Free write

                                                                 Free write
A few years ago my old truck broke down. Recently we bought a new one. The truck that we bought was the same as our old one but a newer model. Last week our new truck broke down. I think that it has something to do with the starter. the reason I think it's the starter is because it doesn't start. It started one time but the engine got flooded. just a few month ago we had to replace the tires. This car takes a lot of maintenance. I have to walk home from school everyday know. 

Final thoughts on Martin Luther King

                                                Final thought on Martin Luther King
I think that Martin Luther king accomplished a lot. I know know that he said the most of the Dream speech without any paper. I learned that he organized a bunch of non-violent protests. Martin Luther was against all violence. I learned that martin Luther king was always in fear of being assassinated. I learned that many people didn't like him. J. Edgar hoover was always stalking Martin Luther King. I learned that the president supported Martin Luther king. I learned that Martin Luther King was assassinated just outside of his hotel room.

First thoughts on Martin Luther king

                                                              Martin Luther King
I know that he like a long time ago like fifty years ago. I know that he was African American. I know that he was part of the civil rights movement. I also know that he was assassinated. 

Reading response november #3

                                                              Into thin Air--12/20/13(50)

 I read a lot of history about Mount Everest more than I ever thought possible. But, it was interesting to read how a well plan expedition with expert guides run into trouble so easily. Climber Jon Krakauer and a group people were at the top of the mountain; Jon Krakauer had reached the summit and was descending, and others were on their way to reach the summit. During their climb, they got separated from their guides. Krakauer, his guide, and another climber ran out of oxygen and all were caught in a sudden blizzard, in which several climbers died. Some of Krakauer’s friends died, including his guide Rob Hall. I think this disaster could have been avoided if the climbers had turned back when they knew it was getting late. Two o’clock was the time they needed to turn back, no matter where they were. But being so close to the summit, and having invested so much money and time, and having already endured so much hardship, it seemed logical to them to push forward.  They were the type of people willing to take extreme risks, and so some paid with their lives. Was it worth it? Maybe it was for some of them, like Doug Hansen, who was a postal worker and held two jobs to pay for his dream of reaching the summit of Mount Everest. It might’ve been worth it for guide Rob Hall as well, who was getting paid. For him it was a job, just like it was for the sherpas. Even though some people think it is safe to climb Mount Everest because of technology, the climb is still high-risk because of extreme and unpredictable weather.

Reading response november #2

                                                                      Into Thin Air--12/10/13(50)

This week I have been reading “Into thin Air”  I read more about the expedition to Mount Everest, during this expedition, Krakauer studied what made people take so much risk to climb to the summit. He also saw how much money people were willing to spend and how much hardships people like him were willing to endure to make it to the summit. Mount Everest has a harsh environment. It is mostly covered with ice and snow. At high altitudes there are strong winds and very little oxygen to breathe. It is extremely cold; at the summit; and can drop to-76°. The Climbing conditions are very dangerous, slippery ice, cliffs, and crevasses can make the trail deadly.  As if climbing a tall, snowy and icy mountain wasn’t dangerous enough, people got sick. Krakauer developed a cough that became a constant source of pain. Later, he also developed a migraine headache that had to be treated with medication.  I also read that Mount Everest is part of the Himalaya mountain range between the Asian continent and the Indian subcontinent. Mount Everest has the highest elevation on earth at 29,035 feet above sea level. Mount Everest is a part of two nations: China and Nepal. This region is home to the Sherpa people; they speak Sherpa and Nepali. Sherpa people of Nepal help mountain climbers get to the summit of Mount Everest, and many have died doing this. With the improvement in climbing technology many more people are joining expeditions to get to the summit. But still, because of unpredictable weather, people die and they are left in the mountain because it’s very expensive to bring bodies down of the mountains in helicopters.

