Video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0

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Lupe Fiasco Words I Never Said Lyrics:

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of b**s**t
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip?
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, thats on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move you so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the f-cks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that aint Jersey Shore, homie thats the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say s**t
Thats why I aint vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it aint our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the K**h went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac aint gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, aint gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss payment
They can take your home away!
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion thats why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said

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The verse i chose:
“I really think the war on terror is a bunch of b**s**t
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip?
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?”.

I choose this because Lupe tries to illustrate that we are all lied to on a daily basis and exploited for monetary gain and how he is against the war. The line where he mentions word trade center 7; Word trade center 7 housed all sorts of legal documents and at the time the documents containing the evidence of the famous ENRON scandal. Somehow WTC 7 collapsed. Then Lupe mentions the war, we were all lied to and scared into believing that Iraq has WMD's and ties with Al-Qaida; The government and CIA fabricated reports and lied to us to go to war. Why did we go to war? For money! Think of all the corporations who make profit off of the weapons manufacturing, vehicles, clothing, food, etc. This is what Lupe tried to portrait in this verse that I have chosen.

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Analyze of the song:
What this song is about in my prospective is about  America and how corrupted everyone in power has become, and how people have become blind by the media. What Lupe is talking about is real. In America over the past few years, big businesses in nearly every industry have become so highly consolidated that there is no competition, creating virtually a monopoly. All major mass media like TV and radio station companies are now owned by 6 large corporations. They have gained the power to control and dictate what information we receive. Effectively they have the ability to control what we think about, and what we view as the truth. Some major news networks will try to lie about certain stories to give you a false idea of what really happened. When there is a monopoly in any industry, it is dangerous and allows for a minority power to control all aspects of the industry and even control prices to what they please. A monopoly in mass media is dangerous because it harms the democratic process of our country. The news media is where we get all our information from. Since a few corporations dictate the information flow, Media Hegemony can come into play. With this monopolization of media, news quality has also gone down, hence the jersey shore reference in Lupe's lyrics. Who cares if so and so broke up? Why do we need to know about that? Because they want to make money! The news is becoming more of entertainment than news. The world has come down to the “news” being reality shows and celebrities scandal’s that we have forgot what the world is going through. Lupe also talks about fear. He is referring to our current society, where people are afraid to speak their opinions and be different, of fear of being ostracized. Even some journalists are afraid of telling the truth of fear of being ostracized or losing their job because their boss at the top may not like the truth, because it may hurt his or her profits. That’s mainly what the song means.

Topic .12

Truman Doctrine: part of the Containment Policy, the US gives money to countries to fight communism, part of the US' Post WWII foreign policy

Containment Policy: keep communism from spreading, contain communism, expel communism out of foreign countries, part of the US' Post WWII foreign policy

Bay of Pigs Invasion (similarities to Invasion of Panama): US wanted to overthrow government in Panama and put in democracy, Cuba was invaded by exiles from Cuba to try to overthrow the government and US wanted to establish democracy

US Foreign Policy with Regard to Korea and Vietnam: contain communism so other countries don't fall to it (Containment Policy), give money to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine), US and other top countries head the decisions of the U.N.

Intervention: US tries to overthrow communist governments, fight the wars of other countries that deal with communism, press democracy on other countries, help to push communist forces back when the communists invade a free country, influence other countries to get what the US wants

Cold War Development: mostly between Russia and the US, communism vs. democracy, the space race, development of nuclear weapons, and the Cuban Missile Crisis fueled the Cold War, when the USSR starts to become as advance as the US, the US becomes scared and feel threatened, the USSR's possession of nuclear weapons scares the US, the Us wants to stop the spread of communism

War Powers Act: the President can only go to war with Congress' permission, in Vietnam and Korea, the US was involved in these conflicts for years without declaring war

WWII Foreign Policy vs. Post WWII Foreign Policy: In WWII, the main goal for the US was to win the war at all costs and defeat the Nazis. In Post WWII, the main goal was to contain communism as stated in the Containment Policy, including, giving aid to countries threatened by communism (Truman Doctrine).

