humanities 8 Hanna Yin

What Is Power?

2008-05-19T06:57:00.000-07:00

Evidence from your blog entries, 300-500 words.

I think means that power is something that a person or a group of people can do to change things. But not only change things, but also the person or group of people can control other people (which is more a dictator, but a dictator has the power to control other people). How the person or group of people choose to use their powers, determines if it’ good or bad thing that they have powers. If the power falls into the wrong hands it could really become a disaster For example a dictator has power and uses the power for evil things, like forced labor. But a president has power to, and could decide what to do if there is a war, which is a good power.

In the great powers game, the bigger countries had the bigger advantage, since already from the start they had more money to spend. Even though not all big countries have a lot of power, they have bigger chances of being heard than smaller countries. I think it has to do with that the population is probably also bigger, and that means more people, more “minds” to form more ideas. Additionally more people join the army making the defense better. A good defense also means power, because it can defeat others, and take control, achieving power in that way. Another reason is more unemployed people are getting jobs, making the economy grow. A big economy can do a lot of good, and gives a lot of power to a country, because it makes the country wealthier. A rich country also gives power, because they can buy more weapons, employers, electricity, industries and a lot of things that could make a country better.

For my industrial revolution project I did a piece about women’s rights and that also shows that before men had all the power. Before women had to stay at home and take care of the home, while the men were out working to earn the money. Women weren’t allowed to vote, they weren’t allowed to choose who ruled in the county that they lived in too. This show’s that the men made all the decisions, because they worked and got an education. After allot of demonstrations, it wasn’t until 1920, that women in America were allowed to vote. All these things that happened before are still happening today in some countries. Which shows inequality, and that men have more power.

In Animal Farm, education equals power and that was because the other animals didn’t understand what was happening, but were relying on the educated to tell them what was happening. The educated animals took advantage of this, and started to make the other uneducated animals do all the labor. Education is also a key to power. With the information you can understand what is happening, or what needs to be done. It is also a way to become a president, who like I said before, has a lot of power.

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Debate on AT

2008-05-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Opening remark- Affirmative
Ladies and gentlemen did you know that in one year millions of animals die from animal testing’s. Out of those millions, 65,000 are dogs. All these animals die in distress, and not only distress but they also die suffering. Most of what the animals experience is torture; this leads to the animals suffering until they die. Animal testing’s on animals should clearly be banned. First of all, it’s unethical. Unethical means that people are doing things that most people think is wrong to do, that a normal moral person would think wrong to do. Secondly it’s teaching school kids that it’s ok to test on animals if it enhances education, but hurting an innocent animal is wrong. Education should foster compassion and respect for life. It has also been noted that children who treat animals with violence could unconsciously start to be violent towards humans too. Thirdly, enough testing’s have been done in the past that we can use that information for future references. Also instead of animal testing’s helping humans, more and more professionals think that animal testing might be delaying the development, because it could provide inaccurate and mistaken information. And don’t forget that human beings and animals are physically different, and could react differently towards medicine since they have different metabolisms. In some countries many scientist and doctors are starting to act against animal testing. So is it really worth making the innocent animals suffer? Imagine if it was your pet suffering.

http://www.java-animal.org/eng/Summary2.html

Second speaker for affirmative side
(Summarizes argument presented so far for BOTH sides, and tries to explain superior of their own side. Must answer any questions raised but the negative side. Finally, should present the strongest point for the affirmative with appropriate supporting evidence.)

We are on the affirmative side, meaning that we think that animal testing should be banned. So, as we said before animal testing is wrong for many different reasons. When you said….

Might say: It enhances education
It’s wrong to take away a life, its teaching kids that it is ok to kill an animal for the good of education, but it’s not right to hurt an innocent animal just to see what happens. Like I said before that most children who treat animals with violence could unconsciously start to be violent towards humans too.

Might say: It is necessary to human life
Human beings and animals are physically different; they react differently to the drugs because of their metabolism. So a drug that works on humans might not necessarily work on humans. Although the animals may be of the same species, the data obtained by animal testing may differ by 10 times depending on the type of lifestyle, and environment they are in. Also instead of animal testing’s helping humans, more and more professionals think that animal testing might be delaying the development, because it could provide inaccurate and mistaken information. So instead of animal testing really helping humans, it’s causing the process to be longer. Also in the process of saving one human life, you may be killing a hundred animals.

Might say: Humans are superior, they have sentient thoughts
But animals still experience pain and fear, and the animals are suffering from the snide-effects of the drugs. And even though we are superior and can make in depth decisions this does not mean that we have the right to mess with their species. Whoever said that we had the right to start testing it on other species? It’s mean and it’s cruel.

Might say: Killing plants is the same as killing animals and that’s still happening
Let me ask you this. Do the trees suffer? Are the trees experimented on? Trees don’t have a memory and don’t feel pain. Even though they are alive, this does not mean that you can compare trees to animals! Also planting trees is a lot easier than reproducing.

Might say: There is no other alternative
In the past there was no other alternative, but today we have made enough tests and research for future references. And, like I said before, humans and animals react differently to the drugs.

….These are some reasons that I think are reasonable to why animal testing should be banned.

Closing statement- affirmative side
So, as we said before animal testing is wrong for many different reasons. Some of the reasons we pointed out before were: it’s unethical making animals suffer with the side-effects; its teaching school kids that it’s ok to do tests on animals if it enhances education, but we have no right making an animal suffer just to see what happens. Education should foster respect for life. It is necessary for human life, but since animals and humans may experience the drugs differently, it may not necessarily work on humans. Making humans suffer too, since it prolongs the research. And finally it is not the only alternative. Many tests have been done in the past, and with that data we can use it for future references. So we don’t have to keep testing to see if they work on animals. We already know if a drug works or not. So we overall think that animal testing should be banned. Thank you.

Second speaker for Negative side
(Summarizes argument presented so far for BOTH sides, and tries to explain superior of their own side. Must answer any questions raised but the negative side. Finally, should present the strongest point for the affirmative with appropriate supporting evidence.)

We are on negative side, meaning that we think that animal testing should not be banned. So, as we said before animal testing brings positive reactions for many different reasons. When you said….

Might say: The animal may in the long run be extinct
This can’t happen because rodents can breed year-round and usually have up to 50 babies at a time. Also scientists won’t experiment on soon to be extinct animals, and nowadays only the necessary amount of animals should be used. Animal testing has been going on for a long time, and they aren’t extinct yet. Not even close.

