Sometimes it is good to take a look at the world around you and look and see everything that has been invented. I know you are probably thinking of the T.V. in you r room or your new iPod touch or the iPhone 5 but there were actually things that helped us get farther, even though they are rarely or hardly ever used today. 
     China helped make many of these things, from gunpowder to the earliest calculators, China was popping out all new sorts of inventions! China made the first piece of paper! You know, the stuff we write with (or used to write with anyway)... China invented it! All, of course, with the help of a few trees. China also invented gunpowder. They won many battles this way and helped the rest of the world get through hard times. We don't really use gunpowder anymore thanks to the help of other inventions.
     All the things around you, all the things you use, are all things that were invented in some way or another. They were all made for the first time, experimented on, or actually... accidents! So next time you mom suggests you save your money for an iPhone, think about the inventions that have lead us to the newest iPhone. Even though paper might not have been a part of the iPhone, it must have been used to plan how it would look. So just remember where all these inventions have got us... and of course... get the phone!
 
   Today, we have written records to tell us about our past. We have them on the internet, in books, musuems, and many other places but hundreds of years ago, there was sno such thing. Griots were storyellers who lived in Africa. They were like living books that told stories about just about anything important. Griots traveled to many differnt place most of the time traveling with kings or sultans on important journies where keeping track of important information was needed. Once they arrived back home, they would pass these stories onto their childeren.
     One down side about these stories is the fact that people could've died after being told and never passed the story of tale on. One other down side is that these stories could have been miscommunicated or could have been told wrong. Today, we should be proud to have musuems, books, journals, and special documents protected by goverment officials. Thankfully, we are always able to see them, and not just hear them. Whatever the case though, we should always have fun with the funny tales and stories  our grandparents are telling us. Wes hould never forge
 
   As we all (should) know, fall this year has been a very wonderful season to have this year. I really enjoyed this season and am disapointed it went by so fast as we move into winter. Fall, this year, has been hot, quick, and very colorful. The leaves changing is such a beautiful sight every year!
    One part of fall this year I really enjoyed was the weather. If you live where I live you are probably thinking I'm crazy, and in some ways... I am. Recently I have moved into a new home. This new house has so many new features I have never owned before. For instance, a pool. Now that  I have a pool, I have so many oppurtinities to swim. Thankfully, the weather has just been nice enough to swim. Now that winter is approching us, it is sad to watch the diving board not bouncing and the pool not rippling. Thankfully there is always another fall... and another summer.