#34 Figure These Two Out

The first boys age is 3.5 years old.

Hilda had to use 22 building blocks to make what she made. I counted 22 by looking at the top view and side elevation.

#35 Logic

The Spanish ship is going to Port Said. Its the spanish ship because it said "to the right' but they didn't say to the right of where. The Brazilian ship carries is the one that carries tea. I figured that out by eliminating everything until there was only one ship left that carried the tea.

#33 How Many Handshakes

1) If there were 10 student in the class there would be 45 handshakes because I added 9,8,7,6 and I kept going down until 1.

2) If the 11th student walks in there would be 55 handshakes because everybody shook hands and the 11th need to shakes hands with 10 people. 

3) If there were 20 students in the classroom there would be 190

#32 Survey

1) 4                                  
2) 5

3) 3
4) 1
5) 4
6) 1
7) 5
8) 5
9) 5
10) 5
11) 5
12) 5
13) 5
14) 5
15) 5
16) 5                                              

#31 My Favorite Movie

My favorite movie is Remember The Titans. I really love that movie because it has a lot of value in it. A football team of black and white people have to get along at the football camp. They are trying to tell us that no mater what race we are, everybody can work together. The coach wants the black and whites to unite together so they can become a good players and better people.

In the beginning of the camp none of the whites liked the blacks and they would always fight or argue with each other. I think that is the best movie of all time because this was a true story of the first black and white high school football team. It was T.C. Williams high school in Washington DC that the movie was based on. It was  a true story and happened at about 1970. White parents were getting mad that their kids had to go to school with black kids. 

My favorite part of the movie is when a white player got hurt and a black team-mate tried to go to his hospital room but they said family only. So the white guy tells the nurse “Ma’am, cant you see the resemblance?” 

#30 Free Choice

My favorite basketball And-1 Street-Ball team is Ball-Up. I like that team because they are all really athletic and talented. And-1 is different from regular basketball because they do free-style tricks and they don't have a lot of rules. The rules of the game is more loose than a real basketball game. They travel to a lot of places and put shows on for different people who want to see the best players in the game today.

And-1 basketball players are more athletic than NBA All-Stars. In the NBA the best best dunk that happened recently was probably Paul George’s 360 windmill. The best dunk done in And-1 recently was when Air Up There from “Ball Up” did a 720 dunk. A 720 dunk is when you spin in two full circles and dunk the ball.

I like And-1 basketball more than the NBA because they are more entertaining. They can do double dribbles and travels to fake out the other people. When people go to And-1 games they get off their seats more than any other basketball leagues in the world. It is not as popular as NBA but it is way more entertaining. The officials mess around with the player too sometimes. One time I saw somebody lob the ball for a teammate but the ref just leaped up and dunked it.

http://www.ballup.com/

#21 My Conversation with Adam Silver

If I can have a conversation with anybody, it would be Adam Silver. Adam Silver is the new commissioner for the NBA. I would like to talk to him so we can talk about how the NBA works and what he does during his job. I would love to know what a commissioner does during the job, especially if its a major business. I would also talk to him about why he ruined the dunk contest this year? Last year it was perfect the way it was. Four people go head to head and they each get 2 minutes to make their dunk and five judges. And the two guys with the highest scores advance to the finals and the winner gets a certain amount of money to donate to charity.

I picked Adam Silver because what he does in the NBA must be a big deal. If i were a commissioner I would probably say that it is too much work and I wouldn't like to do all the work that he does. I would also like to see how he recruits people and arrange reservations for a basketball game. I would also like to see who he pays to make all the commercials and advertisements for people to purchase NBA gear so they make more money. I would also like to see what they do when they suspend players and take money from their salary.

Adam Silver (left) first year as an NBA commissioner. Former commissioner, David Stern (right) last time announcing the draft picks for the NBA.

#29 My Career

When I am 30 years old I would like to be a trainer for a pro basketball team. I want to be the one who helps the players if they are hurt because at Estancia I would always hang out in the trainers room and we just wait for people to come in and help them out. Whenever I was in there, I wanted to help wrap their hands or ankles. I thought being a trainer was pretty cool and you also get to learn about the body so if I get hurt, I would most likely know what to do. Every Football or Basketball game i would help out the trainer and one time I got to wrap my friends arm before the game. He said that I actually did a good job on it.

I want to be a trainer for the Golden State Warriors. I want to be their trainer because that is my favorite sports team. I also watch Backstage Lakers and what the trainer does  with them before, during, and after practice seems really fun and they have fun with the players. They joke around in the room and they get paid some good money. I also want to be a trainer because they go to every game with the team and tickets cost a lot of money.

About Me

My name is Jerome. I am 16 years old and I was born in January. My favorite sport to play is basketball and football. I like those sports because it involves a lot of running and I love to run. I like to stay active and in shape because when I play in a tournament with my team. Our basketball team sometimes go out to Oregon and Arkansas so we can play in the tournaments. The farthest we ever got was in the finals when we lost by 3 because the other team made the luckiest half-court shot ever. When I was little I used to play football all the time. After school I used to get a snack and grab my ball then all my friends go to the park and we play a couple game then we all walk home together.

I jog 4 miles everyday. I run 2 in the morning and 2 at night. Jogging is fun to me because I love to run and stay active. I also like to play video games. I play like twice a week because I am always busy. When I do play video games I like to play NBA 214. I like to play against people who say they can beat me so I can shut them up. I also like to watch TV. Whenever I watch TV I am watching an NBA or NFL game. I like to Warriors because my favorite player, Stephen Curry, is in that team. He is my favorite because he works hard every practice and he can shoot like crazy!