Might say: The animal feels pain
But nowadays the pain or distress that the animals experience is minimized. And they won’t remember the pain, so they won’t suffer from remembering how it felt like when it hurt. They only feel what’s happening at the time.

Might say: You’re taking away an innocent life
But rodents life expectancies are about 3-5 years, and the animals are contributing to humans, who can live up to 80-90 years! So even though we are taking away an innocent life, we are saving many more innocent lives in the long run. With the right cure it could end or prevent a lot of diseases and a lot of suffering.

Might say: The animals suffer a lot
Or It’s not necessary for human life
Let me ask you this, would it be better that humans suffer? Without animal testing research on medicine cures could be pro-longed. Patience’s and their families will suffer even more from waiting for the cure. The patience might even die. And if the patience does die, it is making more humans suffer for their loss. When animals die in testing’s, no one suffers from their death except the animals themselves.

Might say: Humans aren’t superior
Yes humans are superior, we have the ability to make in depth decisions, have long term feelings and have sentient thoughts, which is like life long memories. We aren’t dependant on animals, they are dependent on us. Where would the rodents get their food if it weren’t for us? All in all, humans are superior to animals.

Might say: Killing animals isn’t ethical
But if killing animals isn’t ethical then cutting down trees isn’t ethical either. (?)

Might say: Education isn’t a reason
But if we are the only species with sentient thoughts, and want to save lives, then why not move forward in life?

Might say: Animal life = Human life
Rodents have a shorter and less productive life; they can live up to 3-5 years, can breed all year long and produce up to 50 babies at a time. Compared to a human life who can live up to 80-90 years, has the opportunity to do something productive, can’t reproduce all the time, and usually have only one baby at a time. Why shouldn’t we test on animals? An animal life does not equal a human life, it’s not even close.

Might say: There are other alternative
New diseases are developing all the time, and even though we have data from the past, we still have to see if the new medicines work, or if combining two different medicines will work. If we don’t test on animals, the research will be prolonged, many people will die, and innocent people will suffer just because they got unlucky and got a disease. There is no other alternative.

Closing statement- Negative side
So, as we said before animal testing should not be banned for many different reasons. Some of the reasons we pointed out before were: it’s necessary for human life, less people die, and less people have to suffer. It enhances education; it tells us that these chemicals could save thousands of lives. The animals won’t remember the pain, it will just suffer in the moment, while humans remember the pain, and also they suffer when someone close to them dies. Also the pain and distress has been minimized. If humans have the chance to save millions of lives in the future, but would have to kill a few animals in the process, why shouldn’t we? Wouldn’t you do it for the better? Thanks.

Population Project Work Plan for the Week

2008-05-12T00:16:00.001-07:00

I was sick for most of the week, so I couldn't do a Population Project Work Plan for the Week.

Analysing Globalization Picture

2008-05-11T03:17:00.000-07:00

What are the main visual elements?
In the picture there is a man sting in an armchair holding a newspaper and wearing suit with a tie, and without the blazer. Next to the man there is a dog looking a bit shocked lying next to the man. Then a next to the man’s other side a little further away is a little girl looking mad. The man is saying “No you may NOT outsource your homework to India.” The man is probably the girl’s dad.

What issue is this cartoon about?
The issue is that the girl wants to outsource her homework to India, meaning that she wants get information from India. Her dad is saying no, meaning that she has to do it herself.

What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?
I think that the cartoonist doesn’t like outsourcing, or globalization.

What evidence in the cartoon supports your opinion on how the cartoonist feels?
Because in the picture, he is saying no to outsourcing.

How does this cartoon relate to our study of globalization?
Globalization is making the world “flat”, and outsourcing is one of the ten flattners why the world is flat.

What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?
Maybe to show that the cartoonist really didn’t like outsourcing and globalization, the father could look a bit mad or annoyed while saying “No you may NOT outsource your homework to India”.

Image from: www.sandiegohomeblog.com

Population Project Recap

2008-05-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

The three most valuable things I learned from UBD (or Population Project) was:

How to write a research paper. Even though we learned with the Africa research paper, I think that this time I focused more on it and worked harder on it this time, I learned more. This is a very good skill to have in the future, in high school and college. Now if I get an essay in high school I would know how to approach it, and how to write it.

I learned that it's a symbiotic relationship between educational levels and economic growth. This is useful to know for future references. And could be a topic I might study in the future, which is useful to know.

Thirdly I learned how to take data and write about it. Before I would just look at the data and wouldn't be sure what to write. But now, I learned how to look at data and apply it to a text. This is also good to know how to do for future essays in high school and college.

Sameness & Equality

2008-04-28T00:39:00.000-07:00

Precise use of language is an important theme in The Giver. Why does Lois Lowry purposefully use the word ‘sameness’ instead of ‘equality’? Explain what the difference is in the meaning of the words. Then using the Giver and Animal Farm cite examples of how we have seen each word used. Which author uses language more precisely?

The difference between sameness and equality is that sameness is when everyone gets the same things and they do the same things. At dictionary.com it says “the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.” Equality on the other hand is when everyone is treated the same way. According to dictionary.com equality is used when talking about quantity, rank or ability.

In “The Giver” everyone had the same things, and everyone did the almost then same things everyday. It was a pattern without real feelings, since they could feel some small feelings. But nothing big and complicated like love or pain. Equality on the other hand is when everyone is treated the same, but they might not do the same things everyday or the same things as everyone else.

The giver feedback

2008-04-20T22:35:00.000-07:00

The Giver in many ways is a “coming of age” story, in which we witness Jonas’ growing up. To begin our discussion of The Giver please address the following three questions in your blog using “good” paragraphs.

When does one become an adult?
What does it mean to be an adult?
At what age are people no longer useful to society?

Becoming an adult is a very big step. When becoming an adult you have many responsibility and independence. If you are mature enough to take responsibility for your actions, and be independent and not rely on anyone else all the time. To be an adult means to support yourself and be able to make the right decisions for the future and yourself. You should be responsible enough to take care of yourself, and if you wish to start a family, you should be able to take care of them too.

I think that everyone is useful all the time in the society. The old people can still do something useful in the society in the giver. And the young kids are the future generation who will one day take care of the world. But I don't think anyone is useless to society. They can still help in their way. Wether it is mantaly helping (like thinkig of the ideas of the future) or physically helping (like doing the actual building and stuff). I mean some old people are still very sharp but they are so old. They can still help with their ideas for a better future.

Blogs and parents

2008-03-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

Please analyze the above cartoon and post your ideas to your BLOG. As part of your analysis please address the following questions:

What are the main visual elements?
What issue is this cartoon about?
What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?
What evidence in the cartoon supports your opinion on how the cartoonist feels?
Why is this cartoon ironic?
What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?

