Maya Angelou was born on April 24, 1928, and is still living to this day. During her life, she wrote many great works, but her most famous was I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which
tells about her life as a child and her hardships . She won awards such as, The National Book Award, A Yale Universtiy fellowship, A Pulitzer Prize nomination, to name a few.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Should the abuse of children be okay?
No. Child abuse is a very common thing in our country and it shouldn't be that way.
Abuse of children hurts them mentally. It can lead to problems later in life, such as depression, anger issues, and self injury. Many teens who have been abused are depressed, and don't seek help for it. It's not just physical abuse that affects children, there is also sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and verbal abuse. A lot of people concider emotional abuse and verbal abuse to not be abuse, but 'tough love'. That isn't true. It is almost like you are a monster in the eyes of your child. Would you really want them ot think of you that way?
Abuse of children hurts them mentally. It can lead to problems later in life, such as depression, anger issues, and self injury. Many teens who have been abused are depressed, and don't seek help for it. It's not just physical abuse that affects children, there is also sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and verbal abuse. A lot of people concider emotional abuse and verbal abuse to not be abuse, but 'tough love'. That isn't true. It is almost like you are a monster in the eyes of your child. Would you really want them ot think of you that way?
Should Huck Finn be taught at CHS?
I think that Huckleberry Finn should be taught in our school, for three reasons.
For one reason, i think it is a good adventure book. Secondly, it details all of the aspects of history during that time period very well, and third, it does have some good morals.
In Huck Finn, the use of the 'N' word is very rapid and repeated throughout the story. Of course the use of racial overtones would make a story seem offensive, but first you have to look at the surroundings in the book and the timeframe it took place during, which was the late 1800's. Also, there is abuse, kidnapping, and drinking in this book. Most people who are very consevative would concider this book as a bad influence on kids, but i say its not, only because it is something you can't really hide from; it's life. Those things happen, and shielding your children from something they are going to end up experencing, or hearing about is pointless, and can cause problems with adjustment later in life.
For one reason, i think it is a good adventure book. Secondly, it details all of the aspects of history during that time period very well, and third, it does have some good morals.
In Huck Finn, the use of the 'N' word is very rapid and repeated throughout the story. Of course the use of racial overtones would make a story seem offensive, but first you have to look at the surroundings in the book and the timeframe it took place during, which was the late 1800's. Also, there is abuse, kidnapping, and drinking in this book. Most people who are very consevative would concider this book as a bad influence on kids, but i say its not, only because it is something you can't really hide from; it's life. Those things happen, and shielding your children from something they are going to end up experencing, or hearing about is pointless, and can cause problems with adjustment later in life.
Monday, October 22, 2007
POG II
I finished my POG II essay today and published it.
Philosophy Of Government II
Period 6&7
Kate Chapman
In my last POG, my idea of government was to have limited power with little or no government. After the ideal society simulation, I’m not so sure I agree with what I said before.
For my first key point, I’m going to bring up the 4th amendment.
The fourth amendment states our right to privacy. The government had access to our thoughts and everything we did through our iChip. That technically is an invasion of privacy, but because of terrorists and whatnot the government has special access and rights. Then again, if the government can read our rights, how is that privacy?
Key point number two: Impeachment powers. Congress has the right to impeach the president or any other member of the Legislative branch as long as they have 2/3 of the vote. Our President was almost impeached because the citizens didn’t think she was doing a good job, and even believed that she was doing terrorist threats.
Key point number three: the first amendment. Our first amendment rights state that we have freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press to state the basics. The citizens of our iDeal society used that right as well as they could. They protested against the iChip protesting that it was unconstitutional and dangerous. That preceded a Supreme Court case; Cooper vs. AppleCorp, ad Apple won. Attorney Mcshea stated that one death in a 3 million people was hardly a reason to panic over the iChip.
In conclusion, I don’t exactly think that our constitution can resolve conflicts effectively. My reasons are that at least in our ideal simulation, our government wasn’t very strong; it was more weak then anything.
I don’t believe that the government should have so many loopholes in our rights, such as being able to read our thoughts. Our founding fathers didn’t write the constitution for our rights to be abused. Since we have such a well written constitution of rights, shouldn’t they be used right?
Philosophy Of Government II
Period 6&7
Kate Chapman
In my last POG, my idea of government was to have limited power with little or no government. After the ideal society simulation, I’m not so sure I agree with what I said before.
For my first key point, I’m going to bring up the 4th amendment.
The fourth amendment states our right to privacy. The government had access to our thoughts and everything we did through our iChip. That technically is an invasion of privacy, but because of terrorists and whatnot the government has special access and rights. Then again, if the government can read our rights, how is that privacy?
Key point number two: Impeachment powers. Congress has the right to impeach the president or any other member of the Legislative branch as long as they have 2/3 of the vote. Our President was almost impeached because the citizens didn’t think she was doing a good job, and even believed that she was doing terrorist threats.
Key point number three: the first amendment. Our first amendment rights state that we have freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press to state the basics. The citizens of our iDeal society used that right as well as they could. They protested against the iChip protesting that it was unconstitutional and dangerous. That preceded a Supreme Court case; Cooper vs. AppleCorp, ad Apple won. Attorney Mcshea stated that one death in a 3 million people was hardly a reason to panic over the iChip.
In conclusion, I don’t exactly think that our constitution can resolve conflicts effectively. My reasons are that at least in our ideal simulation, our government wasn’t very strong; it was more weak then anything.
I don’t believe that the government should have so many loopholes in our rights, such as being able to read our thoughts. Our founding fathers didn’t write the constitution for our rights to be abused. Since we have such a well written constitution of rights, shouldn’t they be used right?
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Picture Examination
I examined a picture from my eighth grade graduation last year.
It was a group picture of our whole class, right before the end of the dance.
Everyone in the picture looks really happy and excited, but just moments after the picture was taken, we were all upset and crying because we'd be leaving each other. But before the phtograph was taken, everyone was happy and having fun. At the time, everyone was pretty much thinking about how they look and if they were going to make it in the picture. The photo was taken for us, but as you can see, it was a pretty random photo because no one was really ready at the time. I would give the photo a title of...well....i don't know.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
My Philosophy
I don't think much about government but i do have opinions about it and don't agree with a lot of the things that have been happening.
For example, i am pro choice and don't agree with the people who believe that abortion should be illegalized. I am also in supportof the war and our troops.
For example, i am pro choice and don't agree with the people who believe that abortion should be illegalized. I am also in supportof the war and our troops.
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