The Great Debaters/ Opinion

I liked this movie because most movies entertain people and that is it, but this movie just didn’t do that it gave me history of the racism back in the days. This movie lets people know that if there is something bad going on don’t just stand and watch, do something about it. This movie proved a point in an entertaining way not a boring way. I really like the camera work like one their first debate when James is filming Henry it shows the picture black and white to make you notice that in 1935, they didn’t have colored pictures. So why is this movie so great? Well because it puts a little humor in something that wasn’t at all humorous. To really understand the history of racism in America there is no movie better than this one I recommend everybody to watch it.

Slavery at its Worst/ Painting by Diego Rivera

A famous quote by Robert Ingersoll “Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself”, is how I feel about this painting. Why should man fight with each other because of each other’s race or color. I see men being hanged, forced to work in the fields, hungry, and being stabbed. Who do the white people think they are just going and taking the Native American land? I see sorrow in the families’ eye, that is just about to see her son, dad, or cousin get stabbed to death or be hanged. What did they do to earn that, is it because they are dark, or because they are just trying to fight for their land. Humans are a mistake made by god, they have many gifts that they don’t know about, but shed blood amongst each other. Have you ever seen a white dog attack a black dog? Well, I haven’t. Human stupidity is going to end this world.

The New Colossus/ Statue of Liberty

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

By Emma Lazarus, 1883

           This poem is about how America welcomes everybody and helps. The author writes that the liberty cries in silence "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" But all that just does not seem real to me because there are many homeless people that nobody cares about. Yes it is a land of many races, but is everybody really equal. No, I don't think so because many people judge another by color not by talent. This poem is trying to help many people be equal when it doesn't have the power to do that.

          The Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom throughout the world. Its formal name is Liberty Enlightening the World. The Statue was actually a gift from the people of France.The statue, made of copper sheets with an iron framework, depicts a woman escaping the chains of tyranny, which lie at her feet. Her right hand holds aloft a burning torch that represents liberty. Her left hand holds a tablet inscribed with the date "July 4, 1776" (in Roman numerals), the day the United States declared its independence from England. She is wearing flowing robes and the seven rays of her spiked crown symbolize the seven seas and continents. Near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is Ellis Island. This island served as an immigrant station and a temporary shelter for people coming to the U.S. from other countries. Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million people passed through Ellis Island seeking refuge, freedom and opportunity. The main building on Ellis Island is now a museum dedicated to the history of the Ellis Island Immigration Station.

         Immigration is what United states is all about because it is Columbus discovered it but it was already the Native Americans land, so they fought for it and they just toke everything away from the Indians. But it shouldn't get out of control to where everybody just comes in but any body should be allowed as long as they don't damage the country by bringing drugs or diseases. That is how the United States Should do it. The purpose of America is Immigration. Nobody should be able to be better just because of their color. Nobody was born in the United States Of America so why make it theirs. Right now have so many family members in Afghanistan but, why would anybody care I thought this land is for everybody, but some thing is just not true. This land is not just for the white folks that think everything is theirs because they weren't born here either but they have the right to live with their families in peace. We are humans too, everybody needs a family to take care of them, but for that to happen you have to make a big case which takes about five years, and mostly more but they still don't come. This land is every bodies they need to let my family come, but why should they care. At least now that there is a war going on there they should try to save them from dying, but they just don't freaking care.

AP World History Inventions

Symbols in Quotes

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars (Les, Brown).”

"God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please - you can never have both (Ralph, Waldo, Emerson).”


“It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters (Roger, L'Estrange, Aesop's, Fables, 1692).”


“Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors (Frank, Gifford).”


“An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language (Martin, Buber).”


“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows (Sydney, J. Harris).”


“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself (John, Dewey).”


“The childhood shows the man
As morning shows the day
(John, Milton, Paradise, Regained).”


“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why (Bernard, Baruch).”


“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into (Henry, Beecher, Life, Thoughts, 1858).”


“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time (Mark, Twain).”


“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live (Henry, Van, Dyke).”

Blink of an eye

At a blink of an eye people die, a new generation starts.

Sumatran Tigers

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A new generation will start and guess what, what if there weren't any more Sumatran Tigers. The wonderful nature that we witnessed why not let our kids see them. Doesn't everybody wish there were Mammoths still around instead of just hearing stories about them, so lets not let any of that happen to the creatures we have right now. We need to protect them.

Saving Millions of lifes by cleaning water

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There are Millions of people dying because of not having clean water. Well that needs to change and that change is in our hand. The Paul Simon Water for the World Act as passed in 2005, but still there are billions of people without clean water. So lets do something about it. Go to the link below and help the people around the world. There is not just clean water that is effecting the world there are many more things, so if you don't like this idea chose something else.

Goals in Life

I have a goal in life and that goal is to go to Penn State and then Medical School. That is a goal that I am going to have to work all my life for, but it is not impossible. I see brightness in my future like making something of my self. Being successful in life is another thing I want to achieve more than anybody and do my best to be known around the world. There is say in that life is like a ladder and at that top of that ladder is all your dreams, well that is how i feel about my life. Right now I am probably not even at the first step there is a lot to be learned and a lot to be done.

I Pray

I have spent many days without any snow, but today that changes.

Hoping that the snow would cause school delays or even school closings.

I pray the snow unveil its powers and cause there to be a delay.

Snowy day

A snowy day ends, and now it is the suns turn to shine upon us.