Stress-Ben Grossman

One method i used to deal with stress during the AP test week was to just lay down when i got home. I think this is really effective because your'e just laying down forgetting about all your worries and resting your body. Also when you wake up you feel refreshed and ready to go. Another thing i did was after every AP test i went and got something to eat with a group of friends. This was really great for managing stress because it was a sort of immediate relief of stress after every test. Another really great method is to just sit down and watch Netflix or any TV program. The problem with this though, is that you can get addicted to the shows and end up watching a couple of hours. I think all these method of relieving stress are very effective, it is just personal preference that determines whats best for you.

The Future-Ben Grossman

I've really enjoyed my junior year. Its true that it has been the hardest school year so far, which is what everyone who i talked to said. Where iv'e been successful is that i'm fairly confident that i passed all my AP tests. Where iv'e failed is my goal to procrastinate less and get distracted from schoolwork less. A lesson i learned is that i need to procrastinate less. No risks were really taken. My mistake has been procrastinating a lot. This summer i'm going to China for three weeks since my dad will be teaching at Shanghai university. I might also get to go to New York to visit my grandparents depending on how busy i am. The only other major thing is marching band camp for three weeks from the middle of July to the start of school. My main goal for senior year is to procrastinate less.

Fictional Character, Fictional Life-Ben Grossman

Out of all my favorite characters, the one that i would want to be the most is Paul Blart the mall cop. Paul is an american hero and deserves the utmost respect from everyone. When Paul's mall is invaded by "some crazy people trying to take over the mall," he doesn't sit down and accept it like most other mall cops would. He jumps into action and risks his life to save it. Unlike some other heroes, Paul uses his brains as well as his brawn. Besides strait out fist-fights with the intruders, he employs the use of clever traps to reach his goal. Personally my favorite one is when he disguises himself as a hockey mannequin when one his enemies are lured into a sports store. At the end of the movie, after the safety of the mall is confirmed Paul happily goes back to his normal easy-going life, until the sequel... It takes a true American to do something like that.

Right Now-Ben Grossman

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe a man named bill is walking to work. Bill isn't any normal person though, he is a secret agent for the CIA. He has be assigned to work at this mundane job chopping logs because the owner of this log chopping business is actually a mob boss. This mob is in fact one of the biggest in the country. Bill's task is to find out everything about the inner workings of the mob and find a possible way to shut it down. Everyday Bill risks his life trying to figure out these secrets. Dozens of times his cover has nearly been blown and each time he uses his secret agent skills to remain undiscovered. Bill is actually tantalizingly close to finding out the crucial information he needs. When he gets this information he can go back to his normal life and wait for duty to call again.

How To-Ben Grossman

How to do laundry
The main thing about doing laundry is that it is a very complicated process that requires a ton of preparation and patience. Not everyone has the skill required to accomplish this task, but if you can master the process you'll be set for life. Listed below are the step to complete this process.
Step 1: Bring the clothes that need to be washed to the washing machine
Step 2: Place clothes that will be wash in the washing machine
Step 3: Put required amount of detergent in the washing machine
Step 4: Wait for clothes washing to be finished
Step 5: Take clothes out and put in dryer
Step 6: Put dryer sheet in with clothes
Step 7: Wait for clothes drying to be finished
Step 8: Fold clothes and put in respective areas
If you follow these steps you to can be a master at washing clothes.

plastics-Ben Grossman

A piece of advice given to me that has stuck is to be yourself. I know this is super cliche but I think it applies perfectly to me. The main example of this effecting me is when i decided to stop being active at my synagogue. I realized that the only reason i was involved was because my parents wanted me to and that i didn't really feel any connection when there. My parents excepted my choice but told me to keep an open mind. Its been three years since i made this decision and everything has been fine. Another example of this advice effecting me is when i made the choice to have longer hair. This was in middle school when i stopped caring what people though about how i looked. It was also easier to grow it out because i didn't have to get haircuts all the time.

Blog 26- Zachary Whitehouse

I did not like how your room was so dark all the time. However, your class did prepare us for the test and I greatly appreciate this. I feel like i, or students in general, would've gave more effort on the practice tests if they weren't on fridays and mondays as most of them usually were. I know that i did not give much effor t on these tests because i felt like you didn't emphasize the importance enough. though, this is mainly my fault, not yours. I wish we wouldve varied the essays a little more so that we could like rotate doing different ones to keep them fresh in our minds because by the time of the test i had almost forgotten all the different types of essays and how to write each one. I liked how your class wasn't overly vigorous and hard every single day. this enabled us to have and have some days off and i think this is an effective way to teach in gaining the respect and trust and love from your students. the class was very laid back and this gave us a chance to focus better and not be worried about having homework and graded tests every day.