Thankful for a Classmate

I am thankful for many people in the class. There are those I talk to those I know and those where I don't know their last names. I also thank the freshman for being as talkative as they are so that we the people on the side closest to the door can just chill.
I am thankful for one main person in that class and it is Jaleel. I have probably asked him what the homework was like 50 times. Even though that's way too exaggerated, but he has also helped me in the work we have done in that class. I sometimes don't understand the chapter, questions, etc. that we did or were doing at that time. He explains what it means or is happening. I guess it is mainly because I understand his way of explaining things. I have that effect on others as well. The teacher has said something and classmates ask what do we do? and I simply explain. Most of the time I don't understand either, but there is always someone I know that can help with that.
I have a person like Jaleel almost in every class. Even if I don't need help or anything that person exist. Jaleel is also pretty cool and we kind of like and dislike many of the same things. I don't really hang around with him, but I can tell that it wouldn't be boring. For some reason or the other, the people that help me are usually the ones I talk to in the beginning of the year. I guess it is my way to spot those that can help me through out the year.

I Am a Plow

I am a plow. I don't know the exact meaning of plow other than the noun one so I'm going to go find it. Wait here I'll be right back.
Plow- verb: to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often fol. by up ): The tractor plowed up an acre of trees.
Alright, now that that is straightened out. I do think I am a plow. I TEAR most things I do. I grab my homework and tear it up. Not really. I can plow through many things especially if that's my goal. I might be small, but I can make a difference. I am great at almost 100% of everything I do. I usually do good in sports. I am a beast at video games. I haven't been anywhere close to failing in school. I also don't lose at much, however, I know how to lose and I can accept it without shame. I usually do well in many of my goals. If I don't accomplish one of my goals it is because even I knew that it was kind of impossible to do it. I think what helps me a lot in many things is my organization. I am organized in every part of my life. My time, schoolwork, house chores, etc. all of these and others have organization. I still know that I'm not perfect and not even close, but hey no one is.

A Direction The Class Needs...?

Our 3rd period American Literature class seems to have no big problems with anything. I like this class because of the humor and what we do in there isn't really just busy work, except for the journal, but journals, for some reason I like doing. The only problem when the class starts is that there's always a conversation between like 3 or 4 people that make everyone want to talk among themselves. I think the only reason that problem exist is because it is the beginning of the day and everyone wants to ask or tell what happened this other day.
I wouldn't recommend Mr. McCarthy to make a change in the class because I wouldn't know what to recommend to him. I think he rules over the class easily and we haven't even seen his bad side. I think.:) He can easily just say our names and that's the end of it. I also don't think anybody is scared of him, however, they still respect him for being like that.
The class needs to maintain it's sense of humor. There is another problem with the doing of blogs and some homework. I think many people forget what it is. There should be like a little whiteboard with that night's homework on it. That would help lots of us, other than that I think the class couldn't be any better. Also the amount of work we do out of the textbook and in the textbook is a swell amount. Like it isn't so much out of the textbook, which is heavy, and it gets annoying to have to take home. I don't get how we fell behind in the House of the Seven Gables questions, but it doesn't matter.
P.S who, from the people that know me well, can picture me saying swell?... Right?

Modern Slavery

Slavery is owning another human that does some form of labor. There is many smaller interpretations of slavery. People joke around when someone asks them to do something and reply with, "What do I look like, your Slave?" Modern slavery is thought not to exist, that's what people think. There is modern slavery, kids are forced to work in Africa, women are used as prostitutes in Europe, men are forced to work on Brazilian farms. All around the world there is slavery.
There is slavery in many homes, where kids are forced to do a lot more than a kid should do. Also between the kids themselves, the bigger one usually makes other younger ones do something for them. Slavery is against the law, but the slavery spoken of is that one can not own another human being.
There is still many places with Child trafficking, as in kidnapping a kid and selling him or her to someone in some other place far away. They are usually forced to do labor in the house, but sometimes the cases are worse. There is a big problem like this in the United Arab Emirates. In Africa this also occurs, but even men and women are sold.
We Americans think it doesn't exist because we don't have a problem like this. However, that is just in the U.S. Immigrants are usually taken advantage of. Since all they are trying to do is get to the U.S, the people that get them here can help them by getting them here, but they can betray them as well. Those people are usually not smart enough or brave enough to stand up to them and they live that way. Slavery is still a problem. It might not be as big as in Ancient times, but it's still here..

