taking two jobs each to just make ends meet. "Raising a child is 22 percent more costly than it was back in 1960, according to a study released recently by the USDA. Adjusted for 2009 dollars, middle-income parents in 1960 spent a total of $182,857 to raise one child through the age of 17." (Lifetime). Imagine all that money you spend on your kid, could go to paying of your house, or car so that you didn't have to worry about the rent eating you up each month. With the extra money you would be earning, you can take a nice trip to Europe or any other place in the world, without worrying about your kid getting sick or being tired.
Another reason why kids are a bad idea is that you will lose your sanity and your sleep. Your precious sleep, "In general, most healthy adults need seven to nine hours of sleep a night" (Sleep). In the end you will suffer many awakenings when your kid is a baby. You will have to wake up because your baby is crying and you need to put him back to sleep or feed him. Leading to a poor work enthusiasm and lead to you getting fired or getting your pay docked.
In the end the most important lesson in all this is to carefully read and see any hidden messages located, because you never know, you could find the secret of many things like the secret of life being 42.
Hint: look at title and look at the capitalized letters on each words in order.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is one of the major events in all American Sports. Millions of people tune in to watch it that the commercials are one of the reasons people tune in. Many companies spend a lot of money just to get a few seconds during the super bowl. The Super bowl has grown quite a lot ever since the first one ever happened.
Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The first ever super bowl was played by the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas Chiefs. The Green Bay packers had won the championship beating them 35 to 10. From than on the super bowl has been played every year for the past 49 years it has been played. The major winner of the super bowl has been the Pittsburgh Steelers with six championships won, the only teams that have successfully beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers have been the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. The "Super Bowl" name was derived from the bowl game, a post-season college football game. The original "bowl game" was the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, which was first played in 1902 as the "Tournament East-West football game" as part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and moved to the new Rose Bowl Stadium in 1923. (NFL).
Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 had an average audience of 112.2 million viewers, the most watched telecast in U.S. history. Seattle Seahawks victory over Denver Broncos by a score of 43 to 8, it was the most lopsided Super Bowl score in 21 years (Forbes). The super bow is known for its commercials and not only that the amount of money spend in these commercials.A :30 ad in the 2015 Super Bowl cost $4.5 million, the most expensive ad in history and a 12.5% increase from last year’s game. On average, Super Bowl ad rates have grown 10.8% annually.(Forbes).
Its no surprise on how much the super bowl has amounted over the past years. It is going to achieve even more as the love for this sport grows among American people.
Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The first ever super bowl was played by the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas Chiefs. The Green Bay packers had won the championship beating them 35 to 10. From than on the super bowl has been played every year for the past 49 years it has been played. The major winner of the super bowl has been the Pittsburgh Steelers with six championships won, the only teams that have successfully beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers have been the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. The "Super Bowl" name was derived from the bowl game, a post-season college football game. The original "bowl game" was the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, which was first played in 1902 as the "Tournament East-West football game" as part of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses and moved to the new Rose Bowl Stadium in 1923. (NFL).
Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 had an average audience of 112.2 million viewers, the most watched telecast in U.S. history. Seattle Seahawks victory over Denver Broncos by a score of 43 to 8, it was the most lopsided Super Bowl score in 21 years (Forbes). The super bow is known for its commercials and not only that the amount of money spend in these commercials.A :30 ad in the 2015 Super Bowl cost $4.5 million, the most expensive ad in history and a 12.5% increase from last year’s game. On average, Super Bowl ad rates have grown 10.8% annually.(Forbes).
Its no surprise on how much the super bowl has amounted over the past years. It is going to achieve even more as the love for this sport grows among American people.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Christmas All Around the World
Christmas is highly celebrated here in the United States, with people decorating their whole house, from the outside to the inside. Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Christ. Christmas is the holiday that many people in the United States celebrate but there are more holidays celebrated in December. Many of them more popular in other countries than the United States.
Chanukah or as many people know it as Hanukkah, is a Jewish celebration that starts at sunset of Sunday December 6 and ends at nightfall of Monday December 14 this year 2015. This celebration is due to the success of the small army of the Maccabees taking back the holy land from the mighty Greek army occupying it. Hanukkah in Hebrew means dedication or induction the Maccabees rededicated the Holy Temple and its altar, which had been desecrated and defiled by the pagan invaders. Hanukkah moves around each year, "Chanukah begins on the twenty-fifth day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The Jewish calendar is primarily based on the lunar cycle, and its dates fluctuate with respect to other calendar systems. Thus the first day of Chanukah can fall anywhere between November 28th and December 26th." (Chanukah FAQs).
