tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882530574331232642024-03-08T00:04:45.602-08:00Abul's Ela ToolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-57703884134360021312015-04-13T21:35:00.000-07:002015-04-13T21:42:14.879-07:00China's Cram School<div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">China's Cram School</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 200%;"> Even
though some kids are not a big fan of school, they still go because
it will help them be successful in their future life. The article,
“China's Cram School” by Brook Larmer, talks about a test named
Gaokao taken by 9 million students each year. This test is the only
thing that matters to get admission to a Chinese university. Since
this test is at such high stakes, it puts a lot of stress and
pressure on the students which makes them study at extreme measures.
The schools also work to help their students do their best on this
test by making harsh rules so they can stay focused on their studies
and nothing else. But even though everyone is working hard for grades
some kids are at disadvantages because they are rural students. It is
not fair that the Gaokao test can determine the lives of many
students because those students have different amount of wealth and
are from different locations which can effect their education.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 200%;"> It is
not fair that the Gaokao can determine the lives of the students that
take the test because the student come from different families with
different amount of wealth. The article, “China's Cram School”
explains Yang Wei's, a senior, studies for the Gaokao saying, “...
had spent the previous three years, including weekends, stumbling to
his first class at 6:20 in the morning and returning to his room only
at the end of his last class at 10:50 at night....his mother, who
lived with her son near the school The rent on their tiny room was
high, rivaling rates in downtown Beijing.... Yang's father is a peach
farmer in a village 45 minutes away; his mother quit her garment
factory job to support yang in his final year of cramming.” The
Larmer says Yang's dad is a peach farmer and her mom is a factory
worker. This means that their family is not very wealthy. And because
they are not wealthy they have to live in a small but expensive house
because it would make it easier for Yang to get to school. But Yang's
parents aren't the only one that has to struggle because of money.
The author explains that Yang goes to school to study for 16 hours
and 30 minutes a day without coming back home until the end of the
last class. Since he isn't wealthy, he cant afford a tutor that can
teach him at home. That is why he had to stay in school for more than
half the day, everyday of the week, for three years just because of
this one test. For Yang, there was no other option but to take the
test. But in the other hand, the Larmer explains how wealthy students
experience the Gaokao test saying, “Many wealthy families are
simply opting out of the system, placing their children in private
international schools in china or sending them aboard for an
educations.” The students that are in the wealthy families don't
have to go through what Yang and his family had to do. They don't
have to live in small rooms so they can get to school faster. They
also don't have to study really hard, everyday for years. Their
parents also don’t have to do hard labor in factories or farms.
Because they are wealthy they don't even have to take the test. Their
money can buy them into private international schools or put them in
schools in other countries with less strictness in their education.
Therefore, the Gaokao test is not fair because out of the millions
students, there are wealthy kids that can easily avoid this one test
while the less wealthy kids and their parents have to struggle,stress
and make sacrifices for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The
students that are taking the test are also living in different
locations and living environments that can also effect the fairness
of the Gaokao test. As Larmer talks about villages in the article, he
explains, “Rural student are at a severe disadvantage. Villages
like Yuejin, where Yang is from, have poor schools and few well
trained teachers.” Rural students are from places in the
countryside and people work in farms there. The people and the
location is not very wealthy. Which means the schools are also very
poor and they only have a few good teachers. They also probably don't
have the supplies the teachers need to teach accurately because of
the poor wealth. And because the schools lack good teachers and
supplies, the students are not learning the material, that is needed
for the Gaokao test, so well. Some kids can try to learn in better
locations like Yang Wei but based on his experience, him and his
parents had to struggle for that chance. But then the author goes on
to explain city students saying, “Wealthy urban families can hire
private tutors, pay for test prep courses, or bribe their way into
the best city schools.” Since there are wealthy students living in
the urban locations, or cities, the location is also very wealthy.
And because of the wealthy location, it has very good tutors that
the rich students can get. The wealthy city also has good teachers
and supplies that can be used in test prep courses that the students
can also pay for. The author explains that the students can bribe
there way into schools. If they are trying to bribe into the schools,
the school in the city must be really good ones. In conclusion, the
Gaokao test is not fair because the rural students taking the test
have less resources for education than the kids living in the city.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 200%;"> But
besides the unfairness of wealth and location, there are schools, and
even the government, that really help their students for the Gaokao
test. Larmer explains some school rules saying, “Maotanchang
stepped in to fill this need. Located in Anhui province, two hours
from the nearest city, the school prides itself on eliminating the
distractions of modern life. Cellphones and laptops are forbidden.
The dorms, where half the students live, have no electrical outlets.