Limited War: when a country is involved in a conflict, but doesn't use all of its resources. Limited War Ex: Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan Total War: WWII

Examples of Containment In Europe: the US gave money to countries threatened by Soviet rule (Truman Doctrine), the US wanted to prevent the USSR's communist ways from spreading to other countries in Europe, East Germany was communist and West Germany was free, East Berlin was communist, West Berlin was free, France, Great Britain, and the US tried to keep communism from spreading from East Berlin and East Germany to West Berlin and West Germany

Main Points of the Division of Germany: Communist East Germany and East Berlin were ruled by the Soviet Union, Democratic West Berlin and West Germany were ruled by France, Great Britain, and the US, fencing, soldiers, and later on, the Berlin Wall separated the two sides, Berlin was in the middle of communist East Germany, Braidenburg Gate was the main passage way from East Germany to West Germany, was built by the Soviet Union

Douglass MacArthur Dismissal: MacArthur pushed the North Koreans back further than the original border, where he was supposed to push them back to, he didn't listen to the President, he made public statements against the president

Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War: both countries were invaded by other countries, North Korea invaded South Korea and Iraq invaded Kuwait, the US fought the wars of other countries, original borders between the Koreas and between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reestablished

Nuclear Ban Test: countries containing known nuclear weapons agreed to sign a treaty not to test nuclear weapons, but some countries, like the US, still test nuclear weapons

Long Term Effect of Vietnam: the war divided America over which side people were on, this still influences how war is viewed today (Democrats and Republicans and hawks vs. doves), the war got rid of the draft, death, cancer and other illnesses from Agent Orange, Vietnamese migration to the US, brought down the Nixon administration

Peace Corps: a way to help third world countries, help build wells, schools, was a way for people to get out of the draft to Vietnam

End of Cold War (the event that marked it): the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Domino Theory: one nation falls to communism the next country will fall as well, caused a fear of communism and made this fear caused the US to get involved in wars against communism, other countries near communist countries were more at risk

Nixon's Detente: eased tensions between the US and the USSR, peaceful coexistence, Nixon and Brezhnev had multiple meetings and signed treaties to come to agreements and ease tensions.

survey

W: 18 HS 15 College

AA: 9 HS 4 College

H: 16 HS 10 College

A: 3 HS 2 College

For the most part when doing this survey most of the kids I asked they’re parents graduated from high school and went to college. The parents that didn’t go to college were for economic reasons or situations that didn’t let them go to college. I believe that it’s hard to do something when you have hard circumstances on the way of your goals, but for the most part most parents did end up going to college, witch in my eyes it seems like their kids will too.

Meritocracy

             Meritocracy is an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth. During the time of segregation meritocracy was the complete opposite. People had a bigger opportunity in progress due to their social class and wealth which mostly involved white people. Colored people did not have nearly half as much of privilege and opportunity as the white. Whether it was in school or at work.
          In A Class Divided, where the students perform better on the phonics task when they are in the group labeled superior than when those same students are in the group designated as inferior. Is an example of meritocracy, although it may be true people don’t have the same mind set while working with the superior or the inferior group. I believe that you shouldn’t set your mind on how far or how much you will achieve according to the people around you. That should be a personal goal whether you are working with the best or the worst.

I am ..

I am different

I wonder if they know how I feel,

I hear the anger in their voices when they speak to me.

I see the rage in their eyes when they look at me.

I want to be accepted that’s all.

I am different

I pretend I’m okay when I’m really not.

I feel scared every time I open my eyes and see reality.

I need to be strong.

I worry I will fail one day and give up.

I cry every day when I go to sleep.

I am different

I understand I am not the same as others.

I believe in faith and good things will come my way.

I dream of a change that soon will happen.

I try to be optimistic,

I hope it will all pay off.

I AM DIFFERENT

Concept Guide : Topic 11

MLK and Civil Disobedience- Martin Luther King Jr believed that if someone hits you, never hit back. If you hug them, it will have a better impact then lowering to their level.

Power of the "Mob"- If there is more than one person; it is most likely easier to complete your mission. On the opposite side, it is much easier to destroy an organization with violence.

