Thursday, September 16, 2010

A Day of Courage


Someday in your life you should do something that shows courage, because you need it to grow in life. I f you see something you are interested about but you are afraid and you don’t try it out, then you won’t have new experiences that make you braver
 I had a moment when I needed to show courage...I was seven years old and I was about to have my first visit to the dentist. And I was really scared. My sister told me that it wasn't too bad to go to the dentist but I didn't believe her. It was the day of the visit to the dentist and I was in the waiting room trying to hear if the boy inside was crying in pain. I wanted my mom to hear the crying so that she noticed that it was a bad idea to come here, but no sound was heard inside the room. I don't understand why I was so scared. Maybe I thought that the doctor wanted to make me cry. Few minutes later the he opened the door and the boy came out of the room running but he was happy. So I thought maybe going to the dentist was not too bad and I went inside the room full of courage.


I couldn’t believe it didn't hurt. At the end of the check up he gave me a Popsicle. That visit to the dentist was great, so I said to myself:"I'm going to come every month!” Since that moment I felt like a new person trying to do everything without fear because I learned that if you try you can stop being afraid.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

What do the Artifacts tell us about the Lives of Early Humans?

Im writing about this because i like to describe the images that the early humans draw.They are so interesting.
The first picture i chose is: The Spear thrower
Some details i saw in this image are this: the spear is brown/It has a hole at the bottom for the spear/It has a carved image of a horse/It is large.Some scientists help us to understand this painting saying that the spear was a decoration, or it can be related to the hunter’s name.

The second image i chose is:Cave painting of shapes and handprints
Some details are: the painting has animals running(maybe deer or horses)/There are handprints/Humans around the animals(maybe trying to hunt the animals)/Circular shapes/Zig zag line.Some scientist make us learn about this artifact by telling us that maybe the handprints were like their signs and  that the geometrical shapes have special meaning in rituals.

The last image i saw is:Clay sculptures
I saw details like this ones: One bison is like climbing/They are looking the same direction/they look small and dark.Scientist help us to learn that maybe the sculptures belonged to a certain clan. And that the early humans used this in special ceremonies.

I thing all this images were about hunting and I think that hunting was very important to all the early humans because it was the job that make them survive all their lives.

Bye