Reading response november #1

                                                            Into Thin Air--11/1/13(130)

I started reading the book “Into Thin Air”. I read about Krakauer  going to a Mount Everest climbing expedition that started out with great excitement and expectations but turned out to be one of the worst disasters the mountain had ever seen. Jon Krakauer planned to go to base camp and write an article for a sports magazine. The article was going to be about the commercialization of sherpas taking tourists to the top of the mountain. Instead, he decided to climb the mountain himself, and his story turned out to be of a group of climbers whose goal was to make it safely to the summit of Mount Everest and back. The group of climbers was divided into different companies with different guides. Some of the climbers and guides were experienced and well prepared for the challenge, but others were not ready for the dangers that they would soon face. Some of them were older; one was a 47 year old woman. Krakauer was an experienced climber himself, but since he hadn’t climbed at high altitudes, he hired the best guide in the world, Rob Hall, to take him to the highest mountain in the world. Krakauer achieves his childhood dream of making it to the summit of Mount Everest. But on his way back down the mountain, the narrow trail was crowded by other climbers who were barely going up to the summit. The crowds delayed some climbers on their way, and to make things worse, a strong storm moved in as well, making many people lose their way and their lives.

Reading response december #2

                                                          Ender Game--12/11/13(150)

This week I read about how Graf tells Ender that he is the smartest of all the kids on the launch and it make the other kids not like ender. Once they get into the battle school in space he finds out that he is the youngest. Other kids are still trying to pick on him. He breaks into message system and makes fun of the leader of the bully kids. The kid get introduce to the null gravity battle room. They are clumsy in the room but they enjoy it. They realize that they need to push off of objects to get around. In the battle room they divide into groups to fight with laser guns that freeze them. Ender is assigned to a group called salamander. The commander of the salamander group is named Bonzo. Bonzo is mean to Ender and thinks that he is just going to interfere with his team.  Ender is smart and helps them win even though they don’t want him to help. Bonzo told Ender not to join the battle but Ender did anyway and they won. Bonzo wants beat him up.  Later Ender plays a game on his desk device and in the game he is a rat and there is a giant. He kills the giant in the game. A bunch of mice make a house out of the giant. Then the rats turn into wolfs with children’s faces and they want to attack Ender. The game is connected to Ender’s mind.

Reading response December #1

                                                    Ender's Game--12/3/13(95 pages read)

I just started reading Ender's Game. This book is about a boy named Ender Wiggin who is about six years old and is in a military like school.  One day Ender gets his monitor taken off. The monitor is a device installed in the back of his neck that monitors everything about him. The monitors know what he feels, sees and hears. One day they take off his monitor. The older boys decide that they want to beat him up because his monitor is gone and there is no one to help him. The older boys call him names and start to push him around then they held him. Ender pointed out how it took a whole bunch of them to beat him up.  They let go of Ender. As soon as they let go he kicks the leader and kills him. He threatened the other kids that if they try to beat him up he would do the same to them. In the next chapters Ender goes home and believes that he failed school because they took his monitor off. Everybody thinks that Ender failed. His brother peter makes fun of him because he is a third child and is useless. Peter is mean to Ender and tortures him physically and mentally. Enders sister valentine is nice to Ender. While they are having a family dinner General Graf comes to the house to take Ender to battle school in space. Ender family at first thinks that Ender is in trouble for beating up the kid. Ender said that he wanted to all the next fights not just that one.

Free Write

                                                                      Free Write
In  woods class I am making a guitar. I started at the beginning of the year. I wanted to make the guitar look really nice. I wanted it to look like a professional guitar that someone would buy at a guitar store. I am already finished with it but I haven't taken It to be graded yet. When I was making it I decided to paint it blue. I bought some paints on the Internet and they took two weeks to arrive. I was worried that I wouldn't have enough time to build it. Once I got the paints it took me four weeks just to get the 10 coats of paint because I had to paint it then wait a week the sand it and then put the next coat on. I finish a few days ago and now I am going to go and get it turned in.

Current Event 2

                                                              Current Event
 A few days ago the government shutdown. The government shutdown because they could not agree on a debt sealing deal. Some people in the government want the debt sealing to be raised so that they can spend more money in the government. Other people don't want to raise the debt sealing because they say that the government is spending more money than they collect from taxes, so the more they spend the more they will raised the taxes. The president ordered to close all the national parks so people would be inconvenienced.

