Pray-Justin Bieber

"just can't sleep tonight, 
knowing that things ain't right. 
It's in the papers, it's on the TV,  
it's everywhere that I go. 
Children are crying, soldiers are dying,  
some people don't have a home."

This song is about the war in Iraq. It shows how that he is anti-war and tired of seeing soldiers die on t.v. He also is against the fact that not all soldiers are involved. This war is also affecting children over there. It is destroying their homes with rpgs and stray bullets. Think of how their mothers feel when they're child doesn't come home again because a soldier couldn't get his aim right. War is ridiculous ,and it is somewhat pathetic that grown men cant settle their differences without shooting off a gun. 

Usleess War vs War on Terror

The New York Times reported about the Vietnam War like it should never should have happened, whereas they look at the War on Terror is a terrible event that needs our help. I think that we do not need our troops over there fighting as much as we need more spys. The Vietnam war was one of the most vicious wars ever so I guess why they had to be somewhat bias. There is higher death ratio in our capital then there has been in Iraq. I feel that the media only represents the majority society views on things.

My Dad -1965

Were you in fear when the draft started? Also how old were you?

"Absolutely everyone was scared! No one who wanted to get an education wanted to get pulled out of college. The only people that wanted to go to war were the people that enlisted."

How did the media depict the soldiers that were fighting in the war?

"There was a lot of unrest showing that we shouldn't be in the war. a lot of college kids were protesting against the war. The media didn't have a lot of choice to show both sides of the war because society was so harshly against the war."

Were you pro-war or anti-war and what did you do to show it?

"I was defiantly pro-war because i believed what the government said in the necessity of getting involved in the war. I didn't do anything except for the fact if anyone asked me what side i was on, i then told them. Looking back n it now If i knew about it no i would be anti-war because it was a no-win situation."

What did your family think about you serving your country when you got picked for the draft?

"My dad was for it, and my mother said "Go to Canada!""

What is the major difference between the War on Iraq and the Vietnam War?

The War on Iraq exemplified convientual military strategy's  whereas all the Vietnam War was, was gorilla warfare.

Meritocracy is 1/2 of the answer!

I believe in meritocracy due to the fact that i have been taught it m whole life. This research in the video is surprising though because it shows that confidence is part of scoring higher. The kids scored higher because they thought they were better and had a sense that they needed to prove it. The kids that thought they were lower in the food chain didn't have anything to look forward to because they were told they would fail and already put down in life. The after affect made the kids think that since they didn't have a future that they didn't have to work.

Martin Luther King jr. + Malcolm X = 1 great leader

Martin King and Malcolm x are the leaders that got the civil rights movement going. They had different ways to approach bit both was to get the attention of the government and both had to deal with pain. Kings idea was that if the resistance was so strong to take so much pain that the government had no choice to give in. Unlike King, Malcolm was to deal so much pain that the government couldn't with stand it and had to give in. Both of these actions were very affective and if you could have both of these peoples minds, in one human being, you could probably have the new leader of the world.

I am poem

I am
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I wonder why they think what they are doing will help them.
I hear people yelling mean things at me.
I see people fighting arround me.
I want to be treated like everybody else.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in.
I pretend that my feelings are not hurt.
I feel the hot coffee running down my back.
I need to stay focused for what I am fighting for.
I worry about my survival.
I cry, but only on the inside.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I understand that I might die.
I believe that everyone should have equal rights.
I dream that one day my children will not be judged based on the color of their skin.
I try to keep calm and block out the violence happening arround me.
I hope that we will win.
I am a part of the lunch counter sit-in
I amart of the lunch counter sit-in
I am block out the violence happening arround me.
I hope that we 

College survey

25W- 24 graduated HS 17 graduated college

12H-7 graduated HS 3 graduated college

5AA- 5 graduated HS 3 graduated college

2 A- 2 graduated HS 2 graduated college

I think this survey doesn't show anything. That it doesn't show that there is an invisible white power or the fact or education being a problem. What i did notice though is the fact of hidden racism. i look back at my survey and noticed that most of the people i surveyed was white. That is because most of my friends are white. Me being also white proves the theory of that people like to hang out with people like themselves. 

"Its old news! Heck its History!"

Dear Dr. Rhinehart,


          My name is Jeffrey Lewis and I'm a student at CHS and I would like to address a situation that is a problem not only in our school but one in every country! Their is a injustice due to every citizen in every country, and that is that they are deprived of knowledge that has happened in the past. This knowledge consist of horrible things, but it is still history. No matter how long we wait to give that information it will not magically change. One of the biggest hidden piece of history was the raping of Nanking. This was were the Japanese went to China and attacked its citizens. They made sons rape mothers and fathers rape daughters for gosh sake! We cant make it go away but we can sure teach people about it so it doesn't happen again. There are plenty of cases of this in history for example; Dr Cong, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, and Burundi! This is a matter of great concern to students like myself. We should be able to have everything that has happened in the past to our knowledge.
             
                                                                                            
                                                                                                  From a brilliant student,
                                                                                                           Jeffrey Lewis

Dont be that guy...

James' Final Five fights

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Cinderella man doing his job on Prezi

Tennessee vs. The right way

Scopes was the protester against teaching religion and who followed his standers of teaching evolution. He was trailed for breaking the laws of teaching in Tennessee. He won the case because his debate was the separation of church and state. The supreme court heard his case and agreed with him. This allowed teachers to teach evolutionism in the classroom.

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Roaring Twenties! on Prezi

Poem of the 20's

Power in the people                                            Ridiculously happy 
Raving lunatics                                                  Old americans vs new americans
Organized crime happening                                 Americans are becoming happier
Happy people                                                     Raging alcoholics
Indifferent about alcohol                                      Indifferent about religions=new americans
Broken family's wanting beer                               No more war
Improperty's in the beer making it devil water        Going good
Too much drinking
Influenced by beer                                              Twenties Rock! 
Old americans are super happy                           Want new things
NO MORE DRINKING!                                        Employment is hard to find
                                                                        No more alcohol
                                                                        To much change
                                                                         I want to have fun
                                                                         Enraged new americans
                                                                         Style

Organized Crime= Systematic Violation

I learned a lot from the Presentations today. One of the most interesting things is how you can go so quickly from being rich and proper to a life of crime. Look at "Pretty Boy Floyd" who had the mentality of a farmer and a baptist, then just one went back home from the wheat fields to go and commit his first crime. There was also a time where "machine gun" Kelly only did petty crimes but once he got married he was a rough villain. There is also the other end of the spectrum of "babyface Nelson" who was always a bad guy even at his childhood. Now that i look at it we have really weak and dumb villains compared to the ones back then.