“Its not like I’m burning the flag. Its just that I don’t want to stand.”
Constitution high. A new school that is all about the government. A school about the LAW. When you think LAW you think liberty, and justice, “equality”. Is this sounding a little familiar to you? Sounds like quotes from the flag salute. I interviewed 10 students to see if they say the words and stand. You wouldn’t believe the results I got from a school that is all about “law“ and government.”
We are united and proud of our country! Are we really? When morning announcements come on, conversations are still being carried between students, teachers checking over students work from yesterday, possibly last week. Students eating breakfast. I never see students stand. Maybe in the beginning of the school year. When the teacher actually made the students stand up. And say, “even if you don’t ant to say the words you still have to stand to show respect.” Now and days I don’t even hear that no more. When I asked 10 students do they stand when its time to pledge 8 said no because their too tired, lazy, its to early to stand, “I just don’t do it because I don’t think we need to stand to show that we respect the flag.” “No sometimes I can’t even hear the morning announcements because the class room be too loud and noisy.” This is a classic because I heard it so many times during interviews.“ No because class is too loud, and the teacher's don’t even stand and the Principal says it too slow." "It’s already to early in the morning to stand and he says it too slow.” One person said yes he do stand and say the Words. “Its only 30 seconds long.” Another person surprised me when he said he as Muslim and doesn’t stand. All though thats not what surprised me. What surprised me was when, I asked him if he wasn't Muslim would he stand? He said "Yes". He’ll stand and say the words. He also said stated that “teachers have the flag tied up like a bandana…” and we don’t even have flagpole!"
As you read this article do this compare to you? Not just to students but teachers and parents when they was in high school? Or maybe when ever you do hear the flag salute do you stand? Do you relate to their comments? That When you don’t stand its because your tired, or feel as though you shouldn’t have to stand to show respect? That you have your on Ways of showing? The flag salute does say… one nation under god, individual for liberty and justice for all. Does it not ? Individual meaning that we are entitled to show respect for the flag in our own way. Thats what these people are doing. Do you think its okay or not?
Monday, March 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The trantition from spring to summer.
2/24/09 RODSHEEA DOMINIQUE THOMAS
Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open.
Liazabeth was in the spring of her life trying to fight it off. Trying so hard to avoid transition into becoming an adult; but that’s the difference between me and Lizabeth I didn’t fight not turning into to an adult, making the transition, or had been forced it just happened. In the story it said that my innocence was taken away and it doesn’t mean that your virginity had to be taken. Agree. It is so true I myself never had sex but at sometimes maturity of adult hood is what ho I feel.
At age 8 my child as coming to a halt. All of a sudden hen ice cream truck comes by I wasnt as excited. Money comes my ay it just wasn’t enough for me any more. I didn’t care for going outside as much all I would say is that “I’ll call you, or see ya at school.” At the age of adult ad lances I would tease teenagers saying why all they do is talk on the phone, they don’t ant to go play outside? how come all they do is is just sleep and don't watch cartoons anymore. Telling myself that, that would never happen to me. Little did I know it as and it did. Have that ever happen to you as a child? Saying, “that will never happen to me I wont allow it!” Exactly hat happened to me things like that just can’t be controlled. But Lizabeth thought that she can’t stop the transitions but she can hold it off a little longer. Not true. The is going to happen whether e can control it or not.
Eyes wide open is hat took part in Liazbeth and Rodsheéa. At certain point it came to our attention that change is coming and you are just going to have to go with the flow. When 9/11 hit. That day is so clear in my mind. My dad came to the school and I was in 3rd grade. He didn’t even check me out. He didn’t stop at the office, nothing. When we got home he turned on the TV and told me look at the news. There were airplane, jets, war trucks, and every other thing that is related in was as a weapon. “Dad I don’t want to see this anymore.” Walk away is what I did just like what Lizabeth did when she just couldn’t stand that her innocence was fading. My brother and I were just playing and even though my mind was off of it. That war just hit me and proved to me even more that life isn’t fun. So why should I have it? From that moment knowing that my days as innocent not knowing or understanding what was happening in this crazy world was coming to an end. No I did not fight it because I was still in my spring time transitioning into my summer. Lizabeths time for her eyes being open to the world was when she saw the beautiful Marigolds in such an ugly environment. When she tore up the flowers not only did she realize that it hurt Ms. Lottie but it was more than looks. It was just apart of a person that didn’t have anything to do with Ms. Lottie trying to look better than everybody else. Just the fact that it was important to her I her life of winter.
Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open. So even though Lizabeth and me took our growing up differently. It’s the fact that we got there and adjusted to it or is still trying. We got there and that doesn’t mean that we don’t can’t never go and visit our spring years. It is just the fact that cannot stay there. Were just like the sun it comes and goes but even when its there some times we don’t shine, or show but were there and different.
p.s i have to go with summer 'cause your treate asa adltbut dont neccairly haveto pay bills and all that. And plus summer is time ismy birth season. 7/8/93
Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open.
Liazabeth was in the spring of her life trying to fight it off. Trying so hard to avoid transition into becoming an adult; but that’s the difference between me and Lizabeth I didn’t fight not turning into to an adult, making the transition, or had been forced it just happened. In the story it said that my innocence was taken away and it doesn’t mean that your virginity had to be taken. Agree. It is so true I myself never had sex but at sometimes maturity of adult hood is what ho I feel.
At age 8 my child as coming to a halt. All of a sudden hen ice cream truck comes by I wasnt as excited. Money comes my ay it just wasn’t enough for me any more. I didn’t care for going outside as much all I would say is that “I’ll call you, or see ya at school.” At the age of adult ad lances I would tease teenagers saying why all they do is talk on the phone, they don’t ant to go play outside? how come all they do is is just sleep and don't watch cartoons anymore. Telling myself that, that would never happen to me. Little did I know it as and it did. Have that ever happen to you as a child? Saying, “that will never happen to me I wont allow it!” Exactly hat happened to me things like that just can’t be controlled. But Lizabeth thought that she can’t stop the transitions but she can hold it off a little longer. Not true. The is going to happen whether e can control it or not.
Eyes wide open is hat took part in Liazbeth and Rodsheéa. At certain point it came to our attention that change is coming and you are just going to have to go with the flow. When 9/11 hit. That day is so clear in my mind. My dad came to the school and I was in 3rd grade. He didn’t even check me out. He didn’t stop at the office, nothing. When we got home he turned on the TV and told me look at the news. There were airplane, jets, war trucks, and every other thing that is related in was as a weapon. “Dad I don’t want to see this anymore.” Walk away is what I did just like what Lizabeth did when she just couldn’t stand that her innocence was fading. My brother and I were just playing and even though my mind was off of it. That war just hit me and proved to me even more that life isn’t fun. So why should I have it? From that moment knowing that my days as innocent not knowing or understanding what was happening in this crazy world was coming to an end. No I did not fight it because I was still in my spring time transitioning into my summer. Lizabeths time for her eyes being open to the world was when she saw the beautiful Marigolds in such an ugly environment. When she tore up the flowers not only did she realize that it hurt Ms. Lottie but it was more than looks. It was just apart of a person that didn’t have anything to do with Ms. Lottie trying to look better than everybody else. Just the fact that it was important to her I her life of winter.
Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open. So even though Lizabeth and me took our growing up differently. It’s the fact that we got there and adjusted to it or is still trying. We got there and that doesn’t mean that we don’t can’t never go and visit our spring years. It is just the fact that cannot stay there. Were just like the sun it comes and goes but even when its there some times we don’t shine, or show but were there and different.
p.s i have to go with summer 'cause your treate asa adltbut dont neccairly haveto pay bills and all that. And plus summer is time ismy birth season. 7/8/93
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
eye
EYE
AM TRIED.
BAGS UNDER MY EYES.BIG AND ROUND.
SORE. MI BODY ACHE CAUSE EYE HAVE 2 GO 2 THE DAMNED PLACE I DO NOT NAME.
MI VOICE IS DRY CAUSE I HAVE 2 SPEAK AT A WRECHED PLACE.
FORCED 2 DO THINGS EYE DONT FEEL LIKE DOING.
MI ARMS ARE DRAGGED 2 PICK UP A PEN 2 WRITE FAKE THOUGHTS ON PAPER.
VOCIE HAS NO HUMAN EMOTION CAUSE IM FORCED TO GIVE THE THE FAKE THOUGHTS ON PAPER A VOCIE.
EYE
AM TRIED.
EYE HATE THIS PLACE. F**K THE PESON WHO CAME UP WITH THIS WRECHED PLACE.
