The Columbian Exchange brings good things, AND bad things. The positive effects are that it helps both sides with food, defenses, transportation, etcetera. However, there are also negative effects, which are most likely diseases. 

In the Columbian Exchange, the Old World (Europe) brought the New World (America) many animals, like horses, chickens, cows, pigs, oxen, sheep, and many more, They also brought food, like potatoes and corn. This helped a lot to the New World, and in return, the New World introduced new foods to them, like pineapples, or tomatoes. However, the negative effect was that the Old World unknowingly gave them diseases, which were caused by unknown plants or unknown animals. 

In conclusion, the positive effect was that the Columbian Exchange gave them the solutions to their needs, however, the negative effect was that it also gave the worlds new diseases. 
 
At the zoo, there 25 stations. We needed to finish all the stations we could. My favorite station was the blubber and the fur gloves. I liked that station because I got to feel like how an animal would feel, and that it was a hands-on project. The station was at the Sea Lion Cove, and we had to decide which glove was warmer in icy water. The blubber glove felt squishy in a weird way, while the fur glove was soft. In the end, my group said the blubber glove was warmer. I think it was warmer because the blubber was stuck together, which kept the heat in, while the fur glove could let air travel through. 

Even though this station was my favorite, there were other stations that I liked too, like the bone station or the tiger station, however, that is a different story. If you went to the zoo field trip, then feel free to comment below about which zoo station you liked best. 
 
Did you ever realize how similar the Incas' and the Aztecs' falls were? I mean seriously, both were conquered by the Spanish conquistadors, and were also weakened by a disease that the Spanish gave to them. Also, the Spanish had guns and horses which helped them defeat both of the civilizations.  I also noticed that Spanish also wanted to conquer both of the cultures, and that they also tried to convert the Incas and the Aztecs to Christianity. I bet if they Incas and the Aztecs met, they would both work along well. 

It really amazes me of how both of the cultures ended in the same way. Now that I think about, so did the other empires too. They started small, but gradually grew bigger, however, the ending had to be tragic. Empires and civilizations end in different ways, but some of them we don't even know yet. Maybe one day in the future, advanced archaeologists will try and fill in the gap between the past and the present. 
 
This year, my favorite book is called 13 Treasures. It is a fiction book, and is about a girl who could see fairies. These weren't the type of Tinkerbell fairies however, because in this book, fairies are the first ones on her list of things she hates. The fairies would mess with her, and sometimes torture her. Her mother was getting worried, and fed up with her daughter, so she decided to send her to her grandmother's mansion. There was something at her grandmother's mansion that she didn't know. If she thought that she got rid of fairies, then she was wrong. Her grandmother's mansion was swarmed with twisted, fantasy beings. Gnomes, fairies, and others that she hasn't even heard about. 


I like this book because it tells a lot of how things aren't what they seem. It also interests me, and keeps me wanting to turn the next page. I hope that I can purchase this book again, since I only read it from the library. Hopefully there will be other books I like in the future. 
 
Martin Luther was a very strong protester back in the Reformation. He wrote a whole book on 95 theses about what the church was doing wrong. He inspired many people, so I've decided to make 5 theses of what we need to change in Computech.

1: We should have more Free-Dress days other than dances. 
As we all know, Computech has a strict dress code that requires specific items of clothing, and the only time we can dress freely is when it's the day of a dance. Many kids do like to attend dances, however a lot of kids just want to dress freely. They want to show their independence, and would like to dress how they want to. We understand that Computech has a dress-code for special reasons, but is it possible that we can a Free-Dress day at least once a month?

2: Lunch Money
Lunch money is something that we worry about nowadays. Some students can not afford to pay for the lunch money, which starts turning into a big bill at the end of the school year. I'm not sure if this is for helping the school raise money, but there are other ways of making money other than lunch right?

3: GPA and Grade Privileges
I think that the school should make some events where it does NOT require students to have a certain GPA or grades higher. Some students probably don't have a lot of time to push up their grade, or sometimes the teacher forgets to put in the grade in ATLAS, which makes it more frustrating to the student. Every student should be able to attend something special in the school year that doesn't have anything to do with grades or GPA. 

4: More Field Trips
Field trips are the highlights of the school year. It involves kids having fun and getting excited for the day. It also allows them to just kick off and relax for once, instead of cramming their hands with Cornell notes (just kidding). It also allows them to explore, and we have not had a single field trip as a class or a school. Most of the field trips are only for clubs or advanced students, which makes other students feel unfair. So hopefully we have more field trips next year.

5: More Relaxing Spots
Even though we have the quad, the sloping grassy hills near the Mrs. Kanzler's room, and the basketball courts, we don't really have any other stops than that. Most kids just walk around the school talking to each other, and there aren't even anymore benches around the school anymore. We should have more spots to sit and relax with our friends, so hopefully the school can establish that. 

There is a lot of explanations for each of these suggestions, but these are just some ideas that the school col

 
 
There are many different theories of why the Maya Civilization ended. Some of the theories were warfare, over-population, rebellion, and climate change. I think the one that caused it all was warfare.

The reason why I choose warfare is because of how intense the Maya could be. They used wooden spears, stone arrows, and other hand crafted tools. Maya battles were always bloody. In fact, they even made a simple ball game called pok-ta-pok into a survival field! They even pierce their skin to give blood to the gods for sacrifice. Cities also battled against each other, sometimes even for no reason at all! 

So you see, the main reason I choose warfare is because of how the Maya battled a lot. They made it really bloody, and so they could've possible battled so much that they possibly killed every single Mayan.