Goals are very good to have. It sets accomplishments for people. I believe that everybody should have a goal or goals so that they can feel much more better when they accomplish them. It is sort of like a mission. Ever since I was small, I have always had a goal or goals in mind. When I was younger, my goal was to become a maid. However, all my goals have changed. I have new and improved goals. I believe that my goals are more mature.

     One of my goals is to become a pediatrician. First, I want to go to GCC and then transfer to UOG. I believe that being a pediatrician is my dream job only because I love babies. I can get very attached to babies or to kids. When I was younger, I used to play doctor with my parents. I used to wrap them all over with bandages. It used to be so fun. Now a days, I only play doctor with my stuff animals, but at least I still practice being a doctor.

     My second goal is to get better grades. I want to try to get really good grades so that I can  get into NJHS. I have been trying to get good grades so that I can please myself and my family. During 3rd quarter, I tried my best to get good grades. I received straight A’s. My average was 98.714. I was very proud of myself. I hope that next year, I will get good grades as of this year. I also hope that I can get into NJHS next year.

       My goals are very straight forward to me. I really want to accomplish my goals. I think that if I accomplish my goals, I will feel good with myself and others will be also proud. I have learned that it is good to have goals so that it is as if you have done something important in your life. I will probably have more goals to fulfill in life once I get older and more mature.

          Do you remember when you were 6th grade? Do you know the differences and similarities? Well, my name is Pialani, and I will be sharing my thoughts about myself when I was 6th and how I changed when I turned 7th. I will compare and contrast my personality and actions from when I was 6th grade to now. 

         I have many similarities between 6th grade and 7th grade. First, I am still very talkative. I am always talking in almost every class I am in. Also, I am still very much in love with mathematics. Actually, I have always been into mathematics ever since I was in the 1st grade. I am very shy around people who I don’t really know or just around people who I like. I have always been the most weirdest people person  between my friends and I.

         I have also acted different. I believe that my personality has changed the most. I am more out-going. I am also more out-spoken. I am hanging out with much more different friends. I have acted more mature than before. I have also changed my attitude. I have become more nicer and more respectful to all others. I am more friendlier to my classmates. I always try to pay attention in most of my classes. My grades are also different. I have gotten better grades than before. I used to only get a few A’s and the rest B’s, but now I am getting straight A’s in all my classes.

     As you can see, I changed more than I stayed the same. The changes were for the better and not for the worst. You can probably say that I have matured since I was 6th grade. What is so ironic about this is that I am only 7th grade. However, I have changed a lot. I have learned a lot about myself. Last year, I felt like I was in a whole new world and that I was a lost little girl. Now, I feel like I almost know everything. I know where all the classes are and who the teachers are. That to me was a great accomplishment.
      

      Some people are different from each other and others are the same. But, do you know what the differences and similarities are? Well, I interviewed these two special people and found some interesting facts about them. There were some similarities and a lot of differences. Let me share with you about what I have found.

     So, here are the similarities. Christiana and Kiera both enjoy playing volleyball. Volleyball is both their favorite sport. They both like penguins and pandas. They both say that they are cute. Christiana also says that she likes them because they are both black and white.  They both are in the same team. They are in 8c. They both like Converse, the shoe brand. They both enjoy chatting on Myspace. Also, they both like rainbows. Well, that’s all the similarities that I found between them.

    Now, here are the differences. Christiana’s favorite color is hot pink, but Kiera’s favorite color is blue. Christiana’s favorite cartoon person or animal is Hello Kitty, however, Kiera’s is SpongeBob. Their age is also different. Kiera is 13, and Christiana is 14. They also have different types of favorite foods. Kiera likes brownies, and Christiana likes Subway sandwiches. Kiera has straight hair, but Christiana has wavy hair. Another physical difference about them is that Kiera wears glasses, and Christiana doesn’t. Christiana’s favorite move is Hair Spray, and Kiera’s favorite movie is I am Legend. They both have different favorite subjects. Christiana likes Social Studies, but Kiera likes Wood-Shop. When I asked them where would their dream vacation be, Kiera said that she would go to Tokyo, Japan. Christiana, on the other hand, would like to go somewhere in Europe.