Dating is banded. In town, where the rest of the students lived,
mostly with their mothers in tiny partitioned rooms, the local
government has shut down all forms of entertainment.” Larmer
informs that the school is a away from a city so it must be a rural
area. And we know rural areas don't have all the right supplies to
educate students. But even though, the schools still tries to help
the students focus on their studies. As the author continues to say,
the school bans any source of entertainment like anything that has to
do with electricity and even social events like dating. Even the
local government would help to keep the students focused by shutting
down any form of entertainment outside the school and dorm. But even
though these strict bans are there to help all students, they can
lead to problems. Larmer explains the stress of students because of
the Gaokao test saying, “Despite it's importance, the exam is
coming under fire in China. It's critics say it stifles creativity
and puts excessive pressure on students. Teenage suicide rates tend
to rise as the gaokao nears. Two years ago, a student posted a
shocking photograph online; a classroom full of students hooked up to
intravenous drips to give them the strength to keep studying” The
students know that the Gaokao is an really important exam and already
think about it a lot. But when the schools and local government take
away all forms of entertainment, that makes the students worry about
the test even more. And yes, it keeps them focused but it also over
stresses them because all they can do is study and over think the
exam. This stress and pressure is a serious matter because it led to
high rates of teen suicide. It also makes they students do extreme
study techniques as Larmer explains in his article The ban of
entertainment also effects the students mentally because since they
are studying a lot, the students are not expressing any creativity as
they would have if they had a source of entertainment. To sum this
all up, the Gaokao test can be fair because all schools help their
student try to focus on the exam but this can also cause a lot of
pressure and stress on them.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> How
much money the students have and where they live is all different
which makes the Gaokao a unfair test. The Gaokao is similar to tests
in America like the SAT but the Gaokao test is much more important.
The students in China and SAT both study hard for the test but almost
all schools in America have a lot of good teachers and the right
curriculum. In China there are many rural areas compared to America
which don't have the right teachers for education. This is why the
students in China are more dependent on themselves than the students
in America. </span> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-90507137234485646202015-03-25T18:30:00.001-07:002015-04-15T10:21:10.315-07:00Hunger Games and 1984<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="line-height: 200%;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes
your biggest enemy can become your best friend at the end. The books,
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u style="line-height: 200%;">The Hunger Games</u><span style="line-height: 200%;">
by Suzanne Collins and </span><u style="line-height: 200%;">1984</u><span style="line-height: 200%;">
by George Orwell, expresses themes about relationships. In </span><u style="line-height: 200%;">The
Hunger Games</u><span style="line-height: 200%;">,
a 16 year old girl named Katniss from district 12 is sent to the
Hunger Games which is entertainment on television for the the people
and government called the Capitol. Peeta Mellark is also sent to the
games which is a problem for Katniss because of past events. They
both are trained and taught by their mentor, Haymitch to try to
survive and win in 74</span><sup style="line-height: 200%;">th</sup><span style="line-height: 200%;">
Hunger Games. The book </span><u style="line-height: 200%;">1984</u><span style="line-height: 200%;">,
</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">
is about a lower class middle aged man named Winston living in London
that doesn’t agree with the laws of the higher power, The Party.
The Party limits the privacy of the people by watching them with
devices like the telescreen and thought polices. But even so, Winston
goes on to breaks rules several ways including engaging in a
relationship with a fellow rebel name Julia and by trusting a man
named </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">O'Brien</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> to build on his rebellion. At first, Katniss has
doubts about having any relationship with Peeta just like Winston did
with Julia, but when they both do have one, Katniss is more loyal in
her relationship than Winston is in his relationship. </span></span>
</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In
<u>1984</u> Winston can't like
Julia because she might be part of the Party but once he does start a
relationship with her it is not a strong one. This is shown when
Winston catches the dark haired girl, Julia, looking at him and the
book describes the moment saying, “The sweat started out on
Winston's backbone. A horrible pang of terror went through him....
Why was she watching him? Why did she keep following him about?....
Quite likely her real object had been to listen to him and make sure
whether he was shouting loudly enough.....It was terribly dangerous
to let your thoughts wander where you were in any public place....”
But then when Julia gives a note to Winston saying she loves him, the
book explains Winston’s thoughts, “ He thought of her naked.
Youthful body, as he had seen in his dream. He had imagined her a
fool like all the rest of them....A kind of fever seized him at the
thought that he might lose her....” At first, Winston sees Julia as
a big threat and worries about being near her. He assumes the worst
about Julia by saying she was watching him and is part of the Party,
trying to gather up information from him. He also describes her like
a telescreen which is controlled by the Party and sees and hears
everything you do. This tells us that Winston is very cautious of
what he does and his surroundings, not trusting anyone if he doesn't
know them specifically. But, as soon he sees the note saying Julia
likes him Winston is immediately excited. Everything about him being
cautious and her being a spy is forgotten. Not only is his
cautiousness gone, but his sexual desires start to process in his
mind. Also in this moment, Winston doesn’t even know her name his
“Julia” and doesn't seem to care either. From this we can infer
that Winston desire for love and sex overcomes the awareness of his
safety from the Party. But his love for Julia is proven fake when
Winston is in room 101 with his biggest fear which O’Brien explains
saying,”These starving brutes will shoot out of it like bullets....
sometimes they attack the eyes first. Sometimes they burrow through
the cheeks and devour the tongue”....The mask was closing on his
face...But he had suddenly understood that in the whole world there
was just one person to whom he could transfer his punishment.....”Do
it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you
do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia!
