Technology

Technology is probaly of  the most important thing that was created. Without technology we wouldn't be able to do many things. Without it i probaly wouldn't even be writting this right now. Instead we would probaly using a pen or a pencil to write this.We all know that its more fun typing then writting. Well there could be many  advantages in using tecnology. For example, if you spell a word wrong then there would be a line underneath it saying that is spelled wrong. What if some kids really didnt know the correct spelling then that would give them a better grade then they really deserve. But on the other hand it could be a good tool also because you could google something that you didnt know and you would get atleast 100 differnt answes and that could help you with whatever your doing. We could also do many educational thing as well. For example you could do studyisland.,learnia,  worksheets and manymore. Weather its on you phone, the laptop, or your i pod touch you could do may tasks.

Some people use tecnology for unessary things too. They are to addicted to games and unnecessary things . They take advantage of  the internet and dont use it as a useful tool. Instead they "pretend" that they are doing homework but instead they are just staring at the laptop or whatever other tecnology tool wasting their time. Tecnology could be a good tool if you use it wisely. Like Mrs. Patalano. She bought little devices called the clickers and you type in your answer and it would show up on her handy dandy  smartboard. How cool is that! Its fun and its educational at the same time.

Tecnolgy has had an MAJOR inpact on all our lives. Weather we us it in a good or bad way its still affects us today.

Welcome Miss.Carroll

      Hey!!! I am Bijal Patel. I'm from Lincoln Elementary. I tend to be quite and shy but when you get to know me real well I can be loud and talkative at times. I absolutely love Herbert Hoover Middle School. Its fun and not boring. In English class during 4th and 5th period is the only time of the school day witch is exciting. Sitting in s.s, science, and math class  can get a little boring but sitting in English class it doesn't seem to happen even of it a whole two periods. Our English class is prob ally the best. We can get real loud and ask too many questions but it never gets old.  My favorite period of the day is 7th period because its gym. I get to meet all my other friends who are on the other teams and be active.It is the only period of the day witch doesn't involve sittin in a chair and answer questions. Sometimes that can get really tiring and boring.  
       We start every english class by doing a do now. It is a paper and we have a quote of the day. a word of the day and grammer. Ireally dilike the grammer part of the worksheet because it can get confussing at times. Then Mrs. Patalano goes over it with us. After that cycle we go on with the real learnin of the day. We go over essays, thake quizzes and test and may more things, The most thing i hate about English is the Typing test that is every monthe and grammer. I dont like the typing test beacuse its a test witch you do on the enternet and it counts as a quiz grade. I also dont like grammer because we have to learn it everyday and week and sometimes it get boring and we have a quiz on it every friday. The part i love about english is the reading and the vocabulary. i like vocabulary because it is fun and im really good at memorizing stuff. I also like reading because it doesnt involve writting and it takes you mind away from everything else. The way Mrs. Patalano teaches us thing is an excellant way. Unlike other teachers she lets us wirk in teams. She turn the boringest lessons into the funnest things every. She is the most organized teacher i have ever met! She is very nice and funny. I hopoe you enjoy your time with us at HHMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(P.S- i HOPE YOU LIKE PERIODS 4 AND 5)

My career goals

          Even as a kid its never to early to start thinking about what your future might be like. For example, what you might what to study, what collage you want to go to or maybe even where your what house you want to live in after 15 years! As a kid it might sound TO YOUNG to start thinking about your  future goals but its never too late. The years are going to pass by very quickly. As an kid i think i might want to become a pharmacist or a pharma tec. Although, every since i was a little kid i always played with playing medicine containers. I would open it up and put beads in it and pretend that it was medicine that  would cure you. As years past by i really started to think that the playing with  fake medicine containers could really lead me to something and it did . I have decided that i would want to become a pharmacist. Even if it might have a great amount of salary i rather work at/with something that i enjoy then rather do something that is boring and do it just to earn a living. In order to accomplish this gaol i would have to go to collage. I'm thinking of going to Keans University, Brown Collage Rutgers University. I have heard most people say that the two collage's were good. I would truly like to go to Keans University but earthier three are fine with me.
        After graduating from collage i would like to work in the State of new Jersey.I could maybe even work at my our family pharmacy in Newark. Going to collage and finishing it and getting a job might be far but thinking about your future might even help you when you get into high school when you have to find out what you might want to become.

My New Years resolutions

The New Year is the time I make new New years resolutions to improve myself in some good way. This year one of my New Years resolution is to stay in the A honor roll. In the previous marking period I made it but if I continue to but my effort into all of my work I might make it in to it again all three marking periods. Not only will it help me but it will lead to me having a new laptop if I get all A’s on my report card. In order to accomplish this wish i must try my best and but all of my 100% effort into all the work I do. If I accomplish this I will have a very outgoing year.  

