Eighteen years old is to young to be going to war, because some people are still living with their parents and they are you consider an adult until they move out of their parents house. I think that they should start letting people go to the army when the turn twenty-one, because that’s when you’re considered an adult.
Some people would like to go to college when they finish high school. If their name is pulled to go to war that means that they will have to go and they may not be able to go to college. I know that the army has a school that you can go to, but if we have to go to war you would be one of the first to go because you would be going to school there and you in the in army. You would have to be one of the people that would have to go to war.
You can’t drink alcohol until you’re twenty-one or considered an adult. If an eighteen-year-old drinks alcohol, it would be underage drinking. In that case you’re underage for going to the army because you’re not an adult until your twenty-one. I think that eighteen is underage for going into the army since eighteen is underage for drinking.
At the age of eighteen you’re not an adult but you do have a little freedom. Like you can go into clubs and everything but you can’t drink because you’re underage and you will go to jail. That’s why I think that if you are underage to drink then they shouldn’t let eighteen-year-olds in the clubs. But if they don’t have a bar in the clubs it will be ok to let eighteen-year-olds in the club. The only thing can I agree about is going, because you are old enough to know when you’re making dumb mistakes. If you do make dumb mistakes, you are old enough to make you’re own decision and you know what’s right and what’s wrong at the age of eighteen.
Now days you can’t buy a gun until your twenty-one years old and you got to have license to have the gun with you. If you go to the army they will give you a gun to shoot and there will be people under the age of twenty-one and they have a gun to shoot. The army has it that you can have a gun in the army when you’re under the age of twenty-one. When you go the army they give you a gun after the second month so they should let you have a gun at the age of eighteen.
That’s why I think that you shouldn’t have to go to the army at the age of eighteen. They should change it to eighteen you’re an adult if they keep things the way they are. If they have it to where you can go to war at the age of eighteen, they should start letting them drink and buy guns like a twenty-one year old.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird
The name of y book is "To Kill A Mockingbird". This book was most about this little girl name Harper Lee and about her life when she was growing up. She was born in southwestern of Alabama in a town call Monroeville on April 28, 1926. Harper Lee was know as Nelle to her friends. When she was a little girl, two white girls in her town said that nine black boys raped them. The nine black boys were known as the Scottsboro boys. So that’s how she end up writing the book To Kill A Mockingbird. The book was about this man name Tom Robison and he was accused of raping this girl name Mayella Ewell.
When Harper Lee was five years old living in this small town name Monroeville. The first trail began the trails was about the two white women saying that the nine black men had rape them. The defendants were nearly lynched before the trail even begins and brought to court. The defendants did have a lawyer into the first day of trail, so they couldn’t even tell there lawyer what all went on. The medical testimony prove that the women had not been raped, but the all white jury found all nine boys guilty and all was sentence to death except the youngest one who was thirteen years old. The youngest one was sentence to life in prison. Six years of the subsequent trails saw most of these convictions repealed, and all men was freed or paroled except one escaped. Later that’s who Harper Lee ended up writing the book To Kill A Mockingbird.
The Scottsboro boys ages where from thirteen to nineteen and was accused of raping two white women, the women name was Victoria and Ruby Rates. The Scottsboro boys went to court they had a all white jury and they all were convicted to death excepted the youngest one of all nine boys. When Tom Robison went to court he had a all white jury and they seen that he only had one arm. That was his right arm and the girl was beaten on the left side of her face. The lawyer named Atticus had the girl father sign a paper and they seen that he use his left hand to sign the paper, but the jury still found Tom Robison guilty for raping Mayella Ewell. (When the jury found Tom Robison Judge Taylor was polling the jury: Guilty…guilty …guilty …guilty…"Scout peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a stab between them.)
The Scottsboro boys later got an appeal and took it to a higher court, the Supreme Court was their sentences were overturned. Later one of the women denied being raped. All of the defendants were eventually acquitted, paroled, or pardoned except the one that escaped, some after serving years in prison. Tom Robison was the same way he got convicted with a white jury and his lawyer later try to appeal. It was no need t cause Tom Robison tried to escape from prison and got killed. (The guards called to him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill. They said if he’d had two arms he’d have made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him.)