Not me!” If you truly love someone, you would do anything for that
person if you had too. But Winston actually endangered his lover,
Julia. But we can understand the situation and how he was faced with
rats which he is very much afraid of. But when Winston figured out
that O'Brien would be satisfied if he says to put Julia in his
spot, Winston didn't hesitate and said it loud and clear right
after the idea crossed his mind. He also unnecessarily added to the
effect by saying punishments like “tear her face off'”. This
tells us that Winston probably loved Julia because of his sexual
desires and not because of Julia and her thoughts on the capitol .
Even after, when O’Brien put the rats away from his face Winston
didn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt or sorrow. This can mean
that Winston never experienced loving or being loved which also says
he hasn't experienced guilt when you betray someone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But
however, in the <u>Hunger games</u>
Katniss also has doubts on liking her fellow tribute, Peeta, but once
she does, she is loyal to Peeta than she is to herself. As Peeta
insists on helping their drunk mentor Haymitch, Katniss infers this
act in her mind and thinks, “The idea pulls me up short. A kind
Peeta Mellark if far more dangerous to me than an unkind one.. kind
people have away of working their way inside me and rooting there.
And I can't let Peeta do this. Not where we're going. So I decide ,
from this moment on, to have as little as possible to do with the
bakers son” But then as Katniss is treating Peeta's wound in the
near end of the Hunger Games, they have a conversation, “Yes. Look,
if I don’t make it back----” he begins. “Don't talk like that.
I didn't drain all that pus for nothing” I say. “I know. But
just in case I don't----” he tries to continue. “No, Peeta, I
don’t even want to discuss it,” I say, placing my fingers on his
lips to quiet him. “But I---” he insists. Impulsively, I lean
forward and kiss him, stopping his words.” First of all, when
Peeta was being nice, she immediately assumed he was trying to trick
her and make her soft. She also explains that when people are nice to
Katniss, she becomes soft towards them and is able to get to her
mind. We can assume that her quick inference to Peeta's kindness was
influenced by previous events that happened in her life. She also
explains how she cant let her weakness bring her down, “not where
were going”. This tells us that Katniss is a strategic person that
understands her weakness and plans things out way before it was gonna
happen. At first when Katniss was focusing on trying to win, one of
her goals was to try to stay away from Peeta. But in the middle of
the actual Hunger Game, the conversation shows how Katniss cared
about Peeta. When Peeta kept assuming he was gonna die, Katniss kept
saying he won't in a caring way without having in mind that she had
to be romantic with him. Also, when she kisses him, she did it to
make him stop talking but she did it impulsively, meaning she didn’t
think it through. This two acts tells us that she was being caring
and loving on purpose and not because she had to for the viewer'
entertainments. But, Katniss then shows her loyalty to Peeta when
they find out there can only be one winner to the Hunger Games, “No”
he says “Do it” Peeta limps toward me and thrusts and the
weapons back in my hands. “I can't,” I say. “I won't” “ Do
it. Before they send those mutts back or something. I don’t want to
die like Cato,” he says. “Then you shoot me,” Peeta is still
very weak and would be an easy kill for Katniss. He even insists and
tells Katniss to kill him so she can be the winner. But Katniss is to
much of a loyal friend and a lover that she won't. And not only did
she refuse to not kill Peeta, she even asked him to kill her. This is
saying that her relationship with Peeta is so strong that she would
give up her life, and also her sisters and mothers life because they
cant live with out her, so Peeta would live.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 200%;"> Both
Katniss and Winston had a problem with liking their pair, Peeta and
Julia but when they start a relationship with their pair, Katniss was
more devoted in her relationship with Peeta than Winston was in his
relationship with Julia. Katniss had different reasons for liking
Peeta than Winston liking Julia. Katniss from the start knew Peeta
was a nice person but soon found out more like his strength and
humor. Winston never really goes into Julia’s personality and
almost only talks about her youthful body and looks. And this was the
reason why that both relationship started the same but Winston’s
relationship ended with distrust and betrayal while Katniss continued
strong and holding hands.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-74361085681800611202015-03-11T14:20:00.003-07:002015-03-11T14:24:01.425-07:00"Those Winters Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz"<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">
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<u style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;">“<span style="font-size: small;">Those
Winter Sundays” and “My Papa's Waltz”</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"> Fathers
will care for their children even though they might not get any
gratitude back from their kids. In the poems, “Those Winter
Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore
Roethke, a speaker tries to explain their attitudes on how their dad
treated them. In “Those Winter Sundays” the speaker describes a
Sunday morning and what his dad does for him so he is warm. While the
speaker's father in “My Papa's Waltz” treats the speaker in a fun
way to keep him interested and not bored. The speakers, in “Those
Winter Sundays” and “My Papa Waltz's" relationship with
their fathers are similar because they both care about the speaker
but differ because the way they care make the speaker feel differently about their fathers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The
speaker's father in "Those winter Sundays" works hard to
care for the speaker but the speaker is oblivious to what his father
does for him . The poem explains the fathers work saying, “Sundays
too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack
cold, then with cracked hands that ached from the labor in the
weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I'd
wake and hear the cold splintering breaking. When the room were warm,
he'd call....” The speaker recognizes what his dad does while he is
sleeping. His father wakes up everyday, including Sundays, in the
blueblack cold which is early morning, before the sun rises. He goes
out in the cold even though his hands hurt from the work he did in
the weekdays. This tells us that he had a tough job and had to work
hard. The speaker hears the cold splintering and breaking which
indicates the father made the rooms warm and the cold is going away.
