3/31/12

test prep #3


the article was mostly about how hoodies are related to so many things. they can be a fad, a way to blend in, to not be seen, being a gangster or a bad person, someone mysteries.  How hoodies signify that you are going to do something bad.  that wearing hoodies is apart of a sort of street culture and you are look at as a gangster.  also on how clothing is used for profiling.  plus how the hoodie is profiled on people and it is most likely profiled under a dangerous person.  

in the article i think the main idea was that people shouldnt be profiled on what they are wearing.  through out the article the author keeps bring back that hoodies make you look bad, or a gangster.  in the text it says "The hoodie is the uniform of the troublemaker" a perfect example of people profiling people wearing the hoodie.  when tyron jakeson was wearing a hoodie he was completely harmless and didnt want involvement with anyone at the time.  “We—the people in suits—often see hoodies as aggressive, the uniform of a rebel army of young gangsters" another quote from the article, this own was said by the prime minister and him and his people are profiling people that wear hoodies to be gangsters.  how does a sweatshirt with a hood make someone so dangerous? By covering there hair and keeping them warm makes someone harmful.  thats what hoodies do keep people warm but then they are taken for dangerous people makes no sense.

this whole thing is just wrong, people shouldnt be judged and claim dangerous for wearing a simple piece of clothing.  a hoodie is just like wearing a fleece jacket or coat, it keeps you warm and cozy outside.  if people are profiled for covering their head then if people wear hats then are they considered dangerous too or are they just normal people.  Also just because someone is a minority and wears a hoodie makes them lethal is for one thing racist and two profiling.  thats 2 major things rolled into one, thats a major problem in my book .  plus just the thought of it is sicking how people can think so wrongly about others.  

3/27/12

test prep #2


in the book legend by Marie Lu a boy named day is the number one criminal and is finally captured and will be killed.  he was captured by a sibling of a person day supposedly killed so now the girl got her revenge.  but after time she begins to figure out things and now doesn't hate day but actually likes him.  in real life just because you hate someone doesnt mean its forever.  people change and so do emotions so one can hate someone then love them and vice versa.  but over all emotions are some times people so your emotions toward some one is what you judge them by.

in the book june was thinking about day and she thought some thing that wasnt there was triggered by him so heres the real proof "... something that wasn't there before".  what she means by that is an emotion changed in her.  that emotion was love that she just figured out what she has for him.  she went from hating his guts to loving him and worrying deeply about him.  another line was days dad saying "its more proof" its so vague but so meaningful.  proof for anything life, death, happiness, money, and anything.  
also prof is all you need to make something reality.  proof that emotions change and love is in everyone.  

in really life people find proof about things every day.  like the creation of the earth and new planets that are like earth.  proof is everything now a days for people to believe anything.  then for emotions everyone has emotions and has them toward everyone like i like my parents and like my friends i dont like dogs and insects.  and emotions change so i might like dogs in the future or i may not so they are unpredictable anytime.  they can be strong emotions like love and hate or just emotions like friend and person i know.  it varies from person to person.

3/24/12

test prep #1

in the book Legend by marie Lu a young boy who is the number one criminal is just trying to survive in his plague infested world.  while on the other side a young wealthy girl is trying to find the boy and kill him to get revenge.  the boy's name is day and the girl is june.  with a series of untimely events they meet and they work together but they don't who each other really are.  in this story both characters are facing tough conflicts.  Day is trying to get medicine to cure his family of the plague.  while june is trying to kill day because of what he did.

day is handling his problem well because he is trying his best just to get medicine.  street gambling, robbing, and trading.  he is taking risks to get the money fast but still not giving up hope.  while on the other hand june is doing alright she is still really sad about here brother and just the thought of him most of the time makes her cry.  although finding day she is spot on because she is doing her best to blend in with the people around here even if she has to eat from the garbage.  she is going around trying to find clues or hints of day anywhere.

in conclusion if people put there minds to things they can get them done. In real life construction workers have to make buildings and they don't give up they build it till its done they don,t give up because then there are consequences.  even in the book there are consequences so anyone has to get it done but if not then something bad will probably happen.   i can relate to that because every time i have a project my mind is only thinking about getting it done and planing it out.  and not just projects but things in general like time management or just school in general.

