e-prompt

mr.ross, i can't open your website!!!!! so not cool! so I'm pretty sure i was supposed to post this.

if i remember correctly, the prompt was, if you could see someone blatantly cheating, and the teacher wasn't noticing, what would you do?

well, my first reaction is, I hate cheaters, put that loser down. But...I'm extremely ashamed to say this, but i myself am a cheater. (gasp! i know you are all SHOCKED!) and i know that sometimes there are other motives behind the cheating besides being a lazy, low-down slacker. (which i was totally being, by the way. well, this one time...anyways.) but if you are being obvious like that, it's not a mistake. So if this person is cheating on purpose, and you don't know whether they're just some random jerk, or really need this grade or whatever, what do you do?
...asking myself MORE QUESTIONS!!! not a good idea...
well, i think that it would be best to just talk to the guy(or girl) first, because maybe it WAS a mistake, maybe he(or she) thought you could use a calculator, or whatever his(or her) deal is. Talk it over with them first. Because judging from mr.ross's experience, talking to the teacher might not be the best idea. Plus, if someone called me out for doing something wrong, I would stop.
....now what do you thing about THAT? :)

lalalala, I'm getting sick from all these stinking GERMZZZ

There are several different animals whose domestication has been tried, and failed. Think zebras, cheetahs, grizzlies, etc. What are three different reasons a species might resist domestication? Explain, and give an example of each one. This section begins on the bottom of page 168.

Okay, one BIG problem is with captive breeding. No one wants to...um...yeah, in front of people. (unless you have a very sick, sick, mind!!) so consider how the animals are feeling. Also, some species have very complicated rituals that can involve long distances. Take the cheetah, for example. Males will chase females for several days over long distances, in order for the female to CONSIDER mating with them. This obviously can't happen in an enclosed environment such as a zoo.
Another problem is nasty disposition. Not all animals are cute and cuddly; and if they aren't cooperative, they can't be kept in captivity, much less dealt with. One example is the African buffalo. It has almost all the suitable traits of being domesticable, but one of its' other traits cancel the rest out. Once buffalo have grown to full size, which is about a ton, it becomes, well, mean. The African buffalo is considered the most dangerous large mammal in Africa!
The final reason is diet. The conversion of food biomass into the consumer's biomass is about 10% efficient. Meaning, you would have to feed an 50 pound dog 500 pounds of dog food. But a dog is an omnivore. Carnivores are a different story. Since they eat the herbivore and/or omnivore, they consume the 500 pound cow and virtually the 5,000 pounds of vegetation it took to feed that cow. So carnivores are out.

GO CHARGERS!

yeah, that's right, the San Diego Chargers are in the semis!!!!! PEYTON GOT OWNED ! and I'm in love with Billy Volek. wait to save our butts, man. next week is the patriots! we are going to eat tom brady alive. :)
peace! gabby

yeah, another poem

I'll sing you a song
you don't have to listen
even if you do
i know you won't hear

The words that I say
you seem to be missing
they drift right through
just like i feared

sometimes it doesn't turn out the way that we wanted
sometimes it falls through our fingers onto the floor
sometimes it's better to leave it behind us forever
sometimes there can still be something more...

I loved you then
it still hasn't changed
but love is fickle
and moves like the wind

I gave you my heart
and then took it back
can't you see there's
nothing left to give

sometimes life beats us down 'til we're broken
sometimes love mends our souls right up to the break
sometimes words are not possibly enough
but I know you'll be in my heart...always.



okay, so maybe this is a LITTLE more serious than before.
love gabby