There is a family eating dinner in their kitchen. The family consists of a mum, a dad and a little kid. They all look unhappy. The kid has a football head, while the parents have long heads (could the kid be adopted?)

I think that the issue is that the parents don’t care. I mean, if the kid tells them, they could choose not to listen. But if they have to read it, it would be really hard to pretend to read it, and then they have to give feedback on it. Or, that parents are getting very lazy nowadays. And they can’t be bothered to read their kid’s own work.

I think that the cartoonist thinks that parents have become lazier and more careless. And that they don’t really want to listen to their kid’s day. This is because they all look sad and bored. And also, the text under the picture is “Well, yes, we could read your blog…or you could just tell us about it” saying that the parents can’t be bothered to read the blog.

I think that the picture is ironic because the kid is asking his parents to read the blog, and the parents can’t be bothered to read it. But in real life, we have our own blogs, and most of us can’t be bothered to tell our parents about our blog.

The parents could be sitting on a sofa and watching T.V. while the kid is standing in the doorway, looking sad. Or the parents could look bigger, to show that they are lazy. Or both!

Evaluation of Kurt Vonnegut's statement

2008-03-24T02:20:00.000-07:00

Using examples from “The Euphio Question” and current events evaluate the statement:

“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

I think that there is some truth in what Vonnegut is saying. But having said so, I don’t agree with him fully. People shouldn’t make things that they can’t control, but I think that they can use things that they can control, and can help people. In “The Euphio Question” the humans couldn’t control the machine, so it was seen as bad. But not everything is like that. For example vacuum cleaners are built to make life easier. Instead of cleaning with a broom that is very time consuming and can give you back pains, you can use a vacuum cleaner, which is 10 times more affective and quicker to use. Now there are even vacuum cleaners that vacuum by themselves, which you can control! Vonnegut seems to think that everything that is electronic technology is bad, but I don’t think that he really understands the gadgets. Maybe it scares him that he won’t be in control (or humans for that matter) but machines will be some day.

Technology and me

2008-03-18T20:40:00.000-07:00

What is technology?
How do you feel about the amount of and use of technology in schools?
What are the 5 most and 5 least important technologies used today?

A lot of technology in the new era has a lot to do with electronics. But technology doesn’t necessarily have to do with only electronics. Technology is like tools that help us develop further into the future.

We do use a lot of technology here at AES. For example, in humanities we have blogs on the computers; there is an elective called Robotics, where the main idea is to use a computer and robots; there is almost a projector in every class room.

5 most important technologies I use:

1. Cell phone

2. Laptop

3. Pencil/ pen

4. Eraser

5. Camera

5 least important technologies (according to me):

1. Plastic surgery

2. Useless robots

3. coffee machine

4. McDonald toys

5. self-vacuum cleaners

End of Quarter 3 Feedback

2008-03-17T08:50:00.000-07:00

Go back and review your goals for quarter three in humanities. These can be found in the January Archive of your BLOG in a posting titled,” End of Quarter 2 Feedback”. Evaluate how well you have achieved those goals. Include specific evidence from the quarter to validate your evaluation.In addition to your evaluation please create three specific goals that you have for quarter four in humanities. Remember that a good goal is realistic, measurable and specific. List them at the end of this BLOG entry. Please title this entry: End of Quarter 3 Feedback

My 2nd quarter goals were:Get better at Socratic seminars.Plan my AR schedule better, read faster so I don't feel so stressed by the end of the quarter, and plan more time for reading.Get better at revising! I can never give good advice, and I should read faster, and make better decisions when it comes to revising.
I think that I have kind of met my goals for qtr 3. What I mean with that is:
I have gotten better at Socratic seminars, I do talk more, but I am not as good as I would want to be. Let’s look at it at it at this point of view: Fist I am terrible, and I get C-, C. Then I get better and I am more active in the conversation and get C+, B’s. But then what I want to be is more active in the conversation and have more specific evidence and get B+, A’s.So now I am in the middle step, but would like to progress to the next step.
Secondly, the AR schedule didn’t really work out. I mean, I started on a book pretty early in the qtr. But then, long story short, I decided to take a quiz on “Harry Potter and the deathly hallows”, even though I haven’t read it since the summer, I wanted to take it so I would at least have some points. Because at the rate I was reading my other book, I was sure to skip some pages or something, and not get 100% on the AR quiz. So I took the Harry Potter quiz thinking if I don’t get 100% I will at least have some points which is better than no points at all. But then I got 100% on the quiz (which was 34 points! A+!) So I didn’t have to think about the AR anymore.
Thirdly, I don’t think we have revised that much this qtr, and when we have I still think I don’t give very good advice, but I think that it’s at least better than the advice I gave before.
So to sum it all up, I think I kind of met my goals.
My new goals for this final quater of 8th grade (scary!!) is:
1. Do my best when it comes to UBD, and plan it well.
2. Get better at Socratic Seminars
3. Get even better at revising. And give better advice, and I should read faster, and make even better decisions when it comes to revising.

Feedback on "Holy War"

2008-03-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

An oxymoron is two words that don’t belong being used together. Why is the phrase “Holy War” an oxymoron? Why is it that so many conflicts in the world today are based upon religious differences yet all major world religions condemn killing?

I think that the phrase “Holy War” is an oxymoron because a war can’t be holy. It’s a brutal thing that takes many lives. It’s the opposite of holy. And the word holy is something that belongs to religion. And many religions say no to wars. But even thought this is the case there are many religious wars going on in the world right now.
It’s hard to say why so many wars are going on because of religion and yet all major world religions say no to war and killing. It could have something to do with many people twist the words, and tell people that it’s ok to kill if it’s for a good cause. I think many people forget about that killing is condemn, and get so absorbed in showing that their religion is better, that they don’t think the whole thing through.

Animal Farm Feedback

2008-03-09T01:53:00.000-08:00

With which character in Animal Farm do you most closely identify? Using examples from the novel (and a proper in text citation) justify your comparison.

I think that I am most like Clover. Because she is a trustworthy person (or horse than), when she confronted Mollie about being patted by a human, she didn’t tell anyone. I think I am a very trustworthy person too, and a lot of people have told me things that I have never told anyone else. (Orwell pg. 30) Also, it said in the book that Boxer and Clover never lost heart when it came to working outside during winter. I often try not to give up and stay positive, even when it is hard to see the positive thing sometimes. (Orwell pg. 49) Also in the book it said that Clover learnt the whole alphabet but couldn’t put words together. This is like me because I am smart and all, but I am not overly smart. (Orwell pg. 21)

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. London: Penguin Books, 1945.

