September 4

The River Valley Civilizations Questions

1.What are the four River Valley Civilizations we have discussed so far ?
Egypt,China,Mesopotamia,and the Indus Civilizations.

2.What are the similarities between them?
First they all depended upon a river to help them survive.Second the farming and livestock growth led to agriculture which helped them domesticate animals and led to survival. Finally all of these River Valley Civilizations were polytheistic which means to believe in many gods.

3.What are some of the basic characteristics of the civilizations and how are they demonstrated by the four civilizations we discussed?
The basic civilizations characteristics were based upon their culture they practiced religion because all of the civilizations were polytheistic and had their own rituals and peace to make with their gods. Another thing that shows their culture is their art,pottery,inventions,etc… and shows that even though it was way back then it shows that they knew these were hard times so why not have a little fun with it so that’s why they purposely made art .

May 19

Great Leaders are Only Matched by Their Great Qualities

Great Leaders are Only Matched by Their Great Qualities

In the movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 ” Voldemort and Harry are at a ledge and just before they leap off fist fighting, Harry boldly claims ” Let’s finish this how we started this; together”. Just like Harry who bravely leaped off the ledge with his enemy with much vitality,vigor,and heroism,we people too, can make a great leader with much strength and wisdom. We only need two things that our being and self-conscious minds needs:faith in those around us,and a stronger will to do what is right.
Great leaders are people who stand with others and helps them too by standing up for them, putting them first before himself,and putting faith in them so have someone to believe in. For example, Bill walks casually down the hall and sees Ken (the school nerd)getting picked on by some ungrateful, merciless, absent-minded jocks. He leaps into action for Ken and he firmly tells the jerky jocks to leave him alone. Later that day Ken thanks him for standing up for him. Ken was an opportunity to stand up for others since he believed that helping people in any need, was the right thing to do. By doing so to ken, by helping him from embarrassment from the jerky jocks, he has put faith in Ken.In addition, a student council meeting is taking place and the other excellent , hardworking ,self-sacrificing young leaders and looking for a A heroic president who will stand in front of others in danger . The young leaders find a young boy named Bill as you recall Bill helped people that were in need from ranged help such as from: helping elderly people get their groceries, helping out with chores for their parents ,and to step for others like Ken. since he was elected president ,nothing went wrong at J. J. Jamisons school of photography and other educational subjects like math, science and history.Since Bill was elected president of the student council the school has been more safe and bully free thanks to Bill Watson.
People are not perfect nor are they good at making choices that will benefit them, only hurt them in the long run. For example, Jonny has told his friend Bill that he is going to lie to his parents about his homework,so he doesn’t have to do it at home. Bill the smart ,kind ,young master of leadership has told Johnny not to lie to his parent because he might get grounded for a very long time. Bill’s sensitivity of Johnny and his friendship that he does not want Johnny to get in trouble .
Therefore, like Harry,the-boy-who-lived,who defeated Voldemort you too can become a great leader just like Harry James Potter.

May 19

The Demon Called Fear

The Demon Called Fear

In Night Elie was out on the courtyard for lineup with the other Jews. His Dad asked one of the officers for a restroom. The Officer struck him down as if he were stupid and Elie was so paralyzed by fear that he didn’t go to his father’s rescue he just stood there like a soulless body. Like Elie, people’s emotions can be altered by fear, and it can affect many lives like when a person is paralyzed with fear or when a person anxiety levels are high because they forget to do their work.
People often get paralyzed by fear when they’re forced to do something they don’t want to do. For example, say a person is afraid of heights, and they are forced to jump off a cliff into water at a party. Then all of a sudden he can’t move, because he’s on the edge of sanity of falling off to the fear of heights. The person’s fear projects him from his fear of high places and it will make him safer, and it will protect him from harm because some people have no sense and jump off anyway.
Homework, the most dreaded monstrosity that has taken effect in most teens lives, and it makes them show their lazy side, because they don’t want to do their work and show their fear by anxiety. For example , a test a teen has to take is tomorrow, and he hasn’t studied at all and he has no clue what to do. The teen is scared of what he will make on his test, since he hasn’t studied the oh-so-awful-horrifying-test.Plus he is frantically looking for someone to help him to study like a chicken with its head cut off. In addition, an employee forgets to turn in paper work and is panicking because he doesn’t know if he’s going to get fired. The employee has anxiety and stresses over the fact that his paper work is late and is scared because he doesn’t know if he will be fired or not.
Therefore, Elie has a right to be scared because just like everyone else we are all scared or fearful of some ominous force, it’s who we are.

May 19

Rage Quit

Rage Quit

“Ah!,I can’t take it anymore!”said the flustered taxpayer. His rage was boiling over the edge as he sat through the night. “Wait” said the taxpayer “Calm down” *Inhale* *Exhale* ” Ahh much better ” he said and went back to work. The enraged taxpayer instead of ripping up his bills and checks, started to calm himself. People just like the taxpayer that deal with rage can slow down and calm down because if they don’t it can lead to negative effects. Plus on the flip side if they do they can control their rage and it can help them be more invincible and more immune to rage.
The negative effects of rage can lead to setting a bad example for others. For example, a spoiled child throws a tantrum of rage so that he or she can get whatever he or she wants. Other adults might look at the parent and say “I’d never raise my child like that”.While in the parents point of view we see that they have busy jobs, trying to pay off the debt from their house, car, land, etc. and also has to take care of a child. Like wise to a teen who yells at his ” unforgiving parents ” over the most random topics like
“where are my shoes” or “where is the TV remote” .The teen is only yelling at them because he is standing his ground and needs an immediate answer. The truth of the matter of the fact that is no matter what the situation maybe like paying taxes rage will always set a negative effect.
An abundant number of people know how to lead their life and get rid of rage and they will become more invincible and more immune to the negative effects of rage. For example , a kid gets shoved repeatedly into an unbreakable locker and his rage is wearing thin but instead of blowing up and utterly destroying him but he walks away calmly. The kid knew if he fought back with his rage he would wind up in the principal’s office.This is also like another example such as a serial killing,a man gets mad at his wife for having an affair with someone else he kills her and then he starts to kill other women that do the same then people would protest against the killing saying with poster boards ” keep calm and don’t rage.”This tries to deliver the message, if you rage, don’t kill anybody that’s just wrong. Regardless, when people practice keeping calm and not blowing up they will feel more invincible and immune to the effects of rage.
Even though the taxpayer raged, his psychiatrist ordered him to calm down whenever he was mad and he followed his orders and is living a happier life without rage.

May 19

Fireworks

Tucker Jones
English I 4th
Fireworks
You might think I’m just
a fifteen year old guy
with brown-blonde hair
and blue eyes.
But I know I’m more
way more than that
not a train or paintbrush
nor a shoe or or boat.
I’m Fireworks
a suspenseful cracker
when I’m depressed
or hungry,
when I go home and sulk and try to watch my favorite show
I’m a firecracker
fizzling out
no “oohh’s”,& aahh’s”
wanting to part the party that bought cheap fireworks.
But when I get my explosive face on
my roman candles shoot up
and whistles are louder than ever
and the sparklers are beaming with joy
The Grand Finale goes up and BOOM
The Fourth of July ends
I take a whiff of air and repeat my process on New Years
then on the Fourth
then on New Years
The brown -blond haired, blue eyed guy
is Fireworks
a suspenseful ,explosive, Grand Finale all in one BOOM.