Mrs. Ho's AP Lang - 2021/2022

 This was at the oscars and everyone knows by now but Chris Rock made a really funny, but, inappropriate and out of pocket joke about Will Smith's wife. The joke that Chris Rock made was, "Jada, I love you – I can't wait for GI Jane 2”. GI Jane is a reference to a bald girl in a movie, which is messed up because Will Smith's wife can't control her hair loss condition. Even though the joke was messed up, Will Smith was very un professional and went up to Chris Rock, on live television , as a famous actors  and more, and decided to punch him on stage, walk back to his seat and curse at him to stop talking about his wife. Will Smith should know better to not be un professional  and do all of that in front of millions of people watching him on live television, he is supposed to be a role model, he is famous so a lot of people watch his shows, movies, content, and he should make a good image for himself so the kids who look up to him, can have a good role model. But,...

  Life during the height of Covid Exactly two years ago today, we were at the start of quarantine. We all thought the Corona virus started in China from a man who ate “bat soup”. We still do not fully know how the Corona virus started, although the world has suffered from it for over two years. For the first four months of the pandemic, most people locked themselves up and did not live life. With the ability to shut off school with the click of a button, online school was not beneficial. We spent all day drinking whipped coffee, watching Outer Banks and All American, and working out with Chloe Ting. We had almost no social interactions. One of my most memorable memories was when I went biking with one of my friends. My friend accidentally tapped my shoulder, and after freaking out that I got the virus, I ran home to shower quickly. I felt guilty that I would get my family sick because someone lightly tapped my shoulder. This story will always stick with me because it describes ho...

     One of my most popular blog topics has been movie and show critiques. As this is our last blog post, I thought I should connect back to my former blogs by writing one more show review.       Recently, I have been watching MasterChef. For anyone who doesn't know, MasterChef is a show where a group of talented home cooks competes in a series of cookoffs till one contestant is crowned the MasterChef. This show reminds me of Survivor, just in a cooking way. The show is entertaining and funny as Chef Gordon Ramsey screams at the contenders. In the past few days, I have watched more than two seasons of the show, which took me a while as each season has around 20 episodes that are one hour long.      I watched seasons 7 and 8, and now I am watching season 9. I built a connection with many of the contestants as I do for most reality competition shows. Unfortunately, in both seasons, the person I was rooting for lost. So far, I have not been...

     This year in AP Lang, I have learned a lot. However, the thing that I feel has improved the most this year, by far, is my creative writing.       At the beginning of the year, my writing was dry, and lacked purpose. As I wrote more and more blogs throughout the year, though, I feel like I have gotten much more creative. Not only have I improved my grammar tremendously, but I have started making my writing more complex, and even adding puns and alliteration to spice things up.      I feel like writing these blogs has helped me out tremendously. I love how these blogs serve as an outlet for what’s on my mind, and how they serve as something that allows me to write about whatever I want.      Now that we are at the end of the year, I recently reread over my old blogs again. The difference between my blogs at the start of the year compared to now is truly monumental.      I am so grateful that we have been ...

  AP exams are soon! As tedious as these exams are, they can be somewhat refreshing. It marks the end of the school year in my mind and most classes tend to be lenient with work due to these exams. I have been panic studying all of AP Psych and AP US History recently and preparing for all of my exams. This has got me thinking about which have been the best and worst AP classes so far. So lets make a blog post about it while I procrastinate! Including my APs from this year, I have taken Human Geography, Comp Sci A, Comp Sci Principles, World History, Art, Lang (obviously), US History, and Psych. As of right now, I believe my favorite AP has been AP Lang and I am not just saying that to be a suck-up. Work-wise, there has been no useless or time-wasting work. Everything had a purpose and a specific skill to teach. On top of that, all of the work was interesting, especially the class debates! Thank you Mrs. Ho! After AP Lang, I am not sure the exact order of which APs, but I do know wh...

 What is the Urge to Itch?                Itching is a painful and aggravating experience, especially when scratching only makes it far worse. Furthermore, there are several conditions that cause people to itch incessantly without alleviation. In one case study, a woman scratched through to her brain because her scalp was so itchy. Itching is a curious sensation that scientists are still struggling to understand.  The itch sensation is known scientifically as pruritus, and it's thought to have evolved as a means to defend our largest organ, our skin, from parasites and dead cell build-up. Our other organs are safely kept inside our bodies, where our immune systems can properly defend them. However, because our skin is our first layer of protection and is constantly exposed to the outside world, it's logical that it has developed some unconventional methods to keep us safe. Furthermore it reveals why itching is infectious: back in t...