Our thoughts on:"I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not."-Kurt Cobain

In this special blog both Caroline and I are going to be sharing our thoughts in this quote: "I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not."-Kurt Cobain. We chose this quote because it spoke out to us and it was inspirational. This quote signifies that its better to be yourself and not act or be someone else. Especially in this time, many young kids fall into a scene where it is "cool" to be a part of. Originality doesn't exist anymore.Younger kids look up to the older crowd thinking that it's the right way to fit in. These kids are lying to themselves, it's better to be who you are, then to pretend to be something you're not.
Everyone is different and special in their own way. It's okay to be yourself because it shows people that not only are you true to yourself but to others as well. Our opinion is, we prefer to be someone who is themselves rather than wasting time with a person who lies to themselves. We believe that peer pressure drags people into something they are not. In  a way society changes people, some people want to fit in, and the only way for them to do that is to go in the bandwagon and follow what everyone else is doing. Commercial advertisement plays a massive role with peer pressure. It pressures anyone to look or act a certain way.

Sincerely,

Michael Salcedo & Caroline Gentile 

Biggest insect in the world

Most people are afraid or terrified by insects. Insects are weird looking creatures. I myself don’t really like them.  But how would you react when you are walking down a regular forest or any grassland and up in the tree’s you see a not huge but bigger than normal cricket looking creature. Ask Mark Moffett, age 55. He has been looking for this creature called a Weta bug, He saw it 2 days before he actually caught it in an island in New Zealand. Ever since he saw it he was enchanted to catch it. When he encountered it for a second time he saw it on a tree. It has the wing span of seven inches, and the weight of 3 mice. This creature is quite big for its kind.It is known to be the biggest insect in the world.

Excel

Ever since I had knowledge of a computer I have always seen the excel program on the “Microsoft Office” tab. I never explored it, and didn’t really have any interest in doing so. Computers for me were just a way to play games on the internet and do research for HW. I have recently been able to explore it and find out what good uses it has. My first thought about its use was that it might be handy for graphs or for tables. After a whole day of viewing its functions, I came to realize that excel is a great program for many uses, especially for math. In this program you are able to write an equation for whatever your purpose is for. If you need the same equation for other problems you can easily drag the cell where you previously used it and drag it to the ones you want it, and you don’t have to do any calculations the program does it for you. There will be no need for you to show work . This is a great way for lazy math students to get their answers, but it will take maybe a longer time. Since you would have to re-write the problems.