Adler Demac
Ms. Guarino
How to make a good hot chocolate
So imagine this, it's a bitter January afternoon, and your are freezing! You try to warm up by getting a couple blankets, but you are just cold to the core. Well I have the solution to all your problems, HOT CHOCOLATE! Today I am going to teach all of you how to make a good hot chocolate. you get home First, grab a mug. then you will need to get the hot chocolate Packet. Personally, I like Swiss miss with the little marshmallows in them but that's just me. Then once you have the packet, you need to warm up the water. I have also heard of people using milk, but I've always used water.
So you put the water in a pot or kettle and wait until it boils. Now up to this point you have your hot water, your packet of hot chocolate, and your mug. Now you rip open your packet, empty it into your mug, and fill your mug about 3/4 of the way full with water. You want to leave some room to put milk in so it isn't super hot and you don't burn your tongue.
Another option to put into mind is putting large marshmallows in your hot chocolate but I am biased because I love marshmallows. Now you have the information on how to make hot chocolate so go and make a cup, it's getting cold outside and hot chocolate is great for the cold weather!
( bring in hot chocolate)
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
How to speech
Adler demac
3 speech topics
1. How to play football
I believe that this would be a good topic for me because I have played football since I was 9 until last year on an organized team. I have also been watching football on TV and seeing my brothers play since I was very young. I have a very good grasp on how the game is suppose to be played, and the rules of the game. I also have first hand experience in playing football so I could share experiences that I have had while playing football. I can also say whether football is for you or not, football is something that I could easily give a speech on.
2. How to play baseball
I believe that this would be a good topic because like football I have played and watched baseball for a very long time. I know all the rules of baseball and still play to this day. I also am a pitcher so I can give specifics on how to pitch. Baseball isn't that hard of a gem to understand, but there are a lot of details that not many people know.
3. How to swim
I think this would be a good topic because I have been swimming since I was 3 years old. Ive had a pool my whole life and also am a lifeguard. I believe that this gives me a good grasp on how to swim. I also have watched children being teaches how to swim and picked up some tips on how to teach it. And, the day camp I work at has a lot of kids that don't know how to swim, so I could tell people what it looks like when you don't know how to swim and begin to drown.
3 speech topics
1. How to play football
I believe that this would be a good topic for me because I have played football since I was 9 until last year on an organized team. I have also been watching football on TV and seeing my brothers play since I was very young. I have a very good grasp on how the game is suppose to be played, and the rules of the game. I also have first hand experience in playing football so I could share experiences that I have had while playing football. I can also say whether football is for you or not, football is something that I could easily give a speech on.
2. How to play baseball
I believe that this would be a good topic because like football I have played and watched baseball for a very long time. I know all the rules of baseball and still play to this day. I also am a pitcher so I can give specifics on how to pitch. Baseball isn't that hard of a gem to understand, but there are a lot of details that not many people know.
3. How to swim
I think this would be a good topic because I have been swimming since I was 3 years old. Ive had a pool my whole life and also am a lifeguard. I believe that this gives me a good grasp on how to swim. I also have watched children being teaches how to swim and picked up some tips on how to teach it. And, the day camp I work at has a lot of kids that don't know how to swim, so I could tell people what it looks like when you don't know how to swim and begin to drown.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Lightning round debate blog
Adler Demac
Ms. Guarino
Debate #8
Debating at the speed of lightning
Our 3rd debate was not just any debate. It was a lighting round debate, meaning that we would have 1 minute of rout opening statement, 30 seconds for our rebuttal, and 1 minute for our closing. I was put up against Mazie and we flipped a coin to see who would choose the topic. I won the coin flip and chose the topic of legalizing marajuana. Mazie didn't want to do this one, so I thought of the next best topic which an innocent girl like Mazie would have no knowledge on and so I picked the abolishment of the death penalty. Although it was clear neither of us had great knowledge on the topic, I thought we had a pretty good and interesting debate. Mazie was for pro abolishment of he death penalty and I was against getting rid of it.
Mazie started by saying how everyone deserves a second chance which is good ethos and went on to talk about how it would still be an awful punishment. She also talked about how the death penalty for people who committed these types of crimes was an easy way out and they should have to rot in prison which I do agree with. Then it was my turn to do my opening statement. I started by talking about the petit murder in Cheshire. How the home invasion happened and how the girls were raped and burned to death while the father was beaten almost to death. I also talked about how it would save tax payer dollars. He getting rid of prisoners and having them face death for the acts that they have committed. I thought that we both had pretty strong points in our opening statement and that we were keeping it pretty interesting. Then came the rebuts. She came straight at me about how it would not be that substantial of a difference to the tax payers because it is a select few who are given the death penalty. She went on to say a bunch of other stuff but I don't really remember what it was. I rebutted the fact that all people deserve a second chance, and also talked about how if someone has the capability to kill and murder and rape, then they do not deserve the right to live. I talked about how it doesn't matter if they had all their life to re think their actions because the actions were already carried out and people were already dead or something bad enough to give the death penalty for.