Current event

                                       Current event

Recently the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy. It is the largest city to ever file for bankruptcy in the United States. Promise that were made to city worker can be kept because the city doesn't have enough money. The city of Detroit is more than eighteen billion dollars in debt. People who call the police in Detroit have to wait at least 50 minutes before they might show up. People checks will be cut and they aren't happy about it. Some people are willing to give some of their money if the city will improve their service like the police, the ambulances, the lights, and others.  Detroit used to be one of the most wealthy cities in the world but not any more.

Vocabulary 3

                                        Vocabulary December 5

word   my definition                                                   Actual definition
romping- to look                                                        To play rudely
intuition- gut feeling                                                     Direct perception truth
methodical- organized                                                 Acting in a systematic way
deliberately- on purpose                                              Purposeful
peg- to stick                                                                To drive or insert a peg into
fringe-weird                                                                 Border

Vocabulary 2

                                        Vocabulary Nov 11
word   my definition                                                   actual definition
afeard- To get scared                                                  Afraid
reaffirm- renew                                                           To affirm again
rekindle- firewood                                                      To kindle again
prompt- to call                                                            Ready and quick to at as occasion demands
quell- ease                                                                  To die                                                          
assess- to test                                                             To evaluate

Thoughts on courage

                                Thoughts On Courage

I think that courage is hard to get. I think that everyone can have courage but don't show it. Courage is the opposite of cowardliness. Courage is not just about being brave it's about knowing when to be brave and when not to be. I think that courage is also about not being scared to do the right thing. Courage is also about standing up for the right thing.

12 responses to prejudice/racism

                                 prejudice/racism

1. I think that most people who are racist are not good people because they judge people to fast
2. I think that racism is a touchy subject but I think that we should discuss  It anyway.
3. I think that racism still exist today but is not as common as before. People don't openly say that they are racist but they really are.
4. I think that I can teach my future children to not judge other people and that way they won't be affected by racism


5. I think that racism not only affects the person it is use against but also people around them. I think it also affects the person who is being racist.
6. I think that most minorities are better off than they were 50 years ago because most people are racist these days.
7. I think that prejudice is a little less than it was 50 years ago.
8 I don't think that people in Utah receive the same justice in court as people in Florida. I think that not all states are the same when in comes to justice


9. I think that prejudice can be invisible because most people today don't show that they are prejudice.
10. I have never been to Asia or Africa but I sure some people there are prejudice
11. I think that prejudice is just another word for racism. I think that racism and prejudice are very similar.
12. I don't think that they should have banned the book because people need to know the truth about racism.

Childhood Memory

                                    Childhood Memory

I remember when I was little I was riding my bike and I rode by to a retaining wall next to my house. I remember that I fell of the retaining wall all the way down the hill to my neighbors yard. I remember that one of my neighbors found me a few minutes later. I had to go to the doctors office. I didn't break anything but I had a lot of cuts and bruises. It hurt and was pretty scary. I never rode my bike near that retaining wall again.

Civilized

                                           CIVILIZED

I think to be civilized means to know how other people feel. I think that killing people for fun is not civilized. I think that working together with other people is civilized. For example most wild animals are not civilized because they kill other animals.

Bucket list

                                                     BUCKET LIST
One of the things in my bucket list is to fly a stunt plane. I would like to fly to fly a stunt plane because I have flown remote control airplanes and I think that they would be very similar to fly. Plus I like airplanes and I have haven't flown one yet. I also think it be a cool thing to do for a bucket list. I think that I could fly but I can't that would be okay because it's my bucket list.

Sibling rivalry

                                                            SIBLINGS
I am the youngest in my family, My oldest brother is twenty seven yours old. My youngest sibling is 17 years old. None of my siblings are mean to me. I not usually mean to them either. I think that they are to old to pick on me. My sister is the only person who is unkind to me sometimes.

Pride



                                                                     PRIDE
I think that pride could be a good thing or a bad thing. Pride is a bad thing when your proud of yourself and look down on other people. Having pride about your possessions is also a bad thing. I think a little pride is good thing your proud of someone else. Having a lot of pride is never good. So pride is both a good thing and a bad thing.