Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926 to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She became Queen at the age of 25 and has been Queen through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. Her Majesty is 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert (c. 775-839); King of Wessex from 802 and of England 827 to 839.She is the fortieth monarch since William I (William the Conqueror), and also the great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and has four children and eight grandchildren. She is a wonderful woman. And has done a lot to make England strive.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thank You M'am
Mr. Romero please grade me on my transitions and my voice.
“I wouldn’t take you no where with that dirty face.” The most important part of “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes are the characters. They really bring the story to reality, and cause you to relate to the characters.
The character Roger in the story “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes is a very misguided boy. He would risk his life just for society to accept him. Roger is a skinny teenage boy with nappy and a dirty face. He lives a life theft until he meets Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “ By the time I’m through with you, your going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.”
Secondly there is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. She is a large woman with a large purse. She is very interesting to me because she reminds me of my grandmother. She’s going to help someone rather they like it or not. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger to her house and gave him a life changing experience. She was like the mother that Roger needed in his life.
I fell in love with the characters when Roger and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones sat down at the dinner table and had a heart to heart. Its like for a short time they are family. It is at the dinner table that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones reveals she had somewhat of a bad past. “ I've done things that I am not going to tell you, I wouldn’t tell God if he didn’t already know.” They really relate to each other. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones becomes the mother that Roger needed. And Roger became a lost boy that needed her to put him in the right direction.
To wrap things up the most important part of “Thank You M’am,” by Langston Hughes are the characters. They can be compared to everyday people, who go through everyday problems. They are very realistic, and down to earth. The characters show how a bad situation can turn into a life changing experience. You never know the person you bump into may change your life.
“I wouldn’t take you no where with that dirty face.” The most important part of “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes are the characters. They really bring the story to reality, and cause you to relate to the characters.
The character Roger in the story “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes is a very misguided boy. He would risk his life just for society to accept him. Roger is a skinny teenage boy with nappy and a dirty face. He lives a life theft until he meets Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “ By the time I’m through with you, your going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.”
Secondly there is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. She is a large woman with a large purse. She is very interesting to me because she reminds me of my grandmother. She’s going to help someone rather they like it or not. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger to her house and gave him a life changing experience. She was like the mother that Roger needed in his life.
I fell in love with the characters when Roger and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones sat down at the dinner table and had a heart to heart. Its like for a short time they are family. It is at the dinner table that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones reveals she had somewhat of a bad past. “ I've done things that I am not going to tell you, I wouldn’t tell God if he didn’t already know.” They really relate to each other. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones becomes the mother that Roger needed. And Roger became a lost boy that needed her to put him in the right direction.
To wrap things up the most important part of “Thank You M’am,” by Langston Hughes are the characters. They can be compared to everyday people, who go through everyday problems. They are very realistic, and down to earth. The characters show how a bad situation can turn into a life changing experience. You never know the person you bump into may change your life.
Friday, September 19, 2008
I Will Graduate In 2012
Mr. Romero can you please grade me on my intro/conclusion and my voice.
Get off my back! I will definitely graduate in 2012, to get my family off of mine. “You better finish school and become successful, so that I don’t have to work anymore.” That’s something my mom always says. My family is my biggest inspiration. They always encourage me to graduate, go to college, and be successful.
My next step is college. Graduating from high school is the easy part. I would love to go to Harvard Law School, and since my family can’t afford it I have to work very hard. Scholarships will help me be able to go to my dream school. Harvard Law School would be an excellent source of education.
Secondly after graduating from college, I will be a successful lawyer. I have not decided what kind of lawyer I want to be, but I know I want to be known. I plan on never losing a case.
On the other I would like to further my success and become a judge. But not just any just any judge, I want to be a Supreme Court Judge, just like my idol, Thurgood Marshall. I did not want to be a Supreme Court Judge until I researched him.
In conclusion I will graduate in 2012 to make my family proud, to go to college, and be successful. I hope you do the same. Now I have to go study to reach my dream.
Get off my back! I will definitely graduate in 2012, to get my family off of mine. “You better finish school and become successful, so that I don’t have to work anymore.” That’s something my mom always says. My family is my biggest inspiration. They always encourage me to graduate, go to college, and be successful.
My next step is college. Graduating from high school is the easy part. I would love to go to Harvard Law School, and since my family can’t afford it I have to work very hard. Scholarships will help me be able to go to my dream school. Harvard Law School would be an excellent source of education.
Secondly after graduating from college, I will be a successful lawyer. I have not decided what kind of lawyer I want to be, but I know I want to be known. I plan on never losing a case.