Plessey v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education- This deals with Brown's daughter not being able to go to the closest school to where they lived because it was a "white" school. So she'd have to she'd have to travel just to get to class on a daily basis. Brown's argument was they should have the right to go to each school and attacked the law of "separate but equal." Brown's argument was accounted for and became a law, although each school could have as much time as they wanted to become segregated.

Civil Rights Goals- To end segregation and make everything EQUAL and NOT separated.

Eisenhower’s Role in Little Rock- He called in the military to help the 9 enter the school without harm. This process was against the orders of Orville Faunus and the National Guard

Chavez and the United Farm Workers- Chavez organized two strikes, boycotted grapes, and was anti-immigration. He fought for the Mexican-American's rights

FHA and ADA- FHA is the Fair Housing Act. -This act outlaws refusal to sell a home because of race, color, etc. ADA is the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act provides facilities for the disabled Americans. For example, ramps instead of stairs, larger bathrooms, shorter water fountains, etc.

Purpose of Filibusters- To convince others to fight for what is right and what they believe in. When Martin Luther King Jr made his remarkable speech, many people became followers on his views on the situation.

Sit-Ins and Other Protests- The sit-ins were when any person (not only African Americans) would sit down, pick up and menu, and wait to be served. If they weren’t served, they would just sit there while people would throw stuff at them. The Montgomery Boycott was when the blacks refused to ride any bus. They would carpool or walk before spend a dime to ride in the back of the bus.

SEXist!

This picture for me is sexist because it technically saying that man can’t cook. “Two easy meals men really go for”. Since they are in a can it’s easy just to put it in a plate and call it dinner. And in this picture it’s saying that they go for the easy things.

Influence easy ?

http://hubpages.com/hub/Mass-Media-Influence-on-Society

Over the years Technology has grown out more than ever starting from telegraph to now using the internet. Society’s way to connect now a day is by internet or television to find out the newest things and connect with the world itself. Media has been taken to a new level and teenagers most of all have been affected by this. Media take billions and billions of dollars to show advertisement that could most likely be fake, and as gullible as we are we believe every bit of information they advertise to us and we end up buying their product. There can be good and bad advertisement, the good can be the books they are selling or the big event that encourages teens to go play or do with their friend, but most advertisement is bad like the fast food places that take out new products and try to sell it to us, or the reality shows that are shown that influence us in a bad way, the way celebrities carry them self and us wanting to do the same cause we think “it cool”. All this comes to just one question Does media influence the actions of teenagers? And my answer is yes! We have seen of how everything back in the 1950’s were a picture perfect seen in television and how now it’s just goes downhill. We have seen for the past two years the show “Jersey Shore” has made a huge impact on teenagers. Of going out clubbing, doing the “fist pump” or doing the poof like snookie has come to an incredible sense of stupidity. Teenagers see this kind of behavior on television and makes them want to do the same to be able to fit in and know the terms like GTL ( gym, tan, laundry), cause if you don’t know them you are consider a “dork”. If the jersey shore cast has an impact on kids to go out and do things they do, they should use the publication to do better things in life, like helping out the community and maybe more results of teenagers doing this will help. I believe that television and media has increased so much but in a bad way and I feel that this should change.

the MAJESTIC (:

   Introduction: Peter has just directed his new movie, called "Sand Pirates of the Sahara". His life is going well he has a lot of money, drives a nice car, and has a good-looking girlfriend. Just when his life is perfect, Congress accuses him of being a Communist when they discover he attended a Communist meeting in college. As this happens his new movie that he is doing Ashes to Ashes gets canceled. The only reason he attended was to impress a girl he likes.

Problem #1: After Congress wrongly accuses him; he is depressed and gets drunk. Attempting to drive, he cashes his car into the side of a bridge. Him and his car fall into the fast flowing river and begin to flow fast downstream and hit his head so hard he blacks everything out. He wakes up on the beach with a dog in his face and an old man greeting him. He has no memory of anything in his life. So the old man takes him into the town.