The name of y book is "To Kill A Mockingbird". This book was most about this little girl name Harper Lee and about her life when she was growing up. She was born in southwestern of Alabama in a town call Monroeville on April 28, 1926. Harper Lee was know as Nelle to her friends. When she was a little girl, two white girls in her town said that nine black boys raped them. The nine black boys were known as the Scottsboro boys. So that’s how she end up writing the book To Kill A Mockingbird. The book was about this man name Tom Robison and he was accused of raping this girl name Mayella Ewell.
When Harper Lee was five years old living in this small town name Monroeville. The first trail began the trails was about the two white women saying that the nine black men had rape them. The defendants were nearly lynched before the trail even begins and brought to court. The defendants did have a lawyer into the first day of trail, so they couldn’t even tell there lawyer what all went on. The medical testimony prove that the women had not been raped, but the all white jury found all nine boys guilty and all was sentence to death except the youngest one who was thirteen years old. The youngest one was sentence to life in prison. Six years of the subsequent trails saw most of these convictions repealed, and all men was freed or paroled except one escaped. Later that’s who Harper Lee ended up writing the book To Kill A Mockingbird.
The Scottsboro boys ages where from thirteen to nineteen and was accused of raping two white women, the women name was Victoria and Ruby Rates. The Scottsboro boys went to court they had a all white jury and they all were convicted to death excepted the youngest one of all nine boys. When Tom Robison went to court he had a all white jury and they seen that he only had one arm. That was his right arm and the girl was beaten on the left side of her face. The lawyer named Atticus had the girl father sign a paper and they seen that he use his left hand to sign the paper, but the jury still found Tom Robison guilty for raping Mayella Ewell. (When the jury found Tom Robison Judge Taylor was polling the jury: Guilty…guilty …guilty …guilty…"Scout peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a stab between them.)
The Scottsboro boys later got an appeal and took it to a higher court, the Supreme Court was their sentences were overturned. Later one of the women denied being raped. All of the defendants were eventually acquitted, paroled, or pardoned except the one that escaped, some after serving years in prison. Tom Robison was the same way he got convicted with a white jury and his lawyer later try to appeal. It was no need t cause Tom Robison tried to escape from prison and got killed. (The guards called to him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill. They said if he’d had two arms he’d have made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him.)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Entry # 3
The name of my book is "To Kill A Mockingbird" and this is my third entry on this book. I have just finished reading it and the third part was about. Later on in prison Tom Robison got killed for trying to escape. One night Jem and Scout was walking home from a show that Scout had for the school, it was very dark the way they where walking and they couldn’t see and thing. Then Jem started hearing noise behind him and someone end up knocking Jem out and breaking his arm and Scout just ran home. Boo Radley end up bringing Jem home and he was knocking out but Jem was ok.
Boo Radley end up bringing Jem home and he was knocking out but Jem was ok.
They end up calling the sheriff and Scout told the sheriff where the man beat Jem up at. Then the sheriff went out and found Bob Ewell died against and old oak tree with a knife in his chest.
The name of my book is "To Kill A Mockingbird" and this is my third entry on this book. I have just finished reading it and the third part was about. Later on in prison Tom Robison got killed for trying to escape. One night Jem and Scout was walking home from a show that Scout had for the school, it was very dark the way they where walking and they couldn’t see and thing. Then Jem started hearing noise behind him and someone end up knocking Jem out and breaking his arm and Scout just ran home. Boo Radley end up bringing Jem home and he was knocking out but Jem was ok.
Boo Radley end up bringing Jem home and he was knocking out but Jem was ok.
They end up calling the sheriff and Scout told the sheriff where the man beat Jem up at. Then the sheriff went out and found Bob Ewell died against and old oak tree with a knife in his chest.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Entry #2
Entry #2
The name of my book is "To Kill A Mockingbird". I’m on the second part of the book and it’s mostly talking about Atticus and Tom Robinson going to court. Atticus is the lawyer and he is defending Tom Robinson. Tom is going to court because this man Name Bob Ewell say that Tom raped his daughter. When they end up going to court and after everybody testified Bob Ewell had end up beating his own daughter. They said that the girl had been beaten on the right side of her face and Tom didn’t have a left hand and her daddy was left hand. The jury found Tom Robinson guilt.
