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Monday, January 26, 2009

animal farm

I think the book animal farm compares to injustice because the pigs are getting all the milk and the good apples, and no other animal gets the milk or apples. Animal farm also compares to self determination because all the animals are self determined to run the farm, and to keep the farmers away. Finally the book compares to tyranny because the farmer was being tyrannical when he was making the animals work and taking their products. For example he would take the cow’s milk and the hen’s eggs.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

poem pictures







http://us.altermedia.info/images/WW1.jpg
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/images/trenchPA_468x607.jpg
http://wwii.ca/photos/vimy/vimy_18.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/British_Mark_I_male_tank_Somme_25_September_1916.jpg
http://www.kommiss.com/images/KategorienfotoWh.jpg

Poem

Who amI?

I am the wars to end all wars
I am 70 million casualties
I am peace treatys
I am new technologies
I am Eastern and Western fronts
I am the Alliance and the Central powers
I am the assassination of duke Ferdinand
I am the unstable nations left after the war
I am broken alliances
I am trench warfare
I am no mans land
I am economic imperialism
I am balance of power
I am barbed wire
I am terrible conditions
I am lost battles
I am disease and plague
I am 20 million civilions and soldiers killed-
I AM… World War I

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Would I go to War?

i would only join the army if the US was in a war and needed help. but i would probably not enter a war such as the Iraqi war where we the Americans have messed it up.
i would join the army because it is very patriotic to my country and is a very honorable job. Also, i would get paid or the army could pay for my college. finally i would join the army because you would learn discipline and life skills for the future references. in conclusion i would probably join the army if the US was in a big war, because there are many things that can be gained.

Monday, January 12, 2009

cartoon feedback

The main visual elements are all of the people from different countries. This cartoon is about all the people in WW1 making alliances. I think the cartoonist is saying that there are to many alliances being made, and some countries such as the Uk and Austrial Hungry are making so many alliances. I think he is trying to make this point by showing some countries shake with 4 arms and their feet as well. The cartoonist could have made this cartoon more persuavsive by having a caption about the cartoon underneath. This cartoon relates to the Great Powers game because so many people made alliances in the game, just like this cartoon.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Game

I was the U.K. i thougt it was alot of fun to build my own empire. The U.S. and the U.K. had the most advantages, they had the most money to begin with and more armys, navys, industries and colonies. Our empire was always was nearly always the strongest and people were afraid.
In the long run building industries was more important, because you coluld double those every round and with that money you could buy lots of other things and in bigger quantities. I did well organizing my master plan with aysha and keeping my empire really strong. I would have attacked italy in the end, because if I did that germany would have helped me and after we defeated them I could have easily killed germany.
My alliances were trustworthy and helped me...until i killed them.
Threee things I learned was to never trust anyone, have no mercy, and to think out what you are doing before you do it.



Monday, January 5, 2009

Goal Update

My goals for last quarter were to prepare better for socratic seminars, get an A in AR, and to study more over the course of the week. i think i have done a good job on doing better with these 3 things. I did get an A in ar and i did study more which helped me with my test grades. my other goal about the socratic seminars was not measureable because we had none.
my new goals for this quarter are to get an A in AR because that really helps my grades, to prepare better for socratic seminars, and to talk less in class because i need to be more respectful to my teachers and my peers.