11/29/11

I would describe my life as organized.  I am a very organized person and like to get things done.  Organizing is super fun for me, because I like the look of organized things.  If I could change my life to a different word it would be carefree.  Not totally care free though, but some.  I get extremely stressed out at the simplest things, and I would like to change that.

11/18/11

Would you give students any different advice or do you think what the article contains is good?  Why?

I think these suggestions and advice and fantastic.  They really explain how Americans interact and what they do.  I think that if I were in culture shock and I saw this advice, I would try them out and they would probably work.  It seems like whoever wrote this article really knows what they are talking about and wants to help others.

11/14/11

This law states that, "when the person is required to report "as a member of the staff of a medical or other public or private institution, school, facility or agency, that person shall immediately notify the person in charge." The person in charge ultimately has the responsibility to report the alleged incident to government authorities".  I think this law should be changed because the person and charge shouldn't have a choice to report the offense to the authorities, but they should be obligated to do so.  Because, if the person in charge has a strong bond or need for the person committing the crime, they will most likely not report them.  That has to change.

11/7/11

In the book I'm reading, Children of the River, Sundara and her family have a hard time adapting to America's culture with relationships.  Her family does not want her to interact flirtatiously with boys but Sundara is starting to realize that she wants to.  But her family would not approve, they are used to picking out who she talks to.  Also, they are adjusting to America's food industry.  We have lots of greasy fast food, while they were used to east healthy, fresh produce.

11/3/11

Genocide is the mass murder of the populations of a certain gene pool.  When I think of genocide, I immediately think of the Holocaust.  The Holocaust is a perfect example of genocide because the Nazi's murdered Jews simply because of their race.  They murdered them in mass groups all, in one time span.

11/1/11

One lovely day, children were out playing in a large, beautiful field.  Then, suddenly a big, unfriendly giant came up to them and yelled at them, which scared off the children.  He was so angry, he put up a huge wall around his garden and put up a sign that said, "TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED".  Spring came for the entire area, but not the Giant's garden.  It was Winter all year long, snow was always covering the ground and wind was always blowing.  The Giant did not understand where Spring was.  So, Summer never cam either, and neither did Autumn, he is too selfish, she said.  One morning the Giant woke up in bed and heard a beautiful noise, he did not realize that it was a bird, it had been so long.  Then a wonderful smelling perfume came through his window, the Giant popped up out of bed and looked out the window.  What he saw surprised him, on every tree branch there was a small child, nature was so happy.  Birds were out, the trees were blossoming and snow was gone!  The Giant realized how selfish he had been!  He crept out to the children, but they were all so scared, they ran away again.  Winter came...but one little boy stayed.  The Giant picked him up, placed him in a tree and it blossomed, they other children realized how the Giant was not evil anymore, so they came back and played in the garden.  The wall and sign were taken down.  The other children and Giant never saw that little boy again, but after years and years, once the Giant was old, he saw that little boy again.  He saw that the boy was wounded, he said they were the wounds of love, and that since the Giant let him play in his garden once, he would take him to his, in paradise.  The Giant died that day, with love and joy in his heart.