Blog Comments Week 23

I commented on Sa Veon's blog:
https://saveons.blogspot.com/2017/04/hits-and-misses.html?showComment=1493336133663#c7997263124507292667

I commented on Alex W.'s blog:
https://blogsgotjokes.blogspot.com/2017/04/1-and-2.html?showComment=1493336396328

2. If you are in a position of power, you are happy. 4. Who we are--our essential character and temperament--is fixed and unchangeable.

I disagree with the 2nd and 4th statements. Power is not everything. It can lead you to your downfall. For example, the tyrant in Purple Hibiscus by Adichie was killed by a prostitute. Before that, this tyrant kept all money to himself and left most of Nigeria in shambles. In turn, students started to riot around schools, including the university that Aunty Ifeoma taught at. Prices in regular household objects rose to a point where barely anyone could buy them. I doubt that the tyrant was happy with a huge majority of Nigeria threatening to kill him.

Our essential character can be changed, for I have changed over the past 4 years. In 6th grade, I used to be a slob who wouldn't care less about her homework. I got bad grades, low expectations, and disappointment from my parents. But in 8th grade, I started to do my assignments and listen in class. I became a better student and a better person. I also started to be more friendly towards other people. I'm now in 9th grade and I'm surrounded by 7 people as friends. I have As and Bs and my parents are proud of me. I am still changing, because I have to adapt to the changes life is throwing at me.

Hits and Misses

To be honest, my greatest writing was all in the projects, just bits, and pieces. I only knew how to write with detail and formality, and had trouble with focusing on the main topic. For example, my Lord of the Flies literary analysis 'Microcosms of Our Society' came on and off the topic that humans are first and foremost relying on their instincts to make decisions. I couldn't even put in the quotes properly, much less make a proper citation. I at least did better in my research paper, but I had trouble with the outline of the paper. My research points were off, and I didn't have any good subplots to back them up. Moreover, my research cards had more irrelevant than relevant information. But at least I learned how to make a good research paper in the end. In conclusion, I can make papers using detail, formality and fleuncy. But I can't make a paper using basic instructions. I hope that in sophmore year I can learn how to make a proper paper.

Blog Comments Week 22

I've commented on Kolin's blog:
https://kolin-english1.blogspot.com/2017/04/new-york-times-prompt.html?showComment=1492037981650#c3280850504343050690

I've commented on Hudson's blog:
https://huds0ngenglish.blogspot.com/2017/04/writing-prompt-how-do-you-feel-about.html?showComment=1492038419325#c2848270672078797303

Successful Reading

When I read Purple Hibiscus, I highlight what I think is important and write what is so important about the line. Other ways I effectively read is when I read the chapter more than once, so that way I can firmly grasp the details and what the book is trying to show or tell me. I also sometimes track down the characters, but I don't use just quotes. I find their behavior within the lines, and use that to understand them. For example, Papa is a very religious man who wants to have his family to be pure and innocent. So he keeps them close to him and keeps them away from 'sinners'. He is a holy priest on the outside, but an abusive man on the inside. Papa proved on it page five, where he tried to throw something Jaja for not coming to church.

The Perfect Body

145: Is there too much pressure on girls to have 'perfect' bodies?

Yes, I do believe that there is too much pressure on girls to have 'perfect bodies'. Everything where we go, we will have mannequins with waists not much bigger than their arms. We will also see photoshopped pictures of girls in magazines of on tv. This makes us want to fit in with the other girls who are already in the cycle. The cycle that makes everyone believe that skinny is the next big thing. And later on, you could die of eating disorder or starvation.

Other pressures to have 'perfect' bodies are in the clothes we wear. They are made for girls who have hourglass bodies and show off bellies for the rest of us. So we girls always make it so we can fit the tiny clothes and dress to impress. This can also cause death and severe starvation. I believe that numbers on a scale can also be a burden on a girl's shoulder. the scales are always used to determine who much a boy or girl weighs. When a girl sees this, she will usually want to lose weight. As the lady said during announcements, don't let the numbers control you.

