Ashley’s Blog

        Two years ago I was walking down a dirt road in North Carolina when I saw this strange thing hiding in the shadows behind an old abandoned Tobacco barn.  I first thought that it was no big deal so I just kept walking, then it started to get scary.  This thing seemed to try to say something, like it was warning me to go home before it was to late.  I started to run home.  I was running so fast that everything was a blur and then it went blank.  The next thing I remember I was surrounded by shadowy figures and that’s when it got really weird. 

   I now tell every one I got hit by a golf club in my forehead but it’s not true.  My secrets are being revealed.  It’s just the beginning; will it ever end?

     Today in science class we learned how to check our pulse.  We checked our pulse when we were sitting, standing and sprinting in place.  Kat and I just swung our arms around while the rest of the class ran in place.  We got a much slower pulse than everyone else because we did not need as much oxygen.

                              HOW TO FIND YOUR PULSE 

• Go to your neck with your hand.
• Find your vocal cord.
• Go a little bit to the side and put 2 fingers on that spot.
• Find the number of heart beats in 15 seconds.
• Multiply it by 4.
• YOUR DONE!!!!!

In social studies class we watched a movie all about North India Ganges river, and the Taj Mahal . Let me tell you a tiny bit about the Gangesriver and the Taj Mahal.

Every one comes to bathe in the sacred water of the Ganges, from tall to short every one is born there and every one dies there. The Ganges is said to be a Hindu god. The river is so polluted that even the god its self needs help. People wash in the Ganges and even die in the Ganges. Millions of people go to the Ganges to splash or even just relax while listening to the music and singing. The people don’t even mind if the water is dirty, they just go along and drink the water knowing that there are dead carcases floating around[…]. For me to think that way I would need a little extra guts!

The Taj Mahal is said to be the most beautiful Tomb in the whole Universe. You may be thinking tomb, what are you talking about? It is a tomb because it holds the corpse of a wonderful lady that died having her 14th baby. Her hubby loved her so much he ordered all his workers to build a magnificent tomb to house his dead wife. It would be Pretty scary knowing you had the largest tomb in the whole world. What do you think about that?

      The quest to find oil efficient transportation is on.  Its been less than 150 years since the one and only first oil pump was made and already the world’s oil supply is running out pretty quickly and the gas prices are going up like a hot air balloon.  Scientist have already created the new fuel efficient car/van or whatever it is the new MINI-CAT

       Oil can’t be made quickly, it takes thousands and thousands and thousands of years to make.  To make oil you need billions of diatoms they are like plants because they take light from the sun and convert it into energy the website listed above states that, “popular misconceptions are that, oil comes from dead dinosaurs.” 

     Oil is the main reason why we are getting global warming, here’s an example.  Oil gets put into a cars gas tank, gets used, and gets released as green house gasses, goes into the atmosphere, and breaks a hole into the shield that protects us from the suns Ultra Violet Rays and causes the whole world to warm up.   A section of this article says, “Many scientists today believe that this life-protecting stratospheric ozone layer is being reduced by the chlorofluorocarbon gases released into the atmosphere by different sources on the earth. Many envieonment groups are vehemently protesting against the use of these gases, and their use in many places in the world has been banned. Pollution on the earth has already caused a hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic.”           

     The orginization that influence the cost of oil is called O.P.E.C. that means Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country’s.  They increase or decrease the amount of oil they suck out of the ground.  If they want more money they reduce the amount of oil that comes out of the oil pump.  If they want less money they would increase the amount of oil that comes out of the oil pump. Scientist guesstimate that there’s 2.6 trillion barrels of oil left in this world.          Its sad, no one really cares about oil running out.        SCIENTIST KEEP THINKING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever had tractor that was green like a avocado?  Or do you even have a tractor that has 50 horse power engine and can pull up to its own weight [which is really really really heavy].  John Deers are great for pulling hay, gravel, dirt, bricks and SO much more.  You MUST be careful around steep hills, the John Deer may tip.  My active grandma drove into a tree, luckily she got away with a hip transplant and a third degree concussion.  I just recently learned How to drive [ITS EASIER THAN IT SEEMS!!!]