Monday, April 23, 2012
Analyzing on Turning Ten
As you grow older the more responsibilities we have, and the less we get to be imaginative and carefree, that's what the author was trying to emphasize in his poem. You can see in the poem that the boy doesn't want to grow up, the author shows us this by descriptively telling us how the child used to act, and the things he imagined himself as at every age all the way up to ten. The author writes this poem in such a way that you feel what the little boy is going through and you see him thinkg his invisible or him acting like a wizard. The mere details of the child's life before he turns ten draws the reader in and make the poem effective. The author makes you sit back and think about your past and how you used act, think, and be so carefree, and naive. For instance, when the boy was describing how he was like at the age of 4, it made me think back to when I was four and my little sister and used to pretend that we were princesses living in a castle with guards, and advisers, and even a pet dragon.This poem most definitely brings the child out of everyone that reads it, and it allows your imagination to run free to the times when you were young and still considered as a child. To me, I feel the boys pain of never wanting to grow up, because when I was younger I couldn't wait to be grown up with my own ob, and responsibilities, but now that I'm older and responsible for myself there nothing I wouldn't do to go back in time and still be that little girl that use to pretend she was a princess in a far away castle with her little sister.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Definitions Essay Examples
The Truth About Beauty
1. To me the definiton of true beauty is how you look natuarally, like when you wake up in the morning. Beauty to me comes in all different kinds of shapes, sizes, ethnicities, races, and cultures.
Denial
2. Denial to me is what people do or a type a feeling people have when the know very well that there feeling or thinking a certain way but continue to say that their not, or ignore those emotions.
The Real Meaning of Evil
3. Evil to me is anything that is of the devil, and comes from the devil. To me it means doing, saying, thinking, or even feeling something that somewhat from the devil itself.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Definition Essay Questions
1. There are fresh ideas enlisted in the definition, like when he said that a Yankee can never owe anyboy anything especially when it comes to favors and stuff like that. I realy don't know how I would define this idea, becaus I don't even know what aYankee is in general.
2. The allusions allow me to connect with what he's saying even more, and it gives me an idea of what he's really talking about. If I didn't get the allusions then the essay wouldn't have made sense to me.
3. I think the writer did a perfect job on what a Yankee is and him explaining what it's not made it easier for me to get a idea of the type of person that could be or would be classified as a Yankee.
4. To most Americans, though, the word Yankee means either the pin-striped New York baseball team or the Northern forces in the American Civil War, the soldiers from north of the Mason-Dixon Line. In time, though, the idea that the word Yankee suggests has shrunk geographically until it is on the verge of extinctinct
My spring break was really relaxing and chilled. I got the things that I really neede3d to get done,done and it cleared my mind for the rest of the year.
2. The allusions allow me to connect with what he's saying even more, and it gives me an idea of what he's really talking about. If I didn't get the allusions then the essay wouldn't have made sense to me.
3. I think the writer did a perfect job on what a Yankee is and him explaining what it's not made it easier for me to get a idea of the type of person that could be or would be classified as a Yankee.
4. To most Americans, though, the word Yankee means either the pin-striped New York baseball team or the Northern forces in the American Civil War, the soldiers from north of the Mason-Dixon Line. In time, though, the idea that the word Yankee suggests has shrunk geographically until it is on the verge of extinctinct
My spring break was really relaxing and chilled. I got the things that I really neede3d to get done,done and it cleared my mind for the rest of the year.
Monday, March 5, 2012
A Modest Proposal
1. I think that the real thesis in this essay is ”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...” Yes I think that there are other thesis', because he also focused a lot about the other ways on improving Ireland and how to solve their poverty situation, and he also discussed the reasons as to why Ireland was the that it was, like when he talked about the mothers and children begging.
2. In the paragraphs 4, 6, and 7 the appeals to logic are put into mathematical terms like when they says "at most not above the value of 2s., which the mother may certainly get, or the value in scraps, by her lawful occupation of begging; and it is exactly at one year old that I propose to provide for them in such a manner as instead of being a charge upon their parents or the parish, or wanting food and raiment for the rest of their lives, they shall on the contrary contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing, of many thousands." Or "I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed." Or "I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl before twelve years old is no salable commodity; and even when they come to this age they will not yield above three pounds, or three pounds and half-a-crown at most on the exchange;" All these paragraphs are statics and numbers that describe and explain the idea that he was trying to present.
3. When I realized that essay was ironic it was in paragraph 6 when he said "The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture;" and I found all this before I got to paragraph 10.
4. The people that were singled out by swift were, basically the poor, and mainly women and children living in poverty, in the essay the Irish were presented as the victims of vicious treatment by the English, but in my opinion were also to blame for some of their own misfortunes. I think this, because in one of the paragraphs before he proposes eating children, Swift discusses how they'd had so many different proposals, but none them were being put into action so that to me also put them in the situation that they were in.
5.I think that the essay does function as a merely a satirical attack, and no Swift does not propose any serious proposals for improving conditions.
