I was watching CSI New York last night when there was a message that appeared on the bottom saying that President Obama was going to make a statement in about 10 minutes. I was watching this show with my dad and he predicted that the message was going to be something about the US invading Libya or just about the war there. Instead we heard the breaking new that bin laden had been killed. This was a huge surprise to me as I had no idea that we had even found where he was since before when he did, Bin Laden escaped out the back door. This time though it was solely a US mission because last time someone from Pakistan tipped him off that we were coming. The thing I worry about it that I am afraid that the US might get attacked or someone might try to attack us. Even though their (al-Qaida) leader is dead, I don’t think that he was really doing much anymore as he was hiding in a house. He might have been planning attacks or something since he is a mastermind behind al-Qaida attacks. The other thing is that apparently his mansion where he was hiding was a few blocks from a military base. This to me is sketchy as there is no way that this military base did not notice him living. There must have been a leak that kept him safe or maybe he was paying someone a lot of money to keep them quiet. Like I said before, I am afraid that some of Bin Laden’s followers might try and attack the USA in the coming weeks. I believe that the defense secretary might also believe that and will increase security around the nation. This includes airports greatly as this is the main way that they (al-Qaida) would attack us like during 9/11. To me though, Bin Laden seemed like he was not the face of al-Qaida anymore because he has been in hiding for so long. I believe that in the past couple of years new leaders from this terrorist group have stepped up and taken power to run their group. Lastly, to the average American the death of this terrible man is bigger to us then it is to others around the world. This is because we believe that the event of 9/11 has now been brought to justice. To the military it is also a huge deal because that is what the war in Afghanistan was started for, the war on terrorism. Now that we have brought down its leader we must continue to fight terrorism to make our country in America a better and safer place.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Maus vs. NIght
Personally I enjoyed reading the book Night much more than Maus. This is because I liked how Night flowed in chronological order where as Maus kept jumping between present times and flash backs. This was confusing to me as well as the fact that it was a comic book. I enjoyed how Night really gave you a vivid picture in your mind as what the holocaust looked like and actually gave me some very disturbing images. Also it explains in Night what the places were like and exactly what went on there in Night whereas in Maus it was not very descriptive and talked to much about present times. I would have rather just learned specifically about the Holocaust which is what Night did.
Night also was a true story from a person who actually experienced it first hand. I would have never known from reading just Maus that the Holocaust what that brutal and terrible because it was not first hand and also not very descriptive in my mind. Even though you might say its a comic book which has pictures, thus it would by descriptive, the pictures didn't really enhance my understanding of the whole time period. Night was first hand and showed me how terrible the Holocaust actually was and what an actual survivor went through and how lucky he was to get through it!
Lastly, I believe that in the future you should just have your students read the book Night. This is because when I got home after school I had the urge to read Night and sometimes did not even want to stop reading it. This is because it had vivid clear pictures. When I got home I did not look forward to reading Maus and had no drive to read it. I did not really interest me very much because it really just was not very interesting. Maybe if I had read Maus first it would have been different, but I dont think so. The author in Night was expressing his anger that he felt towards the Nazis by teaching others about what occurred in the camps. Maus is just a childrens book in my mind that would help little kids figure out what the Holocaust was about and not in depth at all.
Night also was a true story from a person who actually experienced it first hand. I would have never known from reading just Maus that the Holocaust what that brutal and terrible because it was not first hand and also not very descriptive in my mind. Even though you might say its a comic book which has pictures, thus it would by descriptive, the pictures didn't really enhance my understanding of the whole time period. Night was first hand and showed me how terrible the Holocaust actually was and what an actual survivor went through and how lucky he was to get through it!
Lastly, I believe that in the future you should just have your students read the book Night. This is because when I got home after school I had the urge to read Night and sometimes did not even want to stop reading it. This is because it had vivid clear pictures. When I got home I did not look forward to reading Maus and had no drive to read it. I did not really interest me very much because it really just was not very interesting. Maybe if I had read Maus first it would have been different, but I dont think so. The author in Night was expressing his anger that he felt towards the Nazis by teaching others about what occurred in the camps. Maus is just a childrens book in my mind that would help little kids figure out what the Holocaust was about and not in depth at all.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Restrepo blog assignment
Pre-writing: 10 scenes
- When Staff Sergeant Rugel was killed in a firefight it reminds me of in Fallen Angels when Sergeant Carrol was killed in action.
- In Restrepo they had IPod’s and PSP’s to keep them entertained while in Fallen Angels they were entertained by volley ball games and books/comics.
