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As many students start the new school year, they might not see eye-to-eye with the

teacher,or they might be adored by their teachers. In an article called "The Favorites" by a guy named Dryw Freed, heells why it is not fair to have favorites.

"With very few exceptions, each kid has something that endears them to a teacher,

so there don't tend to be dramatic, clear-cut favorites," says Freed. It's more like a

collection of beautiful, funny, endearing little people, a couple of whom happen to stand

out slightly at one end of the spectrum or another."

I think that every teacher has a favorite in every one of there classes. I personally

think its wrong for teachers to have favorites because every student is equal. No

student should be taught less or given less help because the favorite or "Teachers Pet"

is in the class and is getting all the attention from the teacher. Don't get me wrong, being

a favorite in class has its advantages. But it is still wrong for a teacher to treat any tudent better than the rest.

But it's not as simple as having one favorite. In a class of 27 students, Freed says,

the majority of the students would all rotate and have "moments of being one of the

favorites."

"I would say, first off, that teachers do their best to treat all kids fairly," said Dryw Freed,

who has taught for 16 years in public schools in North Carolina and Virginia. We are only human and do react differently to different children.

I think most of the teachers in my school have there favorite or "Teachers Pet". You

can clearly see who the teacher treats better and gives more slack to and to other kids

its not fair. In some cases it might hurt another students feelings, because they might

think that the teacher doesn't like them or they might think that the teacher simply just

doesn't care about the student.

As I said before, favoritism is wrong. No student should be treated less or unfairly or

be treated better than everyone else. Everyone is equal like Freed says that it is unfairly.

american dream

  

Have you ever thought about your American dream? Martin Luther King, creator of equal racial rights claims, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Like Martin Luther King, we all have a dream. A dream can consists of something huge or rather small. My accomplishment in life is to become a Dentist!

I have been informed by local teachers here at Batesville High School, that one would have to complete a bunch of science classes in order to become a Dentist! Science has always been my least favorite subject and also my hardest subject. Therefore, completing all science classes in college would be a huge accomplishment in my book. Just alone the classes in college are harder than those of high school. However, it takes six years of college to complete the Dentist path. The only obstacle standing in my way, like I said before is…science.

Based on my research, Dentist make up to $101,000 per year! When first becoming a Dentist they make about $34.55 per hour or $71,870 per year. The crazy part about this is that they start making "bank" in other words money right off the bat. Although money can vary based on one's experience, location, the amount of hours worked and so on.

To conclude, my overall dream is to become a Dentist and take on the tasks at the college level. We all have a dream. Now I ask you the essential questions, “what is your American dream?”

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     Valerie Everett, author of "Why Bacteria, But Not Humans, Can Live On Caffeine," informs us about the similarities and differences between a human and bacteria.
     The author Valerie Everett informs us by saying, "Bacteria survives on caffeine." In other words, humans need to also consume vitamins and minerals. Bacteria does not need much to live on as us humans do. Without the calories from caffeine, the bacteria would cease to exist.

     The author also states, "We don't have the gears to digest the derivatives further." After taking caffeine it gives our human bodies energy for a while, but then we hit our crashing point. Bacteria does have those "gears" unlike us that is why they rely on caffeine for their calories.

     The author also infroms, "bacterium... it posses several enzymes that do things to caffeine that we can't..." The enzymes help bacteria break caffeine down. Our enzymes and their enzymes differ in the functions that they can do. Bacteria uses the caffeine as a source of energy unlike us we only us it for a short energy boast or just to consume some yummy chocolate.

     The only close relationship that I have with caffeine is candy! And a few soda's every now and then. But candy such as chocolate are high in caffeine. I don't use it as a source of energy I use it as a source of candy! People always say, "I can't live without my coffee in the morning." I'm not a fan of coffee, but those who say that use the coffee as an energy source and will end up hitting their crashing point! We're not like bacteria they rely on caffeine.

     The author Valerie Everett has informed the reader about the comparison between a human and bacteria regarding caffeine.

Current Connection: #1 2nd 9 wks.

In an article, published by Fox News titled, "Government report on secret flying saucer program made," informs their readers by telling them about the program and describing the details of the saucer.

Evidence from the report tells, “The NDC in College Park, Md., opened one of more than 100 cardboard boxes from the Air Force recently and came across a 114 page document from 1956 sure to interest the tin-foil-hat crowd; a document describing a secret program by the Air Force to wild a flying saucer.” They tell about how they discovered a flying saucer. There was a document hiding a secret to make this saucer.

The author also explains, “It reveals that the Air Force had contracted the construction of the craft to a Canadian company, Avro Aircraft Limited in Ontario.” They basically planned to make this saucer in a Canadian Company in Ontario.

Lastly they reported, “The disk-shaped craft, which comes complete with an ejector seat and was powered by a ‘ram jet’ was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4, was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4 and reach a ceiling of more than 100,000 feet…” The flying saucer was designed to reach a ceiling of more than 100,000 feet. And has an eject seat along with that it reaches a high speed of Mach 4.

I have always thought about how cool it would be if a flying saucer really did exist. As a child, I would remember seeing flying saucers on cartoons.
The author has informed us about the flying saucer they had planned to make.

Bell Work 11/12/2012

     It is appropriate to allow one to defend their ideals and not tolerate an other's ideals. How one may ask? One can not frown upon for being perfect at certain areas than others. They have a right to defend they're ideals! Hated by many, Oscar Garcia, deserves respect for being a good test taker. Oscar Garcia, being respected by few, defends his perfections. He doesn't tolerate other's hating on him he simply puts his best foot forward and moves on. You, as a student, lost no respect from myself for defending your ideals. Do not tolerate other's bashing on your ideas.

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     The authors main purpose talks about the Batesville Pioneers (5A) loss to the Jonesboro Hurricane (6A). The author also states about how we went toe-to-toe with this bigger school and a great game for both teams. The author specifically says, "They were able to go up against them a couple of times, but they also made some plays on short passes that would have been bigger plays otherwise... They went toe-to-toe with them most of the time." I completely agree with the fact that we played a great game and not did we only lose to a bigger school divison than us but we went toe-to-toe with them most of the time. If we could of fixed some of the mistakes, then things would of been differently.

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     The authors main purpose of this article is to inform us that athletic trainers are provided to all schools. Keith Sherman, athletic trainers of Batesville School District, does whatever is possible to prevent injuries. The text says, "Athletic trainers...provide injury prevention and conditioning program, injury evaluation prepare athletes for practice and competition..." I agree with this text that athletic trainers are completely helpful. Keith, does a very good job to help out an injury and maintain it well and strong. There's no doubt that trainers are completely useful and helpful. This helps our athletes, and shows our community how much we care.