Thursday, May 1, 2008

This was found tagged on a wall in China, after the Chinese police murdered hundreds of Buddhist monks. Is this art or crime?

Many people would say that this is art and others would say that it's crime. But the question is, Is this art or crime? Well in my opinion I think that it's kind of both. My reason being is because well the person that created this probably thinks that it's art and this is insulting that Chinese god. So, many people in China would think that this is an insult and this is why I think that it's not much art. The taggers would think that it's ton of art and this is why it's also art. So, what I'm trying to explain is that it's art to some people and to others it's something offensive.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Could the Great Depression happen again?

Could the Great Depression happen again? Well, in my opinion I think
that it's possible for it to happen again. I'm not saying that it'll happen but just
that it's possible. The reason being is because many,many people are thinking
of investing their homes, to buy bigger ones and selling that one too. Only
because the Great Depression happened a long time ago, it doesn't mean that
we're safe from having another Great Depression. Our stock market can still
crash and start another disaster. This is why I think that there can be another
Great Depression.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The Great Depression

The image “http://socialvoice.googlepages.com/migrant_mother_1936__great_depressio.jpg/migrant_mother_1936__great_depressio-full;init:.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. I see many different things in this picture. One of the things that I see is a woman and she's a mother. You can see that she's a mother because her two kids. By the expression on their face you can tell that they're having a rough time. What this picture tells me is that they haven't ate in a long time. This image also tells me that in the Great Depression it wasn't an easy time to deal with. This is what the image tells me about the Great Depression.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Dust Bowl

The image “http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/DustBowl/Images/dustbowl.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. My main reason for picking this picture is because I wanted to show all that the people in that time had to go through. This image shows a lot of dust practiclly covering houses. This is an image that really gets you thinking about how lucky we are.

List of how America can become poor

1. People would lose their money
2. The government can lose all the money
3. People don't pay their taxes
4. People stop going to their jobs
5. Government goes into debt
6. People waste their money
7. Funding goes down
8. We lose money in a stock market
9. People go into war

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

A poem about the mistreatment of immigrants.

There's a whole world of immigrants.
Most of them are mistreated, just because they
came from another country.
If it's not racism then, what is it?
They come hoping for a better life, but do they get it?
They try so hard to get one, but they don't bother giving
them a chance.
They're always mistreating them and I ask, why?
No one likes them they don't even try to be nice.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

What do you see in this picture? What methods are they using?

I see many different things in this picture. What I noticed in this picture is that there's only women, there's even a baby girl. The women of this picture are holding signs that I think say something about woman's rights. There's also a woman holding the American flag and the same woman has flowers in her hands. What I think is the method is, is like they're marching for woman's rights. There's like a ton of people that are paying attention to them. This way they can tell them what they're fighting for. This is what I see in the picture.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Do women have the same rights as men in America?

In my opinion most woman do have the same rights as men in America.
Some woman do and some don't. Most woman may think that they don't
but they do. It may seem that they don't but this is because some woman
get abused by their husbands or by other men but, if they really think about
it they do. There are many rights that are the same for women like both men
and woman have the right to vote. Some may think that they don't because
some women are treated like they were back then. There are much more
reasons that explain that do. This is what I think about if woman have the
same rights as men.

Friday, March 28, 2008

How would you respond to this if you were there at the time? How would you respond to this if you were there at the time?

The way that I think I would respond would probably be thinking that
it's racist. The reason being is because they're saying that African-Americans
look like monkeys. In the picture they're showing the man all happy looking,
but the expression is way too happy. They made this eyes all wide and huge
and also what I think is that they made his lips white, to show the people
how dark he is and maybe they did this because they wanted people to make
fun of him. This is pretty much how I would respond to this picture.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

What happens to a dream deferred?

This poem to me it means that like if you waited your whole life
for something and you don't want it any more. What I'm like trying explain
is that if your life you dreamed about becoming something and then you
think to yourself never mind because you don't want be that any more. Also
what happens is that like it turns into a big weight because you don't know
what to do with it any more. This is what this poem means to me.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

What is freedom? What does it mean to be free?

