Nathan+S

=**TV**=

Many people don't realize that TV is ruining people's minds, but I think it's important for people to know that TV can change the way you think and feel about things that are good for your mind and body. One way TV can affect you is to change the way you think and feel about things that are good for the human mind and body. For instance, I have heard most people say that they hate spinach and Brussels sprouts. And the worst thing about this is most of those people haven't even tasted spinach and Brussels sprouts. When my friend Kyle was talking with people about foods that they like and he brought up spinach, suddenly right when he said it everyone said eeeeeew. Then Kyle asked why do you guys not like spinach? Then most people said I don't know I have never tried it? Kyle asked them why they think it's gross? Everyone said because most cartoons think that it is gross. I have also heard a handful of people saying they have a huge amount of animosity for essays and reports just because they have heard bad things about them on so many TV shows. An opinion I disagree with is that Brussels sprouts and spinach are all horrible foods. Another opinion I disagree with is that essays are horrible. Also another opinion that I disagree with is that homework is horrible. One time my friend Lauren was with her little brother and she kept on telling him to try the Brussels sprouts and he said it was gross just because he saw that “The Kids Next Door” had animosity for spinach and Brussels sprouts. Another way that TV can change the way your mind works is by the health of your mind. Did you know that there are people researching to see if video games and TV shows are as bad as drugs and guns? They are spending 9 million dollars on their research. I partly disagree with this, but some people think that computer and television can ruin your mind. Supposedly if you play games and all of that stuff a lot your brain will keep on getting more and more worse. The human can be affected by television by not getting active and only eating and could become overweight. Television could also make you lazy and fat. One time my friend named Garret was playing Mario kart so much that he couldn't concentrate on anything else. Because he played it so much, he got grounded. He got sent to his room and dreamed about it. One time my friend Trent wanted this video game so bad that he he bugged his parents to go get him the video game and they wouldn't. When he fell asleep at night he dreamed about it. For the next two weeks Trent couldn't stop thinking about it. There's another thing that cartoons and TV shows are changing your mind by creating... VIOLENCE. I'm not saying that I don't like the video games and cartoons and have had my times when I play video games. Have you ever seen kids playing outside with fake imaginary M4, M16 carbines, Desert eagles, MP5, P90, Barret 50 caliber sniper rifle M1 Garand, STG-44, MP40, and all and all of those guns firing at each other? Little kids have copied violence when they pretend to be master chief from halo. I have copied violence when Kyle, Griffin and I have wrestled on Kyle's trampolines. My friends have copied violence when they pretend to kill each other with snipers and .357 Magnums. This is important because If you think you don't like something just because a TV show says they don't like it, you may never know what you do and do not like. Also if a TV show says that they don't like an essay, it's just their opinion.

