lit circle response 2

The thing that strikes me about the book is how Milkman the main character's age changes so muhc because first it starts off him being just a little boy and then towards the middel of the book he's around 30. Even though it's kind of confussing it makes it more interesting.
I would have to say that I do like the book because everything that happens is so surprising and I wouldn't expect it to happen. I'd rather read a book where I didnt know what's going to happen next insteadof book that I already know what's going to happen because then sometimes if you know what's going to happen next then the book gets boring.


How old is milkman towards chapter 10 and 11?

Why is Guitar in the 7 days if it doesn't even seem justified?

"any man, any woman, or any child is good for 5 to seven generations of heirs before theyre bred out. So every death is a death of 5 to 7 generations. you can't stop them from killing us, or trying to get rid of us. And everytime they succede they get rid of 5 to 7 generations. I help keep the numers the same."
This was a very interesting quote because it explianed the 7 day's that Guitar's in and it explains the racial killing problems that are going on at that time and how Guitar is trying to get revenge for all the black poeple who are getting killed.

Song if Solomon Response

So far I have read up to page 10, so I have been keeping track on reading every night. When I first started reading the book it was kind of confussing because it was talking about a man trying to "fly" off of a roof and kills himself, then right after that it goes into how the main character of the book (Macon Dead II a.k.a milkman) was born. Once I got past the first 3 chapters It was a little easier to understand and it got a lot more interesting. I'm still wondering why the author decided to start off with a man trying to fly at the begining of the book, but I'm guessing that maybe that man who killed himself had to do something with milkman's birth.

The thing I like about this book is that when your reading it, it's really hard to try to predict wat's going to happen next because a lot of unusuall things happen and since you didn't expect it to happen it makes the book a lot more interesting. In some books it gets boring when you already know what's going to happen next, but when new things are always happening it makes it so much more interesting and it makes e want to keep reading just to see what crazy thing is going to happen next. Such as I didn;t expect for the main character's name to be Milkman. Even though it's a weird name for a person, It's easier for the reader to remember the name and even the story behind the name and how he got the nickname was interesting to read about.

In some parts of the book it was hard to understand what was going on, but I kept reading to see if things later became clear, and they did. Such as in one part I didn't understand who Pilate was and why she didn't live with her brother (milkman), but after a while I started to notice that Pilate did not get along with Macon dead (the father) and it explained everything later on in the book, and once I read that, it made the book a lot more easier to understand because she is mentioned a lot in in the book. Once I had a good understanding on who each character was I took notes so later on I can look back if I happen to forget who some characters are.

After all this book seems to be getting a lot mroe interesting than I thought it would be. I'm about more than half way through my book and I can't wait to read the rest and find some new surprises allong the way.

ENRiQUE!

Yesterday Enrique a man from the border angels came to our class. I never knew about the Border Angels until he explained it to us. They go out into the desert near the Mexican border and leave water for people in the desert mostly immigrants. Even though it's not good for illegal immigrants trying to cross over they don't want people die because of it so that's why they're trying to help them. I also learned about the Minute Men which is a group of people who are against illegal immigrants crossing over. Some Minute Men stand on the U.S. side of the border with guns waiting to shoot any illegal immigrants trying to cross the border. The Border Angels & the Minute Men apparently do not get a long. I would rather be on the Border Angels side because I don't think it's right for people to be dying because anyone should be allowed into our country. If I can I'm going to try & volenteer to help the Border Angels because they are people who think of others & are doing the right thing. :]

Our water presentation

Today my group and I presented to the class our topic which was bottled water vs. municipal water. We talked about what bottled water was & what municipal water was & what processes they go to when they're getting filtered. I think our presentation went well, we got a lot of questions and we tryed to answer them the best we could. Overall I learned a lot more than I thought I would through this project. It was my favorite presentation so far in math/chemistry class.

bottled water vs. municipal water?

