2017 Means A New Me

My intentions for next year is I want to talk more in class and also stop being shy everywhere. The reason I want to stop being shy is that when my mom wants me to ask someone from a store for help since she doesn't talk english well I don't want to do it so she has to force me if I'm the only one there with her. I want to talk in class because then I can say my opinions and my thoughts that I have about a topic that the teacher is telling us in class. I want to able to talk to new people or people that sit next to me because then i won't be shy to talk to others and ask them for help on something that I don't understand. I will start to talk once or twice a day in some classes and sometimes more if I feel confident enough to talk in front of the whole class. I think talking more will show the kind of person i am at home and when I'm around my friends.

How Technology has Impacted our Lives in a Negative Way

How Technology has Impacted our Lives in a Negative Way

Have you ever wondered how Technology has impacted our lives in a negative way? Most people think that it makes life better, easier but in reality many people's lives have changed because of this.
Many people are getting injured because of technology. About 1.6 million crashes happen because people are texting and driving. Making 330,000 injuries of the people that were texting and driving. Most of these accidents are caused by teens that can drive and adults. 34% of people have admitted to be texting and driving when the crash occurred. 13% of the people were people from ages 18-20 admit to have been texting and driving.
Teens that have phones and are always on it even at night don't sleep as many hours as they should be sleeping. Teens need about 9 to 9 ¼ hours of sleep but they sometimes get 7 hours or less. Some teens don't sleep at all at night because they spend their times on their phones. When your phone wakes you up from a peaceful sleep it will start to make you lose Melatonin which are hormones that control our sleeping and waking cycle. By people reducing Melatonin it starts to make it harder for people to go to sleep or sometimes stay asleep. Sometimes if you watch a movie before going to sleep or even just texting someone goodnight your brain will make you think that you still need to stay awake. The light that your phone provides mimics the daylight. Causing people to wake up tired, anxious, and depressed.
With technology always around us we don't communicate as much as we used to with the people around us. When there wasn't a lot of technology back then people would talk to each other if they were waiting even if a person was a stranger. But now people spend most of their time talking on the phone or just doing something on their phones and don't bother asking someone how their day is going that is next to them. People should at least try to talk to others around them instead of always being on their phones.
Technology has also affected people's educations. People that like to be on their phones all day don't do their homework and don't learn everything that they need to know. Sometimes kids have their phones with them during the school day and try to use it as much as they can. Sometimes kids forget about their homework because they just spend their whole time after school on their phones.
I did a survey on the kids in my school. The first question I asked was how many hours do they spend on technology. The highest someone spends on technology in my school is a whole day. The other answers were 10 hours, 8 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 ½ hours. Another question I asked was how many hours do you sleep. The lowest was 6 hours and the highest was 10 hours the other answers were 9 hours, 8 phours, and 7 hours.
Another question was how long can you go without your phone. 3 people said 30 minutes, 1 person said 1 hours, 3 people said 3 hours, and 2 people said other. The last question was do you think technology is bad for you. 10 people said it's not bad and only 2 people said yes.

The $100 I Got For Christmas And A Big Teddy Bear I Got For My Birthday

When it was Christmas morning my,other went into my brothers room and mine and gave us $100 each, I was so happy because I would be able to buy what I wanted for a long time.

Also for my birthday I got a big Teddy Bear from my dad. I was in my room talking to my friends when the doorbell rung and my dad came in with a teddy bear. I was happy because I always loved to have and stuffed animals because they are soft and I just always loved them.

My Favorite Quote

My favorite quote is  

"Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours." ~ Zig Ziglar

What this quote means to me is that many people seem sad and that once someone smiles at them they smile too.
When I would see my friends or family sad I would always try to make them smile because I dmt like to see people sad.