6. The purpose of the last paragraph was to state how he wasn't really making an actual proposal, but he was just writing it for awareness and to get some money.
7. The other techniques I spotted were appealing emotionally, and a little bit of humor. Yes, I have a job and I had a job two summers ago, and no I never resisted my employer or did anything that I wasn't supposed to be doing. I believe that there is a link between humor, anger, other emotional states, and resistance. I think this because usually we resist to or act upon things out of emotions or based on the way were feeling. Things that I've done to vent my frustrations is screaming into a pillow, punching lockers, wall, etc. counting to 10, crying, and sometimes laughing.
8. If I was, conversely, given the job of marketing babies, I don't think that it could be done, because I wouldn't know how to market them without feeling sick inside, plus I would need statistics and numbers, and evidence that would show people that I knew what I was talking about. I wouldn't know if the first step would be giving the baby a French name or by processing the baby to non-recognition, because to me the idea of the whole thing is just in humane, and disgusting.
2. In the paragraphs 4, 6, and 7 the appeals to logic are put into mathematical terms like when they says "at most not above the value of 2s., which the mother may certainly get, or the value in scraps, by her lawful occupation of begging; and it is exactly at one year old that I propose to provide for them in such a manner as instead of being a charge upon their parents or the parish, or wanting food and raiment for the rest of their lives, they shall on the contrary contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing, of many thousands." Or "I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed." Or "I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl before twelve years old is no salable commodity; and even when they come to this age they will not yield above three pounds, or three pounds and half-a-crown at most on the exchange;" All these paragraphs are statics and numbers that describe and explain the idea that he was trying to present.
3. When I realized that essay was ironic it was in paragraph 6 when he said "The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, how this number shall be reared and provided for, which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture;" and I found all this before I got to paragraph 10.
4. The people that were singled out by swift were, basically the poor, and mainly women and children living in poverty, in the essay the Irish were presented as the victims of vicious treatment by the English, but in my opinion were also to blame for some of their own misfortunes. I think this, because in one of the paragraphs before he proposes eating children, Swift discusses how they'd had so many different proposals, but none them were being put into action so that to me also put them in the situation that they were in.
5.I think that the essay does function as a merely a satirical attack, and no Swift does not propose any serious proposals for improving conditions.
6. The purpose of the last paragraph was to state how he wasn't really making an actual proposal, but he was just writing it for awareness and to get some money.
7. The other techniques I spotted were appealing emotionally, and a little bit of humor. Yes, I have a job and I had a job two summers ago, and no I never resisted my employer or did anything that I wasn't supposed to be doing. I believe that there is a link between humor, anger, other emotional states, and resistance. I think this because usually we resist to or act upon things out of emotions or based on the way were feeling. Things that I've done to vent my frustrations is screaming into a pillow, punching lockers, wall, etc. counting to 10, crying, and sometimes laughing.
8. If I was, conversely, given the job of marketing babies, I don't think that it could be done, because I wouldn't know how to market them without feeling sick inside, plus I would need statistics and numbers, and evidence that would show people that I knew what I was talking about. I wouldn't know if the first step would be giving the baby a French name or by processing the baby to non-recognition, because to me the idea of the whole thing is just in humane, and disgusting.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Why I Want a Wife Satire
1. Yes the essay does have a thesis. The thesis was "Why do I want a wife?" The thesis is basically what her whole essay is about which is, all the reasons why she would want a wife.
2. The effect of this repetition, is to emphasize how much a wifer really does or at least did back then. Also, to truely clarify why like any man she would want a wife.
3. I think that she really doesn't want a wife like the one she descibes in the story, but she wants to accomplish and do the things she stated she wanted to do while her ideal wife was taking care of the home, and kids. I do think that in some places this "ideal wife" exists, because they're are places where wives are submissive to their husbands and are very dependent on the husband. I think that Brady wrote this essay, in my opinion, because she wanted to show people exactly what the life of a house wife r wife in general really looked like back then, and all the things that they went through just to please their husbands or what their husbands actually expected of them to do.
4. Personally, Brady's definition of a wife is similary to ther definiton of being a slave. A slave is somone who is owned by someone else, and in this case wives are owned by their husbands. She defines what a wife is by telling us all the slave like things she does for her husband and even her kids. She organizes the many services a wife provides her husband and family by telling us her wants and needs and how her wife needs to fit her life into his plan or into the direction she's going. What I think about think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities is that it's like slave work, the only difference is that she wasn't getting paid. I think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization with shock and disgust of what it's really like to be a house wife or just a wife. I think this because the stuff that she said made you feel bad that these women were so underappriciated and taken for granted.
5. Dear Brady,
Your essay, was just so wonderful. It really gave me newfound knowlegde and insight on the life of a wife back then and even in some places today. I loved it, because it was so detailed and it was told from a different view point. I think that it's very persuassive and effective, because it persuasses me to want to make a chage and it effects the way I think.
5.
