Trip to the Museum of the City of New York

My expectations of the museum were different from what I actually saw. I thought the museum would be bigger, but I had finished viewing everything that the museum had to offfer, even the gift shop, in 45 minutes. This was a let down because there wasn't actually that much to see. The displays that were there were mainly about the architectural design of buildings. One thing that stood out to me about these models were that the were made with cardboard. I think that the MET would have more exhibits to actually view whereas, even though the Museum of the City of NY was good, it was too small Well, the MET doesn't really apply to DNY. Other than this, the trip was alright. It was also the first time I took the subway by myself, so this was a learning experience.

Bio Midterm 2

Once I knew how the test was ordered after taking the first one, I found the wording of the 2nd one's questions similar. I remember when I took A.P. Bio, the tests covered 4 chapters, but this test covered 6, from chapter 7-13 (excluding 11). Plus, the topics were somewhat confusing because they involved processes that were almost similar like photosynthesis/cellular respiration and mitosis/meiosis. If you didn't know a detail, you could confuse the two because they both involved similar steps. I feel like I got over an 85, hopefully I get over a 90. I just wish instead of having just 50 multiple choice, maybe some short answers could be added.

First Stat test over...

My Stat test was on the 13th, and I have to admit, it was pretty tricky. Unlike the other stat classes, our test was not open book, so we had to memorize all the formulas. Luckily, I realized this, and memorized them beforehand. One thing that I did notice was that a lot of people left after an hour into the test, and I found it hard to believe that they had finished. This is because ever single week we are in Mr Uddin's class, I see a lot of clueless faces. It's true that he is a bit hard to understand, and the only reason I understood the material was because I read the book, which was also confusing. Even though the test was only 10 questions (each question had multiple parts), how did everyone finish so early? Either everyone knew the material really well, or everyone gave up trying to understand and decided it was pointless to stay. I'm hoping it is the latter because then there will be a really big curve. There is one thing that learned, his test was mirrored exactly after the problems on the handouts he gave out. Aside from changing around a couple of numbers and nouns, it was the same exact problem. Fortunately, I also studied by redoing these problems.

Wiley Plus-Practice or a pain in the ass?

The first Wiley Plus assignment was from chapter 1-5, and I remember thinking that it would be pretty simple since there was only 70 questions in total. When I started answering each chapter, I realized that each question had like four sub questions which was really annoying...especially chapter 5 which we didn't even really cover. It was due before 3:00 pm on Friday, September 30th, and the night earlier, I was reading and trying to understand what to do for the last chapter. Now fast forward 30 minutes before 3:00 pm. There were still four questions left, and I still had no clue. Frantically, I copied and pasted each question into Google and tried reproducing the steps they took. Staring at my answers, I clicked submit with the hope that they were correct, but with no avail. 3 out of 4 questions were wrong and I had less than 5 minutes to figure out what to do for the last one. As the time was ticking away, my fingers mindlessly punched in numbers. There was no time to think, this was my last ditch effort to make sense of something I did not understand. It was 2:59, and I typed in my answer and clicked submit as fast as I could. To my horror, my session had just expired. Now I just had 30 seconds to log in, type in my answers, and click submit. Logging in as fast as I could, I once again typed in what I thought was the right answer. If I got this answer right, it would justify spending an hour trying to answer what I got wrong. As I clicked submit, I thought about how procrastination, aside from the negative effects, produces a rush, a feeling of being able to beat the clock when the chances are very slim. The answer had just finished processing. To my amazement, next to number 19 was a green check mark.

And yet another book to read- sigh -.-

I decided to read the book Fahrenheit 451 mainly because my friend was reading it and I thought that it was better than reading no independent reading book. If your confused why the author Ray Bradbury made the book title fahrenheit 451, it is because paper burns at that temperature. As usual I pick another book that is completely weird...I dont get this book either....WHY ME!!!!! Yeah, so its about a dude whos name is Guy Montage and he is a fireman. Normally fireman are supposed to put out fires but in this deminsion, a fireman's job is to start fires....ugh....I don't get it. I read like over a 100 pages of the book and all, but all the stuff they write is of one moment which is expanded to like a page..it's really boring. Like all the other books I read the book wasn't going anywhere--probably just in the beginning. Luckily the book might get interesting...and when it does I will write something of more meaning. One that has happened so far is that Guy has made friends with this seventeen year old girl who's name is Clarisse. She's young for her age but acts older than it and sometimes immature. Somehow, when I read the book its sounds as if it takes place in the future...seriously I don't know but it sounds like it.

The end of the book-pages 300-500

Technically, I was supposed to read 100 pages per week but the suspense was killing me so I read an extra hundred. In these pages a lot of things happen. Education was held high in the family. Education meant power. It was something that the Nolan family needed so they could rise and become wealthy. Throughout most of the story the Nolan family was poor, but when Neeley and Francie were properly educated all their money worries were handled. Francie was working as an editor in a newspaper company(I forgot the name) making 20 dollars per week, and Neeley was working various low paying jobs making 5 -10 dollars per week. Before the children got their working papers, Johnny Nolan (their father) died of pnemonia. Also their mother got pregnant with another baby before Johnny died, but they didn't have to worry about making ends meet with Francie's income. Also Sissy, who is Francie's aunt got married and "had a baby". This baby wasn't obviously her's because she had a steak of having miscarriages - 11 to be exact. She sort of adopted the baby and proclaimed that it was her own baby even though her belly was as flat as a pancake. Later on, Katie remarries to McShane, who is this police sergeant who makes 10,000 dollars per year. This meant that once the Nolans were very poor making a couple of dollars a day and in the futrue they were one of the riches families in Brooklyn.

Chapters 8-14...a brief description

The book "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" is a book of survival. Every single chapter describes how the Nolan family sustains themselves with just 30 cents a day....oh yea this story takes place in the early 1900s, but still back then 30 cents was very little. Everything they eat is incorperated with bread and cheap spices. They mainly drink cofee which is dominantly mixed with water. Katie Nolan (the mom) has an ambition to save up 50 dollars by sparing 5 cents each day into a can placed into the darkest corner of their closet. The Nolan family are suffering because they really want to buy a home for themselves, so at least their children can inherit it and live a better life with less obligations. This was an ambition that Katie's mother Mary had. Unfortunatly, after saving 50 dollars each time, she was tricked because she couldn't read or write English. Every single generation of their family has been working or living in the house/land of another; they were never rich enough to rise to anything...that is why they came to America so they have a chance for their children's sake. Luckily Katie can speak English and write it. When Katie gave birth to a daughter (Francie), Katie's mom told her that she must be properly educated to live a successful live in America. So every single day, Katie read Francie a page from the Bible and a page from Shakespeare. And every single day, their father Johnny works less and drinks more.