But then, the poem expresses what the speaker does while the father
works saying, “...and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing and
chronic angers of that house, speaking indifferently to him, who had
driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well. What did I
know, what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?” While
his father woke up early to make the fire for the speaker, the
speaker doesn't even acknowledge it but instead acts like he lives in
luxury and wakes up slowly and gets dressed, probably for church
because its Sunday according to the first stanza. The speaker then
continues to say that he has a normal conversation with his dad, the
person that warmed the rooms and cleaned his shoes. This seems like
he is having some guilt and regretting for talking normally to him
and not thanking him for what he had done for him as a child. The
father wakes up early everyday and works hard for the speaker but the
way he cares is too oblivious for the speaker at a young age to
understand how important his father is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> But
in the other hand, the father in "My Papa's Waltz" shows
his love for the speaker by having fun with him after a stressful day
and the speaker understands that. The speaker in the poem describes
what his father does saying, “The Whiskey on your breathe could
make a small dizzy; but I hung on like death, such waltzing was not
easy. We romped the pans slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's
countenance could not unfrown itself....The hand that held my hands
was battered on one knuckle.” The speaker explains that his fathers
breathe smelled so bad with whiskey it can make him dizzy. This can
mean that he has been drinking a lot and for a reason. The dad
probably drinks alcohol because of the kind of work he does. When the
speaker goes on to say in the third stanza that his knuckle was
battered , we can conclude that he works with his hand and that it
might be a hard, stressful job which makes him want to have a drink
after. But even though he is stressed, the father plays with his son
by messing the kitchen up because he wants to keep the speaker happy.
The poem also explains that the mother is not happy with the playing
but the father still plays so the speaker can have some fun. The poem
then explains the speakers night saying, “You beat time on my head
with a palm caked hard by dirt, then waltzed me off to bed, still
clinging on to your shirt.” The father seems to be dancing a waltz,
a three step dance, with the son from stanza two to four in the poem.
He beats time on the speaker head with dirty hands which means he
count the beats to his dance by tapping his head with his hands. And
again, we see he has dirty hands which gives us another hint he works
rough with his hands. But after that the father dances the speaker
off to bed but the speaker clings on to his father which means he
doesn't want to go to bed. This means the speaker shows affection
because he realizes that the father still played with him even under
the stress he was in. The father cares for the speaker by having fun
with him which is clear enough for the speaker to show some love
back.</span></span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> In
conclusion, the father in "Those Winter Sundays" and "My
Papa's Waltz" both show that they care about their child but
just in different ways. The father in "Those Winter Sundays"
showed it in a quiet way which made the speaker realize that good
deeds done by his father at an older age. While The father in "My
Papa's Waltz" shows he cares in a more active way with the
speaker which makes the speaker understand his love and acknowledges
his father at the moment rather at an older age.</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-65340464021077198162015-02-17T15:20:00.000-08:002015-02-18T12:10:31.833-08:001984<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">1984<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> “War is peace,
freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.” When something has great power and
force it can emasculate a person’s mind and thoughts at appoint where anything
the greater force says is accepted and believed. In the book 1984 written by George
Orwell, it is about a lower class middle aged man named Winston in the nation
of Oceania. The ruling figure is “The Party” and the leader and face of it is
Big Brother. The party is constantly watching Winston, taking note in
everything he says and does in an attempt to catch any rebellion acts or thoughts,
which is the worst crime of them all. But Winston strongly disagrees with what
the Party wants and attempts a series of rebellion acts including a
relationship with a girl named Julia. But the consequences for this are much different
than what Winston expected, which was death. 1984 communicates that the Party
has power by showing their manipulation of knowledge and privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> The Party expresses their powers by manipulating
the people’s knowledge by lying to them. On page 72, as Winston goes through a children
history books he sees a text saying, “In the old days, before the glorious revolution,
London was not the beautiful city that we know today. It was a dark, dirty,
miserable place where hardly anybody had enough to eat and where hundreds and
thousands of poor people had no boots on their feet and not even a roof to
sleep under….But among all this terrible poverty there were just a few great
big beautiful houses that were lived by rich men….” This explains that the
Party described history of london as place worse than how they are in the present. But based
on how Winston described London in the beginning of the book, it sounds almost the
same. Winston described a great pyramid like house and how there were only
three of them in London with the other old 19<sup>th</sup> century, broken
down houses. This sounds very similar to the text in the history book which
explains how there were only a few big beautiful houses compared in the
terrible poverty. The Party is trying to make people think that things were
better than how it was before, even though nothing changed. This also tells us
that the people didnt know much of the past and can’t compare their
surroundings of their present with the past. The Party also conveys their power
