Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Outside Reading 2
For this blog i read pages 103-155. And in these chapters the book is still told from Lila's point of view, and her mother is still trying to cope with the death of her two sons, she says that until the the mujahideen (Afghanistan's sovereignty) won the war that her sons wont rest in peace. In 1992 the jihad was over the mujahideen had won and Lila's mother started being a normal mother again cooking cleaning and being happy again so basically in this pages they are having neighbors over to they're house to celebrate the victory. The events that happened in these pages didn't really relate with me because i never lost anyone in a war. But it connects to the Americans that did, sure the celebrations might be different from apple pies to rice, but its still the same family and friends get together to celebrate. But in the book this made the mother's character come into play she went from a miserable women that didn't care about anything not even about her own daughter to a very happy and caring person. These pages also help the reader realize how something such as a war can break a family and then build it back up, it also shows the grief, terrible and horrific events it can bring.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Outside Reading Blog 1
I’m reading "A thousand splendid suns" and I read pages 113-138. In the pages i read the book switched main characters from Mariam which the book started out with to now Lalia her next door neighbor’s daughter. Lalia is 9yrs old and she already has a bunch of tasks to accomplish each day, "Lalia washed Mammy's dresses and changed her sheets. She coaxed her out of bed for baths and meals. She was the one who ironed Babi's shirts and folded his pants. Increasingly, she was the cook". Not only does Lalia have to clean and cook she has to go to school on top of all that, but Lalia's father influences her with her studies. Lalia's mother is going through a rough due to losing her only two sons to the war. When I was 9 all I had to do was barley clean my room and go to school I never thought of cleaning my entire house and cooking for my whole family, I’m 15 and that still seems like pretty though task but I guess she was born into it so its kind of a job. My book is basically about women and there rights and that was a great example of women's struggle.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Outside Reading Book
Im reading A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini. im reading this book because my friend recomeded it to me.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Blog 11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
Global issues are narrowed down to two things in the u.s. global warming and the iraq war. The u.s is responsible for both issues. America is the leading country with the most waste, and they started war with iraq over "guns" that bush sr. sold to them. None of these issues seem to be coming to an end golbal warming just keeps getting worser, and is predicted to kill the plant. And the war is just getting more into unkown terroritorty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
Global issues are narrowed down to two things in the u.s. global warming and the iraq war. The u.s is responsible for both issues. America is the leading country with the most waste, and they started war with iraq over "guns" that bush sr. sold to them. None of these issues seem to be coming to an end golbal warming just keeps getting worser, and is predicted to kill the plant. And the war is just getting more into unkown terroritorty.
Blog 10
http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=53343
Holidays are single handedly the most brilliant invention that was ever invented. Every kid loves holidays no one in there right minds hate it. Grown Folks get off work to spend time with there kids and kids get out of the worst thing in the world (school). Some holidays lead up to speical events like christmas for example. Everyone loves christmas and everyone is in a joyful mood. Holidays agood for families because they bring families together. The thing about holidays are there are bunch of differnet ones for different religions. i never ran across a holiday where everyone in the world celebrated which is weird. The thing that i dont understand about holidays are the ones that dont make sense like st. patricks day??
Holidays are single handedly the most brilliant invention that was ever invented. Every kid loves holidays no one in there right minds hate it. Grown Folks get off work to spend time with there kids and kids get out of the worst thing in the world (school). Some holidays lead up to speical events like christmas for example. Everyone loves christmas and everyone is in a joyful mood. Holidays agood for families because they bring families together. The thing about holidays are there are bunch of differnet ones for different religions. i never ran across a holiday where everyone in the world celebrated which is weird. The thing that i dont understand about holidays are the ones that dont make sense like st. patricks day??
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Blog 9
http://www.bollywood-stars.net/
Bollywood the indian version of hollywood. bollywood is an interesting aspect of the film making culture. Bollywood movies i learned are longer then any usual hollywood movies. i think bollywood movies are way to too cheesy. i find intresting movies to have a sickening plot or funny movies that are just nonstop laughter. I just don't like the singing and dancing. Bollywood is decent i dont really hate it but still. My question i have about bollywood movies are how much do the actors get paid? Bollywood movies remined me of chick flicks. The only plus out of bollywood movies are some girls are banging hot.
