blogpost 10

Rapids

In this chapter Tally says " i kind of like being fooled about some things." Do you agree with Tally, or would you rather know the reality behind everything? Why?


I like to know the reality behind everything, because i don't like being fooled.


Information on whit rafting:

It is interesting to note that whitewater rafting was one of the earliest forms of transportation. It was not only used for carrying people but also for transferring goods from one place to another. However, it became quite popular as a form of leisure activity in the 1980s.
In 1811, the first recorded attempt to navigate the Snake River in Wyoming was planned by the Overland Astorians. While attempting to boat the stretch below Jackson Hole, the river was found to be too treacherous and it came to be called ?Mad River.?
The rubber river raft is believed to have been invented in the early 1840s. It was first made by Lt. John Fremont, who was then serving in the U.S army and Horace H. Day. They invented the rubber raft with the intention of surveying the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Although the raft was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, it was not until the turn of the century that the first ever commercial whitewater trip was undertaken. At first, surplus military rafts were used as boats and it was only much later that inflatable rafts were used.
Private companies played a major role in augmenting the rafting business. In 1956, one of the members of the most affluent business families of America, John D. Rockefeller built a resort that introduced one of the first floating trips in the country. However, it only evoked a lukewarm response. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, exclusive whitewater rafting companies were formed. These include the Becker-Cooke Expeditions, Hatch River Expeditions and Slickrock Adventures.
Rafting was first included in the Munich Olympic Games, 1972. Subsequently, it was included in the 1992 Barcelona Games and the 1996 Atlanta Games. In 1996, the Ocoee River in Tennessee Valley played host to the whitewater events of the Summer Olympic Games.
Whitewater Rafting [http://www.e-WhitewaterRafting.com] provides detailed information on Whitewater Rafting, Whitewater Rafting Trips, History of Whitewater Rafting, Whitewater Rafting Terminology and more. Whitewater Rafting is affiliated with Mediterranean Yacht Charters .
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post 9

Pretty boring


Describe the Rusty Ruins. What are they? What happend during this time period?

The Rusty Ruins are an old abandoned town that no one visits anymore, Taylly and Shay went hover boarding.

Define peer presure. Think of a time when it happened to you or someone you know and explain the situation in a paragraph.

Peer presure is when someone try's to get you to do something because they think it's cool.

A couple of years ago we had a snow day and it was freezing. School was canceled so she had some friends over. All of them tjought it would be cool to jump in the pool that was FREEZING. But my frined didn't want to jump in because she was scared, but her frineds pressured her in to doing it, and she got pnemonia shortly after.

Blog post 8

Facing the future.

Reflect on the following qutoes from the chapter, what does each mean to you?

"Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun.".....
"This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves."

"Everyone judged everyone else based on their appeaarance. People who were taller got better jobs.....People killed one another over stuff like having different skin color." (reffering to when everyone was ugly)

"It's the only way to make people equal." (becoming pretty)


I think they mean that in order to feel like they are accepted, they have to be a "pretty."

Blogpost 7

"Wipeout"

Think of another book, movie, or comic in which people use hoverboards. How are they used? If possible post a video of this.

Jimmy Neutron uses hoverboards to get to school sometimes, or when he's in a hurry.

Why do you think the new pretties don't come back to visit Uglyville? Describe their physical and mental transformation into new pretties.
Because, they are not allowed out of their town, and can't associate with uglys. They are pretty, and flawless, and they are confident.