of manipulation by lying about the amount of rations the people get. On page
58, Winston hears what flowed out of telescreen and says to himself, “It has appeared
that there had even been demonstrations to thank big brother for raising the chocolate
rations to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced
that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week.” Winston later
explains that the rations of chocolate were 30 the week before. This interprets
how much the people are gullible and forgettable about things. The Party first
tells the truth about reducing the rations but they knew how desperate the
people are for anything. So saying they raised the ration to 20 was an easy
manipulation to make them so happy and grateful that they
forget what they said a day before. The party’s power is so great, they can
make someone forget and believe in a day. This concludes that the party has the
power to control a person’s knowledge of history and their amount of rations
they have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Not only can the Party control a persons knowledge
of things but it can also control your privacy. On page 3 Winston explains a
television-like device called “telescreen” saying, “The telescreen received and
transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a
very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained
within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen
as well heard.” This describes that Winston and everybody else are required, by
the party, to have a telescreen in their homes. This means the party wants to
know everything the people are saying and doing. The party also has thought
polices which are the people that are getting the information from the
telescreen. If the thought police see you doing anything the Party doesn't
allow, they will report you to the Party. We can infer that the people don't complain because they recognize the Party is the high power and anything they do correct. The Party also invades peoples’ privacy by manipulating
children to believe whatever they Party wants and become spies. On page 24-25, Winston
thinks about his neighbor’s kids and explains modern children. “Nearly all
children nowadays are horrible….they were systematically turned into
ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever
to rebel against the disciplined of the party…. “child hero” was the phrase
generally used – had overheard some compromising remark and denounced his
parents to the thought police.” This is saying the party knew that kids would
believe a lot of the things people say. So they made them believe in their
policies and taught them not to rebel. The children then became into human
telescreens. They are usually in all homes, they notice what their parents are
doing and saying, then tell the thought police if they did anything wrong. We can tell the party really thought this through because they chose kids knowing that they are too young to
fully understand the consequences of turning in their parents. From this we can figure the Party has power because they are able invade privacy by using telescreens and manipulated
kid spies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1984 reveals that the Party can control people’s understandings
and their amount of isolation because they have power. I believe the higher
power in our society, the government; have some similarities and differences
with the Party. For one, they both are able to control a lot of the aspects of our lives. Both the Party and our government give us knowledge of the world through the
media and books that are extremely bias which make us think a certain away. But
freedom is an issue with the Party, as they give very little of it to the
people. While our government has the constitution which gives us rights like
freedom of speech and the right to bare hands. But our government can change if it falls in the wrong hands (a bad leader) and possibly follow the steps of the Party in 1984. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-50677201068787834232015-01-29T13:47:00.002-08:002015-01-29T14:52:54.677-08:00Should Kids Play Competitive Sports<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">In Science Daily, it
explains a couple researches on playing sports and one of them concludes,
“Taking part in sports is good all round for young teens: physically, socially,
and mentally.” This means that sports can benefit teens in school, when they are
with friends or just wanting to stay fit. And these benefits can help when they
are adults and are experiencing more serious situations. But there are some
parents that are hesitant to put their child on a team to play sports. This is
because there have been many reports on the news that there are more kids that
are getting injured on the field. But what these parents don't know is that
there are ways to avoid these injuries. And these ways are techniques that can
be easily taught by parents and coaches before the kids play the game. These
safety measures can reduce hard hits and horrible injuries like concussions.
And when the injuries are reduced, parents will see that sports can keep their
children healthy and can also teach important lesson that they can be used on
and off the field.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Competitive
sports can benefit young teens by helping them stay healthy physically but also
mentally and socially. In the article “Should Children Play Competitive
sports?” Lisa Bigelow says, "Even though most young athletes won't compete
at the collegiate or professional levels many are more likely to continue
exercising as a way to stay fit and mentally awake. Athletes generally stick to
healthy diets, are less likely to smoke or engage in destructive actions and
tend to maintain these behaviors.” Lisa Bigelow is explain playing a sport can
help you stay healthy now but most importantly it can help you stay like that
later even if you’re not as committed in a sport as you used to be. This is why
kids like teens should play a sport. They would learn to exercise and eat right
and it will become a habit. So when they get older, laziness will not be able
to keep them away from exercising and eating right. Lisa also explains that
playing sports keeps kids away from smoking and bad behavior. Not smoking gives
you a low risk of lung and heart disease which means a longer and happier life.
