Third and Fourth Annotation

Gherman, Beverly. Sandra Day O'Connor:Justice For All. Penguin Group , 1991.

This a short biography by Beverly Gherman that follows the life of Sandra Day O’Connor from her child years living in her Arizona ranch to her day of being crowned the first female to be named the Supreme Court. This book is a short one but summarize the struggles Sandra had to overcome before she got to where she is.
This book contains a few primary sources but mostly secondary sources. The book contains specific dates when Mrs. Sandra graduated, when she got degrees and when she was officially crowned. The book was a good source to learn fast facts about her life and her parents but I still will have to learn more.

Branigin, Barbash, and Deane, William, Fred, and Daniela. "Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns". Washington Post July 1,2005: 1-4.

This is a news article by Washington’s Post. This article states the events that occurred on the day Sandra Day O’Connor resigned. The article contains quotes from both George Bush and Sandra Day O’Connor. Sandra Day O’Connor wrote a letter to Bush expressing her fillings towards her 24 terms spent in court. In her letter she states, “It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member ….” I would consider this to be a primary source. In contains quotes, letters, and dates when the resignation of Sandra Day O’Connor occurs. This information helped get a view on Sandra Day O’Connor personality. Her intelligent words and the way she held conversations help me get a visual on her character.

Thesis Statement and Introduction

They considered her a wasted nomination.Her position as first women justice to sit on Supreme Court was quick to draw criticism. They were quick to doubt her abilities as a women. But through it all Sanda Day O'Connor overcame all the doubts and rose to the top. Despite her struggles as a young child and her rise to the top Sandra became an inspiration and leader to women all over the world. Without the determination, self-will, and courage of Mrs.Connor women such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Juanita Kidd Stout,Judith Sheindlin, Judge Karin, and many more would of never had that chance. Sandra Day O'Connr opened doors for many women including myself.

First and Second Annotation

Biskupic,Joan.Sandra Day O'Connor:How The First Women on Supreme Court Became its most Influential Justice. Oct 25,2005
This biography was one of many biographies on the life of Sandar Day O'Connor life. This biography gave me info on the life of Sandra, her struggles, and quotes she used to encourage young girls to follow in her postion.
O'Connor Day, Sandra, Day, H Alan. Lazy B.2002
This is a book written by Sandra herself. She tells about her young life growing up. This book helped me get a vision on what made Sandra want to become interested into the life of law.The book was also written by her husband. This gave me an outlook on their love life and how they work together to survive her husband Akleizmer disease.

NHD Topic Selection

The person I Choose to do for NHD is Sandra Day O' Connor. I choose Sandra Day O' Connor because I am Interested in the women's fight for equal rights.Mrs.Sandra is important to history because without her fight to be the first women in the supreme court young women like me would not be able to persue that same dream. Sandra Day O' Connor opened a new door for women all over.
For This week researched, I found a book by Joan Biskupic entitled "Sandra Day O' Connor How the first women on the Supreme Court became its most influenial justice". I will read and summarize it for next week.

Service learning reflection

There was never a moment of frustration in our group. We are always on point and know what we are going to do. We have been having nothing but success in our group. We got over our money issues we have the survey complete and we are now preparing to make our buisness cards and information cards. Through service learning I learned more about child safety and silent killers.
Through service learning I have learned the following about myself: I learned that i am very interested in child safety. I never paid much attention to this but now I want to end all these obstacles that is affecting our children. I want to make sure all children will be safe and can be able to go outside or play in their homes and feel safe.

May 15th Reflection

May 15, 2008 was our first time going outside for service learning. We decided on places that is best to hand out our buisness cards, and flyers out ot the public. We decided on the park in center city, the McDonalds on 10th and Market, and the KB toys in the gallery. After we took a tour around these areas we went to get something to eat at Mcdonalds. While we were ordering our food we saw many things in mcdonalds that was not appropiate for children. There was small peices of trash laying on the floor. The seats were not right for young children, and the place was not clean or suitable for young children who put objects in their mouth. This made me more than ever want to get the information about child safety out to the parents.

May 9th Service Learning

We really made a progress this week in service learning today. We learned more about our topic. We learned about small things that can affect children. Like bee stings, allergies, and dust in house holds. We are now creating our buisness cards and our information cards. The informational cards will contain steps n what to do to perform CPR on your children, how to strap your child in correctly, how to use fist aid on a child who has a scar or was bit or stung by a bee. Our buisness cards will have the school phone number, fax number, FDA number, and other emergency contact numbers.
What I learned about myself from doing this service learning is Silent Killers in your house hold is very interesting to me. I find myself wanting to learn more about it outside school. It is something that makes you want to help people know about these silent killers.
I would not change any hting in my group. Everything is going good and there is nothing that needs changing.

SILENT KILLERS : SERVICE LEARNING

Plans For Service Learning

My plans for service learning is to get more research on child safety. There is alot of problems that deals with children and their safety. Other plans my group had for the group was to create a informational magnet that contains numbers in case of an emergency. And i was also planning to visit a daycare and talk to them about their safety.
That is one way to get information out to the young so they can learn while their at that age.