EYE AM TRIED SAME ROUTINE EVERYDAY.
CANT U SEE IT IN MY EYES'!!
!!
^
I HOPE THE PERSON WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THIS DAMN PLACE IS FLIPPING AROUND IN THEIR GRAVE. JUMPING AROUND CAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY DID SOMETHING GOOD. mAYBE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE BUT IT DIDNT DO ME ANY JUSTICE. F**K YOU PERSON. BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO LIKES IT I SAY KUDOS. BUT EYE AM TRIED DANG. WHY CANT YOU ADULTS SEE IT IN MY EYES'?
:(
2/11/09 Rodsheéa Thomas
Harlem/Soweto
Essay
“…You sweat coal we burn steel, you’re locked on lands we’re locked indoors.” In my opinion that is the strongest sentence. That one short sentence right there is perfect! Descriptions’ of all three of my topics. Which are text to world, text to self, and deep (description of struggle.)
Harlem/Soweto by Sayfia Henderson. Great poem! Love it because it relates to the real world. Similes that’s used are good…” we are woven in separable as sky with one sun…” It gets straight to the point that draws the reader into the poem. Language stated in the poem is real …”you say Bantustans we say Harlem, you say Soweto we say Watts.” Quote from Harlem/Soweto, that quote right there is so powerful alone. Just to tell us that we are different by saying a different name. Even though we’re the same because Africans, and African Americans call for a different name but we call for the same reason. Henderson’s poem is poetic, description of Africans, and African Americans and nature are shown clearly through words. Given many details. Harlem/Soweto gives the reader a sense of what Henderson knows in her perspective, which makes it powerful.
A good poem is a better poem. Why? Simply because in most cases it relates to yourself. You! Some of the saying’s in Harlem/Soweto said,”your locked on land and were locked indoors…” powerful and true. Personally I can relate to that saying. People believe that since we have our freedom, they think we’re free. Necessarily we’re not completely free. I too am locked indoors, but I have the freedom to leave without permission. But then again I still need it. Right now all people struggle everyday, every minute, every second. “ finger knotted around one stick I am an African American whose fingers are knotted around a stick. Yours a stick to do labor. Mine stick to write my life away.
At last real life situations, Africans, African Americans struggle, talk about the man. Are all descriptions of struggle …"You sweat coal we burn steel. You’re locked on lands we’re locked indoors.” Quote from Harlem/Soweto my favorite. That quote is so strong and right to the point. Cant you just feel how serious that is. Fact: that we some what over came trouble makes it even better, even though we still have problems. We are still connected.” We are woven inseparable as one sky with one sun one moon one tongue rolled to spit in one eye…” Another quote from Harlem/Soweto. Still trying to fight off the “man”. Even though some think we are free. “You say Bantustans we say Harlem, you say Soweto, we say Watts.”
“…You sweat coal, we burn steel, you’re locked on lands, we’re locked indoors” Start with the greatness must end in greatness. Harlem/Soweto is a great, strong, and powerful. How I can relate to it and it relates to the world, and how descriptive it is. If you don’t like it oh well but keep in mind that they are our ancestors and sacrificed their everything for us.Including their lives.
Harlem/Soweto
Essay
“…You sweat coal we burn steel, you’re locked on lands we’re locked indoors.” In my opinion that is the strongest sentence. That one short sentence right there is perfect! Descriptions’ of all three of my topics. Which are text to world, text to self, and deep (description of struggle.)
Harlem/Soweto by Sayfia Henderson. Great poem! Love it because it relates to the real world. Similes that’s used are good…” we are woven in separable as sky with one sun…” It gets straight to the point that draws the reader into the poem. Language stated in the poem is real …”you say Bantustans we say Harlem, you say Soweto we say Watts.” Quote from Harlem/Soweto, that quote right there is so powerful alone. Just to tell us that we are different by saying a different name. Even though we’re the same because Africans, and African Americans call for a different name but we call for the same reason. Henderson’s poem is poetic, description of Africans, and African Americans and nature are shown clearly through words. Given many details. Harlem/Soweto gives the reader a sense of what Henderson knows in her perspective, which makes it powerful.