2. The effect of this repetition, is to emphasize how much a wifer really does or at least did back then. Also, to truely clarify why like any man she would want a wife.
3. I think that she really doesn't want a wife like the one she descibes in the story, but she wants to accomplish and do the things she stated she wanted to do while her ideal wife was taking care of the home, and kids. I do think that in some places this "ideal wife" exists, because they're are places where wives are submissive to their husbands and are very dependent on the husband. I think that Brady wrote this essay, in my opinion, because she wanted to show people exactly what the life of a house wife r wife in general really looked like back then, and all the things that they went through just to please their husbands or what their husbands actually expected of them to do.
4. Personally, Brady's definition of a wife is similary to ther definiton of being a slave. A slave is somone who is owned by someone else, and in this case wives are owned by their husbands. She defines what a wife is by telling us all the slave like things she does for her husband and even her kids. She organizes the many services a wife provides her husband and family by telling us her wants and needs and how her wife needs to fit her life into his plan or into the direction she's going. What I think about think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities is that it's like slave work, the only difference is that she wasn't getting paid. I think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization with shock and disgust of what it's really like to be a house wife or just a wife. I think this because the stuff that she said made you feel bad that these women were so underappriciated and taken for granted.
5. Dear Brady,
Your essay, was just so wonderful. It really gave me newfound knowlegde and insight on the life of a wife back then and even in some places today. I loved it, because it was so detailed and it was told from a different view point. I think that it's very persuassive and effective, because it persuasses me to want to make a chage and it effects the way I think.
5.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Satire Reflection
Out if all the stories the 3 I liked the best were, The little girl and the Wolfe , The Bear, and The Fox and the Crowe. I liked the Little girl and the Wolfe, because it had a noce twist to the ending. The beginging of the story stayed the same to the original story "Little Ridding Hood" but it changed towards the end with the little girl killing the wolfe with a machine gun. He surprised me about how much more the story was interesting and how Little Red Ridding Hood all of a sudden had a gun. He uses satire in this story by mocking the wolfe.
I also liked "The Bear," because it was eye opening and very insightful. I really can't tell what the original story to this satire is so, I can't do a comparasion. Anyway Thurber surpised me with the moral. Because at first I didn't know where the story was going, but the moral helped me understand the story even better, and Thurber used satire in this by making fun of the, especially, when the bear was still acting the way he used to act before he got sober.
I liked the last story a lot, because it showed how cunning fox was, I've also never heard this story before I really can't compare the two. The author uses satire in this one by mocking the bird and making the bird look stupid.
I also liked "The Bear," because it was eye opening and very insightful. I really can't tell what the original story to this satire is so, I can't do a comparasion. Anyway Thurber surpised me with the moral. Because at first I didn't know where the story was going, but the moral helped me understand the story even better, and Thurber used satire in this by making fun of the, especially, when the bear was still acting the way he used to act before he got sober.
I liked the last story a lot, because it showed how cunning fox was, I've also never heard this story before I really can't compare the two. The author uses satire in this one by mocking the bird and making the bird look stupid.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Fables and Characters
Hercules and the Waggoner
- This fable was about a waggoner whose wheels got stuck in the mud and instead of getting out to try and fix the situation himself he prayed to Hercules, and Hercules came to him and told him to try to solve the situation instead asking for help right away. The moral was, "The gods help them that help themselves."
A Young Theif and His Mother
- I loved this fable. It was about a young thief who got caught and sent to jail and was about to be executed, but before he got executed his only wish was to see his mother. When his mother came he almost bit her ear off and when he was asked why he did that he said that she had seen him seeing as a child but would laugh and say that it would not e noticed, so she is part to blame for his misfortune. The moral was that, "Moral of Aesops Fable: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom."
The Old Man and Death
- There was an old man who wished to die and his wish came true. The moral was, "Moral of Aesops Fable: We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified."
The Miser and His Gold
- This fable was about a man who kept his gold a the foot of a tree but never used it. He would dig it up every day just to look at it and one day a robber saw him doing this and stole all his gole. The moral was, "Wealth unused might as well not exist."
The Woodman and the Serpant
- There was a woodman who found a serpant lying in the snow, he thought that it was dying so he took it home to put in front of the fire. After he put the snake by the fire one of his kids was stroking the snake and the snake rose and was about to attack but then the man killed it witha an axe. The moral was. "No gratitude from the wicked."
The Thief and the House-Dog
- A thief came into the night trying to bribe a house-dog and the house dog saw righ through it. The moral was, "He who offers bribes needs watching, for his intentions are not honest."
The Lion in Love
- This one was about a lion who fell in love, he went to the young lady's parents to ask for her hand in marriage. They wanted to say no but were scared so they told him to go cut his nails and remove his teeth and then come back. He loved the girl so much that he did but then the parents laughed at hima dn made fun of him. The moral was,"Love can tame the wildest."
The Man and the Serpant
- A mans son stepped on the tail of a snake and the snake killed him, so the man tried to revenge him by cutting the snakes tail off. The snake got mad and killed all the mans cattle after that the man tried to call a truce but the snake didn't want one. The moral was, "Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten."
