Freshman Year

This year was great. Even though my grades were not good at all, next year i'm going to try my best to not let it happen again. I was lazy and didn't do work. And if I did do work I wouldn't do it to my full potential. I hardly ever studied. I should have tried harder. Im very disappointed in myself with how my year went. I met lots of new people though.

"Animal Farm"

In the book "Animal Farm" that were reading in my English class, there are many different types of animals with many different personalities. Many people could probably relate to the animals. It took me awhile t decide which i related to, but I think i most relate to Benjamin. He is a tempered donkey. The book says he is the worst tempered out of all the animals on the farm. My temper can be bad at times, but at other times it may not be. He doesn't talk often unless it has to be some stupid remark. I do actually talk quite a bit, but it's mostly smart remarks or stupid ones. He doesn't ever laugh, but I laugh all of the time. That's one difference. I'm excited to read the book and see more relations between Benjamin and me.

How can someone earn or keep power?

Power is a very important thing. It's hard to earn, but very easy to lose. You can earn power by being trusted by people. If they trust you, they will let you do more. The more they trust you with, the more power you will gain. When you gain trust and have more room for power you will gain even more power if you choose the right decisions. You choose a good decision people will look up to you and trust you even more. To keep your power you must make very few mistakes and if you make one you must make up for it with a good decision or action. Some people make bad decisions an somehow still maintain power. I think its because people may become scared of them and they let them do what they choose. Because if your scared of something your not going to get in it's way. I think the overall way to best gain power is to have trust.

Why do students have missing assignments?

Last semester 10 out of 24 kids had at least one missing assignment in my class. Thats about 42 percent of the kids in my class. Some may think that the main cause for missing assignments is laziness, but the main reason is they waste the time they have available for their work. Teenagers think they have more important things to do when really, they don't. Missing assignments is the biggest reason for bad grades. Some kids can be very bright and could do great in school. But because of missing assignments they don't do well.

Most people would say teens are lazy and don't do their work. People could argue that this is the biggest factor. They could also say it's sports. I can see why they would say that but it's a little more than that. Also, people think that they don't care about school. They also could have a bad memory and forget about it. People also say they just ignore the work. They are all good arguments but are not the reason.

The reason is because kids waste their time. I honestly miss assignments because I waste my time. I can see from my view why people do miss assignments. I do because of me wasting my time so I think that is why most other students do. They will waste their time on anything. Anything to not do their work. Teens can procrastinate and push it back, and farther back till it's too late to do it. Video games, television, computer and friends are all ways they waste their time. Teens can also be unorganized. You can easily waste time. The hard thing to do is to take time to do the work. The kids that do that are given good grades. They may also not give themselves enough time to do their work. The could be in sports which doesn't give them an excuse. But they may not organize their time after sports to do it.

Teens have missing assignments because they waste their time by playing video games, watching television and on the computer. Also, they are unorganized and don't use their free time wisely.

Hitler and the Jews

A big question that is asked a lot is, Why was there such big conflict between Hitler and the Jews? I mean what could have made him mad enough to want to kill millions of them? Some people claim it is from early experiences from early in his life. Some say he wanted revenge for that experience. Hitler faced many rejections and did not know how to simply blame himself. As he grew up he grew race hate towards the Jews. As a student he studied art and architecture. He had many interests in art and wanted to pursue a career in it. He felt he was very talented. He dreamt of becoming a professional artist. As he got older he was rejected more often (particularly by Jews) Hence that is why he grew hatred towards them. He claimed they shattered his dreams. He saw them as "less then vermin." When all hope was lost for his dreams in art he started towards politics. Which later he ran for president of Germany. When he became leader he decided he was in a position to show his hatred towards the Jews.

Christianity

Intro

Christianity is the largest religion in the world. There are 2.1 billion Followers to Christianity Worldwide. Almost anywhere you go there should be some Christians. There are also a lot of branches of Christianity.

Founder

The Apostle Paul founded Christianity. But Jesus Christ formed the foundation to Christianity. Jesus is known as the son of God in Christianity. Christians say he was sent to earth to die for our sins.

Holy Book

The Bible is Christianity's Holy Book. It is separated into the New Testament and Old Testament. In it is writings from many apostles and prophets over many years.

Holidays

Christians celebrate Christmas. Some people think of christmas of a holiday to get presents and gifts. But there is a little more to christmas for Christians. Christmas represents they day Jesus Christ was killed. He was hung on a cross and people watched him hang and suffer. He eventually died after hours of suffering. Easter is considered the day Jesus was resurrected or brought back to life. He came back and showed people what happened to him. He explained everything and he continued his teachings.

Rituals

Christians believe in baptism. It is a ritual used to wash away your sins. Depending on what branch of christianity you are depends on when you are baptized. Some baptize as infants. Some also baptize as a kid or adult.

Clothing/ Dress

Christians believe in wearing modest clothing. They believe the less skin showing the better. They believe in wearing non- short shorts or no short skirts. They also don't want shirts that are to revealing.

What conflict is within football?

In the football community there is a lot of conflict between the team, but also there is a lot of conflict with other people. Through the team people are competing for starting spots on the team and that can create some trouble. People think they are good enough to start and they might be, but for a reason coaches don't believe they should be there. When someone thinks they are better then someone at a position they might start talking about it and it could turn into a fight. Also, if you were running all day in hot weather and wearing pads, i think you would be a little on your bad side to. There is also conflict off the field and not through the team. Lets say you lose a game and other people are talking about it. Someone says something to you about the game. For example, "What happened to you guys? You guys did horrible." That might start some trouble with somebody. Trust me, when you lose a game your not the happiest to hear about it the next day. Nobody wants to relive a loss. Also, other people who play other sports might believe their sport is better. Some times people even fight on who's sport they think is harder. That also starts a lot of big problems. I say you can't judge how hard something is until you have actually tried it.