blogs form my classmates

http://immakoolkiddyo.blogspot.com/2007/05/random-post.html

This blog was odd but it was cool because it was about swimming and swimmming is cool thats cool.

http://blo3g.blogspot.com/2007/05/paper-bags.html

this blog was done by Darren and it was about paper bags and it is random. but i had no idea that paper bags had a record in Canada.

http://julianaf92.blogspot.com/2007/05/end-of-year.html

This blog was from juliana and it is about the end of the year and how much time we have left until the summer. it is a pretty cool blog and it is interesting. ya!

http://chelly040605.blogspot.com/2007/03/city.html

This blog was Richeilles and it is about her grandma and how she lives so far away and when she comes to vist they have a great time.

http://alonzopn7.blogspot.com/2007/04/family.html

This was alonzo's blog about family and it is true most people that are your family are the people that love you and love being around you.

Dog's

In my opinion a dog is a woman’s best friend or as it is said a man’s best friend. It really depends on you and our opinion though because you could say that a cat or a bird or a lizard is as good as a dog and I’m not saying that you are wrong, I‘m just saying that I think a dog is a woman’s best friend. I say this because, in my opinion, a dog is loyal, trustworthy, and protects you when you need protection. Dogs are cute, loveable, and very fuzzy. I have two dogs, one is named Sadie and the other is named Sophie. Now as you can tell from their names they are both girls and they are purebred Labradors. They are the cutest things I have ever seen, they are both yellow labs and are very friendly, but if you come to the door they will bark at you even if they know you but they will stop when you get inside. They are always there for me and they are always at are sides. It is funny, in the morning they wait by my sisters door for my mom to wake her up and when she opens the door they both run and lay on the end of her bed until she gets up or moves them. They also love to cuddle with my mom and lay with her on the sofa at night when she is watching T.V. They are mostly indoor dogs. I think my dog Sophie thinks she is a cat because she rubs herself on anything she sees like a cat does; it’s kind of funny. When we give her a bath and we are done we let her inside and she takes the blanket that we lay out and she scrunches it up into a little ball and then tries to lie on it; it’s hilarious. I love my dogs and I don’t think I could live without them it would make are house seem so empty.

Lisa's Podcast

Lisa's podcast is about the music department and how they had a end of the year music concert. She also talks about wht knid of things they played and how much it was to get into the concert. during the intermissions of the music concert they where making CD's of the music and selling them. She also talked about how she felt up on stage. She also goes on to say that there where six groups and it was about four hours long she said she didn't get home till 10 o'clock. Wow! that was long!the podcast was very interesting and it gave you a lot of insite into are band and how hard and rewarding it is.

-Sara H

My podcast

I did a podcast about bees. This podcast compared honeybees and wasps and how honeybees have died off this year. My podcast also talks about how i feel about bees and my experience with them. It is really interesting, you should go listen to it. Here is the site:

http://hearts.podomatic.com/

Angelina's podcast

I listen to Angelina's podcast and it is about tobacco and other drugs. She tells us that not only do drugs affect you but they effect the others around you as well. she also tells us that we do these drugs because of stress, also peers pressure is also a big thing in starting drugs and tobacco as well. the younger you are the easier it is to get addicted. did you know that 1 in every 5 adults between the ages of 12 and 17 have tryed marijuana at lest once. Did you also know that tobacco can lead to cancers and a low immune system.It was very interesting.

- Sara H

Coffee

Why is coffee so important to everyone, why do they depend on it so much to wake them up? I asked fifteen year old Juliana, she said " I like it but I don't drink it all the time, it gives me energy." So why do some poeple have to have coffee every morning or everyday for that matter. I think it's like a drug but not as bad. It gets to you and once you have it for a while your body gets used to it. I think it is the taste that gets people to drink it so much, I don't think they know that they are addicted to it I think that they just think they really like coffee they don't consider it an addiction, but maybe people do know it is an addiction, you never know. I always see people walking in and ut of Starbucks almost everyday. On some days I see lines al the way out the door, it crazy. Some people just have it everyonce and a while and others have it every day. you either depend on it or you like it evey once in a while. Some people don't even drink coffee but when you look at it most of the population of California drink alot of coffee. Wow!