                               Bijal Patel

Half Day vs. Full day Kindergarten

By the time we finish Elementary School we would have gone to school for 1,080 full school days. However the future kids will be in school for less. The reason is that from 2010 all Kindergarteners in NJ and many other places have to go to school for half days everyday. Either nine to twelve or twelve to three. As most people put it, that in Kindergarten you only learn the basics like counting, ABC’s and many more. Well maybe you do only learn the basics but that doesn’t mean you cant cut Kindergarten to half days. Without help from you Kindergarten teacher you wouldn’t know half the things you know today. On a recent survey I took online four out of four people said that Kindergarten helped then out later on life. Kindergarten is the starting of your education . Maybe it might not be as important as any of the other grades but it is the only grade that teaches you how to move on in your everyday life. Half day Kindergarten will but the kids under pressure. The teachers will have to turn a one day lesson into two days. Parents will be worried about their child’s transportation.


Kindergarteners are little infants who are just starting their education. As we all know, little kids take things very seriously. If they didn’t finish their class work in class, its like the end of the world. It takes a little longer for them to understand the whole process of work. Making them having to learn things in a shorter period of time will but them under stress and it will take even longer for them to learn. On a survey 100% of the people said that Half day Kindergarten will affect what they are learning. All thought many people think that half day kindergarten is a good thing such as, the little kids will have more time to enjoy their childhood. Well sure you should enjoy your childhood but instead you could enjoy it with other people in school not only at home with you family. Talking about putting them under stress for example, learning the ABC’s in Kindergarten is a very common thing. If the teacher made the Kindergarteners finish a packet of work and they didn’t finish then in school they would rush threw it so they wouldn’t have to do it at home. It would be like reading words but not understanding them. If there was full day Kindergarten they would have plenty of time to finish their work and they could still enjoy their childhood.




Teachers are the main source of education besides our loving parents. Without help from them, what would we have learned? Well in Kindergarten teachers are very nice, easy and outgoing. If they didn’t finish a lesson in a half day they could just finish it the next day . Well in half day kindergarten teachers are or already have been making lessons for two days instead of one day. If a teacher was teaching a lesson such as counting to ten and writing the number and time was up then she could finish it the next day but if there was full day Kindergarten this would be a big problem because you would have more time to learn and teach. Well if the teacher is deciding to finish a lesson the next day and she has another lesson planned for that day she would get busted because she would have to teach another lesson on the same day. Well for some teachers this would be a problem because they could teach fast and it might be easier. Well I truly believe that making a lesson into two day is better to do on a half day because then the Kindergarteners will actually learn something but that could lead to some consequences.


Now lets take a look at the nice parents who are willing to drop and pick up their child at certain times in the day. Without your parents how would you get home at 12:00 if you’re a Kindergartener? The would be no possible way because there would be no buses. With half day Kindergarten in the way many parents have to rearrange their work times so that their child could have a safe transportation to and from school. Well if there were full day Kindergarten then many parents wouldn’t have to worry. Some parents even come back form work and go back just so that their child could have a good education. Well for some parents its no big of a deal because they either don’t work or they have work on the same hours as their child.


Many of our favorite Elementary School grade was Kindergarten because we had nap time, coloring, play time and many more activities. Well in half day Kindergarten there is no lunch and many of those activities. Kindergarteners should really go to school for a full day because they will be stressed about work., the teachers will have to shorten or finish the lesson the next day and many of the parents would have to rearrange their work times for a safe transportation for their children.

Half day Kindergarten vs. Full day Kindergarten

Is Santa Claus real or is he just a myth?

                 As you all know that Christmas is coming up and the jolly old man will be visiting your house pretty soon. So get ready to bake some delicious cookies and leave them for Santa. Well do most families bake cookies for him? The answer is no! As the debate goes on the same question goes threw my head every Christmas season, is Santa Claus real or is he just a old myth?

           

            Some families tell their children that Santa is just daddy dressed in Santa Claus clothing and others tell their children that the presents that are under our Christmas tree are from Santa.  Do you really think that Santa will buy billion Christmas presents for all the children in the world? I don't know about you but i don't think so. Well maybe to the little kids Santa is real and has reindeer's who could fly to each and every ones houses to give them exactly what they want. Maybe he does live up in the north pole . Who knows?

      Most infants grow up thinking that Santa is real. Every miracle that happens in the summer happened because Santa granted their early Christmas wishes. Well maybe it did. What clearly showed me that Santa isnt real is, when i was little, in the New Hampshire mall there was a Santa Claus who took pictures with you and you told him what you wanted for Christmas. Well as i was done and i was the last one in line i sow the most evilest thing any 5 year old would want to see. I sow santa claus gettin his FAKE mushtash off. I was wondering what santa claus was doing. It was Christmas eve and his job was to grant my wish but instead he was leaving to go enjoy his christmas eve and not make our wishes come true. Then i realized that he wasnt real he was just some stranger.

             To some little kids Santa is real but to me i just think that he is a myth. Well maybe he does listen to your wishes and grant them once in a while but i truely belive that he is just a myth. Christmas is the time of year to enjoy. When we were little we belived in santa claus but now some of us dont. Instead for ruining the holiday season of the little kids we should just enjoy and have fun.