Bottled water and tap water both have a set series of standards, however, these standards are different from each other.
Bottled water goes through an extensive purification process to make it eligible for human consumption.
Tap water is purified so that it can be used for day to day activities, without a harmful affect to the environment.

bottled water: interesting fact

I thought this was interesting because I learned that during the filtering process minerals may be lost in the water. In order to fix this they have to do a mineral injection; meaning they have to put the minerals back into the water. Some of the minerals are calcium, magnessium, & flouride.

bottled water testing.

They test the bottled water for organics, (pesticides, herbicides, and dangerouse organic compounds) Inorganics (lead, copper, zinc, chloride, and minerals), Microbiologicals (fungi, bacteria, and viruses), & radiologicals. Testing for these many chemicals is very important because if your putting it in your body then you don't want these chemicals to effect you.

What is bottled water??

Bottled water is drinking water which goes through a filtering process to take out as much as possible, so it's healthy for your body. It's then sealed in a bottle & sold for people to drink. In other cases some bottled water companies don't sell the cleanest water.

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For our mini water presentation we were suppose to present yesterday, but I guess we ran out of time and now my group has to go on monday. It's kind of a good thing because we have the weekend to go over our information, but then again we wanted to just give our presentation & get it over with. I guess it doesn't matter what day we present as long as we do present.

helpful websites--->>>

My Favorite: http://www.bottledwater.org/default.htm

Others: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/healtheweightforwomen/special_topics/intelihealth0804.aspx?subID=submenu10

http://www.jupiterionizers.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=10


These websites were a big big help! without these websites we wouldn't have or know the information we have right now. These websites gave us so much information on exactly what we were looking for.

water usage project

My partners Rachel, Brianna, and I finished our powerpoint presentation, but unfortunatly we weren't able to present today because we ran out of time. I guess this gives us another night to look over our information and be extra prepared for tomorows presentation. We were kind of worried that we weren't going to find the information we needed for the project but we ended finding most of what we needed. hopefully our presentation goes well tomorow. :]

What Is Municipal Water?

I reserched and researched and I couldn't find a good definition on what municipal water was, untill I asked someone and I guess municipal water is pretty much tap water....that's what my first guess was but now I have a clear idea on what kind of water it is.

Bottled Water

This is what I found on what bottled water is at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/bottle_water-eau_embouteillee/faqs_bottle_water-eau_embouteillee_e.html#A1

"What is bottled water?
Bottled water is water sold to consumers in sealed containers. It can be represented as "spring" or "mineral" water. It might also bewater from various sources that may have been treated to make it fit for human consumption and put in sealed containers for sale."

To me this seems pretty accurate but bottled water isn't always the best for you because some bottle water compnaies just use tap water which isn't recomended for your body.

Chemistry Project

We're doing a mini chemistry Project that has to do with water. We gave a list of possible research topics and we were given " Research the differences in bottled water and municipal water. What chemically is the difference between the two." So far we still don't have a clear idea on what municipal water is but we're thinking its "filtered" tap water.

Mini Bolivian Project

I was so glad that my partner Vanessa and I were able to get Bolivia because that was our first choice. Since Bolivia was pretty well known there was a lot of useful information on the internet. We made a power point with bullet points about Bolivia and pictures. Our power point is filled with lots of good information. There are even some pictures of llamas. A website i found very useful was worldatlas.comn

2nd draft of script

My partners and I turned in our 2nd draft of script & we got a lot of feedback on what we need 2 change & we defenatly need 2 shorten our script because we have a lot to say but we're really going to have 2 cut it down since we are going to have our interviews in their too. I think our 2nd draft was a lot better than our 1st draft & this draft is a lot closer to our finall draft than our other one was.

pbs.org

pbs.org is a really good websie to find out information about the history of the U.S. & mexican border. It gives short facts and information that really helped my group and I get started in this project and by looks of it is a website we trust and the with the information it gives us.

