Author Archives: Reid

Biofuels

For honors, we had to read an article about biofuels, basically summarizing up the effort of the past few years. It also describes many different ways to obtain ethanol and the research and process involved. When the war in Iraq … Continue reading

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Divorce

For honors, we had to read an article about divorce.  It gave some history and facts about divorce in general while touching base on some questions and ideas. Personally, I believe divorce is pointless.  It can all be circumvented by … Continue reading

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de Vega reading for honors

When I read the short story, I was appalled.  I have went through these kinds of situations myself and so, this is not the first time I have heard about this let alone dealt with it.  The drug dude should … Continue reading

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Superfoods

For honors, we had to read three articles about superfoods.  The first ones gives out a bunch of examples of superfoods, like blueberries.  The second article was asking if superfoods actually exist.  Basically, it was wondering if it’s a sham … Continue reading

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Ch. 5 & 6 Videogames

Ch. 5 of the book was about the social connections.  They used Lexulous and Farmville as examples.  Ch. 6 was generally about epic games, the feeling that you are in awe.  They used Halo 3 as the example. I can … Continue reading

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Summer Vacation

For honors, we had to read an article about summer vacation for children.  It talked about how it could be effective and how it could be not.  Mainly, not.  It said that summer vacation is actually more harmful for children … Continue reading

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MW3 commercial

We had to read 2 articles about the MW3 commercial and watch a video for honors.  One of the articles supported the commercial while the other basically made crap out of the commercial.  The video was about when the USA … Continue reading

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Feminism in Video Games

For honors, we had to watch a couple of videos and read a couple of articles.  The first video was simply talking about women in video games in general.  They especially talked about Lara Croft.  She is basically the one … Continue reading

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Video games: Stevens and Burns Guest Speakers

The two speakers talked  quite a bit about all of the different studies they have completed.  For instance, they compared how GTA4 and Simpsons Hit N’ Run could make a difference in the violence in the participants.  Well, there wasn’t.  … Continue reading

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Educational vs. Clinical

The article was debating and throwing out facts about each side, clinical research or educational research.  Seeing if one side was better than the other or more useful for certain topics or subjects. Truthfully, I really don’t see much of … Continue reading

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