To me freedom means like to have fair rights. What I mean is like
you can have the right to wear whatever you want and they can't do
anything about it. An example of what is not freedom to me is like you
can't go around killing people and expect everything to be alright. When
you have freedom it's not right to abuse it, instead what you should is
enjoy that you at least have freedom. Most people don't have any freedom.
I would have to say to be free is to have fun with your rights and not abuse
them. This is freedom to me.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Why do people hate? What is the cause of most hate?

In my opinion I think that people hate for many different reasons.
A reason is probably because they're jealous of you or maybe because
they really don't like you. Also maybe someone has harmed them or
something really harmed them that did them wrong. Another reason
why people might hate is because they're haters and just hate everything
in life. There are many causes of hate. Most of them are because they
just don't like someone or something because of past experiences they've
had in their life. A lot of peoples hate is cause of someone that did them wrong.
This is why I think people hate and what most hate is caused by.

Friday, March 7, 2008

What projects or events have you been participated in with the IMPACT program?Do you think the IMPACT program is making a difference in the school, th

I've been participating in some projects. There are a lot of impact
projects but I haven't been participating in all of them. What I've been doing
is I've been thinking of ideas for our movie. I've also helped think of ways
that we can make the garden, that we're planning to make later in the
year. I know that I need to help out more but it's hard for me to like paint,
build the border and much more stuff.

I do think that the impact program is making a difference in the
school and all over the community. This is because ever since they painted
the mural they only tagged on it once and they saw that they cleaned it
up and ever since that day they never tagged over it again. A lot students
have been helping out and it makes them help out more often. These are
reasons why I think the impact program is making aa difference.

Monday, March 3, 2008

For our school play I like both ideas but the one I like better is the film.
In my opinion I like the film better because what if like you're acting and
you forget your lines. It's better with the film because you can just edit
it on a computer and with a play you can't edit it. All that I'm saying is
that I personally like the film better. I like both ideas but I just think that
a film is a better way to go. This is what I think we should do for our
school play.

Which should we do: a play or a film?

Friday, February 29, 2008

Technology is important and Question everything

In my opinion I do agree that technology is important. This is because well
what if you need to do some research and you already looked in books and you
didn't find anything. What I mean is like what if you need to find stuff for work
and you didn't find anything, well then what are you going to do? In my opinion
you need to look up something on the computer and computers are part of
technology. It also keeps you entertained. These are reasons of why technology
is important.

I also agree with them questioning everything. This is because if you
don't ask questions then how you find the answer to anything. It's natural
for people to ask questions, especially for little kids. If this world didn't ask
questions then there would be no answers to anything. Everything would be
a question that was never answered because nobody answered the question.
This is why I agree with this.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

My example of modern art


My example of modern art is this picture because I think that it expresses the mind of the person who did this painting. Another reason of why it's modern art is because it was made during the time of modernism. I also think that someone made this like meaning that they were mad because the pictures name has something to do with evil. Also what comes to my mind is that anything can be art only if you create it with the intention of it being art. People think that art should be beautiful but I think that it doesn't in one way I think it does but like I said anything can be art. This is my example of modern art.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Is this art?

In my opinion I don't think that it's art. I think that it's not because people don't
go peeing all over art. Another reason is because this picture reminds me of the
things boys or guys pee in. This to me is not art. Art to me is something that you
don't pee in ! Like I know that they have these things in our school. To some
people this can be art because I do think that anything can be art but this time
I don't think so.

In my opinion I think that art should be beautiful. When people look at art
they expect to see something that they think is beautiful. People don't
want to see something you pee in. When they go to the art museum they
don't see something ugly they see something really nice. This is what I
think about the picture.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

What makes good music?

In my case what I think is the point of music is for people to like
hear something in their life. What I mean is like for people to hear something
that they enjoy in their life. Music has lyrics that can make people feel
emotions that can change their mood. Also a thing that comes to mind is like
when you know a really good song that makes you feel happy you want to
teach it other people.

Well what I think is good music is like music that you can like
dance to or like share with other friends of yours. In my opinion what
I think is good music is like songs that you think are cool. What I mean
to say is like the type of music that people like know in days is rap and
hip hop. Well also good music is music that you personally love. This is
what I think is the point of music and what is good music.

