Speak Out!

You need wisdom
to be able to
question authority
to implore opinions.

Questioning society
about what you
personally believe in
challenges generations
to declare
and speak out
for
themselves.

-Al, Cat, Mar, Meg


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From segregation to integration- Ruby Bridges

 And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. 

Carter G. Woodson 

The story of Ruby Bridges show that any one, any age can fight for their peace. In 1954 when Ruby was born she faced a problem in the United States when segregation was still in the country. White and black people had their own school, communities, toilets, restaurants ect. As a black attending an all white school issued some problems in the community. Throughout this whole process Ruby was very brave and stood up for herself.

Segregation was important to fight for because if it weren’t for the people that stood up or the people like Mrs. Henry (Ruby’s teacher) segregation would still be in place and we would still have everything separated. Integration allows us to work together and form a better society. There are things that both groups at that time could do better than the other. Now they can work together and create a stable base for the society and it’s future.

Additionally what Ruby did is not only benefiting her. It is also benefiting the other colored children. Once she went to the school for over a year, the parents sent their children back to school. Slowly all the public/private schools turned into integrated schools so that anyone could join. This caused a change because all children were now able to have the same changes that they all deserved.

Without Ruby bridges and the other up-standers the world would be different right now because it could still be integrated. Ruby Bridges is inspirational to me because se made a big change in the world. She had to ignore the people the crowds, go against her father thoughts and what he thought was right and had to stand up and not feel depressed about the things the crowds were saying to her.

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him. 

Stokely Carmichael 

The New World with sustainability.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Paul Hawken

Sustainability is defined as taking care of the environment and not cutting all the wood or polluting all the rivers and oceans. If given the opportunity to begin a New World, I would hope the society would built around sustainability.
Sustainability will be an important characteristic in the New World because if the people from the Old World would of kept it clean, they did not have to leave. Then they could of stayed there longer and after all the resources have been used then they could of left to the New World. This way they can live longer because the resources would still be there after they have moved. If the community uses all the resources in no time then the whole society would have to move to a different planet if there are any other planets with the requirements that this society needs.

Additionally, it is important for a society to be built around sustainability in case there is a serious emergency they have extra materials. This way when there comes a natural disaster and people have kept extra materials in the world then the people can use the rest to rebuild their society and go on with their lives. If you look at some countries on this world you can see that they are in need of supplies. Maybe the new world can slow it down and not have the best of the best because sooner they realize that they needed the objects.

Without sustainability, the New World would have trouble because they would have to move planets if they keep doing what their old habit which was wasting materials or they can't rebuild their society because they would not have enough supplies.

As mentioned earlier, sustainability once claimed, ‘’The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them, (Paul Hawken)’’, meaning to come together and work together. Not to use all the materials that the environment has to offer.

Wall display- Game Masters Keyboard

For my project of the Hunger Games wall display I made a Game Masters keyboard where the game masters can choose what they want to happen in the Arena. I think this was significant to the book because the game masters plan what kind of obstacles stand in the way of the tributes and the trophy of winning the Hunger Games. Every time something happened in the arena such as the fire or the tracker jacker nest it was because the Game Makers wanted to drive the tributes all together. On my project it shows 20 different obstacles with some pictures to describe the words. I think this project shows the understanding of the book through my eyes because it may not be so much writing but I did use my visual literacy skills that I have learned from other projects.

(will add my picture later)

Short story- The Black Dot

The Black Dot

1) I would call this story The Black Dot because the black dot is what the ceremony is about. Everybody does not want to draw the black dot and people are very afraid of the card. Also this little black dot can take over somebody live. I also called this the Black Dot because this little dot that has a lot of influence and responsibility. Also I would call it the black dot because it would not give away the story. It was surprising for me to see how the story can change from negative to positive and to negative again.
2) I thought that this dot was for the order in the community.  Maybe for a job, hierarchy, names, or that you maybe got a special job for the next year(extra food, got to lead the next ceremony). I certainly did not think that it was negative. Me and my class mates read the short story together and when we finished we certainly knew that the story was not finished.
3) I did not really know that the story was going to end like this so I was just like ''oh well'', there might be another chance tomorrow. If I knew that the story was going to end like this than I would probably want to know it immediately. Now if I look back at yesterday then it was probably better that the story was not given to us because then the suspension was kept. Also because other everybody would away after a negative ending and then you would of had a negative mood. I think that they wanted us to feel how they felt to drag us into the story and to connect with the audience.
4)When I was handed the Mystery paper and Mrs. P told us that we were not allowed to open it until we got home I was pretty nervous. I felt like opening it but I followed the instructions. I though that in this paper there was going to be a black dot or not. If you had a blank paper than you did not have to do anything. If you had a black dot then you had some direction underneath it and you had to follow it. Maybe it was something that you had to read, write or do. I followed the direction because they were the rules and rules are rules.
5) When I saw that some letters had black dots and some had white dots I thought that there were maybe two different assessments that you had to do. Then I saw that half of the people had white dots and the other half had black dots.  I concluded that the dots did not have to do with anything but people getting suspicious about their letter.