A good poem is a better poem. Why? Simply because in most cases it relates to yourself. You! Some of the saying’s in Harlem/Soweto said,”your locked on land and were locked indoors…” powerful and true. Personally I can relate to that saying. People believe that since we have our freedom, they think we’re free. Necessarily we’re not completely free. I too am locked indoors, but I have the freedom to leave without permission. But then again I still need it. Right now all people struggle everyday, every minute, every second. “ finger knotted around one stick I am an African American whose fingers are knotted around a stick. Yours a stick to do labor. Mine stick to write my life away.
At last real life situations, Africans, African Americans struggle, talk about the man. Are all descriptions of struggle …"You sweat coal we burn steel. You’re locked on lands we’re locked indoors.” Quote from Harlem/Soweto my favorite. That quote is so strong and right to the point. Cant you just feel how serious that is. Fact: that we some what over came trouble makes it even better, even though we still have problems. We are still connected.” We are woven inseparable as one sky with one sun one moon one tongue rolled to spit in one eye…” Another quote from Harlem/Soweto. Still trying to fight off the “man”. Even though some think we are free. “You say Bantustans we say Harlem, you say Soweto, we say Watts.”
“…You sweat coal, we burn steel, you’re locked on lands, we’re locked indoors” Start with the greatness must end in greatness. Harlem/Soweto is a great, strong, and powerful. How I can relate to it and it relates to the world, and how descriptive it is. If you don’t like it oh well but keep in mind that they are our ancestors and sacrificed their everything for us.Including their lives.
Monday, January 26, 2009
N.H.D for me was short. My partner and I got things done faster than what my partner from last year did. Probably because we started so late and us rushing cause us to panic because and think that we didn't have enough time which is true.
Silmarie and I got a lot of annotations and we had a lot of pictures and cations to go and bring sense to it.We got a lot of things done in a short period of time. For one when we were suppose to have like 15 Annotations we had like twice the amount that was suppose to be done. Which gave us a good amount of time to not try and rush things. Although we overlooked that the L and I was in Amelia Earhart was in the wrong spot but other than that we got a lot things done before the due date. What I learned from this year isn't different from what I learned last year.
The day of our presentation was a so long. It 1 hour for three judges to look at one board which i don't understand because they all could had split up but they didn't. And we and all the other peolpe who too was waiting was looking unprofessional because we were falling asleep and that made us look bad. Compared to last year I think it went better than this year because unlike this year it was boring. Not our topic but the work shops were fun last year. Now that things were so organized it just made school even more boring.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
9 annotations.
1.The Search for Amelia Earhart: An overview. TIGHAR THE EARHART PROJECT.
U.S Navy had used Earhart's disappearance as an excuse to send aircraft over the Marshall Islands where it was suspected that the Japanese were building military installations in violation of a League of Nationals mandate.Copyright 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
2.The search for Amelia Earhart: An Overview. TIGHAR THE EARHART PROJECT.
U.S Navy had used Earhart's disappearance as an excuse to send aircraft over the Marshall Islands where it was suspected that the Japanese were building military installations in violation of a League of Nationals mandate.Copyright 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
2.The search for Amelia Earhart: An Overview. TIGHAR THE EARHART PROJECT.
The very first theory about what happened to Amelia was conjured by the captain of the coast Guard cutter Itasca which was waiting for her at Howland Island. Commandar Warner k.Thompson decided that she probably ran out of gas shortly after contact was lost and that she had gone down at sea somewhere to the Northwest. He went and looked but found nothing. Copying 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
3.Amelia Earhart's Disappearance. Int. Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery Finds Coast Guard Diary.
3.Amelia Earhart's Disappearance. Int. Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery Finds Coast Guard Diary.
The other major theory about what happened is that when Amelia could not find Howland, she turned her plane north and ended up in the Marshall Islands then held by the Japanese. It was there they say she was held as a prisoner of by war by Japanese and eventually met her death. Apr 2, 2007.
4.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928. The flight was the brainchild of Amy Guest, a wealthy, aristocratic American expatriate living in London. Aware of the huge publicity that would accrue to the first woman to fly the Atlantic, the 55 year old Mrs. Guest had purchased a Fokker F7 trimotor from Commander Richard Byrd, to make the flight herself. Her family objected, and she relented, as long as the "right sort" of woman could make the flight. The "right sort" would take a good picture, be well-educated, and not be a publicity-seeking gold-digger. The Guest family hired George Putnam, a New York publicist who had promoted Lindbergh's book We, to look for a suitable women pilot. He selected the little-known Amelia Earhart, and introduced her as "Lady Lindy". Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
5.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
Her last flightIn 1937 Amelia Earhart attempted an around-the-world flight. Flying a custom-built Lockheed Model 10E Electra, equipped with extra-large gas tanks, shewould follow a'close to the Equator' route, thus going one better than Wiley Post's northern, mid-latitude route route. In her first effort, in March of 1937, she flew west, but a crash in Hawaii abrubtly ended that trip.Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
6.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart-A timeline.