Our closing statements were both good to start off, but neither of us really knew how to finish our thoughts in a smooth way. I really liked the lightning round debates. I think I liked them even better than the team debates. I was much more comfortable relying on myself for all 3 fazes of the debate and liked that I had nobody to blame but me if I did something wrong. I know I might be a biased opinion, but I'm pretty sure I won the debate by the way. I hope that we do more of these lighting round debates because they show how much people know off the top of their head, and how people can do under pressure.
Ms. Guarino
Debate #8
Debating at the speed of lightning
Our 3rd debate was not just any debate. It was a lighting round debate, meaning that we would have 1 minute of rout opening statement, 30 seconds for our rebuttal, and 1 minute for our closing. I was put up against Mazie and we flipped a coin to see who would choose the topic. I won the coin flip and chose the topic of legalizing marajuana. Mazie didn't want to do this one, so I thought of the next best topic which an innocent girl like Mazie would have no knowledge on and so I picked the abolishment of the death penalty. Although it was clear neither of us had great knowledge on the topic, I thought we had a pretty good and interesting debate. Mazie was for pro abolishment of he death penalty and I was against getting rid of it.
Mazie started by saying how everyone deserves a second chance which is good ethos and went on to talk about how it would still be an awful punishment. She also talked about how the death penalty for people who committed these types of crimes was an easy way out and they should have to rot in prison which I do agree with. Then it was my turn to do my opening statement. I started by talking about the petit murder in Cheshire. How the home invasion happened and how the girls were raped and burned to death while the father was beaten almost to death. I also talked about how it would save tax payer dollars. He getting rid of prisoners and having them face death for the acts that they have committed. I thought that we both had pretty strong points in our opening statement and that we were keeping it pretty interesting. Then came the rebuts. She came straight at me about how it would not be that substantial of a difference to the tax payers because it is a select few who are given the death penalty. She went on to say a bunch of other stuff but I don't really remember what it was. I rebutted the fact that all people deserve a second chance, and also talked about how if someone has the capability to kill and murder and rape, then they do not deserve the right to live. I talked about how it doesn't matter if they had all their life to re think their actions because the actions were already carried out and people were already dead or something bad enough to give the death penalty for.
Our closing statements were both good to start off, but neither of us really knew how to finish our thoughts in a smooth way. I really liked the lightning round debates. I think I liked them even better than the team debates. I was much more comfortable relying on myself for all 3 fazes of the debate and liked that I had nobody to blame but me if I did something wrong. I know I might be a biased opinion, but I'm pretty sure I won the debate by the way. I hope that we do more of these lighting round debates because they show how much people know off the top of their head, and how people can do under pressure.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Debate #2
Adler Demac
Debate #2
October 14th 2015
Social media- the death of Generation Y
Social media is defined as "websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking". Social media was virtually entwined with the making of easy internet accessibility. In the early 2000's social media was created with the revolutionary Facebook. Facebook allowed people to connect with their family, friends, and even people they had never met before. Quickly following was the iPhone which brought hand held- internet to anyone willing to pay the large sum of money. The iPhone was fairly exclusive at this point, but soon, everyone had to have one. With iPhones came Instagram, twitter, snapchat, and many other social media applications. These apps were intended for good use, but soon we would all know what they were really used for. Social media acts as a trigger for cyber-bullying, child pornography, lack of social skills, and many other negative things.
Child pornography. A reality in the world we live in today, and one that is fueled by social media. One social media app that is notorious for " nudes" is snapchat. Snapchat is an app that is used for sending photos of yourself to other people for up to 10 seconds and then the picture is " gone forever". As much as you hate to think about it, teenage girls AND boys are very easily manipulated, especially sexually. I have heard first hand of kids getting girls to send naked pictures to them, and it is sick.
Another major problem in social media is cyber-bullying. Cyber bullying is very easily done over social media because people feel as if they have more confidence through a key-board, rather than face to face. Bully victims are 7-9% more likely to commit suicide according to a study conducted by Yale university. Kids everyday are scared to go to school because of the fear that they might get bullied.