    As you can see, Christiana and Kiera have only some similarities, but a lot of differences. I never knew that they would have many differences. I thought that they would have more similarities. However, they are almost completely different from each other. It’s funny how people may seem the same, but they really have different personalities.

     What makes an exellent presentation? Well, to me, an exellent presentation includes speaking loud and having eye contact. The presentations also have to be very factual and very interesting. First, they have to introduce themselves. Then, they should talk about their presentation. Meanwhile, they should be giving the listeners eye contact. Some of my classmates did an exellent presentation.

   Most of my classmates’ made a wonderful presentation. However, some of them were just funny and not that informative. My classmate, Alana, made a wonderful presentation about dancing. It was very factual and interesting. My other classmate, Vana, made a very persuasive presentation about sushi. In addition, it made me want to eat some of the sushi that was in their presentation. My other classmate, Taylor, made a wonderful and informative presentation about the White Wolfs. They all gave good presentations. They all spoke loudly and gave eye contact. Darian also gave a good presentation. All of them put pictures about their presentations. It was very cool.

     I am researching on the one and only sponge who lives in a pineapple. His name is SpongeBob SquarePants. I researched him by using the Internet. I have also watched some of the episodes to gather more information about him and the other characters. I mostly looked for information at this website: SpongeBob SquarePants. It has a lot of information about SpongeBob and his close friends. It has helped a lot with my project. I also go to Google.com, Ask.com, and MSN.com. They also have a lot of information about SpongeBob.

     I have found a lot of interesting things about SpongeBob SquarePants. I found out that SpongeBob was designed by a marine biologist and animator, Stephen Hillenburg. I also found out that the voice of SpongeBob is Tom Kenny. SpongeBob has a lot of friends. His close friends are Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs. SpongeBob is a really friendly person. In some episodes, he likes to impersonate other people. He tries to act tough. SpongeBob is a fry cook at a restaurant named The Krusty Krab. His arch enemy is Plankton. He is a very small creature.

    Some of the difficulties about this project was that my computer would freeze while I was researching. I would have to re-do the whole thing because I didn’t save it. Sometimes, the websites would be fake to me. Sometimes, they didn’t make any sense at all. I would have to go to other websites to check for more information. Another difficulty was that my computer didn’t have Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. I had to make a PowerPoint on Google.

        What is cyber-bullying? Cyber-bullying is just like bullying but online. People mostly use the Internet to threaten and taunt people. People have hurt themself from cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying can lead to  dangerous effects. I think that cyber-bullying is a very dumb thing to do. People can hurt other people and not know it. They may think that they are just fooling around, but that person might feel very hurt.

        Cyber-bullying is when some people threaten, taunt, or insult you incessantly by messages or by comments. They are technically bullying you but on the computer. Most cyber-bullying takes place on Myspace, Friendster, chatrooms or other online websites. Cyber-bullying is mostly about people who like to go on to a computer and tease or scare people that they know or people who they don’t know. Some people cyber-bully from their cellphones. They can text you bad comments, or they can prank call you.

        Most affects are very dangerous. Some people committed suicide. It only matters on how the person reacts to problems. Some people would just punch the wall, and some people would rather kill themselves. According to the article,”A suicide victim and the town that turned on her cyber-bully”, a 13 year old girl, Megan, committed suicide. One day, her neighbor sent her a comment saying that she is was a mean and bad person. She reacted by hanging herself. Another article that I read was “Online bullying compels states to act”. It indicates that a young boy named Ryan killed himself because some boys from his school called him gay.