Blog Comments Week 21

I commented on Caroline's blog:
https://caroline-english1.blogspot.com/2017/03/last-year-to-this-year.html?showComment=1490834143888

I commented on Ander's blog:
https://derzzzzzz.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post.html?showComment=1490834269511#c794950014174977789

Dark Abyss

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy

This is an Article made by NASA. It's about the dark energy of our universe. We all think that the universe will keep expanding. But around the 1990s, it became fact that our universe has barely any density. This might stop the universe's expansion and recollapse. This means that the universe has collapsed before. This surprised me. I thought the universe came into being with the Big Bang Theory. But apparently, the universe existed before Earth came to exist. This brings up many questions, like How was Earth created? or How was our universe created the first time? Anyways, there's a theory that was long forgotten that might explain why the scientist thought gravity was constant. It is Einstein's theory of gravity. It stated that gravity never changed, otherwise known as cosmological constant. The scientists have come up with a new theory. The solution to this theory is called dark energy.

With further research,  scientists have discovered that dark energy takes up 68 percent of our universe, while dark matter takes 28 percent. This practically changes many things about how we will now see the universe. For one, this means that Earth's materials are very rare, and can't be reproduced in any planet. Not yet, at least. Furthermore, it means that if Earth explodes, there would be no more life in our universe, except for the water streams on Europa. Yet more problems arise with the discovery of dark energy, The problem with finding out whether the quantity of dark energy within our universe in specific numbers continues. Physicists tried to solve the problem, with the numbers came out with 120 too many zeros. This comes to show that human beings don't quite know everything about the Final Frontier.

Blog Comments Week 20

I commented on SaVeon's blog:
https://saveons.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post.html?showComment=1490228233274#c6265136076370116995

I commented on Ian B.'s blog:
https://ianbsblogs.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post_20.html?showComment=1490228650254#c3352938743577373941

The 3/4 Freshman

It is the 4th quarter of my freshmen year, and I've learned quite a bunch. I've learned how to make a reflection, personal narrative, and research paper in the span of a month. Next time when I have something similar I will be able to overcome it. I have learned how to pull facts from the books I read and use them in the assessments I take.

LAUNCH Fest

Society is not all it used to be. Back in my father's time, everyone was nicer, and the problems are easy to fix. The reason of that was because the real problems were never shown to anyone. But now these problems have shown themselves, and it is our job to fix it. I have been listening to these problems through LAUNCH, and I've realized that the people have been causing these problems and haven't been fixing them. The higher-ups hide the problems from the citizens until they get out of control. These problems are social status, gender love, and nature.

Nowadays, humanity thinks of rich people wearing nice clothes and going to fancy places. That is not us for most of the time, but people have created a stereotype from watching movies. Mainly Disney is creating the stereotype that all girls need to be skinny to be pretty. Another example would be gender love. Gender love involves gay love, lesbian love, and transgenders. I don't know about you, but I support all of these categories. Each of these categories was about love, and people are to be free to choose who they love.

Lastly, we are putting in danger the wildlife. The trash we throw in the water is washed over to wild environments like swamps and lakes. Then the plants around New Orleans give off carbon monoxide that deteriorates the ozone layer.

Blog Comments Week 19

I commented on Bea's blog:
https://beassblogg.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post-makeup-work-130.html?showComment=1489449454138#c7575244681393208705

I commented on Alex W.'s blog:
https://blogsgotjokes.blogspot.com/2017/02/absolutely-true-diary-of-part-time.html?showComment=1489449621910

Blog Comments Week 18

I commented on Joe's Blog:
https://joe371612.blogspot.com/2017/03/mardi-gras-break.html?showComment=1489024121328

I commented on Danny's blog:
https://english1danny.blogspot.com/2017/03/free-post.html?showComment=1489024258039#c3656647058405339483

Black Butler: The Darkness with the Light

Black Butler was a manga later made an anime created by Yana Toboso. The story takes place in the 1880s in the United Kingdom. He draws/writes about a boy named Ciel Phantomhive, with his mother and father whose name is Vincent Phantomhive. The mother's name is unknown. The Phantomhives are high-class nobles who are on the outside own a toy making company for children called Funtom. But the Earl Phantomhive, the head of the family, as to be known as the Queen's Guard Dog. The Queen's Guard Dog is to eliminate the Queen's worries and dispose of the evil that threatens the Royal Family or the United Kingdom in general.