The Peacock an Juno
- A peacock came to the Juno asking for it's voice to add on to its own beauty, and even though it had enough and the Juno said no. The moral was, "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."
The Monley and the Dolphine
- In this fable there was a monkey who need help swimming and a dolphine came to help him cause he thought that the monkey was a human. When they got to shore the dolphine asked the moneky if he was Athenian and he said yes, then he asked if he knew this noble family and the monley said yes to keep up with the lie, the dolphine found out he was lying and drowned him. The moral was, " He who once begins to tell falsehoods is obliged to tell others to make them appear true, and, sooner or later, they will get him into trouble."
The Bundle of Sticks
- An old man was dying, and before he died he called for his sons, when they came her gave the eldest a bundle of sticks and told him to break it but he couldnt neither could the rest, but when he told them to break it one by one they could. The moral was, "Union gives strength."
- This fable was about a waggoner whose wheels got stuck in the mud and instead of getting out to try and fix the situation himself he prayed to Hercules, and Hercules came to him and told him to try to solve the situation instead asking for help right away. The moral was, "The gods help them that help themselves."
A Young Theif and His Mother
- I loved this fable. It was about a young thief who got caught and sent to jail and was about to be executed, but before he got executed his only wish was to see his mother. When his mother came he almost bit her ear off and when he was asked why he did that he said that she had seen him seeing as a child but would laugh and say that it would not e noticed, so she is part to blame for his misfortune. The moral was that, "Moral of Aesops Fable: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom."
The Old Man and Death
- There was an old man who wished to die and his wish came true. The moral was, "Moral of Aesops Fable: We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified."
The Miser and His Gold
- This fable was about a man who kept his gold a the foot of a tree but never used it. He would dig it up every day just to look at it and one day a robber saw him doing this and stole all his gole. The moral was, "Wealth unused might as well not exist."
The Woodman and the Serpant
- There was a woodman who found a serpant lying in the snow, he thought that it was dying so he took it home to put in front of the fire. After he put the snake by the fire one of his kids was stroking the snake and the snake rose and was about to attack but then the man killed it witha an axe. The moral was. "No gratitude from the wicked."
The Thief and the House-Dog
- A thief came into the night trying to bribe a house-dog and the house dog saw righ through it. The moral was, "He who offers bribes needs watching, for his intentions are not honest."
The Lion in Love
- This one was about a lion who fell in love, he went to the young lady's parents to ask for her hand in marriage. They wanted to say no but were scared so they told him to go cut his nails and remove his teeth and then come back. He loved the girl so much that he did but then the parents laughed at hima dn made fun of him. The moral was,"Love can tame the wildest."
The Man and the Serpant
- A mans son stepped on the tail of a snake and the snake killed him, so the man tried to revenge him by cutting the snakes tail off. The snake got mad and killed all the mans cattle after that the man tried to call a truce but the snake didn't want one. The moral was, "Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten."
The Peacock an Juno
- A peacock came to the Juno asking for it's voice to add on to its own beauty, and even though it had enough and the Juno said no. The moral was, "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."
The Monley and the Dolphine
- In this fable there was a monkey who need help swimming and a dolphine came to help him cause he thought that the monkey was a human. When they got to shore the dolphine asked the moneky if he was Athenian and he said yes, then he asked if he knew this noble family and the monley said yes to keep up with the lie, the dolphine found out he was lying and drowned him. The moral was, " He who once begins to tell falsehoods is obliged to tell others to make them appear true, and, sooner or later, they will get him into trouble."
The Bundle of Sticks
- An old man was dying, and before he died he called for his sons, when they came her gave the eldest a bundle of sticks and told him to break it but he couldnt neither could the rest, but when he told them to break it one by one they could. The moral was, "Union gives strength."
Friday, February 17, 2012
Fairy Tale Poems
The Lion and The Mouse:
- How did I capture this lion
The power of the mind must really work better than strength
Beauty and the Beast:
-Oh with such great beauty
I will win her over, and make it my duty
She sings so sweet, hypnotizing me with her melody
I am love sick, and she is my remedy
I can only dream to one day hold in my arms and make her my own
She always speaks with care in her tone
If only she knew me before, and not as I am now
I dont care I will make her mine, this is my vow
To express my love to her would give me so much pleasure
Because in my heart she's my hidden treasure
The little Mermaid:
- What kind of creature is this?
hmmmm...with such pretty hair, and eyes
Aha!!!!! I think that it's a human..
Grasshopper and the Ant:
- Stupid ants, its such a nice day out today and all there doing is working.
I'll show them, it's summer time, time to have fun and enjoy the sun
Cinderella:
- I hope for a day that I can leave this retched house.
If only if I had someone to come and save me from this misery
Little Red Riding Hood:
- I don't why the path to grandma's house is different now.
I feel like I'm going the wrong way, something doesn't seem right.
Alice in Wonderland:
- Who are these people?!?!
