VT Tragedy

It is all in the news the virginia Tech shooting. It was a shock to me.
What I dont get is how after shooting two people the school was not put on a Code red:lockdown.
Code red is when nobody is allowed in or out a class until all is clear. When someone you suspect is having problem or mentally unstable get them help. People through out the school knew he was not all their.
He should have been forced to go to councling or to leave the school.

My Life

Songs that Celebrate

Praise songs for Orishas
3) The relationship between the gods and humans in the praise songs is very close relationship. Every god has a special part in the humans society.

4) The tone of the speakers is very proud. They praise their gods. Their attitude is very joyful and happy. Proud of what they have accomplished.

5) The praise song that was most appealing to me was Oshun (river goddess). This praise song is like a mothers love. I have a close relationship with my mother so it made me think about her.

Young Adult

Being a young adult is good.
It is a lot different from the old days. know their is a lot of independence in being a young adult.
At age 14 you can apply for a job. A lot of kids my age drive to and from school.
So in being a young adult their is a lot of independence and trust involved. Being a young adult prepares you for ADULTHOOD. The Real world.

Capital Punishment (Death penalty)

Death Penalty I am against it. Who ever has killed or done wrong will get what is coming to them.
In some cases they might not have the right person. Some times they wont find out till many years later.
If that person is killed by the death penalty what can they do to bring that person back? NOTHING!
At least if a person is put in prison he will suffer the consequences and know that what he has done was wrong.

A Drop of Milk

Thinking Through:

1) A question I would like to ask about the events in this myth is Doondari how did he come about? Why did Doondari keep creating something new?

2) The first part the world was created by a drop of milk. From their Doondari created stone from stone, iron was created from iron, water was created and from water finally air was created. Doondari a last created man with the five elements.

4) Blindness defeats man because a man who can not see knows that, that is his purpose. Sleep defeats blindness because when you wake up it the morning knowing you will have your eyesight as oppose to someone that is blind knows they will never have their eyesight.

5)Doondari returns as Gueno because he is the eternal one. Some one who is eternal does not die.

6) The truth about human life is that we all came from nothing centuries ago. Know a days people are proud of who they are and where they came from.

7) If man had not been to proud their would be no competition, no one to impress. Their would be no defeats and we all would be the same in every aspect.

8) You can compare these stories to the Fulani because they all created man and they all wanted better. From their worse was created with everyone and fault.

9) This myth is not very satisfying in my opinion it is not very straight forward.

Music

MUSIC, I love it.
I listen to all types of music.
Music takes you places. Music has certain tones and moods.
That is what I like about. Music is awesome can't live without it.
Music to me is freedom of speech. You can release your self and say what you feel.

Women in Africa

African Women are very strong. They have had very difficult lives. Most women in Africa till this day have no rights. A majority of Women in Africa are the informal labour force. Women are to provide food, nutrition, water, health and education to their children. These women have to have consent from their husband to do certain things, for instance to open a bank account.

It is assumed that educating a women makes them to independent. A women in Africa
main goal is to provide for children, cater to husbands every need and to care for house.
Girls are increasingly getting limited education. Women are not allowed to complete their education if pregnant. Half of the girls who drop out do so because of poverty and increase of school fees.


In Concluion for the Women in Africa it will be ruff for them.
The women will not give up. They have a purpose in life and the women in Africa are finding their purpose and will not giving up until they do.

URL: Google.com- African Women

Thinking Through pg 462

1) The poem that had the most vivid image in my head was "Jade fower palace". The details were so empowering. The colors and the objects were described so well.

2) Refering to "Land of Plauge and Fever" means not pleasent, dreadful full of death. "Wings to fly with", how do you escape their is no escape. "Waters" refering to neverending and "Horned Dragons", enemies the bad ones.

3) The theme was about a palace that was destroyed.

4) This talks about embracing an infant to muffle her screaming. It's not personal so that is why it wouldn't appear in a history book.

6) Talks about statues Monuments . The Jade Flower was about the distruction and "Ozymandia was about the building of a statue.

Thinking Through Literature pg 507

1) The part of the pillow book that was most interesting to me was "The cat who lived in the palace". I liked when the dog was banished and how he came back. I would have love to see the expression on the faces of those people. The dog has strength and is such an important figure.

2)Shonagon does not believe that Okinamaro is back.

3)The author has different moods and feelings toward different things. The author seems like a very honest person with all sort of feelings.

4)I think she means that the people were not impressed. She did not expect that from them.
She probably thought their expressions or fellings toward that would have been different.

5)Yes, I agree Shonagon is her own person. She has a mind of her own.

6)No matter how far into the future mother nature will always be here.

Family

Family is everything to me.
My family will always be with me.
They will stand by me in whatever I do.
Sometimes my family does things I don't like but that tells me that they love me.
So be good to your family and cherish what they do.

