Butterfly project

 


ON A SUNNY EVENING

On a purple, sun-shot evening
Under wide-flowering chestnut trees
Upon the threshold full of dust
Yesterday, today, the days are all like these.

Trees flower forth in beauty,
Lovely too their very wood all gnarled and old
That I am half afraid to peer
Into their crowns of green and gold.

The sun has made a veil of gold
So lovely that my body aches.
Above, the heavens shriek with blue
Convinced I've smiled by some mistake.
The world's abloom and seems to smile.
I want to fly but where, how high?
If in barbed wire, things can bloom
Why couldn't I? I will not die!

--Anonymous, 1944

I commented on: Christian's, Erik's, Melanie A, Juan's, and Kiana 

Berlin Memorial Activity

I learned loads of things when Hitler became leader of Germany. I learned that the Reichstag was starting to dissolve when Hitler started becoming the dictator of Germany. Another that I learned he made lots of rules/restrictions and the jobs away from the Jews. He made over 400 restrictions/rules. Examples are, Jew are expelled from sports clubs, Jewish actors and actress prohibited from performing, Jews to hand in drivers licenses, Jews are not allowed to have pets, and etc.

        I believe the monument was built because to overcome the discrimination that Jews faced during the Holocaust.

       I noticed that there were a lot of laws passed in certain years, like in the very first year there were more than five laws maybe even ten passed against the Jews. Then, the next three years there were 7 laws passed in total, it keeps going like a pattern. I believe I know why this was happening, I think that they started off big then gave it some time so the Jews would get use to it, then go back to big, the doing that as a pattern so the Jews don't panic as much because they're getting use to it.

       Out of all the restrictions laws , the one that I'll have trouble dealing with is not having pets. I say this because I have a dog named Yoshi and he's one of the best things that ever happened to me. He's been with me since I was in fifth grade. Without him is like losing a family member to me. He always puts a smile in my smile face. Like the the time I got detention on Monday and I came home all depressed,  but when I saw him he was very eager to see me waving his tail uncontrollably, that one moment made my day.

2nd quarter Reflection Blog

2nd quarter Reflection blog



Where are you in your 20 Book Challenge?

               In my 20 Book Challenge, I have only read 10 books. I have read: Marijuana, Hooked, Drugs and Trying to be Perfect, Drugs and Friends, Drugs Testing , and more but I have forgotten the names of the books. I think could've read more books, but I have a lot of school work to do and I'm just too lazy to read. In the future I'll try to read more books, my goal when 4th quarter ends is that I'll have read 20 books.


Of the books you have read this quarter, which was your favorite? Why?

               Out of all the books that I have read in 2nd quarter my favorite book will have to be, Drugs Testing. This is my favorite book because it explains, what is drug testing, and how different drugs could last in your system. Then, it tells a story about a high schooler, how he had been drug tested by his school, he was then tested positive, so he cut from his basketball because he was tested positive for drugs. Overall, the book was very detailed, and I really recommend reading this book.



What has been the most challenging part of 2nd Quarter for you and what did/can you do to help overcome this?

               The most challenging part of 2nd quarter in ELA was that we had to much homework to complete. I had a bunch of homework to do in my other classes , but when you include ELA into the conversation it's like I have trillions of homework to do. One of the strategies that I use to overcome this problem as by going to the After School Program and doing my homework there, and I'll ask one of the teachers in the program for help if I don't understand one of the questions

Book talk

The book that I finished reading was, Hooked. This book was talking about people having addictions and how addictions gets started. There were many people who were talking about their addictions, but I’m going to talk about one character that has caught my attention. In the book it talk about this girl teenager in New Jersey, she was a little out of shape, and she wanted to lose weight because kids at her were making fun of her, so she woke up 6 in the morning everyday, and she was grinding hard until it got a little bit out of control. Her parents notice she had an addiction of exercising when she didn't want to go to her grandmother’s for Christmas, they had been going there for many years for Christmas.

I really do recommend this book because it talks about all kinds of things that can happened to people when they encountered any contact with anything. It gives you advices about what to do with these situations. So if anyone how is going through this kind of stuff, the picking up this book will best suit you. Or if you want to just want to have background knowledge about these things, then pick up the book.