Friday, February 22, 2008

What does it mean to be human?

To me being human means to have life and to be from Earth. Also to
me it has to be very important to you. I ask myself if it's really worth living
and if it's important to be human to me. Well in my opinion it's worth living
and it's really important to me. This is because ,well while you're living you
get to experience the different things that there is to explore in this world.
In my case everyone deserves to have a nice life, to have a wonderful family,
and a lot of other things that this world has to offer.

To me the point of living is to make a ton of friends, to have a first pet
and much more things. This is because well it's like if you aren't going to
make any friends or you're not even gonna try ,then you're kind of jacked
up because you're not letting people to get to know you. Also if you're like
gonna be a stick in the mud then you don't deserve any friends. This is what
I think is the point of living.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

How did things change during modernism?

Al lot of things change during the time of modernism. The way that
things change have a huge impact on life. A way that something changed
is when a lot of different brands came out everybody wants it because it's
something new. What I mean is like with the i-pods, when they came out
everyone wanted it. Like if new pieces of modern technology. This is
how I think things changed.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Is it good to love your nation?

The pro's of loving your nation are that you know that you're
happy and proud so, that you'll stand up and speak for your nation. People
will be proud of you if you're standing up for what you believe. There's also
cons for loving your nation. It's like if a person that from another nation
come here and hates our guts then it's possible that you're gonna get in
a serious problem with that man.

Well in my opinion I think that it's not a healthy thing to be like
in love with your nation. It's okay to like it but I think that's it's wrong to be
like in love with it. If you're like that you like it then it's okay but if you're
like in love then that not. This si my opinion.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Do I believe that the world is getting better

Well in my opinion I think that the world is it's not. The reason I think
this is because every day more and more people keep on dieing because
some crazy lunatic thinks that it's okay to go around killing people! People
get more and more violent each day. The violence gets worse and worse,
and people aren't doing anything about it and they're not trying to stop
it and they know that they want to but they don't have confidence.

The world can't stop with the violence because they're so use to living
like this that if they stop for one day they'll die which I think is a stupid
reason for stopping violence. There are a ton of examples of why the world
is getting worse. One example that comes to most peoples minds is all of
wars going on right know.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

What does it take for the whole world to go to war?Do you believe that the world will ever be at peace?

My personal thought is that it'll take a lot of trash talking about every
country or a big disagreement. This is because if nothing is going on then
how will people want to go to war? If there's no problems then how are
people suppose to have a conflict. They also have to be very mean and
have a ton of fights with each other. People have to be against other
countries or nations.

In my opinion I do think that the world will be at peace at some point.
I think this because I believe that there's some bad and some good people
in this world. People will eventually get along with each other. If people
learn to to get along and stop solving problems with violence then I
know that the world can be at peace. This is what I think will happen.

Friday, January 25, 2008

How does imperialism continue in our day ?

In my opinion imperialism continues in many different ways. An
example that I've mentioned in most of my blog post's is the one of Iraq.
The reason why it's impossible for me to forget this is because it's so common
because there's a war in Iraq right know and a lot of people have family
members over there. It's like really messed up because we're trying to take
over Iraq and lots of people are losing people that they really loved.

We citizens have the power to fight against imperialism. There are tons
of ways and one is we can make petition and have people sign it. There are
plenty more ways that we can fight against imperialism. We can have a protest
and people can here what we have to say because we're kids. This is what I
think that we can do about imperialism.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Do Ibelieve the war in Iraq is an example of imperialism?

In this case I do believe that the war in Iraq is an example of imperialism.
In my opinion I think this because why else would we be in a war with them.
My personal thought is that we're trying to take control over Iraq. This issue
imperialism thing has to stop because it going to make us want more countries,
and sooner or later we're going to have every other state.

In my opinion all we have to do is just leave and leave Iraq alone. What
we can do is stop the war and go back to the state we came from. Figuring things
out with violence is just wrong and unhealthy. Most Americans wish that we
weren't over there because most people have a family member fighting and
they're putting there life at risk. This is what I think that we should do with
Iraq, we should just leave.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

What ways did America participate in imperialism?