- In both of them they called their base camp the Hooch.
- In both Restrepo and Fallen Angels the attack helicopters killed many people of the enemy, but also killed innocent civilians. This made the villagers you are trying to make happy mad at you for killing their friends.
- In fallen angels they prayed when people died such as Brew, and in Restrepo they prayed for the death of the other squad that had 9 people killed across the valley.
- During the war in Restrepo one of the members didn’t tell his family that Rugel was killed because he didn’t want them to worry and it was his mom’s birthday. In fallen angels Perry didn’t write home about killing his first guy to his brother Kenny because he didn’t know how to say it yet.
- IN both instances they went into the heart of the enemy’s territory. In
Afghanistan - Both celebrate/remember their friend’s deaths. Fallen Angels they celebrated Brew’s birthday by making a cake and in Restrepo they shot of a flare on the anniversary of their friend’s death.
- One of the soldiers completely broke down in the heat of battle because of a friend’s death and couldn’t accept it. In fallen angels Johnson could not handle when Brew died. He didn’t really know what to do.
- At the beginning of Restrepo the Hummer vehicle hits a land mine which reminds me of when Jenkins steps on a mine and dies in fallen angels.
Theme: They honor and respect their fallen friends that died in battle. Also, That when you lose your leader sometimes you cant accept the fact that he is dead, and its hard to explain to other like when you write a letter home its hard to say what happens because you dont want your family to worry about you. For example at the beginning of the movie their car gets hit by a mine. You never expect that to happen you just have to be ready for it. Also they honor their fallen friends by either shooting of a flare on his anniversary or celebrating his birthday with a birthday cake! Lastly, when in both instances the squads lost their leaders, some of the soldiers couldn't handle the loss, but needed to get it back together otherwise they have no chance of surviving.
Monday, February 28, 2011
thesis and stuff
Thesis: In Perry’s letter home to his brother Kenny the author wants us to understand that the war in Vietnam
Theme: The author wants us to see that the war in Vietnam
Body 1. chaos like when they got in the chopper they shot theyre own guy. War is chaos.
Body 2. Forced to kill. Perry kills his first guy.
Body 3. inability to fight effectivly in foreign land. Accidentaly (pg 103) shoot own battalion.
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Battery (1800) Alessandro Volta (Como Italy
Slinky (invented in 1943) Richard James (Pennsylvania
It created an industry of slinkys, but was meant to stabilize instruments aboard a ship. It created a toy that is now used today by many children. It is a fun toy that you can use both outside and inside. How it works is that for instance when you put it down the steps, it “springs” down each step till it reaches the bottom then recoils itself. The invention of the slinky made childrens and even adults lives more interesting, and created a fun toy to play with. Also teachers even use it to simulate the properties of a wave.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Slaughterhouse Blog prewriting!
Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1. read the book thourghly 6.make sure to use the P.I.E. structure
2. read the question completly 7. partcicipate in the large group discussions
3. find quotes before you write 8. when using the E part of PIE dont just restate what the quote said, go in depth
4. have a strong intro/thesis 9.Take time to prepare writing and be efficent in writing time
5. end conclusion paragraph with a strong ending quote or statement. 10. the P in PIE makes sure to just state the idea and make a point to introduce the following quote!
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. It was funny when billy had to wear the cinderella boots because thats all he had to wear and they were silver.
2. it was also funny when the german camp he was taken to gave him a coat that was way to small for him and he looked very funny.
3.There are 3 different things going on: world war 2, tralfamadore, and the mental hospital/current time.
4.there is a lot of sex in the book like when he and montana wildhack do it on tralfamadore
5.it is serious when they are fighting in the war because people can get killed
6. at the end of the book when Edgar took the teapot and got sentanced to death was wrong because you cant just get arrested for takinga teapot from a dead city right?
7. I didnt know that they used jew fat to make candles and soap and I thought that ws interesting
8.i learned that an Optometrist was someone who tested defects in peoples vision and prescribed them glasses.
9.I thought that it was interesting when the author used the phrase "so it goes" everytime after someone died.
10. I thought it was cool how the author made up the world Tralfamadore because it brought the factor of you wanting to read the book more and made it exciting.
11. I thought it was funny Larazzo was was told to get revenge by Weary and and then broke his arm.
12. It was exciting when the 3 Muskateers were in action and how Weary thought they were gonna be famous.
13. The profane language made the book more modern and interesting to read.
14. I thought it was exciting when Edgar burst in to tears when he was handed a lolly pop out the window because billy never did anything dangerous.
