Tools for School: BrainGenie

In our class we have been able to find many interesting web pages that make our studies more entertaining and engaging activities. Making a class fun, can make an improvement in our learning because we are having fun but at the same time we are learning! On my Biology class on Monday we tested a new page where we performed several quizzes having to do with biology, It was a rather fun activity, I did not even realize that the two hours of class had gone so fast because I was so into the quizzes (Imagine that!). This new site is called BrainGenie. It is quite interesting, you can login as a student or teacher. In my case, I logged in as a student but my teacher (Mr. Jose Popoff) had already chosen a username and password for me and my classmate, that way he may keep a control in our activities in the page as a teacher.

Some observation that I made of this site is how organize all my activity is. I like that because I can see my progress very well and it is not in a mess. Mr. Popoff showed us our progress in his page as teacher. We could see everything in graphs that we could easily understand and read. Performing the quizzes was great; when I had wrong answer the site will show me and my teammates the correct answer and the procedure or explanation of that answer! Excellent Idea! Something I did not like was that questions appeared to repeat and we had to answer them all over again in order for us to complete the task. I loved the page, if many other teachers knew about this page it will be great. We have to share this great sites with others to make education advance and entertaining!

How Can I Help You?

It is hard to help someone who wants to change but does not realize that in order for him/her to make a change there must be a sacrifice and effort. I wish I could help people by just advicing them on what is the right thing to do and why they should do it, but it does not work that way. God is an example; He always tries to help us but sometimes we do not want to face circumstances that are different or hard to go through. Everything depends on your own mentality and what you think of yourself. If a change in your life occurred you must embrace it and accept what will come with mere commitment and you will love the outcome on your journey.

From now on I will do my best to help others by praying for them. PRAYING IS THE BEST TOOL, it is what I can do for now but I know that eventually I will be transform to a tool and will have an action in helping others! Last but not least, everybody wants to change a bad aspect of their life( I am one included) but we can do everything in God if we are willing to have a compromise with Him, we may fail but we can get right up again( I repeat this alot in my blog..probably because I fail constantly!).

My Dream Job

Time is going fast, I am growing up, the end of school is near, and the demand each day is even more. Thinking what I am going to study has been a topic in my mind since I was little, but know it is serious and I have to give my final decision pretty soon. When I was in fourth grade it was all about my future as a veterinarian,because of my love for animals, I also wished to become a famous painter, since drawing and painting is part of my favorite hobbies. Now that I am seventeen (Something that seemed so far away when I was ten!!), people tend to tell you that you have to go for the money, and just for the money, because nowadays it is even more difficult to reach for a dream job even with good studies. Not only this thoughts of people that surround me affected my decision but also my age. I realized, as I went through other topics at school that I like other things! But in my mind I still don´t have a clear idea of what will I get to do!

I talked to God about this and He, in His wisdom, gave me a clue. My dad had to give a small conference at church last Sunday and he got to this topic!! God was talking to me! My father presented a stadistic done in the U.SA. by some people which refered to the most happy jobs which were jobs as being a fireman, pastor, psychologist, civil engineer, and some others I do not remember right now. Why were this jobs called "the happy jobs"?  The reason is because it involves helping others; this is why people who have this type of work love what they do! Helping others will make you feel good inside just by thinking that you are part of a great life changing movement!

I have not taken my decision yet of what to study, but I know that I must do something that will help my beautiful country to reach the Lord!

What Dwells in Me

Recently, a tragedy occured in my country, Honduras, in the city of Comayagua. A state prison got on fire and about 350 men died, most of them were gang members (like a 90% we can say). They were not innocent, but they were human beings and the way they died was not the best. No police guard was harmed and no guard open the gates for the prisoners to escape from the fire! It is incredible how many lifes for the Lord were lost! Moments like this makes us impotent and angry. This men needed of God and I know that He was sad to know his sons were not going to be in his presence. Sin took over them and now there is no turning back!

Apostle Paul once said, And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.  I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.  But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it (Romans 7:18-20).  Sin leaves within us, and what God wants from us is to learn to beat it and through His strength we can do it! No man on earth is perfect and Our God knows that, when we fail or fall he will pick us up, we just have to asked for help. As christians we can spread Salvation everywhere, just picture how many lives will be saved. People such as gang members need to know about the Lord, and we need to feed our lives with His word!