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart to George Putnam, 1935".The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
7.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1917 Volunteers as a nurse at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto, Canada, for the "walking wounded" of World War One.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
8.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1933Participates in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBreaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds Wins the Harmon Trophy.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07.
9.Amelia Earhart's Last Flight.Unknown.
Conspiracy Theories AppearShortly after the end of the war Jacqueline Cochran, a pilot and friend of Earhart, traveled to Japan to investigate the role of Japanese women in the hostilities. While there she claimed she'd discovered several files on Earhart which later disappeared. Later, in 1965, retired Air Force Major Joseph Gervias came to the conclusion that Cochran had actually discovered Earhart herself and smuggled her back into the U.S.. There Earhart set up residence in New Jersey under a new name. The woman he named as Earhart denied Gervias' assertions.Copyright Lee Krystek 1999. All Rights Reserved.
She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic on June 18-19, 1928. The flight was the brainchild of Amy Guest, a wealthy, aristocratic American expatriate living in London. Aware of the huge publicity that would accrue to the first woman to fly the Atlantic, the 55 year old Mrs. Guest had purchased a Fokker F7 trimotor from Commander Richard Byrd, to make the flight herself. Her family objected, and she relented, as long as the "right sort" of woman could make the flight. The "right sort" would take a good picture, be well-educated, and not be a publicity-seeking gold-digger. The Guest family hired George Putnam, a New York publicist who had promoted Lindbergh's book We, to look for a suitable women pilot. He selected the little-known Amelia Earhart, and introduced her as "Lady Lindy". Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
5.Pioneering Woman Aviator, Lost on Flight over the Pacific.
Her last flightIn 1937 Amelia Earhart attempted an around-the-world flight. Flying a custom-built Lockheed Model 10E Electra, equipped with extra-large gas tanks, shewould follow a'close to the Equator' route, thus going one better than Wiley Post's northern, mid-latitude route route. In her first effort, in March of 1937, she flew west, but a crash in Hawaii abrubtly ended that trip.Copyright 2008, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
6.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart-A timeline.
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart to George Putnam, 1935".The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
7.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1917 Volunteers as a nurse at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto, Canada, for the "walking wounded" of World War One.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07
8.The Ninety-Nines. Amelia Earhart- A Timeline.
1933Participates in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, CaliforniaBreaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds Wins the Harmon Trophy.The Ninety-Nines, Inc. ©1996-2007 All Rights Reserved
Updated 7/18/07.
9.Amelia Earhart's Last Flight.Unknown.
Conspiracy Theories AppearShortly after the end of the war Jacqueline Cochran, a pilot and friend of Earhart, traveled to Japan to investigate the role of Japanese women in the hostilities. While there she claimed she'd discovered several files on Earhart which later disappeared. Later, in 1965, retired Air Force Major Joseph Gervias came to the conclusion that Cochran had actually discovered Earhart herself and smuggled her back into the U.S.. There Earhart set up residence in New Jersey under a new name. The woman he named as Earhart denied Gervias' assertions.Copyright Lee Krystek 1999. All Rights Reserved.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
THESIS STATEMENT/ THIRD ANNOTATION
There are many different theories on why Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific ocean... but me and my partner are going to figure out which theory sounds more reasonable.
Many people from 1939-through today are still pointing out their views on how they think Amelia Earhart disappeared... What my partner and I are going to find out which theory sounds more realistic or in which the U.S.A was going through at that time to see if it links back or has something to do with Amelia's disappearance.
The search for Amelia Earhart: An Overview. TIGHAR THE EARHART PROJECT.
U.S Navy had used Earhart's disappearance as an excuse to send aircraft over the Marshall Islands where it was suspected that the Japanese were building military installations in violation of a League of Nations mandate. Copyright 1998-2004 by TIGHAR.
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