Acres of Diamonds

Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell, is a book about wealth, essentially. This book tells several stories that are all tied to the same overall concept that Russell H. Conwell is trying to convey to the reader. The stories are all about different people that all find themselves in similar situations only to meet the same fate to get so close to riches, then leave without thought and without riches. There was a story where a man wanted to go with his brother in order to look for oil. (which was really precious and valuable ) His brother told him that he couldn't because the man knew nothing about the oil industry. The man so eager to get rich that once he studied everything there was to know on the oil industry he went to his brother that the learned everything. They wasted no time in leaving and looking for oil that the man sold his house and property as quick as possible. Now that the new owner of the land came in he noticed that near the stream of water there was another stream of something black and sticky. It turned out to be oil, The man who everything about the oil business did no know there was oil ring in his backyard. The main message that the author is trying to convey is that you don't need to go somewhere else in order to gain riches, you have a higher chance of getting rich with something in you own backyard or neighborhood.

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys from about age 6 to age 12 end up crashing on a deserted island, with no adults around to help them, they have to survive and function  as civil people until they were rescued or die trying. Quickly the main character Ralph becomes chief of the group of boys because he called all of them using a conch shell which become a symbol of order and civilization.
This book is considered a classic, I can understand this because of its message. The real human nature and other messages integrated in the book. The book was interesting and easy to read. Despite all that, I will never say that I liked this book. This book is a book that in my belief was aiming to please mature audiences like high schoolers. In as an eighth grader I understand the concepts that are portrayed in this book, and as a piece of literature it is really good. The problem arises with me being an eighth grader, I understand the book completely, the only thing is that I really don't care. I don't care for the message that William Golding is trying to teach me so even though it's a classic, I don't like it.

public speaking

I never like to get up in front of a large crowd and speak, especially when its for an assignment of something similar. I am never interested in the topics whenever I have to present to my class. If I had to present to my class I found that there is something that makes me a little bit more confident in public speaking. Usually the more you know about your topic the more you can talk about it. The one thing that I am afraid of happening is that someone with ask something relating to my topic and I will be left speechless, mainly due to the fact that Im afraid of giving the wrong information, so knowing the material is an important factor to having confidence to publicly speak. You also need to structure what you are going to say in a certain order so that it make most intellectual sense to the audience. Something that I find helps with what you are going to say is actually practice your words to not only solidify your points but it also helps with clear speech and having pauses to exaggerate a point. If you don't like to say things aloud then just formulate roughly what you are going to say so that you are not stuck there trying to remember what was next or how you should sound during the presentation.

realization

Have you ever looked at yourself and wondered "what could I do everyday to make myself a better person?" no? yeah me neither. What I have thought about is why do I do things that are not gonna help he in the future instead of doing what I should, like homework, or doing extra practice for math or english to advance my learning. Even though I know thats what I should do, I always watch youtube. I got to thinking, maybe it has to do with our habits, what I mean by this is, if I have nothing to do I instantly reach for my phone, the remote, or my laptop. This is mainly because I have made it a habit to check my phone. Now the real question os if I can rewrite this into something good. If habits are developed in your mind, can you concentrate enough to stop a habit. I've recently got a chance to hear a lecture from my friends dad. He tried to teach us the value of self evaluation and how if you reflect on what you did well and what you could improve on you will become successful. I recognize my friend's dad's intelligence and wisdom and when I listened to his life lesson it struck a chord with me. At that moment acknowledged  I am not ready for the responsibilities of becoming an adult, far from it. That was my realization.

procrastinator

Everyone accuses me of being a procrastinator. I can see that this is true because I am just starting to do a project due by Friday, you might be wondering, " what's so wrong with that, you still have the week days to do it since its Tuesday" Yeah thats true but everyone is already done with it. ( by everyone I mean my classmates) since it's due by the end of the week I have to really hustle to get that done. I would call myself lazy, mainly because I like to stay inside and watch tv most of the time. I procrastinated so much that now its Thursday and now I have to finish the project by tomorrow. Some might say that all you need to do is apply yourself so that you can get stuff done. Thats true but I just can't do that, If I know that I have some time to do something I will subconsciously choose to do it later. I am a really reliable person but I finish things at the last minute, I would stay up to 5 am just to finish a small paragraph rather than not do it.  Yesterday (Wednesday) I had to finish a whole article that I had about two weeks to do it and guess what... I finished it all in one night... the night before it was due. Although I finished it pretty fast it came out pretty good despite the lack of time I did it in. I feel like I can get things done better if under a short time limit. I get the sense of pressure to actually start working and though its not a good way to do things it at least works for the time left of school cause summer for me is in less than 10 school days.

Messy

      I'm a messy person, my room is far from clean. I almost never make my bed. I don't know why people would make their bed just to mess it up again. I would understand if you have company over often or something of that nature. Me on the other hand, I don't invite people over that much. If it's become so dirty that its crusty or something like that then you should totally clean it. I just don't like making my bed. If you are going to argue about why, its because I find it to be a waste of time. You might say, " What happens if you have unexpected visitors?" well I'll just let them know thats its messy before I let them in. If they don't mind it then well ... problem solved! That's what I do with my friends and they don't really care about it. When I see someone's clean room, I wonder what they do to keep it clean. I can't determine what they do. Do they clean it everyday? Or is it more like once a week thing?  I'm a very messy person, not only in my room but in my mind. There are a lot of random thoughts that just float around in my mind until I forget it. sometimes though, my mind is totally blank. Most guys can relate, and I don't know if girls can't do this or if they just don't like it but most guys I know (and me) have the spectacular ability to look at something and not think about anything. Nothing at all is happening in our heads, but then a someone comes a long and they ask, "What are you thinking about?" and we answer truthfully and say, "um... nothing." most guys know what I'm talking about and can relate but I don't know about girls. If any female could comment below to educate me it would be greatly appreciated.

super powers, what would you choose?

Powers, something I believe that almost everyone has thought about at one point in their entire life may it be flight, invisibility, the ability to not feel pain, or even telekinesis. The reason I bring this topic up is because I have been watching an anime called "Boku no hero academia" It's about a kid named Izuku Midoriya, he is a boy born without powers were 80 percent of people on earth do have some kind of quirk/power. The number one hero and Izuku's model in life is Allmight, a super hero with an amazing quirk of incredible power. Allmight passes on his power to Izuku because he sees something in him, something all heros require. Then you follow Izuku on his path to become the number one hero ever. I would love to have super powers but the trouble is picking the right one. I've thought that maybe I should have the phenomenal ability to copy whoever power by touching them, but then what happens if there aren't any superheroes around or you are the only one in the world to even have a power so you would never get to know. These are the things I think about before going to sleep. If you haven't seen "Baku no hero academia" I would highly recommend it, after the first episode I've been hooked, it has become my favorite anime so far. If I had to choose a power it would be Izuku's. I really urge you to watch not only the first season but the second as it is still being created.