Kwanza is another huge holiday celebrated by African Americans or people of African heritage. Kwanza starts on Saturday, December 26, and ends on Friday, January 1 of this year.The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili. Each family celebrates Kwanzaa in its own way, but celebrations often include songs and dances, African drums, storytelling, poetry reading, and a large traditional meal.(History).
There are many holidays celebrated on December many famous in other countries, but still celebrated here in the United States.
Chanukah or as many people know it as Hanukkah, is a Jewish celebration that starts at sunset of Sunday December 6 and ends at nightfall of Monday December 14 this year 2015. This celebration is due to the success of the small army of the Maccabees taking back the holy land from the mighty Greek army occupying it. Hanukkah in Hebrew means dedication or induction the Maccabees rededicated the Holy Temple and its altar, which had been desecrated and defiled by the pagan invaders. Hanukkah moves around each year, "Chanukah begins on the twenty-fifth day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The Jewish calendar is primarily based on the lunar cycle, and its dates fluctuate with respect to other calendar systems. Thus the first day of Chanukah can fall anywhere between November 28th and December 26th." (Chanukah FAQs).
Kwanza is another huge holiday celebrated by African Americans or people of African heritage. Kwanza starts on Saturday, December 26, and ends on Friday, January 1 of this year.The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits” in Swahili. Each family celebrates Kwanzaa in its own way, but celebrations often include songs and dances, African drums, storytelling, poetry reading, and a large traditional meal.(History).
There are many holidays celebrated on December many famous in other countries, but still celebrated here in the United States.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Got'a catch em all
When I was a little kid, around five years old, I got my first game. My first game was for the Nintendo 64 and it was Pokémon snap. The game basically had to do with Oak's grandson going around taking pictures of Pokémon. The main reason I loved the game was because I was able to either out Pokémon to sleep or my favorite, hit them with apples. I would smash that A button for hours hitting Pikachus in their faces. Good old times, sitting their for hours hitting pickachus for hours, made pokemon a very special game for me.
My next game console was the game boy color, and with it I got pokemon red. It was a nice game, I finished it and ended up catching them all ( at the time there were only 151 pokemon). Next was the Gameboy advance, a nice upgrade since it had its on build in light. I got pokemon emerald with it leading me to getting more and more pokemon games. That same year I went trough five Gameboy advances, I record I still hold to this day. I remember trying to beat emerald, and thinking that this was the hardest game I had ever played. This was nothing compared to hitting pikachus with apples, it was a different story, pikachus were beating me up now. The pikachus were finally getting their revenge from the hours I spend hitting them in the face with apples. I finally finished the game a year after my friend lend me his legendary pokemon.
With the remakes of the games that came out recently, I was feeling that nostalgia. I was finally going to play that game that I played ten years ago. When I got the game recently and turn on the game I felt really happy, like a five year old in the holidays.
The little things are what make me happy. You will never know what will make you remember your child hood, like me hitting all those pikachus in the face.
My next game console was the game boy color, and with it I got pokemon red. It was a nice game, I finished it and ended up catching them all ( at the time there were only 151 pokemon). Next was the Gameboy advance, a nice upgrade since it had its on build in light. I got pokemon emerald with it leading me to getting more and more pokemon games. That same year I went trough five Gameboy advances, I record I still hold to this day. I remember trying to beat emerald, and thinking that this was the hardest game I had ever played. This was nothing compared to hitting pikachus with apples, it was a different story, pikachus were beating me up now. The pikachus were finally getting their revenge from the hours I spend hitting them in the face with apples. I finally finished the game a year after my friend lend me his legendary pokemon.
With the remakes of the games that came out recently, I was feeling that nostalgia. I was finally going to play that game that I played ten years ago. When I got the game recently and turn on the game I felt really happy, like a five year old in the holidays.
The little things are what make me happy. You will never know what will make you remember your child hood, like me hitting all those pikachus in the face.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Big Penguins everywhere
Humans are the ones that control almost everything in
this world. We have the power to destroy many habitats. Leading to the
extinction of many species."Scientists estimate we’re now losing species
at 1,000 to 10,000 times the background rate, with literally dozens going
extinct every day"(Biological Diversity). If Humans don't stop, at the
rate we are going, there won't be many species left in this world. This
colossal penguin wasn't killed by humans rather it went extinct because of
natural causes
The tallest penguins that are living in Antarctica
right now are the Emperor penguins being around 1.1 meters or around 3.6 feet.
