Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Alternate Finals
Hey guys, what do you think of the alternate finals? Now that they have actually happened, we'd like to see what the opinion of our smart people out there.
Winter Break Excursions
So what is everyone planning to do for their break? Go skiing in the rockies? Play in the snow outside of your home? Or maybe you just want to sit back and relax with a big glass of hot cocoa and watch the game? Well whatever it is, let us know, so we can have some what of an idea for the vacation. Happy Holidays everyone, see you next year. :]
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Pre-Final Jitters
Hey Rebels!
We know that with final coming up some of us are pretty nervous. We have a few tips to help you be on your A-game for the test.
-When you study, don't do it too much. Do it for an hour then take a 15 minute break.
-Eat foods like fruits, fish, nuts, and cheese. They help give your brain a boost! These foods promote quick thinking and are healthy too!
-Make sure you get at least 8 hours of sleep at night! We all know this is a tough one. Maybe your favorite show just came on, or you're on a roll in Call of Duty. Whatever it is, it will wait till tomorrow.
Hopefully, these will help you be better prepared for the test. Also, do you think finals should be worth more or less?
We know that with final coming up some of us are pretty nervous. We have a few tips to help you be on your A-game for the test.
-When you study, don't do it too much. Do it for an hour then take a 15 minute break.
-Eat foods like fruits, fish, nuts, and cheese. They help give your brain a boost! These foods promote quick thinking and are healthy too!
-Make sure you get at least 8 hours of sleep at night! We all know this is a tough one. Maybe your favorite show just came on, or you're on a roll in Call of Duty. Whatever it is, it will wait till tomorrow.
Hopefully, these will help you be better prepared for the test. Also, do you think finals should be worth more or less?
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
50 Interesting Facts
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
What do you think? Do you have any interesting facts?
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
What do you think? Do you have any interesting facts?
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Weekends..
So I woke up today with a simple question to those who care to answer. Do you believe that dreams can lead to another world? Time and place? Even a completely different Universe? What do you think dreams really are? Let me know, I'd love to hear what you have to say.
I personally believe that dreams are the essence of yourself and what you see is what you get. Either your mind is filled with chaos and destruction, emptiness, or love and full of joy. It represents your current state of mind and what you are planning to do in the future. That is my philosophy on dreams. What's yours?
I personally believe that dreams are the essence of yourself and what you see is what you get. Either your mind is filled with chaos and destruction, emptiness, or love and full of joy. It represents your current state of mind and what you are planning to do in the future. That is my philosophy on dreams. What's yours?
Friday, December 10, 2010
Addition?
I was taking a stroll around the building the other day, and I was thinking about the school and the things it offers. Every school offers several facilities to be used by their students, and ours is no exception. So, my question to you guys and girls is, if you could add something to this school what would it be? Would it be new classes, more buildings, or something more unique?
I personally would like to see a second floor added to the lunchroom.
I personally would like to see a second floor added to the lunchroom.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Posting Is Now Working!!!!
Sorry guys, after some fixes posting was a little impossible. Now it works! Get out there and post!
Overrated?
Do you think that holidays are overly commercialized? Remember when holidays were about sitting around with your family and hanging out? Is it just another department store holiday?
Personally I like the commercialization because you can give your unruly relatives a gift and then ignore them again for a few months.
What're your thoughts on this?
Personally I like the commercialization because you can give your unruly relatives a gift and then ignore them again for a few months.
What're your thoughts on this?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Alternative Finals
So as we all know, in order to take the alternative final, you have to be somewhat intelligent. For those of you who are not on the list, what do you think the rules should be for being able to have access to the alternative final? For those of you who are on the list, do you think the rules should stay the same? I personally believe the rules are quite fair, with the exception of the excused absenses.
Friday, December 3, 2010
In Interest of Those Posting
Dear Rebels,
While I do appreciate your interest in the blog, spamming useless unwanted comments does not make anybody around you very happy. While it may seem cool for the moment, I guarantee that the rush is only temporary. While I do understand the importance of a blog to share opinions and ideas, you all must remember that good things can be taken away. You are all high school students and I expect you to act in a mature fashion. Thank you and please in enjoy the blog in a responsible manner.
-Rebelman
While I do appreciate your interest in the blog, spamming useless unwanted comments does not make anybody around you very happy. While it may seem cool for the moment, I guarantee that the rush is only temporary. While I do understand the importance of a blog to share opinions and ideas, you all must remember that good things can be taken away. You are all high school students and I expect you to act in a mature fashion. Thank you and please in enjoy the blog in a responsible manner.
-Rebelman
Random Useless Inventions List
Ever had an idea that stays in your mind? You know, one of those that just gets better and better. Well there are a lot of good inventions and an equal amount of useless ones.
Examples:
Good Inventions-
Windows
The Wheel
Hamburgers
Clock
The Computer
Useless Inventions-
Helicopter Ejector Seat
Inflatable Anchor
Glow In The Dark Sunglasses
Ford Pinto
Submarine Screen Door
Foot-Mounted Broom and Dustpan
Motorized Chopsticks
I want you guys to come up with a random invention, whether it be useful or useless.
Examples:
Good Inventions-
Windows
The Wheel
Hamburgers
Clock
The Computer
Useless Inventions-
Helicopter Ejector Seat
Inflatable Anchor
Glow In The Dark Sunglasses
Ford Pinto
Submarine Screen Door
Foot-Mounted Broom and Dustpan
Motorized Chopsticks
I want you guys to come up with a random invention, whether it be useful or useless.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Blogging vs. Twitter!
Hey guys when you get a chance check out this article about twitter and blogging.
Which one do you prefer?
The article is here:
Which one do you prefer?
The article is here:
Lunch Room Freedom
Well ladies and gentlemen, the topic for today is do you believe that the school should allow the students to be physically active during lunch? Yes or No? and please put some reason behind it so we can relay the message from the students to the faculty.
I personally believe that we should be able to actually enjoy our lunch instead of being couped up in a small room with a lot of people, and go outside and play if we want, besides there's nowhere to run to anyway. Oh and whats wrong with hacky sack? Just a personal thought haha.
I personally believe that we should be able to actually enjoy our lunch instead of being couped up in a small room with a lot of people, and go outside and play if we want, besides there's nowhere to run to anyway. Oh and whats wrong with hacky sack? Just a personal thought haha.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)