Janna's Blog

"Expectations Parents Have For You"

2008-05-05T14:39:00.000-07:00

All parents have different expectations, goals for their children, but they all agree on one thing. They want the best for their children. Most parents didn't really have the opportunity or the money to go to college and become what they wanted to be. They dont want their children to be the same story. They want their children to be succesful in their life, to graduate from college and become a profesional. Parents dont want their children to go throug all the things they went to. Things like having to jobs because the money wasn't enought to support the family or having the nesesity of moving somewhere else because they couldn't pay their own appartment. Sometimes they realize that what they think is best for us is not what we need.

when parents focust to much on our education to become what they want sometimes affects our own education or even interfiar with our own goals. Everyone has their own goal or expectations in life, but sometimes the pressure of making our parents proud make us lose those expectations. I dont want to be a lawyer when i grow up, but that's what my mother expects from me. I dont want to dissapoint her in any aspect. I think that she doesnt realize that i can also make my own decisions, that i also have dreams and plans. This preassure of making her proud sometimes affects my education. I start to think about why should i be what she want me to be and not what i want to be.

In some way im living my mother's expectations for me. In order to do this I go to school everyday because i also want to become a profecional. Not exacly a lawyer, but I know she wants the best for me so to acomplish what she wants for me i try to write a lot of essays. I know that to be a lawyer you need to be able to read and write a lot. Thats one of the things i dont really like about being a lawyer. Reading for me is not really something i enjoy a lot but i like writing. I think that writing is a way of expresing your self when words cant tell. I also try not to do things agains the law. Things such as cheat on a text or even cut school. Sometimes im afraid of not be able to do wat she wants me to do.

I think that everyone has it's own talent. I dont think i have found mines yet but maybe the fact that i write a lot might be part of it. Sometimes i give my mom short storys i made so she can tell me her opinion about it, but she doesnt really pays attention to it. She doesnt have the time to read everything i give her, but every time i give her something to read she always says is good and she expects me to be working as hard i as can in school. I also have another talent. Well thats what i think, i like playing soccer a lot. I can spend hours playing soccer and wont get tired or bored. Since i was in 8 grade i used to play soccer in a team. We won, but she thinks that soccer is just a sport to have fun not a carrer. She thinks that with soccer im not going enywhere. At some point i undertand her, she wants me to become a profecional not just someone that have fun playing and dont have eny other carrer.

If i was to choose what i want to be a lawyer or a soccer player, i would choose a lawyer. I know that this is not what i wanted to be but sometimes we just can not think in our selfs. We should also think about those who have give everything they have for us to have a better education. The preassure that parents put on us sometimes bring us down because we afraid not to be succesful and to dissapoint them, but i belief that when you really want something you should always fight for it dont give up at the first problem because it would only make you stronger. Always be who you are not what others want to see.

tWo kiNdS

2008-05-05T10:29:00.000-07:00

What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?
A prodigy is refer to someone that can be succesful in life, Some one that is in some one famous or important. The mother want the main character to become a prodigy because she doesnt want her dauther to be ordinary, she wants her to be famous. "and it would always be this ordinary face-i began to cry". This show as that she didnt wanted to be ordinary she didnt want her mother to be dissapoint.
How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?
The mother prepare her daugther for fame by making her watch shirley's old movies as training films and put her in a beauty training school.
What talents does the girl have?
she learn how to play the piano.
Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?
She starts the piano lessons because her mother thoug that a girl who she watch playing piano on TV, She was facinated with the music. The mother wasn't able to pay for piano lessons so she traded housecleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano for her daugther to practice on everyday with Mr.Chong who was a retired piano teacher.
Describe the piano teacher
Mr.Chong the piano teacher who lived on the first floor of their apartment was a retired piano teacher. He was retired because he was deaf.
What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?
They both want Jing-Mei to be prodigy.
In your own words, relate the events of the recital.
What does the author mean when she says, "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China"? page 97
When the Author says " "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China", she mean that she was not a slave who had to do everything her moms tell her to do. She refers that she can also made her own decisions.
What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?
The auther used words like stricken face,weakly debastated and quivering face.
Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?
Jing-mei came back to play the piano after her mother's death because when she had the piano returned and touched the keys it sounded harder them what she remenbered. She realized that she had the talent to play the piano she just needed to try it.

