Freshman year.

This year has been a blast people may say its scary, your freshman year, don't go into to it like that it was so fun meeting new people taking the different new classes and the lunch was ten times better.

Animal Farm

We just got done finishing the book Animal Farm it was a great book overall. It had extraordinary connections with the Russian Revolution and comparing it to animals. I thought it was cool how they can show that if you want to change something you need to stand up for yourself and not become the person that you took over. One thing that disappointed me was the ending and how it was a cliff hanger it would've been better if they told us what may have happened three years later.

Motivational Speaker.

Today we had a motivational speaker and he was very energetic and helped us with planning for our future and with ourselves. I think we should have him come visit our school each semester, not just to get out of class but to help with learning more about ourselves and help with school.

What I like or don't like about Old Mager is...

I like how he is deeply supportive of the farm animals and takes charge. He is a remarkably good leader in how he presents himself and the way he acts towards them. The speech he gave shows that he can get the point across and be wonderfully persuasive, the points that he gave made sense in how it seems that people just use the animals for what they need and not respect them at all. Another way that I like him is how he makes the animals feel empowered about them selves and feel like they can lead or take over the farmer. But there are some ways that I don't like him; for example, how the farmer can be mean and ruthless towards his animals but that doesn't mean that every single farm or farmer is like that. A farmer could be extraordinarily loving to his animals; such as, free range, livestock and domestic poultry, permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot. Which is a better way of life for the animals. There might even be farmers that don't sell the products in which their animal produces and just keeps them like a pet.

What is power?

Power is something that has a strong sense in your life that you tend to use or not use in your life, it can be how you are or something might be very powerful in your life that influences you in ways that can be good or bad. Someone can earn power by following and achieving tasks that they decide to get them in a higher stature, or they can earn it by wanting it all the time and having a desire for it. As a result, power can be lost by if you lose interest in it and you don't care for it anymore, or you just weaken. The thing that holds most power in my life would be my friends and music, my friends is all that I can go to and have a great time with, and music helps me when I'm in a bad mood just to listen to something to calm me down, or to put me at ease. I find that my personality makes me powerful, because I can talk to anyone and make a lot of people laugh, and making people gives me a good power just to be able to make people laugh makes me feel good that I might have brightened someone's day.

Cause/Effect Essay

An "eating disorder" is when a person eats, or refuses to eat, in order to satisfy a mental need and not a physical need. The person doesn't listen to body signals or is not even aware of them. Eating disorders are normally recognized as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. However, a person may have an eating disorder without fitting into any of these categories. "It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women". While some people argue the reason for so many girls suffering from eating disorders are the media, parents, and guys, it's all of those combined to feel pressured into being perfect.

Some effects that might cause eating disorders aren't always what you think. For instance, the media and how the woman on these television shows and magazines can make woman feel like they're standards are low and that they need to reach the beauty of the actresses and models. Due to this, many men would like to have a model as a girlfriend so they want the average girls to be perfect, which only makes them hate how they look because they can't reach that level, so they have to resort to an eating disorder so they will be perfect. Another way, would be that it's because of their parents and how they might not get enough attention from them, so they feel like they need to resort to an eating disorder so that maybe their parents will care for them and pay more attention to them.

The main cause for girls that suffer from eating disorders is feeling the pressure to be perfect. A reason for these girls feeling pressured might be from what they see on magazines and how girls are portrayed. When you look at magazines it shows all these skinny pretty looking girls but never average ones to make the girls feel like they might be more than normal. Another way would be guys and how they normally want someone that's perfect, because of this you'll feel pressured to look your best all the time and they might make you feel horrible about yourself if they think your ugly.

This evidence connects to the main idea by relating because both of those you have the feeling to be perfect. This issue is extremely important because many girls suffer from this and if they don't stop then they might even end up with more serious problems in the future.

How did Marie Antoinette become queen of France?

Her marriage to Louis XVI at the age of 14 when he was only 15 had been made to strengthen France's alliance with its long-time enemy, Austria. The union, however, was not altogether popular, and Marie Antoinette's actions only increased hostility toward her.

She was now the Queen of France, and ever since the revolutionaries wanted to get rid of their monarchs to start a republic, vicious rumors had spread about her and she was seen as the cause of the great dept that France was in, the revolutionaries, therefore, decided not only to kill the King of France, but also his wife, Marie Antoinette. Not only that, but she was extremely mean towards peasants. She said that if they were having troubles, "let them eat cake!" which basically meant she didnt really care about their situation money wise or didnt know about it.

Who was Marie Antoinette?