It's always a benefit to have good behavior especially for school, maintain a
criminal record and social reputation. Also supporting this idea is Springer
Science in the article “Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier
about life.” They said, “Our findings suggest that sports team participation
may enhance school connectedness, social support and bonding among friends.” This
is concluding that if children are happy but also doing well in school playing
a sport, parents should definitely let their children play. It also says sports
help kids have a closer relationship with their friends. It’s always fun to
hang out with friends but its better when all your friends are really good ones
and know a lot about you. Sports are beneficial to keep you physically healthy
for your entire life but it also helps to keep up good grades and a good social
life.</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;"> Competitive sports teach lessons to teens that can help
them outside of sports. Joseph De Sena explains the importance of
competitiveness taught in sports saying, “The balance is how to take
instinctive desire to compete and fuel it while also teaching how to recover
from failure. It's impossible to do that when everyone gets a medal....The
sooner kids know winning matter, the better.” She is explaining being
competitive is always healthy. When you have the mind set to win, it always pays
off. In sports, they show this by saying the winners gets the trophy and are
called the champions. When these kids that played sports grow up, they will
continue to think like this and try to do their best. They understand in
adulthood the winners get the condo and are called the boss. In the article
“The Value of Sports” it explains another important lesson taught by playing
sports. It says, </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Youngsters can also learn
how to deal with failure—not winning the competition or accomplishing
particular athletic goals. They can be taught that any failure is just a
temporary setback from which lessons can be learned in order to improve and
have a better chance of success the next time.” This is saying that kids will
fail at some aspect of sports but they will learn how to cope with it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This idea can carry outside of sports
like school or just playing a fun board game.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>When
they lose or get a bad grade, they won’t have a mental break down but instead
try to move on and do better the next time. Sports can teach us lessons that
can help us in both our child and adult hood. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;">On the other hand, competitive sports can be dangerous to young
underdeveloped teens. Jane E. Brody explain</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; text-indent: 48px;">s
</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;">this in his article saying</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; text-indent: 48px;">,
“E</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;">very year more than 3.5 million children under 15 require
medical treatment for sport injuries</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; text-indent: 48px;">,</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;"> nearly half of which are results in simple overuse.”Jane Brody
uses the word “overuse” which is serious injuries that hurt the bone, ligament
and tendons which can affect growth. This is an understandable reason why
parents are hesitant to let kids play. 3.5 million is a big number and it can
be anyone’s child. No one wants to see their own or another child get hurt or
even maybe die on the field. And when they get hurt playing the game, the
medical treatment can be expensive which can affect the whole family financially.
But there are ways to avoid all these problems that can happen because of an
injury. Kate Carr explains safety tips on an interview saying, “... the
parents, coaches and kids get together and set the ground rules. Say that we're
going to teach kids to speak up when they're injured so they don't hide an
injury. That we're going to work to prevent injury by educating kids and
coaches in a better fashion. And that will put an end to late hits, those dirty
hits that just don't belong in the game.” The game can be a lot safer for the
kids if parents and coaches talk to them about it. Parents are the ones that
are scared that their child will get hurt. So if the parents themselves teach
the kids how to be safe, they will feel more insured and less hesitant to let
them play. And all they have to do is give them some rules like no late hits or
no dirty plays. And if the kids understand that these rules are for the safety
of them and others, they will listen to their parents. These small little
lessons before the game can decrease the statistic of 3.5 million kids going to
the emergency room every year. Sports can be a fun game that can be beneficial
to young teens only if the game is played with safety first.</span><br />
<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 48px;"> Sports can give you knowledge of lessons and how to stay fit in
many ways that can be used throughout your life but only if you play it. If
more kids play sports the safe and fun way, it can make a positive effect in
our future. Yes, a current problem in sports is that many children are having
serious injuries on the field that can affect their lives off the field. But
there are rules and safety gear while the kids play which really help. The
parents and coaches can also help by setting ground rules like no hard hitting
and to speak up if they have an injury. There will always be injuries in the
game but if everyone including the parents, coaches and teens always keep
safety in mind, we can definitely minimize the amount of injuries these young
teens are having.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-52472761672807030482014-12-10T14:45:00.002-08:002014-12-10T14:45:41.499-08:00Building Bridges <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Building Bridges”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kids do what they
see or learn from the society around them. What children learn stick with them
throughout their lives and can affect them in both good and bad ways. In the
short story “Building Bridges” by Andrea Pinkey, a teenage girl named Bebe has
a passion for engineering and wants to work on the Brooklyn Bridge. She has all
the qualifications to go but there is only one thing that is holding her back. Bebe
is raised by her grandma, Mama Lil who needs to sign the permission paper for
Bebe to work on the bridge. But Mama Lil thinks engineering is not a suitable
job for a girl and only white men are able to do it. Throughout this short
story, Bebe tries to convince Mama Lil to sign the permission paper. Andrea
Pinkey, through Mama Lil and Bebe, shows the reader that a person’s experiences
shape their opinions, knowledge, and ultimately their behavior.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> One thing that we
all learn as children is how to dress. The styles change as the years go by. On
page 18 Mama Lil s insults Bebe like usual, “How are you ever gonna land a
decent man with them chunky arms and those hoochie cut T-shirts that put your
navel on parade? No self respecting seventeen year old should be letting it all
hang out like that.” Mama Lil points out about getting a decent man. She seems
to have a different way of dressing that she thinks would attract men. Also she
specifically observes that Bebe shows a lot of her body. Mama Lil thinks that
girls Bebe’s age shouldn’t be doing that, which can mean Mama Lil didn’t do it
when she was that age. Mama Lil continues to judge Bebe saying, “Them natty
braids you call dread locks look like the fright ‘do of a zombie”. Again, Mama
Lil thinks that Bebe’s style is off. Her braids aren’t good enough for Mama Lil.
