Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Everyone Deserves Freedom

Mohandas Gandhi quotes, "Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?" Peace is define as the state of being free or at liberty rather than inconfinement or under physical restraint . It means happiness and calm from all troubles. If given a chance to start a New World, I would hope the society will be built around peace.

Peace is an important characteristic because it helps people get along with each other with good relationships, even though you are a more higher ranking than others. Peace will allow people to speak out and stand up for their rights without having fear from any conquering government. By speaking out to the New World, the world will develop faster and better. Instead of listening to one voice/idea, you are able to listen to more and different ideas that are different in many ways. You will also gain or collect ideas from different races in the world. Collecting ideas from different perspective will allow growth in a society.

Additionally, it is important for a society to be built around peace because the society will feel free and happy because there will be no more problems. With peace there will be no more wars between society. If there is war, people will die, and the world will be destroyed.

Without peace the New World would slowly become a worst and be a not developed country because people will be scared to speak out and share ideas. As mentioned earlier, Mohandas Gandhi quoted, "Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?"

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Believe


An artist named Mjolnir made this drawing on top, the writing on the top means "our last hope" This drawing shows how miserable the German were. They are showing that the Germans were living a bad life as a result- economic depression unemployment and loss of the war and dignity with the signing the Versailles treaty Hitler offered a simple solution and blamed the Jews for all the problems.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany, and he created propaganda to give a bad image about the Jews. Hitler told everybody how bad the Jews were and totally brain washed them, especially the children. The hatred of the Jews quickly spread throughout Germany and cost a lot of problems to the Jews.

Jews have done some stuff in the past, and now Hitler does not except them. Hitler hated them and told the Germans and the public propaganda, making them to cause atrocities, which means to burn houses, killing and destroying. The night that happen there were a lot of shattered glass on the ground so that’s why it was called "Kristalnacht" translated to English is "Crystal Night" 100 people died, 275 synagogues burnt down, 75 busynesses destroyed, 1000 homes of Jews were destroyed and 30000 people were sent to concentration camp.

This event caused people to act terribly to others. There were broken friendship, betrayal and abolished factories and busyness. The first concentration camp was made on March 1, 1933 at Dachau. Jews were expelled from the civil service and universities. They were also imprisoned without going through trail because of Hitler’s laws. Everyone said that "they" were the reason why they lost the war, and the neglected "their" misery and only care about retrieving the fatherlands glory. The Jews tried to get away, but couldn't get anywhere because no one accepted them, the Canadians took a few hundred only. They were trapped in a land of torture and disgusting people.

The Jews now became isolated and different. Hitler wanted the children as he knew that they will soon rule the fatherland, they learned to dedicate everything to Hitler, and they were taught that Hitler is their "savior" They were taught that the Jews were low-class scum’s.

I was so surprised to how many people actually fell for what Hitler did. Even though there were a lot of people who supported Hitler there were others who didn't agree with him. But this people failed to show the world that Hitler was wrong, were they scared of Hitler? Or do they just don’t want to help the Jews, they failed to prevent propaganda. However 1 boy stood up, his name was Andre, a 12 year old boy. Andre was a kid who was requested to throw stones to Jewish shops. His family had the choice to throw the rocks or not. Andre said that they didn't do anything to him so what’s the point of destroying their property, but if they don't throw the rocks than they would have to leave Germany immediately, Andre decides to leave Germany and not hurt any Jews.

Monday, January 17, 2011

KK, The Key Letters To My Life


This photo above is my Domiknow, the colored parts are my dominant part of my body, this shows that my profile is KK

In my Humanities class, Mr. Whiting and Mrs. Narsiman visited our class to find out what type of learner we are and what letter profile we are. To find out what is your letter we need to know which is your dominant hand, eye, feet, and ear. We also need to know which side of your brain functions best, the left side is logic and the right side is gestalt. For me my dominant hand is right, my eye is left, my feet is left, my ear is right, so I am a gestalt learner (which means i am not the type of person who thinks logically), but with the specific profile of KK.

When I am in class I learn better through movement and focusing on the big picture. I agree with that statement, because in physical education class I learned better and faster, but if it is science or math I am a slow learner. I need to focus on the end result, so that I know what I am doing. If I am around friends or entertainment I will easily be distracted to what we are doing. I prefer not to do step-by-step instructions. I start to imagine the end result and do things that seem appropriate to me

I loose a lot of focus when I am around friends, so now I will move away from them and go somewhere I wouldn't get distracted. I have difficulty communicating, listening and remembering when I am under stressed. Activities that would help me are: reading out loud, thinking caps from brain gym, megaphones, toning the vowels, and cross lateral hand play like knitting, writing and drawing with the non dominant hand. Now i will know how to help myself in my learning’s.

I would like my teachers to know that I work best sitting in the front row on the left and side where I can use my left eye easily. I would like teachers to start teaching me with a little bit of moving. I am also a visual learner, so I want the teachers to start doing their stuff on the boards.

I think these tips will be really helpful for me, because I can concentrate more better in school.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

2 Voice Poem



In my 2 voice poem I chose the characters Jason and the Argonauts. Jason had to get his uncle Pelias a golden fleece so that his dad Aeson will be king once more. Jason went to find the fleece, he got some help from the argonauts. He got the fleece after killing the dragon, and now his dad is king again.

Burmese Heroine


Aung San Suu Kyi is a hero for the Burmese citizens. She fought against freedom for her people. Suu Kyi was born on june 19, 1945. She was a Burmese opposition politician. Her party won an election, but than the burmese army didn't like that so they put her under house arrest from the year July 20, 1989 until 13 november, 2010. Although she knew that she would be away from her family for a long time she still wanted to have freedom for her people. It is hard to not believe that Aung San Suu Kyi is not a heroine. She has help a lot of people. We need to give a lot of respect to Aung San Suu Kyi because she fought against Junta she tried her best to help her people and she never gave up even if she was house arrested and couldn't see her family. Suu Kyi reminds me of Fatmire Feka, Feka had to go through a war between her home country Kosovo and Serbia, she never gave up that finally she left Kosovo and went to america. Even in America Feka still hasn't given up yet, she gives speeches to people and does a lot to tell people what she has been through.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

We Are a Whole




This video made by Jason Van Genderen tells us how mankind is united and how its 1. Everyone is 1 whole. We should help the people in need. The part that I really like in this video was the part where somebody helped a homeless guy by talking with him and giving him company. Even a small favor can make somebody have a big smile on their face. Jason Van Genderen thought me something big in my life with just 1 video. Everyone in this world is the same and has to be treated the same way.

Monday, November 22, 2010

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND


No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.


The poem by John Donne called 'No Man is an Island' is a really great poem that is known for mankind. John Donne is telling us how something separating effects people who love them and known them for a long time. The first part of the poem means that 1 island is not for 1 person its for a lt of people, every man has his or her own part, if a oceans washes the continents apart, than the continents is less, which is just like friends who leave you, anyone who dies effects me.

This poem reminds me about the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus lost his son Icarus and his nephew Perdix, his nephew fell down a tower and his son fell down after trying to fly. Now he is lonely and he is weaker without them. This also reminds me of Orpheus Eurydice. Orpheus was a really good musician, he had a wife named Eurydice. Orpheus used to play for his friends and villagers, but than one day his wife died and he felt weaker until he couldn't play anymore. Everybody got upset that Eurydice died.