I have been asked if I am proud of my country, and my answer is yes. My first reason why I am proud is because the United States has freedom unlike many of other countries, we have rights and one of the most important of them all is we get to have any religion we want. In some countries they are forced to believe in one religion and one only. If you haven’t noticed, we are very lucky to be living in a free country and have rights. We also have a democracy; we get to have a voice, say what we want and have an opinion for everything or anything we want.
Second of all, we have won the previous war against the Middle East. We worked together and successfully killed Osama Bin Laden. We are very fortunate that people aren’t forced to serve in the war anymore. People want to protect the country, so they volunteer to serve in the military; that is one thing that everyone should be thankful for.
Lastly, we are a very generous country, sometimes too generous but thankfully we are helping to save the lives of others. The United States helps support those who are in need, but there are lots of people in need in the U.S, lots of people are complaining about being in debt, why aren’t we helping them first? Overall I am a very proud American that is thankful for a generous country that allows freedom.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Mockingbird Reflection
The book Mockingbird written by Kathryn Erskine gives you a very well understanding of how ten-year old girl, Caitlin, with Asperger’s syndrome is living her everyday life. Caitlin is going through a lot, her older brother Devon just got shot and her mom died a while ago, but Caitlin doesn’t quite know how to react. Caitlin and her dad are working through it together and trying to have closure towards Devon’s death. Although Caitlin is having a hard time at home, school is also difficult for her. Most of the time kids are making fun of her because she is to “different”; so she refuses to make new friends. The quote “I know it’s difficult but you can’t keep it all inside” tells me, that you sometimes you have to express your feelings; you can’t always keep them bottled up inside of you. Caitlin has to learn how to show her emotions and not keep them inside her. In the book Caitlin’s guidance counselor said that quote when they needed to talk about her brother’s death, but Caitlin didn’t want to share because she felt dejected.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Bullied
Authors Note: This essay is trying to convince the reader that bullying is bad and that we should try to stop it.
How would you feel if you got bullied every single day of your life? How would you feel if you sat alone at lunch? How would you feel if the kids at school won’t even talk to you, and when they did, they would just end up making you cry. Bullying is a huge issue for almost any age in the United States. However, if we try to do something about it, it can be prevented.
Most likely when teens are getting bullied, about half of them end up committing suicide. About 50,000 teenagers try to kill themselves a year and about 5,000 succeed. Suicide is most common throughout the ages of 15 through 24. If we get the bullying to stop, there will possibly be fewer deaths throughout the nation.
Even though a lot of teens are killing themselves because of the terrible bullying, a lot of them are also getting depressed. Depression is causing kids to not talk to anyone and sometimes they won’t even go anywhere outside of their house. Being depressed can make teens want to hurt themselves because they aren’t happy how they look or how others are treating them. Hurting yourself can sometimes lead up to suicide threats, fortunately depression can be fixed.
In my opinion bullying can cause people to get a lower self esteem. It causes a low self esteem because if they are getting bullied verbally, they are getting made fun of because of how they appear, most of the time people get insecure because of how they are made. Sometimes people are getting bullied so often that they are scared to go to school because they don’t want to continue to get bullied, Isn’t school supposed to be a safe environment?
Above all, way too many kids and teens are getting bullied and risking their lives. If our school was bully free it would be a better environment and more people would feel safe to come here. Our school would be totally different if it was bully free, we would treat each other the way we want to be treated and almost everyone would be friends. But if we try, we can prevent bullying and save the lives of others.
How would you feel if you got bullied every single day of your life? How would you feel if you sat alone at lunch? How would you feel if the kids at school won’t even talk to you, and when they did, they would just end up making you cry. Bullying is a huge issue for almost any age in the United States. However, if we try to do something about it, it can be prevented.
Most likely when teens are getting bullied, about half of them end up committing suicide. About 50,000 teenagers try to kill themselves a year and about 5,000 succeed. Suicide is most common throughout the ages of 15 through 24. If we get the bullying to stop, there will possibly be fewer deaths throughout the nation.