       Cyber-bullying can be prevented in many ways. They can prevent cyber-bullying by blocking chat rooms or by not putting personal information on the computer. According to the article, “Cyber-bullying MSNBC”, they say that prevention should start at home with your parents. The parents should always watch what their kids are doing on the computer so that they know that they are not joining any chat rooms or putting any information about themselves. They should also prevent them at school. Some schools have teachers that let their students use the computers. They may never know if their students are chatting with people who do they don’t know. They should band their students to not go on the computer or to not go online. 
      
        I have learned that cyber-bullying is just like bullying but online. They are not physically bullying you, but they are bullying you online. I have also learned that people can really hurt other people by just saying bad things on the Internet. I think that people should stop cyber-bullying people just because they don’t like them or because they don’t really know them. I think that cyber-bullying is just cruel. I think that people who cyber-bully people are just people who don’t have anything to do and like to tease people.

    Do you know much about recycling? Well, we didn’t at first, but we do now. Hello, my name is Pialani and I am here to tell you about the information that my classmates and I found out about recycling. At first, I thought that recycling only deals with taking old materials to make new materials. That is almost entirely true, but that’s not everything about recycling. Most of my classmates, including myself wanted to know about what really is recycling, and how they recycle.

       My classmates and I were discussing about if recycling is good or bad for the atmosphere or in general, the Earth. Some of my classmates said that recycling is good, but others said that it was bad. I guess it really matters of how they were grown up. Maybe they are one of those people who really care for our environment. I actually said they it was good because, well, I thought that taking old materials and creating new ones was a great kind of energy saver.

      Some of my classmates said that recycling is a good way to preserve natural resources. My classmate also said that there is a recycling plant in Anderson Air Force Base. One of my classmates said that recycling lowers the amount of waste and pollution. However, one of my classmates disagrees with the rest. She believes that recycling is okay, but she thinks that recycling destroys out atmosphere.

       I wanted to know if recycling causes or helps our environment. My classmate wanted to know how did recycling started. Some of my classmates want to know how they recycle the materials, and what they do with it. My classmates want to know the different ways to recycle. My classmate wants to know if Guam will get more recycling plants.
I learned that you can donate your pets to a  pet shop if you can no longer take care of it. I also learned that you can use recyclable materials for playground equipment. I learned that we can recycle materials by holding garage sales. I also learned that we can recycle books by donating them to a library. I also learned that we can recycle by buying rechargeable items.

       My experience with the handheld has been pretty great. It is an easier way to do research projects because they can automatically save the documents that you typed. It is a really fun computer device. There is even a game that can help you with writing on the PDA. Our teacher also beamed us a game that we can play to help up with our spelling. It is called “Text Twist”. You can also beam documents to other people with another PDA. I learned that you can Hot-Sync a document from your PDA to a computer. You can even Hot-Sync articles to your PDA from the computer. It gets pretty interesting. I also learned that you can take quizzes and make quizzes.

       The bad thing about it is that we can’t bring it out of school. Sometimes, we need to finish our work, but we have no time. My teacher couldn’t even send our documents to us from the PDA’s because she wasn’t allowed to bring them home. It gets a little frustrating. Before we had the keyboards, it was very difficult to write on the PDA’s. But now, it is much more better and much more easier. Soon the reading and language classes will be using handhelds. I can’t wait because I might be able to use a PDA in another class.

I watched the movie The Outsiders. It was a wierd movie. It talks about different gangs. I think that the movie is very violent. In some parts, people shoot other people, or every one is just speaking vulgar langauge. Most of the characters have a bad behavior. I would not really want to recommend people to watch this unless they liked to watch these kind of movies.
I believe that the movie is not suitable for all people. In the movie, these boys, Johnny, Dally, Ponyboy, and much more, are in a gang called the “Greasers”. They usually have fights, or what they call “rumbles”, in the parks. They usually fight with these people called the “Socs”. In one scene, Johnny stabbed one the the “Socs” because they were drowning Ponyboy. I think that this movie just full of surprises because in another scene, Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally save many children escape from a burning building. The movie has many features, but I would not recommend people to watch it.