Cold War Simulation De-brief

2008-03-06T05:54:00.001-08:00

Please answer the following in two “good” paragraphs using complete sentences in your BLOG. Be sure to use specific evidence from the simulation and the above tables to justify your answer.
1. Which country were you? What strategy did you use to try to win?
2. Who won the game and why? Who won the “real” Cold War?

I was Latin America, Europe and Australia with Chris. Since the countries we had were pretty poor compared to the countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia we decided to sell our countries many at a time and cheap. The USA bought all our countries except for one, which the USSR bought. When we had sold all our countries, and were still losing, we decided to let the USSR buy all our land. They did, but we still lost by 22 points.

In the game USA won, because they nuked the USSR three times in a row in the first round, and the USSR could only defend themselves against one of the nukes. When the USA nuked the USSR it showed that the USA had planned ahead, and chose to buy many nukes from the start. The USSR on the other hand hadn’t planned it to well, or thought that an attack wouldn’t come so soon, since they could only defend themselves once. Then it took the USSR some time to build up their strength again. So that lost them a lot of points.

Even though the US and the USSR sat down and decided to end the war I think that the US won the real cold war. This is because today there are only a few communist countries left. Also the USSR broke up into smaller countries instead of still being one big country. And the US economy was doing a lot better than USSR’s, since USSR’s economic growth rate was almost 0% at the time Gorbachev took over. Soon after that the cold war ended.

Feedback on VC communicator

2008-03-02T23:24:00.000-08:00

Describe the general process (from idea to completion) for creating a video using Visual Communicator. What are three design related tips to remember when creating a VC presentation? What were the two best and two worst aspects of the conflict video project?

First you have to come up with the topic you want to make a VC presentation on, which you could choose anything you want from A to Z, from apples to zebras. Then when you know what your topic is, you write the script. After the script is completed, you write the story board. The story board is very helpful, because you write down when you want to show a picture, at what line, and how to show it, like fade in or clip in. Then after you have your script and story board you are ready to start filming. Now for the communicator program, I was sick when my class went through how to do it. But when I was filming, my three advices are : don't speak to quickly, take a deep breath and talk clearly and normally; secondly put the scroll speed at a paste where you are looking up at the camera, and not looking down; and thirdly have a good timing for the transitions, when you want to show your pictures or change to another person.

Two of the worst aspects of the VC project were that 1) my scroll speed was very slow that I read ahead, so I wasn't looking into the camera, I was looking down almost the entire time. And at one point I had to slow down because I had to say one line when a picture appeared, so, I said the line very slowly, then I had to pause for a long time. 2) I forgot to add what kind of war the Vietnam war was, which I might get points of.

Two of the good things about the VC project were 1) that when I came back to school, my partners had done all of their parts, and it was just my part left to do, which was very easy. And 2) we had different backgrounds for all three of us. And the name of our station was called "History conflicts" instead of "CNN" like most people had.

AF movie blog post

2008-03-02T05:49:00.000-08:00

Even though the book and the movie have the same basic idea, there are a lot of details that aren’t the same. For instance:

Old Major died peacefully in the book; in the movie he was shot.
The song “Beasts of England” is called “Beasts of the world” in the movie, with different text.
The animals use more human equipment in the movie than in the book. For example they put a TV in the barn and they used binoculars to see if the humans were coming.
Old Major was buried in the backyard, not put in a storage cupboard.
In the book, none of the animals except Benjamin, the donkey, seemed to understand what was happening to Animal Farm. In the movie, however, the only animal that understood what was going on was Jessie the dog.
The windmill was made out of stone in the book, not wood as in the movie.
In the book, the pigs never filmed news clips of what they wanted to say to the other animals on the farm while in the movie, they did. If the pigs wanted to say something to the other animals on the farm, Squealer was usually the one to announce it in person.
Mr. Pilkington didn’t help the pigs with the trade in the book, it was Mr. Whymper.
The ending of the film was different than the book. At the end of the book, the animals did not escape then return to the farm a few years later after Napoleon had died but just kept on working on the farm

All in all, I liked the book more than the movie because the movie wasn’t really that good and the book gives you a better idea of how the Russian revolution went.

Feedback: joining the army

2008-02-04T01:03:00.000-08:00

In some countries, joining the military is mandatory, in other countries, optional. For example, in Israel and Singapore both men and women are required to perform two years compulsory military service right after high school. Does your country require military service? If so, how do you feel about this? If not, under what conditions would you ever join the military to defend your country?

Well, in Sweden, it’s not mandatory to join the army. But in Singapore it is mandatory to join the army. I probably won’t join the army in Singapore, if they tell me I have to, I will probably give up my Singapore citizen ship.

Well, anyway, if it wasn’t mandatory, like in Sweden, I would only join the army if there was a huge war, and I knew that if I joined, it would make a difference. Like, if we were under attack, and there was need for more soldiers, other wise we would all die (a little dramatic, I know, but anyway) then I would join. Of course I would still be very scared, but if it helps, you have to do what you have to do!

The King is Dead! Long Live the King!

2008-01-30T07:33:00.000-08:00

What happened in room M1 was that Mr Coyle, or King Coyle, as he was called, was a tyrant. He taxed us for almost everything. He taxed us for denim, jewellery, sport shoes and orthodontic work, so braces and retainers. This is very unfair, because you can’t take braces off while denim, jewellery and shoes can be removed. The way Mr. Coyle treated us was almost the same way that the king of England king George III treated the colonists. King George III taxed almost everything, like the Quartering Act and the Townshend Act. He even taxed their tea! The King of England was unjust. The colonists were very determined to gain their own rights. They wanted self-determination. It wasn’t so fun when you didn’t have enough money to pay your taxes, and the only way to get more money was to go to Georgia and work. If you did something wrong, you committed “treason”, which in other words meant detention.

The 43 war feedback

2008-01-27T22:07:00.001-08:00

1. I think that it is in El Salvador, because in the book there is a volcano called Atlacatl, and there is one volcano called Aatlacatl located in El Salvador. There are jungles in El Salvador, in the book, there are jungles. El Salvador has a president, in the book there is a president. And Uno is Christian, he went to cathedral on Easter.83% are Chrisitans in El Salvador.

2. I think that the author didn’t want conflict with the country, so she didn’t name a specific country. And it also keeps the mystery alive. Where is it? When was it?

