I'm Collin and I Have Many Friends

Who Am I?

Who am I? My name is Collin and I am a teenage boy. I am the most creative and inspired person that I know personally. My hobbies include special effects makeup, all kinds of art, and photography.

Precepts That Represent Us

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” - Blaise Pascal

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a good friend.” - Charlotte Cody

In the story, August demonstrated the Blaise Pascal precept. He used kind words all year just because that is who he is, and at the end of the year, not only did he get a big award for greatness, and kindness, but he also changed the minds of a whole lot of 5th graders with the help of his new best friends. Summer and Jack accepted Auggie for who he was and encouraged him to do things that got him where he was at the end of the year. Julian demonstrated the Charlotte Cody precept. He seemed a tad bit friendly at the end of summer when he was giving August a tour, but when school started he was treating August in a way that no one should ever be treated. Jack also demonstrated this precept, since he was being extremely friendly to August at the beginning of the school year, but August overheard him talking bad about him on Halloween, which was not being a good friend at all.

“Your deeds are your monuments.” - Inscription on an Egyptian tomb

This Egyptian tomb precept is important to me and my life because I always like to think that what I choose to do, will affect my reputation. I remember hearing about what my reputation could turn out to be in elementary school, and ever since that, I kept it in my head. Now, I always think that my good deeds can affect the way that people look at me, just like how a monument represents the remembrance of a famous person or event.

By Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium ("my way"  Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

How interesting is South America in my opinion?

The most interesting thing that I learned about South America is probably how many people live in these places. There’s over a million people living in the Atacama desert and I really give them credit for making a living in that harsh environment, the same goes for the animals too. Even penguins live in the arid desert. Also, I think it is interesting how the Amazon rainforest has different groups of people and so many different animals living there.

            

"Calle En "La Noria"" Flickr. Yahoo!, 31 Aug. 2007. Web. 15 Apr. 2015 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/mabel_de_todo_un_poco/1290188096/>.

Hey everyone, check out this interesting website about the Atacama Desert! Learn about the arid climate, the outstanding animal life (including penguins!) and the unusual population and natural resources!

https://sites.google.com/a/franklinps.net/atacama-desert-e1/home

The Nonsimplicities of Trade

Trade is not as simple as it seems. There are many things that stop trade from happening, or make it difficult to trade. When trading, people use a system of exchange, called currency. People can use different forms of currencies to trade with. You might use money as a form of currency, or maybe use another good as a form of currency, but if you give nothing in return it isn’t trading anymore. Some natural barriers that resist trade are mountains and deserts. There are many good and bad things about trade. Sometimes trade is used for the wrong reasons. Slaves are examples of bad things to trade with other countries. Trade can also cause problems, especially if there is a problem with a transaction, or misusing the fact that you can buy stuff from other countries that may not be legal in yours, like fireworks. It’s not only bad things though, there are also plenty of good things to trade with other countries. One good thing about trade is that it lets countries experience things they usually wouldn’t have. Trade can also cause globalization, which is a worldwide society.

The Renovation

The Renovation

The bunny poked it's little pink nose just above the surface of the ground and ran under the picket fence leading to the ripe garden. When he was under the fence he saw a vicious worm. The worm swallowed him whole, and the bunny rolled down a dark slimy path, until alighting into a bunch of stomach acid. The confused bunny wondered what he was standing in as the mush started to burn his fur. The bunny was sullen and he thought that the experience was interminable. He was thinking that he had to give a foretaste to all the other animals about this vicious worm. So the bunny started climbing up the worm’s throat, his fur still trickling stomach acid. The disrupting rumbling of the worm’s movement made the bunny collapse back down to the acid. He groaned in frustration, and hurtled himself back out of the acid. The bunny was admiring the purplish glow of the worm’s throat. He said to himself "this place needs a renovation! It's gross in here!" Then the bunny decides to abort his mission. He takes out his feather duster, and starts tidying up the humdrum worm throat.