Current Connections: Mitt Romney and Obama

Current Connection:
Article Title: Mitt Romney and Obama


Whats the authors purpose?
To show the goods and bads of both presidential candidates

Does the author accomplish his/her purpose?
Yes he does

What ideas do you agree with?
That Romney is better for our economy and that Obama is spending to much money

What ideas do you disagree with?
That Obama is going to win

What do you not understand?
Nothing really, I understand everything

What Connections can you make with text? (Self, Text, Worl)
World. Because the next President will have to do alot of work to get this counrty back to where it use to be

How can I become a more active participant in learning? How can I take responsibility for my learning?
I can do my homework and listen in class and everything that is going on in todays world

Bucket list of books

1.)The Bible by numerous authors
2.)Where the Red fern grows by Wilson Rawls
3.)Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
4.)Brians Return by Gary Paulsen
5.)Brians Hunt by Gary Paulsen
6.)Lonesome Dove by McCurtry
7.)Call of the Wild by Jack London
8.)Into The wild by Crackauer
9.)Summer of the monkeys by
10.)The outsiders by S.E Hinton

Jr/Sr

As a junior i anxiously waited to become a senior.  Now that the time has come I can not wait until I graduate.  My Jr. year has been exciting.  Getting my class ring, taking senior pictures for my senior year, etc.  Words can not describe how excited I am about my senior year.  I am goin to miss this high school.. It made me who I am today. 

What extent would you go to survive?

I would do anything well actually I would not do anything because I know where im going when I die.  So unless I had a family and kids to worry about providing for I would not really try to live unless it was not my time to die.

    
Surviving shark attacks




 Shark attacks are one of the most feared attacks in the world today. Why is that?  Probably due to the fact of how large they are.  To avoid being attacked there are a few ways to avoid being attacked. 

      One way to avoid being attacked is to not wear bright colored clothing.  One piece of bright colored clothing is jewelry.  One reason why humans should not wear jewelry while swimming in the ocean, because sharks can mistake the fancy/shiny jewelry for fish scales.  When a shark gets hungry it is on the lookout, so when it sees that shiny jewelry it can and will mistake it for fish scales.  Also sharks care attracted to shiny things.  "Sharks can see contrast very well and consequently like bright colors!." According to Marian K on buzzle.com.  As Marian said sharks see contrast colors very well.  The main reason why you should not wear bright colored clothing is because the shark will mistake you for another sea animal.  When sharks attack it is usually not on purpose it is mainly because they mistakenly thought you were a tasty sea lion, sea turtle, or fish. 

      The second step to avoid being attacked by a shark is too not bleed!  Bleeding is a no no when swimming in the ocean.  Why?  "Great Whites can detect one drop of blood in 25 gal(100 L) of water and can sense even tiny amounts of blood in the water up to 3 mi (5km) away." -National Geographic.com/magazine.  If he/she is bleeding before he/she enters the water make sure the bleeding has completely stopped, bandage cut tightly and if decided to go ahead and start swimming make sure to watch the cut and watch the area for sharks.  If while swimming and a cut happens to appear; exit the water immediately.  Basically do the same thing as if he/she would do before he/she enter the water.  Make sure bleeding has ceased and bandage up the cut.. Also never go back to the same spot he/she were swimming at whenever the cut appeared, because the shark could have smelled the blood from the cut and could be heading that way. 

      While surfing in the ocean, do not dangle your limbs, (arms, legs, head, etc.) On a boogie board a shark can and will mistake you and your board for a tasty sea turtle.  The sea turtle is one of the sharks main meals.  Also make sure the boogie board is not brightly colored, because remember sharks are attracted too bright colors.  But while on a surf board though try to surf in safe surfing areas where there have not been a lot of attacks reported.  While using a surf board a shark can and will mistake you for a sea lion, which is the sharks favorite due to the fat the sea lion carries.  And also make sure your surf board is not brightly colored.

      Sharks really are not that bad but if you do not follow these steps you will most likely be attacked.  Sharks do not attack on purpose (most of the time) when or if they attack they usually mistake the human for another meal.  Sharks do not like humans because we do not carry enough fat.
If you were attacked by a shark how would you react? would you stay calm or go nuts?