Social skills are another thing that kids in the 2000's lack due to social media. The skills that every human needs to create our society are being taken away because before a baby can walk, it is given an iPad to play with. And by the time they are 10 they are on every social media app that you could think of, with hundreds of followers! Then, when they go out and have to communicate in real life with real people, they struggle greatly. There are many ways to avoid being socially awkward, but social media has made this task much more difficult.
Lastly, social media and the internet has further encouraged obesity, which is already a huge problem in this grand old country of ours. When I was a kid, I was outside all the time. I would play with my brothers do anything that would entertain us. Now a days, kids get off the bus, go inside, and hop right on their tablet or iPhone. It is really sad to think that kids are spending the majority of their times indoors on the internet, rather then outside enjoying the outdoors. Social media is first for
connecting people and meeting new people, but is not meant for children to get addicted to.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Blog #6
Adler Demac
October 8th 2015
Debating Whether our Debate was Successful
During our last class, we debated whether the legal drinking age should be lowered. Obviously there was a side arguing for lowering the age, and a side that was arguing against lowering the age. When looking back on the debate, I think that it was clear that both teams were not prepared for what the debate was really going to be.
The debate started with an opening statement from Hannah which was delivered fairly well, but she got nervous at times and spoke too fast for anybody to understand what she was trying to get across. Then Josna came up, and it seemed that she was not really sure what she was going to say, or froze up when she realized that her time was running out. The middle part of the debate consisted of an opening rebuttal, followed by three more. Ella went up and made it clear that in Europe the drinking age is 18 or younger and the death rate due to alcohol related incidents are significantly lower. She failed to get across reasons to why the drinking age is a direct correlation to the lack of alcohol related deaths. Next was jack Palmer who came up looking as confident as ever, which didn't surprise anyone. He got his initial points across, ran out of things to say, dropped the mike, and walked back to his seat but not before taking a jab at Ella. His jab at Ella made him seem arrogant and lost him a lot of credit. David was next and to be honest, I'm not really sure what he said. Mazie then came up and prepared to rebut against Ella's statement about Europe but froze up when she saw the time was ticking down. Finally, the closing statements came. I started off strong by saying that alcohol was dangerous which we all could agree on. I then completely forgot what I was going to say and frantically looked down at my iPad for answers. I finished strongly which was good but could have done a lot better. Evan's closing statement was really good. It was clear, well spoken, and had valid points. He did, although, run into a problem when faced with going off the paper and arguing statements that were said during the debate. He even backed up one of my arguments about basement drinking which lost him some points.
Overall, I think that this was a good learning experience for the class. We now know that if we want to have a successful debate, we need to be much more prepared. We can't just look up facts and ease drop on the other team. We must look into the opposing argument and prepare for what the other team is going to say which takes a little more effort. Debating is a tool that is used ever single day and I think that for the next debate, everyone will be much more prepared and with the experience of the first debate under our belts, we will have a much more successful debate.
October 8th 2015
Debating Whether our Debate was Successful
During our last class, we debated whether the legal drinking age should be lowered. Obviously there was a side arguing for lowering the age, and a side that was arguing against lowering the age. When looking back on the debate, I think that it was clear that both teams were not prepared for what the debate was really going to be.
The debate started with an opening statement from Hannah which was delivered fairly well, but she got nervous at times and spoke too fast for anybody to understand what she was trying to get across. Then Josna came up, and it seemed that she was not really sure what she was going to say, or froze up when she realized that her time was running out. The middle part of the debate consisted of an opening rebuttal, followed by three more. Ella went up and made it clear that in Europe the drinking age is 18 or younger and the death rate due to alcohol related incidents are significantly lower. She failed to get across reasons to why the drinking age is a direct correlation to the lack of alcohol related deaths. Next was jack Palmer who came up looking as confident as ever, which didn't surprise anyone. He got his initial points across, ran out of things to say, dropped the mike, and walked back to his seat but not before taking a jab at Ella. His jab at Ella made him seem arrogant and lost him a lot of credit. David was next and to be honest, I'm not really sure what he said. Mazie then came up and prepared to rebut against Ella's statement about Europe but froze up when she saw the time was ticking down. Finally, the closing statements came. I started off strong by saying that alcohol was dangerous which we all could agree on. I then completely forgot what I was going to say and frantically looked down at my iPad for answers. I finished strongly which was good but could have done a lot better. Evan's closing statement was really good. It was clear, well spoken, and had valid points. He did, although, run into a problem when faced with going off the paper and arguing statements that were said during the debate. He even backed up one of my arguments about basement drinking which lost him some points.
