Introduction

So I’ve decided to write a book. Why? 

First, I need a hobby. COVID is clearly not going away anytime soon, and it's become quite clear that I cant spend all of my free time watching YouTube anymore. My school season is now in full swing and I need a hobby that will keep me academically oriented. 

Second, I believe that my philosophy is truly unique and that it may help many people, especially in this terrible pandemic situation. 

With that said, I hope that you will enjoy this book and gain some insight into my philosophy! 

My Philosophy #2

You see, I have 2 parts of myself, 2 personalities, so to speak. The first thrives on simplicity. It loves organized calendars and predictable events. The second part of myself loves to complicate things. It thinks that a simple life is boring. It loves to procrastinate events to make them more difficult, and thereby, more interesting. It loves change and hates constancy. 

When life gets too easy, I try to complicate things to make life interesting. And when life gets too hard, I crave simplicity. 

These days, I find that I behave like my second personality. I watch hundreds of hours of youtube in order to procrastinate my college essays. The problem is that writing a college essay is not an easy task. It takes many hours of editing and rewriting. My fear is that because of my procrastination, I may not be able to finish my essay before the deadline. I think that procrastinating has made my life a little too hard. 

I think it's time to simplify things and stop procrastinating.  

My Philosophy #1

Hello there. I am Ajay. I gave up this blog a long time ago, and I forgot it existed until a few weeks ago. But, after rediscovering it, I feel like I want to start blogging again. 

So I will. 

In the coming days, I will write about my philosophy and way of approaching life. I don’t have any grand purpose for doing this. I just thought that putting my thoughts in a blog may help you understand who I am. 

Ok, that’s it. See ya. 

Biotechnology

Me: What are cells
Dave: Yeah, I know what cells are!  They're very small and they're in your body.
Me: And.......
Dave: Oh. If you want more information, you're asking the wrong person because that's all I know.
Me: Okay I'll tell you what they are.  Cells are very small and in your body as you as you said, but they also perform functions such as creating proteins, and the proteins do small favors for our body. For example,white blood cells create proteins called antibodies, which do the favor of killing germs inside the body.

Aquatic Systems

Water is the driving force of all nature -- Leonardo Da Vinci 

Here are some things I learned about aquatic systems: 

• Wetlands:  A Wetland is any land that is wet for at least 5-7 days commonly called swamp or marsh.
• A canal that curves is better than one that runs straight.  If it curves, then the speed of water slows down.  This reduces soil erosion. 
• We need to plant vegetation around the waterways to reduce soil erosion.
• Water cycle:  The ones I was already familiar with were: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Surface Runoff.  The new ones I learned were: Percolation, Transpiration, Infiltration and Ground water.    

Levees

I also learned about levees.  Levees are man- made hills that stretch at least 1 mile and prevent floods from happening.  But levees can also break down. For example, in 1992, there was a lot of snow in Montana.  This snow melted and flowed down the rivers and piled up in the Missouri river. Along the way, the snow melted and became water. There was so much water that the water broke through the levee and was a huge disaster in St. Louis. This was called the flood of 1993.

The probability of a levee breaking is given a number. The probability that a 500 year levee will break increases by 0.2% every year.  Therefore, in 300 years, the probability of it breaking is 60%. A hundred year levee’s probability of breaking increases by 1% every year.  Therefore, a 500 year levee prevents more floods than a 100 year levee.

Speeding Cars Project

Grade 3 Project

The problem is that cars are speeding around the sharp corner on Summit Glen Court in Fenton, Missouri.  This could hurt kids.  So we sent a recommendation to MODOT (Missouri Department of Transportation) who replied back to us.  This was part of my City Planning course in 3rd Grade.

Ancient China

Ancient China 

Grade: 3

Course: City Planning

This was my project for my third grade class.  Here, I am comparing the infrastructure of Ancient China with that of current day St. Louis. It was part of my city planning project.