I think that was wrong and the judge know from all the information that they had that Tom didn’t do that. He could use his left hand because half of his arm was chopped off. Atticus got Bob Ewell to sign a paper and the judge seen that he was left hand, so I think that they was just trying to use him as a example of what they would do to a black man back in the days
The name of my book is "To Kill A Mockingbird". I’m on the second part of the book and it’s mostly talking about Atticus and Tom Robinson going to court. Atticus is the lawyer and he is defending Tom Robinson. Tom is going to court because this man Name Bob Ewell say that Tom raped his daughter. When they end up going to court and after everybody testified Bob Ewell had end up beating his own daughter. They said that the girl had been beaten on the right side of her face and Tom didn’t have a left hand and her daddy was left hand. The jury found Tom Robinson guilt.
I think that was wrong and the judge know from all the information that they had that Tom didn’t do that. He could use his left hand because half of his arm was chopped off. Atticus got Bob Ewell to sign a paper and the judge seen that he was left hand, so I think that they was just trying to use him as a example of what they would do to a black man back in the days
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Entry #1
The mane of my book is "To Kill A Mockingbird". The story is about this boy name Jem and his sister growing up with their father. They mother died when they were very young, Jem sister was to young to remember when they mother died. Their father Atticus was a lawyer and he wasn’t at home that much, so he had a black maid that watch the children and cooked while he was at work. One day their daddy had to defend a black man at court and little kids started messing with Jem saying that his daddy is a niggerlover, and Jem end up fighting the little boy.
The thing that sticks out the most to me is when the little boys started picking at Jem about his daddy being a niggerlover. I think that Jem should have fought him because he did have anything to do with his daddy defend a black person. One of the other things that stick out to me is when they have to go to school together. Jem told his sister do not say anything to him at school. The reason I like that because me and my cousin was just like that in school, we did say that much to each other in school but we talk when we get home.
The thing that I like about the story is that Atticus still has a job and doing well by working and taking care of his kids. The hard that their mama is died and every day he still go to work so that he can support the kids with out her. Their daddy hired a black woman to be their maid and she stay with them when their mama died so she could take care of them when he is at work.
The thing that sticks out the most to me is when the little boys started picking at Jem about his daddy being a niggerlover. I think that Jem should have fought him because he did have anything to do with his daddy defend a black person. One of the other things that stick out to me is when they have to go to school together. Jem told his sister do not say anything to him at school. The reason I like that because me and my cousin was just like that in school, we did say that much to each other in school but we talk when we get home.
The thing that I like about the story is that Atticus still has a job and doing well by working and taking care of his kids. The hard that their mama is died and every day he still go to work so that he can support the kids with out her. Their daddy hired a black woman to be their maid and she stay with them when their mama died so she could take care of them when he is at work.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Independence
Independence
The story I read was independence, it was about these four girls tell how there life was growing up. I like this story because growing up I was kind of like the girl that was telling the story. The only difference was, I grew up around boys and they were my cousins and we stay with my grandma. When I was in middle school my older cousin was getting ready to go off to college too, just like the Linda in the story.
The story seem like this was a little girl tell all about her life and telling how all her sisters end up leaving her with her ma and daddy. At the beginning of the story it tells you about how the oldest sisters goes off to college. The other two girl, Cathy and Sharon was just trying to go somewhere for the summer. Then about three weeks later after everybody was gone expect the girl who was telling the story.
Cathy and Sharon called and it was a emergency and they want to talk to there daddy and all he said was I will be there to pick you Saturday. The story did not ever tell what happen to Cathy and Sharon.
I think the subject of the story is that they were trying to show how their life was growing up. I think that the author was just trying to show you how they life was growing up with three sisters. I agree with the story because it reminds me of my childhood story when I was younger.
I think that the author mane the story Independence, because the story when all of her sisters left she was the only child there. One of her sister was gone off to college and the other two was gone for the summer and she was the only one there.
I choose The Transporter, this movie is about this man that gets a package and he got to deliver it on time to the person. Sometimes the person maybe in another state and sometimes he may run into trouble. Then he would have to fight the people and they would try to take the package from him or try to make him be late deliver package.
The story I read was independence, it was about these four girls tell how there life was growing up. I like this story because growing up I was kind of like the girl that was telling the story. The only difference was, I grew up around boys and they were my cousins and we stay with my grandma. When I was in middle school my older cousin was getting ready to go off to college too, just like the Linda in the story.
The story seem like this was a little girl tell all about her life and telling how all her sisters end up leaving her with her ma and daddy. At the beginning of the story it tells you about how the oldest sisters goes off to college. The other two girl, Cathy and Sharon was just trying to go somewhere for the summer. Then about three weeks later after everybody was gone expect the girl who was telling the story.
