12/1/10 Assignment

1. What new information did you learn today?
      -Most airplane structures include a fuselage, wings, an empennage, landing gear, and a powerplant.
      -The fuselage is the central body of an airplane and is designed to accommodate the crew, passengers, and cargo.
      -Older types of aircraft design utilized an open truss structure constructed of wood, steel, or aluminum tubing.
      -The wings are airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage and are the main lifting surfaces that support the airplane in flight. There are numerous wing designs, sizes, and shapes used by the various manufacturers.
      -Wings can be attached at the top, middle, or lower part of the fuselage. These designs are referred to as high-, mid-, and low-wing, respectively. The number of wings can also vary. Airplanes with a single set of wings are referred to asmonoplanes, while those with two sets are called biplanes.
2. Where did you get your information (post the link)?
http://www.runway35.com/2010/08/04/aircraft-structure/

3. What makes you think that the information you found was credible?
      Because most of this is on other sites too.

4. What do you think your approach for your presentation will be?
       I think I will be making a power point to show what I have learned, but I don't know how to get the class involved in my presentation.  

The Weather

Cold weather, to me, is way better than being hot because when it is hot there is really no way to cool yourself down without air conditioning or swiming. However, when it is cold out there are tons of ways to stay warm. So the cold weather doesn't bother me.

And Still I'll Rise By Maya Angelou

I am reading a poetry book by my favorite poet. So far my favorite poem by her is Phenomenal Woman.

Airplanes

missing one pic! ran out of time!

11/15/10: Assignment

1. What is it that you want to learn?
      I don't know what I want to learn.

2. Why do you want to learn about this topic?


3. What language arts skills can you work on when learning about this topic?
      Comprehension and vocabulary

4. How are you going to learn about it?


5. How will you know whether you learned it or not?


6. What role should I play in helping you learn?
     

My Education: What Do I Want to Learn About?

My education from kindergarten to now has been mostly robotic. Lecture--notes--discussion--classwork--homework--project--repeat; give or take a classwork assignment.

For most kids school is never really something that they want to do it's more something they have to do. I am one of those oddball kids that enjoys learning and going to school. However, going to certain classes is a job in itself, history and English are subjects that I have never really been in to and the way that the schools teach it don't make it easier. When a class bores me my grades tend to drop.

Foreclosure: What Was Left Behind

Foreclosure is a big issue that has grasped the attention of everyone in America. People being tragically forced out of there homes, families having to abandon their childhood home full of secret memories. 



 

 "Mommy, Daddy, I forgot Mr. Teddy. Can we go back to get him?" Choking back tears of rage and regret,"Sorry honey we can't go back." "But why?" say the little girl as she begins to cry. "Just forget the bear, we will get you a new one!" the mother says in a tone so harsh it's almost like she is blaming her child, as the dad stays in a shameful scilence. The car stays stunded into peace, the parents can't keep their tears back. They look at eachother and see in oneanothers eyes that everything is going to be just fine.

Tyler Clementi

Tyler Clementi was an average college student, until his roommate, Dharun Ravi, decided to put web cameras up in their room. Then he went to fellow freshman Molly Wei's room and started a live stream of Clementi kissing a guy. This video was spread across the entire Twitter site. Days after this incident Clementi took his own life by jumping off a bridge.This "prank" video destroyed someones life and because of a homophobic roommate.This is a story that should make people feel and desire to be better Internet citizens. People also, should have learned that if you are homophobic then just keep it to yourself because some one just might loose their life and next time the gay might survive.

Grapes of Wrath: Chapter 4 Quiz

To be perfectly honest I didn't read past the the second page of the chapter. So from what I read this book was still boring to me. But the turtle peeing on Joad was really funny.

New book: The Grapes of Wrath

I don't know how I feel about it, but usuallywhen teachers pick books for me they always say it is a great book, but I never like them. We'll see what happens. :)

iGoogle

So far iGoogle is amazing. There are so many things to do and you can personalize everything and access your blog or email from the same page. I love it.

My Inspiration?

My inspiration comes to me in many ways,as a person with a creative edge I can find art in anything. When I design clothes I can find inspiration in a sunset or the way someones hair flows. When I take pictures or draw something I just need to be outside. However, I find most of my inspiration by learning the history of our world, the pain, the struggle, the love, the war, and all of the happiness.  

Ground Zero Mosque and Islamic Center: Where I Stand?

Personally, I don't really care about this as of yet because at this moment it doesn' really effect me, maybe because I didn't loose anyone in 9/11, but it was close. In my English class we are going to have a class debate on this subject, and my view has to be against it. So here is my argument, lets see if it is convincing.

Why build a peaceful place of worship and praise in an overly crowded, obnoxiously loud city? From my research no one supporting these buildings could answer this question. Yes, they have the right to build anywhere, but "Religious freedom does not mean being insensitive. . . or an idiot."(-Rabbi Meyer May). The building that they are planning on using was hit by burning dubree from 9/11, so that very building could be just as important to some people as ground zero. Race shouldn't be an issue because not all Muslim's are the same.

Hello Bloggers

So to all of my fellow bloggers, hello. As you may have guessed this is my first blog. I don't know what to write about because I am not blogging by choice, this is a class assignment,but I guess that's LIFE.