30 Days_Jail

In this 30 day episode we got to experience watching a man go through 25 days of jail. I was very interested in this film. To be able to see the people that want to change that are in jail, and those who dont care. I never expected to see the change in people. Morgan, the man who went to jail, got to see how jail was. Being able to see inmates and their stories helped him to see their lives and trials differently. Instead of just punks that are dumb and deserve to be in jail, they were able to see each story.
I was very sad to see that the people Morgan got to know that wanted to change ended up back in jail. Seeing them I thought they wanted to change and their stories ended differently then I expected. To see each prisoner interested me and allowed me to see each side of the story. I got to see that, they are addicted to drugs, addicted to theft and other crimes. I hope that they see a change in themselves and find a way to get released and turn their lives around.

Assembly

I did not attend the assembly today because I was at Seminary.

Info on Sea Turtles

Sea turtles are reptiles that live in a marine or brackish environment. The flippers of sea turtles are long and paddle-like, making them excellent for swimming but poor for walking on land.http://marinelife.about.com/od/marinelife101/p/seaturtles.htm
*****I found this information very applicable to our project. I never knew that turtles had a hard time walking, I thought they just had too big of a shell for their body. This information is allowing me to learn interesting new info.

Doing this project we have decided to focus on certain turtles and their characteristics. Comparing different species of turtles will allow us to see different characteristics of each. 

12-1-10

Today is my first day back from being sick. I was gone two days and I am working on catching up with the work I missed. I was able to get caught up on a few things on the posts. I still have a little work to do but I will be able to catch up soon enough.

Comment Respond

We would like to resource about, the environment, how they survive,how many species, and why they are becoming an endangered species. In the time period that we have, as a group we would like to learn all we can about our specific topics. Starting with the topic that we think is the most important about sea turtles. Learning in a quiet environment helps me concentrate. While working with a partner helps me learn more because we can combined all of our ideas, and brain storm better. This has been proven so far in our research. We have worked well together and both came up with different ideas that came together. We can possibly improve by combining our thoughts a little bit better.

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely

SMART Goals Worksheet

Draft Goal:

 Our goal is to learn more about the species of sea turtles.

                                                                         Answers at time of development                           6 Month Update

Specific What is the desired result? (who, what, when, why, how)	Who: To learn about Sea Turtles What: Sea Turtles when: By the period that this project is due, preferably earlier than the due date. Why: To learn about why the turtles are going extinct as well as their everyday life. How:By the Internet and books
Measurable How can you quantify (numerically or descriptively) completion? How can you measure progress?	Completing this project will probably take us the time period of  6 weeks. We can measure progress by collecting all of our data and looking over it everyday.
Achievable What skills are needed? What resources are necessary? How does the environment impact goal achievement? Does the goal require the right amount of effort?	Skills: Patience and computer knowledge Resources: Computers, and books Environment: We must be in a learning environment. Goal: Yes
Relevant Is the goal in alignment with the overall mission or strategy?	Yes it is because it is a cool subject and I want to learn about it.
Time-bound What is the deadline? Is the deadline realistic?	Deadline: Is in about 6 weeks Yes it is because its not too long or too short and gives us enough time to work.

Final Goal:

To learn and to give us experience on new subjects and goal setting.

Sea Turtles

1. What is it that you want to learn?

***Sea Turtles
2. Why do you want to learn about this topic?

***They are endangered species
3. What language arts skills can you work on when learning about this topic?

***In depth Learning about topic we are interested in
4. How are you going to learn about it?

***Websites and Books
5. How will you know whether you learned it or not?

***I will gain a better knowledge and understand turtles more
6. What role should I play in helping you learn?
***Giving us a lot of time to research

A new direction

In school we learn what are forced to learn, not what we WANT  to learn. We spend our days in school learning about things that will most likely pertain to our future lives. As a high school student I think that we should start school at nine o'clock, and end at two. In that period of time we have the choice to go to the classes we want to learn about. For example, we have the opportunity to go to English for an hour, art for an hour and math for an hour. Education is turning into something that generations are not interested in.