The way I think that we participated in imperialism is a lot of different
ways but one way is when we went up to the queen of Hawaii and held a gun
up to her head so that we can take over Hawaii. Also we've participated in
many more ways ,but I only thought of that reason. America participated
in more ways and another example is that know Iraq belongs to us.

In my opinion, we're still an imperialism nation but we don't do it
as much. We've improved on stopping but theres much more what we
can do to stop the entire thing. Since the 1900's we've improved a lot.
We still have a lot of power but, have improved. This is what I think.

Friday, January 18, 2008

What the cartoon means to me ?

What the cartoon means to me is the freedom that we have in America.
This is because the things that it has are symbols of freedom here in the U.S.
In my opinion when most people see the designs that the picture has, they
think of freedom. This is because the eagle, the world, and all the other things
that it has we, here in America think of it as symbols of freedom and when we
think of freedom mostly we think about these things.

Another thing that comes to mind is, if America still practices imperialism?
In my opinion I personally think that we do. This is because we took over Iraq
and we wouldn't have gotten it unless we practiced imperialism. Also I think
this because we go and get in wars with other countries. I can't think of any
more reasons of why I think this but this is my opinion about, if America still
practices imperialism.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Why do nations practice imperialims ?

In my opinion nations practice imperialism because they want to
take over other nations. They might practice it for a reason an example of
why is maybe because they want to look more powerful than other nations
or maybe they want to show them that they're better than them. There are a
ton of different reasons for why they practice imperialism but, I think it's
because they want others to be afraid of them so, that if they were thinking
of taking there land they wouldn't do it because others don't want them to
take away there land for what they did to them. These are the reasons why
I think nations practice imperialism.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Imperialism and Colonized Dialogue

Colonized country- " Our country is too small and every day more and
more people move here."
Imperialism country- " So what are you trying to tell us? "
Colonized country- " We're trying to tell you that since your country is
so big, can't you give us some land so, that we can build more homes for the
people can live in? "
Imperialism country- " Haha, that was a funny joke. For a moment I thought
that you were serious. "
Colonized country- " I was. You know if you have all this land and not even
half of it is being used and you don't let us use it, then you're putting people
out on the streets. "
Imperialism country- " Okay you convinced me. I'll use the extra land to help
people."

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

When is it okay to intervene in another nations business?

I personally think that it's okay when it's not a bad thing. An example of it
being a bad thing is if another nation is going to bomb another nation and you
helped plan that then you probably should have stayed out. Also I think that it's
fine to be a part of an other's nation business is if they ask you for help. It's fine
to be a part of things, only if it not a bad thing.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Racism

In my opinion racism comes from people that don't like other races. This might
be, because maybe they were raised a certain way that when you grow up the only
race you'll like, will be your own. This could spread, a lot of different ways. One
way that this could spread is probably when you grow up you might teach your
kids to only accept your own race. When you spread this, in my opinion it can be
dangerous because the whole world can go against each race.

A way that we can stop it from spreading is by getting along with all different
type of races. There's another way from not spreading it is by not raising your
children hating other races. You can help stop it by making the right choice and
not judging other people just by their appearance. This is what you can do to help
stop racism and to stop spreading it.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Is it our job to make sure other nations are safe?

In my opinion I think that it's not. It's not our job because we're not over
visiting other nations and besides it's not our nation. There are other nations
that are not ours but I think that it might be ours in one way. The way that I
think it's ours is because in my opinion I think that we're the ones that should
be cleaning it and stop littering but other than that I don't think it's ours. Even
if we live here it's not job to make sure that it's a safe country I think that it belongs
to the president. This is my opinion of who the nation belongs to.

Monday, January 7, 2008

My 3 goals for 3rd and 4th quarter

1. I want to get straight A's in all my classes and I'll accomplish this
by studying and paying attention more
2. I want to be a better sister to my little brother by not fighting with him,
sharing and being nice to him
3. I want to be more responsible of cleaning my room and going to the store
to buy my dog some better food that's not hard


I'm going to accomplish all of this even if it's going to be hard because
I have to be more responsible. I know that I'm busy most of the time but I
really want to make a difference in my life at home and school. These goals
are going to be accomplished. I am going to take risk because I really
have to step it up and be responsible. This is what I want to accomplish as my
goals.