I need to figure a way to get out of here
Princess and the Pea:
- What is that under the matteress
I don't understand why something's
Snow White:
- It's a shame that I've ended up here al by myself with no one to talk too.
Oh well.... I'll do what I do best, sing
- How did I capture this lion
The power of the mind must really work better than strength
Beauty and the Beast:
-Oh with such great beauty
I will win her over, and make it my duty
She sings so sweet, hypnotizing me with her melody
I am love sick, and she is my remedy
I can only dream to one day hold in my arms and make her my own
She always speaks with care in her tone
If only she knew me before, and not as I am now
I dont care I will make her mine, this is my vow
To express my love to her would give me so much pleasure
Because in my heart she's my hidden treasure
The little Mermaid:
- What kind of creature is this?
hmmmm...with such pretty hair, and eyes
Aha!!!!! I think that it's a human..
Grasshopper and the Ant:
- Stupid ants, its such a nice day out today and all there doing is working.
I'll show them, it's summer time, time to have fun and enjoy the sun
Cinderella:
- I hope for a day that I can leave this retched house.
If only if I had someone to come and save me from this misery
Little Red Riding Hood:
- I don't why the path to grandma's house is different now.
I feel like I'm going the wrong way, something doesn't seem right.
Alice in Wonderland:
- Who are these people?!?!
I need to figure a way to get out of here
Princess and the Pea:
- What is that under the matteress
I don't understand why something's
Snow White:
- It's a shame that I've ended up here al by myself with no one to talk too.
Oh well.... I'll do what I do best, sing
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentines Day Poem
I speak without words, silent is my soul
Eternal candle glowing as the sun
Awakening from slumber was his goal
I can see that you are having lots of fun
As you're watching me with your light brown eyes
Though perfection is far from what we are
Slowly I feel the sad part in me dies
No longer do I feel my soft heart tare
In my head is your loud vibrant voice
With words sweeter than honey, he must care
And to know I was your number one choice
Allows me to get through another day
This is why I know for sure you are mine
Never do I want this to die away
When I'm with him my stars are align
<3
Eternal candle glowing as the sun
Awakening from slumber was his goal
I can see that you are having lots of fun
As you're watching me with your light brown eyes
Though perfection is far from what we are
Slowly I feel the sad part in me dies
No longer do I feel my soft heart tare
In my head is your loud vibrant voice
With words sweeter than honey, he must care
And to know I was your number one choice
Allows me to get through another day
This is why I know for sure you are mine
Never do I want this to die away
When I'm with him my stars are align
<3
Monday, February 13, 2012
This I Believe Reflections
Pennies From Heaven By: Reg Stark
- This story was so touching. It was about a man whose wife died and right after her death he kept finding pennies in the most unusal places and it was weird becaus his wife would always pick up a penny whenerever she found one and stick it in her shoe for good luck so it wasironic how right after she died he kept finding pennies. To me I thought that it was such a cute story, because through these pennies he found his way back to God again. This just proves how God truely works inf mysterious ways to help his children.
A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country By: Ying Ying Yu
- I love this story, I thought the girl that told it was such an insightful and mature person especially at the age of 13. I could really relate to this girl, because just like her I feel like I have an obligation and a duty to my family, my country and my culture. I understood where she was coming from when she said that the sacrifices her family made for her is the reason of her determination. Just like her my family has done a lot for me which is why in return I plan on doing every and anything I can to insure that I'll succeed in this world just so somewhere down the road I can i turn take care of them the way they did me.
Knowing Where a Person is From By: Jennie
- I think that every American should read this story. I think this because this story is proof of how ignorant Americans are when its comes to other cultures. I think that the girl in this story was very insightful, and I like how she opened her mind after her boss gave her those words of wisdom. I mean every other country speaks English so why is it that Americans hate learning about other cultures and places. I feel like if Americans would be as open minded as all the other countries, then they wouldn't be so ignorant about other cultures or even geography. It's so annoying to me every time someone asks me if I speak African, because what people fail to realize is that Africa is a continent not a country. I think that Americans should be taught geography like the rest of the world so that we can be as insightful and knowledgeable about other people.
I Am a Racist and So Are You By: Chinyere
- I thought that this story was really interesting, because it's true everyone is racist. This story was talking about how everyone is racist, it doesn't matter if your Black, White, Asian, Latino, and etc. She was saying this because we all judge people based on there skin color. Lighter-Skinned people in our society tend to be what's wanted more in this society. It doesn't just end with that it talks about how when we see a certain type of person we pre-judge them mental based of off the color of their skin. I thought this story was so eye opening and I loved it because it shows me another way to be a better human being and it makes sense why some people think, act,and do the things that they do.
- This story was so touching. It was about a man whose wife died and right after her death he kept finding pennies in the most unusal places and it was weird becaus his wife would always pick up a penny whenerever she found one and stick it in her shoe for good luck so it wasironic how right after she died he kept finding pennies. To me I thought that it was such a cute story, because through these pennies he found his way back to God again. This just proves how God truely works inf mysterious ways to help his children.