"El Salvador." CIA World Factbook. 28 Jan 2008 .
Moeri, Louise. The Forty-Third War. New York: Library of congress,

The declaration of independace

2008-01-24T00:29:00.000-08:00

When it becomes necessary for one person to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. The colonists believed that it’s obvious that all people are equal, with certain rights, among the rights are life, liberty and happiness. Governments get their power from the people. When any part of the government that starts to take away the rights of the people, the people have the right to change or take away the government or to make a new one. While people have the right to change or get rid of the government, that it’s for the right reasons, not just however or whenever. It’s their duties to get rid of the government. The colonies have suffered enough and now it’s necessary for us to alter the former system of government. King George III has damaged colonists, caused injuries, and did a lot of bad thing to the colonists.

King George did a lot of bad things to the colonists. Just naming a few things he did were:

He didn’t allow his Governors to pass laws that would help the colonies.
He judged by himself how long one spent in the office, and how much their payment would be.
He kept armies in America without any of the colonists. Knowing that they were still there.
He had armed soldiers among us. The Quartering Act.
He cut off our trade with the rest of the world.
He forced taxes on us without our saying.

Every time he did these things, we asked him to stop. But he just did more. He is a tyrant! Unfit to rule! Not only did we talk to the king, but also to the other British people, and told them why we came to make the colonies from the start. But they didn’t do anything. Those of us that are gathered here are saying that we are free! So we vow to work together to make this happen.

Snake feedback

2008-01-22T01:18:00.001-08:00

The main visual elements are of a snake that is cut into eight bits. Each bit has initials of eight colonizes. Under the snake it says “join, or die”.

I think the issues is saying, either you do what we say, or we kill you.

I think that the cartoonist thought that the message was bad, since the snake is dead. The sneak that has all the initials. And the initials are of the colonies that follow the words below, “join, or die”.

To make it more persuasive, I think that the cartoonist could have made it more colourful so it caches people’s eyes.

Great Powers Game Debrief

2008-01-10T08:13:00.000-08:00

1. I was Italy, with KJ. I thought it was fun to build an empire, but you have to think carefully through what to do, and be careful of what you choose, because if you chose wrongly you could end up losing! I think that the bigger countries had a greater advantage, since already from the start they had more money to spend. Our empire did ok, we didn’t do too badly, but we weren’t the best either. I think our empire was pretty small compared to the others.
2. In the long run I think armies and industries are more important to buy because you need the armies for defence and the industries to make money. The other countries had a lot of both, and if there was a war we needed to have a lot of armies, and to buy armies we needed industries. Armies are worth more than navies, and the colonies are good to buy before they run out, because then you have more territory.
3. What we did well in was probably what we bought was pretty balanced. What I would do differently would be to buy more colonies in the beginning before they run out, and get more alliances.
4. I think our alliances were pretty successful, because if we didn’t help each other, we would have lost against GB, America and Japan. I trusted most of them, since we were all against the same enemy. My country didn’t declare war, so of course no one helped or hurt us, but we helped other countries.
5. What I learnt from conflict was that it is important to have allies, but you should choose your allies carefully. At the same time, don’t trust them 100%. One country went up against one of their allies, showing that a treaty means nothing to some people. Also be well prepared with armies; don’t just buy like a lot of industries, and only a few armies, because you need to be prepared for the future! You should buy a balance of both armies and industries.

End of Quarter 2 Feedback

2008-01-06T19:28:00.001-08:00

My new goals for this quarter are:

Get better at Socratic seminars.

Plan my AR schedule better, read faster so I don't feel so stressed by the end of the quarter, and plan more time for reading.

Get better at revising! I can never give good advise, and I should read faster, and make better decisions when it comes to revising.

I don't really think that I have meet my goals for qtr 2. My goals were: get better at Socratic seminars, plan my AR schedule better, and get better at revising.

Last time we had a Socratic seminar I did talk more, but I still need to work on it more.

For AR ,I thought that 16-20 points was an A, so after I had taken an AR quiz I had 16 or 18 points, and I thought it was an A, so I didn't take another quiz. When I found out that it wasn't an A, I should have planned it better!

When we revise, I don't think I give very good advise, I need to work on that some more...

So to sum it all up, My goals for qtr 3 are the same as qtr 2, which are:

Get better at Socratic seminars.

Plan my AR schedule better, read faster so I don't feel so stressed by the end of the quarter, and plan more time for reading.

Get better at revising! I can never give good advise, and I should read fasteMy new goals for this quarter are:

Get better at Socratic seminars.

Plan my AR schedule better, read faster so I don't feel so stressed by the end of the quarter, and plan more time for reading.

Get better at revising! I can never give good advise, and I should read faster, and make better decisions when it comes to revising.

End of Quarter 2 Feedback

2008-01-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

Hotel Rwanda blog Assignment

2007-12-11T03:50:00.000-08:00

"According to the sources and the film, how did individuals, groups of people and the world community fail the people of Rwanda?"

In the movie when the guests called their friends and relatives, only about one fourth replied and helped. Gregoire, who worked at the hotel, betrayed Paul and the others by telling the Hutu that the UN were helping some Tutsis to get out of the country. And General Bizimungu only wanted to help if he got something in return, and in a way he failed the people of Rwanda, because he was Rwandian and didn't want to help unless he got something out of it. And when the presidetn was killed, people thought that it was tutsi rebells, but it turned out to be Hutus.

And from source B and from the movie, the Europeans (or the "whites" as they were called) left Rwanda in the middle of the massacre.

2007-12-03T00:50:00.000-08:00

The main visual elements are of Africa, completely black, and a very big footprint covering the whole of Africa.

This political cartoon is probably about how Africa was colonized, and that it didn't do any good, since Africa is black, "in the dark".

The cartoonist maybe wanted to say that imperialism was a "dark" time for Africa. A bad thing.

Well, Africa is coloured all in black, as if it was in the dark, and the footprint looks kind of threatening. I think it's European, because it's a footprint of a shoe, the Africans at the time probably didn't even have shoes!

Maybe the cartoonist could have had some red between the cracks in the footprint, to show that people died, and that it was a very bad time.

The Scramble For Africa, who won and who lost?

2007-11-28T07:22:00.000-08:00

Jeong Eun and I had Great Britan.

Our strategy was first to take over the suez canal in Egypt so we controled some of the shipping. Then to take over land in that area, all the way down to the cape in South Africa.
We first considerd the suez canal, and the tipp of Somalia, then we contrled the tip there too. And then we started looking for places where there were natural resources.

I think that Germany might have won, because they have alot of natural resources, like diamonds and gold. Even though we might have had more land, and we controled the suez canal, there land had better natural resources, therfore, worth more.