Probably because it doesn’t fit her requirements of finding a decent man as she
says in her quote, “how are you gonna land a decent man…” We can conclude that
Mama Lil’s opinions tells us that she was raised to dress for the men and not
to show off a lot of her body. We can also analyze that Bebe was taught
differently than Mama Lil. She seems to not care how she looks because “she
lets everything hang out.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Some kids grew
up going to school and loving it; other kids go and can’t wait to go home. But
there are also children that don’t even go to school. On page 20 Bebe explains
her plans saying, “The project would last a summer, pay good money, and help me
get to college where I wanted to study engineering.” Bebe is very committed to
her dream of becoming an engineer. She understands that to live in this world,
you have to have a job that pays money. We can tell that the society she was
raised in taught her how to live and that studying hard can fulfill your
dreams. But then, there are kids that weren’t taught these things. On page 20
Bebe says describing Mama Lil “Also, Mama Lil couldn’t read or write very well
– I read most of her mail to her, and helped her sign her checks – and she
hated to admit it.” Reading and writing is the most important things learned in
school. If Mama Lil didn’t know how to do either, then we can say she didn’t
have an education. Also Mama Lil hated to admit that she couldn’t read or write,
maybe because she was afraid of what she didn’t know. This means that she
regrets not going to school or she didn’t even have a choice whether to go to school
or not. We can agree that Mama Lil’s and Bebe’s knowledge can tell us if they
grew up with an education.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> In our society
now, there </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">isn't</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> any racial segregation to be worried about. We can eat and
work wherever we want, no matter our skin color. But, it seems to be a problem
in the time period of this short story. On page 21 Mama Lil states her argument
to Bebe saying, “Whatever you call it, it’s a white man’s work. You ain’t got
no place messing with it. We should stick with our own kind, Bebe – colored
women trying to cross the white man’s line is asking for trouble.” Mama Lil is
being very cautious about what she thinks are rules. This tells us that she
understands the consequences of breaking rules and following them is important.
Also, she says that Bebe needs to stick with her own kind and its dangerous if
you don’t. She is implying that she believes black and white people are
different. Mama Lil was probably raised with segregation around her to know
that it’s dangerous for black people to do what white people do. But then Bebe
thinks to herself, “I knew from the get-go that if I hoped to become an
engineer, my road would be lonely and hard. But I wanted to build bridges more
than anything.” She explains that she understands just as well as Mama Lil that
becoming an engineer would be difficult. This gives us a clue that she was also
raised to know about segregation and differences for black and white people. But
when she continues her claim, she expresses that becoming an engineer is
important to her. And the problems that come with her journey don’t matter as
long as she is doing what she cares about. From this, we can infer that Mama
Lil’s beliefs tell us that she was taught about segregation and was raised to
be careful of what she does. But Bebe beliefs tell us she was taught about segregation
but was raised to follow her dreams no matter the problems that come with it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Andrea Pinkey
describes in this story that a person’s perspective and comprehensions of
things can tell a lot about what they were taught as a child. Societies around
them while growing up can teach them things too. This is probably why Mama Lil
and Bebe have different understandings of the world. Mama Lil was growing up
around a society that is two generations away from Bebe. In that time, things
could have changed and Bebe could have learned different knowledge of life than
what Mama Lil learned. But change can be a good and bad at times. If society
never changed, the world would be a different place from how it is now.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-52322197642113515952014-10-08T15:37:00.003-07:002015-03-01T18:58:22.417-08:00My Name <div align="center" class="normal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">My
name was passed down from my grandpa from my dad’s side. My parents really
loved the name. So when my brother was born they named him Abul Husan Farvez.