A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country By: Ying Ying Yu
- I love this story, I thought the girl that told it was such an insightful and mature person especially at the age of 13. I could really relate to this girl, because just like her I feel like I have an obligation and a duty to my family, my country and my culture. I understood where she was coming from when she said that the sacrifices her family made for her is the reason of her determination. Just like her my family has done a lot for me which is why in return I plan on doing every and anything I can to insure that I'll succeed in this world just so somewhere down the road I can i turn take care of them the way they did me.
Knowing Where a Person is From By: Jennie
- I think that every American should read this story. I think this because this story is proof of how ignorant Americans are when its comes to other cultures. I think that the girl in this story was very insightful, and I like how she opened her mind after her boss gave her those words of wisdom. I mean every other country speaks English so why is it that Americans hate learning about other cultures and places. I feel like if Americans would be as open minded as all the other countries, then they wouldn't be so ignorant about other cultures or even geography. It's so annoying to me every time someone asks me if I speak African, because what people fail to realize is that Africa is a continent not a country. I think that Americans should be taught geography like the rest of the world so that we can be as insightful and knowledgeable about other people.
I Am a Racist and So Are You By: Chinyere
- I thought that this story was really interesting, because it's true everyone is racist. This story was talking about how everyone is racist, it doesn't matter if your Black, White, Asian, Latino, and etc. She was saying this because we all judge people based on there skin color. Lighter-Skinned people in our society tend to be what's wanted more in this society. It doesn't just end with that it talks about how when we see a certain type of person we pre-judge them mental based of off the color of their skin. I thought this story was so eye opening and I loved it because it shows me another way to be a better human being and it makes sense why some people think, act,and do the things that they do.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Words
The weirdest thing happened to me yesterday night, which by the way was Halloween night I walked into a dark, foggy maize. I was tired and worn out from the long day I had and I left to go on a walk to go clear my head and then suddenly I ended up her in this maize. I was so dejected from what happened earlier that I forgot to look where I was going and now I’m lost. Though I was lost and I was shivering to the bone I kept on moving like a ghost walking among the dead. After hours of walking that seemed like a never ending eternity I came across a perpendicular crossroads. I decided to go to the path that was closest to me, which is the one to my right. As I was walking down the path I heard a high pitched squeal, ringing and bouncing of the walls of the maize. As I approached slowly but surely I found a little boy, with the palest skin and a pool of dark eyes staring right at me playing tether ball.
By: Lauren and Akosua
Assembly Response
Akosua Amponsah-Antwi Senior Comp
February 9, 2012 Assembly Response
The assembly we had today really opened my eyes to certain things and what the men had to say really touched my heart. What I mean when I say that the assembly opened my eyes to certain things is that, the assembly showed me how truly crazy this world is. What the men said, allowed me to see how life is for an addict, but through their own experiences and that to me made the message they were trying to get out even more effective. Though I don’t smoke or drink, I never thought of weed as a real “drug,” so when the people around me use it I think nothing of it. Truth be-told I’ve never been a fan of smoking or drinking, so at first I thought that some of the things they said didn’t apply to me, but they weren’t just talking about how to stop yourself from using drugs but also your friends and family members.
These men really impressed me today, because left to me alone I couldn’t go stand up there in front of a group of high school students I don’t know about things that have happened in my past that were as traumatic as their stories. There was one man who stood out to me the most, and this man really stood out to me, because of how he got helped and how he turned away from drugs. What this man told me was that it was through Jesus Christ that he was saved and was able to get help. He shared with me that if he hadn’t found Jesus he’d be dead by now. His testimonial was so inspiring to me, especially when he explained how he almost died twice and both times the Lord saved him and it came to a point in his life where he had hit rock bottom and he felt something in him ask him “when are you going to turn away from what you’re doing? I’ve saved you twice now.” The man said that right then and there he made a promise that he would give up the drugs to follow Christ and he hasn’t touched it again. The testimonial this man gave showed me the true might and power of our Lord and savior.
Honestly, these men have been through a lot. They’ve been through so much that it’s a miracle that some of them are even alive, but God does wonders. What I heard today, gave me new insight on how not everyone I meet is as lucky as I am. Some people may walk up and down the hallways in with a smile on, but beneath it all, their souls are screaming for help of some sort. This assembly has given me the courage to sit down and talk to my friends who use drugs and alcohol, to give them some advice and insight like these wonderful gentlemen gave me.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Word writing
Sha-quesha, my annoyingly ostentatious cousin hit the pavement, face first as she was trying to show off her new pumps. She was trying to show off as she normally does when she gets something new, and for the first time in her life it back fired on her. As she had falls on the pavement in front of the big, splendid crowd of people, she had gathered around to look at her new shoes, she gets back up and tries to walk it off but it didn’t work out. She losses her balance again and ended up falling on her butt on the wooden board that was right next to the curb. She looks down at her matching new watch and saw the shiny hands on the silver clock had broken. Her pride finally broken, she walks down the road, eyes stuck on the ground. Next she spots a small garden to her right; with her investigative nature she fumbled through the plants stumbling upon a patch of old grown fungus. It didn’t look particularly scrumptious, but she picked it with a washcloth because this fungus has been known to give you luck in your life. The quintessence degree that gave her the knowledge about this lucky fungus would get her a whole box of blueberries her favorite fruit. This would keep her healthy for the rest of her life. She was so happy about it but then she has a spasm attack, and she took a fantastic trip to the hospital. This all happened just because she was trying to be a show off and to boast about the things that she got. What happened to her was a life lesson that she learned from.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Active Beginings
“I sometimes catch myself judging people I do not know, just because of the first impression they give.”
