Humanities 8 Varun

2008-05-19T21:05:00.005+12:00

Power is the thing that makes someone in charge. power is being better than everyone else. Power is doing what you think is right for everyone. But when a person in power gets greedy it is something else. What do you think happened in Animal farm when the pigs started the rebellion and made everyone else think they were the best. the pigs started to get greedy and ended up changing the original rules. everyone thought that pigs were always right so they went with it. People may not think that the person in power is correct but they do not have the power to speak up alone so then they watch the pain and suffering but still keep quiet until they find someone else who is also unhappy about this.another example is when the Hutus were killing the Tutsis in Hotel Rwanda.

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Feedback of May 5th

2008-05-05T15:05:00.003+12:00

The three most valuable things that i learned from the Population Project are:

that if you leave everything to the end then that builds up stress. in my UBD i left the website to the end and the quality of it goes down. I know i should have started my website earlier so there would be less stress on it. also this goes to show that if there is an earlier time to do it do it so you aren't stressed out about it.
then there is also the fact of copying down your sources while you work so you dont forget and dont plagiarize. this is important in a big project because if you dont cite your sources you can fail and it is hard to find the sources after.
also the last thing is that more work is involved so you need more orginization. this makes more people alert and if noone has orginazation then you will not find anything and make your work useless.

Giver Blog Post

2008-04-21T17:02:00.000+12:00

The age for an adult in the giver is 12. I know this because of the ceremony that is help each year and when the twelve’s get their jobs.
In the giver the responsibilities are greater. Also when they become an adult they have jobs that serve the community.
The age people are no longer useful is the age where they turn fragile. Also when their life is no longer of any use they are released because it was a long life and it is a happy celebration.

feedback

2008-04-14T21:08:00.000+12:00

Monday ---- finish rough draft of website

Tuesday ---- start research paper rough draft

Wednesday ---- finish research paper rough draft

Thursday ---- start final of research paper

Friday ---- finish final of research paper

cartoon feedback

2008-03-31T18:11:00.003+13:00

in this cartoon the main visual are the humans and they are eating dinner. The issue that the cartoonist is showing is that technology is going to take over our lives. the cartoonist is really mad about technology taking over because of what the dad said. This is ironic because usually kids tell about their day but with technology it is different.

Image found at:www.sandiegohomeblog.com

2008-03-19T16:34:00.001+13:00

Technology is the use of scientific creations that aid us in our lives. Right now I am using a advanced piece of technology to post this because this is an aid that releases us from the need of using a pen or pencil and paper. In this world the use of technology is vital. By transferring data on a laptop you can get it anywhere instead of fumbling through a massive pile of papers. In this school people should carry around a laptop because then in a place like India all the trees being cut down for our use of books and paper shall decrease because when you are using a lap top then you can download all the software instead of buying paper copies.

5 Most Important:

Internet
Plasma TV
iPod
Deep fryers
Computers

5 Least important:

Air fresheners
Spice Jet
Motorola
Pepsi
Thums Up

2008-03-19T16:34:00.000+13:00

5 Most Important:

Internet
Plasma TV
iPod
Deep fryers
Computers

5 Least important:

Air fresheners
Spice Jet
Motorola
Pepsi
Thums Up

feedback March 3-7

2008-03-10T16:12:00.002+13:00

Holy war is an oxymoron because most religions say don't kill another human but the term 'holy war' defies that because when they say holy war they mean fighting for religious rights but while fighting for religious rights they are going against their own religion so in this way it is and oxymoron.

Cold war simulation

2008-03-09T20:23:00.002+13:00

The simulation of the cold war was nothing like the actual cold war. One example is that the USA nuked the USSR when in real life they were afraid of M.A.D.. the USA also got to attack first every time so we wasted all our space race tickets in defending that we never got a chance ot attack.in the end the USA won but in real life it was a StaleMate.

Animal Farm: Book VS. Movie

2008-03-03T20:38:00.002+13:00

The book was much better because the way you could picture it in the book was completely different than int he movie. For instance in the book Farmer Jones was at home and not of at the bar. and in the book Mrs. Jones didn't have much importance but in the movie she was an important character. Another disappointment i had was that the pigs looked fake like made out of plastic.