3/6/12

there is only one way to put it vampires


in the book Peeps by scott westerfeld is about a guy named cal who is infected with this weird disease.   the disease turns anyone that comes in contact with a carrier of the disease in this case cal so if you are a carrier you are sane but have some super powers.  if you get infected you turn into a man eating crazy freaky monster that hides from society.  then if you are a carrier like cal you work for this underground government called the night watch and they take care of the crazed infected a.k.a peeps.  then cal gets into this big investigation on who infected him and the destruction of civilization.

in the book it is very interesting how the conflict works, it is like real life case the conflict is always changing.  throughout the book the conflict was always changing.  in the beginning it was finding all of cals infected ex's then went to finding his infector.  then it went to finding the new strain and this girl he met quiet.  then it went to saving the world from mass destruction and keeping the same girl sane after being infected.  it never stopped changing it is like a clock every second is a new minute and a new problem rising.

this also doesn't just happen in cases this happens in everyday lives like a fight or a small breakup.  but there are always problems waiting right around the corner.  anything can be a problem from killing an ant to messing up a nuclear war head with a chemical bomb.  problems are problems and they always will come up and they do have resolutions and some may be drastic but they still resolve it.

2/7/12

In Fair Verona


love in this world is so complicated. the feelings the mind set i can keep going.  love exists everywhere in humans, the animal kingdom, bacteria to the body, etc. But romeo and juliet reveals what true love is but isnt really a good example of how they are connected.  i believe that the best example of love is how water is connected to the earth.  i say this because in romeo and juliet water is used a lot to represent romantic scenes and emotional scenes.  Also because it is such a big connection.

in the movie they used water to show emotional scenes like when romeo kills the man and he falls in the fountain.  it is like saying he is being returned to earth and being absorbed by the biggest part of existence.         also it is like saying i am burying something so big in something so big literally and figuratively.  But the best example is when they show the kiss in the pool at the end.  it is sort of like saying we love each other so much we want to be apart of the big picture, the big blue (GIANTS) ocean. to say that they are the are and the water and there love means so much to them it is bigger than the earth.

love is so complicated like the earth because we don't know how it all started and what caused it.   also the connection between the earth and water is so big without  water the plant would be dead and everything on it and without earth everyone would drown and there still would only be fish left and with out earth the water will just keep traveling until it reaches the core where the core will be put out and the planet will be no more.  since this is such a big connection this sort of express how big the connection is for love.  

1/31/12

the 21st century meaning for super heated compressed sand

in the book Glass by Ellen hopkins a girl named Kristina gets addicted to crystal meth and she has a child, lives with her parents, has a starter job at a 7/11,and met a new guy named trey.  Now she is back on cigarettes too but not just that her parents know she is using again so now trouble is brewing up.  But what i want to focus on are how the antagonist forces are working against the protagonist.

in the book the antagonist force is the crystal meth because she said she can control her use but now it is almost every few hours of the day she is using.  this is slowly killing her one and two it is taking control of her life her mind and everything else.  some perfect examples are hat she is in love with some one because of it.  her baby might have been killed because she couldn't wake up and save him.  And she really isn't eating or loving any one just the guy and her drugs.  And so far she learned the dangers and all that but she really isn't learning the big picture how it is tearing her and her from her family apart.

everyone in the world has an antagonist in there life.  it may not be as severe as crystal meth but there is still one and that force can change your life exactly like the crystal is doing to Kristina.  but all you need to do is overcome it and you can control your life and stay away from a big life changer like crystal meth.  But it is never easy to overcome an antagonist but it is possible.

1/23/12



i believe that even  the smallest things need the most help.  In the picture above it is a 3d chalk drawing of batman and Robin saving the artist from a building but he is really against a small garnet wall.  And when a man is going to jump off a  building that is a problem but so is a man falling on the side walk and having to lean on something for support.  even these problems need some kind of help from a pep talk to helping some one up.  Even some thing big might need just a pat on the back and a small problem may need a year of therapy so that is why i believe in some small problems need the most help.

Some evidence that supports my theory is that i seems lie the man is resting or recovering from a fall or maybe something else. And just that makes his mind seem like he was jumping off a building and he needs the best of the best to rescue him aka superheroes.  And the building is on fire so it also seems like the house represents his death and the super heroes his guardian angels or his life plus him jumping or not is him deciding on to live or die, go to the light go away from the light.  But it isn't just applying to him anyone can crouch there and get the same message or some of life problem.

this connects to humanity because everyone has problems and some are bigger than others and some need more help to get rid of than others.  And everyone has moments where the problem is a life and death situation and there is an involuntary choice where you live or die that instant.  And it connects to humanity because this is a piece of art but it involves humans to give it its message.