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On the top of your head, can you name all the stages of photosynthesis? The date of the storming of the Bastille in the French Revolution? Or what it is? What about the lyrics of a new Gaga hit, even? Yes? … No? … Google?
In olden times, it is usually mistaken that intelligence meant knowledge. At school, the “smart” ones were always the ones who memorized all the algebra equations, aced all the tests and remembered the periodic table of elements by heart; they were the ones with the Ivy League within reach and stood out in their classes, petted by teachers and students alike. But when put to the test, can these smart ones really put their knowledge to use?
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These are the latest nine blog posts taken from all of the students's blogs.
About Blogging
The excerpts you see on this blog originate on one of the 138 blogs currently in use. Each blog is from a grade 6 through 12 students many using English as their second language.
At SSIS we believe that blogging...
encourages students to talk about writing as a process. It helps them realize that texts are not perfect documents that we learn to spew out. It helps them learn that texts are always in the process of revision. They learn that even after they post their carefully proofread entry, someone will inevitably come along, ask questions, and force the writer to take another look at the work he or she has written. Of course, we all know that it doesn't take place with every text but, when it does happen, students learn what it really means to write. (K. Glogowski)
Updated SSIS Blogs
@A Durian's Blog"I'm free?" Dave Pelzer's account of the severe child abuse began, quite unusually, with his 'rescue'. He did not have a clue that it was his last day with his»»MORE
@I don't careCarpe Diem! This is my favorite quote from the book Dead Poets Society. From this quote from the book, I learned that people should enjoy the present. Even if i'm»»MORE
@imagine....»»MORE
@DadinhoIt's been quite a while since I read the fascinating tale of the young Dragon Rider, Eragon, and I was finally able to come to an end with this astonishing»»MORE
Featured Articles
For the past science classes, we have been experimenting with a Rolling DotCar. Every 0.5 seconds, this car makes ...
Jane Austen *What are the themes of your novel? Explain. *What literary devices are used in this novel and for what purpose? *What ...
Aside from being both unpredictable and interesting, J.D. Salinger's nine stories are also well-constructed. The different settings, conflicts, characters' attitudes ...
Everyday, millions of shoes were produced, and millions of them were bought. We concern about the environment and how it ...
I have lived in three countries in my life and traveled to many more. My dominant culture without a doubt ...
"Wow..." As I was looking at the pictures of before and after photo retouching and I was very astonished at ...
Reflections
Book #1 “What is your Conlcusion Holmes?”The novel suggest a theme that is rather common but true in many cases as presented in the novel; ” everything is not what is seems.” The novel presents various types of literary devices such as imagery, oxymoron, irony, foreshadow and of course puns. However, the most remarkable literary device I find of my interest [...]
Tools
How to Add a Clustr Map to Your BlogIn this blog post, I will be showing you how to add a Clustr Map to your wordpress blog. In case your are wondering what a Clustr Map is, it is a small widget that shows you how many people from different regions visit your blog. Adding this widget is simple and easy; just follow [...]
School
“the things that link us deepest, we can’t feel.”Â
Even though the novel is about teenage girls living in New York in the 1950’s, Joyce Carol Oates had written and covered Foxfire with themes of violence/power, pride, sexuality/gender issues, friendship, poverty vs. the richer class, vengeance, and oppression/freedom:
Original team members Legs, Maddy, Lana, Goldie, and Rita all came from a broken family in New York’s Lowertown Hammond (which contributed in their unity.) For [...]
Readings
A Child Called ‘It’:Part One“I’m free?”
Dave Pelzer’s account of the severe child abuse began, quite unusually, with his ‘rescue’. He did not have a clue that it was his last day with his mentally-unstable and sadistic mother; his last day of being a garage-resident; and his first day of freedom.
After his rescue, there was a flashback of how his [...]
Artifacts
Driver’s ED SummarySummary of the book
The book Driver’s ED by Caroline B. Cooney is a book about con and facing up to something you did wrong. Remy Marland and Morgan Campbell are on there first date along with Nickie Budie. They were stealing signs from a dark intersection called cherry road. They stole the stop sign [...]
Musings
Dead Poets Society Blog EntryCarpe Diem!
This is my favorite quote from the book Dead Poets Society.
From this quote from the book, I learned that people should enjoy the present.
Even if i’m living hard life, I should enjoy the present and try to solve the problem.
Dead poets society is a story that talks about rights in stuffy school life.
There was [...]