 Problem #2:  When he enters the town many people say he looks familiar and greets him very well. After eating at a diner that the old man took him into, the old man takes him to see the Doctor of the town. Luke's dad walks up to him thinking it’s his son and takes him home. He tells Peter that he is his son. Since Peter doesn't remember anything and believes everything that this man is telling him and he now thinks he is Luke Trimble, he finds out that the town had lost a lot of young men and sons because of World War II and Luke Trimble was one of them but they never found his body to prove he had died. Now that Peter thinks he is Luke, when Luke's high school girlfriend sees him they began to talk again. She helps him try to remember his earlier life but he still doesn’t remember. The Majestic is the old movie theater in the town. Luke and his father own it and they began working on it to fix it up for re-opening. Everyone helps them put the theater back to the way it was and it was great when they finished it.

Problem #3:.Peter watches his movie "Sand Pirates of the Sahara" and figures out his Peter not Luke. Luke's father falls ill of a heart attack which will later kill him in the re-opening of the majestic, and Luke's Father dies without knowing Peter was not his son Luke. The Communist Witch Hunt comes for Peter after they had investigated him for a while. The whole town finds out that Peter is not Luke, which is a very sad moment because they needed him to be Luke so they have hope of the others sons that died at war. The FBI roll into town to arrested Peter and tell him to testify in court the next day. Peter at this point is very confused and doesn’t know what to do. Luke's high school sweetheart tells Peter to stand up for what himself and what's right in the United States and for the freedom of others. Peter does not know what to do and goes to Court with a letter from Luke to his girlfriend which encourages Peter to stand up to the Supreme Court. The court case is live on television so everyone can watch, Peter does not testify, but stands up for the sons of the small town in California and for those who died in World War II. He also reads part of the Constitution and says this is not American this is not freedom which speaks for everyone in the United States.

Conclusion:  Peter is released from the court and the lawyer in the car says he has won the court case and does not have to go to jail because he stated the girl’s name that was also in Hollywood. Peter returns to the California town, and is greeted by a band and everyone in the village, it was a celebration.
 He finds Luke's high school sweetheart that he now loves and creates a family and runs the Majestic.

my ART story (:

        My name is Norman Diackwell and every day after school I would go to the back of the baseball stadium where there would be a big long fence that wouldn’t let me see the game. I would just go there to think and get away from everyone for a while. Then one day as I was playing with my ball, I accidently threw it so far that when I went to get it, I saw there was a hole. I am a curious person, so I decided to pick threw it and that when I saw everything that was going on in the other side of the fence. A famous baseball game was going on and I Norman Diackwell was experiencing it. I saw people cheering in one side and in the other I saw people with worried faces which made me guess that side was losing.  I could smell the popping popcorn and the fried hot dogs. I could see the peanuts on the floor and I could just hear the crunch of it when people stepped on it. I stayed that whole afternoon seeing how the game ended. By the end of the night I decided to carve my name at the bottom of the hole because it seemed like I was the first person to see that hole in the fence. I was so happy I threw my ball and it landed where it did because I for the first time got to experience a baseball game live from behind that fence.

OUTLINE (:

Casablanca outline

SETTING: The movie takes place in Casablanca, Morocco and was during the 1940's (WWII).

INTRO: - Two German couriers were murdered in the Moroccan desert and Ugarte gets the letters of transit

- Rick (Humphrey Bogart) wants to go back to America

- German officials want Laszlo to stay in Casablanca since he is the leader of the rebellion against the Nazis.

- The Germans want the person that killed the German couriers to be killed

Problems :

- Rick's ex-lover, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), walks back into his life. She asks Sam (Dooley Wilson), the house pianist, to play "As Time Goes By" Rick is mad that Sam is playing that song after he ordered him to never play it and sees Ilsa when furiously walking toward Sam. She is married to Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), who is a fugitive Czech Resistance leader that escaped from a Nazi concentration camp.

- In order for Victor to continue his work, they need the letters to leave for America.

- Signor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), a very popular guy in the criminal underworld and who is also Rick's friendly business rival, tells Laszlo that he suspects the letter to be with Rick.