He turned out to be the opposite of my parents’ intentions. Then 8 years later
when I was born they named me Abul Hasan Farhad. They were hoping that I was
going to carry on my grandpas will. That was how my brother and I got the same
first name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> I believe my name is at its best in Spanish.
You see, my favorite color is a blue. And my name sounds like the color blue in
Spanish, azul. Abul and azul sound very alike. Abul, blue and azul all have 4
letters and has a “u” and “l” somewhere in all three words. This feature makes
me think that my name fits very well with my personality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> I think the length of my name is
reasonable. A lot of people make it longer by saying my name Abdul the first
time. But when they say it correctly, it feels like me. It’s not too long or
short. It’s average and simple. I’m pretty average in everything and I keep
things simple. Also, I like things in order. So I love how my names go in order
numbers wise. My first name has 4 letters. While my middle name has five
letters and my last has six letters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> They meaning of my full names are really
weird. Abul is a Persian name and it means king or prince. But my last name,
Farhad, means servant or a person that works for others. Those two names don’t
fit together at all. But get this. My middle name, which is a guy’s name, means
beautiful and pretty like a female. Remember, its total a guy’s name so I don’t
know how that makes any sense. But like I said before, it’s a weird name. And I
believe that fits me because I’m a pretty weird person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> So, even though I have the same name as my brother or that I
might be part girl, it doesn't change the fact that it’s true and it all fits
me (besides the girl thing). And I rather have my name to be alright and true
than interesting and false. That’s why I </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">wouldn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> change my name to anything
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09772746557779675092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288253057433123264.post-77865869654636357712014-09-17T16:44:00.001-07:002014-09-17T16:44:27.684-07:00Genius Files The Genius Files book one was my favorite book that i read over the summer because it as all the things that I look for in a book. The Genius Files is about these twins named Coke and Pepsi. Coke and Pep are both smart kids with a normal life. That was all true until two random men tried to kill Coke and Pep on an edge of a cliff. Now that escalated pretty quickly don't u think? But hold on. Their life got even less normal when the next day Coke and Pep almost burned to death when they got stuck in a burning school that was set on fire by their health teacher. Luckily, a woman named May and a man named Bones saved Coke and Pep from both these incidents. Well, there is a reason why this has been happening to the twins. Coke and Pep were apart of an associations named TGF (the Genius files) without them actually knowing. The TGF is a group of intelligent children that was put together to help the world when it is in danger.The TGF's main problem now is to stop a man named Herman Warsaw form taking over the world. He also tried to kill Coke and Pep cause they are the worlds only hope of survival.<br />
The conflict of the in the story was that the Herman Warsaw was trying to kill Coke and Pep. Herman Warsaw tried to kill them a few times but they manage to get out of Warsaw's plans. One way he tried to kill Coke and Pep is by sending a fake teacher to their school. Warsaw's plan was for the teacher to give the twins detention for no reason. When Coke and Pep were the only ones in the school, the fake teacher set the school on fire. When coke and Pep found out that the school was on fire, they were able to get out of the class they were in but got stuck in the hallway. They janitor of the school who was actually one of the TGF's protectors got them out. The solution of the book was that coke were able to us their intelligence and a few gadgets and souvenirs to help them get out of the obstacles made by Herman Warsaw.<br />
The character that I love the most in the Genius Files is Coke. I find Coke the most bravest of all characters because he can stay calm in any situation. During the school time Coke is cool,calm and tough. When Coke and Pep are in a situation, Coke will think about how to get out and not die and not panic while Pep does. I think this is because of the cliche that guys are tough and they protect the scared girls. Coke is the funny kid that has random facts during school and Pep is more serious with her work. In a dangerous situation, coke is still cool and calm and sometimes even makes a joke. This happened when they were in the view room that was high up and were about to get kicked off by Herman Warsaw and die. Coke made a joke to buy him some time to think of a plan to get out. Everything he does in the books seems annoying to Pep but to me its really funny and cool.<br />
The most important part of the book to me is when Coke and Pep made there first encounters with Herman Warsaw's men. The men were getting closer to shooting Coke and Pep on that cliff but luckily one of there protectors named May came with gliding suits. They had time to put on the suits but they had doubts. T'hey didn't know May at that time and didn't know if the should trust her. Coke, being himself, took the chance and put on the suit. Pep was a little late but eventually decided to put on the gliding suit and glide away from death. If they didn't trust May, a stranger at the time, they would of died and that would have been the end of their lives.<br />
I think the theme of the book was that u should be calm and think about your problems instead of panicking. The author was able to show this by making coke the calm ones and Pep the scared one. He made dangerous situations for Coke and Pep and coke was the one to think of a plan to get of their problem.<br />
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