A 12 year old demigod named Percy
Jackson lives in New York with his mother, Sally Jackson. During a field trip
to a museum, Percy is attacked by a "Fury" disguised as his
Pre-Algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, and he vaporises her with a sword given to him
by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. After Mrs. Dodds is killed, no one in his
school remembers knowing her. The rest of the school year passes with strange
weather. When Percy gets frustrated from studying for his Latin exam (Percy, as
a demigod, has both ADHD and dyslexia), he goes to Mr. Brunner for help, and
overhears a conversation between Mr. Brunner and his best friend, Grover. The
two are discussing Percy's safety at his school, and when Percy accidentally
drops his book and retreats into an empty classroom, he notices that the shadow
of the creature searching for him is much larger than either his teacher or his
friend. At the end of the school year, Percy attempts to leave for his home
when Grover insists on seeing him to his destination. During the bus ride, the
bus breaks down, and as the passengers get off the bus while the driver
attempts to fix it, Percy notices three old ladies across the highway that cut
a strand of electric blue yarn. The duo board the bus once more, and after
Grover starts acting weird from witnessing the cutting of the string, Percy
ditches him at the bus station and takes a taxi up to his mother's apartment.
His mother, Sally, reveals that the two of them are going to spend time at a
cabin in Montauk, a beach Percy went to when he was a little boy. The two leave
for the cabin, and that night Percy has a strange dream of a horse and an eagle
attempting to kill each other while a dark voice from underneath him urges them
on. Percy is awoken by the arrival of Grover, who reveals himself to be a satyr
(half goat, half man), and a hurricane. Percy tells Grover and his mother about
Mrs. Dodds while his mom races them to Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for
demigods like Percy. While heading to the camp, the storm continues to rampage,
and they are attacked by the Minotaur, a monster that is half man, half bull
also known as "Pasiphae's son." While the Minotaur is, at first,
unable to catch up to the trio, a blast of lightning knocks the car they are
travelling off the road, knocking out Grover in the process. Percy's mother and
Percy make it out of the car and start carrying Grover to the border of Camp
Half-Blood as the Minotaur destroys the car. Eventually they reach the border,
but Sally is unable to cross and is taken by the Minotaur. She turns into a shimmer
of gold and is believed to be dead. Fueled by his anger, Percy manages to break
one of the Minotaur's horns off and kill the beast with it just before passing
out from exhaustion. When he wakes, he finds himself at Camp Half-Blood. He
sees his former Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, who turns out to be Chiron (a
centaur), along with Annabeth Chase (Daughter of Athena). Percy is soon claimed
by his Olympian parent, Poseidon(God of the Sea). But Poseidon only claims him
because Percy was accused of stealing Zeus' master lighting bolt. Although
Percy insists that he didn't do it, Zeus (King Of The Gods and Lord of the Sky)
doesn't believe him. If Percy doesn't prove Zeus wrong, there will be another
civil war between the gods. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are given a quest to
retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt as Zeus believes Percy stole it. After
they get the quest, the trio initially believes Hades (God Of The Underworld)
to be the thief, and they travel across the United States to Los Angeles, the
entrance to the Underworld, while facing numerous mythological monsters,
including Medusa, Echidna, and the Furies. The trio come face to face with
Hades, who accidentally reveals that his Helm of Darkness has also been stolen.
The three then escape the Underworld, and Percy fights Ares (God Of War) and
retrieves the stolen items. In the end, they learn the real thief was Luke
Castellan (Son of Hermes), a camper who'd befriended Percy when he first
arrived at Camp Half-Blood. Luke stole the bolt to allow Kronos (the king of
the Titans, the Titan Lord, or the Lord of Time) the chance to rise again. In
the end, Luke tries to kill Percy by releasing deadly scorpions on him while
they are in the woods.Selasa, 28 Mei 2013
Novel Review - Sintia Sesilia
A 12 year old demigod named Percy
Jackson lives in New York with his mother, Sally Jackson. During a field trip
to a museum, Percy is attacked by a "Fury" disguised as his
Pre-Algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, and he vaporises her with a sword given to him
by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher. After Mrs. Dodds is killed, no one in his
school remembers knowing her. The rest of the school year passes with strange
weather. When Percy gets frustrated from studying for his Latin exam (Percy, as
a demigod, has both ADHD and dyslexia), he goes to Mr. Brunner for help, and
overhears a conversation between Mr. Brunner and his best friend, Grover. The
two are discussing Percy's safety at his school, and when Percy accidentally
drops his book and retreats into an empty classroom, he notices that the shadow
of the creature searching for him is much larger than either his teacher or his
friend. At the end of the school year, Percy attempts to leave for his home
when Grover insists on seeing him to his destination. During the bus ride, the
bus breaks down, and as the passengers get off the bus while the driver
attempts to fix it, Percy notices three old ladies across the highway that cut
a strand of electric blue yarn. The duo board the bus once more, and after
Grover starts acting weird from witnessing the cutting of the string, Percy
ditches him at the bus station and takes a taxi up to his mother's apartment.