VC Project

2008-03-03T20:24:00.002+13:00

Three tips while designing a VC project are:
1. keep it simple
2. Dont spend time touching up a project while the pro's dont get it right all the time
3. Dont worry about how you look

In the process of using VC the major helplines are DON'T memorized your skit because there is a place to paste your script on VC. Then the next step is that to get the V-Screen or AKA the background. The two best parts are its the simplest movie making program you'll ever use! and if you mess up you can overwrite it really easily. the worst parts are that it hard to judge the speed your reading and the time the other events such as the sounds and pics.

feedback feb11

2008-02-11T16:03:00.000+13:00

In the book by personality i am most like the cat because I'm really lazy and just want to sleep all day (Orwell 3). Also later in the the book the cat is mentioned to come back after all the work is done because he is to lazy to do anything(Orwell 19) just like me she would just reappear at meal times or when all the work was done.

feedback

2008-01-28T18:15:00.000+13:00

The 43rd war is placed in El Salvador because the Santa marina volcano is in El Salvador. also they are only speaking Spanish. Also El Salvador in the book says has a volcano called Santa Ana. Also every meal the have they get coffee (Moeri, 83) so that means it is a major crop in the book so that proves that in El Salvador coffee is a major crop. also El Salvador has had revolutions from 1992 and that proves that it deos not have a stable government like in this book.

Citation:
Collins, Nations of the World. 1996.
moeri, louise. The Fory-Third War. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

Declaration of independence

2008-01-24T20:18:00.000+13:00

We the congress declare independent states for this country. they must say why they want to. we are all equal and have certian rights and among them are liberty and the search for happiness. we do not agree with the power for one person. we want more freedom. he has made us into his slaves, we don't have enough money to feed our selves as well as pay your outrage high taxes. he has taxed us highly and we warned him not do do what he did by extending his rule to us and taking over our lifestyles. he has taken ove r our house es . we are treated like cut-rate dogs that have no rights. we are treated like inanimate objects its like we are dumb idiots. the stamp act the quartering act and the army of men that took our food and did nothing, he passed the law that no governers not pass laws and the judges went with him and cut of trade. we are not going to take this. we appeal to the king and we will get our rights the United States of America will be free.

feedback january 14 2008

2008-01-14T20:15:00.000+13:00

We can trust the book “To Be a Slave” by Julius Lester because he has actual quotations from the slaves on what happened to them. Also he has in text citations on where he got the information from for that specific paragraph. Also he must have endured some of them because he looks in his sixties. On the negative side it could be one sided and exaggerated. "A quote from the book will show that not all men were cruel to slaves. Gabe didn't like that whipping business, but couldn't help himself. When Massa was there he would lay it on, When massa wasn't there he would tie up a slave to one post and lash another. Of course the slave would scream and yell to satisfy massa." (Lester 35)

Citation:
Lester, Julius. TO BE A SLAVE. New York: Scholastic, 1968.

Great Powers Game Debrief

2008-01-10T01:52:00.000+13:00

1. I was Japan and since i had to start out with 1 industry and colony in the beginning then i had to catch up to the others and that was hard cause I didn't have spare profit for the army and that was my mistake. I think USA had the advantage having 4 in every thing and i was dead last for sure.

2. It was more important to buy colonies and armies because there was a limited suipply of them and armies to protect them.

3. I apperantly have done nothing well and i would have hide my industry and bought some armies.

4. In the beginning the USA was my enemy but we made and alliance and i understood why he did it and it was for the good of the alliance.

5. The things i learned about conflict are that alliances cant be trusted like the french broke up with the US and GB and the ottoman empire tried to kill me e]when we had an alliance. Then that industry is important and etc.

Quarter 3 Goals

2008-01-07T16:37:00.000+13:00

In quarter 3 I would like to go more in depth into my homework. Also I will also try to pay more attention in class and not try to be a clown. To achieve my goal to be a better reader i will get better books and read at least 20 pages at night.

Hotel Rwanda

2007-12-12T02:16:00.000+13:00

According to the sources and movie the Europeans failed the Rwandans by letting them die by machetes, and guns by the Rwandan army. The Europeans promised to bring troops but the troops were just there to take the whites away and let the rest suffer. The UN tried to help but they only had 300 peacekeeping troops that were not even allowed to shoot for the entire country. Also the UN went in to the maelstrom without a plan. Another example is the Belgium soldiers left the Tutsi refugees in the UN compound that was guarded by Belgium soldiers who abandoned them while they escaped to the airport. The European troops besides the UN thought that Africans were dirt and they didn't care but the UN did care so that proves not all people are good. Also, like in India the low caste people were not treated well. Then there were armed shipments from the French caused most of the massacre because it was in the center of the city at an affordable price.