This is pretty tall for a penguin considering that most of them are really short.
followed by the king penguin, humboldt, and the galapagos (NewScientist). The
Emperor penguin is tall considering he is a penguin but it is not the tallest
of the penguins to ever live. There was once a penguin that lived in Antarctica
that was the size of a basketball player. "Palaeeudyptes klekowskii lived
37 to 40 million years ago.", "Acosta Hospitaleche estimates P.
klekowskii was 2.01 meters long from beak tip to toes." (NewScientist).
This penguin was 6.5 Feet tall, taller than the average American man.
It's amazing how many species were living in this
earth. Now all we have, to remember these great extinct species are their
remains that they have left behind. The rate Humans are killing species all we
will have to remember all these great species will be their remains.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
The Day of the Dead
Halloween is awesome holiday were you dress up, and go from door to door asking strangers for candy. I wanted to know if our culture, if Mexico celebrated Halloween. I asked my mom if she celebrated Halloween when she was little, that was a huge mistake.
Dia de los muertos is a celebration in Mexico that starts November first and goes to November 2. It is a holiday were Mexican families honor their dead by making and altar specially for them. Where they put the person's picture in the middle and decorated it with everything they liked when they were still alive. Dia de los muertos is the belief that we get visited by our dead that day. People also put sugar skulls and marigolds in their altar's and in their graves, they even leave possessions of the deceased.
Dia de los muertos is a celebration in Mexico that starts November first and goes to November 2. It is a holiday were Mexican families honor their dead by making and altar specially for them. Where they put the person's picture in the middle and decorated it with everything they liked when they were still alive. Dia de los muertos is the belief that we get visited by our dead that day. People also put sugar skulls and marigolds in their altar's and in their graves, they even leave possessions of the deceased.
"The historical roots of this celebration date back
to the pre-Hispanic cultures of Meso-America of the indigenous people,
especially the Nahua (Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecas, Tlaxcaltec, Chichimec,
Tecpanec) and others native to Mexico more than 3,000 years."(Day of the dead). The Pan the Muerto or dead bread is bread that symbolizes the old human sacrifices done by the native tribes. To stop people from sacrificing other people for their dead, us Mexicans make this bread that resembles bones of a person and powder it with red sugar, to symbolize blood. It is not a cheap bread since it is made with more eggs and more flour, than any other regular bread. It is super delicious.
I recommend everyone to look up their own culture and see what interesting celebrations or traditions you may have, who knows you may find something really interesting. I know that this tradition is just one of many, for example we Mexicans don't believe in the tooth fairy but in a mouse who comes and takes your teeth.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
The sport of the whole world
If you love sports, than you're going to love soccer. Soccer is a sport that is played with 11 players on each team, a ball, and a ref. The simplicity of the sport makes it famous, because all you need is a ball and you are set to play. Soccer can either we watched, played or both.
The first records of football were in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. In China, it was
during the Han dynasty that people dribbled leather balls by kicking it into a
small net (History of Soccer). Modern soccer generated in England, were anything was allowed to get the ball to their target, that violence broke out. Forcing King Edward III to banned soccer from England. From than on soccer got famous in schools and later in the whole world, that there were 270 million active players in 2006(Fifa).
Soccer is a huge sport that is played all over the world. A sport that unites men and women, countries, and continents together,"After three years of civil war, feuding factions talked for the first time in years, and the president called a truce. Because the Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Because, as everyone knows, a country united makes for better cheerleaders than a country divided."(The Soccer Wars). I love soccer, and I know you will too.
I personally like soccer, it is my favorite sport. I not only follow my favorite team in mexico, but also other teams around the world. In Germany I follow Borussia Dortmund, in France I follow AS Monaco, in the Netherlands I follow Ajax, in England I follow Liverpool, and in Italy I follow Juventus. There are so many teams in the world that any one can choose their favorite, no matter were you are from.
Soccer is one of the most competitive sports in the world. So competitive that there is even a competition called the world cup,even more famous than the Super Bowl. If your city or state doesn't have a team, you can follow your country. Support it through the rough and hard stages of the world cup. Were every player will be fighting for their country with not only skill but also heart and soul. Soccer is perfect sport for anyone in the world.
Soccer is one of the most competitive sports in the world. So competitive that there is even a competition called the world cup,even more famous than the Super Bowl. If your city or state doesn't have a team, you can follow your country. Support it through the rough and hard stages of the world cup. Were every player will be fighting for their country with not only skill but also heart and soul. Soccer is perfect sport for anyone in the world.
Soccer is a huge sport that is played all over the world. A sport that unites men and women, countries, and continents together,"After three years of civil war, feuding factions talked for the first time in years, and the president called a truce. Because the Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Because, as everyone knows, a country united makes for better cheerleaders than a country divided."(The Soccer Wars). I love soccer, and I know you will too.
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