15. I didnt like it when the british were constantly making fun of the americans because they thought they looked weak and didnt deserve to be in the army, when the british didnt even know what the americans had been through.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time is what you make it out to be
2.There is something after death and that it is not the end
3. there is another planet outside of ours that humans have been on
4. War can change how you live your life
5. There is a fourth dimension
Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
C: hello there
B: hi, have you heard of the 3 muskateers?
C: no, no i have not
B: well they are the people in WWII that I traveled with, but they are all dead now ):
C: oh im sorry to hear that, ive heard that you can time travel?
B: yes i can ive been to a planet called tralfamadore where I was kept in a cage like a zoo, and shown to their people who look like shafts that point upwards.
C: sounds like a fun expirence?
B: yes it was actually
C: Do you think death is the end?
B: no I do not death is just like the beginning to a new life really. Life continues to go on even if you "die" as I would say "So It Goes."
1. read the book thourghly 6.make sure to use the P.I.E. structure
2. read the question completly 7. partcicipate in the large group discussions
3. find quotes before you write 8. when using the E part of PIE dont just restate what the quote said, go in depth
4. have a strong intro/thesis 9.Take time to prepare writing and be efficent in writing time
5. end conclusion paragraph with a strong ending quote or statement. 10. the P in PIE makes sure to just state the idea and make a point to introduce the following quote!
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. It was funny when billy had to wear the cinderella boots because thats all he had to wear and they were silver.
2. it was also funny when the german camp he was taken to gave him a coat that was way to small for him and he looked very funny.
3.There are 3 different things going on: world war 2, tralfamadore, and the mental hospital/current time.
4.there is a lot of sex in the book like when he and montana wildhack do it on tralfamadore
5.it is serious when they are fighting in the war because people can get killed
6. at the end of the book when Edgar took the teapot and got sentanced to death was wrong because you cant just get arrested for takinga teapot from a dead city right?
7. I didnt know that they used jew fat to make candles and soap and I thought that ws interesting
8.i learned that an Optometrist was someone who tested defects in peoples vision and prescribed them glasses.
9.I thought that it was interesting when the author used the phrase "so it goes" everytime after someone died.
10. I thought it was cool how the author made up the world Tralfamadore because it brought the factor of you wanting to read the book more and made it exciting.
11. I thought it was funny Larazzo was was told to get revenge by Weary and and then broke his arm.
12. It was exciting when the 3 Muskateers were in action and how Weary thought they were gonna be famous.
13. The profane language made the book more modern and interesting to read.
14. I thought it was exciting when Edgar burst in to tears when he was handed a lolly pop out the window because billy never did anything dangerous.
15. I didnt like it when the british were constantly making fun of the americans because they thought they looked weak and didnt deserve to be in the army, when the british didnt even know what the americans had been through.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time is what you make it out to be
2.There is something after death and that it is not the end
3. there is another planet outside of ours that humans have been on
4. War can change how you live your life
5. There is a fourth dimension
Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
C: hello there
B: hi, have you heard of the 3 muskateers?
C: no, no i have not
B: well they are the people in WWII that I traveled with, but they are all dead now ):
C: oh im sorry to hear that, ive heard that you can time travel?
B: yes i can ive been to a planet called tralfamadore where I was kept in a cage like a zoo, and shown to their people who look like shafts that point upwards.
C: sounds like a fun expirence?
B: yes it was actually
C: Do you think death is the end?
B: no I do not death is just like the beginning to a new life really. Life continues to go on even if you "die" as I would say "So It Goes."
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Siddhartha theme
Siddhartha learns many important lesson throughout his life and one of the most importantones is that you should follow your own path."Siddhartha was going his own way; his destiny wasa beginning to unfold itself,and with his destiny, his own." (9) This is when Siddhartha tells Govinda that he is going to join the Samanas and leaving his home. Siddhartha has realized that he doesnt wanna stay home all his life and has the courage and will to go and learn more about life and even reach his goal of Nirvana. He also asks his friend Govinda to join him on his quest to learn more about life and of the soul. "That is why I am going on my way-not so seek another and better doctrine, for I know there is none, but to leave all doctrines and all teachers and to reach my goal alone-or die." (34) This quote shows that even though the buddha teaching are very good Siddhartha must move on because he wants to reach HIS goal, and the buddha cannot teach him how to reach that. Also that Siddhartha has learned that teachers can only teach you so much and that is why he is leaving them behind.
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