On the other I would like to further my success and become a judge. But not just any just any judge, I want to be a Supreme Court Judge, just like my idol, Thurgood Marshall. I did not want to be a Supreme Court Judge until I researched him.
In conclusion I will graduate in 2012 to make my family proud, to go to college, and be successful. I hope you do the same. Now I have to go study to reach my dream.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
National History Day
Mrs. Thompson for National History Day I will research Elizabeth II because I am very interested in the history of England.
Queen Elizabeth II is important because she has ruled England for over 50 years/
I will research Queen Elizabeth II with the webpage named www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp . I will research and summerize it for next week
Queen Elizabeth II is important because she has ruled England for over 50 years/
I will research Queen Elizabeth II with the webpage named www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp . I will research and summerize it for next week
Friday, September 12, 2008
Service Learnig
To me service learning is learning skills to help you succeed in every day life. It is a way to help our environment, and also others. You can tutor someone that needs help in school , teach a child a game, or just spend time with someone that needs a friend. Volunteering is an excellent source of service learning. You can perform service learning by picking up trash, recycling, and by making sure your neighborhood is always clean. If I had to pick any form of service learning to perform I would volunteer at rec center. Hopefully I will get to do that.
Election 2008
During my research about the Presidential Election for the year 2008, I took a quiz to see which candidate I agreed with more. As I expected I agree with Barack Obama seventy-eight percent of the time. I only agreed with John McCain forty-one percent of the time, which to me is not enough for my vote. My whole family are die-hard democrats and Barack Obama has showed me why. I have watched speeches by John McCain and have understand how he feels about certain things, but at the same time watching Barack Obama makes me angry that I am not old enough to vote for him.
America needs a president that is for change. Barack Obama is that president . John McCain wants America to stay the same. With him as our president it would be like having Bush in office for another four years. To me the biggest issues in the election are abortion and the War in Iraq. I believe that these issues are very important and are worth talking about.
Barack Obama feels that abortion should not be banned by the government. He calls abortion rights "not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women." Obama has said that one more conservative Supreme Court appointee could overturn Roe v. Wade and he has suggested that he will appoint judges who will protect "women's fundamental right to choose." He says he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would guarantee abortion rights "before fetal viability" across the country and invalidate many individual state laws that restrict access to abortion. Obama has said that he trusts women "to make these decisions in conjunction with their doctors and their families and their clergy." He feels that the government should not have the power to tell a woman what she can and can not do with her body.
John McCain supports allowing abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the mother's life, and he support a constitutional amendment to ban abortion nationwide in all other cases. He says he supports the "rights of the unborn" and hopes that women seeking abortions will instead "bring those children into life in this world." McCain wants Roe v. Wade to be overturned -- he believes the decision is an example of judges legislating from the bench, and he say he would appoint judges who do not legislate from the bench. McCain also opposes the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill that would invalidate many state restrictions on abortion.
Barack Obama wants to bring our troops home. Under Obama's plan, withdrawal from Iraq would begin immediately and all combat brigades would leave within 16 months. Obama would leave a residual force of undetermined size to "strike at al Qaeda in Iraq" and "protect U.S. diplomats and facilities," but says this would not be a permanent force. He would not support building a permanent base in Iraq, and says that we should abide by Prime Minister Maliki's recent request for a withdrawal timetable. On withdrawal, Obama says that we must be as "careful getting out as we were careless getting in." He says that he would "pursue a diplomatic offensive with every nation in the region" to help stabilize Iraq, and that he would also spend $2 billion on aid for Iraqi refugees. Obama argues that withdrawal from Iraq will allow us to commit more troops to Afghanistan.
John McCain thinks that we should keep our troops in Iraq. McCain believes that "we are winning" in Iraq, and that "if we fail in Iraq, we'll see Iraq become a center for al Qaeda, chaos, genocide in the region, and they'll follow us home." He has compared premature withdrawal to "surrender," and defines victory as when Iraq is a stable democracy. He says that reducing violence in Iraq and "building a capable Iraqi army" will help lead to a political settlement. McCain says he hopes and expects that the war will be over and most troops will be home by 2013. However, he also says that he would not withdraw until Iraq is a stable democracy, implying that he would support U.S. engagement beyond then if violence continued. Recently, he has said that most troops "could" be out of Iraq by 2010, and that a 16-month timetable is "good" as long as it's based on conditions on the ground.
I am not writing this paper to persuade you to vote for Barack Obama, nor am I writing this essay to stop you from voting for John McCain. I am however giving you true facts about the Presidential candidates of the 2008 election. The choice is up to you, that is why America is so great. A country where you can vote for who ever you want into any office. But please do your research before you vote.