I sometimes catch my big, opinionated mind judging people I don’t know, just because of the unusual first impression they give.
“These people were giving me rude looks and forming judgments about me because they thought I was a teenage mom.”
These unnecessary people were giving me rude looks with their silted eyes gleaming and shifting at my every move and forming distorted judgments about as if they were God, and to think that this all because they think that I’m a teenage mom.
“Sure, they may have made a mistake, but the girls usually know that, and they are the ones who have to pay the price.”
Sure, they may have made a unchangeable mistake, that will affect their lives like the moon falling crashing down to earth, but the girls sadly know that, and they are the only ones who have to pay that heavy debt.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Editing Questions: Narrative
Lauren "Polly" Kinghorn
4. What is the part of the paper that stands out as the most "catchy" or important?
1.The strengths in her essay were how organized it was, and it was very realistic. Because she told it in chronological order and I could feel what she was saying.
2. She could of addedd a little bit more detail and imagery, but that's about it.
3. My favorite literary device in her paper was her use of similie's.
4. The part of her paper that stands out to me the most is when she tells the reader how she felt after she woke and how she really brings to light the fact that not everyone who goes onto a Mental Hospital is actually crazy.
1. What are the strengths of your partner’s essay? Why?
2. What areas could use improvements? In other words, what suggestions can you give
your partner that will help his/her paper improve?
3. What is your favorite literary device used in your partner’s essay?4. What is the part of the paper that stands out as the most "catchy" or important?
1.The strengths in her essay were how organized it was, and it was very realistic. Because she told it in chronological order and I could feel what she was saying.
2. She could of addedd a little bit more detail and imagery, but that's about it.
3. My favorite literary device in her paper was her use of similie's.
4. The part of her paper that stands out to me the most is when she tells the reader how she felt after she woke and how she really brings to light the fact that not everyone who goes onto a Mental Hospital is actually crazy.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Narrative Checklist
- My Narrative does recreate some events that occured in my life, but I could add more detail to it.
- It does go in sequence from begining to end, and from the first thing that happened to the last thing that happened. I just don't have specific dates or times, I just have the years.
- I show in some parts and tell in some parts, but it is set at a specific time I don't if it's set a specific place though since theres so many differnet places in the story.
- Instead of saying what someone told me I should add more dialogue and make it more interesting.
- I need to be more specific about the people and places that I'm at.
- It does present conflicts and tensions, but I sort of tell about them instead of showing them.
- I do change from the event and the conflict in the story is a self to self type of conflict.
- The event is very relavent in my life today and it will be just as relavent in the future.
- I still need to add more detail to it so that the reader can feel what I'm saying, I also need to add a voice to it because it seems all monotoned.
- It does go in sequence from begining to end, and from the first thing that happened to the last thing that happened. I just don't have specific dates or times, I just have the years.
- I show in some parts and tell in some parts, but it is set at a specific time I don't if it's set a specific place though since theres so many differnet places in the story.
- Instead of saying what someone told me I should add more dialogue and make it more interesting.
- I need to be more specific about the people and places that I'm at.
- It does present conflicts and tensions, but I sort of tell about them instead of showing them.
- I do change from the event and the conflict in the story is a self to self type of conflict.
- The event is very relavent in my life today and it will be just as relavent in the future.
- I still need to add more detail to it so that the reader can feel what I'm saying, I also need to add a voice to it because it seems all monotoned.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Helen Keller Narrative Questions
1. I thought that it was inspirational and it made understand Helen Keller more because the story was told through her eyes.
2.The most interesting part or engaing part about it was how Ms.Sullivian would use her finger to trace words into Helens hand since she was blind and deaf.
3.What surprised me was how Helen Keller really felt, I really didn't understand until she was comparing herself to the being at sea in a dense fog.
4.This did change my outlook on Helen Keller, because I saw how life was for her through her eyes at such a young age, an age at where most of us are playing outside and just being kids with no worries in the world.
5."Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. "Light! give me light!" was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour."
"The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face."
"I felt my teacher sweep the fragments to one side of the hearth, and I had a sense of satisfaction that the cause of my discomfort was removed"
6.A narrative can be more engaging than a biography because your the one telling the story so the readers are reading about your life through your eyes not another persons. It's always important to get someones personal perspective, because it enlightens you and keeps you from being small-minded in thinking that everyone thinks like you or acts like you or even goes through the same things as you.