Poetry (Life Goes On)

2008-04-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

" You gotta take the good
with the bad
smile with the sad,
love what you got ,
and remenber what you had,
always forgive but never forget,
learn from your mistakes ,
but never regret,
i live, i laugh, i love, i cry,
and sometimes,
wish i will die,
this is me and that's all i can be,
sick of crying,
tired of trying,
dont give up,
things go wrong,
people change,
but always remenber,
life goes on."

POEM =] LIFE

2008-04-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

Life

"What is our life? A play of passion,
Our mirth the music of division,
Our mother's wombs the tiring-houses be,
Where we are dressed for this short comedy.
Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is,
That sits and marks still who doth act amiss.
Our graves that hide us from the setting sun
Are like drawn curtains when the play is done.
Thus march we, playing, to our latest rest,
Only we die in earnest, that's no jest. "

Sir Walter Raleigh

"MARIGOLDS"

2008-03-14T10:13:00.000-07:00

What sight, smell, sound or feeling that stands out from your childhood memory?

I can still smell the fresh air and the beautiful green trees that surrounded the house. When i was a little girl like most childrens do i used to imagine seen things that were not real, i make believe i had a imaginary friend. Everytime i was scare or afraid of something i used to talk to this imaginary person and i remenber that by talking to him it make it me feel better. A sensation of peace. I still remenber one day when i was in 5 grade, after school i went to one of my friend's house. I didn't tell my mom where i was going, when i got home she started to scream at me. I remenber the expression of her face. She look it like if she was about to kill me. I feel guilty in the inside, she was so worry that something back would it happen to me. Everytime i do something wrong and she gets mad at me, the feeling of guilty always comes to mind.

The Underground Railroad

2008-02-13T10:41:00.000-08:00

1.	The Underground Railroad was a highly organized system. False

2.	Many of those involved in the Underground Railroad were, Free blacks

3.	Why would the escape of a small percentage of slaves cause so much trouble? Because than more and more slaves are going to try to scape.

4.	Harriet Tubman was not important to the Underground Railroad. False

5.	How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affect escaped slaves? It stopped slaves from escaping

6.	The first Canadian African American newspaper was produced by, Josiah Henson

7.	What might have happened if the Underground Railroad hadn't existed? Many slaves wouln't be able to scape from their captors and Harriet Tubman wouldn't be who she was( someone who helped her brothers and sisters). She will still be a slave like the others.

8.	Why did so many escaped slaves move to Canada? The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

You are a member of the Underground Railroad. A small group of runaway slaves has come to your home to be hidden. All goes well until a neighbor who is not sympathetic to the cause becomes suspicious. What do you do?

* If i was a menber of the underground Railroad and a mall group of runaway slaves has come to my house to be hidden and a neighbor becomes suspicious i will still help than. I will try to find a safe place for than, and iof my neigbor still keeps in the way i will kipnape him until the slaves were save.

If you were a slave who was planning to runaway, what kind of plans would you make? How would you know when the time was right to leave?

* If i was a slave planning to runaway i would try to scape at night because it would be harder for them to see me. I would try to scape when my owners were sleeping, but i would ake sure that all the other servants are also sleeping. If they see me trying to scape it would be harder for than to run or see because is going to be at night and everything is going to be dark.

MEANING AND SENTENCE =]

1)slaver: Deprived of personal freedom.
* Back in the days Black people[dark people] were treted badly they were known as slaves.

2)dangerous: Full of risk, Unsafe.
* There are many dangerous jobs such as asbestos which can lead you to cancer.