Big problems:

- Laszlo attempts to get the letters, Rick refuses to bargain with him

    -German officers begin singing a German pride song. Laszlo and the rest of the cafe overpower them with their own song. German officers force Rick to close down his cafe

    - Ilsa makes an attempt at getting the letters from Rick. He doesn’t buy it and knows she won't shoot him because she loves him. Flashback to their romance in Paris

- Ilsa tells Rick that she thought Laszlo had been killed when they fell in love, when in reality he was alive. When Rick and Ilsa were to leave Paris, Ilsa knew Laszlo was alive and left Rick with only a letter.

DOWN HILL FROM HERE:

- Ilsa attempts to get the letters of transit. While Victor goes to the underground rebellion meeting, Ilsa goes to see Rick. Ilsa threatens to kill Rick with a gun if he doesn't give her the letters of transit so she and Victor can be safe and Victor can continue his work in America. Ilsa doesn't kill Rick because she still loves him. Rick and Ilsa talk about the situation. Ilsa had to keep her marriage a secret to protect herself and Victor from the Nazis

Conclusion:

-Germans are looking for Lazlo.

- Rick sets up a trap for Victor to get capture. Rick is about to shoot Renault, but he frees Victor.

- Victor and Ilsa use the transit letter to go to America with the help of Rick.

-he German officers come prepare to make and arrest but are shoot by Rick.

Topic 9

Role of Women during WWII:

-Worked as nurses; helping injured soldiers.

-Maintained jobs for men in war.

-Were not allowed to fight in war.

Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb

Causes:

- New government in Japan on 1941.

-Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Caused major damage to the United States.

-United States declared war on Japan and dropped atomic bombs.

Effects:

-Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (killed 90,000 immediately), and Nagasaki (killed 70,000 immediately)

-Lasting effects of radiation; severe health problems for Japanese citizens.

-Destroyed everything: homes, cities, and people.

US Foreign Policy before, during And after WWII:

-US aid to war for allied forces; weapons; battleships

-US stayed neutral until 1941

-US active with allies.

Effect of the War on Europe

-Damage to all of the European countries. (Structural)

-Population declines.

-Tension.

-A lot of debt.

-Extreme numbers  of death in countries where the Holocaust took place.

Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack

-Death of American soldiers

-Destruction of the Harbor.

-Caused the US to enter WWII, US declared war on Japan, then Germany declared war on the US.

-US gave entire support to allies.

-US used the atomic bomb twice on Japan, forcing them to surrender.

Japanese Internment:

-Japanese sent to camps by American Government for "protection" of the land

-USA vs Kormazu; US violating rights.

Neutrality Acts:

-Stay out of war

-US battleships were to NOT be armed.

- No US citizen were allowed to travel on ships.

-No selling of weapons

Propaganda:

-Involve more citizens in war.

-Germans wanted allies to attack US

-Prevented US from fighting agaisnt Germany.

Rationing:

-Shortage of food= starved to death.

-Russia destroyed people

-Eating own family members.

Results of WWII:

-Destruction

-Economy in the US ^

-NATO

-The Cold War.

timeline - World War II

1921:1938- From Hitler becoming leader of the Nazi Party to the Munich Pact.

1939-From the invasion of Czechoslovakia to the first Canadian troops arriving in Britain.

1940-From the end of the Russo-Finnish War to the battles in Egypt.

1941-From the battles in Libya to the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong.

1942-From the Declaration of the United Nations to the Japanese defeat at Gona, New Guinea.

1943-From the Japanese defeat at Buna, New Guinea to Eisenhower becoming Allied supreme commander in Europe.

1944-From the Allied landing at Anzio, Italy, to the German offensive in the Ardennes.

1945-From the Allied landing at Luzon, Philippines, to the surrender of Japan.

1921-Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.

1922-Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed the Premier of Italy.

1925-Mussolini ends democracy in Italy by dismissing the Italian Parliament.

1933-Adolph Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany.

1933-The Nazis make all other political parties in Germany illegal.

1936-Hitler and Mussolini announced a Rome-Berlin alliance -- the Axis.

1938-Germany invades Austria and annexes it the next day.

1938-Germany, Britain, France, and Italy sign the Munich Pact allowing Germany to invade the Sudeten territories of Czechoslovakia.

1939-German troops enter Prague and complete the invasion of Czechoslovakia, ignoring the Munich Pact.

1939-Britain declares that it will support Poland.

