Alexa OS

January 30 2015


                    Unlike Steve, Alexa is real, ish. Alexa is the new amazon machine called Amazon Echo. It is like Siri but it is a separate device altogether. Although it is big, It can play music with really good sound, tell you the weather around the world, and set an alarm for you. I think that this device will change the way people think, and will change the world.

I think that Alexa is both the coolest thing ever, and terrifying. Have any of you seen, or read Iron man? If you have, do you know his A.I. computer J.A.R.V.I.S. ( if you don't know who J.A.R.V.I.S. is, he is the voice inside Iron Man's helmet ), if you see it one way, that's where this is going to go, every human having their own personal version of J.A.R.V.I.S., but when you think about it another way, it could destroy the human race altogether. I mean if you think about it, it's like putting a bug in your house, amazon is always listening...


So, is the echo a good thing or a bad thing? I am going to leave that up to you guys. Well the end has come, remember to leave a comment on this entry to tell me what you think.

But for this time...

Ben Sheff signing off

The echo is the size of a big can of tea.

About a friend

January 29, 2015

 I am not going to use any names in this in case someone sees this and knows the person, so I am going to call him Steve.

Today I was eating lunch in my school's cafeteria, and Steve, who I know of, but don't really know, came up to me and started talking to me like we were best friends. Then somebody grabs a chip from Steve's tray. That's when Steve starts growling, snarling, making angry cat noises, but whatever it was, it sounded terrifying, and made me suspect that he was angry.

He sat with me the rest of lunch, which gave me the opportunity to get to know him a bit better. Once I got to know him better, and understand him more, I figured out that despite the fact that he hates school, he is a really cool guy. I think he has a different way of seeing the world, and in his head he thinks that growling is OK human behavior.

I think that most people do not like Steve because he is different from other people. Humans, for some reason, don't like things, or people, that are different. I myself find differences make life more fun. So for those of you who are reading this and totally disagree with me, try being different for one day and see what I mean.

I think that people like Steve make the world more interesting, and if no one was different the world would would be a much more boring place

Ben Sheff signing off

What I learned from failing English

January 28 2015



I learned many things by failing English, but one of the most important things is that I always have to try my best the first time. While working on my Social Studies project, I tried to get it done as fast as I could. While doing that, I did not put enough effort into my work and ended up having to fix it two times. I think that it is something that I do in all of my subjects. From failing English, I finally realized it. 

The next thing that I learned is, when writing a story or an essay, making an outline helps. It makes things easier. If your project blows up in your face, and you have the outline, you can go back and redo it.  I think that if I had outlined this project, I would probably have had a chance for success. So failing English has taught me to never take the easy way out.

The last thing is something that everyone should know, when to ask for help. During this project, if I had asked for help, from my parents, from the teacher in the room, or from any other teacher, I would be in a different situation right now. If I had asked for help when my project was destroyed, or when I decided to start an essay, I could have done a better job on the project. 

So maybe I was wrong when I said that doing my best was the most important thing, maybe the big lesson was asking for help. One thing that I am sure about is that this fail taught me a couple of important life lessons. 

Ben Sheff signing off