America needs a president that is for change. Barack Obama is that president . John McCain wants America to stay the same. With him as our president it would be like having Bush in office for another four years. To me the biggest issues in the election are abortion and the War in Iraq. I believe that these issues are very important and are worth talking about.
Barack Obama feels that abortion should not be banned by the government. He calls abortion rights "not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women." Obama has said that one more conservative Supreme Court appointee could overturn Roe v. Wade and he has suggested that he will appoint judges who will protect "women's fundamental right to choose." He says he would sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would guarantee abortion rights "before fetal viability" across the country and invalidate many individual state laws that restrict access to abortion. Obama has said that he trusts women "to make these decisions in conjunction with their doctors and their families and their clergy." He feels that the government should not have the power to tell a woman what she can and can not do with her body.
John McCain supports allowing abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the mother's life, and he support a constitutional amendment to ban abortion nationwide in all other cases. He says he supports the "rights of the unborn" and hopes that women seeking abortions will instead "bring those children into life in this world." McCain wants Roe v. Wade to be overturned -- he believes the decision is an example of judges legislating from the bench, and he say he would appoint judges who do not legislate from the bench. McCain also opposes the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill that would invalidate many state restrictions on abortion.
Barack Obama wants to bring our troops home. Under Obama's plan, withdrawal from Iraq would begin immediately and all combat brigades would leave within 16 months. Obama would leave a residual force of undetermined size to "strike at al Qaeda in Iraq" and "protect U.S. diplomats and facilities," but says this would not be a permanent force. He would not support building a permanent base in Iraq, and says that we should abide by Prime Minister Maliki's recent request for a withdrawal timetable. On withdrawal, Obama says that we must be as "careful getting out as we were careless getting in." He says that he would "pursue a diplomatic offensive with every nation in the region" to help stabilize Iraq, and that he would also spend $2 billion on aid for Iraqi refugees. Obama argues that withdrawal from Iraq will allow us to commit more troops to Afghanistan.
John McCain thinks that we should keep our troops in Iraq. McCain believes that "we are winning" in Iraq, and that "if we fail in Iraq, we'll see Iraq become a center for al Qaeda, chaos, genocide in the region, and they'll follow us home." He has compared premature withdrawal to "surrender," and defines victory as when Iraq is a stable democracy. He says that reducing violence in Iraq and "building a capable Iraqi army" will help lead to a political settlement. McCain says he hopes and expects that the war will be over and most troops will be home by 2013. However, he also says that he would not withdraw until Iraq is a stable democracy, implying that he would support U.S. engagement beyond then if violence continued. Recently, he has said that most troops "could" be out of Iraq by 2010, and that a 16-month timetable is "good" as long as it's based on conditions on the ground.
I am not writing this paper to persuade you to vote for Barack Obama, nor am I writing this essay to stop you from voting for John McCain. I am however giving you true facts about the Presidential candidates of the 2008 election. The choice is up to you, that is why America is so great. A country where you can vote for who ever you want into any office. But please do your research before you vote.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Election 2008 Issues On Abortion
During my research I found out that Barack Obama and I have the same view on abortion
e believes "A woman's ability to decide .
H it is taking a way a woman's right to do what ever she feels is best involving her body. how many children to have and when, without interference from the government, is one of the most fundamental rights we possess. It is not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women." I believe that every woman no matter what the situation is, should be able to have an abortion with out the governments say so. I also feel that
John McCain said he had come to the conclusion that the exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother are legitimate exceptions to an outright ban on abortions. "I don't claim to be a theologian, but I have my moral beliefs." If Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion outlawed, McCain said he believes doctors who performed abortions would be prosecuted. "But I would not prosecute a woman" who obtained an abortion. I strongly disagree with McCain.
If I could vote I would definitely vote for Barack Obama. I feel that are views are very similar if not the same. He shares the same issues as me. And his strategy to fix the issues are very intelligent to me. Barack Obama is my candidate.
e believes "A woman's ability to decide .
H it is taking a way a woman's right to do what ever she feels is best involving her body. how many children to have and when, without interference from the government, is one of the most fundamental rights we possess. It is not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women." I believe that every woman no matter what the situation is, should be able to have an abortion with out the governments say so. I also feel that
John McCain said he had come to the conclusion that the exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother are legitimate exceptions to an outright ban on abortions. "I don't claim to be a theologian, but I have my moral beliefs." If Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion outlawed, McCain said he believes doctors who performed abortions would be prosecuted. "But I would not prosecute a woman" who obtained an abortion. I strongly disagree with McCain.
If I could vote I would definitely vote for Barack Obama. I feel that are views are very similar if not the same. He shares the same issues as me. And his strategy to fix the issues are very intelligent to me. Barack Obama is my candidate.
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