Advice to Miss Wolff

Some advice I would give to the new teacher is to keep the students busy and do the graffiti board. I would tell her to keep the same teaching outline that we have gone by this year because it helps a lot. Make sure that she is aware that students are going to be loud and talkative. Thats about all the advice I have.

1920's playlist

The West End Blues - Louis Armstrong: This song fits because some of the people in the west egg have the blues.
It had to be you - Isham Jones: This song would fit for the part of the book where Gatsby is talking to Daisy
I ain't got nobody - Marion Harris: This song would be fitting at the end of the book when Nick is all alone.

Mark Twain quote

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
I like this quote because its kind of funny..
But its true because its saying that you can only learn somethings by trying and finding out the results. Maybe the cat clawed him? So now he doesn't carry cats by the tail.

Whats Good?

One band that is one of my favorites is A Day to Remember. I've listened to this band for a couple years now and I have every single album they've made, and I plan on buying all the albums they make in the future. This band never gets old for me because they have a variety of fast paced songs and slow songs. Their genre is known as hardcore..if you've heard some of their music it is self explanatory.

Civil Rights quest

I found a storie about a lady named Mrs. Johnnie Mae Walker. She struggled through life getting various jobs as maids, eventually getting fired or quit, and would be searching for a new one again. Mrs. Walker started to feel that all the hate between blacks and whites needs to stop and all should be treated fairly, so she stood up for what she believed in. This was much like Bessie and Sadie standing up for what they believe and making a difference.

http://www.crmvet.org/nars/jmwalker.htm

a walk through Harlem

In HOS, Bessie and Sadie talk about fairness and equality. I found on this website in West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue, a man by the name of James Weldon Johnson was the first african american admitted as an attorney into the Florida bar. I think this displays that Harlem was definitely a place for african americans to be treated more fairly, which is why it was a known place for african americans to live.

Having My Say

I am going to talk about school uniforms. I feel like we should be able to wear what we want because it gives students a chance to express themselves. There could be some restrictions so it doesn't get too out of hand but for the most part we should be able to wear what we want. Wearing a uniform restricts us from being comfortable and being able to wear the clothes that we buy, instead of buying extra clothes just for school. I know that this will most likely never change in our school, but I think that if we could at least wear jeans, everyone would be much happier with their attire.

I feel like in this picture it is showing slaves that work on a boat. Maybe they are suffering from such hard labor while on this boat because the two faces look in pain. Its sad to think that there could be slaves suffering constantly while working on an unsanitary boat.

There was a child went forth

I think that the first two lines of this poem are fairly accurate. It says that the first thing the boy sees, he becomes. When young kids watch their parents react to situations a certain way, the kid often catches on to that reaction and does the same. So whether or not the influence is bad or good, the child will most likely follow. He then says that there is the quarrelsome boys and the friendly boys. These boys could be the way they are because of the household they grew up in. Thats just my view on it.

So has a daisy vanished
from the fields today
So tiptoed many a slipper
To paradise away
Oozed so in crimson bubbles
Days departing tide
Blooming - Tripping - Flowing
And ye then with God?

I think that this poem is talking about people that die and go to paradise (heaven). It says after the days departing tide, which I think is a symbol for after death, they are then with God.

Affirmations of life

In order to handle something negatively in a positive way you have to be optimistic. Always be searching for the few things that are going your way instead of not. If you sit there and think negatively about the problem all day you'll just continue to grow more and more angry. So the key is to keep positive and calm. Thats what I believe is best.

Connection with nature

One time during the summer, a baby bunny was left behind by its family and was living under our deck. So we waited for the bunny to come out and we picked it up. The fact that it allowed me to just pick it up and hold it made me feel like it was desperate and needed food and water. So we put it in a hamster cage, gave it food and water, and called the pet store to see what we should do with it. They told us that the bunny should be able to take care of itself if its in the right environment. We took it out to the forest and let it go. I felt connected to nature because I felt that I had helped an animal in need. At the time,I was little, and I wished I could have kept it but it was the best thing to do. It did not really alter my thinking too much since i was young at the time.

Team Edgar



I choose team Edgar because in general I enjoy his work more. Even though his poems and stories are rather twisted, they're entertaining to read. I even recall owning a book full of his stories back in elementary school. That is why I choose team Edgar.