Overall, I think that this was a good learning experience for the class. We now know that if we want to have a successful debate, we need to be much more prepared. We can't just look up facts and ease drop on the other team. We must look into the opposing argument and prepare for what the other team is going to say which takes a little more effort. Debating is a tool that is used ever single day and I think that for the next debate, everyone will be much more prepared and with the experience of the first debate under our belts, we will have a much more successful debate.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Debate notes
Adler Demac
October 2nd
Drinking age should be lowered- noted
-many countries in Europe, such as Italy have he legal drinking age at 16. They are allowed to consume and purchase alcoholic beverages.
- from a first person source, in Italy, drinking was just a common thing. It wasn't a thing you did to get drunk or to entertain yourself. It is something that is very pleasurable in small quantities.
- is a better alternative to kids walking around with fake ID's, which is a felony offense in just about every estate in America.
- will give kids a chance to realize that alcohol is not something that should be abused, but somthing that should be done in moderation and to enjoy, not just to get completely trashed.
- would take away the fun of doing somthing that is " against the rules". Could stop kids who are just doing it to look cool and be crazy.
- the reality is, kids are going to drink under the age of 21. If it is lowered then not as many kids will get in trouble and have a drinking ticket or worse on the permanent record.
- in the United States, you are allowed to join the military at the age of 18 years old, it is a little ridiculous that someone would be able to risk their life's for their country, but not be able to sit in a bar with his buddies and share a drink or two.
- kids who are under the age of 21 in a college setting are not able to drink in bars where it is much more expensive and they would be less likely to get drunk. Instead they get a huge bottle of alcohol or a 30 rack and drink their basements or dorms and if someone passes out and needs to be brought to the emergency room, then everyone is hesitant to do so because they are afraid of getting arrested for underage drinking. Lowering the drinking age would save thousands of life's to alcohol poisoning and other things that happen when students could be under a controlled environment.
- student body presidents of many universities are trying to have the legal drinking age changed for the kids at their schools.
- I think that the government is not giving up the drinking age because it is a cash cow for local government offices, because there are so many tickets that need to be paid for underage drinking that it would be a legitimate loss to the government offices.
- it would be good for the economy. Instead of having to steal it from your parents or have your brother or friends to get you alcohol, they could just get it themselves which would bring in a lot of revenue for the state and local wine and spirit shops.
- it would keep kids out of trouble with their parents, and god knows that there is enough arguing in the world. It would make it a lot easier for kids to go out and not having to worry about a cop coming up to you or your parents wording that you are drinking because it would be legal and there would be nothing that they could say.
October 2nd
Drinking age should be lowered- noted
-many countries in Europe, such as Italy have he legal drinking age at 16. They are allowed to consume and purchase alcoholic beverages.
- from a first person source, in Italy, drinking was just a common thing. It wasn't a thing you did to get drunk or to entertain yourself. It is something that is very pleasurable in small quantities.
- is a better alternative to kids walking around with fake ID's, which is a felony offense in just about every estate in America.
- will give kids a chance to realize that alcohol is not something that should be abused, but somthing that should be done in moderation and to enjoy, not just to get completely trashed.
- would take away the fun of doing somthing that is " against the rules". Could stop kids who are just doing it to look cool and be crazy.
- the reality is, kids are going to drink under the age of 21. If it is lowered then not as many kids will get in trouble and have a drinking ticket or worse on the permanent record.
- in the United States, you are allowed to join the military at the age of 18 years old, it is a little ridiculous that someone would be able to risk their life's for their country, but not be able to sit in a bar with his buddies and share a drink or two.
- kids who are under the age of 21 in a college setting are not able to drink in bars where it is much more expensive and they would be less likely to get drunk. Instead they get a huge bottle of alcohol or a 30 rack and drink their basements or dorms and if someone passes out and needs to be brought to the emergency room, then everyone is hesitant to do so because they are afraid of getting arrested for underage drinking. Lowering the drinking age would save thousands of life's to alcohol poisoning and other things that happen when students could be under a controlled environment.
- student body presidents of many universities are trying to have the legal drinking age changed for the kids at their schools.
- I think that the government is not giving up the drinking age because it is a cash cow for local government offices, because there are so many tickets that need to be paid for underage drinking that it would be a legitimate loss to the government offices.
- it would be good for the economy. Instead of having to steal it from your parents or have your brother or friends to get you alcohol, they could just get it themselves which would bring in a lot of revenue for the state and local wine and spirit shops.
- it would keep kids out of trouble with their parents, and god knows that there is enough arguing in the world. It would make it a lot easier for kids to go out and not having to worry about a cop coming up to you or your parents wording that you are drinking because it would be legal and there would be nothing that they could say.
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