Investigative Journalism article

“Human Rights.”
By: Gabriel Chavez

Torture/abused

          You know that each and everyday there are people who are breaking the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” The “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Then, in December 13, 2016, Ahmad Ishchi told the New York Times that, he had been rape, and tortured, “Tuesday that he had been tortured and raped with an assault rifle after being abducted by General Dostum last month.” Ahmad Ishchi said that General Dostum, “ I can kill you right now, and no one will ask, General Dostum told him. He claimed the Vice President stepped on his throat and pressed down after he had already been beaten and bloodied.”, this shows that the VP of Afghanistan was abusing a human being. This explains how VP of Afghanistan has done something really horrific, and broken a human right, but the VP something else to say, “General Dostum’s office. This website  “Claiming Human Rights ”, it explains this human right, “ No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

Slavery

            People in the whole entire world are still being slaves for the lasts 100s of years. The slave owners are breaking one of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”, it says that,
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”, this explains how people shouldn't be slaves no matter what. “There are tens of millions of people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today.”, says “ United for Human Rights.”. All over world they're millions people trapped in many places, according it says, “There are tens of millions of people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today.”, this explains how they're people trapped in many places.



Education

             Kids all over the world could have an education, but they're lots of kids that don't attend to school, according to this reading, “GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP for EDUCATION.”(GPE) it says that, “In total 121 million children and adolescent are currently out of primary and lower secondary school worldwide - a number that has remained essentially constant since 2007. 78 million opt these children live in GPE countries.” This explains how millions of children all over world cannot attend school, but in the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”, it say that, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.”, the GPE are trying to help, the article says that, “Promoting the use of GPE funds to ensure that more children get access to a quality education.” This explains how the GPE are trying to help kids that don't go school, so they are promoting funds. This is one of the ways that kids could attend to school.

Nonfiction book

The nonfiction book that I'm currently reading is “Hallucinogens”  by Ann Ricki Hurwitz and Sue Hurwitz. This book is about there is some different types drugs like marijuana (pot), mushrooms, Special K, and etc, could make you hallucinate after using it. Some of this drugs might even last longer than others.

The thing that I found interesting in the passage was when it said , “For centuries, naturally occurring hallucinogens  “ Magic mushrooms,” and marijuana have been used for medical, social and religious purposes. More recently, synthetic versions of hallucinogenic drugs have been produced, such as PCP, LSD, ecstasy, and “Special K.” Many people think that the abuse of hallucinogens was a problem only in the 1960s, but the truth is that use today is on the rise, particularly among teens. According to a 1998 study, 49 percent of twelfth graders---that's almost half---have tried marijuana”. I found this interesting because it talks about how there is some drugs that can be help to humans like for medical reasons.

The thing that I won't forget about this book is that there is lots of different drugs that would make you hallucinate after using it. Like marijuana, special k, mushrooms, ecstasy, PCP, and LSD. These drugs would make you really addicted and it would make you feel like you're impossible to defeat, but you're possible to defeat.

Thankful blog

I'm grateful to have my friends, and family for being in my life. I'm grateful to have my mom and dad because they have been through all the bad things that I have done to them, and they just keep going no matter what, just like a robot, this is why I'm really grateful to have them in my life. I'm really glad to have my two younger siblings because they have done a lot for me, so much that I can't count how many times they have saved my life, like they have taken the blame if I did something bad, or even when I lose money they will give me some money.

I'm thankful to have my friends because they be with me since start. When I was in kindergarten, I meant my friend Alex C. He was the first friend I ever had in my elementary school. He's still one of my friends to this day, after 8 years. This goes along with two other friends that I had in kindergarten, Carlos C,  and Melanie R.

I'm honestly I am happy to have Thanksgiving as a holiday.  This is where share I could share my true feelings to ones that I truly love, and thankful for. This year might be the year that I really care about Thanksgiving. Other years, I'll just be like “Thanksgiving is boring” or even “Thanksgiving is the worst holiday of all time”. Now I really care about this holiday