hmm... videogames and reading.

I think a lot of things in life are good, but in moderation. I still feel this way with videogames. The first chapter of this book has definately allowed me to see videogames in a new light. Children are dedicated to learning them, and this teaches them what dedicated learning looks like. I think that this can be used as a positive tool when trying to explain what it may take to read or write. It takes dedication and hard work, just as videogames do. Students would then say, "But videogames are fun and I don't have fun when I read or write." This is the hard part as teachers. Trying to find a way to make curriculum just as fun as videogames seems to be silly, but it is a way to reach out to the students and spark their desire to learn things such as reading and writing. I am interested to continue reading further and to see whether or not the author has an answer to "how might this be possible to spark a child's interest to read just as a child's interest is sparked by videogames?"

Unwanted house guests.

Growing up in a newly developed suburban area in Pleasanton really didn't prepare me for what I have had to confront over the last few monthes. It all started with my roommate actually witnessing a live rodent jump out of her hamper and into her closet. It was then that we knew there must be a problem. My three other roommates are all clueless as well when it comes to this kind of maintenance. We called our landlord and she placed sticky mouse traps around the house, but up until today they still have not worked. After so long of hearing them in our walls, we have started to go a little mad. One morning my roommate woke me up and she somehow persuaded me to help her bang on the oven because she was convinced that there was one living in there. Sure enough a HUGE rat comes jolting out (there is no way our little sticky mouse traps were going to work on this thing!). We caught the rat with a spagetti strainer and covered it with a crate. We had trapped it, but we didn't know what to do with it. We came back later that day and the rat had escaped, it chewed through the crate, which is extremely thick plastic. Since then we have been learning different tactics of how to get rid of rats. We are planning on switching up the environment because that is was rats rely due to their blindness. Then we are going to put poison underneath the house and rat traps in places they wouldn't expect. I'm still in the process of learning what it takes to be rid of rats. This is something I never thought I'd do, but im researching about rats, we are determined to not have anymore unwanted house guests. I guess I will keep you updated.

my first time

cool... my first blog.