Stream of Consciousness of Abraham Lincoln

Poor
Sad
Dreams
Impossible
Working
Family
President
Slavery
Bad
Civil War
Won
Freedom
United States
Kids
Wife
Shot
Assignation
Dying
John Wilkes Booth
Caught

Civil War Book

My book is about Abraham Lincoln's life, his family, and what he did as the 16th president. The table of contents in my book are of Abraham's life; when e was a kid, what he did as an adult, his family, and what he accomplished as president. I think the thesis of my book might be about Abraham's accomplishments and about how he became president.

Selfless or Selfish?

Are we selfless or selfish? I think that most people put others before themselves, but we are all a little bit selfish. No one is perfect and everyone has to be a little bit selfish, otherwise we would be perfect. Little kids are selfish all the time, they don't understand until there older that the world doesn't revolve around them. Even adults are selfish. They might not want to share money with someone who really needs it, even if that person would pay it back. I think that almost everyone puts others before themselves, but we aren't perfect.

Justified to Fight?

I think that you should be able to fight for something you believe in. You can protest for whatever it is instead of being violent. I think that you can fight for things that you want to change, like the government and what they're doing. If there is something that you or others really wants to change you can do it in a civilized way instead of getting violent.

Free Will

Does everyone have free will? I think that we all do because that is what America is about. People moved to America to be free. We are free cause we can vote, we are in control of what we do, and we can make our own choices in life. When people vote it shows that we have free will because if we didn't there would be a dictator not a president. Everyone has free will to live your life the way you want to.

If I were in control of the school I would.......

If I were in control of how the school was run I would make things better. I would have school start at 8:30 and end at 3;45 because that way everyone could get more sleep and be able to complete homework. I would make the dress code better by saying that your shorts have to reach the middle of your palms instead of your fingertips that way the shorts are long enough without the students having to wear capris. I would also make Make most of the homework classwork, that way students can have time to do other things after school and so that if you get stuck you can ask the teacher a question right away. I think that if I made these changes the students would still be prepared to go to high school and to graduate.

Reflection

I think our discussion was good even though some people said that it was horrible. We stayed on topic and gave reasons on what we thought, we also had a quote from on of the songs so it showed why Eminem is our favorite and how he is a good rapper. We also agreed that it was okay for other students to have a different opinion but we still think Eminem is the best. We could have had more info about the bands/ musicians in our debate. I thought the assignment was okay and that it could have been more fun if some people in the class stopped trying to put others down and make them feel bad about their work. The challenging part about this assignment was to agree in the group on who should to what and who was our favorite but in the end my group agreed on everything. I think it was surprising how I wasn't nervous to go on stage because I usually get really bad stage fright but I wasn't nervous at all for this assignment.

Oil Spill

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/science/earth/23spill.html?_r=1&hpw

"“The scene at Nightingale is dreadful, as there is an oil slick encircling the island,” Trevor Glass, a local conservation officer, said in a statement." this is what one officer said about the oil spill at Nightingale Island. More that 800 tons of fuel oil have leaked into the Atlantic Ocean. The biggest danger is that the 20,000 endangered penguins that live there will die from the oil spill. A well-equipped response ship will be sent on Thursday to help rescue the penguins.

I think that it is important to rescue the penguins before to many of them die. Since they are an endangered species of penguin it is even more important that they are rescued soon. The birds cannot be moved though because people are worried about transmission of diseases to which the birds have no resistance to.

School

Today I was late for school because I woke up late and missed the bus. I think that the school should start at 8:30 instead of 7:30 because then people would get more sleep and they would be able to get up on time. The reason I woke up late was because I was up until 10:30 (which is late for me) doing homework. The only reason I did go to bed at 10:30 was because I was sent to bed. School should start later so that nobody is late and so that we are all awake when we get up.

Human Beings

I don't think that we will ever be equal because their are some people who think they're better than everyone else and I don't think they will change. We aren't perfect so it's really unlikely that we will ever be able to say that everyone is equal.If everyone were equal there wouldn't be any discrimination, there wouldn't be any racism, and everyone would be the same.

Superpower

If I could have one superpower it would be invisibility (that comes with a force field like Violet in the Incredibles) and fire bender combined (so I can control fire)! I would pick this superpower because I can protect myself and others. And because having the power of invisibility/ force field/ fire bender is really cool.

Respect

If you want others to have respect for you you need to have respect towards them. Respect means to feel or show deferential regard for, which means to be polite towards others and to treat them the way you want to be treated. You should respect everyone you meet because it's not nice to judge. Respect is a very important thing to learn.