Marie Antoinette was born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria.She was the youngest and most beautiful daughter of Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa, Emperor and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her destiny was to become queen of France. She married the crown prince of France in 1770. Four years later she became queen when her husband was crowned King Louis XVI.

Confucianism (World Studies project)

Intro:

The religion that I decided to write about is Confucianism I've never heard this religion before we started studying them it may not be a popular religion in the United States but I'm guessing that over where China is that it's very popular. This religion

Founder:

The founder of Confucianism is Confucius; Confucius was born in a poor family in the year 551 B.C., and he was born in the state of Lu. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu. Confucius was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China; Confucius' philosophy was a moral and political one. It was founded on the belief that heaven and earth coexist in harmony and balanced strength while maintaining dynamism. He died in 479 B.C. at the age of 72.

Followers:
Confucianism, an ancient Chinese way of thought that has spread through much of East Asia; such as, Japan and Korea. About 0.09% (6,111,056 people) follows Confucianism.

Sacred Texts:
Some sacred texts that people of Confucianism are the Confucian Analects (Lun Yü), Great Learning (Ta Hsüeh), Doctrine Of The Mean (Chung Yung), Shu Ching or 'The Book of Historical Records.’ Shih Ching or 'The Book of Odes.’ I Ching or 'The Book of Changes.’ Li Ki Part I; Li Ki Part II or 'The Book of Rites.’ Hsiao Ching or ' The Book of Filial Piety.'

Holidays:
The holiday that Confucianism celebrates is September 28, Confucius' birthday that means that this year was the 2560th anniversary of Confucius' birthday. There is also the Coming-of-age ceremony the ceremony was organized to celebrate the coming-of-age of young people who have turned 20 this year or are going to turn 20 this year and to increase their awareness about the responsibilities of adulthood.

Rituals:
The rituals of Confucianism are filled by the practices of Chinese religion, Taoism, and Buddhism. Some of their rituals or practices are birth, death, marriage, mantras and meditation.

Clothing:


Hierarchy/Organization :
The organization of Confucianism are ruler to ruler, father to sun, husband to wife, elder brother to younger brother, friend to friend. There hierarchy is similar to Hinduisms caste system.

What are there clicks in high school?

There are "clicks" in high school mainly because people in elementary start noticing the people that they relate to and can be themselves around and as this progresses to middle school it gets more noticeable and there are clicks like the preps, geeks, jocks, goths, emo, scene kids, and pretty much these all come from people when they judge people to much and think just because they wear black and a lot of makeup that they are weird and you might judge them to fast and if you would have got to know them they might have been really nice. This is a site that a person is talking about a "click" and whom they need for a project, the people that she needs would be called "the geeks" and you can also see the other people’s comments one person says

" The group you speak of sounds like “the invisibles”. They’re not cool, they’re not outcasts, and unless they do something scarily stupid, no one pays them much mind. They are often found in bands, but not as band geeks, art classes, but not artists, sports teams, but not as jocks, and work after school, which excludes them from getting heavily involved in any of the above. They can be found in yearbooks, but usually as background people. They are often forgotten in naming members of clubs. Hope this helps!"

See this person already labels them or that group of people I mean sometimes it can be bad when you label groups in a way that people say it in a mean or rude demeaning way, but it is sometimes okay if you use the group names as describing them but not mean.

How to Survive Your Freshman Year.

I have just read a blog about how to survive your freshman year in high school It gives some good tips about what you should accomplish and what you should stay away from such as a part that I read and thought was funny, "We all send the occasional text message during class, but avoid, at all costs, eagle eyes of a teacher. Some teachers may only warn you, some may take your phone for the period, and some may even hang onto it for the whole day. Don’t let this happen to you!" The reason I thought that this was funny is that it's true and we do all do it sometimes at least, and if you do this I suggest put your phone on vibrate or silent. It also explains that you need to make friends with everyone that's what I try to do this year I have already make lots of new friends, and don't get scared throughout your high school years if you lose some friends because you'll just make new ones to fill them in and you also might come to start talking to them again.

Intro

As a part of team3, I am excited to be blogging this year on the topic of co-existence. The community that I will be talking about this year is my school. In every school day we have 7 periods but I have 8, because I have to do early bird in the morning. I normally wake up at around 6:00 in the morning. Surprisingly it has been very easy so far all we do is walk around the building two or three times. Another plus is it lets you have an extra class. My lunch schedule is that I have last lunch, ugh I know, but actually its not that bad I just started to actually go in the lines instead of getting cheetos and a drink everyday. But when you go to eat lunch you should most definitely get something to eat that makes you full so you’re not hungry for the rest of the school day.