Who Won and Who lost

2007-11-29T02:07:00.000+13:00

Germany(Vishal and Chris) won in my opinion because they may not have had the most land but the amount of land itself doesn't matter what matters is the type of land. Germany had the richest agricultural land and the land with the most diamond mines and population. By gaining this Germany had land by the amount of land they had which got them in 2nd place for amount of land labor by taking over the most populated parts of Africa and capital by the diamond mines they had. But the Netherlands(Me) lost for sure because they had the least amount of land and and the little land they had had no resources, agriculture, and population therefore the Netherlands lost. Some people may say that Great Britain may have won because they had the most populaces areas and they had a lot of resources and money but if you think about their rivalries it was basically everybody. The Netherlands attempted to take over the areas of GB close but failed. Then France(Phil and KY) tried to take over the areas near them but since there were none they attacked Belgium (Cerys and KJ) so they could have better land. Portugal had no land near GB so they attacked no one. Spain was a country that attacked a great deal but they made no deals with many countries. One reason GB became so unpopular was because other countries were willing to give twice the amount of land for a little bit of theirs so everyone had conspiracies against them. Everyone thought that since the y had the Suez canal and tourism that they would negotiate the part that is now Libya. I was going for that part due to the oil in that part and i was willing to give thrice the amount of squares for that part.

2007-11-19T20:15:00.001+13:00

Movement is basically people, goods and ideas move
Region is a place that has something in common with in it
Human Environmental interaction is how the environment effects us and how we effect it
Location is basically were something is
Place is what something is

Movement:
In the book Sade and Femi move to London (Page 19)
Region:
In the book it talks about Somalia and Nigeria and they are tied together for 2 reasons 1 both are controlled by the military 2 Both in Africa(Pages 10 and 153)
Human Environmental Interaction
In the book the plane is polluting and that has a negative effect on the environment(Page 38)
Location
In the book the location is Victoria Station (Page 48)
Place
In the book Victoria Station is a station for trains(Page 48)

Imperialism and England

2007-11-12T18:08:00.001+13:00

This cartoon means that England took over the countries that the hands are on. Some of the main visual elements are the head with England written under it ans the arms and hands falling and grasping the countries. The main issue is how England was taking over all the countries
and becoming to powerful in Imperialism. Probably the author feels that England was to powerful and was taking over the countries for power. The author could have made the head more fierce looking and a whole monstrous body so it shows more of the wars and the cold hatred in England when they took over these countries. This cartoon has good contrast, repetition of the arms and countries,alignment, and proximity because every thing is grouped around England.

www.fresno.k12.ca.us

What are the qualities of a good leader?

2007-10-22T22:02:00.000+13:00

I think the good qualities in a leader are friendship, and respect for others and their ideas. Some leaders are Phillipe, and Avi. In organizing the football games and spider web and toxic waste. they are friendly and respectful.

2007-10-16T18:23:00.000+13:00

I am proud of my IR interview because I worked really hard on it and it was a good piece. This was my best piece because I don't like writing much. This piece was a piece that i worked exceptionally hard on because it was the first writing assignment and i wanted to start with a good grade.

Something that was challenging was all the writing pieces. As I mentioned I dont like writing so this is why i chose this as challenging.

Feedback

2007-10-15T18:07:00.000+13:00

WOW should definetly be kept because it teaches the kids religion in the cities they visit, the importance of listening to instructions and it shows teachers how their students are not just inside a classroom but hiking and doing other outdoor activities. In Rishikesh we learned the culture and the ways people made money by making handy crafts. Like I bought a cloth painting and they started the price high but i brought the price down so it shows that people are eager to sell their items before others so they can earn a living. By rafting it taught us how important it is to listento directions. On Golf Course our bout went vertical and i didn't fall out because i had listen to directions and held on to the rope tightly. Also it is important for teachers to know their strengths not only in a classroom but outside. this is important because it shows how the teachers should grade the students not only on WOW but also in PE.

End of Quarter 1 Feedback.

2007-10-03T21:47:00.000+13:00

I think that I didn't meet my goals so they will remain the same. They are to not have any missing assignments and get more organized. It is really hard for me to stay organized so these goals will be really hard for me to achieve.

India Vs. Pakistan

2007-09-25T03:54:00.001+12:00

All i can say is Chakde India!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! India won the FIRST ever Twenty Twenty cup. In the end pakistan needed 6 runs to win with no wickets in hand and then pakistan hit a foolish shot and India WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News Arcticle

2007-09-23T20:05:00.001+12:00

It is a horrible day today on April 13 1919. Over 1000 men, women, and children killed and more than 2000 injured. The British police shot over 2000 rounds in Amritsar today. We know call it the Amritsar Massacre because of the Rowlett act. The Rowlett Act was to root out conspiracy in the Indians after world war one. Due to that, violence spread rapidly. Several banks and other government buildings were put on fire including the town hall and railway station. Resulting more military action was taken and several more times rounds where shot and 8 to 20 people were dead. During a social gathering more rounds were fired and more than 120 people jumped in a well to escape the bullets but, drowned and their bodies were recovered. It was counted that 379 people died (337 men, 41 boys and a six week old baby) are the estimates.

