As I throw off the covers, the frigid air nips my skin.
Goosebumps start to form as I hoist myself out of bed.
I look out the window as drops of water
frolic on the tip of an icicle.
October 12, 2015
October 11, 2015
October 4, 2015
Football Season 2015
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| Ben and Oak Lane pal Willie chasing down Sparta Bears RB. |
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| Nate gets a QB sack vs. Morristown |
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| Ben and neighborhood football pals |
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| Nate and neighborhood football pals |
September 23, 2015
September 3, 2015
Summer Adventures
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| Bowcraft! |
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| Fireworks on the 4th |
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| Swimming at Grandma's next door neighbor's pool |
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| Museum of Mathematics MoMath NYC on 26th Street |
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| Manhattan Motor Sports visit |
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| Playground |
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| Pfizer Day! |
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| Biking to Mountainview Cinema |
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| Ben @ Spruce Run lake |
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| Spruce Run motor boats |
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| Narrow escape of Route 22 flash flood! |
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| Kisly's Shore House |
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| Somerset Patriots Box Seats & Lounge |
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| Tower top Firestone Library |
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| Enrolled and started self-paced learning. |
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| Both boys started Java Scripting! |
August 9, 2015
The Poem Test - by Nate
During the 2014-2015 school year, I conducted an experiment throughout the school year. The experiment was about if the brain denied the bad and negative things and only noticed the good and positive things. Also, to see which gender thought realistically and the other idealistically.
I wrote 2 poems, one poem about good things, and one poem about bad things.
Here’s the one that was about the bad things:
I read each of those poems to each of the subjects and I asked them which was more true. The subjects told me and I wrote down their answer.
I tested 22 subjects, 8 female and 14 male. My hypothesis was that .75+ would choose the good and positive poem, or poem #2. The reason being that they would deny themselves about the bad things in the world and smother the thoughts until one was left, that being dominantly Poem 2. I didn’t know which gender thinks differently.
Overall, my prediction was proven wrong, but I did gain some information. Like, if you’re a male, you’ll most likely think that the world is has more bad things going on in it than good compared to a girl. Or, that boys see the world more realistically than girls, who tend to see the world more idealized.
I wrote 2 poems, one poem about good things, and one poem about bad things.
Here’s the one that was about the bad things:
Usually, when we’re watching the news, there’s reports about war,Now, here’s the poem about the good things:
Global warming and more
But, what you don’t know is that we’re chewing away
At the human race and the earth today
The surface is plagued with hunger and war
While we sit at our house and do nothing more
Even though they’re making things to help our fate
Do you think that they’re that great?
Even though it might seem glum,
People are doing things to help everyone
We have developed things for people to live
And we have lessoned taking from the earth instead, we give
Sure, there have been some bad things for the human race
But, I tell you the world is a beautiful place!
I read each of those poems to each of the subjects and I asked them which was more true. The subjects told me and I wrote down their answer.
I tested 22 subjects, 8 female and 14 male. My hypothesis was that .75+ would choose the good and positive poem, or poem #2. The reason being that they would deny themselves about the bad things in the world and smother the thoughts until one was left, that being dominantly Poem 2. I didn’t know which gender thinks differently.
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| This chart was the females test results. It shows that the dominant poem chosen was poem #2, the good one. |
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| The males on the other hand had almost the exact opposite numbers. Males dominantly chose Poem #1, the bad poem. |
Overall, my prediction was proven wrong, but I did gain some information. Like, if you’re a male, you’ll most likely think that the world is has more bad things going on in it than good compared to a girl. Or, that boys see the world more realistically than girls, who tend to see the world more idealized.
August 2, 2015
Summer 3-on-3 basketball tournament
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| Nate & pals at the 2nd Annual L Train Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. You guys won 2 games before Matt got injured. Way to go! |
July 22, 2015
Summer LAX Camp with Coach Brothers Floods Hill South Orange
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| Great memories of a great coach, camp and one very steep hill! |
July 6, 2015
Summer baseball
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| Congratulations Nate & Team on winning the 2015 Cranford B Summer Tournament |
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| Local news paper coverage! |
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| Ben, you played in the Union County Wooden Bat League @ Warinanco Park and hit 2 home runs this summer! Your 2015 baseball season began with a home run back in March (Trenton Thunder) and your final at-bat this summer you hit a home run! Way to go! |
June 25, 2015
June 23, 2015
June 10, 2015
First visit to Yankee Stadium
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| Yankees vs. Nationals |
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| Yogi Berra |
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| World Series trophies |
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| The new stadium is, unfortunately, not the house that Ruth built. |
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| Watching Mark Teixeira warm up. |
June 8, 2015
Little League Champions!
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| Congratulations Ben & to your team the Trenton Thunder on winning the 3rd/4th grade little league championship tonight! |
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| Coach Roese pep talk before the game |
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| Champs! |
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| Sweeeeet night out! |
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