My favorite book this year was not a book, but a series. The series is the Adventurers Wanted series, and it is one of my favorites out of all of the books that I've ever read. I could read it again and again with less than a week between, and have. I think what makes it one of my favorites is that it is similar to many of the books that I have read and enjoyed, such as the Eragon series, or Harry Potter, but it is shorter and much easier to read. Eragon is composed of four books, each hundreds of pages long. Harry Potter is made of seven books, the first three being moderate, but the last four as sizable as the Eragon books.

However, Adventurers Wanted is so far composed of three moderate books, and best of all, still continuing. Adventurers Wanted contains some life in our modern world, but is mainly set in the magical "known lands." The series is a truly excellent one, and I hope that it continues for a long time.

The Scientific Revolution was important for many reasons. It followed the Renaissance, which was a period of "rebirth." Also, during the Renaissance, Greek philosophers were viewed as the ultimate source of authority, next to the Church, of course. The logical thinking of many ancient Greeks helped the Scientific Revolution on its way, but they also hindered it. Some of the new ideas that came through the Renaissance was that individuals were important. From that came the concept that people shouldn't just believe what they were told, but see things for themselves. That was what one scientist, Galileo Galilei did. Aristotle said that a heavier object would fall faster that a lighter one. Galileo tested it, but was shocked. Both objects fell at the same speed. Aristotle was wrong.

This upset many people. Aristotle was accepted by the Church, and to go against Aristotle and the other Greeks was to go against the church. However, much resistance was met, this still was a very important place in history. The Greeks had been challenged, and proved wrong by individual experimentation, even if the notions weren't widely accepted yet. But this wasn't even the first time. The Polish scientist Nicolas Copernicus studied the skies. He found that Ptomely was wrong in his assumption that the Earth was the center of the Solar System. The planets' motion would have to be exceedingly sporadic, so he cam up with his own theory; that the planets circled the Sun, not Earth. This type of thinking of and correcting was a major part of the Scientific Revolution, along with the disproving of incorrect old ideas.

My first thesis is about homework lab. While homework lab is a good incentive for students to do their homework, many good students are sent to homework lab, just because they had a memory lapse. Therefore, I think that all students should be able to use one or two "Get Out of Homework Lab Free" passes to use throughout the course of the year. Of course, the passes should be monitored electronically, so no swapping is possible. My second thesis is to make sure all of the correct programs and software is installed on the school computers, so students do not have to waste class time uploading the said programs and software.

My third thesis corresponds with my second thesis. There should be a list in the technology lab or library that students can sign programs they want added to the school computers on. My fourth thesis is to have the drama club and music groups perform for students in an assembly as well as a night performance. (It's done for the rallies, why not music and drama?) My fifth and final thesis is to add more encouragement to Spirit Friday. Even if students don't have Computech t-shirts or sweat shirts, they should be encouraged to wear Computech colors every Friday. Something along the lines of a first period class competition, or a raffle, or maybe even a non-standard of dress day for students who wear spirit clothes a number of times. Those are my theses and I hope that they are put into effect.