December 20

Week 3.1

One of my favorite times with my family was when we went to Atlantis.  We flew for around 6 hours through Miami.  There, we met up with my grandparents and cousins.  At Atlantis we participated in many excursions such as water slides and creating our own stuffed animals.  Below is a picture of my family in front of some trees.  They have given me permission. DSC_0047

December 20

Week 3.2

One person that has passed away recently was Flip Saunders.  Flip Saunders was the president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the coach.  He was born here in the U.S.A. and he died as a result of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  He died at the age of 60.

Flip Saunders

December 20

Week 3.3

For this activity, I asked my father to write about my great-grandfather.  This is what he wrote.  “My grandfather, Harry Brooks led an interesting life, and fully realized the American dream.  Harry moved to the United States in 1921, when he was in his early twenties.  Harry was active in raising awareness for his fellow Jews who wanted to move from Europe to the United States or modern Israel’s predecessor, Palestine.  (The attached photo shows Harry, on a bike, at around age 20 at a rally for emigration). Soon after this photo was taken, Harry left behind the world he knew in what is now modern-day Belarus.  He spoke no English upon his arrival in the United States.  Harry recognized that education would provide a path to success, and further understood that mastering English – a language then completely foreign to him — would be the first, critical step along this path.  Within two years of his arrival, Harry became fluent in English and soon enrolled in pharmacy school at Fordham University.  Harry worked hard and graduated with his degree; within a few years, he had opened his own pharmacy in the Bronx, New York.  The pharmacy was a successful venture, and gave Harry the means to care for his family.

Looking back, Harry’s decision to leave Belarus was certainly the right one.   In 1941, the Nazis invaded Eastern Europe, including Belarus.  Nearly every Jewish community was destroyed, with its inhabitants either murdered on the spot, or sent to death camps.  Harry’s friends and relatives who stayed in Belarus all suffered this fate.

Harry greatly appreciated the opportunities the United States afforded him.  He taught his son (Aidan’s grandfather) to very much appreciate the United States.  This sense of gratitude has been passed down from Harry, and now to Aidan, a third generation American.”

FullSizeRender The attached photo shows Harry, on a bike, at around age 20 at a rally for emigration.  He is the one with the red circles around him.

November 20

Aliens Are Around

Deep in the explored vast areas of space there live or lived unidentified life forms.  Even though there are many doubters, alien lifeforms probably have existed.  Evidence of how water used to be on Mars and an eerie picture of a woman-like figure on Mars suggest this idea.

First of all, curiosity, a Mars rover has taken a picture of a woman-like figure.  Many conspiracy theorists believe that this is a real life alien. Some people believe that this is a statue created by Martians.  Others think it is just a rock formation that happens to look like a woman.  Whatever the picture really is, it is up to the viewer to decide.

Secondly, traces of water have been found on Mars.  All living things need water to survive.  This might suggest that life forms have once been on Mars.  The water evidence collected by rovers contribute to the idea of aliens.

It doesn’t really make sense that the only planet with life in the entire Milky Way galaxy is Earth.  The fact that a woman like structure and traces of water have been found on Mars cause one to believe that aliens are around.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2323205/woman-on-mars-conspiracy-theorists-want-to-know-if-nasa-photographed-a-martian-woman

nasa.gov

 

 

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November 12

Week 5 Act 4

I have left five comments on other blogs.  I asked them what their favorite food is.  Here is one of the comments.

Hi Gauri. My favorite food is salad. What is your favorite food?

http://gauriw06.edublogs.org/2015/10/27/more-about-me/#comment-13