This is the end of my senior year. It has been 12 entire years of both pure awesomeness and pure terribleness. It really has been a LONG LONG time, and I enjoyed the vast majority of it. I just find it incredibly epic to contemplate the vast amount of time that has passed by, and that most of it involved going to some building and just learning.
I really hope that I am able to attend a high school reunion sometime in the future. I have made a lot of friends here, and some I have known since 1st grade. What would really be funny would be to reenact an entire school day in 10 years, just so we get to go to all of our old classes and teachers to talk to and hang out with.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Senior Reflection #2 - Summer Internship
I was trying really hard to get a summer internship for this summer in some sort of software company, but I couldn't. So now I really have to plan out what I am going to do during the summer because now I have an immense amount of free time. One big plan I have during the summer is to make a really big film with my friends, complete with Hollywood effects: the whole big deal. My friends and I have been making films for a long time, and now I have a bunch of fancy equipment to use.
I also might take a course over the summer of some sort, not for college credit but just for the heck of it. My dad wants me to take economics, and while it's a very practical thing to know, I simply do not want to do it.
I also might take a course over the summer of some sort, not for college credit but just for the heck of it. My dad wants me to take economics, and while it's a very practical thing to know, I simply do not want to do it.
Senior Reflection #1 - clubs in college
So, I'm really looking forward to college at Virginia Tech. One thing I'm really anticipating is the clubs. I really enjoy robotics, marching band, and tennis. However, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do all of them because they all take up so much time. So I may have to decide to give one up during college. Oh, and I also enjoy making videos, but I'm not even sure if there is a club for that. I might have to make one! Maybe my second year I'll do that.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
4th QTR - Current Event #4 - Drone strike
Drone strike killed No. 2 in Al Qaeda
In Pakistan, a drone strike by the U.S. recently killed Al Qaeda's chief deputy, a very high up position. This is a major blow to Al Qaeda, who will find it extremely hard to find a replacement. Pakistan is against these drone strikes, saying that it alienates its people and takes away Pakistan's sovereignty. Pakistan says that if anyone should be making these drone strikes, it should be Pakistan.
This article was quite well written, and I enjoyed it a bit, although a little less that the articles I read. It's not very interesting. I just talks about how some guy in Al Qaeda got killed. I chose this article in the first place because I hadn't heard anything about Pakistan for a while, and I wanted to see what was going on.
In Pakistan, a drone strike by the U.S. recently killed Al Qaeda's chief deputy, a very high up position. This is a major blow to Al Qaeda, who will find it extremely hard to find a replacement. Pakistan is against these drone strikes, saying that it alienates its people and takes away Pakistan's sovereignty. Pakistan says that if anyone should be making these drone strikes, it should be Pakistan.
This article was quite well written, and I enjoyed it a bit, although a little less that the articles I read. It's not very interesting. I just talks about how some guy in Al Qaeda got killed. I chose this article in the first place because I hadn't heard anything about Pakistan for a while, and I wanted to see what was going on.
4th QTR - Current Event #3 - ancient insects
Did early birds exterminate giant insects?
They may have. A recent study indicates that about 600 million years ago, there were insects several feet long. These massive insects had the luxury of high oxygen levels. Also, at that time there were no such things as birds, and so the insects had no predators. However, about 300 million years ago, when birds came on the seen, the massive insects rapidly died out, and only small ones remained. Birds were more agile and strong than the insects were.
I found this article to be extremely interesting. I've always been interested in the dinosaurs and what live was like long ago. In fact, I never even knew that insects every existed that were so huge! This article was written very well, and it was written easy enough for me to understand.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/05/did-early-birds-exterminate-giant-insects/
They may have. A recent study indicates that about 600 million years ago, there were insects several feet long. These massive insects had the luxury of high oxygen levels. Also, at that time there were no such things as birds, and so the insects had no predators. However, about 300 million years ago, when birds came on the seen, the massive insects rapidly died out, and only small ones remained. Birds were more agile and strong than the insects were.
I found this article to be extremely interesting. I've always been interested in the dinosaurs and what live was like long ago. In fact, I never even knew that insects every existed that were so huge! This article was written very well, and it was written easy enough for me to understand.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/05/did-early-birds-exterminate-giant-insects/
Monday, June 4, 2012
4th QTR - Current Event #2 - Flame malware
Flame Malware Network
A mysterious malware network has been discovered yesterday on Sunday. Hundreds of computers across the world are infected, and the malware's purpose seems to be to steal documents, such as blueprints and other types of schematics. The infected computers are primarily in the Middle East. There is evidence that the U.S may may be responsible for the Flame network, and that it was created by the same people that made Stuxnet, a virus made to destroy Iranian nuclear refining equipment.
This article was very interesting to me. I have a keen interest in software, and I know how to program, since I've been in the software team on our school's robotic's team. This article was written very well, with some quite a bit of more in-depth technical information.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57446652-83/flame-malware-network-based-on-shadowy-domains-fake-names/
A mysterious malware network has been discovered yesterday on Sunday. Hundreds of computers across the world are infected, and the malware's purpose seems to be to steal documents, such as blueprints and other types of schematics. The infected computers are primarily in the Middle East. There is evidence that the U.S may may be responsible for the Flame network, and that it was created by the same people that made Stuxnet, a virus made to destroy Iranian nuclear refining equipment.
This article was very interesting to me. I have a keen interest in software, and I know how to program, since I've been in the software team on our school's robotic's team. This article was written very well, with some quite a bit of more in-depth technical information.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57446652-83/flame-malware-network-based-on-shadowy-domains-fake-names/
Sunday, June 3, 2012
4th QTR - Current Event #1 - Syria
Syria President Bashar Assad denies role in massacres
Bashar Assad has denied claims that the bloodshed in Syria is being caused by government troops murdering its own people. Instead, Assad asserts that there has been an invasion of foreign terrorists who are attempting to overthrow the government. He has mocked opposition calls for democracy, citing its instability. Assad has made it clear that he is not interested in the U.N Peace Plan.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-assad-20120604,0,162207.story
Bashar Assad has denied claims that the bloodshed in Syria is being caused by government troops murdering its own people. Instead, Assad asserts that there has been an invasion of foreign terrorists who are attempting to overthrow the government. He has mocked opposition calls for democracy, citing its instability. Assad has made it clear that he is not interested in the U.N Peace Plan.
I chose this article because I wanted to see if there have been any significant changes in Syria over the past couple of weeks, and apparently that hasn't. There is still violence and the U.N peace plan has had virtually no effect on the violence. This article was well written, and I enjoyed reading it.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-assad-20120604,0,162207.story
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