Bollywood the indian version of hollywood. bollywood is an interesting aspect of the film making culture. Bollywood movies i learned are longer then any usual hollywood movies. i think bollywood movies are way to too cheesy. i find intresting movies to have a sickening plot or funny movies that are just nonstop laughter. I just don't like the singing and dancing. Bollywood is decent i dont really hate it but still. My question i have about bollywood movies are how much do the actors get paid? Bollywood movies remined me of chick flicks. The only plus out of bollywood movies are some girls are banging hot.
Blog 8
http://www.iht.com/pages/arts/index.php
Culture is everywhere and in everything this article shows just some of the types of culture there are everywhere. i see culture as the most peroiucs thing passed down from generation to generation. culture is the food we eat, the music you listen to, the place of worship you go to, the community or area you grew up in. I love all types of culture. I love eating food nothing i love doing more and i also love the thrill of trying new food i got that from my father. I like learning and hearing about new cultures and i got that from my mother. Culture is what makes the world go round. it is always interesting to view another culture other then ours.
Culture is everywhere and in everything this article shows just some of the types of culture there are everywhere. i see culture as the most peroiucs thing passed down from generation to generation. culture is the food we eat, the music you listen to, the place of worship you go to, the community or area you grew up in. I love all types of culture. I love eating food nothing i love doing more and i also love the thrill of trying new food i got that from my father. I like learning and hearing about new cultures and i got that from my mother. Culture is what makes the world go round. it is always interesting to view another culture other then ours.
Blog 7
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/President_obama/.
Change happens everywhere in schools, tv/media and at work. My theory on change is "things come up people change". When i asked my parents about the topic of change they told me a lot of interesting things, one of the things i remembered in that conversation was my dad saying "this is the future and i came along way from the past". I thing what he meant by that was that is we have all this technolgy at our hands and things come easy and faster for us. When one things of change they think of Barrack Obama. The man has brought change to the whole entire world. After all he is the first black prsident there ever was. He made everyone believe that change can still happen and it was near.
Change happens everywhere in schools, tv/media and at work. My theory on change is "things come up people change". When i asked my parents about the topic of change they told me a lot of interesting things, one of the things i remembered in that conversation was my dad saying "this is the future and i came along way from the past". I thing what he meant by that was that is we have all this technolgy at our hands and things come easy and faster for us. When one things of change they think of Barrack Obama. The man has brought change to the whole entire world. After all he is the first black prsident there ever was. He made everyone believe that change can still happen and it was near.
Blog 6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
When we speak about hope some think of Barrack Obama. Barrack Obama took the meaning of hope and completely flipped it. An African American kid growing up in a country of prejudice rose to become president of the united states. He found hope and used it to rise to the top and it was his strategy. Barrack gave so many other people hope out there, he gave them something to believe in something they can be proud of. Hope is universal theme throughout the world. Sometimes its viewed as a good successful thing, sometimes its not.
When we speak about hope some think of Barrack Obama. Barrack Obama took the meaning of hope and completely flipped it. An African American kid growing up in a country of prejudice rose to become president of the united states. He found hope and used it to rise to the top and it was his strategy. Barrack gave so many other people hope out there, he gave them something to believe in something they can be proud of. Hope is universal theme throughout the world. Sometimes its viewed as a good successful thing, sometimes its not.
Blog 5
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/11/iraq.main/index.html
When im asked what do you think about religon in the world i answer with one word WARFARE. since im doing this blog about religion im not going to go in further detail about what i think about religon, i'll tell you about my friend. He is involved in he's church volunteering, and singing in choir. he counsels younger kids in a summer camp hopefully making a difference for them. He doesnt think people should argue and fight about their religions because no religion was started with that intent. He also believe that people should become enlighten and educated about all religions instead of being violent and ignorant. many of the last great conflicts our country has been involved in have been religiously based. world war II, War on terror, and others.