Cathy and Sharon called and it was a emergency and they want to talk to there daddy and all he said was I will be there to pick you Saturday. The story did not ever tell what happen to Cathy and Sharon.
I think the subject of the story is that they were trying to show how their life was growing up. I think that the author was just trying to show you how they life was growing up with three sisters. I agree with the story because it reminds me of my childhood story when I was younger.
I think that the author mane the story Independence, because the story when all of her sisters left she was the only child there. One of her sister was gone off to college and the other two was gone for the summer and she was the only one there.
I choose The Transporter, this movie is about this man that gets a package and he got to deliver it on time to the person. Sometimes the person maybe in another state and sometimes he may run into trouble. Then he would have to fight the people and they would try to take the package from him or try to make him be late deliver package.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
When I Lay My Burden Down
When I Lay My Burden Down
This story was about this girl that they called sister and her grandmother. Her grandmother works at a store for the white people. This was back in slaver days and they had to do what the people told them to do, like cleaning up the store and taking out the trash and stuff like that. Her grandmother wasn’t the only one working at the store, her uncle work there too. They family didn’t have that much money so they had to go get water out the well to drink and to take a bath with. But they mama was always on to them about taking a bath. She wouldn’t let them go sleep into they took a bath. Every night she would look at there feet to make sure they took a bath and if they feet was dirty and she see them she would pull them out the bed and make them take a shower.
One day after the girl sister was cleaning the yard of the store for her grandmother, cause she didn’t like to see her grandmother doing all the work. So she just started doing some of the work for her and her grandmother would just sit down and rest. One day after sister got done cleaning up the yard and she sat down on the store front porch with her grandmother, and she seen these old ladies that use to just come by to just pick with her grandmother. That day they came, sister grandmother told her to go in the store, but sister didn’t want to go cause she knew what was going on. The ladies came to the store and just starting messing with sister grandmother, and sister was in the store right by the front door. She just looking outside at the people talking to her grandmother and she look down by the counter and seen a rifle. Then she started thinking what would my grandmother want me to do, but by the time she went outside the women had left. She asks her grandmother what she do to make them leave a she said that she just sat there and song to herself and they finally left.
I think that the author was trying to get people to see that you don’t have to have money to do everything. In the story they did have that much money, but they mama still found a way to put food on the table every night. She also made sure they was clean before they went to bed cause if they was clean she would wake them up and make them take a bath. When they got to take a bath they had to go get water from the well so that they can bath.
The author was seemed like that he was trying to prove another point in the story. When they ladies came to the store to start with sister’s grandmother, she was just sitting there sing her a song and paying them no attention. They had seen that she was paying them no attention they left. The point that I think the author prove right there was that you don’t have to fight to solve everything you can just pay them no attention and they will leave you.
This story would be important to other people life cause it show them that they don’t need that much money to have a good family. It would show people that fighting or any type of violence wouldn’t solve anything.
Right now in the World
My article was about how china is coming up and starting to make everything. If you look on almost everything you pick up it has made by china on it. It’s like they make everything we use in our life today and they are taking over. They send the things from over there and sell it to us for a high price, but when you over their things are much cheaper.
China is a massive nation both in physical size and population. China nation is about three times bigger than United States and 1.3 billion people living in china and 294 million in the United States. China is the second biggest producer in the world and they are saying soon it will be the largest producer in the world, but the United States is the largest right now.
What is the mean idea of this story? The main idea of this story is that china is starting to make a lot things now and their population is going up.
There are currently over 1.3 billion people living in china.
China is a massive nation both physical size population
Their economy is growing at a staggering 10%pear year.
This story was about this girl that they called sister and her grandmother. Her grandmother works at a store for the white people. This was back in slaver days and they had to do what the people told them to do, like cleaning up the store and taking out the trash and stuff like that. Her grandmother wasn’t the only one working at the store, her uncle work there too. They family didn’t have that much money so they had to go get water out the well to drink and to take a bath with. But they mama was always on to them about taking a bath. She wouldn’t let them go sleep into they took a bath. Every night she would look at there feet to make sure they took a bath and if they feet was dirty and she see them she would pull them out the bed and make them take a shower.