School has turned into an undesirable and has failed to interest many students. In math class we are learning about a 3 equation thing that i know we will not use in our future. As a student I am aware of the things happening around me in my education. My parents have also noticed how much schools have changed. School has become something no one wants to participate in.

Story Behind a picture

A women is deep in thought. Thinking of the days of happiness and free from worries. All that freedom was lost in about a day. So much pressure of finding her way back to joy and starting a new life. Going through memories and thinking of the blessings she once had, and know are lost. Lost in time, lost in thought, lost in The Great Depression.  

Not playing, but reading. Deep in the books, some of their only possessions they have. Their lives changing from day to day and their child-life is quickly fading. Responsibilities are rising and days of play are over. Being a child in the Great Depression, is short. As they quickly move on into adulthood.   

Chapter 5

While reading chapter five we are introduced to new characters and challenges. The two characters introduced are a farmer and a tracker driver. The tractor driver is arrogant and selfish. He is in it for the money and for the wordily benefits. The challenges that are faced are that poverty and lack of funds are presented. Kids are starved and in ragged clothes. People are getting more and more selfish as the book goes on. Some characters keep their moral standards high, but others have dropped every chapter of the book.

Tyler Clementi

In the distant past, a college student committed suicide.  He was caught in a sex scandal and jumped off a bridge. He was a violinist at Rutgers University college is North Carolina. He committed suicide later on after the video was advertised. Tyler's roommate misused technology for bad and suffered big consequences. You really need to think before you use the Internet,cause you may never know the consequences .

Chapter 4

In chapter 4 it describes two different characters, Tom and Casy. Tom is kind of a oblivious man and was talking to Casy about his life in prison. He was put into jail because he was drunk, everything went wrong and he killed a man. It doesn't give a whole lot of information about that night, so it might pop back up later on in the story twisted around.
Casy was a preacher until he made bad choices. As a preacher he did somethings with three girls that was manipulative and wrong. He used his power for wrong and so he stopped preaching.

Turtles

In chapter 3 it talks about a turtle trying to cross a highway. The turtle was having a hard time but made it. I think the turtle symbolizes life. We have trials in our lives and we can get through them with perseverance. When we fail we need to get back up and try again and again. When we succeed in our trials our life will be worth the trip, just like the turtle crossing the road.

The Grapes Of Wrath

 The novel that we are beginning is "The Grapes Of Wrath". The book takes place during the Great Depression. A Family is going through the depression and the hardships of living through it. The Families head and also the main character is a man named Tom Joad.
The Author of this novel used this phrase from the hymn "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic",
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on
A review about this book is that,"I can't remember the last time I was moved so profoundly by a work of fiction. I finished the book two weeks ago and have not been able to stop talking or thinking about it. Read this book. It will truly change the way you view the world."

My Thoughts.

Listening to the poem about the murders kinda upset me. I had no idea this was going on. I know the women who recited the poem had deep feelings about this matter. It is a very serious matter to her and to me.  She made very good points that we are separated but not far apart. We are so close to all these murders, who knows they could move up into the United States. We need to take this seriously and save many lives in the process.

Creating a iGoogle account: I may not use my account very often but it was good for me to be informed about it. Creating the account was fun because I got to make it my own and personalize it. I also like that it will be easier to be informed about the things going on because I probably wont look things up but when the pop up I get interested. So, iGoogle will help me stay connected.

Inspirations

I have two things that inspire me. The two things that inspire me are dance and music. When I see dancers perform all different kinds of dance i feel inspired to pursue my dance career.  Also music is a big inspiration to me. Just listening to the music and lyrics helps calm me and helps me relate the lyrics to my life. I have a strong passion for both music and dancing and they are my inspiration.

Mosque

My opinion on the Mosque is that it should not be built. We all remember 9/11 and how much it effected our country. When building this church we are not necessarily respecting any one effected by 9/11. While learning about this it has really effected me and how much we need to remember 9/11. Learning about it also helped me know that we all have different opinions and we need to be able to respect each others opinion when we do debates. We need to remember 9/11 by not building this church.

Friday

This weekend was fun. On Friday me and my friends went to the park for a little while. Then we all went to target and qt. Then we went to one of the friends house and played rockband. After that we went to another park and just chilled. It was a fun Friday night.