The Actual House of the Seven Gables...

The Actual House of the Seven Gables is a mansion located in Salem, Massachusetts. It is said to be haunted. The tale behind the house's is an accusation of witchcraft. The first owner of the house accused a man of witchcraft and that man put a curse on him. Later at the house the accuser died of sudden death, it is a mystery how he died.
The people that owned the house were the Pyncheons. Once Colonel Pyncheon died, Mrs. Hepzibah Pyncheon,his wife, was the owner. They were first known because of the ranks they held in the town. After Maule was hanged, or whatever way he was sentenced to death, for witchcraft that he never committed, the Pyncheons were known for an evil accusation.
Colonel Pyncheon had accused Maule of witchcraft just so that the land would of had to be put up of for sale. Then he would buy it, it was a greedy and really inhumane thing to do. I would never kill anyone even for like a million dollars..Maybe a million and one dollars, but still noo. Maule was well known and very respected so it was a strange thing once he died. So of course people noticed why Colonel Pyncheon accused him for it. The towns people lost respect for him and for the rest of the Pyncheons.
The family was however cursed so there was some type of revenge. It was said to be haunted for 200 hundred years. The people who bought the house also were disliked and frowned upon for not returning the property. They never did the right thing. The house is a huge mansion that still stands today. It is now some kind of museum. I'd like to go as a field trip..:) However it's kind of far and probably "costy" so never mind. Still it would be fun!!

The Moment I Knew I Was An American

I think I first realized I was an American in 3rd grade. That was my first year taking the ISAT and I had to fill out all of these questions. It asked me for my ethnicity. My teacher told me to bubble in Latino. She said even though i was filling in Latino, I was still an American since I was born in the U.S. I guessed that it depended on our parents and where they came from.
Many people think that to be an American you need to have citizenship. I think this isn't true. If someone has lived here for their whole lives except for when they were born they should be considered an American. If someone was born somewhere else and lived in America for his or her whole life and went back to their homeland people will doubt that they are from there because of how Americanized they look and act.
I also never thought of myself as a true American because the definition to what an American is varies in many different ways. I don't believe that where you were born matters, you were raised in America and it makes no difference whatsoever. The only difference is how you look, but those are just your genes so I don't get that whole, legal-illegal stuff. I guess I never really cared about where people were born.

Us vs. Them...Us and Them

Us vs. Them. Or is it us and them? This to me means us the people and them the law. We are the ones with the less power, but together we are stronger then them. They think they can do whatever they want, but time isn't like it was back then and in ancient times. All we have to do is get enough people on our side and we win any battle and argument.
In the Crucible, things didn't work out because there wasn't enough people helping because many were afraid. The bad thing is that it would have been hard to do anything because they had limited time. If the "people with the power" gave them more time then maybe something different would be the result.
The killing in this book is so quickly decided. It is like,"You did what?" "You shall be hanged!" There is almost nothing that can stop it. If there is no proof you die. They say God says to do good and you will not be killed, however, I say God gave us a mouth to talk about what really happened and is it right for that person to be hanged or not. If I lived in Salem I would smack someone for being so dumb. They don't think right, yet again they weren't taught any better.
Without talking things through people do not solve anything. This is one of the reasons why most marriages don't last. Communication is very important and it has been for thousands of years. Also it makes life fun.If not you decide.............................................fun?..........I think not.