Feedback Stock Market Game

2007-09-17T15:13:00.000+12:00

I think that it was really hard to judge the rise and fall of the stocks back then because they were not many high tech tools to calculate and many people knew nothing about what was going to happen. This teaches us that we should be happy we did not have to earn money with such a risk of going broke and dying or the second option was to work hard in a factory with the chance of dying as well so it was a risky life back then.

Descriptive peice

2007-09-16T17:34:00.000+12:00

August 16, 1930

Dear Gandhi,

I have studied your philosophy like if someone hits you on one arm then you should turn around and tell them to hit you on your other arm. Also the caste system like you say that there should be no difference in the upper caste and the lower caste. You believe in non-violence but I think the British have different thoughts. The treat us all badly and make us their slaves. We both want to solve this in a non-violent way. I was Impressed in what you did in South Africa with the non-touchable. But I think the salt march was a great idea because instead of going broke I think that it was a great idea because why pay so much tax when you can make it your self from the sea. What are your future plans for India’s freedom?

Sincerely,

Nehru

interview on Jawharnal Nehru

2007-09-10T23:17:00.000+12:00

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889, in Allahabad. His family descended from Kashmiri heritage. He was learning Hindi and Sanskrit while being taught in English.

What are some of the changes you made to India?

Well, to start things of I increased businesses and income taxes. I also helped with the farming bit because I made plans to build irrigation canals and better fertilizer. But most importantly I extended the electricity, water, health care and the roads across India. Educationally, I have started a 5 year project that every child in India should get a primary education. While I’m on the topic of village children I will have the provisions of free milk and meals everyday to avoid malnutrition. For the education of the adults I am going to make adult education centers, vocational and technological schools were also organized for adults, especially in the rural areas.

What do you think were the most significant changes you made?

Well personally, I think that the changes in the expansion of roads and teaching people about cleanliness and hygiene were the most significant. I know most of you will argue against me because you think that the most important thing was the education change. But the truth is we can survive without education in the 40’s and 50’s but without the better transport many more people would die of thirst or bleeding to death from lack of health care, and people are more educated about diseases, illnesses, etc…

Did it matter to you when you got jailed an unbelievable seven times?

I know it may sound like a lot to get jailed 7 times but when you are doing it for your country, it doesn’t matter to you. You just feel like giving up everything for your country. I knew that if I was jailed it might help India get its freedom from the British. For some of you I may have been a great hero for bringing India its independence but really, I can’t take all the credit. Gandhi also helped. He did more for this country’s freedom than I ever dreamed anyone would do. He refused to go safely to jail when they threatened to beat him with sticks and rods. Even after the beating he refused to go to jail but instead continued to pick up the farmers rightful salary out of the trash can. He was jailed and beaten for leading people to the beach to gather salt instead of buying salt and paying the high tax. When I met Gandhi he said that he knew nobody was brave enough to go against the British and if no one did they would never be free again. I did only a quarter of the work. It was Gandhi that did most of it.

What do you think about India today? Is it what you wanted it to be?

I think that India has gone under some changes that I did not expect. First, I didn’t expect that there would be so many beggars. I knew that it would be hard for India to pull out of poverty, but I didn’t expect it to grow so much. Second, thing that surprised me was that the food shortages have decreased significantly. That so many people in India just cared for themselves and not the environment. For example they don’t want to take the time to put new oil in their car so instead of spitting out horrible fumes it could be marked as a non-polluting vehicle. Also when I was in Delhi in 1941 there was not that much trash on the streets. I think that nowadays people are self-centered. They are just worried about getting somewhere and they will break the law if they have to.

Do you think your improvements when you where Prime Minister that your changes made a difference to India today?

I think that some of the improvements I made were good and some were not so good. For example, I think that when the roads were made that it is a half and half. The more roads equals more pollution but more roads equals faster commute so with that you could go either way in a long discussion. But one that made a major improvement was the better irrigation and fertilizer. You see when we had that in the early ages of India then we are developing better and better ways to make a larger quantity faster. One thing that didn’t help that much was I basically didn’t do much about the poverty solution and now that I see what is happening I regret that I didn’t do any thing about it.