3)successful: Accomplishing what was proposed.
* I want to be sucessful in eny job i can get.

4)yoke: A bar of frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
* Yoke the draft horses together.

5)Actually: In act or in fact, really, in truth, posivility.
*Actually im not working but i would like to.

6)treasure: Wealth or riches stored or accumulated.
a collection of precious things.
* The childrens returned home with their school bags and other treasures.

7)extremely: very intense.
* This is Extremely interesting.

8)industrious: Hard work and perseverance.
* Those people who are industrious have to deal with all types of situations.

9)runaway: Some one who flees from danger, duty, restraint etc. A fugitive.
* Many slaves runaway from their owners.

10)former: one who forms, a maker or creator.
* There are many formers who creates and develops new things.

11)various: Different, diverse, several.
* Raimbows have various colors.

12)bondage: the state of being under the control of another person.
*

13)trickle: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.
*

Joseph Stalin And Totalitarianism

2008-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:00

The word Totalitarism refers to a government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public and private life. Stalin used Totalitarianism to ruled the societ union by having acsolutetly control of the workers and people's lifes. He controled things such as how much food the people had to consume and how much time they could spend doing whatever they wanted to do.

The "five years Plans" was a set of impossibly hight numerical goals. This set of plans increase the output of steel,coal,electricity and oil. The govewrment limited the production of consumer goods. At the end people faced the need of several goods such as clothing, food and housing.

The "Great Purges" was a campaign of terror. This campaign consisted in eliminating anyone who threatened his power. Many people were executed for "crimes against the societ state".

Joseph Stalin was a dictator. he wanted the people to do what he says. Did care what they wanted just what was best for him.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

2008-01-10T07:46:00.000-08:00

How did the film Dr. Zhivago depict the Russian Revolution? What are some of the reasons the Russian people wanted a change? (In other words - why did the revolution happen in the first place)? Also - how did the film depict communism? How was Dr. Zhivago given a first hand look at communism when he returned home to Moscow?

The film" Dr.Zhivago" takes place in the mid-to-late 1950s Even thoug it does not mention it. This film "Dr.Zhivago" depict the Russian Revolution in a negative way. " Dr.Zhivago "

Causes Of WWI

2008-01-04T07:46:00.000-08:00

WWI or "The Great War" started around 1914 it lasted four years and three months and ended on November 11, 1918.. One of the resons why this war started was because many countries such as France, Russia, and Germany were competing in building powerful armies. They wanted to have more power than the other countries. This war give birth to seven more nations but took away many people's lives. Nationalism was also one of the causes. Franz Ferdinand was assesinated by a Serb, this was the spark responsible for the first Great War. Rival nations had varioud treaties in place and possessed large stockpiles of weapons. France declared war on Servia.

"The Opium War"

2007-12-11T19:04:00.000-08:00

The "Opium Wars" was a battle between China and Britain. This started in the 19th century, it lasted from 1839 to 1842. TheBritish decided they needed to balance their trade with Chine. They wanted not just to buy things from China they also wanted to sell. They started to sell Opium, which is a drug grown in India. At first when they started to sell this drug to china, it was used to as a medicene for some diseases such as dysentery, cholera and others such as diarrhea. Later the Chinnese government didn't want the import of Opium because of the devilitating results of the drug. This end up in what we now know as the "opium Wars". During the Opium Wars China fought Britain but the British had better weapons than the Chinnese. this was a avantage. The British won the Opium Wars. Their cannons and other avance weapons helped Gread Britain to defead China. After the British defeted China They Make them Signed a treaty in which make the Chinesse lost control of an important island of Hong Kong.

"The White Man's Burden"

2007-12-10T08:09:00.000-08:00

The white man is burden was a poem about the United States imperialism. The word burden refers to something the bothers a person. Something he does not like. This poem was writed in 1899 by Rudyard kipling. I think that the United States is still imperialistic today in someway. This is because the Unite States is in war with Irak. The U.S want to change to democratic but i think that every goverment should decide how to govern it's people. We are still living the White MAn Is burden because sometimes the government trys to have to much control over people.