When im asked what do you think about religon in the world i answer with one word WARFARE. since im doing this blog about religion im not going to go in further detail about what i think about religon, i'll tell you about my friend. He is involved in he's church volunteering, and singing in choir. he counsels younger kids in a summer camp hopefully making a difference for them. He doesnt think people should argue and fight about their religions because no religion was started with that intent. He also believe that people should become enlighten and educated about all religions instead of being violent and ignorant. many of the last great conflicts our country has been involved in have been religiously based. world war II, War on terror, and others.
Blog 4
http://library.thinkquest.org/17067/you/gender.html.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Blog 3
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/india.child.labor.rescue/index.html
I read this article and ones similar to it about child labor laws in India. I find it strange and honestly a little incredible that child labor is being abused around the world. Sometimes i forget that not all kids have easy American lives and they spend their adolescence working in sweatshops. India put a new law in effect that forbids children under the age of 14 to work. It just shows that cultures are so different. Kids in rural Vietnam for instance, often don't know how to read or write because they just spend their whole life doing hard agricultural work their whole life. I'm glad that i live in a society were I'm not abused by child labor, and can receive an education so i don't spend my whole life doing manual labor.
I read this article and ones similar to it about child labor laws in India. I find it strange and honestly a little incredible that child labor is being abused around the world. Sometimes i forget that not all kids have easy American lives and they spend their adolescence working in sweatshops. India put a new law in effect that forbids children under the age of 14 to work. It just shows that cultures are so different. Kids in rural Vietnam for instance, often don't know how to read or write because they just spend their whole life doing hard agricultural work their whole life. I'm glad that i live in a society were I'm not abused by child labor, and can receive an education so i don't spend my whole life doing manual labor.
Blog 2
http://harare.usembassy.gov/other_embassy_news/zimbabwean-student-overcomes-adversity-to-earn-u.s.-scholarship
This article is about a young man from Zimbabwe, who overcame the greatest of adversity's, and made it to America to attend college. He came from a Violent extremely impoverish area of Zimbabwe. He had no family, no money, and not even a place to live. He found a place to live with a relative. He was selected along with a few other derivable students by a program run by the U.S. embassy. This programs allows the best students, or most deservings to attend American university's. Dominic studies, and never giving into to his bad situation payed off when he was brought to America to attend college, were he hopes to attain a major as an engineer. I think that this is a perfect example of how hard work can help you overcome even the greatest of obstacles.
This article is about a young man from Zimbabwe, who overcame the greatest of adversity's, and made it to America to attend college. He came from a Violent extremely impoverish area of Zimbabwe. He had no family, no money, and not even a place to live. He found a place to live with a relative. He was selected along with a few other derivable students by a program run by the U.S. embassy. This programs allows the best students, or most deservings to attend American university's. Dominic studies, and never giving into to his bad situation payed off when he was brought to America to attend college, were he hopes to attain a major as an engineer. I think that this is a perfect example of how hard work can help you overcome even the greatest of obstacles.
Blog 1
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/avalanche-profile.html
I read a natural geographic article that i found very interesting about avalanches. I learned some facts such as they kill over 150 people every year, and if you get trapped in one you rarely survive. Avalanches can travel from speeds in excess to 80 miles an hour, which would be a little hard to outrun. They are often triggered by snow mobiles, skiers, and snowboards who cause much snow to move around,triggering more and more ice, sow,and rock to follow. It isn't true that its triggered by yelling or a gun shot it takes much more then that. This is why when you are on mountains skiing and what not, you must stay on the beaten trial so a disaster like this doesn't happen. I'm glad i read this article because before this i really didn't know anything about avalanches.
