Anthem

What is an anthem?
According to the dictionary it is a song for praise, devotion, or patriotism. Is this always the answer?
Anthem is an outstanding book written by Ayn Rand. This is a philosophical book that that really gets your mind thinking.
It is set in a world after a time of turmoil. The main character, Equality-72521, is different from his brothers. He is smarter than his peers and has the dream of becoming a scholar. But when he is chosen to live his life as a street sweeper, Equality-72521's dreams are destroyed.
What will he do to fulfill his never ending thirst for knowledge? What is the anthem this book is talking about? Will Equality-72521 ever be able to escape the rigors of his society? Read the book Anthem to find out.

Puerto Rico

During the wonderful winter break, my family and I went to Puerto Rico. It was amazing! We got to see two forts, a rain forest, and we went kayaking. At the forts we learned about how they were used to protect Puerto Rico from invaders. We hiked through the rain forest and saw a waterfall. it even rained while we were at the rain forest. We also went kayaking. We went through a mangrove forest and saw small creatures called dinoflagellates glow. The best part was the beach. The water was great. Puerto Rico is a great place to go.

Band of Brothers

I just read a book called Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. It is an action packed World War II book that follows one company's journey from the jump in Normandy through their final major offensive at Hitler's Eagle Nest.
Easy Company is a group of civilians who volunteer themselves into the USA's newly formed Parachute Infantry Regiment. They made it into Europe and proved themselves to be one of the best army companies throughout World War II. They won battle after battle and they received multitudes of awards for their brave services. This group was formed in 1942 and disbanded by 1945, and yet this group of civilians were always one step ahead of Hitler's elite army.
It is easy to forget those that fought wars for our country in order to keep us safe. But it is because of them, America is still free. We must always remember those brave souls.

My Toothbrush Robot

Last week i was bored so i decided to make a toothbrush robot. It cost me less than 5 dollars and it was a fun project.
Materials:
1. head of a toothbrush
2. small vibrating motor
3. button cell battery
4. tape

Procedure:
1. Take the head of the toothbrush and put tape on the non-bristled side.
2. Attach the battery to one end and the motor to the other end.
3. Make sure one of the wires is touching the positive side of the battery and the other wire should touch the negative side of the battery.

Now watch your toothbrush robot roam the space.

San Francisco

Yesterday i went to San Francisco with my parents. It was a lot of fun. We went there by Bart and got of on Embarcadaro. We went to Pier 39 where we saw the sea lions and took a cruise around the bay. We saw the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and many large ships from China. We then walked our way to Ghiradelli (is that how you spell it?) Square where we bought some chocolate. we then went to the the bart station and came back home.

Discovery of India

These past few days I've been tying to read a book called Discovery of India written by Nehru. It seemed like an interesting book because it had lots of history and history is my favorite subject. I started reading and found out it had a lot of philosophy. That made kind of hard for me to understand, so I quit reading that and started Freedom at Midnight. Now that is a cool book.

Angels and Demons Haiku

When I was reading about the four Elemental Churches in Angels and Demons I came up with a haiku.

Elements they are
The Path of Science they show
Earth, Air, Fire, Water

In Angels and Demons the four Elemental Churches show the path to the secret Church of the Illumaneti. The Illumaneti were a secret cult that worshipped science and were persecuted by the Clergy. I called the path the Path of Science because it showed the way to the Church of the Illumaneti or the Church of Science.