1939-Italy invades Albania.

1939-Allies form non-aggression pacts with Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Poland.

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-Alexandra Schicharva

1. It seems like you were a stable child, how did you get used to being a “slaved” and doing things for others?

2. Was it hard for you to not be able to talk about to them or say no to anything they asked you to do?

3. Were you scared when they threaten you to be sent to a concentration camp?

4. How did you feel living in Zhdanov on the Azov Sea in one-room apartment, and sharing a kitchen with two other families?

5.  What was going through our head when you were hearing the news on the radio?

- heart touching.

           After viewing the footage of George Gottlieb and two other holocaust survivors has left me speechless. Hearing how George talked about his mom and the sadness you could see in his eyes just made me cry. The thought of never seeing my mom again is just indescribable. It’s so sad that they couldn’t fully say bye to each other and he only has those 20 minutes playing back and forth in his head. I just can’t imagine what all the survivors felt while they saw their family disappear one by one. These documentaries have left me with no words. It makes me think a lot about how I should appreciate every moment I get with my family because you never know when they could be taken away from you. I sometimes take very moments for granted and I should because for each moment I get one of these survivors wish they could have one more with their families. It’s just very heart touching.

This represents James B. with his kids. It shows how great and loving father he is. I chose this scene because he fought so much for them to get them a better place that they were in, to at least put food in the table. It shows how great of a father he is. When his kids left without his noticed he did everything in his power to be able to get them back and for me that showed so much of how he really is. He is a great father that would let anything happen to his kids and I chose this because I wish there was someone in my life like that.

                               

with hope you can succeed : Cinderella man

The Great Depression  in the 1920’s had hit everyone hard especially the less fortunate. In the case of James Braddock he is forced into working on the docks and has many challenges to face like them cutting out the electricity because he can’t pay. He is a so called washed up boxer after he broke his hand twice. After him fighting for a long time he couldn’t do it anymore because of his hand, till his former trainer, Joe Gould offers him a “onetime only fight” for a great deal of money that he couldn’t refuse. That fight turned into many more fight and the money that he needed kept coming in. with money coming in for his wife and kids and they couldn’t be more thankful his wife was also worried about her husband’s wellbeing.  She starts to worry about hi, more when his fighting takes him to championships and has to fight Max Baer in The fight of the century. She knew that he was the most feared man in the ring and was afraid for her husband. Max Baer had killed two men before in his previous fights and with that record of course she was worried. She tells James not to take the fight for his safety, but he can’t refuse him because the people see him as a hero and an inspiration. He didn’t want to let them down. His wife shortly comes to her senses and wishes him luck. After many rounds going down and no k’o is made the judges finally draw down and conclude that James Braddock is the winner.

Genocide -.-

            Yes, I think the US should get in countries that are currently threatened by genocide. I made this decision because the people that are getting hurt by this tragic occasion that they are going through. If the US can help stop this I think it is for the best. They are doing a great cause to stop it. No one should stop and just watch a genocide go by. The US may lose many people battling and trying to stop something they weren’t involved in but it is for the good of others too. I just think the US should get involved in countries that have genocide.     

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"Between December 1937 and March 1938 one of the worst massacres in modern times took place. Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a campaign of murder, rape and looting." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/223038.stm

Dear principals of ALL schools,
                                      I am a junior in high school, and i just came to hear of the rape of Nanjing. I came to find out that i was fortunate to learn about this topic because too often in high schools around the country. They "deny" certain history, whether it is edited out of a textbook or censored by a school board. I don’t agree with this at all. I find that we should all learn what has happened in history no matter how tragic it might be. Life is hard and us as high school students know and understand that. What happened in the “Rape of Nanking” is a hard topic to touch and it is very disturbing but we’ve seen and heard many things that bother us and its just part of life. I feel like as a student in American history honor’s I should be teached about history like this because it will increase our knowledge and let us know how things were back in the day at some point. I think that all students should touch subjects like this. It is important for our knowledge.

                                                                                                       Sincerely,

                                                                                                    Vreny Gonzalez                               

Prezi

http://prezi.com/epchm-13ayq_/dust-bowl-era/