One day after the girl sister was cleaning the yard of the store for her grandmother, cause she didn’t like to see her grandmother doing all the work. So she just started doing some of the work for her and her grandmother would just sit down and rest. One day after sister got done cleaning up the yard and she sat down on the store front porch with her grandmother, and she seen these old ladies that use to just come by to just pick with her grandmother. That day they came, sister grandmother told her to go in the store, but sister didn’t want to go cause she knew what was going on. The ladies came to the store and just starting messing with sister grandmother, and sister was in the store right by the front door. She just looking outside at the people talking to her grandmother and she look down by the counter and seen a rifle. Then she started thinking what would my grandmother want me to do, but by the time she went outside the women had left. She asks her grandmother what she do to make them leave a she said that she just sat there and song to herself and they finally left.
I think that the author was trying to get people to see that you don’t have to have money to do everything. In the story they did have that much money, but they mama still found a way to put food on the table every night. She also made sure they was clean before they went to bed cause if they was clean she would wake them up and make them take a bath. When they got to take a bath they had to go get water from the well so that they can bath.
The author was seemed like that he was trying to prove another point in the story. When they ladies came to the store to start with sister’s grandmother, she was just sitting there sing her a song and paying them no attention. They had seen that she was paying them no attention they left. The point that I think the author prove right there was that you don’t have to fight to solve everything you can just pay them no attention and they will leave you.
This story would be important to other people life cause it show them that they don’t need that much money to have a good family. It would show people that fighting or any type of violence wouldn’t solve anything.
Right now in the World
My article was about how china is coming up and starting to make everything. If you look on almost everything you pick up it has made by china on it. It’s like they make everything we use in our life today and they are taking over. They send the things from over there and sell it to us for a high price, but when you over their things are much cheaper.
China is a massive nation both in physical size and population. China nation is about three times bigger than United States and 1.3 billion people living in china and 294 million in the United States. China is the second biggest producer in the world and they are saying soon it will be the largest producer in the world, but the United States is the largest right now.
What is the mean idea of this story? The main idea of this story is that china is starting to make a lot things now and their population is going up.
There are currently over 1.3 billion people living in china.
China is a massive nation both physical size population
Their economy is growing at a staggering 10%pear year.
The Big Game
The Big Game
A couple years ago I had to play in one of the biggest basketball games have ever played in. I was scared at first because there were so many people there. You could hear the people from the locker room making loud noises ready for the game to begin. After everybody on the team got loose, the coach told everybody what to do, and who was going to be starting the game. He told me that I would be starting this game, so I had to get ready. Then everybody got ready to go out and they started introducing the team. Then the coach told the starting five to come over, and he started yelling in our face, telling us that "we are going to win this game! Just play hard!". While he was yelling, we were looking at each other because of the smell of his breath. When we all came out on the floor we all started laughing at the smell of his breath. It smelled like something died in inside his mouth.
When we walked on the floor to get ready for the game, we started looking around and saying that there were so many people there. Everybody got serious because this was big a game for us in the first place, and we could already taste the win. Then as the game tipped off, the crowd got louder. When the first quarter was over, we were up by five points. We didn’t know that the team was going to be that hard to play. Everybody on the team was tired and they had a taste for something to drink. Then the coach told the water boy to bring us Gatorade. The team was so happy that the coach had Gatorade this game and you could already taste the Gatorade. I was so tired that I was the first one to go to the water boy and get some Gatorade. When I started to drink the Gatorade, it tasted so good. Then the coach told me to stop drinking so much before I cramp up.
In the fourth quarter the game got physical because both of the teams wanted to win. We started to foul each other hard, and the refs started to call technical fouls on both of the teams. As I was going up for a lay up someone from the other team fouled me hard and hit me in my mouth. It started bleeding, so the coach called a timeout. I could taste the blood in my mouth and it wasn’t a good taste or good feeling. The coach asked me was I going to be able to go back in the game. I told him yes, I would be able to go back in. My coach knew that I wanted to go back in because this was a big game and I wanted to play in it. As I walked on the floor to shoot the free throws. The boy from the other team started talking to me saying that we are going to lose even if he have to foul me every time. I didn’t say anything back because I knew that they would give me a technical if I said anything to him.
With about five seconds left in the game they scored and tied the game up. My coach called a timeout after they scored the shot. The coach told the team to come huddle up and told us what play we were going to do. After he told us what play we were doing, he told me that the ball was coming to me so be ready to shoot it. As we walked back on the floor the people started cheering for us. Then I just stoped and looked around at all the people in the crowd. All the people had on blue, the same color as our team jersey. They blew the whistle, said ball in, and then my teammate went and got the ball and threw it to me in the corner. As soon as I got the ball, I shot the ball and I made it. I was so happy that I made the shot that I ran up the court yelling and jumping and then my teammates started jumping on me saying we won the game. That was close, and a good feeling to win a game like that I couldn’t believe that I had made the shot. I will always remember that game because it was the biggest game I had ever played.
