Thesis Of My Documentary

My social issue is to improve sport facilities in our community. Including schools, gyms, parks, etc. Also it will make kids more athletic and more healthy. Usually kids that stay home all day and don't do sports end up obese. Kids that get out of school mostly go straight to home because they don't feel to go to a unimproved park. My message is to persuade the mayor to improved our sport facilities in schools and parks.

Social Issue: Smoking

My opinion about smoking is that I don't like it. It is bad for you,it is bad for the people around you and also it can be very tempting for the teenagers. Some reasons it can be bad for you is because it can put you in risk of lung cancer. Also you can give your kids or people around you in risk of lung cancer. Second hand smoke is also a bad issue for smokers. Especially if the smoker has kids. A kid's body is more fragile then a adult so a kid is most reliable to get lung cancer.

It can be very helpful if I can persuade smokers not to smoke in front of their kids because thas

Book Club Blog Critique

So far Celie had a very sturdy life. She has been physically, mentally, and verbally abused. Celie was separated from her sister because Nettie went to Africa. And also she has been treated like a slave by her own black husband. She had her ups and downs of her life but she still overcame her issues.

I could compare somethings my mother's life to Celie's life. For example, my mom used to be beaten by her father, but she overcame her dads awfulness. Then became a good mom and woman. Also my mom was separated from her mom permanently because she died when my mom was ten. Implying those events my mom had a very awful childhood.

The most happiest moment of my book club book was when Nettie met Celie again at the end of "The Color Purple". I could tell Celie was happy because she hasn't seen Nettie in over 40 years. Also The story stated " When I seen Nettie's foot on the porch I almost died."

I recommend this book to anyone that loves happy endings or a tough adult book. This book is very deep. Also it is very emotional. This book is good for young adults to now about the issues that used to happen in the racial times.

Short Story Itroduction

There is a speck of a old crusty house that been tumbling down the beauty of a hillside for decades. Cars pass it all the time, saying how its so ugly. Raccoons, rats, and dears passing by all the time around that house. Usually it reeks around that piece of junk. The sun never rises or sets over their, its always dark, sad. Its devil's work.

Too bad he needs to wittiness that piece of junk on his way home and to school. Rumors say there is a still life in that house. But he crosses through it every day and doesn't sense any life.

The Rose that Grew from Concrete by: Tupac Shakur

I can infer that the theme of this poem is he had a rough life but he made something good of it and he overcame his bad life. For example, he compares himself to a rose growing in the concrete. And the concrete is his tough life. So I can Infer he followed his dreams and thats how he overcame his life. Even though no one notices him.

Hyperbole of my Dog

Some hyperboles I noticed in this poem was ''Little Girl is my dog. She sleeps like a log.'' I think the poet wrote this hyperbole to give us a sense that the dog sleeps like a log. Also there was ''She has a huge mouth, And eats like a hog'' I think the poet said this hyperbole to show the reader that the dog is very hungry.

Negro

The mood of this poem is proud and angry because Langston Hughes talks how he is all the people that had been discriminated, owned, and African American. I can infer that he is proud to in history but mad about what was in the history. For example the poem stated I am Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. I can infer he is proud to be black.

Poetry Response Bronx Masquerade

The best word that could describe ''Bruised Love'' is sympathy because Chankara felt bad for her sister for letting her boyfriend beat her up and now she is following in the same direction. For example, Chankara has just got by her boyfriend for trying to defend herself and she so ''saw'' her sister in her boyfriends eyes. I can infer she doesn't want to follow in her sister's foot steps. I think the meaning of the poem is some one that loves but hit you is not true love.

Poem Response Bronx Masquerade

The mood of this poem is to be curious. I say that because his poem is about him being curious about death. For example the poem stated that '' Why hasn't someone censored death?'' Implying that he wants to know why death hasn't stopped. I can Infer the poet is hurt by something that happened in his life time that had to do with death.

Braver

What I can infer about this poem is the poet is doing the same things in life and she wants to be braver wich also means she wants to stop her habits. And she wants to change her ways. The word that best describes how the poet's feeling is ''braver'' because she wants to be outgoing and ambitious in her life. For example she is always doing the daily routines and she is sick and tired of it. The meaning of this poem is not to be ordinary but to be perseverant to your life.

I Dont Understand

I Don't Understand...

I don't understand

why snow is so white
why people make stupid decisions
why people are in gangs

But most of all

why kids are involved in drugs
why the stock market crashed
why we wear uniforms for school
which came first the chicken or the egg

What I understand most is

why I am so smart
why our earth is so beautiful
why I love art
why I cherish life.

Do not go gentle into that good night

The meaning of this poem is that don't die easy, put up a fight for your life. For example the poem keep repeating ''Do not go gentle into that good night, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'' Implying that I can infer that the poet wants me to be mad about dieing. The mood this poem gives me a idea to be strong because the poem is about to be strong and don't be ready to die. The poem uses repitition so the poet could give a strong statement to the poet.

D*E*F*A*U*L*T

I am DEFAULT
my heart is a vault.
You cant get in
if you don't know the pin
its 10/11/95
thats the day I came alive.

I am a unknown kid
the one that did.
The ordinary,
but extraordinary.
juvenile from the street,
struggle to make ends meat

My blood leaks from my chest and arms
dark red like bank alarms.
My knees buckle to the floor
while I blank out and count down 1, 2, 3 ,4

I breathe my last breath
and I'm taken down to certain death.

You Win!

You want change.
Hard decisions,
your focus is in range.
Live up to your expectations.

You won the election,
you beat the old man,
your ready for the inauguration.
To say ''Yes we can''

Inaugural Poem Response

"Praise Song for the Day"
by Elizabeth Alexander

What I think this poem means to me is that we should still live our lives how we want even if we have a black president. But we should thank the people that came before us that made this happen. For example, without Martin Luther King, Obama would no be president because he wouldn't be able to have rights. Just like the poem stated that ''Say it plain: that many have died for this day.Sing the names of the dead who brought us here,''

This poem made me feel grateful because all of these past people died so we can have rights. The stanza I liked especially was ''A woman and her son wait for the bus. A farmer considers the changing sky.A teacher says, Take out your pencils. Begin.'' I like that stanza because I think it means to just live your life.