Community Service

At the beginning of community service I didn't know what I was going to do. But now I have completed about nine hours out of the 15. I decided to visit the local nursing home around my neighborhood were I read to the elders and play different games with them such as pitty pat, Bingo, and monopoly. It is a good experience. Sometimes if the elders are not for games we will sit discuss their lives and how they use to be. During each of my visits I learn something new, whether it is about life, or about a game. I almost always stay longer then I should but when you sit and talk with someone that has so much wisdom time runs right pass you. At the beginning of community service I didn't want to but now I am happy I got to.

Service Learning Meeting on Friday, April 25

On friday April 25, my group made a big progress. We came up with a solid idea on how to get imformation out about silent kilers. We decided on magnets. the magnets will contain information for the FDA, ambulance, Fire department, and other important contact information for children and families to use. We also got some ideas on the questions we want to use for our survey on child safety. We had about 10 appling questions we wanted to ask the public. I feel we will get our point across nicely. As we discussed our plans for for next time meeting we were split up in two groups: Child Safety and Lead. My group child safety discussed the many different accidents that surrounded the the lack of child safety. Like for example, children have overdosed because the medcine caps on pill bottles were not tight enough or the number of children dying from car accidents because the car seats were not fixed correctly or the child seat belts were not adjusted correctly. These were only a few topics we discussed. At the end of our meeting the two groups came back together and discussed each other topics and plans they had for getting information about silent killers out to the public.

Reflection on Service Learning For 4-17-08

Yesterday we discussed some of the research we can do to complete our goal of getting the information of silent killers out. We also discussed the main subjects we should study we chosed Child Safety in fall Smoke detectors in spring Carbon Monoxide in winter and Lead in summer. After a vote we decided to put them in that order. we then discussed what we had to do to prepare for our next meeting. Ms. Morson asked that we bring in one survey question and some research for a topic. When the meeting was over we chosed someone to bring next week snack in and was dismissed.

Reflection on Service Learning

I am in Ms. Morsons mentor group. We discuss the silent killers in our households like lead from paint, smoke detectors, monoxide, and radine. After we list the silent killers we went on to discuss ways to get the information out to those people who don't know the affects of these silent killers. some ideas my fellow classmates gave was hand out brochures, take a survey, put flyes in newspapers and magazines, put an ad in the newspaper and commericialize.one of the obstacles we face to put out the information was money. we are planing to findraise.
I have no more question on the mission or role in group ms. morson was very clear

This year we had National History Day. We had to pick a tragedy that appeared in Philadelphia that was a conflict and had a Compromise. For my topic I choose the 1985 MOVE Bombing. My partners Shaquille Rankin, Aquila Waller, and I decided to do a play. During this process I learned numerous things about MOVE and there struggles for justice. I also learned about Move’s belief and their outlook on life. These experiences lead me to meet Ramona Africa and visit the urban archives at temple, which was all brand new to me.
This project was not always so easy. There were plenty obstacles my partners and me had to face. Some of the challenges we had to face was time management, writing the script, making sure everyone had a part to play and last but not least the annotations. The annotations were everyone’s problem in our group. Our annotations were all over the place. We had plenty but couldn’t find them. When it was time to turn in the annotation to our teachers we only had 27 out of 60 that was not good. But, we did have a lot of successes. We got to write a successful play. We had all our props in order and remembered our lines, which was not an easy test. But what was our most successful moment was getting to gather and performing very well in front of the judges.
Although NHD was hard, we had numerous challenges and obstacles to face I wouldn’t change anything. We worked well as a group we got our work done and at the end of the day we were all proud of the outcome although we did not go to cities.

NHD Reflection

This year we had National History Day. We had to pick a tragedy that appeared in Philadelphia that was a conflict and had a Compromise. For my topic I choose the 1985 MOVE Bombing. My partners Shaquille Rankin, Aquila Waller, and I decided to do a play. During this process I learned numerous things about MOVE and there struggles for justice. I also learned about Move’s belief and their outlook on life. These experiences lead me to meet Ramona Africa and visit the urban archives at temple, which was all brand new to me.
This project was not always so easy. There were plenty obstacles my partners and me had to face. Some of the challenges we had to face was time management, writing the script, making sure everyone had a part to play and last but not least the annotations. The annotations were everyone’s problem in our group. Our annotations were all over the place. We had plenty but couldn’t find them. When it was time to turn in the annotation to our teachers we only had 27 out of 60 that was not good. But, we did have a lot of successes. We got to write a successful play. We had all our props in order and remembered our lines, which was not an easy test. But what was our most successful moment was getting to gather and performing very well in front of the judges.
Although NHD was hard, we had numerous challenges and obstacles to face I wouldn’t change anything. We worked well as a group we got our work done and at the end of the day we were all proud of the outcome although we did not go to cities.

