Rad Reading – April

This month I read Alex Rider – Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz. It starts out as Alex retuning to school with a cover up story of being out sick for 3 weeks. Then going on a mini tangent after school by finding the hiding place of a drug dealer that comes to the school and using a nearby construction crane to grab the boat and drop it in front of a police station. Then he finds himself in front of the chief of the MI6 in England again for a new mission. The MI6 was suspicious of a man named Dr. Hugo Grief who is the headmaster of a Swiss boarding school for troubled boys. After a cover name and cover story was made, he is sent to the school, at first glance it doesn’t seem off, but the boys are. One day they are troubled and don’t care what anyone thinks of them, the next day their quiet, hardworking men. Alex does a little searching, and finds that Dr. Grief is a madman, sick person who’s master plan is immortality by cloning, he cloned himself into the form of babies, then had them grow, and then Grief bought the school for a very specific reason. He would take in troubled boys of a certain age in, then replaced them with his clones that a master plastic surgeon changed there faces. Will Alex stop this himself? Or will he need a little help along the way.

What I loved about this book is the nonstop action and great descriptions just like the first book. The spying action and dialogue that says a lot but doesn’t give it all away. I would definitely recommend this book to read if you like actions and suspense, but you should read book 1 first.

Pros and Cons of Video Games – 20% Project – Week 3

This week I continued working on the cons of playing video games. I learned that video games can cause real life risks and hinder cognitive functions. I accomplished learning those two examples of why video games are bad. I had no struggles and I didn’t have to make any adjustments. Though I am going to switch up some of the research order and find new ideas form different websites. I left off almost finished with the cons of video games.

Roomy

My favorite room in my house is my bedroom. It is my favorite because I feel the safest in my room, I feel most at home, and I think it is the best looking room in my house. I feel safest because it is where I sleep the most, and mostly no trouble doing so. I also feel most at home because I spend most of my time thinking and listening up there. But I think it is the best looking room in the house because of my decorations. There is not much on the wall except for an LED dartboard, and lights that cover most of the top of the wall. I just got a new shades that drape over the windows, and rollers behind. When walking in, my bed is in the middle of the room, desk to the left, and on the left wall I have shelves that hold possessions of mine. I have a dresser next to the door, and a closet built into the right wall. And lastly I have a basketball hoop on the back of my door.

Pros and Cons of Video Games – 20% Project – Week 2

This week I finished working on the pros and I started on the cons of video games. I accomplished finishing the pros of video games and started working on the cons. I found that video games help with problem solving, decision making, memory, spatial intelligence, history and culture, and social interaction. The only struggle I had was the distractions around me. Especially sitting next to Noah, who’s making bread. I am probably going to have to adjust my schedule to make it so I takes notes on what I found on sites and move from there.

Platypus Pranks

Mega prankster Pete the Platypus is at the top of his game today. Being April fools day, he could do the worst and most elaborate pranks. This morning he opened his casement of pranking devices, getting everything he needed. The first prank would be on his friends on their walk to school. He had snuck in heat seeking shirts with the words mega loser written in a special ink. He would intentionally be late on their walk so his drone could drop heat absorbing slime on them. The ink would then come out. At school, he pranked all his teachers, but the most elaborate would be on the principal. Pete set up an almost invisible trap on the podium floor when an assembly would happen. When the principal would take the microphone of the stand and start walking around, he would pick up a fake $50 bill that was attached to the floor, setting off a Rube Golberg machine, that would trap him in a net. Or at least that is what he hoped would happen.

Pros and Cons of Video Games – 20% Project, Week 1

This week I started working on the pros of playing video games. I found that video games help with problem solving, decision making, memory, and spatial intelligence. I didn’t have any struggles except for just distractions. There was a lot going on that is harder for me to focus than usual. I think I might have to adjust my original plan because I got a lot done when in the time that I had. I might finish much earlier with my research than I intended. I left off being halfway done with my pros research.

Dinner For Three

If I could invite any three people to dinner it would be LeBron James, Shohei Ohtani, and Victor Wembanyama. Victor Wembanyama is a rookie who plays for the San Antonio Spurs. He is 7’4” with an 8’ 0” wingspan. He averages 21.2 points per game, 10.5 rebounds, and leading in blocks with 3.5. I would get autographs while eating and sell copies to make money. That is why I would invite those three for dinner.

Rad Reading – March

This month I read Alex Rider – Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. It starts out as a normal London day, Alex coming home from school to find out that his uncle died in a “car accident”. But then when Alex attends the funeral, he learns that there were bullet holes in the windshield. Then he finds out that his uncle didn’t work at a bank, but was a super spy going undercover to investigate the suspicious new technology being built by madman Herod Sayle. Their first clue to him being up to no good was his computer factory was heavily armed with soldiers. Alex goes undercover to Sayle Enterprises to find out what was going on. He did some exploring and found out that Sayle was bullied by the current prime minister of England. Sayle loaded the new computers with a form of smallpox with no immediate cure. Schoolchildren would die in a matter of minutes. With Alex stop him, or will he pay the price of a spies failure.

I liked this book because of the nonstop action and good description of what was going on in the book. I could picture all the scenes that the book described at every single point. The characters were described so well that I saw them for their every detail. That is why I liked this book.

My favorite character from the book was Alex, the main protagonist. He was my favorite because of his bravery and perseverance. One quote to show this is “But all in all you are to be congratulated, Alex. You not only lived up to our expectations. You way exceeded them.” He took many risks and some failed, but he never stopped trying to complete his mission. That is why Alex was my favorite character.