A couple years ago I had to play in one of the biggest basketball games have ever played in. I was scared at first because there were so many people there. You could hear the people from the locker room making loud noises ready for the game to begin. After everybody on the team got loose, the coach told everybody what to do, and who was going to be starting the game. He told me that I would be starting this game, so I had to get ready. Then everybody got ready to go out and they started introducing the team. Then the coach told the starting five to come over, and he started yelling in our face, telling us that "we are going to win this game! Just play hard!". While he was yelling, we were looking at each other because of the smell of his breath. When we all came out on the floor we all started laughing at the smell of his breath. It smelled like something died in inside his mouth.
When we walked on the floor to get ready for the game, we started looking around and saying that there were so many people there. Everybody got serious because this was big a game for us in the first place, and we could already taste the win. Then as the game tipped off, the crowd got louder. When the first quarter was over, we were up by five points. We didn’t know that the team was going to be that hard to play. Everybody on the team was tired and they had a taste for something to drink. Then the coach told the water boy to bring us Gatorade. The team was so happy that the coach had Gatorade this game and you could already taste the Gatorade. I was so tired that I was the first one to go to the water boy and get some Gatorade. When I started to drink the Gatorade, it tasted so good. Then the coach told me to stop drinking so much before I cramp up.
In the fourth quarter the game got physical because both of the teams wanted to win. We started to foul each other hard, and the refs started to call technical fouls on both of the teams. As I was going up for a lay up someone from the other team fouled me hard and hit me in my mouth. It started bleeding, so the coach called a timeout. I could taste the blood in my mouth and it wasn’t a good taste or good feeling. The coach asked me was I going to be able to go back in the game. I told him yes, I would be able to go back in. My coach knew that I wanted to go back in because this was a big game and I wanted to play in it. As I walked on the floor to shoot the free throws. The boy from the other team started talking to me saying that we are going to lose even if he have to foul me every time. I didn’t say anything back because I knew that they would give me a technical if I said anything to him.
With about five seconds left in the game they scored and tied the game up. My coach called a timeout after they scored the shot. The coach told the team to come huddle up and told us what play we were going to do. After he told us what play we were doing, he told me that the ball was coming to me so be ready to shoot it. As we walked back on the floor the people started cheering for us. Then I just stoped and looked around at all the people in the crowd. All the people had on blue, the same color as our team jersey. They blew the whistle, said ball in, and then my teammate went and got the ball and threw it to me in the corner. As soon as I got the ball, I shot the ball and I made it. I was so happy that I made the shot that I ran up the court yelling and jumping and then my teammates started jumping on me saying we won the game. That was close, and a good feeling to win a game like that I couldn’t believe that I had made the shot. I will always remember that game because it was the biggest game I had ever played.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
THE MAN WHO WAS ALMOST A MAN
The Man Who Was Almost A Man
This story is about a little boy Dave that wants a gun. He work all summer so that he could ask his mama can he get a gun and she kept on saying he can’t have no gun cause no one in the house have a gun. One day he was working and his friend came by and they just talking and he told his friend that he want a gun. Then his friend told him that he had a gun for sale and that he wills sale him a gun for two dollars. He went home asking his mama can he have a gun and she kept telling him no that he can’t have no gun in her house.
The next day he came home from work, Dave and his parents was eating dinner. He was scared to ask his mama can have a gun around his daddy. After dinner was over, Dave mama was washing dishes and he started asking his mama over and over again can he have a gun. Finally she said yes he can have the gun, but he have to let her keep the gun. He went and bought the gun from his friend, but after he bought the he suppose to go right back home. Instead he went in woods and tried to shoot the gun. When he shot the gun the gun threw him down and fail out of his hand. That had scared him up, so he went home after everybody was in the bed.