What Grade Should I Get In English?

What grade should I get in English class? That is a good question. This course was defiantly a hard one. With the NHD project and the constant test in math and science I never lacked in English so I deserve an “A”. I am always prepared, organized and ready for anything my teacher gives me. Although I am talkative, my grades and determination to pass this class out shines my behavior. My writing ability also adds to grade.
No matter the behavior or talking I still deserve an “A”. Nothing less. I am hard working. I’m not ordinary or average so an “A” and beyond is what I deserve in English.
Do you think I deserve an “A”?

Zora Neale Hurton

Zora Neale Hurton was born January 7, 1891 and died in January 28, 1960. Zora lived in Eatonville, Florida. Zora father was the mayor of Eatonville and the reverend. He was the reason Zora family didn’t experiences no poverty, like some black families experienced at Zora's age.
When Zora was nine her mother died. After her mother died reverend John remarried. Her father’s marriage caused her and her father to grow apart. She later left home to become a wardrobe girl for a company that toured down south. She quit eighteen months later and finished her high school studies at Morgan Academy. Howard University in Washington D. C. Zora later transferred to Banard College in New York City. This is where Zora became interested in black folk tradition. After Zora had graduated from Banard College she returned back to Florida to study the oral tradition. Her study resulted in her first book “Mules and Men’s” which she wrote in 1935.
Although Hurton’s success ended early, she still wrote plays, novels, short stories, and articles. Her most famous novel was also her second novel, “Their Eye’s Were Watching God” which she wrote in 1937. Zora Neale Hurton was described by Langston Hughes as “a women who was full of side-splitting, humorous tales, and tragicomic stories.” I would describe Zora as a bird that was able to soar and let her voice be heard no matter how she did it.

Is The Bible True?

Two things my mother told me to never discuss over dinner are religion and politics, because they are sure to start conflict. But in this case I’ll discuss religion but just not over dinner. Do you believe in the bible? Do you sometimes doubt what you read in the bible? Do you find truth in the bible? Well personally I believe in the bible, but I am ready to discuss the doubt that people have about the bible. People may doubt the bible because there are so many testaments; people question Christ existents, and non-believers in other religions.
Since I have been born there have been at least three new testaments of the bible. There are so many new testaments of the bible. There are so many new testaments people don’t know what to believe. Some lost faith and question the truth in the bible. The new testaments cause confusion to the older people who were raised on the Old Testament bible. These knew changes bring questions some unanswered on whether the bible is actually true.
Followed by the new testaments there are also questions on whether Christ is actually real. There are a lot of suspicions that comes from reading the bible. Some question the story about Virgin Mary. How can women become pregnant without any sexual activity and still be impregnated? This to some people is unreal. How can a women be labeled a “virgin” and have a baby. This unrealistic story leads up to the existence of Christ. Is the story to exaggerated is in unbelievable? Some say yes others think differently.
When I was young I was raised on the bible and to believe Christ was my savior, but in some homes and cultures people believe in different things. People raised on Buddha and Allah find the bible untrue. When you are born in a religion or join that religion you believe in something else. Like the people that question the bible other religions question Christ, but all in all we as people believe in some God whether it is Allah, Buddha, or Christ.
In conclusion, many may say Christ is not real neither is the bible, because of the unrealistic stories, the many questions, and those that don’t believe in Christ, but in this day and age who is to say what’s real because reality is sometimes as fake as a cartoon. Sometimes the only thing you can believe in is yourself so I ask you now, do you find truth in the bible?

Huckleberry Finn

Should Huckleberry Finn be read in school? No, Huckleberry Finn should not be allowed to be read by ninth graders in school. Huckleberry Finn contains bad language, gives off the wrong impression on life, and is too advanced for young readers.
In "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" it contains bad language. The inappropiate grammar, cussing, and racial slurring in the story do not help the children learn properly. The quote of the slave Jim shows broken down english and missed spell words."Yo' ole father doan' know yit what he's a- gwyne to do". This is a quote by Jim. In one sentence he misspelled over three words, how do you think our children are going to learn from such grammar? The racial slur of the narrator also contains bad language like the word "nigger". This is one reason why Huck Finn should be banned from young schools.
Another reason why "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" should not be read in CHS because of the advanced conflicts and topics. Some may believe that the dilemmas the main character faces are to mature for a 14 or 15 year old mind. In the book the character has a problem with drinking and does not go to school. Huck plays hookey with and drinks with his friend Tom. These things can kids the wrong impression making them think these things are cool.
My last reason for why this story should not be read in school because it gives off the wrong impression. The story broken english, degrades blacks, and make children believe it is okey to drink, and say nigger. This can make students think they can get away with these acts and let it be accepted because it's being taught in school. These things can be copied like the quote "monkey see monkey do" is a perfect example of what children will do.
In conclusion, Huck Finn should not be taught in school because of the bad language, wrong impressions, and maturity. Do you still think Huck Finn should be taught at your child's school?