Semester Reflection Part 2

Besides grades, the thing that motivates me to work hard in school is the accomplishment oh just being able to say that I completed high school. Not a lot of people get to say they graduated from high school.

I care about my future, but lately I've been lacking to show that I do care. What I'm going to do about it is Force myself from things that distract me, and listen to music so that I won't get easily distracted.

The greatest challenge my generation is facing is if we can save the world and /or change the world. Meaning that my generation would have to go green to help restore the Earth back to a beautiful place to live. The necessary thing to do would be to continue to make user friendly, Earth friendly, solar powered, and bio-degradable materials that aren't harmful to the Planet Earth

A quality in a classmate that I would like to take on is having the ability to write very well. I know in the future that I will have to write essays and exam papers, so having the ability to write very well is something I would like to have.

Semester Reflections Part 1

I think the most valuable mistake I made was during the process of Media Saves the Beach (MSB). I kept getting hints from the teacher on how I should be helping others with their videos, or have people critique my script, and I wouldn't catch the hints that I should be working on the video because time is running out. I wish I would've caught the hints early so I would've done a better documentary video.

The project most valuable to me was Ampersand. I learned that Ampersand was reflected your experiences in the real world and how you viewed them. I learned that there are people in high places that really like the book Ampersand. I also learned that at in my article, I've grown as a writer.

I've learned that I work best when I'm doing work while listening to music. I've never gotten work done like I do when I'm listening to music. It blocks out all other conversations noises and distractions the could possibly slow me down.

Historical Reflections

If I were to bring someone to college, it would be Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). I would bring him with me because of how much he used the Big Stick Diplomacy towards other people. It was a threat it was just a reminder to let people know that if you don't cooperate, I can't stop these people from responding. Whenever I needed help he would come to my support. For example, if i got a "C" on a quiz, I would use him as the Big Stick Diplomacy and say I don't think giving me such a grade is a good idea.

Literary Reflections...

If there was one character I had to bring with me on to college it would be a Tralfmadorian. I would bring them with me because they have the ability to see into the future. On campus, they would be the counselors. I believe they would be great counselors because of how they could look into the future, and see the outcome of people lives. In Slaughterhouse Five, it seems that they work from the end of your life to the beginning. So since they work backwards, and you go from beginning to end, they already know the consequence of everything you do. I want to bring this character because they could help me make tough decisions. Even though they know the consequence of everything you do, I wouldn't want them to make the decisions for me because they are some decisions I would like to make on my own, so I could learn things in life and be a lot more wise as I get to my elderly days. I like the way they look at our human lives because they see it as us trapped in amber and this refers to the quote wen Billy Pilgrim is actually trpped in amber like a bug...

Post Trial Refection

1. The prosecution's argument was that the bill was going against a federal law which no state can do. they said that this bill will include racial profiling. They are also saying that its more important that innocent people are protected than guilty people are punished. they argued that not all illegal immigrants are committing crimes, that some are just looking for jobs. Just because a bill is popular, doesn't make it morally correct. Arizona has overlooked the federal law. They referred back to the constitution saying that everyone has natural rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Prosecution witnesses were : John Adams, James Madison, Raul Grijalva

2. The Defendants argument was that the bill was going to be a helpful thing for the illegal immigrants. That it could potentially save them from dangerous temperatures and other things that could fatally injure them. That immigration needs to be adressed

Defense witnesses-

- Jan Brewer

- Russel Pierce

- Robert Watchorne

3. The most significance piece of evidence was about how the police could arrest a person because the person looks like "they are thinking about a crime" and how that was racial profiling.

4. That you can't just arrest a person or an illegal immigrant unless they committed a crime, and if the only crime they committed was existing then you can't arrest them or anything because that would be racial profiling which is also against the law.

5. Well, at first I was apart of the jury and I do believe they violated the spirit of the United States' immigrant history through AZ SB1070 and HB2162. I agree with the jury because I was part of the jury and also because they were going against a federal law. Which a law clearly states that a state law cannot override a federal law.

I think I deserve a 47 out of 50 points because during the Mock Trial Court session I was neutral. I was biased to either side, because I honestly knew that I was going to learn a lot more than what I already knew. I took lots of notes, I payed close attention to what witnesses were saying. I was a help rather than a distraction. But, towards the end of the court session, I began to notice that I started to lean to one side because I felt that one side was giving more evidence, making more sense, and got the opponents witnesses to break down and agree with them. As a result I do agree with the jury's verdict.

WW2 Letters

1. I'm a soldier at Iwo Jima. I decided to be a soldier on Iwo Jima because of the t.v. show NCIS. The way they showed the emotions of this certain soldier was inspiring to me. Also, because of how interesting they portrayed a certain part of the war/battle.

2. The Battle of Iwo Jima began February 19, 1945 and ended March 25, 1945.

- The U.S. invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the two airfields on Iwo Jima. The battle produced some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

- Kuribayashi also received a handful of kamikaze pilots used against the American fleet. Three hundred American navy sailors were killed by kamikazes throughout the battle.

- Controversially, the U.S. Navy only provided three days of bombardment, rather than ten requested by the Marines.

SITES:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWjima.htm

http://www.reznetnews.org/article/mont-iwo-jima-soldier-honored-65-years-later-43620

Semester DOS, Blog #15

*Technology:

The technology interested me the most because of how they made the nuclear bomb, and what massive damage it had on the countries it bombed. Also, because I'm into war games. I know about the Mustard Gas and how it was undetectable in the air and it would cause severe deforming to the skin and even when you breathed it in I believe. I want to learn more about the different other bombs than the Mustard Gas, H bomb, nuclear bomb, and the atomic bomb I think?