The next morning his mama woke him up asking for the gun and he kept telling her that he left it outside. When he got to work his boss told him to go in the plant the plants in the field, and the fields was about one mile in down the road from where the shop was at. He took the mule with so that he can ply the fields. As soon as he got down the road he started plying the fields like he supposes to be doing. After about the second row he justs stop and though about that he had his gun with him. Then he stops the mule from plying the garden and pulls out his gun and start playing with it. He though about that he had some bullets and he load the gun then he shot the mule, but he didn't mean to. It was the gun it was to powerful him to shoot. He told his boss that he had killed his mule, and the his boss said that’s ok he will just have took keep his checks for the next couple of months.
The reason like this story is because when I was little I had done that same thing but it wasn’t a mule or I did pay for it. When I was little it was this dog that always come up my house and I was scared of it cause it had tried to bite me. I saw the dog in the yard and at time my older cousin was staying with my mama and me and he had a gun. I know that I wasn’t suppose to touch but that day I thought about that dog tried to bite me, so I went to my cousin room and got his gun and went outside. Then the dog seen me and started barking at me and walking towards me. That’s when I shot him, he started running back home. The owner came to my house about two days later, and my cousin took the blame and he told the man that the dog was trying to bite me. That’s why I choose this story because it reminds me of myself.
The author explains who the little boy was in the story. He was a boy that wants a gun and end up shooting an animal that he didn’t mean to shoot. So he got a job and he had to pay for it.
Simile-a comparson of two things via the word"like" or "as"
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Personification-the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstracts nations
Allusion-a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
Hyperbole- obvious and intentional exaggeration
Irony-the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
two examples
hyperbloe- A report half deafened him and he thought his right hand was torn from his arm.
Metaphor- Dave was surrounded by a knot of people.
This story is about a little boy Dave that wants a gun. He work all summer so that he could ask his mama can he get a gun and she kept on saying he can’t have no gun cause no one in the house have a gun. One day he was working and his friend came by and they just talking and he told his friend that he want a gun. Then his friend told him that he had a gun for sale and that he wills sale him a gun for two dollars. He went home asking his mama can he have a gun and she kept telling him no that he can’t have no gun in her house.
The next day he came home from work, Dave and his parents was eating dinner. He was scared to ask his mama can have a gun around his daddy. After dinner was over, Dave mama was washing dishes and he started asking his mama over and over again can he have a gun. Finally she said yes he can have the gun, but he have to let her keep the gun. He went and bought the gun from his friend, but after he bought the he suppose to go right back home. Instead he went in woods and tried to shoot the gun. When he shot the gun the gun threw him down and fail out of his hand. That had scared him up, so he went home after everybody was in the bed.
The next morning his mama woke him up asking for the gun and he kept telling her that he left it outside. When he got to work his boss told him to go in the plant the plants in the field, and the fields was about one mile in down the road from where the shop was at. He took the mule with so that he can ply the fields. As soon as he got down the road he started plying the fields like he supposes to be doing. After about the second row he justs stop and though about that he had his gun with him. Then he stops the mule from plying the garden and pulls out his gun and start playing with it. He though about that he had some bullets and he load the gun then he shot the mule, but he didn't mean to. It was the gun it was to powerful him to shoot. He told his boss that he had killed his mule, and the his boss said that’s ok he will just have took keep his checks for the next couple of months.
The reason like this story is because when I was little I had done that same thing but it wasn’t a mule or I did pay for it. When I was little it was this dog that always come up my house and I was scared of it cause it had tried to bite me. I saw the dog in the yard and at time my older cousin was staying with my mama and me and he had a gun. I know that I wasn’t suppose to touch but that day I thought about that dog tried to bite me, so I went to my cousin room and got his gun and went outside. Then the dog seen me and started barking at me and walking towards me. That’s when I shot him, he started running back home. The owner came to my house about two days later, and my cousin took the blame and he told the man that the dog was trying to bite me. That’s why I choose this story because it reminds me of myself.
The author explains who the little boy was in the story. He was a boy that wants a gun and end up shooting an animal that he didn’t mean to shoot. So he got a job and he had to pay for it.
Simile-a comparson of two things via the word"like" or "as"
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Personification-the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstracts nations
Allusion-a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
Hyperbole- obvious and intentional exaggeration
Irony-the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
two examples
hyperbloe- A report half deafened him and he thought his right hand was torn from his arm.
Metaphor- Dave was surrounded by a knot of people.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Why I'm Here
Why I’m here
In my tenth grade year I got into some trouble outside of school. When I got ready to go back to school, they wouldn’t let me back in; they said that I had to go to a meeting before I could come back to school. I had to wait three days for a meeting to come up and I was missing days of school, even though I felt ready to go back to. On the day of the meeting they told me that they were going to keep me out of school for one calendar year.
