Month: December 2023

If I was principal for a day, I would remove homework. Personally, I feel that we learn enough in class already without homework. But I’m not just removing homework altogether, if you don’t finish an assignment in class then you would still have to finish that at home. The main reason I want to remove homework is because I like having more free time, but there are also cases where the child just doesn’t have any free time to complete the homework. Also, it would be nice to have more sections for lines at snack and lunch because I don’t really like spending 80% of it sitting in line. It’s just sad when you sit down to eat the food you waited so long for and the bell rings right when you start eating. I feel this would help stop the need for people to run to the line and also stop line cutters. I really don’t like line cutters.

In, November Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi is set in a future where climate change has devastated the world with rising sea levels and higher temperatures, and many creations of the accelerated age lay in ruins. The story follows the journey of Nailer Lopez, a light crew ship breaker on America’s gulf coast region. Nailer finds a beached ship with one survivor who can give him a better life, so does he let them die and salvage the ship for all of its parts or save this person so he can be free of the ship yards?

I enjoyed the book as it had many exciting and emotional moments throughout the book, both happy and sad. You also get vivid descriptions of the different areas Nailer visits in the book, from the brutal ship breaking yards to the wealthy and exquisite clipper ships.

My favorite character was Nailer as he is kind. This can be supported with the text, “‘I’m sorry, Pima,’ he said. ‘I can’t do it. We got to help her.’”. This shows how instead of killing somebody to become rich, he risked that future to help someone.

My favorite quote from this book is, “‘Killing isn’t free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they take a pice of your soul. It’s always a trade.’”. This is a very meaningful quote as it describes how your morals and values deteriorate every time you take someone else’s life.

A picture of a clipper ship