Stream of Conciseness

guns, bullets, bomb shells, blood, oh crap, friends, dying, killing, frightining, helpless, rank, Private Ryan, Confederate, body parts, war, hungry, pain, family, school, pointless, scared, brother,

Civil War Book Response

The Thesis of the book was that the Battle of Gettysburg was a very important battle. The main point of the book is to inform people about the Battle of Gettysburg. I have started thinking about my historical fiction. I have made up characters in mind for my story. I'm going to set the story at Gettysburg when the battle happened. The conflict is that my main character is trying to not get killed. My character doesn't want to get killed. I think that staying alive is a good enough motivation. The main character has to kill the enemy soldiers in order to get what he wants.

What Motivates People

I think that money and a hunger for power is what motivates most people because I just saw a movie called "Inside Job" and it told how President Obama elected all corrupt people to be in congress. The Thing that motivates me the most is the want to help people.

Are There Times Where It Is Justified To Fight?

I believe that there are times when it is justified to fight. If you were fighting for freedom, then it would be justified. You fight for something without being violent too. Just take Martin Luther King Jr. He did absolutely no fighting, and still got what he was fighting for. I would fight for a new president because the present president elected all corrupt officials to be in his office.

Does Everyone Have Free Will?

I do not think that everyone has free will because there are some dictators in the world that make it so everyone doesn't have free will. I formulated my opinion because a lot of people were doing presentations on dictators in social studies. So yes it is from observation and not from experience.

3 changes to the school

1. I would make the days an hour and a half longer, but make it so there would be no school on Fridays because kids would be happier if they had a longer break.
2. I would add more foreign languages so kids would have another path in high school
3. I would make it so there was longer resource with the extra time because then kids could meet with teachers longer and get their help.
Yes the students would still be prepared for high school because they would still be getting the same education.

How not to catch a sea turtle

Basically there are researchers that are trying to research how to not catch a sea turtle in fishing nets. I think that that is an imposing problem because sea turtles are starting to die out. I believe that they should keep researching this topic and doing what they need with the turtle excluder devices to make the turtles safer.

http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/how-to-not-catch-a-sea-turtle/?ref=science

reflection

Our discussion went well. I knew my topic and kept everyone on task. I could've added more facts. I thought that it was a good way to do an essay. Trying to think of facts about Christmas. That the discussion went well.

Steve the Snail

There once was a snail named Steve. Steve was different from the other snails, he would spend all day in his shell. The other snails made fun of him for that, but he couldn't even hear them because he would be in his shell. His parents knew that he was in there and alive because they put food in the shell, left, and when they got back the food remains were in front of the shell. One day Steve's parents decided not to leave when they gave Steve his food, but to peek past the bedroom door. Then they saw that a hole in the wall, an almost invisible one, began to open. Then out stepped, a hawk. Steve's parents squealed and sprinted away from the door. Then Steve popped out from behind the hawk and thanked him for his sevices. Steve ate the food with delight, for it was his favorite, seaweed and lettuce sprouts.

Can human beings ever truly be equal?

No I don't think that human beings could ever be equal because then there would be no one to move the human race forward. It would just be a stand still because no one would have enough intelligence to think of new things. The world would be very unhappy because one, there would have to be handicaps, or two, people would have to be genetically altered.

If I had a superhuman power...

If I had a superhuman power then I would choose the power to have infinite other powers so I could have as many powers as I'd like. Then I'd be able to have every single power there is.