Friday, April 18, 2008
The first day os service learning
On the first day of service learning we all came together in the library and we got to know each other if we didn't already know each other. We talked about the books we had and we noticed that all the books were kinda educational and students on their own time wouldn't want to read them. We choose to ask each student what kind of books they would like to see in the library. We also got some books from the library next door that we see kids with all the time and read them. We made a list of all the books that we see kids with and we seen if they were okay for school. We came up with and idea that the kids bring in a book that they think that we should get for the school let someone read it and go on from there.
What we did
Our overall goal is to try to get more students in the library more and be interested in spending more time here at lunch or on their own time. What we did in our community service club is talk about how much we wanted to get new and interesting books that the kids at out school would like. We also looked at different things we can do during school hours to help us get more interested in books. We took a group vote on which one's we should go to and we picked four. We also wanted to find a way to make the principal let us have these kids of books in our school. Overall what we really did was vote on things to make our group more functional.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
“We The People, in order to form a more perfect union”
On March 18, 2008, Obama stood and made a speech explaining both his opinions on race in our Society and also Reverend Wright’s sermons that spoke about this topic.
Obama Started off this speech by going back and telling about when our Declaration Of Independence was first written at Independence hall, which at the time off the speech stood right across the street from him. To him this Declaration was signed but still not finished. He goes on to talk about how this document contradicted our constitution, since in our constitution it states that all men are created equal, but yet the declaration still divided the colonies between the North and South.
After describing our Nations history, he then talked about his background and how he grew up, being the son of a black man from Kenya and a whit woman form Kansas, and about how he has family members from every race, and “every hue”
He then went to describing about his campaign, and how at times he was either deemed to be either “to black” or “not black enough”. And how that many people in our nation were fighting for unity still to this day. When he went to South Carolina he talked about how even to this day the Confederate flag still flies, but yet there is still unity between both black and white.
After all this he finally described his reverends sermons, as not wrong but divisive. And that at this time with two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis, and potentially devastating climate change we can not be divisive, since none of these problems are targeted to one race in particular, but targeted to all of us.
On March 18, 2008, Obama stood and made a speech explaining both his opinions on race in our Society and also Reverend Wright’s sermons that spoke about this topic.
Obama Started off this speech by going back and telling about when our Declaration Of Independence was first written at Independence hall, which at the time off the speech stood right across the street from him. To him this Declaration was signed but still not finished. He goes on to talk about how this document contradicted our constitution, since in our constitution it states that all men are created equal, but yet the declaration still divided the colonies between the North and South.
After describing our Nations history, he then talked about his background and how he grew up, being the son of a black man from Kenya and a whit woman form Kansas, and about how he has family members from every race, and “every hue”
He then went to describing about his campaign, and how at times he was either deemed to be either “to black” or “not black enough”. And how that many people in our nation were fighting for unity still to this day. When he went to South Carolina he talked about how even to this day the Confederate flag still flies, but yet there is still unity between both black and white.
After all this he finally described his reverends sermons, as not wrong but divisive. And that at this time with two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis, and potentially devastating climate change we can not be divisive, since none of these problems are targeted to one race in particular, but targeted to all of us.
The Empire of the sun
Empire of the sun was a conflicting and heartbreaking story. It had thrill, love, and war. A young boy Jamie coming from a life of servants and fine dining he didn’t know that his life was about to change drastically. But the most important thing to the boy was family values they never changed no matter who he was around. The three reasons why I say this because one the way he was at the camp, the way he was with the boy, and the way he was with Basey.
I say the way he was with Basey because he just took to him. He listened to him as if he was his father. No matter what Basey did like stealing from him as soon as he meet him he still followed his word. He treated basey like he knew him his whole life and basey didn’t do anything for him but use him. Basey tried to sale him but no one wanted him but Jamie still treated him like family.
Anther reason I think that Jamie’s family values didn’t change because the boy over the other side of the gate. When they first meet the boys airplane was over the other side with Jamie and he loves airplanes. But no matter if the boy was the same race as the people who took over his country he still treated him like a little bother. At the end the boy go killed because of a misinterpretation of something he bet the man who killed him up.
The last reason I say this is because the way he treated everyone at the camp they put him in. He got food for people and stole things so he can feed what he treated like his family. He got food for the woman he treated like his mother. No matter if he knew she was dieing or not he didn’t leave her side. He treated the little kids as if they were blood but knowing there not.
In conclusion I think that his family values did change because of these three reason, the way he treat basey, the way he treated that little boy and the way he treated everyone at the camp. He was brave little boy going throw war and living to tell about it he living in new places with new people but one thing never changed his value of family.
I say the way he was with Basey because he just took to him. He listened to him as if he was his father. No matter what Basey did like stealing from him as soon as he meet him he still followed his word. He treated basey like he knew him his whole life and basey didn’t do anything for him but use him. Basey tried to sale him but no one wanted him but Jamie still treated him like family.
Anther reason I think that Jamie’s family values didn’t change because the boy over the other side of the gate. When they first meet the boys airplane was over the other side with Jamie and he loves airplanes. But no matter if the boy was the same race as the people who took over his country he still treated him like a little bother. At the end the boy go killed because of a misinterpretation of something he bet the man who killed him up.
The last reason I say this is because the way he treated everyone at the camp they put him in. He got food for people and stole things so he can feed what he treated like his family. He got food for the woman he treated like his mother. No matter if he knew she was dieing or not he didn’t leave her side. He treated the little kids as if they were blood but knowing there not.
In conclusion I think that his family values did change because of these three reason, the way he treat basey, the way he treated that little boy and the way he treated everyone at the camp. He was brave little boy going throw war and living to tell about it he living in new places with new people but one thing never changed his value of family.
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