Thomas Edison was an inventor, business man and one of the most famous men who ever lived. He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. He started from humble beginnings to building major technology.

Thomas was the last of seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison. Thomas’s father was a political activist from Canada and his mother was a school teacher who was a big influence on Thomas in his early years. He had trouble hearing, and he soon became deaf, which was a big part of his life.

In 1854, their family moved to Port  Huron, Michigan. In Port Huron he attended school for 12 weeks, but because he was an active child, his teachers couldn’t handle him. At the age of 11, his mother pulled him out of school and home schooled him . Early on, he showed a great interest in learning and knowledge.

Later, Thomas made a process for self learning throughout his life. At the age of 12, he sold newspapers along the Grand Trunk railroad line. Thomas began designing his own newspapers and he called it ”The Grand Trunk Herald.” His newspapers were a hit, and that is where he saw a need and capitalized on opportunity. Thomas used his access to the railroad to conduct chemical experiments. Then Thomas had an incident with an experiment that made the conductor tell  him to sell his newspapers somewhere else.

After Thomas saved a 3 year old from a train, the child’s father taught him about the telegraph. At the age of 15, he learned enough to be employed as a telegraph operator. He also helped in the Civil War as a telegrapher. In his spare time, Thomas became familiar with electrical science.

At the age of 19, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he joined the Associate Press. He created a style of thinking by proving things to himself through objective examination. Thomas excelled in his telegraph job because early Morse Code was invented. He got a job at the Western Union Company and designed an electronic voting recorder that tallied votes in the legislature.

 In 1869, Thomas moved to New York and made his first invention, the improved stock ticker that sold for $40,000. In 1870, he made a small laboratory in Kentucky. People bid on his inventions, and one person paid him $100,000.

In 1871, Thomas married Mary Stinwell. In his 13 years of marriage, he had 3 children, Marion, Thomas, and William. In 1876, he was hired by an independent industrial research facility. In 1877, he developed an invention that recorded sound, the phonograph.

Throughout the decades, he made many inventions such as the light bulb which ”took the world into a different place.” He also became a business man that built huge research facilities. In his final years, he died because of diabetes on October 18, 1931 in his home at West Orange, New Jersey.

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Would you rather play soccer, or play foosball? Both games are a lot of fun to play. There are a lot of similarities and differences in both games. My essay is about playing soccer v.s. playing foosball.
Playing soccer and playing foosball have a lot of similarities. They both have a score count. Playing soccer, you have eleven players on the field, playing foosball you are controlling eleven players on the table. Foosball plays the same style of soccer, you can pass the ball around, you can shoot,and you can defend.
Soccer and foosball have a lot of differences. When you’re playing foosball the ‘’field’’ is much shorter, and you’re playing on a table.It is much easier to defend, shoot, and pass the ball than soccer, it takes a lot of exercise,it also makes your legs work. When you play soccer you don’t control the game, you play in the game. The field and the ball are much shorter, than foosball.
In conclusion, there are so many similarities and differences between each game. They both are a lot of fun to play. It depends on whether you want to use your hands or your feet. It’s your choice to play your favorite game.

Have  you ever been Cyber bullied? Cyber bullying is one of the worst ways of bullying. Cyber bullying is when people say rude things about a person or to a person online.It causes a lot of problems in school or out of school.

Cyber bullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending a message of an intimidating or threatening nature, Theres a lot of effects of cyber bullying such as: suicide, loneliness, loss of interest in activities, dropping out of school, etc.}

There are many solutions to cyber bullying.One solution is to report them to the server[Instagram, Facebook etc.] The server would kick them offline which would help because they can no longer make fun of people.

A pro of this solution is that there is a system in place that can kick cyber bullies offline if they are reported. A con of this solution is that you can’t stop them from putting the mean comments in the first place. I think making users sign an anti-bullying agreement online before getting access to an account and having a zero tolerance policy would reduce cyber bullying.

I believe cyber bullying causes a lot drama in peoples lives and has the potential to negotiably impact on peoples reputations and self esteem. My solution is to enforce tougher laws, such as anti-bullying agreements for all online users to prevent them from making mean comments. I think people should think twice before cyber bullying. If there were stricter consequences for there action.

David Beckham was born on May 2,1975 in Leytonstone, England. He was the only son in the family and he was a middle child. His older sister is Joanne Beckham, his younger sister is Lynne Beckham. Davids mom and dad are Ted Beckham, and Sandra Beckham. He was a straight A student. He ended up playing for Manchester United’s youth team at age 11. He was found  at the Manchester United academy.

Throughout the years, David got really really good at soccer. When he was 15 years old, he got signed to Manchester United professional team. He had always wanted to play for them because his whole family supported them. Funny fact: when he was a kid, he  worked for Manchester United. He cleaned their dirty underwear for them. That shows how much he loved that club.

David Beckham got scouted and played for many clubs such as, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Paris Fc and La Galaxy. He donated half of his salary to homeless children. That’s a lot of money because he got about $45,000 dollars a game. He married a kind woman named Victoria and had 4 children.

David accomplished many things in his life, he also had to go through obstacles. One obstacle he had to go through is being hated for many years because he got a red card in the finals of the World Cup and that red card costed them the game. He had to see fake dolls that had his jersey on them that were hung all over England. He redeemed himself a year later, they were in the finals of the World Cup and he scored the winning free kick.

He was a very important person in soccer history because everything he has been through is still very important today. Many professional soccer players look up to his glory.