I read a natural geographic article that i found very interesting about avalanches. I learned some facts such as they kill over 150 people every year, and if you get trapped in one you rarely survive. Avalanches can travel from speeds in excess to 80 miles an hour, which would be a little hard to outrun. They are often triggered by snow mobiles, skiers, and snowboards who cause much snow to move around,triggering more and more ice, sow,and rock to follow. It isn't true that its triggered by yelling or a gun shot it takes much more then that. This is why when you are on mountains skiing and what not, you must stay on the beaten trial so a disaster like this doesn't happen. I'm glad i read this article because before this i really didn't know anything about avalanches.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Break Recap
My winter break was a very interesting and exciting one. The break started on friday a regular friday nothing big happened. All the events didnt really start till half way during break. I got some very wonderful gifts for christmas. Like i got the new common album. I would rate that album a 5 out of ten. It doesnt sound like the old common i listened to. I was hoping for The Game's new album LAX i heard it got very good ratings. Over the break i have leanered very important lessons that will help me in the future. My break mostly consisted of hockey. Pick up hockey and watching the the standings of the PHILLY FLYERS steadly rise to number 1. Also over break the greatest ufc event went down UFC 92. This break ive watch about 3 very good movies. One tropic thunder that movie was about a 5 on a scale of one to ten bad but i didnt think it was that bad. The two black guys in the movie are just brilliant. 2 i watched iron man movie was insane enough said. But the movie that got me was pursuit of happyness IN HD. I thought that was the best roll will smith played since fresh prince and i am legend. And and in pursuit od happyness the happyness is spelt with "y" why not an "i".
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Bad Begining #2
In this chapter The Baudelaires go back to the remains of theyre house to gather theyre belongings that werent burnt. But there was nothing to take everything was burnt. Violets inventing devices, Kalus's library, and sunny's biting toys all gone all caught in the flames. Once they left the house they followed to his house thats where they were staying till Mr. Poe found them a proper place to stay. Mr. poe was in charge of not only theyre fortune but finding foster parents. The next morning they spent a couple hours in Mr. Poe's office trying to find a place to stay. Mr. Poe said that theyre parents had theyre uncle Count Olaf as the first guradian they have to live with incase of an emergancy. So Mr. Poe drove them to Olaf's place. Oalf had the ugliest house on the block or maybe even the town. Once they got out of the car they met theyre soon to be neighbor Jusice Strauss. She was a very nice women with a delightful home. But they couldnt stay and chat for long Mr. Poe had to get to work. so they left and headed to Olaf's house. Kalus knocked and Olaf answered politley. Count Olaf is a tall very skinny old man he also has only one eyebrow. Olaf invites them in. Mr. Poe stays for a little then leaves. The Baudelaires wish they could have stayed at Mr. Poe's instead of Olafs
Bad Begining #3
In the second chapter of the series of unfortunate events the Baudelaires are on theyre way to there uncles house Count Oalf. Oalf is a very terible man. Basicly in this chapter When Mr. Poe drops them off Oalf makes the Baudelairs his slaves. They have to cook, clean, and chopping up wood. Oalf wants only one thing from the baudelairs theyre fortune. He told them as soon as Violet turns 18 hes taking there money and killing them. The baudelaires are scared out of theyre mind but they cant do anything about it. The rest of the chapter the baudelaires spend most of theyre time cleaning after Olafs terrible friends, cooking for them and also chopping up wood. They also are thinking of a escape plan and they are also trying to get a hold of Mr. Poe
The Bad Begining #1
The bad begining is the first book of the series of unfortunate events. im reading this book because i started by reading the second book and i watched the movie so i decided to pick this book up. Basically the Bad Begining chapter one is about the background of the Baudelaires and mr. Poe. The Baudelaires are three kids that came from a wealthy family they dont really say what theyre parents do but theyre very rich. Theres three of them and everyone of them has a attribute to bring to the table to help them get through theyre adventure. Violet which is the oldest sister her special is that shes a inventor. Kalus is the middle brother hes attribute is he has brains because he read so many books so which makes him have knowledge about more then half of the things. And Sunny the youngest sister has theeth that are sharp and strong so you can imagine what they use that for. The Baudelaires are orphans because theyre parents died in theyre own house fire while the kids were at the beach. Mr. Poe has been theyre family friend for a while he was the one that delivered the sad new to the Baudelairs. He also is a banker and he is in charge of the Baudelairs fortune that theyre parents left behind.
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