"The Scramble For Africa"

2007-12-05T07:45:00.000-08:00

The term "Scramble for Africa" refers to a second colonisation which took place in Africa. During this period Africa saw the most dramatic colonisation. Africa has been divided as if it have been a cake between greedy Europeans leaders.This Scramble began in 1881. The main Europeans nations involved in this Scramble were France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy. They were abkle to dominate Africa so easily because they have more guns. They are many reasons why this nations wanted to take over Africa. some of those reasons will be that they wanted to gaing power and prestige. They thoug that the more territory they had the more powerful and important they could become. Other reasons were that Africa was rich in natunal resourses. During this period they needed markets for theyr manufacture goods, "these could be sold in Africa for large profits". This Scramble affect the African people in the way that they were slaves. They were treated badly and were used as a trade known as slave trade.

Film Lessons:"Mountains Of The Moon"

2007-12-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

2007-11-27T07:47:00.000-08:00

Matthew Perry bullied the japanese into signing a trade, he intentionally arrived in ports with sails down to intimidate the japanes with their technological progress. When perry dropped anchor 26 miles off the coast of Tokio the Japanes were impressed Perry wanted a trade between the united States and japan because he thoug that japan was the ideal location to stablish a trade in which Americans ships could reload on food, coal and water. Finally on march 31, 1854 a treaty was signed between the United States and japan. This trade openned two ports which connected the U.S with Japan. During the Meiji era the Japanese economic changed. They were trying to modernize and industrialize. This consisted in

Karl Marx and Communism

2007-11-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx was a german but his idea of communism changed the Russian history. he was born as jew, but his family was converted into christianity in order for his father to get a job as a lawyer. Communism was a theory and system of social and political organization that was a major force in world pilitics mostly during the 20th century. Marx wanted communism to take over the world because he hated the industrialization. He wanted to be fair. equal. So he give his idea of communism.

Marx saw how the poor workers were treated so badly and their salary wasn't that good ether. He wanted to make a change and that is when the idea of communism came to his mind. For max the bad guys were the ones who treated the worker baddly (bourgeoisie).

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

2007-11-15T07:53:00.000-08:00

Marx hated the industrial Revolution and relegion he wanted everyone to be equal to have the same rights. That is why he invented communism. During the industrialization factory workers were working in poor working conditions. Mostly childrens who end up with diseases. Marx invented communism which mostly consisted in improve life of workers and economic equality. He believe that history was a series of class struggles which was between the rich people and the poor people. He called the owners bourgeoisie and the workers who were the poor proletariat. He have influenced both socialist and communists.

nationalism And The creation Of Italy

2007-11-15T07:52:00.000-08:00

Nationalism is mostly used to describe two things. One will be describe the attitude that the members of a nation have when they care about their "national identity" and the second one will be to describe the actions that the members of a nation take "when seeking to achieve self determination".

I show that im nacionamism by speaking the same lenguage, going to school every day and singing the pledge of allegiance everyday in school. Basically comonism is what make a country a country. Things or details that makes a different from the others and the way you represented.

Before when Italy was formed in 1859 there were a number of independent states.

Simon Bolibar and Latin American Revolutions

2007-10-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolibar was born on July 24 ,1783 to wealthy creole in caracas Venezuel. He lived a privileged chilhood. His parents died before he reached his teens. When Bolivar's bride died of yellow fever Bolivar focust himself in the study of the philosophies of Rousseau, Lock, and Voltaire. When he arrived back to Venezuela he hab been convinced that it was timed for his country to be independence. He thoug that he was destined to be the movement's leader.