For a year I had to sit at home without anything to do; so one day my mama and I tried to get my records so that I could go to another school in a different county. We went to the school that I was enrolled in, and they wouldn’t let my records go. The only thing they would give me was a piece of paper telling where I went to school. The other school told me they weren’t going to be able to let me in school without records. The school that I was enrolled in wouldn’t let my records go because they said that I was suspended for one year and that they cannot release my records until my suspension is ended.
Then I started trying to have home school with this lady my mama knew. The lady used to teach at school. I went to her for about three weeks, and then she moved to Florida. Now I just had to sit out of school until my suspension was up. After my year was up I tried to go back to school and they let me go for day. The second day they told me that my suspension wasn’t up and that I had to wait until the school year is over to come back. But I agreed to come back then, because at the time it was March and I wouldn’t get a credit for the class.
The next year I went back to school and I was doing well, passing all my classes. But my court date was coming up and I missed five days straight, but I had an excuse for missing those days from school. One day the assistant principal pulls me in his office, telling me about I have missed a lot of days from school I explained why I had miss so many days of school, but he wasn’t buying it. On the next day I brought him some of the paper showing him that I had an excuse. Then he told me that it wasn’t enough excuse for those absences, and he said that he was going to kick me out of school again until January, Since it was only November, I had to sit out of school for a month.
Later that month, people told me that I may as well go to Classic City, but I didn’t know anything about Classic City. I kept telling them that I’m going back to regular high school and that I am going to graduate. Then some time in December I went back to the school to get my schedule for the next semester. The assistant principal saw me when I came back and asked me, why was I trying to come back to this school. When he said that I got real mad and we started arguing with each other. Then I told him told him to just give me my records so that I can go to another school.
Having decided to come to Classic City and I kept calling them asking them when I could have a meeting so that I can get into school. So finally I had a meeting with Mr. Hunter and he let me in Classic City. Ever since then I have not had any trouble in school and have had good grades. Now I feel like I made a good choice to come to Classic City.
In my tenth grade year I got into some trouble outside of school. When I got ready to go back to school, they wouldn’t let me back in; they said that I had to go to a meeting before I could come back to school. I had to wait three days for a meeting to come up and I was missing days of school, even though I felt ready to go back to. On the day of the meeting they told me that they were going to keep me out of school for one calendar year.
For a year I had to sit at home without anything to do; so one day my mama and I tried to get my records so that I could go to another school in a different county. We went to the school that I was enrolled in, and they wouldn’t let my records go. The only thing they would give me was a piece of paper telling where I went to school. The other school told me they weren’t going to be able to let me in school without records. The school that I was enrolled in wouldn’t let my records go because they said that I was suspended for one year and that they cannot release my records until my suspension is ended.
Then I started trying to have home school with this lady my mama knew. The lady used to teach at school. I went to her for about three weeks, and then she moved to Florida. Now I just had to sit out of school until my suspension was up. After my year was up I tried to go back to school and they let me go for day. The second day they told me that my suspension wasn’t up and that I had to wait until the school year is over to come back. But I agreed to come back then, because at the time it was March and I wouldn’t get a credit for the class.
The next year I went back to school and I was doing well, passing all my classes. But my court date was coming up and I missed five days straight, but I had an excuse for missing those days from school. One day the assistant principal pulls me in his office, telling me about I have missed a lot of days from school I explained why I had miss so many days of school, but he wasn’t buying it. On the next day I brought him some of the paper showing him that I had an excuse. Then he told me that it wasn’t enough excuse for those absences, and he said that he was going to kick me out of school again until January, Since it was only November, I had to sit out of school for a month.
Later that month, people told me that I may as well go to Classic City, but I didn’t know anything about Classic City. I kept telling them that I’m going back to regular high school and that I am going to graduate. Then some time in December I went back to the school to get my schedule for the next semester. The assistant principal saw me when I came back and asked me, why was I trying to come back to this school. When he said that I got real mad and we started arguing with each other. Then I told him told him to just give me my records so that I can go to another school.
Having decided to come to Classic City and I kept calling them asking them when I could have a meeting so that I can get into school. So finally I had a meeting with Mr. Hunter and he let me in Classic City. Ever since then I have not had any trouble in school and have had good grades. Now I feel like I made a good choice to come to Classic City.
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