OUR STORY BOARD!!!

OK WELL WE TURNED iN OUR STORY BOARD TODAY AND OUR DRAWINGS WERENT THE MOST DETAILED THINGS EVER BUT WE DiD TRY OUR BEST ON iT & i THiNK THE STORY BOARD iS GUNNA HELP US SO WE HAVE AN iDEA ON WHAT TO PUT ON OUR MOVIE & iT WiLL BE A LOT EASiER STARTiNG WiTH SOME iDEAS THAN NONE.

Hernan Cortes Arrived in Mexico in 1519

When Hernan Cortes Arrived in Mexico in 1519, he sailed 11 ships westward in hopes of expanding their Empire. Cortes was not known for being able to lead expeditions but he was experienced and well known for his courage. Cortes used his own money and put it into this expedition. He called on friends to both help prepare for the trip and to join his small army and he was able to get 500 soldiers to sail from Cuba with Cortes in search of new wealth. He really was dedicated to this mission.

SOCRATiC SEMiNAR; WHiTE PRiViLEGES

I wasn't part of the inner circle, but I was part of the outter circle & the article that the inner circle were discussing was a very interesting article to me. I have never seen an article that had a list of what white people think their privilages in our society today. A lot of the list didn't seem to be 100% true because it didn't make sense where she(the author Peggy McIntosh) was getting these rules from. I did find out that even though this was written a while ago the author is still adding to the list. The article seemed to be kind of racist to when it's saying that white poeple can always find what they want when ever they want. Since people didn't seem to agree with this article in the inner circle I think that my opinion which was just because your white doesn't mean that everyone else who isn't should be trying to live up to become better("white"). Overall I learned so much from this seminar & even though I wasn't in the inner circle I wanted to talk so badly.

1st DRAFT! of our script

Beyond the Border Script

Rachel:
Stretching 2,000 miles and surrounded by four United States and six Mexican states, the US-Mexican border has long been a subject of controversy and conflict. Facing issues such as immigration, whether considered “legal” or “illegal”, free trade, and labor rights; the idea of the border itself has changed drastically over the years.


Brianna:
America, to some, it paints a portrait of hope, a landscape to a new life, through immigration and naturalization. And yet to others, it is an area in need of excessive security, with closed walls and a dividing line. It is native land to generations of indigenous North American tribes and home to the Latin American born Spanish- who with the help of the Indians and the rest of the populace won their independence from Spain in 1821.

Melissa:
But, how did this all begin? How did the border develop into what it is today and why? How did it evolve from a community of Native American groups, including the Aztecs into such a symbol of debate; drawing the line between the United States and Mexico?

Rachel:
From April 25, 1846 to September 14, 1847, the United States and Mexico went to war. It was a major event for both nations, changing a continent and forming a new identity for its peoples. During the war, the United States and Mexico would get into dozens of conflicts, which then ended up to losing up to 38,000 soldiers, and only about 1,700 U.S. deaths were directly battle-related, then the rest came from disease which they caught in the U.S. camps.

Brianna:
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War. The treaty was signed on 2 February 1848, even though it’s the oldest treaty, it’s still in power between the United States and Mexico. As a result of the treaty, the United States acquired more than 500,000 square miles of territory.



Melissa:
This treaty not only separated the U.S. from Mexico, but it was very important in shaping the worldwide and family histories of Mexico and the United States. Since 1848 Native Americans and Mexican Americans have struggled to complete political and social fairness in the United States, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo as a document that promised civil and property rights. Although the treaty promised U.S. citizenship to former Mexican citizens, the Native Americans in their land, who in fact were Mexican citizens, were not given full U.S. citizenship until the 1930s.