Homosexuality

I am not against Homosexuality. If two people like each other let them be.
Does it have to matter if they are gay or not? Im not gay but I dont care if people are, Im not gonna be with the person. Homosexuals are human beings and should be able to marry and adopt. If they are responsible and ready to have a children. If gay people adopt to me they are brave and not scared of the fact that people will critize and judge.

Chinese Poetry

1) The poem that appealed the most to me is "Still night thoughts" even though it was the shorter one. It was easy to understand.
2) The relationship between the speaker and her husband in "The River..."is a very distant one.
3) The speakers feelings in "Still night thoughts"is that he likes watching the moonlight. Admires it. Takes him home, to that special place.
4) The effect on seeing the waterfall in "Gazing at..." is that the speaker can imagine. When he sees the waterfall he goes places in his mind.
6) The poem Mulberry...the speaker sounds joyful and pleasent. on the other hand in "The River..."the speaker sounds sad and depressed. Awaiting for something. The poems are talking about a male. The are both talking about love.
7) In today's world nature is viewed everyday in songs, the new, on the job and at school.

Writing Option #2

pg 127
My best teacher was Mrs. Fairchild in world history. I didn't like world history at the time. She made me like it and it was intresting. The thing I liked about her teaching was that she would let us draw and color it sounds childish now. One of the favorite projects I've ever done was in her class we got to make up our own country. We made our own map and thought of what types of people lived their and what type of food they ate. It was lots of Fun. We also had lots of parties something we do not do in high school. Mrs. fairchild is like Drona you can say focused on the kids.

Think Through Literature pg: 397

1) My reaction to the advice is that they it was really good advice. It tells the truth. The poems are honest and very straight forward.
2) The speaker advise Leuconoe to live for today because tomorrow might Never come.
3) "Golden moderation": Be thankful for what you have. Don't take it for granted.
4) "Seize the day" was much easy to understand it tell you right away what it is trying to tell.
5) In "Seize the day" it teaches you cherish the day don't wait for a certain day to come because it might never come. In"Better to live..." teaches you to cherish what you have.
6) An image from the poems that painted a picture in my head is Be sensible, drink... from "Seize the day"
7) "Seize the day"
8) Yes I agree. You have to set your limits dont just say something you know your not gonna do.

My school

Booker High school is the best. We have all kinds of cool people here. The teacher are cool too. The style and different cultures are mind blowing. BHS is a VPA school and successful in sports. GO BOOKER NATION!!!

Sarasota, Florida

Oedipus the King

Pause and reflect:
pg 266: Oedipus seems brave. He is honorable he killed the Sphinx. Has potential to be a great king.
Pg 269: The cause of the plauge in Thebes is because the king has died.
Pg 272: I visualize people dying. Day and night. Everywhere is a funeral.
pg 275: Oedipus put a curse on the killers the curse was to "let the man or men die in agony, step by painful step".
Pg 281: Tiresias names Oedipus the murder of Laius. Tiresias tells Oedipus you are the murder you haunt.

Thinking Through the Literature: pg 283
1) Oedipus send for Tiresias because he is the only one who knows about the death of Laius.
2)The chourus feels that Oedipus is a great leader.
3)Oedipus is so determined to find the murder to make peace. Fearful that it will happen to him.

Pg 291: Oedipus turns on Creon because he thinks he is lying and trying to kill him.
Pg 299: He became fearful because he knows he is the man who killed laius at a place where the three roads met.

Thinking Through the Literature: pg 300
1) Oedipus killed Laius king of Thebes were the three roads met.
2) An oracle told him he would kill his father and marry his mother, so he ran away to prevent it from happening.
3) Jocostas view of prophecies is that she dosent't believe in them.


Pg 303: He learns that his father is dead.
pg 307: He was left on a hill with his feet pinned together. Found and given to Polybus.
Pg 313: He is the son of Laius.
Pg 322: He blinds himself from agony and pain. Goughes his eyes out with mothers pinn from dress.
Thinking Through the literature Pg 314:
1)Shepard gave baby to Polybus.
2)They think hes is a bad leader .
3)Made th eprophecy come true by running away to another towm.
4) Predict that he will kill himself or runaway.

Smokin Aces

Hello! A good movie I've seen recently is SMOKIN ACES. This movie was hard to understand but at the end they summed it up. In this movie hitmen are being payed to kill and remove Buddy Isreal's heart for 1 million dollars. They want his heart for a reason. Buddy Isreal is a magician who is going back and forth to the Mob and the FBI. Their is a lot of Action in this movie. So If you like that stuff go see it.

Analysis of Women's Role

Women in Athenian society were not as important as men.
Women had no voice of opinion. Women were expected to do as they are told by the men.
"Your great glory is not to be inferior to what God has made you, and the greatest glory of a women is to be least talked about by men, whether they are praising you or criticizing you."-Pericles

Mandela and Pericles

1) Stephen Biko and Athenian soilders they honored who they were. What they stood for and came from.