  **DEATH**

(But not literally) Fred was in math class and they were practicing multiplication. Fred was getting everything right. Then randomly out of nowhere...     “Fred is a nerd!” some boy screamed  “No I'm not!” Fred screamed  So then everyone was screaming at Fred just because he is counted as the school bully. And Fred really isn't mean everyone just thinks he is mean, ever since first grade when he accidentally punched this guy named Steve, because he was turning around after he got something from his locker and he hit him in the face. Then after all that arguing the bell rang signifying that math time was over. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRMMMPPPPPPP!!!  A few minutes later, Fred and his class were at Ms. Tree's music class, playing the brass instruments.  "Hey you're getting good at this," Fred said excitedly.  "So your saying I wasn't good at this before?" Zach said.  Zach is someone who will take anything you say and turn it into a insult. So then Fred got in trouble with Ms. Tree, because Zach said that Fred was making fun of him. When really Fred was giving him a compliment. Also, since Fred is already known as the school bully, everyone blamed him and believed Zach when they didn't even know the whole story. Now probably everyone in the school hates him. Well not everyone. He also has **one**, count, **one** friend and his name is Josh. Well anyways then Fred had to go talk to the principal.  When Fred sat down, Mr. Huckleberry said “So what did you do this time?”  “Nothing sir,” Fred said.  “So why are you in here?” Mr. Huckleberry said.  “I don't know, my teacher sent me in here after I gave this kid a compliment, and he took it as me giving an insult,” Fred said.  “Go back to your class, you're not in trouble but you have to stop getting blamed, because this is getting old,” Mr. Huckleberry said.  “Okay sir,” Fred said. Fred got back to his class and right when he got back it was recess time. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Fred and Josh were sitting in there favorite spot in the field. There were a few trees blocking them from the outside so it was secret and then there were two rocks that Josh and Fred used for chairs. There was a ton of junk, because everyone litters in their hiding place. Normally Fred and Josh could hear the bell ring but this time they couldn't, because were laughing so hard. So Fred and Josh were trapped outside because everyone had already gone inside. Then after a while Fred and Josh started to get scared and they checked outside there hiding place and... No one was there. At first Fred and and Josh freaked out. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “Hey we should check if any teachers are outside first,” Josh said. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “Good idea,” Fred said. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “I'll look for teachers in the little kids playground; you look for teachers in the big kids playground,” Josh said. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Fred went to the big kids playground and Josh went to the little kids playground and after almost twenty minutes of searching they decided that no teachers were out on the playground. So then Fred and Josh decided to freak out some more. Fred and Josh decided if they were out here then they were going to make the best of it. So Fred and Josh started playing on the play equipment. They were playing this game called the monster from the abyss. That is when one person stands under the play equipment and tries to pull the other person/people. Then after they got bored Fred started digging for Indian clay. (Because, everyone knows that there is a secret (Well scratch that it's not really secret) stash of it buried under the sandbox). <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now instead of digging for Indian clay Fred started digging a tunnel and Josh was still playing on the equipment. As Fred's hands dug into the earth for his final part of his tunnel he hit something... //OH MY GOSH!!!// Fred's limp hands pulled a old teacher's key out of the dirt. It read <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mrs. Coon <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1998 <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Fred didn't even know that Josh was staring over his shoulder. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Wow," said Josh <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Wait when did you get there, oh never mind anyways we can get back in," said Fred <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So faster then you could say dodecahedron Fred and Josh flew over to the door. They swiped the key over the laser so swiftly you could hardly see it. CLICK. But nothing happened. They tried again... The same results. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “We're never gonna get back in,” Josh said. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> “Wait, let me try one more time,” Fred said. Fred swiped it again... CLICK... open. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "OH MY GOSH," they both screamed in joy. As Fred and Josh walked in the dead looking school, they walked down the hallway. As they made there way towards the classroom, there hearts started beating and beating louder and louder each step they took. Click clack each step filled with fright. They finally reached the door of Ms. Coon's class. They turned the door and opened it and no one was there. Josh ran in and Fred followed. But still nobody was there...    <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "We have entered another universe!" screamed Fred. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After that, all they heard was the barely audible click of the clock. Then Fred and Josh's world froze and they saw kids pop out of nowhere and then, **SURPRISE**!!! They barely had time to react, or breath in that case. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "You should of seen there faces," said one of the kids laughing. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "I know," said the other kids laughing. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Then the teacher walked out and said "I thought you would never of gotten back in, we have been waiting for ever.” Then the rest of the school day (which was like 3 minutes) went on like nothing ever happened.   <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The next day Fred found a check on the ground and he saw a name on it. //Should I keep it or should I return it?// Fred started looking for John (the person whose name was on the check). He looked through all the class rooms until one of the teachers said he was absent. So the next day Fred went back to that class only to find that he was not their again. The next day he went back to that class and actually found him. After he returned the check John was incredibly grateful. After that John spread the word about how Fred found his check and returned it to him and sooner or later everyone figured out and Fred became the nice guy and not the bully of the school. Now Fred has a ton of friends, but still every once in a while someone reminds him of the incident that happened.