Fitness Testing!

We had another fitness testing in P.E for the last quarter.  We did Push-Ups, Curl-Ups, Pacer until now, and about 5 hours 30 minutes later I have to run the mile and do sit-and-reach.  Anyway, some scores were bad, and some, I was really happy with them.  First of all, when I entered the gym, Mr.Shwartz put us into partners and my partner was Alisha.  First, it was push-ups.  Alisha went first, and I went second.  She got 44 on her push-up test, which is really good.  Then I went, and I got 61, which is really good too.  I beat my last score by 18, and I was really happy with that score.  Then, the curl-up test.  Of course, Alisha went first, then I went.  When I finished the test, I only had 65 sit-ups.  Last time i got 90, but I guess I didn't exercise enough during the break and all.  That was the score I wasn't really happy with.  Then, the pacer.  This time, we weren't in partners anymore, we were in a group with simillar goals.  My pacer goal was to do 50, because I had 49 last time, and I went second.  I ran and ran until I got totally exhausted, and got 65 on my test, which was 15 more than my goal.  I was really happy with that score also. 

Psych!

On friday, our class watched a show called psych, which is a TV mystery show.   The main characters are Gus and Sean.  Sean has an incredible observing skills and this unusual specialty helps him and his friend, Gus to solve a crime and become a real detective.

Mystery elements that happen in the show:

Crime:  A fake kidnapping, and a real murder happens.

Detective: Sean and Gus.

Victim:  Mr.MacCallum's son, and his friend.

Villain:  Mr.MacCallum

Clue:  The blood on the dog's face,  MacCallum's cut wrist, and a medication that was used to treat dog bites. 

Evidence:  The blood on the edge of a table, the dog-bite medication, 2 dead victims (his son and his friend),  Coffee mug, and the bag used to carry the ransom money.

Alibi:  MacCallum's alibi:  I was really sad when I heard my son died and tried to sucide by cutting my wrist off! Do you still think I am the real criminal?

Suspects:  Mr.MacCallum.

Sense of danger:  When Sean tells Mr.MacCallum why he thinks Mr.MacCallum is the real criminal.

Witness:  Mr.MacCallum's son's dog.

Red Herring:  The bag that Mr.MacCallum's daughter, Katrina was carrying around which was stuffed with old clothes

Investigation: Police investigation, with help from Sean and Gus.

Surprise Ending:  Mr.MacCallum was the real criminal who killed both his son and his friend.

6 Mystery graphics

CRIME:  This is a picture where the criminal (right) is holding out a gun and threatning the victim to give all his money.  This is considered to be a crime, and crimes are illegal.

DETECTIVE, PRIVATE I, INSPECTORS:  Sherlok Holmes is the most famous and classic detective, and in the book, he solves crimes carefully through investigation.  Detectives are people to tries to solve the crime using evidences, clues, and through investigation.

VILLAINS, BAD GUYS, CRIMINALS:  Every mystery stories have villains and criminals. They are the people who committed the crime and they threaten people, usually the purpose is to steal money. 

SENSE OF DANGER, TENSION:  In most of mystery novels, there is a sense of danger or suspense as the story reaches it's end.  A car chase scene is a great example of that, because  it's really full of tension.

EVIDENCE:  There is always an evidence left in a crime scene, such as a knife used to kill, cup of coffe, or fingerprints.  They are all very important, because it really helps to track down the criminal.

VICTIMS:  There usually is a victim if there is a crime.  Victims are people who got killed/injured or got affected by the crime.

Monk

Today in English class, we finished an episode of monk.  The reason we watched the show is because we're now in the 'mystery' unit.  Anyway, the episode was called the Voodoo Curse.  The show started off in a baseball field.  A boy hit a baseball with his bat, then it went homerun, flying all the way above the fence, ending up hitting an old lady who was power-walking.  Her head was bleeding, and she was dead.  The paramedics came, and after that monk and 2 other guys came to see the crime scene.  Then, out of nowhere, a voodoo doll that was sent 3 days ago before the incident was found in her house.  There was a doll with the old lady's name on it and a baseball stuck on her head.  After that, another accident happened.  A lightning stroke a golfer's head and he ends up dead.  Then again a voodoo doll that was sent 3 days before the incident was found.  It had the man's name on it and there was a piece of aluminum foil shaped like a lightning bolt sticking out of it's head. There's 3 more of these weird situations, and one of them was Mr.Robert's case.  He lived with his niece Angeline, who was a paramedic.  Mr. Robert was suffering from a heart disease, and he was rich.  One day, he died of a heart attack, and guess what?  There was a box found in his house and inside it, a voodoo doll had it's heart out.  Now the last doll was sent to Monk's assistant, Natalie.  She recieves her voodoo doll and figures that it has it's head cut off.  She was seriously scared to death, and she was willing to uncurse the curse so Monk brought Mr. Reverend.  He was the one who was selling the dolls, and obviously he was the only-one suspect.  But Natalie didn't really care and just wanted her curse to be broken.  So Mr.Reverend makes a potion made out of all these weird stuff like devil's dung.  When he was about done, Natalie becomes impatient and gulps down the potion.  She wasn't actually supposed to drink it, so immediately they called 911.  Angeline (paramedic) was brought to Monk's house and took Natalie into the ambulance.  After that, Monk spots something suspicious while reading the newspaper.

Monks saw that Angeline was brought to every single crime scene dressed up as a paramedic, carrying the victim's bodies.  Mr. Reverand told that she was a customer in his voodoo shop too.  That cleared it all out.  First a lady hit by a baseball, then a golfer killed by lightning.  Angeline was there all the time and she somehow managed to get the victim's house keys and slyily sneak into their houses and put a box that says it was sent 3 days ago.  She then puts her doll in, which looks exactly how the victim died.  And for her uncle Robert, she actually made Mr.Robert drink a drug that caused a heart failiure.  She had the perfect job to perform this, since she was a paramedic.  She killed her uncle to get all his fortune.