7. I could write a narrative about:
2.The most interesting part or engaing part about it was how Ms.Sullivian would use her finger to trace words into Helens hand since she was blind and deaf.
3.What surprised me was how Helen Keller really felt, I really didn't understand until she was comparing herself to the being at sea in a dense fog.
4.This did change my outlook on Helen Keller, because I saw how life was for her through her eyes at such a young age, an age at where most of us are playing outside and just being kids with no worries in the world.
5."Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. "Light! give me light!" was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour."
"The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face."
"I felt my teacher sweep the fragments to one side of the hearth, and I had a sense of satisfaction that the cause of my discomfort was removed"
6.A narrative can be more engaging than a biography because your the one telling the story so the readers are reading about your life through your eyes not another persons. It's always important to get someones personal perspective, because it enlightens you and keeps you from being small-minded in thinking that everyone thinks like you or acts like you or even goes through the same things as you.
7. I could write a narrative about:
- How I grew up in two different worlds
- The struggle my families gone through to survive
- The day I got saved
- My love for Jesus Christ
- The importance of God,family, and education
- How I've evovled since freshman year
- Personal struggles
- Importance of loyalty
- My love for my homeland
- My biggest fears
- When my Granpa died
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Where I'm From
Where I’m From
By: Akosua Antwi
I am from the blood of Jesus Christ,
My Lord and Savior, from the red dust
And rich soil of my mothers land.
I am from the blood spilt and the
Unbelievable struggle for independence,
I am from magnificent achievements
Kwame Nkrumah made to unify a divided
nation.
I am from the house that opens its arms
wide for all who believe. From the light green
grassy plains of Volta to the clusters pushing by
in Kumasi, I’m from the gentle smile of a
wise long lived long lived man. From the five sharp
points of harmony.
I’m from the nails that were hammered into his
hands and the thrones that were placed on his head.
I am from the blood that was lost on Calvary, but the souls
that were saved all around the world. I am from a home
much bigger than most with blessed old men and joyful
bouncing babies. From the never ending arguments and late
night talks of two sisters, I’m from the pain and hardships
of a survivor, from the willingness and perseverance of a school
teacher. From the funniest times of a light brown eyed lady
and the softness of her well-aged skin. I’m from the years toiled
for equality and the harsh, cruel words of hatred. I’m from his
grace and love that continues to shine me. I’m from those days coming
ahead where I will be with my father eternally.
I’m from these moments that define my being and are the
directions to my soul.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Survey
1. Yes I enjoy English classes, because it gives me a chance to share my opinnions and show my creativity.
2. Journals, Opinnionated essays
3.I like to read book the bible and about other countries and cultures. (fiction mostly)
4. I despise writing research papers and about things that I can't relate to or have no interest in.
5. D
6. I depends. If it's about an interesting topic then yes, but if it's something that's hard for me to relate to then no.
7. I contribute
8. Outside of school I have a job, I go to church related functions, help out around the house, and I hang out with my friends.
9. Over the weekend I went to work from 5:30 to 9:30, I only went from 3 to 7 on Sunday. I started my weekend early, because I only had 1 exam on Thursaday. On Friday I went to work and then to church for an all night. Which is when we do bible studies and dicussions, and pray. On Saturday I went to work then came home and did the laundry. Then on Sunday I went to church. After church on Sunday I went to visit my aunt who just had a baby girl then I left for work again.
10. Not really, it's just that sometimes I can be really lazy and not feel like working, and I have a really bad mouth. I tend to cuss a lot without even noticing, I know its a bad habit and I'm trying to change that. I'm also really loud and I say things sometimes that are mean but not intended to be mean, but besides that I'm okay with anything.
11. Do we have to share all the papers we will right?
2. Journals, Opinnionated essays
3.I like to read book the bible and about other countries and cultures. (fiction mostly)
4. I despise writing research papers and about things that I can't relate to or have no interest in.
5. D
6. I depends. If it's about an interesting topic then yes, but if it's something that's hard for me to relate to then no.
7. I contribute
8. Outside of school I have a job, I go to church related functions, help out around the house, and I hang out with my friends.
9. Over the weekend I went to work from 5:30 to 9:30, I only went from 3 to 7 on Sunday. I started my weekend early, because I only had 1 exam on Thursaday. On Friday I went to work and then to church for an all night. Which is when we do bible studies and dicussions, and pray. On Saturday I went to work then came home and did the laundry. Then on Sunday I went to church. After church on Sunday I went to visit my aunt who just had a baby girl then I left for work again.
10. Not really, it's just that sometimes I can be really lazy and not feel like working, and I have a really bad mouth. I tend to cuss a lot without even noticing, I know its a bad habit and I'm trying to change that. I'm also really loud and I say things sometimes that are mean but not intended to be mean, but besides that I'm okay with anything.
11. Do we have to share all the papers we will right?
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