Sunday, August 15, 2010

What Social Scientist I Want to Be

If I could be either a historian, a geographer and an archaeologist, I think I would best enjoy being a geographer. Geographers travel around the world, marking the land so others can see what there is beyond the comforts of their home. To be able to travel as a job? Analyzing the world from a million angles and adding my own? Meeting new people? It's a dream come true.


Geographers have an important job. They study landforms; rivers, volcanos, canyons, etc. I can climb large mountains and measure wide oceans. Explore new cities, see how different people live in different environments. Don't you find it strange how us as humans, the same species, are so different in many ways? Seeing all of this firsthand sounds simply amazing! It's a job where I don't have to be bored, and right now? That's important to me!


As a geographer, I have many topics to study. Economics, climate, health, plants and animals, it goes on. Different places do different things, and seeing everyone's way of life is an interesting way to make a living. I could probably also learn new languages. Some geographers are pretty famous, I could join the list!
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Introduction


My name is Hime, and I'm from San Diego, California. I live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia now and go to ISKL middle school.
The last three books I've read are Gone by Michael Grant, The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, and The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester. Gone is a book about how everyone over the age of 14 suddenly disappears and the bullies take over. The Hatchet is about a boy who is the only survivor on a plane crash but has to wait for someone to rescue him while he fends off wild beasts and tries to find edible food. The Girl Who Could Fly is about (as you could easily guess) a girl who can fly. She has to be sent to a special school that is specially made for children like her, but things don't go too smoothly there.








The last movie I've watched is The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It was one of the best movies I've ever watched, I liked the humor and the magic. It was about a young boy who was descended from the great sorcerer Merlin, who unfortunately was vanquished by the evil sorceress Morgana. Merlin's assistant had searched the world for thousands of years, with a metal dragon ring, in search of the one who could bring it to life.

An academic goal I have for this year is to participate in more activities. A social goal I have for this year is to make a new friends, and keep them. This can only be accomplished if I maintain a good attitude, and talk with people who make me feel happy.
My favorite vacation memory is my first camping trip in Mount Laguna, a campground in San Diego County. I got to to lots of trees and wildlife for the first time.
Five adjectives I think are good to describe me are: stubborn, impatient, crazy, kind, and shy.




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