Well folks that’s all we have for you today so I hope you learned something and I would like to thank Mr. Nehru for his time here.

Thank you for having me in this article.

net effect 2

2007-09-10T19:40:00.000+12:00

more pros are that its faster transportation, better education , better health care, and better products. some cons are more is wasted, lazier people, people rely on technology to much, and they are more greedy.

feed back september

2007-09-10T19:37:00.000+12:00

I made my goal for no missing assignments and i did it. my new goal is that to keep my grades above a. B+

Net Effect

2007-09-04T15:11:00.001+12:00

The effects are there is more pollution, ways of trying to get rid of pollution, better technology is appearing, the police are enforcing stuff more, the fines are steeper, and the carbon in the air is greater.

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What was different about today?

2007-08-28T23:50:00.001+12:00

At the end of class I was so much more tired and stressed then yesterday. I think that in factories the work has to be done twice as hard that when it was just cottage industries. Also for mass production the "gangsta" bear was very hard to mass produce. Also yesterday we had more time to make one then we had time to make alot more. I calculated the number of bears per minute and it was 1.5384615384615384615384615384615. And the bears per person were 3.9. that was surprising because it took 40 minutes to make 1 last time.

2007-08-28T23:50:00.000+12:00

Factory game day 1

2007-08-27T23:59:00.000+12:00

During the factory game I saw that not everyone back then had the utensils that we had today and that it was hard to make an acctractive product with those materials. Also if it is hard for us nowdays then it must have been extremely difficult back then.

Roller Coaster Paragraph

2007-08-24T01:53:00.000+12:00

If you have never been on a roller coaster before then you dont know the great feeling its like you are flying through the air. You hear the air whizzing past your ear like whispering a secret message while blowing by your ear. But another sound is the screams and yells of enjoyment its like in sypmphony. The yells are together like in a band. Its like the high yells together then the low screams together. Also the grinding wheels against the rail tracks and screaching to a halt at the end. Amazingly going at that speed I still managed to smell all the wonders down below. I could smell the intense smell of hotdogs frying and burgers sizzeling when they are turned over on the grill. But the strongest smell of all is the smell of popcorn popping and people eating it on the ground. While on the roller coaster you should not smell the tempting smells of the food on the ground. Ill tell you That was the best ever smells of food combined in one. And ill tell you why not to smell the food because the first thing I did on the ground was run to the nearest snack bar. The best scenary was while I was going down. You could just make out the Snack bars and forest surrounding it. It was like a sea of hands while going down the slope infront of me it was like waves breaking and forming in front of me. I also tasted the popcorn and hotdog oil in the air. The metal safety bar infront of me was a cold steel smooth touch. it was nothing like the bumpy hard plastic seat. And the air was cool on my face and then after the roller coaster I felt refreshed.

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Quick write fruit roll up

2007-08-23T21:28:00.000+12:00

The luscious fruit roll up was amazing. The flavor was a mix of blue berry and and a bunch of other things. You will never believe how awesome the flavor mix was. It was like a pow of blue berry then a string of some awesome taste. You should try it sometime. You have to know the sound. Before unwrapping it the wrapper is all crinkly, While unwrapping it it sounds like rubber stuck to plastic unwrapping ever so slowly. The sight was better than pizza. It was like this blue blob with a luscious smell arising around it. It looked so tempting I could barely wait to gobble it all down nut i had to describe it more. After I ate it the luscious taste was still in my mouth. I knew there was some on the wrapper so I went ahead and started eating the scraps of the wrapper like a starved man that just got a double quarter pounder with extra cheese. I just went ahead and started liking the wrapper not caring what anybody thought of me it was that good.

Mother Necessity

2007-08-22T15:25:00.002+12:00

I think that necessity is the mother of invention means that in need people can make things when they need it like a mother giving birth to children.

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August 20

2007-08-20T17:08:00.000+12:00

I learn best visually and by going over things many times. I also learn best by doing things and by watching simulations and by doing simulations. You can help me learn by making the slide shows for notes and it we are doing a big project you can demonstrate it.

Your Gang...

2007-08-14T01:00:00.000+12:00

My gang is basically anybody who shows up for gaming club. Like last year my gang was Kartnik, Virag, Daniel, and me. Other wise I have no gang.

Feedback August 6-10

2007-08-13T21:07:00.000+12:00

Highlights

I made a new friend called Nikhil Dasgupta.

I have at least 1 friend in each of my classes.

My First impression on humanities was that it was going to be hard but fun, because
they said you were a hard grader but you like to joke around.
One of my goals this year is to not getting any missing assignments and get more organized.