Quote of the Week

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I have decided to start something called Quote of the Week. Every few weeks, on Saturday, I will put up a new quote on the tagline (which is below the blog title), and write a little about why I chose it and what it means to me. Also, sometimes, quotes can help with writing inspiration.

This week’s quote is “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss. To me, this quote means that you shouldn’t spend all your time worrying about one thing. I chose it because I think that it’s important to remember to live your life to the fullest.

Should Kids Have Homework?

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Do you ever have to bring your homework home over the weekends? Is your bag always full of sheets you need to work on? You wouldn’t have to worry about that if we did not have any homework. Some people who disagree say, “Kids should be able to review what they learned in school.”

The first reason is because when kids have homework, it takes up a lot of their time. It can interfere with kids’ social life, like spending time with friends or family, or sports practice. It could also get in the way with other things like chores or important events.

The second reason is that it doesn’t make a difference. Studies have shown that test scores have not dropped for students who don’t have homework. Their scores stay the same or sometimes improve. For example, students in other countries have less or no homework but their scores are still better than counties that do give homework.

My last reason is that homework is stressful. Kids might stay up all night wondering if they did good or bad. Sometimes students have to work all through the night because of an overload of homework. This could cause a child to be tired and sleepy a throughout class and miss an important bit of information. They might also mess up on a quiz because of loss of sleep.

In conclusion, we shouldn’t have homework because it takes too much time, it doesn’t make a difference, and it is stressful. What do you think about this topic? Please comment your thoughts!

My Travel List

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Are there any places in the world that you’ve just been dying to go to? Here are all the places that I’d like to see.

  • Athens, Greece
  • Rome, Italy
  • Alaska, U.S.A.
  • Alcatraz Island, California, U.S.A.
  • September 11 Memorial, New York, U.S.A.
  • Texas, U.S.A.
  • Taj Mahal, Agra, India

A Writer’s Block

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Do you ever have the feeling that you don’t have anything to write about? When you have all of your things set up; a crisp sheet of paper, some colorful pens, a pre- sharpened pencil, a comfortable seat, and then BAM! You can’t think of anything? I know I have. Here is a poem I wrote, called A writer’s Block, that tells you all about it.

I don’t know what to write about
The thoughts in my head just won’t come out!

I push, I pull, I stretch, I squeeze
I even tried to say please!

But no matter what,
As hard as I try,
My creative juices still run dry

This is something I cannot deny
So I guess I’ll have to say goodbye

Scar Island By Dan Gemeinhart

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Scar Island is an engrossing story of a boy named Jonathan Grisby who is sent to  Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. Slabhenge is an ancient building in the middle of the ocean on its own island, and the only way in or out is by boat. Jonathan thinks that he deserves living in this crumbling fortress because of what he did in his past.

All of the kids hate the place, but when a freak accident occurs, leaving the entire island entirely unsupervised by adults they all choose to stay and have the entire island all to themselves. What they don’t realize is that without adults, they might be in terrible danger.

I decided to read this book because I had read The Honest Truth, which is also by Dan Gemeinhart, and I really enjoyed it. When I went to the library and saw Scar Island on the shelf, I thought, Why not? I got home and started to read. I finished one chapter… then another… and another, until I finished the entire book! Scar Island was so good that I just couldn’t put it down.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic fiction or adventure books. I hope you’ll take my advice and read Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart!

Kindness

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Kindness is a wondrous thing
Like a rose
Engulfing everyone in it’s sweet aroma

Kindness is like a disease
Very contagious
Once it touches you
You can’t get rid of it
Like glitter
It shimmers and shines
Making everything more beautiful

Kindness is like a fire on a cold night
Warming everything
And everyone

Kindness is words
Words that build you up
And make you feel happy
Kindness is caring
For everything you love in the world

The Pen Infirmary

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I have teamed up with That Asian Kid from the blog A Bowl of Ramen and The Writer from the blog Shorties to create a pen infirmary. Yes, you read it correctly, a pen infirmary. This place is where all pens are rushed to when they have lost too much ink or have broken a cap. We have top class doctors who work very hard and the best facility, designed for a pen’s comfort and happiness.

Of course, sometimes there is just nothing that we can do to save the pens, so we have decided to also make a pen cemetery so we can mourn the pens that have served us well and, unfortunately, passed.

Scythe By Neal Shusterman

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I recently finished the book Scythe and I loved it. Scythe is written by Neal Shusterman and is the first book in the Ark of a Scythe series. It is a dystopian book where there are no problems in the world. No hunger, no disease, no war and not even death. Because of this, the human population would have exploded if it weren’t for scythes. Scythes are the only people in the world who can end someone’s life without having the person revived afterwards.

Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch are each chosen to be an apprentice to a scythe, but this is a role that neither of them want. They must train hard and learn the “art of killing” while knowing that their own lives could be at stake, should they fail.

This book was recommended to me by my english teacher and I knew, as soon as I saw the front cover, that this would be an amazing book. Also, the first line in the book was: We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill. WOW. I mean, at that point, I was set on reading this book.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes the dystopian or science fiction genres.

After reading this review, do you think you want to read Scythe?

Welcome!

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Welcome to my first post on my first blog! I am AAA. In this blog I will write book reviews and about my life. I hope you will enjoy it!