When Ciel was 10, a fire burned down the Phantomhive mansion, killing both Vincent and Mrs. Phantomhive. Ciel was taken from the mansion to a human trafficking system. He was in this system for a month before Ciel was shipped to a cult for a special ritual. The ritual was performed, and a demon came out of it. But instead of making a contract with the cult members, the demon made a contract with Ciel. They both decided if Ciel can have revenge on whoever started that fire, then the demon can eat Ciel's soul. Ciel named the demon Sebastian Michaelis and had him be his butler in his new manor. Ciel is now the new Earl Phantomhive, therefore has to do the job of the Queen's Gaurd Dog. But the story has just begun. Ciel is now in charge of finding his parents' murder and the criminal in each job given to him by the Queen. How will he handle it? Find out by reading the manga.

Be WIth You- Mondays

http://www.allreadable.com/a8b3Kkif

This is a love song about how a boy and a girl want to go to that special place and live together forever. Most of this song uses the technique of repetition, where the main verse is used three times within the song. And when he describes the special place to be shining like the snow, there is a simile. And near the end of the song, there is a line that states "You can fly away, into my heart". That was personification because humans can't fly, not without machines anyways.

Blog Comments Week 17

I commented on DJ's Blog:
https://djsbloge1.blogspot.com/2017/02/poem.html?showComment=1487809832674#c5516802495233469222

I commented on Jack T's Blog:
https://graysonallenftw.blogspot.com/2017/02/poem.html?showComment=1487809940988

I commented on Sophia's blog:
https://sophia-english1.blogspot.com/2017/02/animal-shelters.html?showComment=1487810023816#c366533758569345774

Poem

Euphony, slant rhyme, metaphor,

She is the beautiful moon,
while I am the sun.
She causes men to swoon,
She has all her fun.

Her hair starts black
and ends with white,
I wear slacks,
Her dress catches the light.

Her smooth skin smells of roses,
As I reek of labor and sweat.
She sits and watches,
And stares at my assets.

We are opposites,
like fire and water,
And although she loves me,
I love another.

The Muslims

The Muslims were followers of the priest Muhammed in the religion Islam. A Muslim's main priority is to contend or to defend the belief in Islam. The Muslims were at first peaceful in spreading the religion, but later became militants and spread Islam by the sword. They spread Islam over the Persian empire, Byzantine Empire, and part of Spain. The land that they conquered became known as the Muslim Empire. The Muslims engaged in many battles during their time.

In fact, they were part of the Crusades later on during the Muslim Empire. The crusades back in the day were a series of battles in which land was either taken or stolen from the Christians or Muslims. For example, the Christians took back Jerusalem during the 1st Crusade.

Blog Comments Week 16

I commented on Alex Wilson's Blog:
https://blogsgotjokes.blogspot.com/2017/02/research-project.html?showComment=1486670213334

I commented on John's Blog:
https://thegoat2323.blogspot.com/2017/02/research-skills.html?showComment=1486670462967#c4303734866335722032

Research benefits and problems

I love that my topic is science and history related. The Scientific Revolution was great for all, whether it be the high classes or the locals. It just touches me that knowledge can easily be spread and benefitted upon. For example, when Harvey Williams made his discovery on blood circulation in the 1700s, it led to the making of the world's first vaccine. This vaccine cured smallpox, and that disease become known as the first to be eradicated by mankind.

Yet with all the information, I have acquired, I have yet to fully understand the writing process. My conclusions turn out to be a summary of the intro, and I didn't pull my point out of it. I just hope I can make a better paper in the future.