Robespierre and The Reign Of Terror

2007-09-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

The reign of terror was a period of about 10 months during the french revolution. During this period many people was to be execute. During this period they used to cut people is heads sometimes for no reason. Max robespierre was the ruler during this time. He used a machine to cut people is heads. He killed who ever he though could be against him of represent a problem for him. He didnt really care about if it was true or not. Like i Say the executions were do it by a big machine like the one in the picture. During this time many people died. Around 40,000 people were killed during the terror.

The French Revolution: Social causes

2007-09-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

The French Revolution was a period of political history of france and Europe. Most of the reasons for the French Revolution were economic reasons. Some factors were The social and psychological burdens of the many wars of the 18th century, which in the era before the dawn of nationalism were exclusively the province of the monarchy. The french population was divided into three estates. The first estate was made up of the clergy. It numbered around 100,000 people. The second estate was made up of the nobility. It numbered around 400,000 people. The third estate was made up of the bourgeoisie, wage earners, and the peasantry. It was made up of the majority of the french population . The third estate feel used because of this reasons.

* peasans were forced to do military service.
* Peasans could not hunt or fish on nobles estates.
* Peasans had to pay taxes to their lord ,king and church.
* Peasans had to use the lord's mill, oven and winepress, and pay for them.
They made up 90% of the population.
In 1789 they wanted to make a constitution to see how france was to be governed.

Scientific Revolution: SCientific Method

2007-09-11T19:35:00.000-07:00

The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to answer questions and explore observations. This method consist in 6 steps which you need to follow in order to found out the cause and effect relationships in nature. The purpuse of the scientific method is to predict the changes of one item in a predictable way. The 6 steps thatyou need to follow will be:

1) Ask a question: In order for you to start a experiment using the scientific method the first thing you need to do is ask a question. The question most be abut something that you observe such as how, what, when, where, why, which or who.

2) Do background research: Doing background research would help you not to repeat mistakes from the past.

3) Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a posible answer to the original question. The Hypothesis must be state as "if I do this - then - this will happen."Is basicly a guess about how things work.

4) Text your hypothesis by doing an experiment: In the experiment you will determined wheter your hypothesis was true or false. You should always have a fair text. Make sure that you change one factor at a time. Most repeact the experiment several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.

5) Analyse your data and Draw a conclution: Once your hypothesis is complete you most collect your data and see if your hypothesis was true or false. If your hypothesis was false you most explain why and if is true you can texted again in a new different way.

6) Communicated your results: When your done you most share ideas and results with your classmates or other people who did the same experiment.

Copernicus And The Trial Of Galileo

2007-09-11T07:46:00.000-07:00

The Geocentric: Geocentrism places the earth at the center. Base of this belief the earth was currently held by certain group that the earth is the certer of the universe and do not move.
Galileo's belifes in the Heliocentric system caused him many problems. He was put it in jail because of this belief.

The heliocentric: In Astronomy heliocentric is the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe. This word cames from the Greek, helios means "sun" and kentron means "center". Philosophical arguments on heliocentrism stated that the sun is at the center of the universe or that some or all of the planets revolve around the sun.

Evolution vs Creation

2007-09-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Creation Or Evolution...

Creation is most refer to the beginning of new things. Many people have different idea of creation but they all agree in that Creation is the belief in humanity,life and Earth. Creation and Evolution are very similar, in order for Evolution to occurred it most be creation first. Evolution is a change in the proportion of different genetic traits over time. Evolution has been called the foundation for many scientific study. Many changes that occur on Earth are know as Evolution over time. Every year many things change and that is the concept we have of Evolution. Humans will always affect with the creation and Evolution of the world.

The origin of the universe occurred about 15 billion years ago, living things began to coexist and it has been evolving ever since. Thesevarious proseses have been happening without the input from a God. These changes are known as environmental changes which sometimes can cause a disaster. All this concepts are part of the theory of Evolution and creation. Everything has a beggining and it keeps changing over time.

If we follow evolution, Evolution predicts that the laws of nature should evolve. Evolution and Creation are just two options in life.