 6)When I read the end of the story I was kind of disappointed in the story. I really liked the story because it was pretty positive. Now when only the last page for the story is negative, it turned my whole mood of the story around because dying for sacrifice is not very pleasant.

7)My predictions of the letter and the black box were incorrect. I thought that the letter has something to do with jobs or the new year. Instead the story is about somebody who is giving a person as a sacrifice. I actually think that the end of the story should have been positive so that the reader would walk about with a good mood. Instead the person has writer wrote a negative end. Even though I don’t like the end it is going to make your reader think harder and think about the story for a longer time period.

8)Next time I am going to try to make a prediction closer to the truth I think I should of looked at the story and how the people talked about this ceremony. I should of thought about the stones and how the children still thought it was a game. I should of though about hw this only happens once a year and how there is only one person trying getting the card. Through the whole story they have been foreshadowing something but nobody liked it so I should of looked at the feeling when I was making the prediction

9) I think the author left these voids in the story because wanted to create suspension. Suspension is important in a story because it keeps the reader interested.  Also I think that the author has voids in the story because he wanted to give the reader a big splash at the end so that they would not fall asleep and so that they would keep thinking about the story throughout the whole day. 
10)The void in this story gives it so much power.  No title and just the name keeps the reader thinking about the story and what is going to happen, plus it keeps the reader thinking about the personality of the author and why she wrote this story. The ending is very annoying for the reader but it keeps the void alive. The clues that are given and the foreshadowing makes the reader want to know about the letter that is given to everybody. Also they’ll think about who got the black dot. The mystery paper keeps the suspense going until you get home. You will get suspicious and nervous because you don’t know who and what is going to happen. The delayed ending is effective because then you have your own time on your way home and during your activities to think about the ending because you knew that this was not the end. Also the fact that people were nervous and were just saying ‘’lets get this over with’’ means that something is going to happen and your dying to know.

              I choose this picture because their is a lot of void and as in the story one dot is very powerful.

Holocaust

THE HOLOCAUST -barbara sonek-

Holocaust

by Barbara Sonek

We played, we laughed

we were loved.

We were ripped from the arms of our parents and thrown into the fire.

We were nothing more than children.

We had a future. 

We were going to be lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. 

We had dreams, then we had no hope. 

We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars, no air to breathe smothering, crying, starving, dying. 

Separated from the world to be no more. 

From the ashes, hear our plea. 

This atrocity to mankind can not happen again. 

Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen away.

This poem is very strong poem full of themes, backgrounds and messages. The poem is written from a child's point of view which is smart so that you can show innocence but also the normal view of what every Jewish person in Germany of most of the countries in Europe knew. This poem shows innocence, terror, death, hope, fear and worry. This kid is worried about its future and is explaining how it was while being dragged away from their homes to the fires. This poem has a whole background behind the story. You can hear the fear in what its saying and the vocabulary is very strong and meaningful. This poem has loads of messages but all of them are written as this kid does not know the whole story behind the holocaust. This kid is saying that all the lives from the children are now spoiled away and the future will be less successful. This kid is also telling the audience that the train to the concentration camps were terrifying and absolutely terrible. The jews were the smart and the needed people in the society so Hitler and the rest of Germany blamed it on them because they are now very successful. The Germans mass murdered most of the jews in Europe and now the ''smart people in the society are not there anymore to teach the new future. This will infect the whole world because now they had to start all over again.

The Religious trip through the diverse area of China Town

The Religious Field Trip Through the Diverse Area of China Town


On thursday the 9th of December 7th grade of ISKL went to the diverse area of China Town. During this trip we had to visit a chinese and Hindu temple. Also we have to visit a mosque placed in the middle of all. to get there we have to take a local train which was packed. For lunch most of the groups stopped at a food court in Central Market. When me and my group were walking through China town and surrounded area we did not feel very safe because there people trying to steel thing from our pockets. The sign of people stealing from your pockets means that this area is not very rich. When you have a reasonable income you care about your hygiene and you want people to be clean. Since these people are not very rich they don't have the money to make this place clean which means that the smell won't also be as pleasant. Even though the areas are very dirty and smelly their worship places are very clean. In the chinese temple it smelt like the incense from the fire. In the Hindu temple it smelt like the candles that they light to represent freedom. Unfortunately I did not go into the mosque but what I did see is that the Muslims don't have any pictures ad the mosque is mostly white.