2)To remember that Biko stood for them and paid the supreme sacrifice. Mandela hoped to accomplish a more humane society.

Poems by Sappho

1. The poem I understood best was "To Aphrodite of..." the poem talks about the holy temple. The poem takes you their it sounds so peaceful and relaxing.
3.The speaker has much respect for the person in "He is more than a Hero". She sees him as a god figure, and has much power. The setting in "To Aphrodite..." is a holy temple of nature. She talks about the apple trees, rose and meadows. Mother nature is a beauty. In "Some say thorning..." The speaker talks about Helen of Troy and she thinks of Anctoria's absence because she misses her friend.
4. Sappho values intimate moments of friendship in two of the poems she talks about past friendshios. Sappho also appreciates the beauty of nature. She observer her surroundings.
6. I think the contemporary singer would be Natasha Bedingfield. In her music she talks about nature. The poems sound very mellow and that is how Natashas music sound to my ears.

Say No to Drugs!

Drugs are a big problem now a days lots of kids are giving into the pressure but, drugs are not the solution. To prevent your children from doing drugs you need to talk to them at an early age. Tell them what the consequences are if you take or try drugs. Have your children set goals for them self and not to let those things interfere with their lives.

Think Through Mahabarata

1. My reaction to Arjuna is that he is very good and thoughtful.
3. The traits that I think were admired in ancient India were skill at knowing how to shoot a bow.
4. Drona is a good teacher he think about the kids and wants them to succed in what they do.
5.The lesson this story contains is be who you are you will always have competion. Try your hardest in what you do.
6. Yes, the Karate kid because the teacher has weird methods of teaching.
7. Yes, I, think it is a good and very true lesson.

Greek culture

1. Ancient Greeks had no sacred writings (such as the bible) and no commandments.
2. The Olympian gods showed human qualities for example love, hate, and jelousy. The Olympian gods were different from humans because they lived forever and had the ultimate power.
3. Some features of the Athenian democracy are that only one-fifth of the population could participate in government and only the assembly could pass laws and elected generals.
4. The three greatest thinkers of ancient greece were socrates, plato and Aristole.
5. Some events of the olympic Games were wresteling, the javelin throws and all kinds of races.
6. The simplicity of the letters to represent sounds in the greek language made widespread literacy a possibility for the first time in history.

where Im from

Hello! Im Margarita and Im from Sarasota, Florida! Ive been living here for all my life, 16 years. Sarasota is beautiful the best part is the beaches, Lido and Siesta key. So Sarasota is where I am from.

Egyptian Literature

2. The tone of Nu's speech is very sure. He knows what he is going to do and grant.
3. The speaker in Adoration of the Disk thinks Ra should be praised because he brings life to living things.
4. In "I'm going down stream on Kingswater Canal"the speaker is delighted in dreamimg of herself standing like a bridge next to her love because she is in love and hoping that he will be with her forever. That their love will never die.
6. When I leave you, I go out of breath gave me a sense of the speaker as a person. The speaker talks how she need a mans love, and that was her holy gift from God.
7. The two poems "I'm going downstream on Kingswater Canal" and "Whenever I leave you, I go out of breath" differ in many ways. For instance in "Im going downstream..." she wants here true love to be with her and in "When I leave you..." she awaits for her love. He takes her breath away.
8. Their attitude compare to my society a lot we are told to Never take anything for granted and to appreciate what you have in this world.

A typical school day for Margarita

HEllo im Margarita i go to booker high school.Depending if I ride the bus or my bf takes me to school i wake up at 5:30 or 6:30. In the morning i take a shower and get dressed. We have four classes a day. 1st period I have reading,2nd period espanol I,third period english II and my last class geometry.My favorite class is espanol I and my hardest is geometry. There ia a 1st and a 2nd lunch here at BHS, but I have 2nd lunch. Lunch is otay. That is a typical school day for me.

Abortion

Hello my name is margarita Dell I am a sophmore at Booker high school. Abortion is a serious matter to me. I feel that women should have the choice to have an abortion, personally I wouldn't get an abortion. There are so many ways to not getting pregnant, BIRTH CONTROL. So be mature and responsible.

Quest story

A quest story is a story of somebody on a quest trying to accomplish a goal. For example the Odyssey. In the Odessey, Odesseus is trying to return home. He was at war and returning home he got lost at sea. Odesseus is a very cunning man. He always some how always defeats his opponet. When Odesseus returns home men are fiding to take Odesseus home and wife. Odesseus trick everybody in to thinking he is somebody else. And in the end he kills the men and he lives happily.

Another quest story is Finding Nemo. In Finding Nemo Marlin is trying to find his son Nemo.
marlin couldnt have found Nemo with out some help from the fishes in the sea.