TODAY'S WRITTING WARM UP

Our writting warm up today was to describe how someone that we knew looked like such as their face & be able to describe exactly what was on their face & where. For my person the 1st person I could think of was my younger brother. I first dsecribed his head shape & skin tone, then his hair & the color & the length. Then I described where his eyes, nose, mouth, & ears are. I found this writting warm up fun but challenging because it was hard to describe where everything was on his face. But in the end I looked over it & it seemed to make sense to me. :]

THE DEATHS DURING THE U.S. & MEXICAN WAR

During the war, the United States and Mexico would get into dozens of conflicts, which then ended up to losing up to 38,000 soldiers, and only about 1,700 U.S. deaths were directly battle-related, then the rest came from disease which they caught in the U.S. camps. This was interesting because a lot of poeple were dying form just diseases and fewer were dying from fighting in the war which I saw was kind of unusual.

THE TREATY

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War. The treaty was signed on 2 February 1848, even though it’s the oldest treaty, it’s still in power between the United States and Mexico. & this treaty was confirmed when the war ended.

"From April 25, 1846 to September 14, 1847, the United States and Mexico went to war. It was a major event for both nations, changing a continent and forming a new identity for its peoples. "

This was exactly what we were looking for because this war was the begining of how the border started. Without this war maybe the U.S. & mexico would be conected? or who knows what could have happen but this war took a very large roll on what the U.S. & Mexico is today.

iNTRO!

"Stretching 2,000 miles and surrounded by four United States and six Mexican states, the US-Mexican border has long been a subject of controversy and conflict.

This is the intro of our movie and yes we do have a lot more after this but we wanted to start with it talking a little about the border and how it is seen. If we need 2 make any changes to it please comment. =] thanksz

THE BORDER COVERS 2000 MiLES!

"Today, the U.S.-Mexico border covers 2,000 miles, encompassing four U.S. and six Mexican states. But the area has changed quite a bit over the years. In the pre-Columbian era, the land was inhabited by Native Americans who did not draw border lines. Find out how the area changed through the colonization of the Americas, the discovery of gold, wars, immigration, NAFTA and other historical events." (from website http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html) this is exactly what we are looking for because our question is mainly how did the border eveolve & how was it before the border was put up so this short paragraph gave a little more idea on how the border is & we are looking forward to looking more into this.

flash

Today in humanities I learned how to use flash. I had an idea of how flashed work but Rj was able to teach me a lot more about which is really going to help me when we get started in our flash animation for the border project.
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MY iNCA PRESENTATiON

well i gave my Inca presentation a acouple of days ago and i learned so much from this project & i already love the Inca culture & i always want to learn more about it & this project really gave me the opportunity to that. I was also able to learn about other Native tribes which was fun to because I never really knew about any other tribes than the Incas and so hearing everyones presentations about their tribes was a great way to learn about those tribes & the presentations flowed well because we were able to ask questions throughout the project instead of us just sitting there listening to them talk for 5 minutes but i was really able to learn a lot. Overall this project not only helped me but everyone else in the class & I think it was a great project to start the year with.

FOR OUR iNTERViEW :}

Today my partners and I tried to contact the professors at SDSU so we could interview them for your beyond the border porject & we sent them e-mails about a day ago and we left them a message on their office phones and now we are just waiting for a response. They seem like the perfect people for our project and our group hopes they will help us out because they teach exactly what we're looking for.

"The Incas did not discover the wheel, so all travel was done on foot. To help travelers on their way, rest houses were built every few kilomiters. In these rest houses, they could spend a night, cook a meal and feed llamas." (crystalinks.com)

They seem to think of other people who are passing through their territory by building rest houses for them. aww how nice :] that is very welcoming to people passing through their land.

Incan women clothing

"a woman's dress was a wraparound cloth extending from beneath the arms to the ankles, with the top edges drawn over the shoulders and fastened with straight pins." I didn't have an idea of what the Incan women's clothing was untill i saw this. So thsi really help me visualize how their culture was and how they looked and lived.

beyond the border question

Q: How did the border evolve & who took a role in it? & what is the modern perception of the mexican border?