I think that the Netherlands lost, because the little land that they have doesn't really have alot of natural resources.

5 themes of Geography in "Things fall apart"

2007-11-18T23:14:00.000-08:00

The 5 themes in geography are

Movement (people, ideas and transport).

The white men came. (page: 128)

Christianity came. (page: 134,135)

Region (group of locations that have something in common with another).

The religion was the same in the nine villages.

Human Environmental interaction (how we impact the environment and how it impacts us).

When Okonkwo gives Ezinma medicine with ingredients from nature (page: 81)

Location (where).

Africa, Nigeria. (back of the book).

Place (what it's like in a particular location).

There customs of marriage, apparently they do it differently in each village before a marriage ceremony. (Page:70,71)

Feedback 12 nov 2007

2007-11-11T21:09:00.001-08:00

The main visual elements of this picture is a man with octopus arms. The arms are outstretched and are touching different countries.
I think the issue is that the Englishmen took over, colonized, different countries.

The cartoonist maybe thought that the
1. Englishmen took over too much, and liked taking over.
2.That the Englishmen almost destroyed the countries.
3. That the people never really had any privacy.

Because:
1. There are many hands. And the big head is smiling.

2.the octopus arms are holding to countries, it almost looks like the arms are destroying the countries.

3. The big heads eyes are in two different directions.

Other techniques the cartoonist could have probably was to show what happened to the people that lived there before the Englishmen came and took over. Like a small person standing on one of the countries looking sad.

Contrast- The Englishman's hat gives contrast. England with a white background.The colours of the sea,land and the arms. Maybe also the birds.

Repetition- The arms , the colour of the arms.And the colours of the arms is the same as the hair, that's repeating the colour. The colour of the countries.

alignment- It looks pretty aligned. It has arms on both sides, and the birds helps to balance it.

Proximity- The birds are together. The arms are kind of together. The waves are together.

Image from www.fresno.k12.ca.us

Leadership

2007-10-22T01:48:00.000-07:00

I think a good leader must be confident, understanding, listen to other people, nice, takes control of the situation,has respects, has trust and is someone to trust.

I don't think that there is only one leader of the whole of 8th grade, I think that there are many leaders, for the different groups .... At the WOW-trip the people that seemed to take control of the situation were probably the popular(they were also the loudest) like for example it was Gabis idea to do the mummy thing, and everyone did it, her idea also not to get close to the cob web (though these where good ideas).Philippe listened to others during the bucket thing (not very many people listened) but many people tried to take control of the situation, but did not succeed very well, because not very many people would listen.

WOW Feedback 2007

2007-10-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

I think that WOW is an appropriate use of class time. We get to learn that way too!
Instead of sitting in a class room, and learn how to raft, it is 100 times better actually experiencing it! (And learning).

Some benefits about WOW are I got to know some new people, whom I didn't really know to well before WOW, but now I know alot better.

Seeing a different side of India. Since India is pretty big, there is a lot of India you don't see if you just stay in Delhi. The evidence are the pictures I have taken,and comparing them to Delhi.

It was a fun exsperience. If I hade never gone on WOW, I don't think I would have ever gone rafting! But now I know how fun it is, and now I would definetly do it again! The evidence is how fun I had!

Parent Teacher conference

2007-10-15T22:19:00.000-07:00

I am proud of never turning in my H.W late! It's more challenging here, so is the H.W,and usually it's due for the next day.So I'm proud that I have never given it in late.
I am also proud of my IR test grade. I got an A- , and I had one day less to study. I also had a science mini-test that same day (which didn't go to well...but that's ok....). I guess I kind of prioritized the humanities test, because it was a "mini"-test in science, and we are going to have an even bigger test in science, so then I can make it even. Anyway, I'm proud of two things: never giving in my Home Work late, and getting an A- in the IR test.

What was challenging was probably the Socratic Seminars. I don't really talk that much because, 1, someone else usually says what I was thinking of saying,2, if I do come up with something to say, usually we have moved on from that "topic" and are talking about something different. But the good thing about it made me think about how I should plan it for next time! And hopefully it would make it easier to talk....

New goals for Qtr 2

2007-10-03T02:02:00.001-07:00

Raching my goals for Qtr 1

2007-10-03T01:53:00.000-07:00

My goals for this first quarter was "My goals in humanities are to write neatly and come up with another goal for humanities." then I thought of a second goal, and I decided it should be, to get better at Socratic seminars, which I said in another post.

I think I do write more neatly then what I did before, a little bit more. The prof is my home work assignments that I have written for hand.

The second goal I don't think I have reached, because we haven't had any more Socratic seminars.

Women’s labor rights and Suffrage

2007-09-23T10:15:00.000-07:00

This exhibition here is about women’s labor rights and suffrage in the 1800s in America. Suffrage means that people have the right to vote, and during this period of time women weren’t allowed to vote. Women fought for their right to work and vote, through demonstrations, public rallies, speeches, etc.
The path for women’s voting rights was a long and tough one, but in 1920, women in America were finally given the right to vote.

Our project here is about some well known feminists, like Susan B Anthony, known for her struggle for women’s rights. Amelia Bloomer, known especially for showing a new outfit later known as “the bloomer outfit”, which was a huge step for women during that time, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, known for helping organize the first women’s rights convention.

The pieces here are shown in different forms, such as interview, letters, diary, slide show. We have been working with this topic for about 3 weeks. I hope you enjoy the exhibition on women’s rights, and I hope you learned something from it! Enjoy!

First women's rights convention!

2007-09-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

The first ever women’s rights convention took place in Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, 19-20th of July 1848. The convention was mainly about the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.

In this day and time a lot of people think that women should be at home taking care of the domestic life. But these women think differently. Lucretia Mott of Philadelphia, Elizabeth Cady Stanton of Seneca Falls, Jane Hunt of Waterloo and Elizabeth McClintock of Waterloo planned the whole thing. 300 people showed up at the convention, both women and men. But only 100 people signed the Declaration of Sentiments, 68 women and 32 men. The Declaration of Sentiments is a document that claims that “all men and women were created equal”. The signatures were to right all the wrongs on women’s rights.

I got some quick words with Elizabeth before her speech.
“Women’s right is a big issue that has to get out into the country. Women can do what men can do just as good! Why should we have to do the domestic work, when we are capable of doing something more?”
Then she was rushed out onto the stage to say her speech, which was a very good speech indeed.