What we are doing in health

What we are doing in health class today is we are doing a project about different topics that we picked. We picked three different topics from a list of them and she pick the one that she thought was suitable for you and would make a good project. We also had to do an outline about what we are going to have in the project. My topic is about Emotional Management and I am doing three topics that are connected to that one topic.they are stress, anger management, and mental illness. My outline was 3 pages long and it had lots of detail. It is due the 22nd of May.

- Sara H

My cousins communion

Last Friday I went to my cousins commuion and it was really cute. They had different baners with there names on them and they did the whole ceramony. It was so pretty and the church was small. It was held in Ronert Park. There were different classes mixed in. After the party we all went back to my cousin's house to have a barbaque. the people included me, my cousin, some of his neighboors, my friend Alex, and his mother Laura, and my grandma and grandpa. My aunt cooked hambergers, hot dogs, and saucages. We played on the feild in the back of their house and had a really good time.


- Sara H

My top three sites

The three websites I looked up on Del.icio.us where about dogs, music, and food.
These websites could help someone if they are looking for recipes, information on a dog, or just to listen to some music. I think that these websites are old ideas but they are new to the web. There are other websites out there that are like these. These could help me because they could give me good ideas for recipes, help me find information on dogs , and find my favorite artists. I tagged these pages as dog, food and music because it is simple and easy to remember.

- Sara H

My " Family"

I really don't know what makes us a family. I guess it is are undivided love and affection for each other, but I have heard that what makes up a functional family are the downfalls, but I don't think that every family is perfect. I mean maybe in their own ways but I doubt that they don't have any problems at all. Like every family we fight but every problem has a solution and we grow with ever problem.

What does family mean to me? I guess what family means to me is like an unspoken bond that we all share. It is never broken, it is like having your family in your back pocket. You never forget about them and they are always there for you when you need a hand. i can't say that just my mom, dad, and sister are my family because i treat my friends the same way, so in a way they are my family as well. Sometimes if you ask people "what is your family like?" or " is it big?" they usually say yes and start naming people that live with them but they never stop to think of the other people they care about like there friends. i guess family to me would have to be anyone who cares about you or you care about them.

- Sara H

Earth Day

What is Earth Day? What do they do on earth day? Those where my questions when we were given the topic to write about. Sure I have heard of Earth Day but I have never really looked into it. Is it like a holiday or is it just a day? Do we celebrate it like Presidents Day or like Christmas?

When I looked it up I knew it had something to do with the environment but i had no idea it influenced so many people. Her is a video of some of the people that put on a celebration in Japan for Earth Day.





i got theis movie from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyCGbskDbT4

- Sara H

Fuzzy Logic

What is Fuzzy Logic?

Fuzzy logic is a different way a computer thinks. Instead of having the computer just think of 0 and 1 it thinks of all the other things that aren't straight forward. It thinks more outside of the box then what is so simple to figure out. It think kind of like we do and not like a regular computer would.

Based on what you know about binary logic (on/off or 0/1), what is the advantage of using fuzzy logic?

The advantage of using fuzzy logic is that all of your answers and question aren't always so straight forward they think more along the lines of how you do. Another advantage of using fuzzy logic is that it won't go over the same question twice, it has more memory then a computer and can think more with the experience.




- I think that fuzzy logic will help us in the future because it is better then a computer because it think like a human and isn't so straight forward. It thinks of questions that a computer wouldn't think of and doesn't ask the same question because it has more memory. It will help the world understand more and it will have people be able to connect to other thing that we probably haven't even done yet. it says it takes what it gets from experiences and grows on that, so basically the more you us it or the more it is used the more it learns an the more questions it will ask.

- SaraH

Family

What's your idea of what a family can be?

A family,in my mind, would have to be caring and supportive. They are there for you thought everything.They can be you friends or immediate family such as your mom or dad.any one who cares about you and you care about them. Anyone who is willing to listen to your problems and actually care about what you have to say. It can be someone close to you or just someone you go to talk to.

Who is in your family circle?

The people in my family circle are my mom,dad, sister, and all of the people really close to me.

What is your family like?

My family is caring, supportive, and have the time to listen to what I have to say.