Childhood Memories

Ignorance is blessed and that is what made my childhood the best time of my life. As a kid, I was always in trouble! I broke the record of breaking my mom´s glassware, I spend the afternoons riding bike along the streets of my neighborhood, I asked awkward question, fought with my sister, picked many homeless animals form the streets, played soccer, and many other fun things that caused many scars on my skin!
That was fun, everything was happiness. One of my best memories was when I escaped with my sister and cousins from my aunt´s house and went to the MANGO TREE! The mango tree was the talk in town among kids, it was the finest place to have some chill time! Only kids knew about it, since it was at the end of the street and surrounded by tall, itchy grass, we could not tell our parents, we already knew (well..supposed) they will tell us there were many snakes there! They were wrong...there were many bees! Anyways, the feature we loved the most, was the swinging branch! We had to make a tower of kids to get someone up the branch, then a tall guy will pull the branch with all his strength and then release it! It was the most fun and dangerous we enjoyed! I laughed like stupid when I got on that huge branch which had the form of a big arm! Miss those days!

Mango Tree is gone. Some people had to cut it to build some houses; a tragic moment! Now, everything is different, I am not ignorant anymore but I still brake my mom´s glassware!! For me it is sad to see that kids do not spend much of their time out of their homes. They are glue to computers and videogames! Kids go out!! Play outdoors, get scars, go crazy, do something! My kids are going to be happy kids I will teach them to be naughty! That is the way they are supposed to be, Kids need to explore more!

Under Pressure

Pressures come in many ways. There are social pressures, between families, financial, sexual, for weaknesses, etc., and everybody in life goes through this. It is inevitable that when we are coming to some kind of argument or weakness we feel pressure, but not by someone else sometimes but it by ourselves. We put the pressure in our backs! Pressures are part of life because everything that surrounds us affects our spirit in may ways. But if you look at the bright side of pressures you can notice that sometimes they are not bad at all! We examine our hearts and face our true character when we feel pressured by something or someone. Should I do it? Will it help me? Am I good enough for it? This kind of questions makes us find our true potential in a positive way, so when this happens be sincere with yourself, and remember that you are good enough for everything through the power of Christ! In other cases, pressures can cause a downfall in our lives. An example of this is when we loose our temper and fall in the hands of anger. We bury our meekness and go right back to a bad habit!

What are you planning to do then if you are face to face with pressure? Will you be angry? Will you examine your heart? Fall into depression? Depression is just an excuse for lazy people who do not confront what is reality, it is having self-pity because you are to worried thinking about yourself rather than loving what you have with you. You may loose everything and everyone but one thing is for sure, GOD WILL NOT GIVE UP ON YOU! If you know this truth then do not be afraid and keep your heart in His hands so he takes care of what comes in and out of it!

Optimistic!

I'm getting all my goals on track! 2012 is a year of new happenings, everything is going well and I hope it continues like this, I mean..it will continue like this! One important aspect I took in consideration to achieve all my goals was being optimistic! If you keep a good thought about everything, believe it...you will enjoy anything! Tested and proved by myself!! My example for optimism will be my good fellow Angie, she is a really sweet and responsible person. She gets really good grades and enjoys listening to others. She is not a big fan of physics but she tries to get the best of the class as she can, and I love that about her. Oooh! And by the way she does not complain that much! Angie you are a great person, keep it up!

Complaining will keep you out of order. When we criticize and complain too much, we tend to loose focus and we just see the negative side of everything!

When we have a problem and we think God is nowhere to be found and feel bad or sad because we think he is ignoring us, we are completely wrong. God is testing our attitude towards hard times and he sees our hearts and behavior. If we keep our head up, God will reach His hand and will be in the storm with us. BUT REMEMBER HE WILL BE IN THE STORM WITH US,he will help not figure out everything all alone, he promises to guard and protect us from evil but we have to find the way with him. It is awesome to know how God works, He thinks in everything and leaves us to our own will,which is how things should be; He wants us to choose the correct path! So, keep in mind that in order to enjoy the ride you must keep a smile and a good thought in mind, everything will be a piece of cake from there on!