Outside of the convention where protesters, protesting that women should take care of the domestic life. Sam Daily, one of the protesters, said
“Women should be at home and take care of the children. They are the ones that give birth, and take care of them. Women aren’t as strong as men, so how are they going to do it if they have to lift something heavy? And what if both parents are at work, whom are going to take care of the children?” Cries of cheers from people around him.

The 1870 stock market game

2007-09-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

We played "The 1870 stock market game" last week. The game was to buy or sell stock, and then see how it did during the years. KY and Vishal where the brokers, and the rest of the class where the entrepreneurs. We started of by buying 10$ a "stock card", then the prise would sink or rise. Every "stock card" containing 10 stocks. The game was to see who could make the most money.

I wasn't a successful entrepreneur. My strategies for the stock market game weren't very good... I sold some stocks that had gone down in price, then later they went up....Then I bought it again... I should have just stuck with it. I bought some at a low price, hoping that they would go up... But they didn't. I don't think I spent my money wisely.

“You have to spend money to make money”, I did spend money, and I did make money, just not a lot of money.

Letter from Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony

2007-09-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

25 March 1851
Dear Susan

It has been quite a while since we last saw each other! Last was probably that demonstration we went to two months ago, when the elections came around. I cut out the photo of us in the newspaper, and I’m sending it here to you.

I must say it’s very brave of you and Elizabeth to travel the country speaking at public rallies and trying to persuade the government that women and men should have equal treatment. How long more will you be travelling? Are the speeches going well? Is the government budging? How is Elizabeth?

Here, the demonstrations are going well, but it’s still not the same without you and Elizabeth. We have finally started to convince a few more, which is always a good thing if you ask me.

I hope that you will return in time for the speech I will be giving in a fortnight. It will be at the city center here in New York. I will speak about women’s rights (of course!). It’s a bit like the speech I held 6 months ago to the Worcester Women's convention, but still somewhat different. Anyway, I am going to speak in front of 600 people, and hopefully someone amongst the audience will agree and join us!

Speaking of making a difference in the world, I think our protests are finally starting to pay off! The other day there were newspaper articles about women having the right to work and vote, our demonstrations and speeches, and that the government is talking about letting women vote. Of course the report said that the government had only mentioned it, but it’s a start!

I don’t know if you have read the latest edition of “The Lily” but I have just promoted a new outfit that is very liberating. It’s a pair of pants which is narrowed to a cuff at the ankles, and the pants are worn below a skirt. The pants are pretty big, but very comfortable all the same. You should try it! It´s a way of keeping our decency and being practical at the same time. And I say that it’s a great deal easier to put it on in the mornings, instead of the long skirts and dresses! I will send you a picture of the suit, and you can say what you think.

New York is now in its finest months. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, which is music to my ears in the morning. Everyone is cheerful since it’s nice and sunny outside. I hope this letter gets through to you, and I hope to see you soon! Keep me posted on how it is going!

My warmest regards

Amelia

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Goals update qtr 1

2007-09-10T00:38:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

Well, now I am going to write about my goals I set in the beginning of the school start. One of my goals was to write neater, which, I guess I sort of have. I have mostly written on the computer, but otherwise I think maybe a bit.
My second goal was to come up with another goal for humanities, which I have! It is to talk more, and get better at Socratic seminars. I don't really talk a lot at Socratic seminars (can you blame me for having a brother that does most of the talking?)

BYE

Interview with Amelia Bloomer

2007-09-09T05:14:00.000-07:00

Amelia Bloomer was born in Homer, New York, on the 27th of May, 1818. Formerly known as Amelia Jenks, she married her husband, Dexter Bloomer, at the age of 22 in 1840.

Bloomer was a known feminist in her day, and I was one of the lucky people to sit down and interview such a wise women as herself. Her curly hair was drawn neatly into a bun, and her stern, intelligent face broke into a smile every now and then.

Why do you believe that women should have the same rights as men?

“I believe that women should have the same rights as men because I know that women are capable of doing just as much as men are capable of doing, maybe even more at times! Why should women be at home all the time, when we can do so much more?

Women should be able to vote, and make decisions too. They have the right to, and get a full education just like the boys. We can study just as hard, we can work just as hard, we can do anything just as well if we just put our minds to it!”

What was it like to write for your husband’s newspaper, the Seneca Falls County Courier?

“My husband, Dexter, encouraged me to write my points of view. I was ecstatic to be able to share my thoughts and ideas. I mostly wrote about women’s rights and prohibition, which I thought were topics that needed to get out there in the country.

There were no other women working at the news paper then, it was me, and 30 other men working there. It was challenging at first, but soon everything flowed on well.”

What encouraged you or inspired you to start your own newspaper?

“Well, as you know I was writing for the “Seneca Falls County Courier”, and I thought that there should probably be at least one newspaper about suffrage and women´s rights, then I could express more of my ideas. Also, not everyone knew about my articles in the “Seneca Falls Country Courier”. Therefore, if there was one newspaper with this one topic, more people interested in it would read it since the topic is right there!

The people who encouraged me the most to start my own paper were my friends, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I met them at a convention and we quickly became friends, having so much in common and all.”

And that was how “The Lily” started. It was a huge success in its day, but “The Lily” stopped publication in 1855, when Amelia and her husband moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

How was it to be the first woman president of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society?

“It was brilliant! I met and helped a lot of great women. I gave the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society a good name, and tried my best to promote women suffrage in the U.S, by, for example, speaking at rallies and public meetings.

I also lead many demonstrations in my day as president of Iowa Woman Suffrage society. We protested against the unfair situation and that women should be given the right to vote, and that we shouldn’t just sit at home. I also lead many delegations to discuss equal rights for women with government officials. I would say that I did good work for the best of womankind.”

And of course how was it to be a fashion role model when it came to “The bloomer”?

“Ah, yes, the bloomer outfit. Well, women weren’t really allowed to have pants at that time. It was frowned upon if anyone dared to. But when the bloomer outfit came along, it was a classy way to wear a dress and pants at the same time. Why should women wear dresses all the time? The bloomer promoted a new look for women. I wrote about it in “The Lily” to tell women everywhere to put down that corset, and try something that was comfortable. I myself wore it almost all the time. That´s where the name “the bloomer” came from.”

Amelia looked pleased at her accomplishments while telling me about them. A small smile crossed her face, her eyes sparkled as she reminisced and she looked happy.

Pros and cons

2007-09-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

Good things:

People learned to work hard

More products were made faster

The use of technology, which later on developed

The use of clocks

The factories developed into something better today

People had to walk to work, good exercise.

People met new people, friendships developed!