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Once upon a time, Aliens are surrounding the Earth. They challenge Earth to a soccer game. But if they win they take over Earth. Beckanbour, the best coach in history picked eleven of the best players. He picked Messi, Noah, Ronaldo, Neymar, Cassilas (goally), Falcal, and Dempsy.

Messi got awarded captain. None of these players are defenders. Beckanbour planed full on attack.The whole world counted on them.

The Aliens gave them 3 months to prepare. Beckanbour took them to a special training facility. In three months they just trained, trained and trained.Each player had a special set of training.

They all wore a special suit that made them have gravity in space. When the training ended the team flew up into space for the soccer game.By the time they got to the field they were ready to go.

They walked side by side with the Aliens. The Aliens were massive to them. The captain of the Aliens was Zackerack. He was the best on the team.

They started the game immediately and Zackerack was charging  at them with the ball. He did front flips and backflips over them. He scored in the right top corner.1-0. The aliens are winning.

Messi and Ronaldo were passing the ball up the field and Messi crossed it to Falcal. Falcal headed it in. It was a spectacular goal. The fan’s were  going crazy.1-1

It was the 90 minute of the game. Still tied 1-1. Noah had a free kick outside the box. He scored in the left top corner. Then referee blew the whistle.The game was over they won! 2-1 and the Aliens lost!

They went back to Earth in  joy. Their families were so proud of them. Messi and Noah devoted their life to teach soccer to poor kids.

20 years later Messi and Noah are standing side by side teaching kids how to play soccer.

Who was Ulysses S.Grant?General Grant was one of the most powerful Generals In U.S. history.Grant was a Civil War General.I’m going to tell you three major ideas and three details of one of those major ideas.

Dear Diary,

I live on a big plantation. I have a family of six, but two siblings were sold. I’m very sad because I always see my family member’s get whipped and I have to work from dawn till dusk.

Dear Diary,

My master Is named Billy he’s pretty mean but you never want to get on his bad side. I mean, sure I have to do a lot of tasks but he helps too. He doesn’t push us that much, but once in a while he whips us.  I have been whipped by him many times.

Dear Diary,

In the morning I have too plant crops and pick fruits and vegetables. Then around noon I do the dishes and clean some of my masters house. Then later I usually just hang out because it’s my leisure time. Every day is very tiring.

Dear Diary,

Where I sleep is in a little house. Its wooden and it’s really close to the plantation so we don’t sneak out.  I have to feed the sheep and milk the cow.  I also live with the animals.

Dear Diary,

As you know my siblings got sent away so it’s pretty lonely here. I have no one to talk to and my mom and dad are always working outside or sick. Don’t tell anybody, but we always act like we are sick to get out of doing work.

Dear Diary,

My dad told me about the Under Ground railroad. It’s where you escape the South by going to houses with lanterns outside there door. That leads up to the North. My dad has tried, but he failed and he got whipped a lot.

Dear Diary,

I wish all men and women should be treated equally. Wouldn’t that make a huge difference In the world? I fell really angry that African Americans are 3/5 of a human.  I should be 5/5

Dear Diary,

This will be the last time I will write In this Diary.Everyone Is free In the now, the Union won the Civil War. Hurray. Now my task Is to save my family and bring them to the North.

Essay

Would I like to be Tom’s Friend?

I would love to go  be a classmate of Tom! I would be able to be free, be adventurous and the have joy of being Tom’s friend. There is a backside to all of this because I would have to give up electronics, soccer, but most of all my family.

Would you want to be Tom’s friend?I definitely would! I would be able to go on his exciting adventures with him. I would also be able to play hooky with him. I would be able to be a pirate.

Do you think it could be adventurous back then? I would like to go out at midnight with my friends. I would believe I could do magic. Most of all I could create my own fun.

Dear Diary,

I have thirteen ships sailing from Portugal to India. I was supposed  to follow the route of Vasco Da Gama. My goal was to make contact with trade centers in the East Indies and see what else I could find.

Dear Diary,

                 When I set sail I turned out of the Lisbon Harbor and followed the coast of Africa. Da Gama told me to not get stuck in the Gulf of Guinea. I kept on going south until I hit the Cape Verde Islands.

Dear Diary,

It was super nice going south cause the water was like a pond so, there was no wind carrying the ships. I was told to sail southwest and sail out of the Atlantic ocean.In April 1500 we sighted land and it was the coast of Brazil.After that there were four ships lost but we continue with our journey.We traded with a lot of ports In the Indian ocean.

Dear Diary,

When we sailed back to the Lisbon Harbor there were only four ships left. We started to gain power in the rich ports of Africa,India,the East Indies and the Spice Islands.

Hi my name is Mayu and i’m an Native American. One morning I was asleep and I heard a horn from outside and It was supposed to wake everybody up and it sure did wake me up. My mom told me to go outside and see if the crops are ready to eat while my dad went to go hunt some meat. While I was picking all of the crops that were ready to eat I saw  a little dot out in the ocean come closer and closer to us. I got really scared so right when that dot arrived I leaped behind the bush and I took a little peak.

There were about 3 ships docked on our land. A lot of man came out of the ships and there was one man that looked like the leader. As everybody were going towards them I ran towards a bush about 15 feet from the leader of all of the boats. I heard the leader say some stuff but he spoke a different language.

The leader said ‘’We are not going to hurt you and we offer  you if we can trade some red caps,and some string of glass beds to put around our necks. That time I knew what he was saying because there was a translator. He gave us red caps,and things goes around our necks. The leader was named Christopher Columbus. We gave them spears,balls of cotton and javelins and parrots. A day or two later he wanted to take over our land for Queen Isabella. Every body were furious!. When he left that was the last time we ever saw him again.