Even though a lot of teens are killing themselves because of the terrible bullying, a lot of them are also getting depressed. Depression is causing kids to not talk to anyone and sometimes they won’t even go anywhere outside of their house. Being depressed can make teens want to hurt themselves because they aren’t happy how they look or how others are treating them. Hurting yourself can sometimes lead up to suicide threats, fortunately depression can be fixed.
In my opinion bullying can cause people to get a lower self esteem. It causes a low self esteem because if they are getting bullied verbally, they are getting made fun of because of how they appear, most of the time people get insecure because of how they are made. Sometimes people are getting bullied so often that they are scared to go to school because they don’t want to continue to get bullied, Isn’t school supposed to be a safe environment?
Above all, way too many kids and teens are getting bullied and risking their lives. If our school was bully free it would be a better environment and more people would feel safe to come here. Our school would be totally different if it was bully free, we would treat each other the way we want to be treated and almost everyone would be friends. But if we try, we can prevent bullying and save the lives of others.
Monday, October 3, 2011
I Hope You've Changed
Authors Note: This is a letter to Casey from the narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat"
by Earnest Thayer, from one of his ex-biggest fans.
It’s your biggest fan...wait no; your ex-biggest fan. You were my inspiration, I thought you were beyond amazing; you inspired me to follow my dreams just like you did. My name is Bethany and I am writing to you to tell you that you have to big of a head. Last week was pathetic; the way you thought you could beat the other team, that you were too good to try. Remember when the pitcher pitched to you and you backed away like a cat backing away from water, you said ”That ain’t my style” and you struck out, I wonder if you’ve changed since that?
First of all, during that game the score was four to two and you and your team had one more inning to play. Unfortunately you got way to ahead of yourself and when the pitcher pitched to you, you simply said “that ain’t my style” and let it pass you like you needed something better. With no doubt, you let the second pitch pass once again and you only had one more chance till you strike out. You only had one more chance and if you messed it up you would officially lose. But it was too late, Casey…you struck out.
After all, it turned out that trying to “impress” anyone won’t help make you better or to win victory. You disappointed all your fans, including me. We were so close, we should have won but no, you had your head in the clouds. It’s amazing to think that someone like you would go out and act like you own the world. Maybe if you had swung at the other ball or actually hit one your fans won’t be so angry, we would actually be proud of you that you tried your hardest.
I hope you’ve changed, I hope you learned your lesson. Since you acted like a king you got what you needed, your team is done for the season. You earned that consequence, it wouldn’t be fair if you would have won so say goodbye to the World Series. I wonder what your team thinks, are they mad at you? I know I am. Thank you for disappointing me, I hope you’ve changed.
by Earnest Thayer, from one of his ex-biggest fans.
It’s your biggest fan...wait no; your ex-biggest fan. You were my inspiration, I thought you were beyond amazing; you inspired me to follow my dreams just like you did. My name is Bethany and I am writing to you to tell you that you have to big of a head. Last week was pathetic; the way you thought you could beat the other team, that you were too good to try. Remember when the pitcher pitched to you and you backed away like a cat backing away from water, you said ”That ain’t my style” and you struck out, I wonder if you’ve changed since that?
First of all, during that game the score was four to two and you and your team had one more inning to play. Unfortunately you got way to ahead of yourself and when the pitcher pitched to you, you simply said “that ain’t my style” and let it pass you like you needed something better. With no doubt, you let the second pitch pass once again and you only had one more chance till you strike out. You only had one more chance and if you messed it up you would officially lose. But it was too late, Casey…you struck out.
After all, it turned out that trying to “impress” anyone won’t help make you better or to win victory. You disappointed all your fans, including me. We were so close, we should have won but no, you had your head in the clouds. It’s amazing to think that someone like you would go out and act like you own the world. Maybe if you had swung at the other ball or actually hit one your fans won’t be so angry, we would actually be proud of you that you tried your hardest.
I hope you’ve changed, I hope you learned your lesson. Since you acted like a king you got what you needed, your team is done for the season. You earned that consequence, it wouldn’t be fair if you would have won so say goodbye to the World Series. I wonder what your team thinks, are they mad at you? I know I am. Thank you for disappointing me, I hope you’ve changed.
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