Does your family circle involve a variety of people?

Yes, my family involves a lot of people such as my friends.

Different generations?

I guess my family conses of different generations, but i am not quit sure. I guess my mom and dad are different generations because they are 7 years apart and so are my grandparents and so forth.

Explain the following quote:

"Families evolve from a patchwork of possibilities"

I think this quote means that most families go thought lots of things but that is what makes them stronger in the end. All of the problems that they have and all of the things they do together connect in some way or another and make them realize that they can work thought it together.

What I learned about immigration

I found the people that did the project about immigration very interesting because of the reaction that it got from the class. It made other people think of the topic and how many people it affected. I never knew that from what two people say it could effect more then just one person so much. If you really look at what those people said, in my opinion, it really didn't make sense but it does at the same time. I say this because if you watch the news, that is all they talk about and it isn't right, but that is just my opinion. Also the kids that said all of those things on the interview really didn't think about all the people they would hurt and all of the comments that they made would touch someone so much.

- SaraH

What I learned from my project

What I learned from doing my project is that everyone has a different opinions about racism and no two people have the same one. I also learned that asking people about racism is a touchy topic and people feel scetchy about it. It is somewhat a sencitive topic to talk about and it is an issue that most people think is something that we should deal with. Racism affects alot of people and there is alot of issues and topics people don't really talk about and see in there daily lives yet they know about them from the news. I know i learned alot about this topic and i hope other people did too.

- SaraH

multimedia part of my project

My partner Vika and I have the topic of racism. The multimedia part of our project will consist of pictures for websites that talk about racism and other symbols describing people. Over the weekend I tried to get the voices of some people we interviewed on garage band and I looked up some pictures to put up there. me and Vika went around to different people tryng to get different perspectives from different ages and genders. It was interesting to find out what all the different people thought of the topic and there reactions to the questions. Some difficulties that i had was that some of the people didn't totally understand the questions we where asking and we had to explain it in further detail. another problem we had was the trying to figure out how to put the voices on Garage Band and trying to edit them.

Some points of contention for racism may be that people are sensitive about the topic, people don't like talking about it, some people don't like to admit it is out there, and some are racists.

- Sara H

Survey

This is Vika and Sara's survey :

1. What are your views on racism?
2. How does it affect you in your modern day life?
3. Have you ever witnessed or been faced with racism? Explain?
4. Do you think people being called “black” and “ white” are used as labels?
5. Should we be called something else? If so what and why?
6. What is the point of these labels?
7. Do you think we are all one group or that we are separated by race? Why?
8. Do you think this is a big issue or is it something we should just throw to the side?
9. What do you think about using bad language to describe one person, such as a white person being called a bad word or a black person or any other race for that matter?
10. What do you think about using the “N” word? When is it appropriate?
11. Compared to the past when schools where separated and so where bathrooms, do you think it is that bad now or do you think race relationships are better or worse?
12. What are some racial acts that you have witnessed on the news, streets or at school? What is you opinion about what you witnessed?
13. What do you think institutional racism means?
14. There is a quote that says, “ You’re either part of the solution or part of the problem.” Which one are you? Explain?

- Sara H

Difficulty's and down falls

The pitfalls that I might have in this project is that one of us might not be here so one of us will have to work alone or if your partner has all of the information then you will have to try to work something out and try to do something else. My partner and I might disagree on things and we might fight about what we should do.

People might be uncomfortable about talking about the "N" word or how they feel about the topic just because it is a sensitive topic and it is something people don't normally talk about. They might also be uncomfortable talking about when it is OK to the "N" word. I think that this will be a really sensitive topic because it is something most people don't like to talk about.

Racism around the world

Most of racism was started in the European country's. the blacks where treated like slaves and there where more black people unemployed then white people.The violence increased as racism got worse. The KKK have been around since 1870 and are still around. Some people still believe that white people are better then black people or as they say " the white supremacy.

i recived this information from Racism

investigative journalism

My partner for the project is Vika and are topic is racism. this project that we are doing is probably have vocies of different people and have interveiws with older people on there oppinion on the topic.

I love this music video

I love this music video because it show that there are things that we have to change in our world that we never notice or see. I think this movie is powerful in its own way.