Works cited

Grabianoswski, Ed. "How Shark Attacks Work." HowStuffWorks. Discovery Company, 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 04 May 2012. <http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/shark-attack.htm>.

Zoldak, Joyce. "Danger in the Deep." Danger in the Deep. Web. 04 May 2012. <http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8349645>.

Woolgar, JD. "Supplemental Content." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Web. 04 May 2012. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11371847.

"Fact Sheet - Frequent Questions." Fact Sheet - Frequent Questions. Web. 08 May 2012. <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_faq.htm>.

Survival Synthesis Essay: Sharks

140-Character-Claim

• Surviving shark attacks are very tough but can also be simple, simply hitting a shark in the fin can save the day.

The cost of life!

The responsibility of life can mean so many different things.  As humans some people believe that our responsibility is for others.  But that is wrong.  As humans there are times when you are responsible for others, there are also times where even though its sometimes wrong, but also when you take other humans life just too keep yours.

On the Titanic the people/workers who built the boat were responsible for the lives that were on that boat.  The reason being is because they were trusted by thousands of customers/humans that their skill were well enough to cross the Artic ocean without sinking the boat.  And they were responsible for the sinking of the boat.  Also some people did not think it was "Their time" so they were willing to take another human life just to keep theirs. 

In the call of the wild Buck is the leader and so every time he and his pack go into the wilderness he is responsible for his pack.  The reason being is because he is the leader.  The rest of the dogs take orders from him and also look up to him.  But sometimes in the wilderness its eat or be eaten.  And a dog will choose his life over another dogs.  Just so they can survive.

Are you responsible for another living things life?? and if so.  Why do you feel responsible for he/she's life?

Creating Life.

               If I had the chance or power to create life i would.  Due to the fact the amount of cash I would be making.  Because I would be making some serious BANK!  I would also create life because of all the wrong in the world, and hopefully my creation would help this messed planet. 

              FOR:  I would create life because of the money and because of how much it could change the human race.  Creating this life would be a one and a million shot.  But maybe this life could do this world some good.  We have murders, thieves, crooks, robbers, rapist, and etc.  Maybe this life could change that.  Kind of like a robo cop.  Since I would be able to create one life, it should not be to hard to create another.  And once I was able to create multiple lives.  This could change the world.

             Against:  I also am against creating human life because of my religious beliefs.  God is the ultimate Creator.  And us as his creations should not try to take his spot or us even be compared to him.  He is the Creator not us.  And building another human life, just makes me think that humans think that we can be compared to him, when we can not.  A lot of people would probably disagree with this argument.  But I will be able to back it up. 

          So creating another human life does have its ups and downs.  But overall it was what you think is the right thing to do.  And even though this world is messed up and could use a machine or even another creation to help fix this horrid place.  God is still #1 and I believe that we should leave the creating up to him.. Even though this post makes me sound like a hypocrite.

Thoughts before reading Frankenstein

Frankenstein, the character that every human being fears of as a child.  Surprisingly the Author of this classic is a female.  First reading this story a person would think that a male wrote it.  That is what I thought anyways.  Let alone at the age of 18 or 19.  She is only a few years older then me!  That is ridiculous.

 Whenever Mary Shelley wrote this story it was during the time period where men ruled.  And the woman's place was in the kitchen.  Obviously it is not like that today.  But back then it was.  To write a novel during that time period where women were criticized for doing anything besides cooking and cleaning..  She had to of had tons of courage and intelligence.


Can man create life?
Well obviously man can create life, because it has been done before.  But my opinion is that they should not be able too.  Because we already have a creator so why should we do it whenever God can do it for us.

Do you believe in the Sorcerer's stone? Immortality?
Well i believe in eternal life in heaven.  But I do not believe in Immortality on this planet.






 

2012 Theme word

The word I choose is fast.  The reason being is because everything goes by fast.  I still remember when I was in the third grade, Playing football on the playgrounds, and now I am a Junior for Batesville High School.  This world is crazy, because of how fast it spins.  Some people can not wait to get older and live on their own.  But me I do not want to grow up.  The world is spinning way to fast, the next thing I know. I am going to be a dad, with a family.  Our lives go by way to fast.  And it is my job to live my fast life with as much fun as possible.