Chapter 29:Earnest Is Better Than Hip

Earnest - serious in intention, purpose, or effort; showing depth and sincerity of feeling. Hip - familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles; "cool"



Randy says earnest is better than hip. What character quality would you fill in the following blank?


Being sweet and caring  is better than being "cool" because being sweet and caring makes you a better person and means you can be who you want to be.

Chapter 28: Dream Big

Randy missed watching Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon because the directors of the summer camp he was attending felt it was the past the campers' bedtime. "Give yourself permission to dream." And fuel the dreams of others. "Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes."



Write about a time your family "broke the rules" in order for you to experience something important.
     Once my mom let me go to my friends house when i was grounded because they were going to a new movie that we all wanted to see and my dad was gone for the weekend so she said i can go.

Ch.27: The Promised Land

Randy wanted to enable the dreams of others on a grand scale. He developed Alice, a free download fom Carnegie Mellon that teaches computer programing to middle and high school students. Alice used a head-fake to teach the Java programing language by making it fun. Randy would never live to see Alice finished, but he was overjoyed that he was leaving behind a legacy that would enable the dreams of millions of kids.



Choose one subject you're studying this year. How could the teacher make more fun?
     I have spanish and it would be better if she was nicer when she tought.

Ch. 26: They Just Blew Me Away

Randy's students produced incredible work on their first project in the "Building Virtual Worlds" course. Teamwork was central to the success of the projects. Randy told them, "In this course, you can't do it alone."



Describe a time with your friends, family, or classmates when teamwork was very important.
    At school we play soccer and with out my team mates r team would lose. We play just about everyday.

ch. 25 Training a jedi

One of my dreams for myself is to famouse singer.
A person helping me achievement is my grammy. She is going to help me travel to places.

Chapter:24 A Recovering Jerk

Randy provided ways for his students to receive feedback on how they were doing,not only from him, but also from their classmates. Once, when he was a student, he listened to feedback from his mentor,Andy van Dam, and it made all the difference.



What is one of yours flaws that you are working to change, or that you SHOULD be working to change
    Well i guess the thing i have to change is being inoring. My boyfriend say's that i'm way to hyper just like today when i tryed to help him get dirt outta his eye he said i was being inoring.I really dont know how. It's not really my fault but i need to change that.

Chapter:23 I'm On My Honeymoon, But If You Need Me...

Randy's solution to his boss's request that he be reachable, even on his honeymoon, was to leave his wife's parents phone number. He didn't get a single call during his month long vacation. "Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think."



Think of 2 ways you could make better use of your time.
   2 way's i can make better use of my time is to stop playing so much video games and also by takeinf shorter showers.