His mother, Sally, reveals that the two of them are going to spend time at a
cabin in Montauk, a beach Percy went to when he was a little boy. The two leave
for the cabin, and that night Percy has a strange dream of a horse and an eagle
attempting to kill each other while a dark voice from underneath him urges them
on. Percy is awoken by the arrival of Grover, who reveals himself to be a satyr
(half goat, half man), and a hurricane. Percy tells Grover and his mother about
Mrs. Dodds while his mom races them to Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for
demigods like Percy. While heading to the camp, the storm continues to rampage,
and they are attacked by the Minotaur, a monster that is half man, half bull
also known as "Pasiphae's son." While the Minotaur is, at first,
unable to catch up to the trio, a blast of lightning knocks the car they are
travelling off the road, knocking out Grover in the process. Percy's mother and
Percy make it out of the car and start carrying Grover to the border of Camp
Half-Blood as the Minotaur destroys the car. Eventually they reach the border,
but Sally is unable to cross and is taken by the Minotaur. She turns into a shimmer
of gold and is believed to be dead. Fueled by his anger, Percy manages to break
one of the Minotaur's horns off and kill the beast with it just before passing
out from exhaustion. When he wakes, he finds himself at Camp Half-Blood. He
sees his former Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, who turns out to be Chiron (a
centaur), along with Annabeth Chase (Daughter of Athena). Percy is soon claimed
by his Olympian parent, Poseidon(God of the Sea). But Poseidon only claims him
because Percy was accused of stealing Zeus' master lighting bolt. Although
Percy insists that he didn't do it, Zeus (King Of The Gods and Lord of the Sky)
doesn't believe him. If Percy doesn't prove Zeus wrong, there will be another
civil war between the gods. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are given a quest to
retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt as Zeus believes Percy stole it. After
they get the quest, the trio initially believes Hades (God Of The Underworld)
to be the thief, and they travel across the United States to Los Angeles, the
entrance to the Underworld, while facing numerous mythological monsters,
including Medusa, Echidna, and the Furies. The trio come face to face with
Hades, who accidentally reveals that his Helm of Darkness has also been stolen.
The three then escape the Underworld, and Percy fights Ares (God Of War) and
retrieves the stolen items. In the end, they learn the real thief was Luke
Castellan (Son of Hermes), a camper who'd befriended Percy when he first
arrived at Camp Half-Blood. Luke stole the bolt to allow Kronos (the king of
the Titans, the Titan Lord, or the Lord of Time) the chance to rise again. In
the end, Luke tries to kill Percy by releasing deadly scorpions on him while
they are in the woods.
National Exam - Sintia Sesilia
Talking about national exams there's always the cold air and hot air.
Currently the national exams is becoming a
problem in the community, because many people
assume that the nasioanal exam not good and can
damage the morale of the students. Because they
also assume that
there are many other tests that can foster mental and
creativity of students. But the national test remain
to be implemented to meet the graduation.
but what about the national exam in 2013?
Many students complain about
the government that makes the national exam in
30 packs, 20
primary packs and 10 secondary
packs, the students aren’t considered discriminatory because there was no same
package in the room is certainly feeling a little drained
and minds of students.
Still on the issue of National
Examination in 2013, there are
conditions that more concern is the lack of a booklet and answer sheet during the exam. Disappointment
is certainly keenly felt by students of each school in both public schools
and private schools because, the lack of a booklet and answer sheet has resulted partly retired
school official National
Examination schedule falls
on Monday, 15 April 2013. This condition is very regrettable
by the public, especially the students who
are preparing for the national exam to be
blurred due to the
setback schedules, exam schedules resignation caused most of the students
mentally reeling in
the face of subsequent tests.
Answer questions related
to the problem of leakage National
Examination happen every year, how about the National Exam this year?. It turns
out there are still leaking
National Exam answers, although it has become commonplace. However, the question arises in our minds, if there are leaks
in the National Examination answer, then why the
National Exam program is organized every
year by the
government continue? Because of
the presence of the same things like this make
the education system in Indonesia has
declined.
The students also thought,
why their efforts in learning for years to
get a graduation is
determined only by four days. Then it is
assessed is not the process of how students learn during his
schooling. It was so unfair.
But come to think of the concept
30 package and
barcode system provided
by the government to reduce
the level of leakage. National exams can also
be a lesson
because the students aren’t going to stop carrying out the
test only on the national exam, they will face a variety of tests in a future, so that
the national examination can also
be beneficial for mental train the students.