Bad things:

Child labor

Little pay

Not enough days to rest

Long days

Usually only the father would bring home the money

They worked too much, so they were very tiered by the end of the day.

When a depression came, it was very bad for poor people that couldn't get jobs.

"Gangsta" Bear

2007-08-28T08:41:00.000-07:00

Today was chaos compared to yesterday. We had to vote for the best looking toy. The one that won in the end was a “gangsta” teddy bear. Then we had to make copies of it, like in a factory. We had one hour to make as many as we could. We decided to split into different departments, one for colouring, and another for cutting and a third for assembly. I was in the colouring department.

Everywhere everyone was stressed. People everywhere with their voices raised, trying to get it exactly like the proto-type. We only had an hour to complete everything, and after 30 min, we hadn’t even finished one bear. My arm was aching from all the colouring, I was really stressed. Compared to yesterday, where everything and everyone were so calm, and it was very quiet.

The “manager” went from station to station yelling at us to get things ready in time. The boss put on some music for a while, but instead of it being soothing and nice, it was just noisy and irritating. When it was soon over, almost everyone started hating the bear, even the creator, who said, “Don’t kill me!”

Finally when it was over, we had made 39 “gangsta” bears. And we were all happy it was over!

Toy Thinking

2007-08-27T08:40:00.000-07:00

I took the piece of paper that the teacher had handed out to us, and looked at the figures on the paper in front of me. Curiosity was building up in me. I followed my finger around the wavy lines on the paper. The paper was white as snow, and soft as silk.

The teacher told us what we should do: Cut out the figures on the paper, and make your own toy.

I started cutting out the figures on the paper with a pair of scissors, the blade of the scissors scraping against the paper, making that scratchy, scraping sound. I started to wonder what toy would be fun to have. I thought from bouncy balls to soft toy animals.

My mind was drifting of until the teacher put on some music. I don’t remember what the song was called. But the song was slow, I think, and kind of sad maybe. I liked the song. Somehow it made me think of my friends in Sweden. They start school today, and that kind of made me a little sad. But I couldn’t think about that for too long, because I still hadn’t thought of what the toy should look like!

When I was done cutting the figures out, I put them together, first the classical way, as a bear. And even thought that might not be so creative, I still went ahead with it. I guess it’s more what it can do than what it looks like that is important (of course the look of it does help). I went to get the glue, and went back to my seat. I started gluing the toy together, and in the last minute, I changed the form from a bear to a mouse. With a hat. I went to get some coloured markers, and wanted something “funky” so I chose a dark version of shocking pink and grape purple. The belly, paws, nose and ears became grape purple, and the rest became pink. The hat and bow tie became green. Together it might have looked a bit much, but it was supposed to be so. Funky.

Up and Down and Round and Round

2007-08-23T07:23:00.000-07:00

Going on a roller coaster is an awesome experience! It’s one of the things that I love to do!

First when you are waiting in line, you’re all giddy with excitement, and a bit nervous, because you aren’t sure if you can manage it when you see people sitting in the roller coaster zoom by, do the loopy-loops, the toss and turns. You feel so small, like pea compared to a tennis ball. When you finally go onto the roller coaster, and are seated, you still have the same feelings, but now they are a lot stronger then before.

Then the roller coaster begins, and first it goes slowly up the very steep hill, still that nervous/excited feeling inside you. You look out at the view, and it’s fantastic! The sound of the roller coaster taking you higher and higher to the top is in the background, and you don’t really pay so much attention to it, but you know it’s there. Then finally you‘re at the top. And there is definitely no turning back now!

Then the roller coaster starts going down, and the feeling is so Great with a capital G. It’s like when you were little and you sat on a swing, and sometimes at one point it would start tickling in your stomach, well, you get that feeling when you are going down the peak, but it’s times50! Even more at some points!!! It’s such an awesome sensation.

It goes so fast, you hardly have time to think, your hair is blowing behind you, the wind is gushing in your face. Most of your senses are numbed because of the tickling in your stomach. It can get to such a point you just have to scream. And you do! A lot.The small turns are like tiny surprises along the way.

The ride is over quickly, and you just have to do it again! And again! And maybe even one more time

2007-08-23T02:30:00.000-07:00

The fruit roll up raper is very colourful, orange, with a lot of bright colours. The raping is very crackly and slippery. The actual fruit roll up is sea blue, with some cherry red in it, if you look at it all together it looks kind of dark.
It's kind of sticky, and it sticks to this plasticly paper that it is rolled up in . The taste is quite sweet, and a little sour. It also has an artificial taste.When you bite into it it is very thin, like a thin layer that you are bitting into.
The fruit roll up doesn't really have a smell... smelled a little sweet, maybe a little like a cherry, but my nose is blocked, so it's kind of hard to tell....

Mother Necessity

2007-08-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

Necessity is the mother of inventions.

I think it's called so, because almost all the inventions that are made are necessary. And why it's called mother necessity (and not father necessity) is probably because the inventor came from the mother, and from the inventor came the idea!

For example the telephone where you can talk to people overseas, the light bulb so you can see clearly when it's dark, or the airplane when you can travel overseas a faster then for example a boat.

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How I learn best

2007-08-19T22:15:00.001-07:00

Hello again!

I probably learn best the kinesthetic way (simulations or making or doing something) since then you are learning while you see how it works... But maybe it's easier in for example science then humanities.

Then if you can't work the kinesthetic way, maybe on a piece of paper, so you don't forget, and maybe go through it so you know what you are reading.
For example you give us a piece of paper what we are going to work on, then talk about what it is about.

well, have to go now, we are gonna have the Socratic seminar now

Bye!

My gang

2007-08-19T22:06:00.000-07:00

Hi!

I'm going to write about "my gang".

The people I look up to is probably my family.
My parents that help me not only with my home work, but also with other stuff....Like encouraging me and giving me confidence and stuff like that.

I also look up to my siblings, but mostly my brother that is 19, because I'm closer to him, since my other two siblings never lived with us when I was growing up,they where adults by then. But I still look up to them!

I choose these people to be in my gang because I look up to them and they support me ect.

Bye for now

Hanna Yin

First impresions

2007-08-13T02:08:00.000-07:00

What were two highlights from the first week of school?

Being a new student to a completely new and different school.
And getting a bottom locker, but that being okey, since there is a seat next to it.

What was your first impression of Humanities?

My first impression was probably "what do you do in humanities?" since it's called something different in Swedish, plus it also counts as your English class....If you know what I mean.

What are two goals you have for this quarter in Humanities?

My goals in humanities are to write neatly and (come up with another goal for humanities).